Chapter 34: CH 34

It was when I was about to approach Cesare.

“Well, it can’t be!”

“Then what?”

“Uhh! Daphne… I know you like me, but this sudden thing…!”

Cesare turned his head, blurring his words. I could see Cesare’s ears ripened bright red. Even the fingers holding my shoulder turned red.

What? It’s not that Cesare rejected me…

The usual Cesare was a shy person who liked me but couldn’t say that he liked me. And the present Cesare was dyed red like a shy new bride.

Oh, you’re ashamed of yourself..

No, then I’ll say yes. His heart was pounding!

I walked closer and grabbed Cesare’s hand. Cesare looked startled, but he didn’t pull his hand out.

Our Cesare. Do you have a knack for lifting people up and letting them go? He’s cute.

Barely resisted wanting to slap this cute black cat’s ass–☆. Because this shy man would run away from here if I had done such a thing.

****

Gabriel was looking for an opportunity to be alone with Daphne.

Daphne was afraid of Cesare. So she’s trying to run away, and divorce him.

That meant he would not be able to properly express his true feelings in the presence of Cesare.

The opportunity came quickly.

Cesare was absent due to a hunting ground problem. It’s good to have an aide put pressure on Cesare.

They instigated the royal family to hunt. A couple of Gabriel’s peers agreed. A couple of Gabriel’s peers agreed.

He sent a messenger that he would arrive within a week from the Imperial Palace, and he succeeded in removing Cesare, who did not want to go away from Daphne’s side.

No matter how much Cesare said, the Royal Family would come down to the territory, he could not resist without preparation.

It was only natural for the two of us to have dinner together. Gabriel thought he should reward his aide. In Gabriel’s melting voice, he called out to Daphne.

“Daphne.”

“Yes?”

Gabriel laughed softly. Daphne was still pretty and sweet, and her smile was as bright as sunlight. As if to purify Gabriel’s dark mind.

“Have you never been able to talk properly before?”

Gabriel made a sad face.

My heart aches when I think of Daphne being held captive by Cesare. However, if he acts forcibly, he will become a human just like Cesare. He did not want to scare Daphne.

“Oh, it was. His highness. How have you been?”

“Yeah, I had a really good time. By the way… Daphne. I don’t think you’re as comfortable with me as before.”

“Hahaha. I don’t think that’s going to happen now.”

Daphne laughed awkwardly.

‘There’s a servant between us, how can we stay friends!’

Daphne cleared her throat. Gabriel stared at her without taking his eyes off her for a moment.

“Daphne is okay. Because I’m the only one who allows it.”

“Still… You’re the Crown Prince now.”

Daphne shook her head.

Does Daphne know that honesty is lovely?

I wanted to bury my head in Daphne’s chocolate brown hair and inhale her scent. I wanted to meet Daphne’s emerald green eyes and whisper her love.

However, Gabriel did not have any qualifications yet.

Gabriel sighed in disappointment and said.

“… If Daphne is uncomfortable… I should have just lived as a slave.”

****

No, what else are you talking about!

I bit my mouth. Isn’t that you attacked me? No matter how you look at it, it didn’t sound like good intentions.

‘You! You must have been like it when you was a slave! Are you going to scold me?’

What’s wrong with this!

“Well, then…!”

I knew you were the Crown Prince, but how can you make it obvious! There, if you said, ‘That slave is the Crown Prince!’, would I be treated like a madman? And he would be questioned how she knew that.

“Take care of me, Daphne. You don’t have to call me the Crown Prince. You can call me as comfortable as before, huh?”

No matter how you look at it, it looks like he has intention. Still, I didn’t have the strength to win. Damn, it’s the same here.

“… All right, Gabriel.”

In the end I did what he wanted.

“How’s Daphne doing?”

“Ah, yes. I’ve been well.”

I answered awkwardly and poked the food with a fork. Even though the food is in front of me, I can’t eat it.

Something… I feel sorry for Gabriel. I wondered if it would be a good idea to have Gabriel go on a blind date. Love is about forgetting with love, right?

Taking a broad spectrum of tastes, knights, doctors, nobles… If you go on a blind date, wouldn’t at least one person fall in love with you?

That was the moment I thought about it.

“Lie.”

“Yes?”

Gabriel muttered with a sad face.

“You can’t lie to me, Daphne. I know Daphne was locked in the tower.”

Are you talking about my paradise? Even now, if he told me to go in, I was willing to not come out for a month.

That’s basically what vacation is. Eat, play and sleep there. that solves everything. Besides, how good are the facilities…

I didn’t want to yield to anyone.

I bet you are aiming there?

It can’t be. Haah.

“I was locked… It was fine though.”

I said it with full sincerity.

“… Lie. It’s okay to be honest with me, Daphne.”

Gabriel muttered with a face about to cry. I was wondering what kind of high-level technique this was.

Oh, is that so? Are you trying to make me fall for myself by reminding me how bad Cesare is? Huh, true. If that’s the case, that’s really cool.

“He’s going to lock Daphne like that. Isn’t he a really cruel man? I wanted to come right away to rescue Daphne… I am too late.”

Is this irony?

I mean I left too early. So, wouldn’t it be disappointing to be next to Cesare? Oh my gosh. It’s a high technique. A real player, totally a player!

“No, Gabriel. I’m really having a good time. Cesare did a good job too.”

So there is no room for you to intervene.

“Daphne… Okay, let’s just say you’re doing well.”

Gabriel said with a sad face. Even though his face was sad, he shone brightly. The original face is probable…

In the novel, Gabriel does everything he can to get revenge on Cesare, but it is thanks to his beautiful appearance that he has been able to maintain his position as main character lover.

No one insulted Gabriel.

Even if Gabriel does something bad, he will appear as a holy man. It said that if you read the cover once, read the novel once, and look at the cover again, everything is forgiven.

It still felt a bit like that. I feel like I’ve become a great villain who makes such an expression.

Haah… It won’t be easy for a while.

****

Gabriel sharply sharpened his teeth. How much Cesare has scared Daphne… That she can’t be honest and couldn’t tell me anything. Even in a place without Cesare!

I wanted to kill Cesare. Without him, Daphne and Gabriel would be happy.

‘In this hunt?’

Obviously, as a lord who owns a hunting ground, Cesare would accompany them. And wouldn’t it be possible to get hit by an arrow that flew from somewhere?

Gabriel’s eyes lit up cruelly. Several thoughts ran through his mind. Most of it was a plan to get rid of Cesare.

‘I’ll have to put someone first.’

First, he had to stop Cesare from harassing Daphne in places Gabriel did not know.

Gabriel had a beast full of deceit, unlike his beautiful and elegant appearance like a sugar.

I will never reveal anything in front of Daphne.

Saying that, a smiling face pierced his chest. Also, Daphne was the only one who truly cared about Gabriel.

****

Cesare sent a carriage to the Palace. He barely managed to complete the repair and was able to afford it.

I was already busy with hunting grounds, so I had to start enlisting the workers.

If he found out that Gabriel lived as a slave, he could be sentenced to death by the Emperor or badly destroy the evidence.

The people Gabriel brought along were also meeting the servants and regulating them.

Money and threats were coming and going. It was related to the Emperor now, so even Cesare could not stop them.

Thanks to this, the servants were terrified and withered.

Because of Cesare’s words and being threatened by people from the Imperial Family, public opinion toward Gabriel was also not good, so the servants were slowly avoiding Gabriel.

“Why did I have to get involved in this?”’

Cesare clicked his tongue.

Besides, Cesare had no choice but to rush because the Royal Family suddenly came out.

Gabriel was lurking like a snake in the mansion, so it was inconvenient to stay even though he was an adult.

Besides, Gabriel tried to stick with Daphne whenever he had time. Dare to hang out with a woman who has a husband.

If it was Cesare’s original personality, he would have picked up a sword earlier, but unfortunately Gabriel was no longer a slave, but a Crown Prince.

Cesare decided to leave Daphne and him alone.

Cesare bought neat clothes from the dressing room and changed into them.