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"Daniel."
"Uh……huh?"
Sitting next to Daniel, I turned my head and lowered my voice as I looked straight at him, and somehow I stopped looking at him as if I felt something strange, and I answered in a small voice.
"Does it still hurt?”
I folded my eyes gently, showing my clenched fist. Of course, I couldn't beat Daniel no matter how weak he was if I really fought.
But I know. Daniel, under no circumstances would he ever try to beat me.
"Well, I guess it doesn't hurt anymore.”
"Really?"
"Of course! I'm perfectly fine."
I laughed again when I saw Daniel sweating and laughing and nodding straight. As expected, you know better than anyone how to match me. Is this why I'm always happy with him?
"So young."
What was so good that looking at Daniel smiling made him shine.
Young, full of life. A 17-year-old boy still with a bright future, as if he had a straight road ahead of him.
"……Uh……?"
Embarrassed by my unexpected words, Daniel opened his lips in bewilderment. I reached out as if possessed and patted his green hair a couple of times.
He flinched for a moment but didn't shy away from my caress. Just pressing his lips and stared at me deeply with shaky eyes.
"Daniel."
"Uh…… yeah…"?”
I called him, shifting my gaze from his hair to his emerald eyes. Then he stared at me and stuttered in bewilderment and avoided my gaze.
"My friend Daniel…….”
I never thought I'd see him again. My friend who gave his life for me. A friend who's been by my side all my life.
Daniel used to distance himself from me. Maybe from when I started to be hung up on Calise. He hasn't treated me like a friend since I became Crown Princess.
He claimed to be my escort and always stayed with me but I couldn't be his friend anymore.
The relationship you gave me, being his master, and my subject, Daniel. In a clear interest I saw Daniel becoming increasingly lifeless.
But now.
"Look straight at me."
Daniel, who hesitated, finally made eye contact with me. My attitude now seemed unfamiliar and uncomfortable for him. Because his ears were burning red.
It's full of fresh life and youthful energy.
Why are you.
"Why did you do that....”
Why did you want to be my escort?
"What am I supposed to say?"
Did Calise suffer more than I did when she was buried?
“…….”
Watching Daniel, who knows nothing about all this, suddenly filled with emotion.
I feel like I've made Daniel so innocent. I think I took it for granted that he was always around me all the time.
The past that even Daniel doesn't remember. It's lonely for me to remember alone. I can't believe the past is a future that hasn't happened yet.
"Hey... why...… what's wrong with you….”
I'm crying again, being silly. I feel like I'm tearing up when I see Daniel after the regression. Is it because he believed in me for the longest time? I wanted to be comforted by him. Maybe he wants to be forgiven.
"It's all right…… ahh……!”
Daniel, who didn't know what to do, groaned in surprise. Did I hug you too hard?
Hugs between friends are rare, so there's nothing strange about my behavior now.
It's just that I put pressure on this arm. I feel like all this is going to disappear like a mirage.
Just in case Daniel, bright and pure, gets clouded like a fantasy.
"……Thank you."
Whispered into Daniel's chest.
A bewildered Daniel didn't even wrap his arms around me. Yes, Daniel deserves to be puzzled. He's being cheered by me without knowing what's going on. Daniel was always sensitive to my tears.
In fact, he had managed to escape my touch. It wasn't obvious, but sometimes I felt a sense of alienation. So I also avoided excessive physical contact.
Since I fell in love with Calise, I've had less contact with Daniel.
"Will you give me a pat?"
"What?"
"I."
Pat, comfort me.
Daniel, who hesitated for a while, soon patted me on the back. His patting was clumsy, but my chest seemed to warm up.
"Thank you very much, Daniel."
Daniel's expression, which I looked up slightly, was still dazed. He was talking with two silly open lips.
"What do you mean thank you?"
"Just everything."
Everything that's been patting me like this.
And
"I'm sorry."
What I've always wanted to say to him. Now I say it out loud.
"I'm sorry."
I don't think I can let you go even now.
Now and forever.
The atmosphere has completely subsided. Daniel patted me on the back without saying anything, and neither did I. It's comfortable. I have a friend to trust and rely on. I really like it.
Feeling a little reassured by him, I soon lifted myself up. Daniel looked at me silently like that.
I also faced him right in the face. His transparent turquoise eyes are clear. It is as pretty as the sea water shining in the sun. It seems to be covered with white sand. Daniel's eyes, they look like mysterious shells.
Daniel didn't seem to be adjusting to the unfamiliar air yet. He stared at me and tried to understand the situation. My sudden action. No matter how hard I think, I won't be able to find the answer.
"You, why……."
"So, why did you come all of a sudden this morning? Are you really just trying to kill time?"
At about the same time we spoke.
It was Daniel who kept his mouth shut. For a moment the serious look, Daniel has also replied to me in his usual voice.
"Well, that's it."
Breaking the delicate mood, naturally.
He took a pause as if he were talking about something great. Oh, really. Are you kidding me again?
"What it is.”
“…….”
"That's what... Argh! Ah! Okay, I'll tell you!!"
It's the self-proclaimed social flower, Bianca.
Usually, aristocrats' social debut would take place as early as 15 and as late as 20, but she made her social debut at the age of 13. That was quite an issue.
She bragged so much that she broke the record, and I didn't envy her at all, but I still remember having a hard time keeping up with her pace.
Why did she make her debut so early? You can see her at a glance. I mean, from the moment I hear a word.
"Bianca, do something good. What if I fall?"
"Why would I call you guys if I could escape alone? Get it if you fall...Yeah, I remembered when you said it was going to fall, but you know Lord Hans? The smug young lord failed the Lindzelio test the day before yesterday! Oh, my God! Isn't that so funny?”
She couldn't keep her mouth shut when she climbed down a poor rope made of random weaving of high-quality inner film curtains that looked gold. Yeah, as you'd expect.
"And yesterday, at the Marquis Johnne...….”
She liked to gossip. It's not normal, either.
"Oh, guess what else happened today? Princess Jairn of the Kingdom of Dint is not sure.….”
Really, really, really. It's almost morbid.
"How do you know all this news after being locked up for days?"
"Look, who am I? Bianca made her social debut at the age of 13. There's nothing in the world I don't know!"
When asked by tired-faced Daniel, she boasted her debut record. More than that, I think your voice was a little loud just now...….
"Ah…… Ah, lady!!! What are you doing? What other punishment do you have from your master and teacher!!!”
"Grandma, I'm so frustrated that I'm so frustrated. I'm going out for a while!!!"
Where are you going to play with me again? Shrinking in an exaggerated way at the harsh beating, he declared surrender. Yes, I live by your slyness.
Let's hear what a big deal it is.
"……Bianca wants me to save her."
……Hmm?
Bianca Lace Verne.
She is the only child of Count Verne and has pale blonde hair and a standard blue wall.
Deeply rounded eyes, sharp nose, white skin like white jade, and cherry-like lips. Unlike me, who has a reddish feel, she was doll-like in appearance.
As expected, Katliya, the maid who heard her voice, came rushing, shouting from afar. I gave her a pitiful look. Katliya is going through a lot, too.
"What are you doing, Reina? Hurry up and run!"
Bianca, who was coming down the curtain, jumped casually from a fairly unreasonable height even though she didn't reach the ground. Then she sprang out and started running at great speed, snatching Daniel around her wrist.
In fact, it wasn't something I've experienced once, so I came to my senses right away and ran for the place. A place that only the three of us know, the hidden opening of Bianca's mansion.
"He's gone again. Where do you go all the time to time. Oh, my gosh, really...….”
She, an old maidservant, couldn't have caught us with the youthful mettle no matter how hard we ran. Also, there was no way to find a place that was completely hidden.
This place, which was covered by leaves after riding several layers of certain trees, was a passage and shelter to the outside, which we often used as children.
While we were quietly hiding and holding our short breath and stopping moving, we barely breathed out a comfortable breath after the desperate maid-in-law disappeared. Oh, I'm so tired.
"Bianca, what the hell are you...….”
"Shh. Let's get out."
I was about to ask what accident it was, but Bianca, who whispered quietly, squeezed herself into the hole first. Following her, me and Daniel also slowly went through the hole in order. The air was fresh outside. You're going through a lot coming back to 17.
"Whoa, I think I'm gonna live now.”
Bianca opened her arms and exhaled loudly as if she was relieved. You're so comfortable because you know what the Count and Countess of Verne will do when you get back.
"What did you do wrong that you were grounded for a month?"
Of course, it happened before the regression, so I remember it roughly. But I can't remember in detail what happened a long time ago. Oh, what was it?
"Oh, don't tell me. I was going to take a walk at night with Prince Leo, whom I've been seeing lately. But I got caught just as I was about to leave!"
Oh, I just remembered it. I'm sure Bianca was beating her heart out saying it was unfair, and I was dumbfounded by her appearance.
Which parent would let his or her daughter have a meeting with a noble lord at night, trying to sneak out of her room?
Even though the curtains she used at that time were taken away, I remember clapping inwardly, saying, "Bianca is the one who succeeded in escaping as if he had secretly woven ropes again."
"You need to be locked up. So immature...… Argh! I even saved your life.… Argh! It hurts! Oh, it hurts!"
Oh, Daniel. The same goes for you to be immature. How could you not stop meddling for a second? He barely calmed down after experiencing the spiciness of Bianca.
"You'll always get cursed at for saving me."
Bianca, who had beaten Daniel, shook her head as she shook her hands.
"The more I think about it, the angrier I get. It's not a big deal, these days, huh? It's an open era. And what's wrong with a beautiful woman like me meeting various young lords? It's not my fault, it's my father and mother who gave birth to me so beautifully!"
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