Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

However, Louis seemed completely unbothered and was busy gulping down his tea.

When the young ladies began chatting in earnest, Louis wore a bored expression as he crushed the cake in front of him.

The problem was that the First Princess was watching him do this.

Louis, please!

I quietly stomped my feet.

But whether Louis knew the First Princess was watching him or not, he was solely focused on crushing his cake.

It was while I was anxiously watching Louis.

“This gathering must be quite boring for you, Lady Rockwood.”

The First Princess, who had been quiet all along, spoke to Louis.

Then the young ladies’ gazes all turned to Louis, who was crushing his cake.

Seeing the young ladies start to whisper, I stomped my feet.

From here on, this was content I knew.

Now the First Princess’s real harassment would begin.

I wondered if Louis would be able to endure it well.

“I suppose for Lady Rockwood, a gathering without gentlemen is nothing more than a tedious social meeting.”

It was a tone that blatantly said ‘You’re just a man-chaser, aren’t you’ and put him down.

“I understand. You must be quite busy weighing the Duke and my brother in your hands, right?”

The First Princess continued speaking with a gentle smile.

Then the other young ladies began chiming in one by one.

“Still, showing such obvious signs of boredom seems uncultured and frivolous, doesn’t it?”

“Lady Rockwood is particularly close with gentlemen. Depending on who’s watching, it might not look very proper.”

“Ah, so that’s why you have no friends among the young ladies.”

The young ladies began giggling and openly mocking Louis.

Louis, who had put down the fork he was using to crush cake, glanced around once.

I was worried about what Louis might do when.

The young lady sitting right next to Louis knocked over the teapot on the table.

Splash—!

Unfortunately, the teapot fell toward Louis, completely soaking his dress.

“Oh my.”

The young lady covered her mouth with her hand as if apologetic, but from my position I could see clearly.

The young lady’s lips were curved up in a wide smile.

Besides, her action of knocking over the teapot was completely intentional!

Louis quietly looked down at his completely soaked dress, then stood up from his seat.

Creak—.

The sound of the chair being pushed back was somehow eerie.

Worried, I prepared to rush out at any moment.

“You forgot to apologize.”

Louis said while suppressing his anger.

Judging by the vein bulging on his forehead, he was probably desperately holding back his rage.

In the original, Beatrice couldn’t say anything and just blushed with shame, so I was worried if it was okay for Louis to act like this.

But since Louis was trying so hard to endure it, I couldn’t interfere.

I also felt sorry for Beatrice being so blatantly ostracized like this.

“An apology between us? Your dress just got wet, so it’s fine, right? It’s not like your face got wet.”

The young lady who had spilled the teapot on Louis shook her head quite shamelessly.

The vein on Louis’s forehead increased to two.

It was when Louis was clenching his fists and trembling.

A servant announced loudly.

“His Highness the Crown Prince approaches!”

At the same time, the young ladies’ gazes turned toward the garden entrance.

A golden-haired man shining brilliantly in the sunlight was walking toward them.

The young ladies all stood up at once.

While everyone shyly greeted the Crown Prince, he walked toward only Louis as if the other young ladies didn’t exist.

“Beatrice, are you feeling alright?”

At the Crown Prince’s words, the young ladies’ gazes turned to Louis.

Louis was still glaring at the young lady with bloodshot eyes, seemingly holding back his anger.

You’re beautiful today as well.”

Regardless, the infatuated Crown Prince was busy praising Beatrice.

He was really funny too. Couldn’t he read the situation?

Despite the Crown Prince’s praise, the young ladies began murmuring because Louis remained silent.

Louis, answer him. You need to greet him too!

Louis gritted his teeth and nodded halfheartedly as he spoke.

“I greet His Highness the Crown Prince.”

I was absolutely going crazy.

Such rude behavior toward the Crown Prince. Other nobles would be horrified to see this.

Regardless, the Crown Prince looked at Louis and laughed as if he found him cute.

Was this the power of 100% favorability?

Thinking this was fortunate at least, I looked at Louis with anxious eyes.

I shook the tree vigorously, pretending to be the wind, to signal Louis.

Louis, smile! A pretty smile!

At the suddenly scattering leaves, Louis narrowed his eyes and looked in this direction.

Did he notice my signal?

I looked at Louis anxiously.

And Louis….

Pulled up the corners of his mouth in a smile that looked like it came straight from hell.

Crazy.

I flinched looking at Louis, and the Crown Prince flinched too.

Louis’s smile—written as smile but read as a kind of threat—was that destructive.

If the Crown Prince with 100% favorability flinched, how amazing was that.

I shook the tree once more to send a signal.

Just don’t smile, Louis.

That’s when it happened.

The Crown Prince’s gaze left Louis and turned in this direction.

At the gaze flying directly toward me, I instantly froze.

He couldn’t have noticed, could he?

I swallowed dry saliva, but fortunately the Crown Prince’s gaze soon moved away.

It seemed I hadn’t been caught.

“But why is Beatrice’s dress wet?”

At the Crown Prince’s question, I could see the young lady who had spilled the teapot on Louis tense up.

Just as Louis was about to open his mouth to say something, the First Princess struck first.

“She accidentally spilled the teapot. We were just troubled because Lady Rockwood wouldn’t accept our apology.”

How ridiculous.

What apology.

They had been mocking Louis among themselves saying ‘What apology~’.

I looked at the First Princess with an incredulous expression, then glanced at Louis….

What kind of expression was that?

Louis’s face was bright red, with his eyebrows raised high and snorting like an angry bull.

Seeing Louis trying to endure it somehow was moving.

Regardless, the First Princess continued to provoke Louis.

“As expected, now that my brother has arrived, Lady Rockwood’s face has brightened considerably.”

Do you think that looks brightened up to you?

To me, it looks like he’s pissed off.

Just as Louis was trembling with clenched fists and about to open his mouth.

“Really? Are you happy I came, Lady Lockwood? I’m glad to see you too.”

The oblivious Crown Prince’s voice rang out.

Louis’s expression grew increasingly sour.

“By the way, Lady Lockwood, how about I lend you one of my dresses so you can change before we go?”

At the First Princess’s sudden suggestion, Louis had a ‘why bother?’ expression, but the First Princess called for a maid to help Louis change clothes.

Then she turned to look at her brother, the Crown Prince, and smiled gently.

“How about you accompany her, brother? You could give Lady Lockwood a tour of the Palace while you’re at it.”

In other words, don’t think about coming back to the tea party and have a good time together, just the two of you.

She’s planning to set up her brother with Beatrice.

That way, things would naturally grow distant between her and the Duke.

Unrequited love is so damn annoying.

I looked at the gently smiling First Princess, then at the Crown Prince extending his hand toward Louis.

He didn’t seem inclined to waste the good opportunity his sister had arranged.

“Let’s go, Beatrice.”

Louis tried to take the Crown Prince’s hand.

However, while his mind knew he should take it, his body wouldn’t cooperate, and Louis’s hand trembled violently as it moved toward the Crown Prince.

Just as Louis’s and the Crown Prince’s hands were about to touch.

“Sorry, but my palms are too sweaty.”

Unable to go through with it, Louis made a pathetic excuse and pulled his hand back.

I bit my lip in frustration.

Well, he’s making that much effort, so I’ll let it slide for now. Things will gradually get better.

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