Stop Coming On to Me (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 74

“Where are you going?”

“To order a hunting outfit. I must make Her Highness look like the goddess of the hunt that day.”

“Oh my? Have you finally grown up?”

For the first time, Princess Milliora smiled brightly and waved me off, urging me to go quickly.

And I couldn’t even stand hearing the word “grown up.”

On the day of the third contest, I too mounted my horse wearing a newly tailored hunting outfit.

My hunting outfit was a gift from Princess Milliora, and once I learned its price, I didn’t want to wear it. But thinking that its exorbitant cost reflected the depth of her guilt made it slightly more bearable.

Lord Rhond followed us today clad in light armor, and his figure on horseback was impressively massive.

A man who once charged across battlefields with such vigor must have suffered greatly being confined all this time—how heavy his worries must have been.

I wasn’t the only one who felt this way; I caught Princess Milliora glancing at him with something like admiration.

Yet when Lord Rhond brought his horse beside hers, she looked straight ahead with feigned indifference.

“I’ll stay right by your side, Your Highness. Please ride without worry.”

“Yes. I shall. Absolutely.”

I heard Princess Milliora’s voice tremble slightly as she spoke. She was frightened—and leaning on him.

Watching the two of them, stirring up an inexplicable sense of pity in me, I wondered what I could possibly do today.

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