It Seems Like The Infamous Trash Can is Right Here! - Chapter 210
‘No, surely not. This Mary must be different.’
“Do not worry. Unlike my brother, I support your love.”
Sirren definitely seemed to dislike Lionel…
“What is wrong with being a little crazy? As long as it is for love!”
“Th-thank you.”
Either way, it seemed both Sirren and Mary treated Lionel like a crazy person.
“Sasha, good morning.”
While I exchanged greetings with Mary, Vivian came out of her room, tasted the stew, then devoured two bowls in a rush.
“Soup really is the best in the morning…”
…Didn’t she say something similar yesterday?
For some reason, Vivian seemed like the type who loved gukbap or hangover soup in her original world. Even though she looked completely pure and elegant, like a real princess.
When I asked her where Ardin and Dantère were since I did not see them, she said they were not in their rooms.
“Ardin trains magic from dawn, so he will be in the forest. Dantère is probably sleeping in the carriage. My brother kicked him out last night.”
I decided not to ask how Lionel had kicked Dantère out.
‘Serves him right.’
Leaving the door open while we slept together had definitely been that man’s idea.
“Good morning, Lady Vivian, Lady Dilottete.”
Halid entered the building, shaking the water from his damp hair. Seeing that he carried two swords, he had likely sparred with Lionel since early morning and washed nearby afterward.
‘Well, Ardin would never prepare bathwater for Halid.’
The more I looked at him, the more it hurt my heart. He must have slept alone too.
‘My favorite stock character…’
Whether Dantère shivered in the carriage or not, I did not feel even a little sorry for him, but with Halid, it was different. He really seemed pitiful.
Even though he looked extremely refreshed and pleased after a long spar.
‘This is why going all in on a favorite in a reverse harem story is dangerous.’
Vivian, I hope the real you is living peacefully in that world…
“Your Grace, I would like to take a walk to help my digestion. Could you accompany me?”
At my request, Halid nodded.
“Of course.”
I had expected Halid would follow along without a second thought.
“Thank you. Then let us go now.”
The knights of Luanax were busy preparing for departure, and Lionel had gone down to the basement to gather what he needed from this safe house.
Meaning now was the perfect chance.
‘I planned to help draw Ardin over to Lionel’s side anyway.’
A chance to go see Ardin, who would be alone in the forest around this time.
When I had agreed to let Vivian and her group accompany us only hours after deciding to leave the capital, the only thing that weighed on my mind had been Ardin.
‘There is a high chance Felix Silias will obtain all the information about Lionel’s safe house locations.’
Not only that, their entire movements could be exposed to Felix Silias and, further, to the Imperial Family itself.
Even so, Lionel must have had a reason for not excluding Ardin. Perhaps he had prepared some kind of countermeasure.
But ultimately, the person who could resolve Ardin’s fundamental problem was only me.
‘This period, when he is not in direct contact with Felix Silias, is the only chance.’
Vivian had the same knowledge I did.
In the first place, we knew of the problem because we had read A Night of Entwined Serpents, and the one who had told the fake Vivian the information from that novel had been the real Vivian.
However, she would not have guessed how to solve it.
If I had not used divine power on Lionel every day, steadily growing stronger, and if I had not met Ardin almost every day and observed him, I never would have grasped the clue either.
As we left the building and entered the small path leading into the forest, I asked Halid:
“Duke, where did you bathe?”
There was a well behind the building, but I doubted he drew water from there to bathe.
“There is a spring a little deeper in.”
“You went alone? Dangerous beasts might appear once you go deeper.”
“It seems this area has been cleared well. I saw nothing but harmless animals, rabbits or deer.”
Ah… I see.
Of course, I had not asked him to accompany me because I was afraid of wild animals.
