Chapter 83: Jealousy
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Has there ever been a time as awkward as this?
Has there ever been a time when the air felt this heavy?
Has there ever been a time when I felt so ill at ease?
……As far as I can remember, I don’t think so.
It’s so awkward, the air is so heavy, and I feel so uneasy that I keep bringing the cup to my lips over and over again. Thanks to that, the tea in the cup is completely drained, not a single drop left. Even though the sofa I’m sitting on is supposed to be high quality, the sitting feels somehow uncomfortable.
“………… You’ve had a lot of fun, haven’t you?”
Charl’s words next to me hit me straight on.
My mood is like that of a husband caught cheating by his wife. No, I’m not actually cheating, nor did I intend to.
“It’s not like I was enjoying it……”
“Since Princess Marietta is such a beautiful woman, it’s understandable that you’d get a little carried away, being a boy.”
I feel an unprecedented pressure from Charl next to me. Each of her words is like a sharp blade.
……Ah, but…………..
“…………Why are you smiling?”
“No, sorry. I’m just a little…happy.”
“Happy……?”
“Yeah, I’m happy. Thinking that you’re jealous makes me happy.”
“—-!……”
Does Charl realize? She does seem angry, but her face is so adorably puffed up.
“Of c-course I’m jealous! Because…you’re my fiancé!”
“I see. Yeah, I see.”
Dangerous. I’m so happy that she’s jealous of me. My cheeks feel like they’re going to loosen up.
“……Don’t think you can trick me with this! Answer me, Al kun!”
Charl leans in, staring straight into my eyes.
“Me, Princess Marietta, and Lady Sophie…wh-who is the m-most important to you!?”
“Of course you’re the most important, Charl!”
“So you do plan to take Princess Marietta and Lady Sophie as wives too!?”
“I have no such intention!?”
What a tricky question.
Why is Sophie even an option for Charl in the first place? She’s my sister.
“But Princess Marietta is an extremely beautiful woman, isn’t she!? If a beauty like that came onto you, wouldn’t you get carried away and turn into a raging wolf, pouncing on her and getting her pregnant!?”
“What do you take me for, Charl!?”
Her imagination is far too vivid. She might as well become a writer.
“B-But earlier, you were on the verge of turning into that wolf…”
“I think that was more Princess Marietta’s case…”
Come to think of it, I was the one who got pounced on.
Well, well. It’s a shame for this misunderstanding to continue. I have to prove my innocence as soon as possible.
It’s better not to try covering things up clumsily.
If I’m innocent, I just need to answer naturally, as I am.
Then Charl will eventually understand that I’m innocent.
Stay calm. Yes, calm. I’ll just answer honestly about what I felt.
“How did Princess Marietta’s body feel when she was on top of you?”
“It was big and soft, with a nice scent wafting over, and I almost lost control of my reas—-“
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Oh no……! I was too honest!
I blurted out exactly how I felt at that moment, far too honestly!
“I see. So that’s how it is. I see…..”
“N-No, Charl, what I just said was…”
“What’s wrong with it?”
Her eyes…Charl’s eyes that usually sparkle are now like the icy chill of a blizzard raging in the Kingdom of Yuvelle…!
“Well…that is…”
“It was big and soft with a nice scent, and you almost lost control of your reason and were about to pounce on her and get her pregnant, right?”
“I didn’t say that far!”
“‘You didn’t say that far’ means you did feel something close to that, right?”
“……………………………………………………………..Yes.”
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No good. It feels like no matter what I say now, I can’t win against Charl.
Rather, if I clumsily say anything, I’ll only end up having more and more disadvantageous information wrung out of me.
“I’m sorry…I shouldn’t have been alone with another woman so carelessly since I already have a fiancée. It’s only natural for you to be angry. I’m sorry.”
I should just apologize sincerely. Come to think of it, she’s right that I shouldn’t have been alone with a woman so carelessly. It was too reckless of me.
“…………No, I’m the one who should apologize.”
“Eh?”
“It’s true that I got a little angry seeing you alone with a beautiful woman like Princess Marietta so easily.”
You call that a little?
“But more than anything…like I said earlier, I was jealous. Jealous of Princess Marietta and Lady Sophie. Even I get jealous sometimes. Even I get flustered sometimes. Because…I…”
Charl moved her face closer to me, as if she had made up her mind about something.
The image that flashed through my mind was of a lovers’ kiss. My eyes were inadvertently drawn to her pure lips. But that passed by, and Charl’s faint breath grazed my ear.
“…I like you much more than you think, Al kun.”
That one line was far more stimulating than I could handle in my weakened state.
“……Al kun.”
“Y-Yes sir.”
I inadvertently slipped into formality and became stiff.
If it were normal, I wouldn’t be able to look Charl in the face properly. But I can’t take my eyes off her.
“……From now on, I’ll work even harder. I’ll work hard and get stronger so I can stand by your side. For that…may I ask you for something to help me work hard?”
“To help you work hard?”
“Yes. Something to help me…work hard.”
“……What do you want?”
“……Do to me whatever you want to do, Al kun.”
Those words became a heat that rushed through my entire body. The sweet, numbing invitation made me feel dizzy.
“Anything you want to do is fine. Anything at all.”
Her words seemed to have a bit of a competitive spirit toward Princess Marietta.
There was no way I could fight against that.
“Ah…………”
Before I could think, I had pulled her slender body into my arms.
The beat transmitted through her ample chest. The melody played by her heart. The warmth of Charl was undeniable proof she was here. The joy of being able to embrace someone I thought I could only look at forever.
“……Is this enough?”
“—-!……”
Danger, my reason seemed to warn.
Her flushed face. Her golden hair twined around my fingers. Everything was so lovable.
Everything restraining me seemed about to come undone.
“……I want…to accept everything you want to do, Al kun.”
As Charl whispered and closed her eyes, ready to accept everything, I brought my face closer to hers.
“—-……ah……”
I placed a kiss on her defenseless brow that had entrusted everything to me.
Just for an instant. But as if to convey the heat within me. As if sending the feeling of love.
After the kiss on her brow, I released Charl from my embracing arms.
“Was that okay?”
“…………Yes. Thank you. But……”
“But?”
“I wouldn’t have minded…if you did more.”
“…………Don’t tease me like that, dummy.”
It feels like she’s calling me a coward without saying it directly.
“I bet you were at your limit too.”
“N-No, I wasn’t!”
“You can’t convince me with that blushing face.”
“Auuu…………”
After giving Charl’s head a final light pat, I left the room.
Without any particular destination in mind, I walked down the hallway. I didn’t have anywhere specific to go. Rather, it was to clear my head.
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Alone in the hallway, I traced my lips.
At that moment—when I tried to kiss Charl’s lips, for an instant…Makina’s face flashed through my mind, and I inadvertently ended up just kissing Charl’s brow instead.
“…………I guess this isn’t the time for that kind of thing, huh?”
With Sophie clinging to me so much, Princess Marietta coming onto me, and now Charl being so forward……I wonder what Makina would say if she were here. How would she tease me?
“…………It just doesn’t feel right without you here, dummy.”
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