I'll Abandon the Fake Savior (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 34

“No, I wasn’t really planning to swing it….”

Yuricien hadn’t realized she was someone who so often denied and contradicted others. Especially since she was the type to run away whenever embarrassed or flustered.

‘Was I really this competitive?’

The great Windsors were a family even the imperial house treated with caution. No one ever truly tried to defeat Yuricien. If Yuricien lost, it was only because they let her. But Benjamin was different.

‘I can’t win.’

On one hand, she felt it wasn’t very befitting of a noble lady to forcibly try to best the crown prince. Though Yuricien belatedly cut herself off and fell silent, the sight of Benjamin’s face made her feel she’d already failed.

“Do you find it amusing to see me act like a pariah?”

“I just enjoy watching you lower your guard in front of me.”

“But I haven’t lowered my guard yet….”

“Look here.”

When Yuricien protested out of sheer unwillingness to lose, Benjamin burst into laughter. His bright, cheerful laugh brimmed with vibrant life—so much so that nobles scheming over how the political landscape might shift next were startled into staring at the center of the hall.

The more Yuricien saw his laughter, the stranger she felt. With Benjamin, she often felt embarrassed, flustered, or unlike herself.

‘It’s only been a few days.’

Though she’d spent merely a few days with him, Yuricien had already glimpsed sides of herself she’d never known in her twenty-two years. No… it was as if the innocent, carefree child she’d long ago carefully sealed away in a box and shoved into some forgotten corner had suddenly burst out.

“The box must’ve torn open.”

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