That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 227
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Chapter 227
Flustered, I unconsciously swallowed my dry saliva.
“I’ll have to think about that. We’re on a bed…?”
Ferdinand lowered his head and laughed as if he found it absurd.
His light brown hair swayed gently, and his red eyes sparkled like jewels.
‘Is it because his attitude has become softer?’
He seemed a bit cute somehow…
I felt sweat forming under my palms. I was bewildered at myself for thinking that ice-cold Crown Prince was cute, even for a moment.
Ferdinand opened his mouth.
“What exactly do you think I can do with this young body?”
“No, it’s not that kind of thing, I was worried Your Highness might cut off my neck and head…”
Humans are truly amusing. Aren’t we so greatly influenced by appearances?
When Ferdinand was in his young man’s form, I couldn’t even speak properly, overwhelmed by the intimidating pressure from his gaze and build.
But once he changed into the form of a boy smaller than me, our conversation flowed quite chattily.
Of course, this was also thanks to Ferdinand coming to rescue me, which brought us psychologically closer.
‘Objectively speaking, we’ve gotten much closer physically too.’
Bang bang!
It was then that I heard the sound of knocking on the door—no, more like breaking it down.
“Hey! Tuliaaaa!”
“…!”
I jumped up from my seat. And before going out, just in case, I started rolling Ferdinand up in the blanket.
His eyebrows immediately shot up, having never received such treatment in his life.
“What exactly are you doing right now…”
“Quiet, please be quiet.”
Is this what it feels like to be caught by family while secretly meeting a man at night?
Well, that’s actually what’s happening, but the Crown Prince isn’t even in a state to do anything with me right now!
I hid Ferdinand and rushed out frantically.
“Ahem. Leon? What’s wrong?”
“No, I’m really!”
Leon was in a very irritated state. He grumbled that the priests wouldn’t easily let him in here, so he had to force his way in.
‘Looks like he kicked his way through everything.’
If that guy didn’t have such a handsome face, he would have made a perfect villain…
Wait, wait.
“Leon? Where are you trying to enter?”
“Your bedroom!”
“Why? Didn’t you get assigned a bedroom?”
“I did, didn’t I?”
“Then why? Why are you coming into my bedroom?”
“Ha.”
Leon Frazier asked back with a condescending expression.
“Tulia Frazier. Do you think you can sleep alone in the temple?”
“What?”
‘How did he know?’
“Wake up. If it’s you, I’d bet my entire fortune that you’d come to Father’s room within an hour, carrying your pillow and saying you’re scared.”
“…!”
Was I such an easy person to figure out!
But right now, absolutely no one should set foot in my bedroom!
I put on the most gentle and soft smile I could manage. Leon immediately scrunched up his face.
“What’s that? Why are you smiling so fake?”
“…”
“Look at that fist coming up? No, but I’m really quite tired right now, you know?”
“Leon, Leon.”
“What. Ah, really, let’s sit down and talk. I’ll sleep on the sofa…”
I stubbornly stood my ground and smiled. Facing his puzzled expression, I finally opened my mouth.
“You don’t know, do you? How much the nobles compare me to Coriko?”
“…What?”
First method for manipulating an idiot!
Remind them of a common enemy!
“Coriko became a Saint, right? So the nobles are clinging to Coriko saying the Saint has elegant grace, her innate holiness is extraordinary and purifying… making a huge fuss.”
Second!
Act as pitiful as possible!
“But what about me? I’m not a Saint, so I don’t have innate holiness or anything like that.”
“Uh, well. Hmm…”
“Then what can I do? I have no choice but to compete with the firm and noble dignity of a Grand Duke’s daughter…”
“…So?”
Finally!
Just raise your voice output to maximum!
“So while I’m at the temple, I’m definitely going to sleep alone! Tell Father and Lisian clearly too! I’m the Frazier Grand Duke’s daughter! I won’t lose to anyone! No, I can’t lose!”
At the same time, I slammed the door shut with a bang!
If nothing else, at least those last words would have definitely gotten through to Leon.
‘As expected.’
I heard grumbling sounds from outside the door, but they disappeared before long.
When I opened the door slightly again, Leon was really gone.
I returned to the bed feeling completely drained.
“Your Highness, did you see what trouble I just went through because of you…”
I was muttering full of resentment when I looked at the bed and covered my mouth with both hands. I barely managed to suppress the laughter that was about to burst out.
Because.
Ferdinand was waiting for me with that same cold, expressionless face.
However, there were two problems with him: one was that his body had become too small, and the other was that he was rolled up in the blanket like a small snowman.
It seemed he hadn’t moved at all from the state I had rolled him up in earlier.
“Are you done laughing?”
I immediately put on a serious expression.
“No, Your Highness. I was just taking a deep breath for a moment.”
“You were laughing.”
“Your Highness. You must have heard me making excuses earnestly just now. I used up all my energy, so I was taking a deep breath…”
Using the technique I once used to win Grandfather’s favor, I smoothly got through the crisis situation like a snake crossing a wall.
That means I helped Ferdinand unwrap the blanket he was rolled up in. And then…
I went to Ferdinand’s side and quietly sat down again.
‘If it had been Ferdinand’s usual appearance, I definitely couldn’t have been on the same bed.’
Indeed, is it because he looks young that my guard has been lowered a bit?
“Lady Tulia.”
It was then that Ferdinand quietly called my name.
“Yes?”
“You called my name earlier.”
Perhaps Ferdinand felt similarly.
“Why aren’t you calling me by name now?”
“Ah….”
I scratched my head. Back then, even if Empress Carmi had appeared, I probably would have cried while calling out her name.
I laughed, feeling unnecessarily awkward.
“If you say it’s okay to call your name even in public, then I will.”
“Do as you like.”
“Pardon?”
“I said do as you like.”
“….”
But he agreed so readily….
“…Ferdinand.”
“Yeah.”
Ferdinand smiled gently.
It was the first time. The first time I’d seen that Crown Prince, who always wore only cynical or coldly expressionless looks, smile like that.
Even when he was a boy, he was like a living statue. So I suppose it’s the same now.
I stared at this beautiful boy as if entranced for a moment, then asked.
“So how exactly are you going to take the divine power?”
“Lie down.”
I seriously doubted my ears.
No, I didn’t just doubt my ears—I looked at Ferdinand like he was trash.
“Young Lady.”
So naturally he frowned incomparably more than before.
“I’ll say it again—what exactly do you think I could do to you with this body?”
“I’m sorry. I was just so surprised that….”
I carefully put down the pillow while still wearing my shawl. That’s right! I had been hugging the pillow this whole time.
‘How embarrassing.’
Ferdinand didn’t say anything about me getting under the blanket without taking off my shawl.
It was fortunate—if he had told me to take off my pajamas too, I really might not have been able to hold back from kicking him.
“Are you lying down properly? Young Lady.”
“Yes.”
“Do you normally cover yourself with blankets like that?”
“Of course. I tend to get quite cold.”
“You’re cold when the bedroom is this warm? I suppose that thick shawl wrapped around your body is just for decoration then.”
“…Ahem.”
Having nothing to say, I just repeated light coughs.
A little later.
Through the blanket pulled up to my head, I dimly felt the room growing dark. Just as I realized he had turned off all the lights in the bedroom and was about to speak.
A body temperature like a fireball embraced me.
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