“Louise!!!!!!!!!!!”
– Bang bang bang!!
Late at night, when there were hardly any maids in the hallway, I was banging on Louise’s door.
It was an urgent matter!
By the way, how long is she going to keep me waiting?
This is driving me crazy.
“Hey!!!”
“Dammit! It’s 1 AM!! You crazy woman!”
Just as I was about to knock again, Louise finally opened the door.
She should have come out sooner!
Anyway, she stepped out and went straight into Louise’s Room.
What I had to say couldn’t wait until morning.
Louise was looking at me like I was some kind of lunatic, but I had no choice. It was serious!
“Ugh… so, what’s the problem this time?”
“Kyle suddenly confessed to me!!”
“….”
As soon as Louise asked what was going on, I got right to the point.
I’m still in shock!
Kyle liking me? That’s just ridiculous!
“He went to the Grand Shrine and confessed to me?! Kyle!”
“So?”
“So??”
She acts like it’s no big deal when I’m seriously troubled…
That’s just cruel.
I thought we were best friends!
“What do you want me to do about you getting confessed to?”
“Help me!”
I really needed help.
I usually wouldn’t ask for help, but I had no choice this time.
For real.
“Kyle suddenly confessed to me?! What do I do?!”
“Just accept it, right?”
“No way!”
How could I just accept Kyle’s confession?
I don’t even like him that way!
Well, to be precise, it’s not that I don’t like him at all.
I like him as a brother and as a person.
There’s really no reason to dislike him.
“So, just reject him then.”
“No, he’s saying this weird stuff….”
Accepting or rejecting him aside, what Kyle was saying was really confusing.
If I reject him, I’m rejecting him…
“He suddenly says he’ll make me see him as a man!”
“Uh, and?”
“Then he looks at me all weird and smiles every time he sees me. It’s just bizarre! What do I do?!”
“He’s always been like that.”
“What are you talking about? When has Kyle ever acted like that?”
Kyle never acted that way.
He was always such a good boy.
He always acted like a proper young man.
When we made eye contact, it was just normal, and during our conversations, he didn’t laugh like a maniac; he chuckled at just the right moments.
Never!
He didn’t act like this!
“Sigh….”
“And he said something strange to me! He claimed I suddenly seduced him! That makes no sense, right?”
“….”
“I’m seriously wronged…. I never acted like that!”
“….”
Louise’s smile disappeared, and she looked serious all of a sudden.
Why is she making that face?
Was there a reason to look serious during this conversation?
“Hey, do you like Kyle?”
“Shut up.”
I asked just in case, and suddenly she cussed at me.
What’s with the seriousness then?
I really couldn’t understand Louise.
To be exact, I can’t understand her as a woman.
Whatever.
“But why the serious face? Are you mad?”
“You… really don’t remember what you did?”
“Me?”
What did I do?
I seriously pondered over what I did.
“Uh….”
What have I done to Kyle…?
Waking him up every morning?
I’ve been doing that since we were 12.
Helping him change clothes in the morning?
That’s a given as a servant.
Buttoning up his shirt when it’s wrinkled and fixing his tie? That’s what a servant does too.
What else is there?
“Well, you definitely shoved those huge things in his face.”
“Huh? What do you mean ‘huge things’?”
Isn’t this world supposed to prefer modest breasts over overly large ones?
Considering how popular someone like the princess is, it seems that way.
And judging by how the girls get upset about having big breasts, it’s pretty clear that there’s something off about big breasts.
But why are we even talking about breasts?!
And I’ve never shoved my breasts in Kyle’s face!
“Ugh…. You really are insane.”
“What’s with the cursing and the fuss?”
“Do you really think guys don’t care about big breasts?!”
“Isn’t that the case?”
“?”
Back when I was in boarding school, the boys used to run away whenever I got close.
Maybe they ran because they didn’t like big breasts?
They always fled to the bathroom whenever I got near.
“I honestly don’t know where common sense went wrong…. Guys like breasts a lot, you know?!”
“Huh…?”
“Guys just like breasts; why would they hate big ones?”
“Uh… but isn’t that a bit too big?”
It felt like they were about as big as my head.
No, the head is above the neck, and the breasts are below, so it’s hard to compare exactly…
“But even if they like them, isn’t this too big?!”
“Nope, not at all. They really like it.”
“…Uh….”
I felt like some of my common sense was getting shattered right then.
The beliefs I had since my teenage years were being overturned.
During my time in boarding school, I was convinced of this…
But turns out I was wrong?
“You said you washed up with Kyle every day when you went to the Capital, right?”
“Yeah.”
“Didn’t you wear just a towel like when you went to the hot springs with me?”
“I mean, I was serving him; obviously, I’d be wearing something light.”
“You insane woman! If that isn’t seduction, then what the hell is?!”
“Uh….”
Well, that’s true.
I had no words left.
In a world where big breasts are favored, I guess that would be seen that way…
“Yeah, I guess so.”
Damn it.
This is all due to the remnants of my boarding school days.
Anyway, that’s how it is.
I’ve never seduced Kyle.
It’s just a misunderstanding.
“Let’s just get some sleep…. It’s 1 AM… I have class tomorrow morning….”
“…Fine.”
And just like that, I got kicked out of Louise’s room and trudged back to my room.
Normally, I would walk all neat and tidy, but I didn’t have that energy right now.
I was emotionally exhausted.
“I… can’t be seductive….”
I’m not a seductress, I swear….
“It must just be that Kyle is confused by the girl in his teenage years around him.”
Yeah, maybe those misunderstandings carried over for a long time.
He’ll find someone else after a few rejections.
Someone real instead of a weirdo like me.
I mean, it’s not normal for a duke from the north to marry a commoner, right?
“Yeah, I should match him with a princess instead.”
If it’s the princess, the most popular girl in the Empire, maybe she can catch Kyle’s interest, right?
Even I think that’s a brilliant plan.
*
“Sigh.”
I’m losing my mind.
How can I not go crazy when the person I’ve had a crush on for years just confessed to me?
It was an earlier confession than I expected, but…
I still think it wasn’t bad.
If I hadn’t brought it up, he probably wouldn’t have thought anything about me.
But after the confession, he acted differently than usual.
He treated me like he usually does, but he was incredibly shy.
That was adorable, but I didn’t say anything about it.
If I brought it up, I’m sure he’d get even more embarrassed.
Of course, I do want to see more of that side.
“There’s no need to rush things from the start.”
Just seeing him being shy was enough.
I’m sure I’ll see many more sides of Sophia in the future.
“The ring… that’s a bummer.”
It turned out beautifully but I can’t use it right now.
Maybe I should make another one of the same kind.
“After all, wedding rings have to be worn by both.”
Knowing Sophia’s personality, wearing multiple rings would probably be a no-go, so using this one for the wedding ring would be good.
I could at least engrave something on it.
Like Sophia’s name and mine.
Or perhaps a phrase or two?
“Huh.”
To be honest, what I’m doing right now is pretty funny.
I just confessed and am partially rejected, and yet here I am thinking about wedding rings.
But it’s hard not to think about it.
I’m planning on marrying Sophia.
Rings are essential for that.
“I bet she’s having some strange thoughts right now.”
I confessed my feelings today, and I’m sure she’s thinking of something peculiar again.
She’s done that every time, so why change now?
It’s not a bad thing.
It just means she’s feeling confused and anxious because of my confession.
“Isn’t that a good thing?”
Feeling confusion from someone she always saw in a nonchalant way means she’s looking at me from a whole new perspective.
To be honest, I don’t think I’ve made it this far just by my own efforts.
Louise and the princess’s phone calls helped a lot.
And the few girls vying for Sophia’s attention also played a big role.
I had a gut feeling something was off since we first met, but those past few years, they showed way too much interest in Sophia.
But that helped me get closer to her.
Sophia quitting her job was one of the reasons I was able to speed things up.
“Well, if we get married, then it’s fine for her to quit her job later.”
It’s ridiculous for a duke’s wife to be working anyway.
Sophia can definitely quit her job as she wishes.
“I can’t wait to see her.”
I was looking forward to tomorrow morning.
For Sophia, facing the person who just confessed to her early in the day would be a huge burden.
And I can’t wait to see her like that.
Seeing Sophia flustered because of me.
Watching Sophia, who’s bewildered because of me.
Imagining Sophia trying to calm her heart because of me.
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