"What?"
I suddenly got up, threw off Amy who was trying to stop me, and rushed out of the bedroom.
As I was rushing towards the library where Leon was studying, I remembered my relationship with him before I left for the temple.
Things had been fine up to that point, so what bothered him?
We weren't like that.
Even if our inner feelings were different, weren't we outwardly showing friendliness?
However, why am I running so nervous?
I thought we had built some trust, but would it all be in vain?
“Sorry, we've been ordered not to let anyone in.”
The guard knights standing in front of the library stopped me.
I could guess why they blocked me, but I didn't back down.
I knew roughly what Leon was studying inside the library.
Mr.
Brooke, who is said to be with him now, seemed a man with nothing but his muscles.
“Sorry”
They repeated their apologies without any intention of informing Leon, no matter how much I tried to persuade or threaten them.
As I turned angrily to leave, I heard the library door open.
I turned around and saw Brock peeking his head out warily, seeming to be checking out the noise outside.
“Ma’am, hello?”
He spoke in a strong voice that contrasted with his shy face.
“Leon is inside, right?”
“Yes, but my master doesn't want to see you, ma'am.
Sorry, please, leave.”
As Brock closed the door, I lunged at him.
There was no resistance from inside, perhaps because of my sudden attack, so the door opened easily, and I rolled inside violently.
The guards quickly closed the door.
'Instead of helping me up, you closed the door?'
I got up and looked around the library.
There was a reason the guards closed the door so quickly.
This was no ordinary library.
The space was large enough to be a training ground, and Leon, shirtless, was sitting in a comfortable chair wiping his sweat, but he froze the moment I entered.
There was a short silence, and when my eyes settled on his slender chest, Leon quickly got up and hid behind the chair.
Brock ran up to him and quickly handed him his shirt.
'As I expected, his body is very strong...'
"Ah!
Bill Bill, you're bad!"
Leon shouted as he put on his shirt behind the chair, waving his arms.
I froze when I saw him like this.
In this suspicious situation, feigning ignorance may seem even more suspicious.
'How am I supposed to respond?'
“Leon, what were you doing here?
Why is this place so spacious?”
“…hide-and-seek game?”
Leon said in a low voice from behind the chair.
'Even you know this isn't convincing, right?
Okay, I'll pretend to believe you again.'
“Seems like a perfect place for a game of hide-and-seek.
But to play so hard that you're sweating like this and won't come out to greet me after a week?
How do you do that?”
Leon slowly got up from behind the chair.
“Are you asking because you don't really know?”
I felt my heart sinking.
'Do I realize that I know?'
Come closer to me step by step.
I felt as if his red eyes were piercing my heart.
My heart started beating hard.
“You left me Pill Pill and went to the temple alone!
Leon is angry!
I won’t play with Pill Pill!”
'What a child...'
'You scared me!'
I felt suddenly relieved.
“Leon, are you still angry about that?”
“But Belle Belle, why are you so emaciated?”
‘I couldn’t eat at the temple because of my tantrums.’ I couldn’t say it.
“I was worried about whether you were eating well, I couldn't eat well at the temple.
That's why I wanted to have dinner with you as soon as I got back, but… well, I'll go back to my room, I won't eat and I'll stay hungry until you calm down, Leon.
Enjoy the rest of the hide-and-seek game.”
"No!
Bill Bill!"
“Your Highness, I will leave you both.”
Brock was looking at us with confusion from the beginning, and finally he spoke.
Leon looked at him seriously as if to say: “You are still here?” Brock quickly left the library.
"Let's have dinner together.
I'll order...um, a very large steak, you like it, pil pil."
There was meaning in his words.
"millimeter?"
“Are you still angry with me?
I prayed for you, Duke, for a week until I became emaciated...”
“Oh, sorry, Bill Bill.
Leon was bad.
Leon is evil.”
“Oh!
Don’t say bad things like that.
Leon is a good person.
It’s okay.”
He patted him on the back.
And since I forgave him privately, we had dinner together in a dramatic way.
He ordered us to prepare food, and together we went to the reception room to watch Leon's acting accumulated during the week.
"Ah, right.
I have a gift for you, Leon.
You'll be surprised!"
I ordered Amy to bring up the sword she had carefully placed.
Amy frowned slightly, she seemed to hate touching that dirty thing again.
I grabbed the holy sword that Amy brought with both hands, smiled happily and extended it to Leon.
He did not take it immediately, but looked at it with an expressionless face.
"Leon, in the temple, while I was praying, I met someone.
When I showed him kindness, he wanted to give me this sword!"
"sword?"
Leon's eyes suddenly sparkled when he heard the word "sword."
‘Good attention.’ I was sure he would be more surprised.
I suppressed a sly smile.
“Yes, right.
They said it was an excellent sword.
Imbued with holy power, so if a qualified person used it, it would have an amazing effect.”
“…but it’s dirty.”
Leon spoke with distaste, even though he didn't know anything.
I ignored his words and continued: “Even I, who is not an expert with swords, finds it a wonderful sword, right?
But they wanted to give it to me, and as a princess, I can’t accept it for free, right?
So I wrote a promissory note for 10 solars in the princess’s name.
What do you think?
Didn’t I do well?”
Leon put his hand on the back of his head and looked up.
“…Aren’t you beaten?”
Leon muttered quietly, but I heard him well.
‘Yes, smell all you want.’
I removed the dirty cloth, revealing a plain black sheath.
I pulled the sword from its sheath, and the sharp blade sparkled with a holy light.
I looked at Leon proudly.
'What?'
Leon was trembling violently as he stared at the sword.
Because of his strong reaction, I narrowed my eyes and lost myf in thought.
'I should have asked for more.
The price was very modest.
Based on his expression, I could have asked for 50 solar, or even more.
'I was hasty.'
He seemed to want to touch the sword, and he looked at me excitedly.
“You wouldn't wave it at people, would you?”
"Of course!
Belle Belle, you're the best!
Sword fighting would be fun!"
“Ah, but I made a mistake.
It seems I wrote five bonds promising 10 dollars each.”
He nodded, his eyes fixed on the sword.
She handed him the sword with a hesitant expression as he held out his hands.
'I should have said ten bonds for 50 dollars.'
“Isn't that a little suspicious?”
“Very suspicious.”
Leon responded automatically, still unable to take his eyes off the sword placed on the desk, as if he couldn't believe it.
“The lady is not a saint, and the temple’s charitable deed, no matter how great, would prompt a stranger to give away a sword like this?
Especially a holy sword that had never appeared in this world before?”
“Maybe you met the Governor herf?”
“His Highness, does this make sense?
Does the Governor take money too?”
“What did Amy say?”
“She said she was wandering around the temple alone, so they couldn't keep an eye on her much.”
Leon laughed sarcastically.
“Even if it wasn’t the Legendary Holy Sword Issar, things like this could still happen.”