I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 72

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72.

All the food Theor ordered suited my taste perfectly.

It was only natural, since he asked about my preferences so thoroughly that the staff member waiting to take our order looked bewildered.

Can you eat this ingredient, is it okay if this goes in, which do you prefer between this and that, and so on.

He asked about what kind of food I liked to an almost excessive degree.

Since he went to such lengths, there was no way it wouldn’t suit my taste, so I sang praises about how delicious everything was throughout the meal.

“I’m glad it suits your taste. This place is famous among the young countesses, so I really wanted to come here together at least once.”

“Ah…”

Like the cafe across the street, this restaurant seemed to be quite famous too.

Actually, since each family has chefs who cater to their family members’ tastes residing with them, restaurants would be visited less frequently than cafes for tea and desserts, but if word spreads among the young countesses even in such circumstances, they must really make delicious food that appeals to the general public.

It even suited my taste, which is still more accustomed to food from my original world, so that says something.

“Thank you for bringing me to such a wonderful place.”

“Not at all. I’m the one who should be grateful that you spared your precious time for me.”

He said he had worried a lot about whether it was okay to take up my time like this, what with the plague and many other difficult matters.

He also added that since we hadn’t spent time alone together, he really wanted to create such an opportunity at least once.

“Originally, I was planning to make time separately after the coming-of-age ceremony. But when the ancient monsters attacked, the things I had prepared fell through.”

Prepared…

At Theor’s words that he had prepared something to spend time with me, I felt my face grow hot.

Somehow these words sounded like he was saying he liked me, and I couldn’t look directly at him.

Even throughout the meal, I kept feeling ticklish inside, making it difficult to manage my expression, but now it felt several times harder to control my expression.

The fact that he liked Caroline in the original story had already become completely irrelevant in reality, something I didn’t even need to worry about.

So I thought that if I just gathered a little courage and confessed my feelings here, perhaps we could become much closer than we are now.

Because of that, I was slightly nervous and apparently unconsciously stabbing at my meat with my fork.

“Are my words making you uncomfortable?”

Seeing my behavior, Theor asked with a gloomy expression.

“I didn’t mean to burden you. I just thought I wanted to become closer to Elinea…”

“I, I feel the same way!”

Surprised that Theor was thinking the same thing as me, I unconsciously interrupted him and shouted.

Even without looking in a mirror, I felt like my face was already so red it had gone beyond turning red and was burning hot enough to explode at any moment.

“…”

“Ah, th-that is, I also…”

“Elinea.”

I was embarrassed about suddenly shouting out of nowhere, and flustered about revealing my inner feelings because of it, rolling my eyes not knowing how to handle the situation, when Theor called my name.

When I raised my gaze to look at him, he was looking at me with tender eyes I had never seen before.

The moment I met those eyes, my heart fluttered.

“This wasn’t what I planned to say here, but I like you.”

“…!”

Instantly, not only our table but also the sparsely occupied seats became as quiet as if cold water had been poured over them.

Even the staff who had been busily carrying water and food stopped in their tracks at Theor’s words.

It felt like the world had temporarily come to a standstill.

My already burning face felt like it was getting even hotter, to the point where I wondered if it could get any hotter than this.

My head also felt like it was exploding with a bang, and I unconsciously covered my face with both hands and said,

“S-suddenly confessing…”

“I’m sorry. I really wasn’t planning to do it here – I was going to confess after we finished dessert, while looking at the night view when we were alone together, but somehow I thought it would be good if you knew my feelings even a little sooner.”

Theor said that patience was what he was most confident about, but for some reason, he couldn’t be patient at all right now, so he ended up saying it during our meal.

Of course, he said he would make a proper confession separately in a place with good atmosphere, making my face burn even hotter.

That’s how it happened.

How a confession of liking someone transformed into a proposal.

I don’t know what state of mind I was in when I finished the meal, and drank tea and had dessert, then was held in his arms again to ride Demorga back home.

Ever since receiving the confession at the restaurant, I had been in a dazed state like someone who had lost their soul.

And the next day.

Beki rushed into my room with an excited face, holding the morning newspaper, and that’s when I learned that yesterday’s confession at the restaurant had been transformed into a proposal.

“This is entirely because of what Theor said about doing it properly in a place with good atmosphere.”

I let out a small sigh while talking to Theor through the communication sphere.

—I’m sorry. I should have been more careful.

Theor had apparently seen the newspaper too, as he looked a bit gloomy and apologized to me.

Since the content was about the Empire’s Grand Duke proposing to a commoner-born nouveau riche daughter, someone who was confused about whether receiving divine revelation was true or false and was even under suspicion of being a dark sorcerer, the impact would be severe for Theor.

That’s what I said, but Theor seemed to think I had been harmed by the distorted article.

“No, no. This isn’t something you should apologize to me for. This is a matter concerning Theor’s honor.”

So I shook my head and said that, but Theor immediately responded with a firm voice.

—Actually, I was happy about the distorted article.

“…Pardon?”

—Since an article came out saying I proposed to Elinea, no other men will dare to covet Elinea anymore.

Good heavens.

“N-no one is coveting me anyway!”

When I shouted while fanning my burning red face, Theor muttered that I just didn’t know.

—Anyway, if Elinea isn’t particularly uncomfortable with it, I’d prefer not to correct the article.

“No, rather than me being uncomfortable, what about Theor… the prestige of the Grand Ducal house…”

I asked if having it publicly accepted as fact that he proposed to me wouldn’t cause problems for Theor’s marriage.

At those words, Theor made a very firm and serious expression and said decisively,

—Right now isn’t the appropriate time so I’m holding back, but if I marry anyone, it will only be Elinea.

No, why is that!

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After Theor’s confession that he liked me was transformed into a proposal article, Perioze’s Sister and Caroline made a fuss and rejoiced through the communication sphere.

When they asked when our relationship had progressed that far without their knowledge, I thought to myself that I was curious about that too.

After all, what could be called a proper date was just sharing one meal and having a conversation, so I was also a bit bewildered by this suddenly developed relationship.

Although there had been many occasions before where Theor and I moved around as a couple, we were always interrupted by dark sorcerers or monsters, so we couldn’t even dream of pink romance, which made it even more so.

—It’s probably because of the Etheran Grand Duke’s personality. He’s someone who doesn’t easily change his mind once he’s decided on something, so that makes it even more so.

Perioze’s Sister said this when I told her that Theor said he wouldn’t correct the article.

And she added that given Theor’s personality that we’d observed so far, he had probably already considered me as his partner and planned and executed everything – the dates and all.

Come to think of it, Theor had never, under any circumstances, shown unnecessary emotions to others.

His decisiveness was frighteningly precise, and the difference in warmth between how he treated me versus how he treated Perioze’s Sister and Caroline was definitely different.

—But what about you? The Etheran Grand Duke’s feelings don’t matter. Eli, you’re what’s important.

Perioze’s Sister asked how I felt about Theor and whether I had the heart to even marry him later.

Later, Caroline asked me the same question as Perioze’s Sister, so I learned that they didn’t think Theor was particularly good husband material.

Well, since he was only gentle to me and acted so cold toward others that icy winds blew and ice practically formed, it was understandable that everyone couldn’t see Theor’s gentle side and would worry.

I told Perioze’s Sister my honest feelings.

“I would like that.”

That I also had no one other than Theor I wanted to marry. That there probably would never be anyone I’d like as much as Theor for the rest of my life.

What it felt like when I first met him, what parts made my heart flutter, how I gradually came to like him more – I talked to Perioze’s Sister about my very, very honest feelings for quite a long time.

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