CH 542.1

I hate it!

Mashiro and Kurogane’s awareness of me and their possessiveness of me made me indignant, and I heard Alicia-sama scream from behind me.

I turned around in a panic to see if another monsters had appeared, but I saw a rather small snake at Alicia-sama’s feet.

“Ah… ahh.”

Alicia-sama seemed to be so frightened that she couldn’t move.

Is that perhaps… a venomous snake!?

As Mariel and I stood there, not knowing what to do, Adry-sama picked up a nearby branch, strode over to Alicia-sama, scooped up the snake with the branch, and threw it behind a bush.

We were stunned at the natural flow of the situation, but Adry-sama looked at Alicia-sama dumbfounded.

“What the hell, Alie. That one wasn’t venomous, it was the gentle kind, you know? Weren’t you fine with those in the past?”

I was relieved to hear Adry-sama’s words, as it seemed to be a non-venomous species.

However, Alicia-sama glared at Adry-sama with teary eyes.

“Of course, I am not fine with it!? Rather, I hate it!”

“Haah!? How come?”

“I, isn’t it because you have been catching frogs and snakes for so long and bringing them to me!? I can’t help but hate them!”

“Ehh!? Even though I went out of my way to show you because I caught big, cool ones!”

“Far from only showing them to me, of course I would come to hate them when you placed them in my hands or on top of my head!?”

“Eh!? I thought you were having a good time because you kept still when I placed them on you…”

“There’s no such thing!? I just couldn’t move because of fear!”

I see… Adry-sama, that’s not good…!

He probably thought he was showing her his treasures and letting her touch them, but from Alicia-sama’s point of view, it was a terrible disaster coming.

I was fine with touching them in my past life if they were non-toxic, but I have never actually kept one, and I think I would be bitter if I had that kind of experience as a child!?

“… Adry, not everyone likes snakes and frogs, and if anything, a lot of people don’t like them. Apologize to Miss Alicia.”

Sei put his hand on Adry-sama’s shoulder as he shook his head.

“Ehh… but they were the super cool ones I decided to keep, you know?”

Adry-sama looke at Sei and us with unbelievable expression, so Mariel-chan and I shook our heads just like Sei.

“T, that can’t be… ow!?”

Hector-sama grabbed Adry-sama’s despondent head from behind.

“You little… what did you do to a lady!? Apologize right now!”

Hector-sama pushed Adry-sama’s head down.

Ehhh, is this safe for him to do, since Adry-sama’s family status is higher!?

“That hurts, Hector Nii! I, it can’t be helped, since I didn’t know! I thought she was delighted…”

“As a Knight, you should protect and care for ladies. Didn’t Commander teach you that! How dare you terrorize a little lady!”

“H, he did, but… as I said, I was just showing her my treasures…”

“Adry, you need to understand that ladies are more dainty in nature than men. Anyhow, I think you should apologize right now for everything you have done.”

Oniisama adviced him with a chilling smile.

“… Besides that, if you did that to Cristea, I wouldn’t forgive you.”

“Hii… I, I’m sorry!”

Adry-sama noticed that the air around Oniisama turned chilly after he muttered a few words to him, and he bowed his head and apologized.

“… I’m not the one you should be apologizing to, right? Start over. Of course, with sincerity.”

“Y, yes!”

Adry-sama raised his head and turned to Alicia-sama with a serious expression on his face.

“Alie, even though I didn’t know, I’m sorry. I… thought you were happy, just like me. I didn’t mean to scare you… I’m so sorry.”

As he apologized, Adry-sama looked like a doggie whose ears and tail had fallen back after being scolded.

“Adry-sama is totally the doggy type… uguh.”

I quickly poked Mariel-chan with my elbow as she blurted it out.

I generally agree with what you are saying, but it’s still inappropriate, okay!?