Chapter 232: Bleh
Of all the reinforcents officially dispatched by Wester, Bart and his crew were Otou-sama’s guards, so they were invited to the castle to participate in the celebration party. However, although the war is over, the chaos in Easter hasn’t subsided yet, so it was decided that such a glamourous event wasn’t appropriate yet.
“I don’t want to go to a party. I’d rather they let us walk freely around the capital,” Bart told secretly.
“So, I can’t go with you to the castle, but I can see you from ti to ti when you get back. You okay with that?”
“Ai. Awishthair ish coming withh tho thhe cashthwe, sho ith’sh awrighth.” (Ai. Alistair is coming with to the castle, so it’s alright)
“You’re right. It seems like Prince Huu is also at the castle, so maybe you can et him?”
“Huu! I forgoth abouth him.”
Alistair and the others were staying at the Lisburns because Alistair was related to them, but Prince Huu is royalty, so he’s being entertained at the castle.
“You can’t forget about him. He may act like that, but he was worried about you, Lei.”
“Ai.”
Huu’s attitude is hard to understand, but he was definitely worried about . So, I was happy inside the carriage heading to the castle since I might be able to et Huu.
“Fufun, funfun.”
“Kyee.”
The dragons also seed to be having fun. Nii-sama was with today too.
“I wonder if Nico ish awrighth?”
“Hmm. He probably wasn’t feeling like you when you first ca back from Wester.”
“Sa ash Lei.”
At that ti, I had tried my best to be a good girl since I didn’t want to worry everyone.
“I wnow he’sh thrying noth tho be shewfishh.” (I know he’s trying not to be selfish)
“Lei, so you were really holding back.”
Dammit, he was leading on. When I looked at Otou-sama’s face, it didn’t seem like he was leading on, his face was just full of love for .
“I don’th wnow whath shewfishh ish.”
I think I didn’t know what to do every day even though I was being cared for and protected. But Nico has his father, Lam-ojisama, his mother and Prince Al with him.
“The Princes are also busy.”
Otou-sama is also busy because of the war, so there’s no way the royal family wouldn’t be busy. I beca unhappy and waited for the carriage to head to the Prince’s Palace.
Then as soon as the carriage stopped, I opened the door and jumped out. Nii-sama sensed that I would do this and quickly picked up and put down.
“Nico!”
“Lei. It’s been a long ti.”
Nico, who always arrogantly turns around to look at , was standing quietly in the garden even though he was smiling. He had more guards with him than usual and Lam-ojisama was standing behind him. Lam-ojisama usually had a mischievous smile on his face, but he looked worried right now.
This is definitely strange. Nico would usually co running up to , but today, he was waiting quietly for . If he’s not going to co towards , then I’ll go to him.
I began to run fiercely.
“Ah.”
And fell splendidly. My fall even made a sound. I felt Nii-sama rush towards , but he stopped right behind because he knew that I didn’t like being helped up. But Nico didn’t co towards . He would normally get worried and hold his hand out to help get up.
“Nico!”
He’s not coming. I jerked my face up while still on the ground. There might be grass on , but who cares? Nico was worried about and reached out his hand, but he hesitated because he didn’t know if he could move or not. Don’t you always help without hesitation?
“Nico! Run!”
As the people around Nico gasped at my voice, Nico began running as if a switch had flipped inside of him. I also managed to get up and sit down.
Nico slid into , then he took out his handkerchief and wiped the mud off my cheeks.
“You still can’t run Lei, so don’t force yourself to.”
“I can run. Ith’sh your fauwth for noth coming tho .” (I can run. It’s your fault for not coming to )
“I’m sorry.”
“I feww becaushe you didn’th co tho .”
I didn’t fall because he didn’t co to , but when I saw Nico’s serious expression, tears ca out of my eyes for so reason.
“Nico’sh, waaaah~!”
“Lei.”
Nico timidly put his arms around when I suddenly started crying.
“Ith’sh noth Nico’sh fauwth.”
“Didn’t you say it was my fault a second ago?”
“Noth Nico’sh fauwth! You did your beshth! you behaved yourshewf!”
“Lei.”
Nico hugged tighter. I wasn’t talking about now when I ntioned that it wasn’t his fault and that he had done his best. I was talking about the incident that both of us had safely overco.
“If I had been more careful. If only I was stronger. Then that might not happen.”
“No! Ish noth Nico’sh fauwth!”
He really did think it was his fault. He must have worried that if he had acted better, then he might not have bothered those around him.
“Everyone wash awrighth becaushe Nico and I did our beshth. Lei and Nico did greath!” (Everyone was alright because Nico and I did our best. Lei and Nico did great)
“But...”
I squeezed Nico’s cheeks with both hands.
“Ish noth Nico’sh fauwth! Ith’sh everyone ewshe’sh fauwth shince thhey didn’th shave ush righth away.” (It’s not Nico’s fault. It’s everyone else’s fault since they didn’t save us right away)
“You can’t say that.”
He’s even serious at a ti like this. I stood up and pulled Nico’s hand to make him stand up. There’s mud on my clothes at the front, but I don’t care. We walked away from everyone and started running towards the garden. The guards tried to follow us.
“Don’th co!”
Lam-ojisama stopped them when I said this.
“Sthupid. Weaw. Bweh.”(Stupid. Weak. Bleh) I shouted every bad word I could think of as an infant and ran with Nico towards the trees we always climb. No one followed us.
“You’re surprisingly sharp tongued.”
“Ith’sh awrighth tho shay thhoshe thhingsh shothish.” (It’s alright to say those things sotis)
“I see.”
I looked next to and Nico looked refreshed.
“Ish not Nico’sh fauwth.”
“It’s not my fault?”
“Ai. Kidsh can do whath thhey wanth.”
“Even if they’re a Prince?”
“Ai. Of courshe. Lei awsho doesh whath shhe wanthsh.”
I said while rembering my own position, “Even if I’m thhe daughther of a Four Marquish.”
“Can the daughter of a Four Marquis say ‘bleh’?”
“Probabwy noth.”
“Haha.” Nico finally laughed.
“To make my mother not cry, and my father not worry, this...”
Nico pointed at his stomach.
“No. Up a bith more.”
“Here?”
“Yesh. Thath’sh where your hearth ish.”
“This becos painful.”
It was tiring for him to act in a way that wouldn’t worry them. But for a child, that isn’t a good way to live.
“Ith’sh awrighth for her tho cry. Ith’sh awrighth for him tho worry. Thath’sh thhe job of aduwthsh.”
“Worrying is their job?”
“Ai. The aduwthsh wiww do shothhing abouth ith.”
I found two branches in the grass even though the garden was well cared for and rarely had dangerous items lying around.
“Venth your anger withh thhish.”
“Vent my anger?”
“Swing ith around and hith thhingsh. Ah! Ah!”
“Like when we hit the letter ‘e’?”
I rembered when I t Nico. How nostalgic.
“Yup. Swashh and hith. Ah!” (Slash and hit)
“Ah! Argh!”
“Ith wash shcary. I wishhed shoone had shaved ush earwier. Ah!”
“It was scary! Gah!”
At the end, they even pointed their swords at us. And “The hard bread washn’th yummy ath aww” (The hard bread wasn’t yummy at all)
“Gah!”
“Ith wash shthuffy under thhe bed!”
“Ah!”
It was really tough. Nico was already absorbed in swinging the branch.
“Alright Lei. I’ll race you to that tree!”
“Oway!”
“Ah, that’s not fair! You started running before !”
I’m slow, so I’ll lose if I don’t run before you.
That morning, we didn’t even notice that Alistair had arrived and played until we were tired, and our voices were hoarse.
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