59-059-Princess Le Rumif's Secret

Let's step back in time a bit since last time.

128 years in the life of the King.

It was the day before Kanata and the others set sail for the Holy City.

Satsuki had come to Frost Castle with Jupiter.

''Oh, you're the girl who came with Uranus-san and the others the other day. What's wrong?

As we were approaching the front of the castle, we were spoken to by the gatekeeper.

As I recall, his name was Carlos or something like that.

''Well, I was wondering if I could talk to the princess...''

'With Master Lurmif!　...You have an appointment?

Eh. No, it's not like that...

To begin with, the first time Satsuki had seen Princess Lurmif was during the commotion the other day, so they barely knew each other.

Naturally, there was no way to get an appointment, and it was an impromptu dive into the situation.

Hmmm..... I've heard from Uranus-dono that you guys are the key players in the case, but...

What?

'But that doesn't mean I can't welcome you guys in...'

Shoboooooooooooooooo.

Satsuki slumped her shoulders and turned around to go back to the inn with Jupiter's hand.

It's okay. You're still such a cheapskate.

!

The person who spoke to me was, to my surprise, Princess Lurmif herself.

And to get direct approval from the person himself, it was just wishful thinking!

"But, Mr. Lurmif...

I say it's okay, and you're the gatekeeper, and you're going to defy me?

No, no, sir!

When Carlos bowed his head deeply, looking flustered, Lurmif let out a sigh, looking a little unhappy.

''Well, then, come follow me.

Thus, Satsuki and the others were taken by Princess Lurmif and entered the royal castle.

........Incidentally, seeing the conversation just now, Jupiter was thinking this in his mind.

''Koe!　Why are the women around me always such scary ones?

I am utterly sorry for your loss.

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＜frosted castle parlor

Now, as you may recall, my name is Lurmif.

Well, I'm Satsuki.

"My name is Jupiter...

Lurmif chuckles at the two of them greeting each other in a hurry, and turns his gaze to the area around Satsuki's neck.

''There are two more of you, right?''

"Your answer.

"That's a good instinct...

Lurmif laughed with amusement at the sight of Harl and Fleur peeking out of the room.

''Haha. As expected, the bulge in the hood would be too unnatural if there were two fairies in it. If you want to hide them, you should try a little more creative.''

Well..... The gatekeeper from earlier didn't seem to notice at all~

When Satsuki looked disappointed, Lurmif let out another sigh with a dumbfounded look on his face.

''It's just that that idiot is a Park Nenin. He hasn't changed in the past, and I'm really sick of it.''

You've been around for a long time... so the princess and the old man, the gatekeeper, have been friends since childhood?

While I don't know her age clearly, it doesn't seem like Lurmif is that far away from her brother (Kanata).

The 'long ago' she refers to is probably around ten years ago at most.

'We've known each other since we were children, or rather, he's my caretaker's son,' she said, 'and I'm three years older than him. I'm three years older than him, though.

Heh.

It's a very good idea to have a good time with your friends and family.

It's a good idea to have a good time with your friends.

''I know it's late but I'm really sorry for this time.

?

Looking at Satsuki, who tilts her head in kyoton, Lurmif laughs with a slightly troubled face.

''Because instead of the hero-sama, you've lost your power, right?

Oh, I don't mind that. It's just that Harru and Fleur are going to help me from now on.

Lurmif's eyes widened in surprise at Satsuki's words.

''Could it be a seal?''

Yeah. I just checked with Fleur and I found out that the restrictions have been lifted.

"The world ... is our garden.

Although I'm not sure what their conversation means, it seems that Harle and Fleur were not able to go away freely before, and that has been improved by some reason in this one case.

''........I see, that's good!

The way Lurmif looked at Harl and Fleur was very kind, and it seemed that the girls had also been in the process of getting to know each other for a long time.

Then Lurmif turned to Satsuki again, and this time he spoke words of thanks.

'Once again, thank you so much. When I heard that Uranus-sama had climbed the tower after the last one, I was ready for it, but thanks to you, there's no more talk of marriage.

--the one who redeploys the wards will be allowed to marry Princess Lurmif.

In this case, Satsuki would have the right to do so, but even in the midst of the chaos of the last one, "I'm the next king, hahahaha! If they were to say something like that, the people might start a riot.

Although there is no law prohibiting same-s*x marriages in the Frost Kingdom, Satsuki, as expected, read the atmosphere and formally declined the offer.

I don't want to get married for political reasons, and I want to be able to decide who I want to marry.

While privately agreeing with Satsuki's folksy opinion, Lurmif replies with a chuckle.

''Haha. Being royalty, we don't have much leeway with such things, but I still wanted to avoid anything that would tear Uranus-sama and Krull-sama apart.

So the princess knew that those two were together?

You didn't know. You could've seen it at first sight.

Right!

Then Lurmif and Satsuki were having a great time talking about their love life.

In the middle of all this, Fleur flew through the air and came up to the boy who was "as good as air" and puffed his head with her little hand.

'Great......completely obliterated his presence.

I want to go home.

Jupiter blurted out tiredly and just waited for the time to pass, watching the girl talk going on in front of her in a daze....

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I've had a wonderful time today. I hope you can talk to me again when you're ready.

Yeah. I'll be back~

Although the two girls have completely hit it off, Jupiter only wishes inwardly that 'please, please don't invite Ola next time'.

And when they came to the gate again, Lurmif slapped the gatekeeper (Carlos) on the ass.

'Ite eh?'

All right, our guest has just left. See him off, all right?

Ugh....

Seeing Carlos so unhappy, it's hard to see him as someone else.

The way he rubs his own buttocks is like himself after the onslaught of low kicks that angered Satsuki.　

While inwardly thinking about such things, Jupiter heads to the inn with Satsuki and the others.

''By the way, that gatekeeper nii-chan......................was being bullied by the princess, it was kind of pitiful.''

In response to Yupiter's muttering, Satsuki seemed to scowl and then suddenly burst out laughing.

I'm sure you'll be able to find it. I'm sure that's how it looks to Jupiter.

?

Wait a minute.

Satsuki took Yupiter's hand and turned back the way he came so that he wouldn't be seen sneaking around and ducked into the shade of a tree some distance from the castle gate.

When I looked at the front of the castle gate, I could still see Lurmif and Carlos.

''Hooray, you should see the look on the princess's face!

"Why are you talking like that?

Looking at Rurumif's expression as Satsuki had said, the two seemed to be having a pleasant conversation, a complete change from earlier.

''I was hurt by Princess Lurmif like that just now........ That nee-chan, she's so tough.''

You're going to tell me that?

"Nice ... joke.

?

Aside from the unaware Jupiter, the conversation seems to have settled down after a while, and Lurmif leaves and returns to the castle.

........but Lurmif suddenly turns around and--

!

He hugged Carlos and ran off quickly away from him.

It was only a moment too late, and if I hadn't paid attention, I wouldn't have noticed it.

''I, what the hell was that........''

It must be tough being in love with someone of a different status and not being able to honk out.

Although Jupiter is as slow as Kanata when it comes to that kind of talk, as expected from Satsuki's words, I understood everything.

You know, Satsuki. How long have you noticed that those two were like that!

I've been aware of it since the first time we had a conversation at the gate. It's like they were trying to meet each other, and we just stormed into them.

....

Do all humans have the ability to notice such things, or is Satsuki simply crazy?

Looking up at Carlos standing in front of the castle gates, Jupiter was reminded of the depth and difficulty of male-female relationships....