Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

“….”

“Besides, I think Lady Sauver said she preferred rainy weather.”

I’m screwed.

Despite my resolution not to arouse suspicion, I had immediately acted like a fool.

I answered with an awkward smile.

“Tastes are always changing.”

“True enough.”

Fortunately, the Duke didn’t seem to suspect anything further and just let it pass.

After that, the Duke’s conversation continued.

Whether the carriage ride was difficult, how today’s dress suited me well, whether the food was to my taste, and so on.

He asked all sorts of useless things.

I looked down at my toes and responded appropriately.

“Lady Sauver.”

“Yes, Your Grace.”

“…Do you remember what happened at the Spring Welcoming Party last time?”

I wondered why he hadn’t brought this up yet.

I carefully nodded my head.

“I heard that Lady Rockwood is very ill. Her memory isn’t intact and she seems like a completely different person.”

“Y-yes, that’s right. Beatrice is very sick.”

“Exactly where and how is she ill? Is there anything I can help with?”

The Duke looked at me with sympathetic eyes.

Even after being beaten up like that, he still worries about Louis—what is love, really?

I pondered for a long time about what to say that wouldn’t lower his affection toward Louis while not seeming strange.

The Duke looked at me and urged.

“Lady Sauver?”

“Well… where Beatrice is hurt is…. Ah, that’s right! Her head! She injured her head. That’s why her memory comes and goes, and sometimes she becomes a bit violent, and she seems to have forgotten all about etiquette and such. So if Beatrice seems strange, please understand a little. Think that she must be in a lot of pain. Oh, and Beatrice also seems really sorry to Your Grace about what happened at the Spring Welcoming Party. You must be very angry and bewildered, but please forgive her.”

I finished my lengthy explanation with gestures and hand movements.

Phew, this should make him view Louis favorably, right?

With an anxious heart, I looked at the affection level floating above the Duke’s head.

[Affection Level 65%]

Thank goodness. It went up just a little bit!

While I was cheering internally, I felt the Duke staring intently at me.

So intently that I wondered if something was stuck to my face.

“Why, why are you looking at me like that?”

“This is the first time I’ve heard Lady Sauver speak at such length. You always kept your head down in front of me and wouldn’t look at me. And our conversations were always short too.”

“Haha, did I do that?”

“Lady Sauver seems to have changed somehow too.”

Oops. I was so focused on raising his affection that I forgot about René’s character setting.

I quickly lowered my gaze to look at the ground.

Just as I was feeling cold sweat running down my spine and swallowing dry saliva.

“The head of the Rockwood family and Lady Rockwood are entering!”

The news that our protagonist Louis was entering echoed throughout the banquet hall.

Sure enough, the Duke’s gaze immediately left me and turned toward the entrance.

The Duke had quite a longing look in his eyes.

All thanks to my good explanation.

Soon I could see Louis, dressed incredibly beautifully, coming down the stairs holding Marquis Rockwood’s hand.

“Wow.”

I exclaimed without realizing it.

Today’s Louis, dressed in a purple gown, was a perfect 100 out of 100.

While I was gaping at Louis.

Louis glanced toward me, seemed to smile briefly, then suddenly hardened his expression.

Then he approached this way with a frightening expression.

Why is he acting like that?

“What are you again?”

Louis hid me behind himself and suddenly glared at the Duke, growling.

It seemed he was wary of the sword-wearing Duke because of nearly getting stabbed by the Crown Prince last time.

But the Duke wasn’t the type to suddenly stab someone like a certain someone.

Not knowing this, Louis glared at the Duke as if he wanted to kill him.

“I apologize if I startled you. I was merely having a conversation with Lady Sauver.”

“Right, Beatrice. Don’t you remember the Duke? He’s a very gen.tle.man.ly person.”

I deliberately emphasized “gentleman,” hoping Louis would recall the original story information I had written for him.

Duke Wischurs! Male lead 2! Please remember, Louis!

When I looked at Louis earnestly, he frowned as if thinking about something.

Then he made an “ah” sound and pointed at the Duke with his finger.

“Male lea….”

“Ahhhhh!”

I shouted loudly to stop Louis, and the Duke, apparently startled by my sudden outburst, turned to look at me with wide eyes.

“Lady Sauver, are you alright?”

I smiled at the Duke as if nothing was wrong, then glared at Louis.

Louis, realizing he had made some mistake, thankfully shut his mouth.

“Lady Rockwood, are you feeling better?”

Apparently remembering the chaos at the Spring Welcoming Party, Louis frowned.

Then he scratched the back of his head awkwardly and extended his hand toward the Duke, as if asking for a handshake.

“Sorry about last time. My memory comes and goes.”

He tried to speak in a gentle tone, but….

What kind of female lead scratches her head and extends her hand for a handshake with the male lead!

The Duke also seemed flustered, staring blankly at the hand Louis extended, then eventually clasped it.

“It’s fine. Your punch was like a cotton ball anyway.”

You were pretty badly hurt for that to be true.

I forced myself to swallow those words. There was nothing good about disrupting the good atmosphere.

“My punch was… like a cotton ball?”

However, Louis seemed to have his pride wounded.

Though he spoke formally, his eyes were absolutely murderous.

Please, I desperately hoped nothing would happen this time.

Buuuuuuu-.

As if the ceremony was about to begin, trumpet sounds rang out and a servant loudly announced the entrance of the royal family.

“His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress, and His Highness the Crown Prince are entering!”

I bowed my waist like the other nobles to greet the royal family.

Seeing Louis standing straight, I quickly told him to bow.

“So that’s the boss of this world?”

Louis’s gaze toward the Emperor and Empress was somehow ominous.

“Should we just get rid of those guys and take over ourselves?”

Are you crazy, Louis?

Get a grip. Killing the Emperor is treason!

Just as I was silently hitting Louis’s back.

Soon the Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince entered the banquet hall.

“Raise your heads.”

At the Emperor’s command, I raised my head among the other nobles.

As described in the original story, the Emperor was a handsome man with a dignified atmosphere.

I inwardly admired his visual appeal that would have made many young ladies cry in his youth.

I had wondered where the Crown Prince’s beauty came from, and it seemed he had inherited it from his father.

The Empress, who was the Crown Prince’s mother, was also a beauty with an elegant atmosphere. The power of genetics indeed.

It was while I was admiring the beauty of the Emperor and his wife.

When the Emperor raised his hand, trumpet sounds rang out again and the doors of the Grand Banquet Hall opened as knights marched in formation.

The knights crossed the Grand Banquet Hall and prostrated themselves before the Emperor.

The Emperor gave some kind of speech and concluded it by saying ‘I hope you all return safely.’

But something was strange.

Among the knights, there were mysterious people mixed in who looked like they weren’t knights at all.

“But what about those people? They don’t seem to be knights.”

At my words, the Duke glanced at the departing knights, then answered nonchalantly.

“Ah, they’re mages.”

“Mages?”

“Yes. I heard that energy similar to black magic was detected in the Northern Mountains where Kaisys is located. It seems they’re going together to investigate it.”

Black magic? There was black magic in this world too?

Since this content wasn’t described in the original work, when I showed surprise, the Duke calmly continued speaking.

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