The Hero is Standing in My Way - Chapter 21

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“What?”

What are you saying all of a sudden? I had to stop for a moment.

As my expression became strange, Siegfried began to shake again.

I had to aim for a gap in this brief moment. I quickly lowered my sword and tried to strike him in the stomach.

Then Siegfried lowered the hand holding the sword to block my attack.

“…… Ah. Stop now.”

Was it because I was digging in too hard?

My arms were shaking so much that I lost hold of my sword. At the same time, Siegfried threw down his wooden sword.

‘I lost in the end.’

It was a result I had already known would happen, but on the other hand, I sighed in disappointment.

“Could it be?”

Siegfried bent his knees slightly, lowered his upper body, and reached out to me.

As my butt pounded onto the floor, I gladly took his hand. I was shocked by the warmth seeping from his hard, masculine hand covered with calluses.

“It seems like you are really used to holding hands now.”

Even when we went to the festival together, he was skeptical about holding hands with me, until our hands intertwined by themselves near the staircase.

“That’s because it’s different now than it was last time.”

“What’s different?”

“At that time, the atmosphere was a little… ….”

Siegfried blushed as he remembered that day and avoided my gaze.

What was the atmosphere like?

There was a little bit of a worldly feeling between the two of us.

“Thank you for helping me stand up.”

“Things like this don’t need your thanks. More than that, how did you manage to block almost all of my attacks?”

As I was about to brush off my skirt, Siegfried asked me a question.

That’s right. I’ve always been curious about that too. The sense of familiarity still lingered on all of my senses.

I thought I knew about this male lead’s swordsmanship style through the novel descriptions I roughly read. It was a newly discovered fact.

“I don’t know about that either, rather I was more curious about what Your Highness asked me earlier.”

“What did I say? Anyway, I wonder how you are stronger than some knights.”

“Your Highness asked me, 「Have we ever met before?」 “

“No, more than that.”

“No, I’d rather.”

“No, I’d rather…….”

“…….”

“Darn it, stop not answering. You’ll do that, right?”

“Yep.”

We shut our mouths at the same time.

My hand was still held by Siegfried.

Siegfried quickly let go of my hand when I moved my fingers. He looked down at my hand blankly and I couldn’t stop laughing at that sight.

As I had thought before, my hypothesis that he has little immunity to women seemed to have been perfectly proven.

“Will you work with me, Your Highness?”

“What work?” Siegfried asked, frowning his eyebrow, seeming like he wasn’t understanding what I was saying.

“Those words would make anyone who overhears misunderstand, just like the men who approach me like that in the bar.”

It was then that Siegfried seemed to have guessed the meaning of the word ‘work’. He could not hide his embarrassment and opened his mouth as if explaining.

“I didn’t mean it that way. Because your movements seem to have read my entire flow…… !”

I quickly cut him off and told him, “I’m glad it’s not, because I’m not a young person anymore.”

“…… You keep saying that since the last time, why are you relieved it’s not?”

I just said it as usual but I didn’t expect him to ask, then as if realizing his question, Siegfried covered his mouth with an embarrassed expression.

“Anyway, no. We’ve definitely never met before and I’m not into younger guys.”

I calmly raised the wooden sword again.

Even after the match was over, the two of us were still having a conversation so Abbysion approached us with a confused expression.

“Abbysion, catch. I’m stopping now and going inside.”

“Don’t go.”

As soon as I turned my back, Siegfried pulled my sleeve.

The ignorant Abbysion alternately looked at the both of us.

“Did I disturb you two, Your Highness?”

“Yes, stay away for a while.”

Excuse me, you just told a Count’s son to get lost. Wouldn’t it be better for Siegfried to get to know Abyssion if possible?

Siegfried looked like he had no interest in such things, so I was rather concerned.

Abbysion smiled awkwardly and stepped back.

As soon as Abbysion backed away after retrieving our swords, Siegfried asked me hurriedly, “So, what is your type of man?”

He’s very stubborn.

Why the hell are you curious about my tastes? I really didn’t think much of it.

Is Siegfried interested in me? Did you just fall in love with my swordsmanship skills?

The possibility could not be ignored. I was too pretty and strong enough to be recognized by others. So I had no choice but to shake my head while muttering the words, ‘Oh no, I’ve made another prisoner’.

“Your Highness, could you…….”

“Don’t get me wrong.”

How can there be no misunderstandings here? I looked at Siegfried’s eyes with suspicions as he avoided it once again.

“Then why are you curious?”

“You’re really persistent.”

That was what I wanted to say. Why are you so curious?

“The one who’s persistent is you, Your Highness.”

“You might be wondering but as a part of the imperial family, I need to know the taste of my subjects…….”

Siegfried frowned with a grim expression, as if feeling ashamed after realizing that his excuse was indeed poor.

Afraid I’d have to repeat my words again all day, I reluctantly opened my mouth.

“I would like him to be taller than 190cm, have a title of Count or higher, and have a fortune of 5 million erks. Additionally, he should take care of his belly fat even when he gets older, and when his hair starts to fall, he should show his sincerity to me by wearing a wig.”

“…… Very specific.”

“Absolutely.”

I didn’t think I had such high standards.

Don’t you think a woman at the level like me should be taken by a man at that level?

Of course, Eisa meets all my conditions but unfortunately, his disadvantage is that there’s no future with him as he’s the villain.

“I’m just asking and I don’t have any meaning behind it. I was just curious.”

“Yes, I know. In other words, it is dangerous.”

I said with a wide smile. Siegfried frowned slightly.

“You have a knack for saying things that are off-putting.”

“Oh? What part?”

I asked, but Siegfried did not answer.

A cool summer breeze blew, and his fine-grained hair gently swayed. I tucked the hair that clung to my cheek to the side behind my ear.

Even after the wind wrapped around us once and left, his distorted expression showed no sign of unraveling.

Siegfried, who looked up at the sky without saying a word, was fiddling with my hair.

“You can go inside now.”

I’m the meantime, his desire to talk to me disappeared as Siegfried turned away without looking at me.

‘Did I draw the line too openly?’

I chased after him.

After entering the mansion, he didn’t talk to me anymore. He was obviously upset.