The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess’s Favorite - Chapter 191

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Side Story Episode 4

Unable to listen any longer, Larite hastily cut off Dietrich’s words mid-sentence.

“Dietrich and I will take the ducal house’s carriage.”

At those words, Dietrich and Evangeline looked at Larite with contrasting expressions.

Dietrich’s look was roughly along the lines of ‘Larit, how could you do this to me?’

Evangeline was shouting ‘Thank you, Larit!’ with her entire body.

And so, Larite cleanly dismissed her husband’s words.

“Eva can come in the same carriage as Prince.”

“Yes, I’ll do that!”

Evangeline smiled brightly.

Meanwhile, Dietrich looked utterly dejected, as if he had lost everything in the world.

Larite glanced at her husband out of the corner of her eye.

I’m sorry, Dietrich.

But Eva’s happiness is important to me too!

* * *

Evangeline got into the carriage with a thoroughly sulky expression.

“Really, my brother.”

Evangeline pouted her lips.

“I don’t know why he’s suddenly acting like this.”

“Ahaha…”

Endymion smiled awkwardly.

Evangeline grumbled again.

“That’s right. He never showed much interest in me before.”

At that, Endymion firmly shook his head.

“Well, I don’t think that’s true.”

“What?”

“From what I can see, the Duke seems to care for you very much.”

Upon hearing those words, Evangeline looked sullen for a moment, then let out a soft sigh.

“…Well, I actually know that too.”

How could she not know?

When they were children who knew nothing of the world.

When their parents suddenly passed away.

Dietrich, who was only ten years old, spent the rest of his life protecting the domain and his young sister.

Having watched the arduous times her brother went through right beside him, how could she not know?

But then.

Endymion muttered with a mischievous smile.

“That aside, this is troublesome.”

“What? What’s troublesome?”

Evangeline looked at Endymion in confusion.

Endymion whispered with a relaxed smile.

“It’s just that there are too many people who love you.”

* * *

The Meina Autumn Festival.

An autumn festival held annually in Meina Forest on the outskirts of the domain, it was quite famous in the area around the domain.

Evangeline and Endymion met Lord and Lady Claudius at the edge of the forest.

“We’ll enjoy the festival in our own way.”

Fortunately, Larite tactfully took Dietrich and slipped away.

“You two have a wonderful time as well.”

Thanks to that, Evangeline and Endymion were able to enjoy the festival alone together.

Dietrich seemed like he wanted to stay by his sister’s side no matter what, but he couldn’t disobey his heaven-like wife…

Firmly grasped by Larite’s hand, he was dragged far away into the forest.

And a little while later.

“Wow, there are so many people.”

Evangeline became like a startled rabbit, looking around in all directions.

Perhaps because it was the first day of the festival, everywhere was bustling with people.

At the entrance to the forest, various street vendors were lined up.

Under colorful awnings, all sorts of snacks, children’s toys, and small accessories were displayed, catching the eye.

The air was filled with sweet and savory food aromas that stimulated the appetite.

Evangeline was no exception.

“Oh, Your Highness. Do you happen to like french fries?”

“I don’t dislike them.”

“Then let’s eat french fries! I’ll buy them!”

Evangeline scurried over to a street vendor and bought snacks with both hands full of greed.

Then she smiled cheerfully with her eyes.

“Do you know? French fries taste good when you dip them in mayonnaise.”

“Really? Isn’t it usually ketchup?”

“Oh my, Your Highness doesn’t know how to eat them properly.”

Evangeline snorted and dipped the french fry deep in mayonnaise.

Then she held it right in front of Endymion’s nose.

“Try it once, it’s really delicious!”

At that moment.

Endymion tucked his cascading side hair behind his ear and bent his waist.

Then he took the french fry with his mouth.

“Uh…”

Endymion’s face was so close.

The purple eyes she met up close curved gently the moment they met Evangeline’s gaze.

Evangeline’s face turned completely red.

‘No, wait, I thought he would take it with his hand…!’

Just then, a group of people passed right next to the two of them.

Evangeline, who had unconsciously stepped back, bumped into them and staggered slightly.

“Oh.”

At the same time, Endymion reached out and gently wrapped his arm around Evangeline’s shoulder to support her.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

“Y-yes?!”

Evangeline was startled.

“There are too many people, I was worried you might get swept away.”

The nape of Endymion’s neck, as he said this, was already completely flushed red.

The hand wrapped around Evangeline’s shoulder tightened gently.

“If you were to get lost, the Duke would surely try to kill me, wouldn’t he?”

Endymion added the words like an excuse.

Beside him, Evangeline was frozen like ice.

‘What’s wrong with me, why am I acting like this?’

Evangeline ended up looking tearful.

‘Why does my heart keep pounding!’

* * *

Evangeline and Endymion, unable to withstand the surging crowd, climbed up toward the relatively quiet hill.

“At least coming up here, there are fewer people…”

Evangeline muttered with a weary expression.

At first, she had been so absorbed in looking at the street vendors that viewing the autumn leaves was half-forgotten.

But now that they had come to such a quiet place, the scenery, quite different from before, caught her eye well.

Everywhere was filled with autumn leaves that seemed to be ablaze.

The red and yellow leaves, dyed in brilliant colors, were incredibly beautiful.

Gone was the heat typical of crowded places, replaced by the cold, crisp mountain air that filled their lungs.

“Wow….”

Evangeline opened her eyes wide as she looked around at the surrounding scenery.

It looked like a scene from a postcard.

Endymion, who had been watching Evangeline, carefully asked a question.

“Do you like it?”

“Yes! It’s really beautiful!”

Evangeline smiled brightly, her cheeks flushing pink.

Endymion’s face clearly showed relief.

Just then.

“Huh? That’s….”

Evangeline’s eyes widened as she spotted something.

“This is a wish tree, isn’t it?”

Evangeline hurried over to the large Maple Tree with quick steps.

Colorful notes were hanging from the tree in clusters.

It was one of the Empire’s customs.

People would write wishes on notes and hang them on the branches.

Later, the Employee organizing the festival would collect all the notes and burn them together.

There was a legend that doing so would make the wishes come true.

“Since we’ve discovered this tree, shall we hang some notes too?”

Endymion asked Evangeline with a gentle expression.

For a moment, Evangeline hesitated.

‘Hmm?’

Evangeline unconsciously glanced up at Endymion.

‘I didn’t know Prince was interested in things like this.’

The young Endymion had been quite a stubborn child.

Perhaps because he was conscious of his status as Crown Prince, he had wanted to appear more mature than his age.

Because of that, he often clashed with Evangeline, who was acting her age at the time.

“There’s no way wishes would come true anyway, right? We’re not little kids anymore, honestly.”

He would sneer condescendingly like that.

And Evangeline would respond by grabbing the Crown Prince’s hair and shaking him….

‘…Let’s stop thinking about the past.’

It’s best to bury embarrassing memories.

Evangeline forced down her uncomfortable feelings and asked Endymion.

“Don’t you dislike these kinds of things, Prince?”

“It’s not that I dislike them, I just… wasn’t interested before.”

Endymion replied in a somewhat sheepish tone.

“But since you like it, Princess.”

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