“……What did you say?”
“A man who pretends not to know one man, acting innocently, then flirting with men behind the scenes. From Ertman to Clovis, you seem to be quite skilled.”
Louis’s face, smiling at Regis’s sarcasm, turned cold.
“Watch your words, Regis Xavier. If His Highness and I really were in such a relationship, my fist would have flown to your face earlier.”
“I doubt you’d do that. You try with most women, don’t you?”
Regis sneered, quite enjoying being the shield of a princess without any backing.
He then turned the arrow straight to Odette.
“I am well aware that Your Highness is angry with me, but everything I have said to you is sincere. And I recommend that you do not trust the men you are with right now. Especially Count Clovis and Duke Ertman.”
“It’s my business to deal with. I don’t want to talk to you anymore, stop”
In the moment she tried to spit out the words to go away.
Regis, who had come close, whispered in Odette’s ear.
“Don’t you want to know why Duke Ertman acknowledged your secret meeting with His Highness?”
“……!”
Although Odette immediately scowled and pushed Regis away, Regis just smiled faintly.
“I know. And I can tell Your Highness.”
“……What’s the secret?”
“No secret, nothing like that. I just want to tell Your Highness my sincerity.”
Regis, who sounded quite romantic, took a handkerchief out of his pocket and handed it to Odette.
“If you want to know, please attend the party at Xavier Mansion in three days. There’s no invitation, so this is instead.”
“I don’t need it. I won’t go. How do you know about it when you just returned?”
“I may not have been back long, but as you know, I have quite a close relationship with the Third Princess.”
If Valter really wanted Lizaina and brought Odette in, and Lizaina knew the plan, it wouldn’t be too much for the story to reach Regis.
The handkerchief that had been refused once was extended to Odette again.
“So, what will you do?”
[This is a time delimiter.]‘Is this really the right choice?’
Odette looked at the handkerchief in her hand, thinking.
But a handkerchief could not answer, and instead, a question came from beside her.
“I thought you made a decision by accepting the handkerchief. Are you still considering it?”
“There could be a way to decide not to take the handkerchief, Eli.”
Odette finally put the handkerchief back down and answered.
Some time had passed since she had met Regis by chance, and night had fallen.
After Odette picked up the handkerchief, Regis disappeared as if that was all he wanted.
Of course, there would be nothing good about staying around unnecessarily.
Louie had seen the two quarreling, and even questioned him about threatening the princess.
It wouldn’t be good if the wrong word spread.
It was so obvious that it was even more annoying.
‘Even this handkerchief.’
It looked like a trap aimed at Odette, no matter how much he blathered about sincerity.
The problem was that she had to step into that trap even though she knew it.
“Why wouldn’t Count Xavier let me go easily? Why would he suddenly come to Belfor Academy?”
“Your Highness going to Belfor must have leaked out.”
“Right. It’s obvious without guessing about the information leak.”
Lizaina must have brought Regis in.
So it’s obvious he would be persistent.
“Trying to avoid this might only make the situation worse. There’s no guarantee that this won’t happen again next time I go out.”
“Really. But it was fortunate that Count Clovis was there!”
“Ah, yes.”
Odette’s face faintly smiled at the thought of Louis.
Today was a day when both misfortune and fortune coexisted.
Meeting Regis was truly awful, but thanks to that, she was able to talk to Louis naturally.
It was a great fortune that Louis happened to be there.
‘He seemed like a better person than I thought.’
Odette recalled the conversation she had with Louis after Regis had left.
…
…
…
“Thank you for helping me. I was in a state of emergency, so I was late to greet you.”
“It was only natural, so don’t worry about it. I thought I would see you again at the victory celebration that day, but I never expected to meet you like this.”
“Ah…! I’m really sorry about that day. Rumors were spreading, so I sent a letter about it. Didn’t you see it?”
“I apologize. I had no chance to check the piledup letters.”
Louis said he came to Belfort as soon as his body was somewhat recovered, without even checking the piledup letters.
As AnneSophie had said, Louis looked much sicker than she remembered.
Because of that, he had a more intellectual look with his original soft young maiden image combined with a sickly beauty.
“Did anything happen that day?”
“Um, it’s not a big story. I was waiting at the appointment place, but I was disturbed by Duke Ertman.”
“……Duke Ertman, you say?”
Louis’s voice finally came out a bit flustered as he understood the situation.
“So, were you… with the Duke at that time?”
“Ye, yes.”
Odette’s face turned red, a little embarrassed.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
