The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

78 – Her anxiety.

It’s the time when dinner is over and the sun is setting and it’s getting dark.

I was waiting for Riel impatiently in my room.

The engagement story is quite heavy, enough to make me wonder if it was taken lightly.

It’s a story strongly related to the future of the two, and it’s also a problem between the two families.

Even considering that we are both aristocrats, and nobles belonging to a high rank in our own way, it is an agenda that the aristocratic society will pay attention to.

So honestly, I wondered if it was okay to bring up this kind of story with a light heart. Regrets came later.

But it has already been committed, so there is no choice but to implement it as it is.

Smart

Just as I was determined once again, I heard a knock on my door.

It was the promised time, and I got up and opened the door.

With the familiar red hair, a slightly fragrant scent tickled his nose.

“Welcome, were you waiting…?”

Wait.

Hey?

“Ahhhhh! I’m here!”

“Uh…Uh…Welcome?”

No, Mr. Riel over there?

Why are you standing there wearing only a bathrobe?

“Hey…Hey…Hey!”

“Uh… Huh?”

“Oh… Take care of me today!!”

…

What?

…The misunderstanding was quickly resolved.

If you think about it, it could be misunderstood…?

Yeah, well, it’s my fault that I confused the words a bit.

Riel, who quickly changed her clothes, sat on one side of her bed.

Her face was clasped and her head bowed, but her face, peeking through her fingers, was flushed red.

“…Riel?”

“Ugh…So shy…”

“No, I said something wrong, so I don’t think there’s anything to be ashamed of.”

“This is all because Mr. Leelu said something strange…”

…What the hell did Mr. Leelu say to him?

Anyway, leaving it as it is is a bit uncomfortable, so she opened her mouth to change the topic.

“Riel, more important thing I wanted to say…”

“…I’m really shy…I want to get into the futon…”

“…Well.”

This won’t work.

I’d better wait until he calms down.

“…If it’s a blanket, use my blanket.”

“Yes…”

Riel was squatting on the bed with the seed of the World Tree she always carried in her arms.

She listened to me and curled up under the covers.

“Are you calm?”

“…Yes.”

After several tens of minutes, Riel nodded her head, peeking out only her face from under the blanket.

She said so, but still a bright red face.

Seeing that, I unconsciously took her hand and stroked her hair.

But she didn’t show any signs of refusal, so as I stroked her a little more, she showed a relaxed expression.

“It’s definitely in its true form now.”

“Yes.”

“Then…Umm…”

It’s a big deal.

Riel has calmed down, but when I bring up the engagement, she gets nervous.

“That…The important thing about our future is…”

“Yes.”

Eight. What is anxiety Be it what it is.

“Riel.”

“Uh… Yes.”

As I spoke while staring into Riel’s eyes, Riel slightly blushed.

“Let’s get married.”

“… Huh?”

Riel turned around from her reddened face and looked at me with her dumbfounded face.

Why are you looking at me like that?

“Must be… Married?! We’re not yet of age… That’s…! I’m very happy…!!”

Yes?

Ah, I made a mistake.

“Ah…No, I said the wrong thing!”

“That…Isn’t it?”

“Yeah! That…I meant to talk about an engagement, and that’s…!”

“…Engaged?”

…Is it because I accidentally exploded the bomb and then said the main subject?

The words came out simpler than I thought.

“Yes. Engagement. I just wanted to make it a family-friendly promise.”

“Uh…”

“…Well, it’s going to be difficult to make a simple decision if you’re at the level of a duchy, but I thought I should tell Riel first… So…”

“……”

Riel didn’t say anything.

Perhaps because of that, she was nervous and was talking gibberish without even realizing it.

“There…”

“……”

“Riel?”

“……”

Riel still doesn’t say anything.

Did you bring up the engagement too suddenly?

As a duke, it shouldn’t be a matter of lightly talking about it.

“Hmm…I wonder if it’s still early? That…I still really want to do that…So that’s it…”

Riel didn’t say anything.

As she headed to the cupboard to fetch a tea set, she heard footsteps behind her.

Then I felt a warm temperature along with the feeling of hugging me from behind.

“Riel?”

“…I was honestly nervous.”

From Riel’s voice, it seemed that he could feel a bit of moisture.

“I’ve always been alone since I was young, and it’s painful and scary, but I can’t say anything… I can’t even move myself…”

“……”

“By the way, I met Kyou, reconciled with her older sister, made friends with her… And got a lover.”

Riel’s words continued.

“Every day is very happy and enjoyable, as if my life has changed… But I am also afraid that I will go back to the old days overnight… I am afraid that Kyou will abandon me…”

“No…I never…”

“Yeah. I know Kyou wouldn’t do that. But I was afraid to be afraid.”

With a teary voice, Riel continued.

“So… I wanted to confirm Kyo’s feelings, so I confessed in front of her brother… I kept clinging to her and trying to seduce her, but it didn’t seem to work at all…”

…

I thought you were strangely active lately.

“Why…There are a lot of pretty people around Kyou. Like Iris-senpai or Miss Carlena…”

“…Riel.”

You must be anxious.

A time when her mind and body were devastated by the saintess’ trickery.

The anxiety that she might be going back to that time remained in Riel.

I loosened her arms of her riel holding me behind her and turned her back to look at her.

She must have cried after all, and there were tears in her eyes.

Seeing Riel, her eyes red and swollen, she held her tightly in her arms.

A warm and soft touch came into her arms.

“I’m sorry.”

“… Huh?”

“I didn’t know that Riel was so anxious, so it was like I left her alone.”

“No…No, nothing like that…”

“Isn’t it an undeniable fact that I didn’t notice Riel’s feelings?”

Her hug gave her a little more strength to her arm.

Then he patted her back with one of her hands.

“Don’t worry, I will never leave Riel’s side.”

“……”

“You don’t have to be afraid.”

“…Yes.”

I’m afraid I’ll leave you.

I’m afraid the first friends I made will disappear.

I’m afraid the happy daily life that I got will disappear.

I was afraid of those things, but Riel hid them and acted brightly.

To her, I decided to say this one more time.

“I will never leave Riel’s side. Engage me.”

“……Yes.”

After hearing Riel’s answer, I hugged her tightly once again.

“I’m not anxious anymore. hehehe…”

Riel also relieved her anxiety, and she even asked her to get engaged.

She said that Riel wanted to do that too… Well whatever.

Even so, it’s not an easy story to end.

Anyway, it’s a matter of engagement between noble families, so it’s not something the parties can decide.

Of course my parents would allow it.

Both of them think very well of Riel, and her mother calls Riel over once a day for tea time.

Asta also likes Riel, Kino is a bit subtle, but she is and I don’t hate her too much.

Then what’s left is the duke’s family… The head of the family, the duke, can’t make a decision right now.

It can be solved by Andrew Gongjaseon, who is currently acting head of the family, but it requires more procedures than the head of the head decides.

And there are a lot of annoying things about the engagement process, but we can leave this issue for later.

It was late at night, and I was lying on the bed trying to sleep, and suddenly I looked to the side.

Riel was snoring quietly with a relieved expression on her face.

I wondered if it was because I was relaxed at such a late hour. I wanted to take Riel, who had fallen asleep, to her room, but I just let her sleep on my bed.

…Sometimes it’s because I didn’t let go of my arm, which I was holding onto with one hand.

Riel raised his other arm and stroked her forehead.

I felt like a slight smile spread across her face as she slept with a comfortable expression.

…Looking at it again, I didn’t laugh, so I guess it ended with just a feeling.

“…Good night, Riel.”

Having said that, I lay down next to her to fall asleep.

…However, I did not sleep well.

Honestly, wouldn’t it be more amazing if I could sleep comfortably in this situation?

“Huh? Huh huh??”

The next morning, I woke up to Riel’s voice next to her.

Since I was still being held down by the scissors with the feeling that something was pressing my body, I just lay there.

“…Uh…Isn’t there?! Where the hell?!”

“Riel? What’s up?”

Riel, who had already woken up from her sleep and got out of bed, was in her pajamas, hurriedly bewildered by her.

As if she was looking for something, she was searching the ground or under the covers on the bed she was lying on.

“No! No matter how much I search, I can’t find it!!”

“Calm down, what the hell are you missing?”

…Saying this while lying down makes me feel a bit like trash.

Still, when I tried to get up, I wonder if there was still something left from the scissors, my body felt heavy.

“World Tree! There are no seeds for the World Tree! I slept with it in my arms yesterday!!”

“…What?”

“Ho…Did he get jittery while sleeping?!”

“No, I don’t think so.”

That’s probably the case, because it’s so hard.

It looks like a crystal ball, and its hardness is that of an adamantine stone.

It is impossible for anyone to steal it.

The count’s security is very strict, and what kind of monster is it if it can sneak into the yard where the secret unit operated by her mother roams?

“Calm down, I’ll look for you too… Huh?”

As I listened to Riel’s story, I suddenly noticed a sense of incongruity in my body.

I thought it was because I was pressed down by the scissors, but my body wasn’t heavy because of that.

Something is on my body…

I was startled and raised my arm and pulled up the blanket.

“… Huh?”

“Eh?”

A stupid sound came out of both me and Riel’s mouth.

I saw a little girl squatting on my chest, snoring softly.