Chapter 71

‘I should have killed him even though Rosetta stopped me.’

Rosetta seemed to like him a lot now that he hadn’t killed him, so he couldn’t even touch him.

‘Well, if not by my hands, he’d almost certainly be killed by Lanoa’s.’

Sihael thought as he looked into Lanoa’s ferocious eyes.

“It’s all because of you, Your Highness.”

“I know.”

“Rosetta has been chased by and tormented by monsters since she was a child, and as a result, her personality has morphed into something similar that of a dog! She was just returning to normal.”

Lanoa, who had been evasive at the end of the sentence, bit his lower lip.

“You’ve ruined Rosetta’s peaceful life.”

Sihael was aware of this. Rosetta had been involved in strange things since meeting him. Even though he knew it well, he couldn’t let her go, so he felt very helpless.

“So take responsibility and look after her.”

“……I thought you’d warn me to stay away from her right away.”

Sihael, who had expected Lanoa to grab him by the collar and curse him, looked at him with surprise.

“Will you keep your distance from her if I tell you to? I’m sure you wouldn’t.”

No, of course not. Lanoa clicked his tongue, irritated by the bold response in his eyes.

“However, that doesn’t mean you should contact her more than is absolutely necessary. Don’t think nonsense and just consider yourself as Rosetta’s Knight.”

“To call the Crown Prince a knight is an overstatement.”

Sihael covered his twitching mouth and said. Seeing him almost jumping with joy, Lanoa felt irritated and wondered whether he should take back all what he said just now.

“I will protect her no matter what. Even if I have to risk my life.”

Lanoa couldn’t help but believe in the Crown Prince as he even promised to risk his life. Lanoa’s stiff face eventually softened at Sihael’s sincere gaze.

“We’ve also decided to go to the capital.  We can’t avoid going there anymore as we have a very important deal.”

“When are you guys going?”

“We will be going with you. Originally, we were going to only arrange Rosetta’s coming-of-age ceremony there, but in such a situation, there is nothing we can do about it.”

“But would you guys be okay? You’ll be under The Empress’ eyes.”

“She’s already keeping tabs on us. Now that this is the case, we’ve decided to go with Your Highness and annoy the hell out of the Empress.”

If the Empress was to lay her hands on them, it would be safer to be in the capital where there would be many eyes and ears around them than their secluded Duchy.

At least, they wouldn’t be attacked by monsters as often as they do now.

It was also Katzel’s way of not avoiding any fights they had encountered. They would gladly accept it even if the opponent was the Empress.

The golden eyes that resembled birds of prey shone sharply.

“And don’t forget about the wine cellar.”

Sihael burst into laughter at the words that did not go well with his fierce glare.

“I’ll let you take as many wines as you want.”

*  *  *

The next day, when I woke up, the monster greeted me.

“Master!”

The monster that was running towards me with twinkling eyes was caught by Sihael and thrown into a corner.

The monster, who rolled down the floor with a loud sound, ran with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes. Even though I’d realized it already, the little guy didn’t live up to the name of a monster as he cried a lot.

The monster, who rubbed its eyes and wiped away the tears, looked at me hesitantly, and then bowed its head.

“I’m sorry for hurting you!”

I kept getting all types of apologies from the monster. It was honestly amazing. The monsters I knew were idiots who would drool and aggressively rush towards me, but this guy was definitely different.

‘I think it would be useful to have it next to me….’

Thinking that I was troubled by it, Sihael grabbed the head of the monster. It was useful, so he kept it alive, but the blue veins on the back of his hand were still clear.

“Rosetta, now that this bastard is useless, shall I kill him?”

“Hiick! No, no! Master! Don’t kill me.”

Terrified by Sihael’s eerie voice, the monster shook off his hand with all his might and ran away. He immediately hid beside me. I pushed its head, that was poking me, away.

“Don’t call me master. We are enemies.”

“We are no longer enemies. We are on the same side! We’re friends, friends!”

You now speak like a friend. Who was the one who rushed to eat me?

I pushed away the clingy monster and threw it at Sihael, and then asked Nanabi.

“I’ve felt it before, but is there something wrong with his head?”

“He doesn’t really have any problem, he’s still young…”

Was it really young?  When I asked how old it was, Nanabi answered with a sigh.

“In human terms, it would probably be around ten.”

Ten years old? He’s basically a kid.

When I looked at him, surprised by his unexpected young age, the monster climbed up and sat down on a chair.

He tried to come by my side whenever he had time. It wasn’t that he liked me, but that he knew that I was the only person who could protect him from the scary Sihael. He was stupid, but he was also quick-witted.

“I’m all grown up. I can protect you, Master.”

What are you talking about? You’re weaker than me.

However, seeing the weak guy struggling to survive, I couldn’t somehow fight back. He was the one who made me lie on the bed. I had decided to teach him a lesson once I woke up, but when I saw those small, twinkling eyes, my heart weakened.

Sihael was right. I easily fall for  good-looking guys.