The Lady Wants To Rest - Chapter 41

Sleeping in bed is sweet, but sometimes sleeping outside like this is also delicious.

It was a good day to take a nap as if it was a picnic because the sunlight was just warm enough.

How long would it have been after taking such a nap?

When I opened my eyes, I felt something worrisome, and there was an unexpected person looking at me.

“Sleep a little more.  You look tired.”

I blankly blinked my eyes a few times.

Focus returned and the face in front of my eyes was clearly recognized.

A handsome man with bright gold hair and sea-colored eyes.

It was the scam gambler I met a while ago!

“Nice to meet you, milady. What a coincidence to meet each other again like this.”

The man smiled and greeted me.

However, I looked at him awkwardly without a response.

Seemingly a little embarrassed, the man scratched the back of his head.

“Oh my, it seems I’m not very welcome.”

“It’s because I don’t have the generosity to welcome the person who reported me.”

At the words I had carelessly spat out, the man’s blue eyes hardened slightly.

But that too was a short while, and asked while laughing loudly.

“Oh my, how did you know I reported it?”

“I didn’t know.”

“…… Excuse me?”

“I had carelessly conjectured, but it must have truly been you.”

The man made an embarrassing expression.

In fact, I was worried after the Fourth Prince came to me a while ago.

Who really reported me?

Come to think of it, there were no strong suspects other than this man. So taking this time, I had carelessly let it slip, but it must have really been him.

The man was absent-minded for a while, then burst into laughter again.  For some reason, it was a smile mixed with mirth.

“It seems I ate another loss. Please don’t misunderstand. I’m still a temporary professor here, so I couldn’t sit still when I saw a student head straight off the rails, and consequently reported it. The report was all for Student Rubia’s sake.”

Ha, you reported it for my sake?

By that matter, that couldn’t be more absurd than the side of a strawberry cake bursting open.

“Is that so?”

“Yeah?”

“I don’t think anyone asked you. Since I need to sleep a little more, can you please head back?”

I said without hiding the fact I found it tedious.

Perhaps it was the first time he had been brushed off so easily like this, as the man made a sorrowful expression.

“Oh my, I’m happy beyond words to meet with you again, but you’re rather cold-hearted. Aren’t you even curious about my identity?”

At that question, I sighed.

At that question, I sighed.

“No, I’m not curious.”

“Is that so?”

“There’s no need to be curious about something you already know. Isn’t that right, your Highness, Prince Friedhelm?”

“……!”

As I accurately called out his name, this time, the man truly looked surprised.

That’s right. This man’s name was Friedhelm ron Haustia.

Yet another member of the royal family that remained at this academy, the Crown Prince.

“Oh my, so you knew. Since when did you know? It couldn’t be that this too was a rough guess?”

The man, Friedhelm lowered his voice as he asked.

‘Guess, my a**. What other temporary professor would have that appearance with that magical ability other than the Crown Prince.’

I thought as I recalled the rumors of the Crown Prince I had heard from Marie.

Since he had accepted his identity, I had no choice but to bow and show my etiquette.”

“Rubia of the Roxanne Grand Duchy greets his Highness, the Crown Prince of the West Empire.”

But it was only that far.

I greeted him only with the traditional formality of greetings, and as I showed neither surprise nor flustered attitude at the sudden development. The Crown Prince, rather than me, made a surprised expression.

“It appears you’re not at all flustered at the fact that I am the Crown Prince.”

“Were you flustered?”

I asked distantly.

I had lived far too long to become flustered from having met yet another Crown Prince.

Since, just the identity of my previous life was no less than the Crown Prince. No, if it had been a month ago, the one to bow his head and greet me formally would have been the Crown Prince. Because unlike him, who is the heir of a mere Empire, I had been the representative of a powerful group.

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