72 72 · My Presence Value

The next morning.

"I don't know if he's in the castle, but he's restless....."

I was walking down the hallway to the courtyard to feed Ralph.

That one... is the Duke of Vincent, of course.

The Duke of Ice.

Nigel and his college classmates seem to be very good lords.

Both he and Abby called Vincent a "good man," but I couldn't be more vigilant.

"Am I thinking too much?

"What are you mumbling about?"

"...!?

Behind him, he looks back aggressively.

Then....

"Vincent!?

Why are you so surprised?

There was a face of Vincent.

He doesn't laugh when he sees me.

Were you listening to my murmur earlier!?

When you feel your heart beating harder and harder,

Well, that's fine. I need to ask you something today. "

and Vincent approached me.

"You seem to be Nigel's fiancée."

……

Listening to it, I can't take over right away.

Well, how do you know that!?

I'm sure Nigel told me... but I don't want him to talk about anything that important so easily.

And the Duke of Ice!

I don't know what you're going to say!

"Hey, are you unhappy?

Finally, I open my mouth.

Then Vincent smiled invincibly.

"I am not dissatisfied. But he wasn't interested in women for a while. Even in college, the ladies were about to join him, but I will. I just wondered what kind of woman Park Min-jin was because he had a fiancée."

and even shorten the distance between me.

Let's say that Nigel has revealed this to Vincent.

But why do you bother asking questions like that when you're alone?

Vincent tells me with a spare attitude, while I'm confused.

"Will you be Nigel's fiancée?

Yes?

Because you suddenly say such a thing, I follow you back.

"I'm sorry. I'm not surprised. Nigel told me the whole story. He used to work as a healer. It's not about nobility."

I'm sorry.

Although I apologize with my mouth, I can't feel the feeling of apology from Vincent.

"Na, in order to be Nigel's fiancée, you must be at least noble?

"I didn't say that either. But no matter how good a healer you are, there is a possibility that others will think that you and Nigel will be able to match."

Speak in a rough way.

But what Vincent wanted to say was painfully conveyed to me.

You're not worthy of Nigel's fiancée...

It is true that I may be ignorant.

I'm not a nobleman, and I can't believe I'm Nigel and my fiancée... even if I look around.

But my feelings for Nigel are real, and I don't have the strength to say hello from the outside.

Is it because of that feeling?

I glanced back strongly at Vincent.

"Oh... she's quite a strong woman. But I don't hate women like that."

Vincent and I are further distanced from each other.

I retreat gently to get away from him, but... my back hits the wall.

Vincent put his arm against the wall to block me trying to escape to the right.

"Let me compliment you on your courage. But... you're a woman. If you're too careless, the bad guys will eat you."

The beautiful face of Vincent's nose is right in front of her.

My skin is so white as to be pathological. I even felt chilly when I looked at it.

You can push his body right away and run away... but his body will freeze and stop moving.

You're eating by a bad guy...?

What the hell is this person going to do?

"Well, please step aside. And it's not very complimentary of a woman to do that."

"Kuku, you're still strong. I like it more and more."

You don't have to like it!

Vincent's bad smile.

It's like being stared at by a snake.

My heart is twitching...

"Hey, what are you doing there?"

Vincent and I look at each other's voices.

"Douglas!

"I was wondering if you'd come to the courtyard today, so if you'd come and check it out... were you in the middle of a getaway?

Looking at the glass, the body finally moves like the magic that had been applied to it has been solved.

I bent over and ran away from Vincent to the Douglas.

"Ah, it's not a meetup! Don't say anything that could be misunderstood!

"Oh, that's right. You had Nigel."

Niya and Douglas raised their mouth.

He is always in trouble here, but today he is somehow more reliable than usual.

"Hmm... red-haired, light black skin... is that the man you were talking about at Nigel's (...)?"

Vincent was not afraid and looked at the glass with interest.

Well, that's fine. I'll leave you to it for today. "

Turn your back, Vincent.

"But don't forget. I wonder what it means to be next to Nigel, a strange little girl. Don't let everybody admit you're worth it, unless there's something else."

At the end of the day, Vincent left us.

The moment I lost sight of him, I grew tired on my shoulders.

"Hmm... Douglas. Thank you very much."

"I don't know why you're grateful, but you're welcome."

Douglas has a neat expression.

"Like the Duke of Ice he used to say. Well, you're a different kind of beauty than Nigel. But what the hell...?

"Come, listen!

I washed away what had just happened to the glass.

Then he gently popped my back.

"It seems like it's been a tough time. It would have been caring to talk to that great man. I know how you feel."

"So, what!? He's really... terrible..."

"But how bad is it? It seemed to me he was worried about Elianne."

"Are you worried? Where did you see it!

"Besides, I thought he was a very aggressive man for humans, but if he was a dragon in the first place..."

Suddenly Douglas told me about the Dragon, but I don't care.

Still... do you hate me, Vincent?

"You don't deserve Nigel's fiancée."

I was told a lot of things...

Should I show him something that he can accept?

I can't tell you she was a former saint... what should I do?

"What's the matter, Elianne? I'm not happy with my face."

"I don't know anymore!

Angry, I slipped away from the glass.

Now that I think about it... maybe I should have just listened to Vincent's whisper.

But for me, who was just worried about his relationship with Nigel, his words were painfully punctured.