It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 66

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And so, Raphael and I, along with our (hidden) divine Squirrel!

The three of us ended up going to the capital together.

The official purpose was to secure the Perilde Mine from the Emperor!

But naturally, I was thinking of it as our sweet and lovely honeymoon for just the two of us♡.

After loading all the luggage that Melorsi had packed for us into the baggage carriage, I climbed into the coach. I clasped my hands together and spoke seriously to Raphael, who was sitting across from me.

“So from now on, it’s just the two of us! I’m so happy. I wish it could be just the two of us forever…”

Grandpa Squirrel isn’t human, so it really is just the two of us.

However, Raphael, who had taken out a book to read without meeting my eyes, whispered slowly.

“Is that so. Your hidden feelings have slipped out of your mouth.”

“Those are my surface feelings though.”

“…What?”

Raphael lifted his gaze from his book to look at me.

“If you’d like, shall I honestly tell you all my inner thoughts from now on too?”

…That would probably be quite difficult.

Raphael muttered while pressing his forehead.

“No, I absolutely don’t want that.”

“Then, may I continue honestly confessing about 50% of my feelings?”

Raphael was staring at me with the expression of someone looking at a troublesome person.

Well, he’ll obviously refuse. Of course, I had roughly organized the scenario for when he refuses in my head…

“…Do as you please.”

“Pardon?”

…What, what?

‘Raphael… told me to go ahead?’

…He said he’d continue listening to my confessions?

I unconsciously gripped the hem of my dress tightly.

“I didn’t mishear, did I?”

“You misheard. I told you not to do that.”

While looking at me with that troubled expression, his lips were still pulled taut in the end.

I don’t know how other people might misinterpret that expression, but at least I know.

‘That’s his face right before he laughs.’

As if I had cotton candy in my mouth, my mood felt incredibly sweet.

I said seriously.

“Then I’ll continue confessing as you said!”

Good.

From today on, every single day, I’ll charge forward even more powerfully!

But at my fighting spirit-filled attitude, Raphael quietly turned his gaze away.

“Even more than now?”

“Yes.”

I added solemnly.

“Since it’s just the two of us!”

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“His Highness the Grand Duke and Her Highness the Grand Princess have departed on their honeymoon. During the brief time when both are away, we must ensure there are no shortcomings in governing the family.”

One day after Serenthia and Raphael left for the Imperial Palace.

At 【Epinethia Salon】, three people sat together: Isidel, Chairman Pasan, and Valen Matapju.

Though they had gathered to discuss how to handle the Grand Duke’s duties in Raphael’s absence, their conversation naturally shifted toward the couple’s honeymoon.

Isidel whispered most sharply.

“At least he’s human after all. In that he’s finally going on a honeymoon, albeit belatedly.”

“Well, this is the first time I’ve seen my brother look human like he does these days. Look how he’s being completely led around by Lady Serenthia. It’s amusing, isn’t it?”

“What do you mean by that, Valen. Are the family’s major and minor affairs just amusing matters to you?”

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

Valen spoke up.

“My brother isn’t the type to be led around by anyone. But he’s clearly being led around by Her Highness the Grand Princess.”

Isidel answered quietly.

“Yes. As you say, Valen…”

“He’s started to feel emotions.”

“…A little, perhaps.”

At Isidel’s contemplative remark, Valen chuckled.

‘If he discovers the easter egg I hid in my watch during this Imperial Palace trip, that would be even more interesting.’

Raphael described himself as an ascetic and control freak, but Valen knew better. Raphael’s true nature. And…

“Don’t we all know? What my brother was like as a child. How disgustingly obsessive he was with things he cared about.”

Disgusting obsession.

Though it was an unsettling thing to say about the family head, it wasn’t wrong when recalling Raphael’s childhood.

Isidel slightly furrowed her brow as if recalling something.

It was Raphael’s temperament that the younger ones didn’t know, that those not of direct lineage didn’t know.

“This is mine, and I absolutely won’t give it away.”

As a child, he was a little boy who absolutely wouldn’t let go of a teddy bear he considered his own.

Not only that. Any object he considered his, he would hold in his arms whether sleeping or awake.

When young Valen had snatched away his attachment doll, Valen nearly departed from this world.

As Isidel recalled all those situations, Valen shrugged and added.

“So it’s better that he’s gradually seeping into Lady Serenthia like he is now. Going on a honeymoon is already quite precarious, but if his emotions suddenly intensify and he declares his love for his wife, then it would truly become uncontrollable.”

Chairman Pasan, who had been quietly present, murmured softly.

“If something happens during the honeymoon that, how should I put it, for example… drives Lord Raphael mad, it would be dangerous.”

Isidel briefly swallowed a sigh. Her tone suggested she didn’t even want to imagine it.

In contrast, Valen spoke with a mischievous expression.

“Like a rival appearing. Or Her Highness running away, or being revealed to have a terminal illness, something like that.”

“What kind of ridiculous nonsense are you spouting, Valen.”

“Just, because it’s interesting. I want to see my brother regain emotions and go crazy with rage.”

At Valen’s innocent yet cruel words, Isidel waved her hands dismissively.

“I find it not amusing. Anyway… I’ll distribute the work. Enough chattering now.”

Even as they said this, they didn’t really think such things would happen.

So their conversation simply ended there.

***

However, at that same time.

Up until arriving at the Grand Duke’s mansion in the capital, the Grand Ducal couple, specifically Serenthia, had looked happy.

The problem began when they greeted the butler, looked around at the maids, and then entered the bedroom.

Serenthia looked at the room at the end of the mansion’s second floor and said seriously.

“Wouldn’t it be better if we used a smaller room for our bedroom? Then we could stick closer together.”

“Stick, what?”

“Oh my, did I accidentally say that out loud?”

“It was the loudest thing I’ve ever heard from you.”

“…Oh no.”

My inner thoughts were discovered.

I was filled with anticipation that we’d finally be confined to a dark and gloomy design studio, no, a dark and gloomy room…

Raphael gestured toward the room right in front and said.

“Fortunately, the Grand Ducal couple’s bedroom is here.”

As soon as I saw the large room in the capital mansion, my face became as sour as if I’d bitten into an unripe persimmon.

“This room is incredibly grand and large, and the bed is king of king size.”

“Since it’s the Grand Ducal couple’s bedroom.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Tomorrow or so, prepare to meet the Emperor. Ah, and your bedroom is over there.”

“What? I thought it was the Grand Duke couple’s bedroom. Aren’t we going to share this bedroom?”

“….”

Raphael fell silent for a moment. His jaw jutted out prominently. I clasped my hands together nervously and looked at him….

“…No.”

“What? Why!”

“The room is too small. …The bed is small too.”

“…What are you talking about? It’s the king of king sizes. Even if we both slept with our arms spread out, our fingertips probably wouldn’t touch.”

“No, it’s small.”

What a ridiculous excuse. He must really not want to be near me.

“You use that room over there. Separate rooms.”

“….”

“Hurry up.”

I trudged into the very pretty, cute, and lovely Large Room that Raphael would not be entering.

I definitely thought we had gotten closer….

‘This isn’t a honeymoon!’

Had this really become a trip solely for the Perilde Mine?

At this point where even sharing a bed had become impossible, my anger began to slowly sprout.

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The next morning after ‘sleeping in separate rooms with nothing happening,’ in the morning Dining Room.

I discovered 【Rosemary Family】 in the morning newspaper the manor’s Butler handed me and spat out my tea.

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