Chapter 58: A proposal from a villainess?

Looking at my gasping younger sister, I felt a little turned on, but the thread of reason, reminding me that she was family, stopped me.

No, isn’t it even better since we’re family?

We’re from the same womb, this much should be possible for family, right?

Just as the thread of reason was about to fail to stop me, Eve entered the training ground.

“Aria-nim, can you explain what happened?”

“Um, we were having a good time with family we hadn’t seen for a while.”

“…….”

She looked at my younger sister, who was gasping and collapsing on the floor, and then looked at me.

Then, she discovered the wound on my neck and, with surprised eyes, took out a handkerchief from her bosom and stemmed the blood on my neck.

“Treatment… We have to treat it!”

“It’s okay, it already stopped.”

“Then rest! Let’s go rest!”

She grabbed my hand and dragged me to my room, and before long, the family doctor of the Duchy entered.

“Young lady! How did you get this kind of wound!?”

“It happened during training for a moment.”

“Fortunately, it’s a shallow cut, and there won’t be any scars. It’s really fortunate.”

He went out, telling me to rest for a while, and Eve and I were left alone.

I glanced at Eve, who was sitting next to me and staring at me intently. Normally, she would have cursed with her eyes, but it was more unsettling since she wasn’t saying anything.

“Um, it’s embarrassing to be stared at like that.”

I wriggled my body, saying I was embarrassed, and her eyebrows twitched.

Then, she got up from her seat and came next to me, forcibly making me lie down on the bed. What is she going to do!?

…She didn’t do anything and covered me with a blanket up to my neck.

“Take a nap.”

“If you kiss me as a good night, I’ll sleep.”

At the same time, a soft touch was felt on my lips.

Her different look from usual made my eyes wide. She turned her head, was she embarrassed?

“Shall we sleep together for the first time in a while?”

“…Are you really going to sleep then?”

“Of course!”

She nodded at my words and was about to take off her clothes, and I grabbed both of her hands. She gave me a look like what’s wrong?

“I’ll undress you.”

“…….”

Her look changed to that’s how it is.

The day of heading to the Imperial Palace was approaching.

Eve, who forcibly washed and made me ready in the morning, didn’t give me any food and put me on the carriage, the cruel Eve.

Even though she cried with such a cute voice last night.

“You’re not having any strange thoughts now, are you?”

“What thoughts? Yesterday, Eve’s cute voice… Muffled!”

The carriage trip with Eve, who was covering my mouth with both hands and glaring at me with her eyes.

However, unlike my expectations, it wasn’t a trip just for the two of us. Since my older sister and younger sister said they would ride along, my plan to go along with Eve was ruined.

“You’re not using another carriage and you’re riding together?”

“It would be more convenient to travel as one.”

My older sister and younger sister sat opposite me.

Even in this situation, my older sister was looking at documents, and whether she was embarrassed by what happened yesterday, she couldn’t meet my eyes and glanced at me from time to time.

No, what’s wrong with kissing with family? Isn’t that standard in foreign countries?

I should do it more intensely next time.

When I was looking out at the outside scenery, the imperial palace with its gorgeous exterior began to appear.

How much money did they spend? It’s just so dazzling.

I had to pass the inspection to enter the Imperial Palace, and after running for a while, I could finally enter the Avalon Empire’s Imperial Palace.

As I got out of the carriage, I followed the maids who came out to greet us, and they led us to the garden, not the reception room?

When my older sister stepped forward and asked about it, they said that His Majesty the Emperor was waiting in the garden.

“Tea time.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Come to think of it, didn’t they say the Emperor dotes on princesses?

My appetite is whetted, isn’t it?

Following the maid’s guidance and entering the glass garden, numerous flowers create a beautiful scene.

In the middle of it, there were His Majesty the Emperor of the Avalon Empire with a strong build and a beautiful blonde woman.

“I greet the sun of the empire.”

“Hohoho, it’s not a public place, so make yourselves comfortable.”

I thanked His Majesty the Emperor again for inviting us to sit on the chairs, and as soon as I sat down, the princess ‘Dia Avalon’, who was sitting next to me, offered us teacups with warm steam rising from them.

“Nice to meet you. I’m ‘Dia Avalon’.”

“We greet the Princess.”

The princess with impressive blue eyes that went well with her beautiful blonde hair.

“This is brewed by our daughter herself. The taste is amazing.”

“You make me embarrassed with those words.”

The princess, who was fanning herself with her hand as if embarrassed, and as soon as our eyes met, I completely revised my plan.

I thought she was an innocent young lady, but she was a nine-tailed fox with nine tails, wasn’t she?

The princess also seemed to feel that I was a member of the same tribe. Her expression was, what should I say, a wry expression?

Is that same-tribe hatred?

Then the princess got up from her seat.

“Then I’ll get up from my seat now.”

“Yes… Goodbye.”

As I was glancing at the back of her leaving the glass garden, I heard His Majesty the Emperor’s voice.

“Hmm hmm, I’m sorry, but may I ask something of Aria Theres?”

“Please speak comfortably.”

What does he want to say? Why is His Majesty the Emperor, who is the master of the empire and is compared to the radiant sun, hesitating?

And soon, he opened his mouth, ‘Hmm hmm’.

“Our daughter… the princess isn’t feeling well, and she can’t go to the academy, and as a father, I’m worried. So, could Aria Theres visit our princess from time to time at the Imperial Palace?”

…Is this what they mean when they say that a word of the Emperor can mean a blessing?

“Even if I can’t come often due to the academy, if I’m okay, I’ll visit regularly.”

“Hohoho, I’m grateful that you accepted so readily.”

He smiled and gestured, which means to go and meet the princess, right?

I looked at my older sister next to me, and she nodded her head, so I got up from my seat and bowed my head to His Majesty the Emperor once, and followed the maid to the palace where the princess was living.

It’s called ‘Dia’ Palace, after the princess’s name, and it’s as gorgeous and beautiful as the name.

“This way.”

Following the maid, I went inside the palace and went up to the third floor, then knocked on the most gorgeous room.

“Come in.”

The maid went in and reported to the princess first.

And soon after, from the inside, Thump! Thump! and the princess’s voice saying, please wait a moment, was heard.

Did we wait ten minutes?

The door opened, and the tired faces of the princess and the maid were visible.

What on earth happened?

“Co, come in, Aria Theres.”

“I’ll be rude, Princess.”

It is said that members of the same tribe recognize each other.

I felt it as soon as I saw her… Aria Theres.

I felt she and I were from the same tribe.

Look at that suspicious face drinking tea in front of me.

Her face looks like a smiling beauty, but I can tell.

Even if she’s a beautiful girl on the outside, there’s a thousand-year-old snake inside.

More than that, what was my father thinking to put such a dangerous person next to me!?

I was wary, thinking I might get eaten. In that moment.

“Princess.”

“Yes, yes? What’s wrong?”

The face that was smiling brightly until just now disappeared.

“I have a question.”

“W-what is it?”

What is she curious about? Is she asking for the Emperor’s seal!?

As she looked at me with her cold eyes, scanning me from head to toe, the unexpected story came out.

“Don’t you think you and the Princess are very alike and would make a very good partner?”

What intention does she have to say those words to me?

Is that person someone sent by my older brother?

I can see through her heart, and I won’t beat around the bush. “Do you want to have the empire?”

“Wh, what are you?”

As I looked at her with cold eyes, the cold eyes disappeared, and she was making a suspicious smile.

“I can help. How about we be good partners?”

“How can I trust the princess? Besides, do you know that your words will separate the princess’s neck and body?”

“Ahaha, there is no one in the empire who can cut off my neck.”

A huge magic power instantly filled the room.

I couldn’t breathe, the mana control was so perfect, the knight order, which should appear if something happens, didn’t show up.

How perfectly does she control her mana?

When I frowned, she snapped her fingers, and it returned to normal as if it had never happened.

“How is it? Wouldn’t I be a very sharp sword?”

“…What is the princess seeking?”

“You’re finally talking.”

She smiled brightly and pointed her finger. It’s me…?

“Give me the princess.”

“…….”

I didn’t know what she meant for a moment, and after thinking for a while, my face became red.

 Is this… a pro, proposal, something I read in a book!?