Chapter 191
Translator: Ranzan
She denied it strongly, but there was something clear about the fact she knew .
Taiyou was lost whether or not to pursue the point .
After a hesitation, suddenly, Leticia stood up after being emotionally shaken .
「I’m tellin’ ya, I’m okay . Nothin’ to worry about . My sister will look after me, they know I get like this . 」
「Yeah…you did say that . 」
He remembered right after the time he had first kissed her . She had told him the same thing calmly…no, resolutely .
(Youran and her really are alike . )
Leticia and Youran weren’t just close friends, but their personalities were a lot alike, Taiyou thought . They were both royally-born, and they had the special ability to put on a different face in front of people .
However, one could tell that there were small differences if you inspected carefully .
How they presented themselves in front of people was one example .
In Youran’s case, she put on a cold appearance in front of others as the Shingetsu no Kami .
She looked at everything with a distant, chilled gaze, so cold that it almost seemed she was commanding her own fate as a tool .
Leticia simply seemed resolute, there was no coldness in her to be felt .
(What’s the difference, I wonder . )
Goals and means…Taiyou was interested in the real qualities that made them that way .
「I’m goin’ home . 」
「Back to your country?」
「Yeah, official business to attend to . 」
「Official business…just like a princess . 」
「I thought ya might say, really? Or somethin’」
「No, I wouldn’t doubt you . 」
「…well, it’s a pretty easy thing to get, bein’ a princess . Ya can see me on the news or somethin’, right?」
「You really are a lot like Youran . 」
「Why ya say that outta the blue?」
「Even if you came out wearing jeans and a shirt, I’d still think you’re the princess of a good country . 」
He remembered back to the first time he met Youran . That twin-ponytailed girl had a rough look, and she talked about whatever popped in her head cheerfully, but he knew she was well-born .
She had a dignified stance, and a tall, stretched stance .
He felt the same about Leticia . Even though she talked very different from a princess in her private time, she still had the good breeding that Youran had .
He thought this as they walked together back to the building .
「Hey, did you hear that Phili Kingdom’s princess is around here?」
「Yeah, didn’t you meet her?」
「There’s no way a laundry maid like me could ever meet her . 」
「I guess so . 」
Suddenly they heard the voices of two young ladies chattering away . They were taking rest from work, and seemed to be relaxing .
Taiyou and Leticia stopped in their tracks .
The princess of Phili, he said, and looked at Leticia .
She calmly smiled . She was used to being talked about in unknown places, her expression seemed to say .
「So, does she come to where you’re working?」
「She does, but she’s going back soon . 」
「I see…I’d like to meet her once . 」
「You haven’t met her?」
「Nope . Hey, you’re in the chambers right? You haven’t met her by chance?」
「Fu Fuu」
The girl proudly snorted with her nose .
「So you have, must be nice . Wasn’t she something?」
「It wasn’t just that she was something . There’s an aura about her, an aura . Something about her makes the room light up…like light . She’s not just royal, but a princess, a true princess? You know the difference?」
「I guess that she has an aura, right?」
While they listened to the excited maids talk, Taiyou whispered into Leticia’s ear . Just a little comment,
「It’s almost like meeting a celebrity you only see on TV for them . 」
「Yeah . 」
Leticia was calm about it, and Taiyou understood .
Maybe we should say something, he thought . The maids’ conversation sounded like those of people when they happen to meet an idol out on the street or something .
Times like that they always exaggerate, and just make up whatever to impress others .
「Exaggerating…」
「It’s not exaggerating… Have you ever seen Youran when she’s serious?」
「Yeah, over and over, from far away . I’ve never seen her act normal though . 」
The maid sounded a bit lonesome . Somehow, in her work, the maid wasn’t able to meet Youran for real .
「Leticia’s the same as Youran, sparkling bright, both of them just light up the room . 」
「Together with Youran?」
The laundry maid was surprised .
「Isn’t that something?」
The next moment . The unbelieving maid’s tone changed .
Listening to this, Taiyou’s thoughts changed . At first it was about meeting someone famous, then the nonsense that came afterwards, and then the comparison between the two princesses . And if they were saying they’re the same, the story became very different .
「They said you two are the same . 」
「Yeah, as that idiot…well, I guess so . 」
Leticia was calm about it again . Taiyou was a bit prideful about it .
That feeling was close to the time that he maxed his level in his first RPG, and his friend’s reaction to it after seeing it .
Being proud of what you have, and the satisfaction of surprising others with it .
That feeling seemed to slide into different territory now, into mischief .
「Leticia…」
「What…hmphh!」
Taiyou kissed Leticia again without her being able to answer him .
She didn’t expect this to occur, and her face was surprised even after Taiyou pulled away .
「What are ya tryin’ to do?!」
「Well, I was just thinking…」
「That’s not just thinkin’!!」
She angrily told him in a hushed voice .
Right near them, the maids kept talking .
「The guys in the mansion were talking about it, that they’d want to be born in Phili . The men there can enroll to be her personal guards . 」
「They say 『We’ll fight and die for our Leticia . 』 right? I’ve heard of them . 」
「They kind of complained about it, that Youran wasn’t top of this country . 」
「Yeah…」
The maids then talked about episodes showing how great Leticia was .
After hearing that Taiyou went to kiss Leticia again .
She avoided being kissed again by him a second time, but after he gently held her shoulder, he gave her a half-forced kiss .
A kiss that was just a touch on her soft lips .
「She really is beautiful, even though plastic surgery is banned in Phili, you just stay the way you’re born . 」
「I saw her talking to the prime minister on TV, really something . 」
「She’s supposed to be close to the Queen of England . 」
「So beautiful . 」
「She came to visit Japan too . 」
「She donated to charity from her private money too . 」
「So beautiful . 」
「She’s close to her siblings . 」
「So beautiful . 」
Those two maids were really getting excited as Taiyou and the princess were getting excited outside .
As the maids complimented Leticia, Taiyou continued to kiss her .
Compliment and kiss .
Compliment and kiss .
Over and over .
At first she tried to resist, but she began to give up, and finally she shut off herself to the maid’s conversation, simply pressing her lips to Taiyou’s
Not passionate, just a shared kiss .
It didn’t just fulfill Taiyou’s body, but his heart .
The conversation near them simply continued, but the topic changed from Leticia to something else, and the kissing naturally stopped .
(Just a little longer…)
「Ya…」
「Hm?」
「Yer a horrible person . 」
「Well, yeah, I won’t deny it . 」
This last event ended a train of events beginning with Aoba, forcing him to smile at himself .
With this finished, he didn’t mind even if it ended with Leticia slapping him, he thought .
「That reminds me, you know that group that’s staying here at Youran’s request?」
Hm? This dragged Taiyou’s attention back to their conversation . They were probably going to start talking about Taiyou now .
「Yeah, there’s a group of five women with only one man . What about them?」
「Those five are all the one man’s lovers . 」
「Whaaaaaaat?」
The laundry maid was so surprised she squealed loudly .
「Even so, they all get along . It’s really something that the women all know and accept that . 」
(Not all five, but at least three . )
After pointing that out inside his heart, Leticia suddenly touched his face .
「…huh?」
She stood on her tiptoes .
After Taiyou was complimented by the maids, Leticia was ready to counterattack him .
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