Sometimes, Silver would say some incomprehensible things.

Apparently, in his previous life, he lived in something called “Ginza”, and became the king of said place.

Halfway through his ambition, Silver passed away. God, who took pity upon him, bestowed him with a chance to reincarnate in this world.

Furthermore, he even received a special miraculous gift—

—namely me.

Honestly, I was tempted to believe that it was just another one of his jokes.

However, the fact that Silver—who was only 17-years-old—became the butler of the Lamneria family did strike me as odd.

After all, the butler was given charge of all the servants in the house. Therefore, it was unheard of for someone so young to serve as the butler of a conventional duke house… By the time I realized it, Silver already sat at the top of our household.

…What was more, the person himself even boasted of achieving an overwhelming victory in the “Lady Lumiere’s Exclusive Servant’s Scramble Tournament (!?)” Although, no matter who I asked, they refused to divulge the detail of the competition.

As a result of said tournament, Silver was able to leave his chores to others and follow me with his head raised high.

Today as well, as he helped me alight from the carriage, he brushed his dusty silver hair from his shoulders.

Despite being called a dormitory, the residence was quite far from the academy premise. As a result, most of the students went to the academy by carriage. Sometimes, female students would ride together, while the male students went on horseback. Since money wasn’t a problem to me, I usually let Silver drive my carriage to school.

“Good work.”

Hence, it became a habit for me to say that.

When I arrived at the academy… the first prince, Redmon von Nerneige, approached me. He seemed to have been waiting for my arrival near the gate. As he glared at me, his expression was distasteful.

—This is it!

If I was my usual self, I’d grant him a curtsey—because that was the polite thing to do.

However, today, I casually draped my hands over my mouth.

“Kyururun ♡”

“…”

The first prince froze. I could hear Silver wheezing right behind me. While maintaining my calm façade, I lightly stepped on his foot. Great, I didn’t ruin my posture, and my gaze was straight.

What do you think!? Utterly foolish, right!?

You must think of me as an absolute moron!

Does my stupidity make you see red!?

At the same time, I recalled the term for it—a ‘Burikko.’ Surely, he’d despise a woman who deliberately did such a silly thing. To be honest, I was cringing so hard as I did it, but I endured it…

I was fully prepared to ruin his impression of me. After all, it was part of my larger plot—that was, to have our engagement annulled. Even more so when my life and death hung in the balance.

…Silver was still chortling behind me.

The first prince, on the other hand, stopped right in his tracks and stared at me in awe.

“S-so cute…!!”

“Huh?”

Suddenly, right in front of the public, the first prince pulled me into a hug.

As a result, I involuntarily let out a stupid yelp…

***

“Bahahahaha—! What the hell was that, ‘Kyururun♡’—!? As expected of Milady—!! You’re a hundred steps ahead of my expectation—!”

“W, what are you laughing for—!?”

For the first time in my life, I skipped class. Currently, I was in the infirmary.

Afterwards, things went downhill.

Prince Redmond wouldn’t stop whispering into my ears; “You’re so adorable.” “Won’t you come to my room?” “I want to eat you up.”

…After being relentlessly assailed by such coxing whispers, I was forced to activate the, “Ah, I’m feeling dizzy.” card and pretend that I was collapsing.

However, when I was about to tell Silver to carry me, Prince Redmond insisted. “Let me carry her!” Thus, I had to endure the shame of being princess carried in public…

Thanks to Silver’s words of advice (?), I was finally left alone with him. He said something along the line of, “If her beloved His Highness were to stare at her so passionately, Milady’s fever might not go down?”

But after dismissing the infirmary nurse, Silver pointed at me and laughed hysterically…

“Aah, my stomach hurts… That ‘Kyururun’ was so cute, I had an urge to punch things…”

“Didn’t it—!?”

His words made me lean forward on the bed.

“Didn’t it annoy you!? So much that you want to hit me?! So why didn’t His Highness kick me away…?”

“Ehh, Milady, you want to get kicked?”

“I even tightened my corset in preparation for that!”

“Eh, really?”

Silver extended his hand to my waist. Even if he was my servant, he was still a man. After learning that he’d be the one accompanying me to school, I learned how to change my own clothes. As such, I could put on my corset by myself.

“Hey, isn’t this a tad too tight? Loosen it up a bit.”

Before I could stop him, Silver slid his hand under my back—

—Hey, it tickles!

Right when I was about to twist around to stop his hand—

“—Excuse me.”

From outside the infirmary, a voice could be heard, and Silver rushed to his original position.

A second later, the door was abruptly opened—it was none other than Prince Redmond.

No sooner had he spotted Silver that Redmond clicked his tongue.

“What, you’re still here?”

“Of course, since I’m the young lady’s exclusive butler.”

Beside Silver, who dignifiedly bowed, I pretended to have a coughing fit.

Then, Prince Redmond commanded Silver in a low voice.

“You may leave.”

“It’s my responsibility to take care of Lady Lumiere.”

“Didn’t you hear my words?

“Even if it’s the words of His Highness the Crown Prince, my obligation to keep the young lady safe remains unchanged.”

“You—!”

With his long legs, Prince Redmond strode forth and grabbed Silver by his collar.

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***T/N: Hng Silver getting me all worked up with that collar…

Also, this is audio aid for the kyururun you guys.

[1080p] Cure Kururun Transformation – Tropical-Rouge! Precure – YouTube

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