Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 52

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Chapter 52

But this time, I understood Louis’s feelings all too well, so I simply smiled and drank my tea.

“I’ll kill you!”

The Crown Prince looked at Louis in surprise.

Then his eyes immediately blazed with fierce intensity.

“How dare you say ‘I’ll kill you’ to me, the Crown Prince…”

But Louis paid no attention and picked up a fork from the tea table.

“Come to think of it, you were the first one to run away when the magical beasts appeared, weren’t you? And now you’re sitting here spouting this nonsense?”

Whether the escort knights were pointing their weapons at him or not, Louis stared only at the Crown Prince with bulging eyes.

“This guy only does weird stuff in the novel too.”

He seemed to be talking about the original story.

Well, the Crown Prince did do a lot of bad things.

“You bastard, today I’ll finally cut off your neck!”

Louis’s harsh words spread across the clear sky above.

Though Louis was causing a scene, this was the first time I wanted to cheer him on like this.

I deliberately drank my tea while watching Louis.

Well, the Crown Prince’s favorability dropped to 70% for the first time ever, and the world destruction gauge rose to 67%.

The Crown Prince seemed like he needed to be taught a lesson.

* * *

As soon as I entered my room, I jumped onto the bed and hugged a pillow.

Fortunately, the Crown Prince let today’s incident slide.

It was thanks to my earnest excuses.

I said didn’t he know that Beatrice’s mind was unstable, and that this was exactly one of those situations.

When I made that excuse, perhaps because his favorability was still high, the Crown Prince said he’d let it go just this once and called off his escort knights.

Thinking about what happened at the Crown Prince’s Palace today, no matter how much of a male lead the Crown Prince was, I felt reluctant to pair him with Louis.

Not only had he told me to become the Crown Princess, but thinking about how he spouted nonsense about nurturing successors and whatnot, even if it was a mission, I was reluctant to pair Louis with him.

Besides, it seemed like Louis wouldn’t develop feelings for the Crown Prince either.

I refuse on my end, that’s what I’m saying.

But this made me wonder who I should pair Louis with.

The Duke’s favorability kept dropping too, so the only one left was Shamal. At least Shamal’s favorability was on the higher side.

But Shamal was currently with the Dragon Hunt Expedition.

In that situation, he couldn’t meet Louis, so Shamal needed to return as soon as possible.

Shamal, please come back quickly.

While I was thinking that, suddenly a maid knocked on the door.

“Miss, an invitation has arrived from the Duke’s Mansion.”

After the maid left, I immediately opened the invitation to check its contents.

The invitation said they would hold a ship party for 1 night and 2 days.

The ship party was an event that appeared in the original story too.

Against the backdrop of the blue sea, the Duke confessed to Beatrice, and this event marked the beginning of the Crown Prince’s jealousy and obsession in earnest.

I was fluttering the invitation when I suddenly had a thought.

If it was the Duke’s ship party, Iban, who was currently staying in the capital, might attend too.

In that case…

“It might be perfect for investigating Iban.”

A long time of 1 night and 2 days. The confined space of a ship. Plus the eyes of many people.

In such an environment, it would be easy to investigate Iban.

Even if Iban was a dark mage, it would be hard for him to easily attack me where there were many people.

The problem was whether Iban had attended the ship party in the original story.

If I invited him to the ship party and it greatly disrupted the flow of the original story, the world destruction gauge might rise.

But thinking about everything so far, there were quite a few things that actually existed but just weren’t described in the original story. Dark magic was like that too.

Then Iban might be the same.

He might not have appeared in the original story, but there was a possibility he actually attended this ship party.

Above all, Iban was a person who traveled back and forth between the capital and the north, making it difficult to know his exact whereabouts. He wasn’t someone you could easily meet even if you tried to meet him on purpose.

So the ship party would be a good stage to uncover Iban’s identity.

There’s still some time left before the world’s destruction.

So even if the gauge rises a little, wouldn’t it be better to investigate Iban?

I put down the invitation while thinking about whether there was a way to invite Iban.

Just then, the maid knocked on the door again.

“Miss, it’s time to attend dinner.”

“I understand. I’ll be right out.”

I got up and left the room.

As I entered the hallway, I saw Kaisis standing beside the door.

“Kai.”

“Please speak.”

Even at my call, Kaisis still wouldn’t look into my eyes. His ice-cold attitude remained the same.

I was hurt by Kaisis’s attitude and turned my head away sharply.

“It’s nothing.”

* * *

The next day, I visited the Duke’s Mansion.

It was to ask him to invite Iban to the ship party.

Since the Duke was the host of this party, inviting Iban would be the Duke’s responsibility.

I had sent the Duke a letter in advance saying I would visit.

The Duke sent back a reply saying the mansion’s doors would always be open to Lady Sauver and that I was welcome anytime.

So as soon as dawn broke, I immediately took a carriage to the Duke’s Mansion.

The Duke was waiting outside the door for the carriage to arrive.

No, why is he waiting outside instead of inside?

When I got out of the carriage holding Kaisis’s hand, the Duke greeted me with a gentle smile.

“Lady Sauver.”

“It’s been a while, Your Grace.”

“Yes, it truly has been quite a while.”

After exchanging light greetings, we began walking as the Duke said he would guide us to the reception room.

The Duke took my hand from Kaisis.

I could feel Kaisis’s hand trembling slightly as he handed my hand to the Duke.

I looked back at Kaisis.

But Kaisis’s face remained as cold as ice.

“I’m delighted that you’ve come to visit like this.”

Though I had visited the Duke’s Mansion with ulterior motives, the Duke looked genuinely pleased.

For some reason, my conscience pricked me.

The Duke instructed a maid to bring refreshments, and I sat in the seat facing the Duke.

“Actually, I visited the Duke’s Mansion today because there’s something I’d like to ask of Your Grace.”

“Of me?”

The Duke looked surprised, then stared intently at me.

It was somehow burdensome.

As I subtly averted my gaze, the Duke soon wore a gentle smile.

“If I can be of help to Lady Sauver, I’ll gladly do anything.”

He said he’d do anything without even hearing what the request was yet.

What if I made an outrageous request like ‘Please give me all the Duke’s Mansion’s wealth!’

Of course, that wouldn’t happen.

Thinking that the Duke had an unexpectedly naive side, I opened my lips.

“Actually, there’s someone I’d like you to invite to the ship party.”

“Who might that be? Perhaps…”

In that moment, the Duke’s eyes darkened.

“A man?”

Iban is a man, isn’t he?

When I nodded, the Duke’s eyes grew even darker.

“I’d like you to invite Duke Descartes to the ship party.”

“Duke Descartes, you say?”

“Yes.”

“Why him all of a sudden…?”

I pondered what excuse to make and decided on the most harmless one.

“Well, I met him once before, and he looked exactly like my ideal type. So…”

The more I continued my answer, the darker the Duke’s expression became.

Duke Ivan Descartes was handsome enough to be my favorite character.

Of course, that didn’t mean he was actually my ideal type…

Rather, my ideal type was reliable, with dark hair—living in South Korea made light hair colors feel a bit awkward—and somewhat quiet…

Huh? Wait a minute. Could this be…?

I stopped reciting my ideal type list in my head and glanced at Kaisis.

It is similar.

Anyway, I needed an excuse right now.

As I smiled awkwardly, the Duke let out a deep sigh with a dark expression.

“Lady Sauver is truly too much.”

Excuse me? Me? What did I do?

“Not only do you ask the person you had a blind date with to invite another man, but you also tell him that other man is your ideal type.”

Thick veins bulged on the Duke’s hand gripping the teacup. As if suppressing something.

That look was exactly like someone who was jealous.

Suddenly, the Duke’s favorability flickered.

Then.

[Favorability 5%]

His favorability toward Beatrice dropped sharply.

Huh? It was strange that the favorability dropped when Louis hadn’t done anything.

Then why did it drop?

The Duke did seem like he was jealous…

Could it be that the Duke likes me and that’s why the favorability dropped…?

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