Chapter 26 Could It Be A Love Rival?
Marietta-hime no Konrei
Several days after Belvant was exposed to Mariettaâs illiterate erotic attacks, the two of them favorably deepened their relationship in the middle of their busy schedule.
The marriage preparation has been preceding smoothly under the command of Sierra, the capable maid. Speaking of Belvantâs job, through yet another capable person, the lieutenant general Adlan, the work was scheduled into a no-gap allocation that made it possible to be handled perfectly.
âAdlan, would it be prohibited to place Marietta on my lap during the work, after all?â
âHow can you be so foolishly in love?! Isnât it obvious that it was impossible, or rather, are you really the General Fargus? The fierce god of Oltaire? If you really want to meet the princess, then you must work hard!â
Belvant roared in his grief.
However, that canât be helped.
For you see, in order to work out the time for the twoâs couple date, Adlan and Sierraâs rendezvous was also reduced.
Understanding that, even though Belvantâs face warped to the extent that he looked like the great devil king, he followed Adlanâs instructions and diligently worked.
âYosh, with this, our todayâs duties are done. Since we have sent out an escort to the princessâ place, they should be here soon, so go on and be lovey dovey to your heartâs content, but donât do it until the end, thatâs all!â
*knock knock*
Knocking at the perfect timing, Adlan opened the door and there stood the generalâs beloved sweetheart.
âHow do you do, Sir Belvant?!â
âMarietta!â
Marietta slightly raised her dress, and Belvant approached her half-running and then held her in his arms.
âAlright then, Iâll be dispersing from your sight, so⦠hmm?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Another person came in from the same door.
âLong time no see, General Fargus.â
A sexy voice that was slightly hoarse.
A gorgeous beauty with her blond and wavy long hair stood there.
Her figure was tall and slender, her height was about the same as Adlan.
âIâm so glad I can meet you, Belvant.â
It was the beginning of the storm.
âWell, I am not happy.â
With a sour expression, Belvant said that.
Strength filled in the hands that held Marietta.
â?â
As Marietta was still clinging to Belvantâs neck, she looked in turn to Belvantâs expression and the suspicious-looking intruder.
âRiver, you, no matter what the circumstances may be, showing up without an appointment is rude, in addition, youâre in the presence of the princess.â
Adlan said, as his words were mixed with sigh.
âOh my, what a cold thing to say. Arenât we close friends?â
The beauty showed her bewitching smile.
However, the two men showed their unpleasant expression in exchange.
âHow could it be that in the middle of my business trip, Belvantâs getting engaged?! During the time when I was diligently repairing the barriers in the middle of the intense cold area, how could you be lovey dovey to some princess?!â
âIt doesnât have anything to do with you, right?â
âTo say that it doesnât have anything to do with me! What a mean thing to say!â
The beauty raised her eyebrows.
âEeh, of course it has something to do with me! I, Iâ¦â
âUhm, who could you be?â
Though she doesnât follow the entire situation, yet Marietta who somehow could understand the somewhat turbulent situation, inquired Adlan with her small voice.
âOh, how rude of me. Princess Marietta of the Stellaus, my name is River Link, Oltaireâs Head of Magician.â
The beauty said, with an immature attitude of standoffishly raising up her chin.
âOh my, youâre Miss Magician, arenât you? Pleased to meet you, Iâm Marietta. How do you do, Miss Link?â
Aloofly pulling Belvantâs clothes, Marietta was let off to the ground, and while elegantly bowing, she courteously introduced herself.
The Head of Magician is an existence whoâs largely involved with the countryâs protection.
âThank you for your courteousness. I have always had the privilege of being close to Belvant.â
âItâs just a relationship of work, right? Donât say anything unnecessary.â
âOh my, what a fine thing to say.â
Upon sending her sidelong glance towards Belvant with her distinctly long-slitted pupils, the person towards whom it was intended for, responded with a very repulsive expression.
âIt seems that you are my husbandâs colleague. From now on, please continue to treat him well.â
âWell, you seem to have quite a good composure! Oh princess, donât you mind about me at all?â
ââ¦? I apologize, but, I donât understand what you mean.â
âYou-know-what, Iâve told you for quite a few times already that Belvant and I have a close relationship. Do you understand?â
âYes. Itâs a wonderful thing, donât you think?â
âHold it right there! Isnât that weird?!â
âWhat is?â
âYou are supposed to be jealous there! You should get angry! [Just what kind of relationship do you haveâ] something like that!â
âUhm⦠itâs a relationship between men, isnât it? I wonât get jealous by that.â
Marietta smiled sweetly.
âBecause Miss Link is really a man, after all.â
â! â¦Youâve seen through me so well, huh.â
The beautiful person whoâs holding oneâs love towards Belvant, River Link was an effeminate man.
âAh man-, here I thought youâd show even a little sign of jealousy by shaking you up, how boring!â
âIâm sorry. However, I canât help but be anxious just by being carried by Sir Belvant, so please pardon me for that matter.â
âMarietta, there is no need for you to seriously follow on River Linkâs teasing.â
âOh my, hmm, letâs not say something like that, okay?â
It is scary to wound my maiden heart, you know.
âHey, dear cute princess, it is indeed troublesome that these days lots of glamourous females followed this person, right?â
âYes! It looks like I have lots of rivals in love.â
âThen, the princessâ cuteness should be polished even further, so that Belvant would be heads over heels in love with you. I will lend you m-y h-e-l-p!â
With his long eyelashes bordering his golden pupils, River Link winked.
âRiver Link, donât do any unnecessary interfering!â
âOh my-, consider it as my congratulations to your engagement, so please humbly accept it.â
River Link snapped his fingers while reciting an incantation.
*Pon*!
Along with the fading sound, Mariettaâs figure disappeared.
âMarietta?!â
âStupid, River Link, what did you do?!â
At the spot where Marietta was standing, her clothes were left on the floor.
In the middle of the clothes, something moved.
ââ¦Mi?â
What appeared from the dressâ collar was a small, as small as it could even climb on Belvantâs palm, a white kitten.
âMi? Mi?â
âIsnât-she-cute-? Itâs okay, the magic will be broken by this evening, so until then, enjoy yourself, play and stroke this cute little cat. I think that skinship is very important between lovers.â
Wrong, the skinship that I wish for, is not this kind of a thing.
Wanting to say that, Belvant grinded his teeth.
âMi.â
Right on top of his palm, a white kitten with her round blue eyes sat there.
Since it was still so small, it couldnât cry out ânyaanâ, making it more adorable.
The kitten seemed to respond to River Linkâs words of skinship.
âMi!â
She squirmed and crawled out of Belvantâs palm, climbing up on his arm with one breath, and got on top of his shoulder.
Just like that, she rubbed her face against Belvantâs face. The kitten narrowed her eyes and seemed to be happy.
âOh my, no way, so cute! Even though Iâm reluctant to say it, but this kid, is awfully adorable. You really love Belvant to that extent, huh?â
âRiver Link, itâs because the couple that you teased was originally a lovey dovey one, these two.â
âIt looks like so⦠Here I thought I should pester them a lot, but since they were already foolish, then it should be enough. Then, letâs play again some time! I should go and deliver my report to the king now.â
âYou prioritized teasing over the king?!â
âWell then, that magic doesnât have any kind of side effect, so you can peacefully h-a-v-e f-u-n~!â
Saying that meaningfully, the noisy effeminate magician left the room.
âHe truly is a troublesome person, huh. But well, his ability is trustworthy, so there shouldnât be any harm done, right?â
âFor me, heâs done plenty of harm, though!â
âDonât give up, Belvant. Well then, I still have work to do, so please calm down and play with the little cat.â
I canât accept it!
This time, while his back was being climbed on, Belvant heaved a sigh.
âYosh, Mary, come and get it!â
âMii!â
Belvant lied on top of his bed while throwing away the rounded scraps of papers, while the small kitten ran in high spirits, launching several cat punches on top of the floor and caught the rolled paper with her mouth, then she returned to Belvantâs place while jumping.
âMi! Mi!â
âYosh yosh, what a good girl! You did it skillfully.â
When he gently patted the catâs head, she narrowed her eyes as if she was feeling good. Then, as if she was saying to do it again, she begged, [Mi!] while poking the paper.
Even while he was being quite reluctant.
Belvant was still having fun.
âAaah, how cute, Mary is this worldâs most adorable cat.â
The fierce god of Oltaire, where have you gone to?
âMi! Mi!â
As if to say hurry up and throw it, the kitten playfully bit Belvantâs fat fingers.
âOi, oi, even if you nibbled on my fingers, they donât taste good, you know?â
This time, while holding Belvantâs fingers, she furiously did a cat kick with her back paws.
Belvant scooped up the cat and rubbed her cheeks.
âYou are so fluffy! Even when Mary becomes a cat, youâre still so adorable!â
There was a reason as to why Belvant was madly in love with the kitten.
As you see, he is the man called as the great devil king that can even make a child cry and run away with their bare feet in fear.
Small animals that are perceptive will immediately run away, if they donât escape, they will face him with earnestly with their fangs.
No matter how cute they are, he can never touch them.
So, obviously he would become emotionally attached towards the kitten who was being affectionate with him.
However, as part of his reasoning is still intact, he doesnât go on and spout affectionate baby talk just like, [What a goody, goody girl are you~]
âMii! Mii! Mii!â
Suddenly, the kitten began to cry out intensely.
âWhatâs wrong? Is the magic disappearing?â
While slightly feeling disappointed, Belvant asked.
âMi-, nyaan!â
On top of the bed, the kitten grew.
Then, before one even noticed, her body grew bigâ¦
ââ¦wha, what?â
âNyaan~â
âWha, what, is this?!â
âUnyaaaan!â
Just right over there.
Being naked with a white cat ears, also, the long white cat tail remained, Marietta sat down while slightly tilted her head to look up at Belvant.
Authorâs Note :
This is the dreadful trap that the effeminate man, River Link laid for the two of them.
Will the fierce god of Oltaire be able to fight against the temptation of the cat ears and meowing?
Look forward to it, in the next chapter! (Laugh)