A natural-born yandere…?

Due to the simplicity of the statement, I fully understood it right away.

While I was still trying to comprehend everything, Irene raised a finger and explained to me.

“Lumie, did you know? A yandere actually—”

—According to Irene, there were two types of yandere: natural and acquired.

In regard to the acquired type, if the person were to be appeased mentally, it’d quickly subside. Moreover, since there were quite a few transient types, apparently there were many cases where they ended up becoming ‘proper husbands’ if they were provided with a satisfying environment such as marriage.

—However, a natural-born yandere was different.

As for the yandere by nature, their fundamental senses were already yandere. At first glance, the person may be softspoken and benevolent, but a natural yandere didn’t care about anyone but himself. In truth, they were mental obsessed individuals. Sometimes, they’d even pass themselves of as acquired yandere, making them the worst.

Prince Grimwald was the latter.

Apparently, the term ‘yandere’ goes deeper than I thought…

For the time being, I discovered that Prince Grimwald wasn’t cursed, but rather had been endowed with a yandere disposition from birth.

While we were busy having such a conversation, they had finished another round of drinking.

Silver grinned.

“Alright, Your Highness, three left.”

“…I know, I have eyes.”

Prince Grimwald’s breathing was heavy, but he still picked another glass. Silver started clapping.

“How are you going to drink it~? Show me how you’re going to do it~! Can you actually do it~?”

“What an unpleasant hobby.”

Prince Grimwald clicked his tongue at Silver’s mysterious cajoling.

“Even without your provocation, I will still drink it.”

“Ah…!”

—Is it really poisoned!?

Seeing Prince Grimwald’s bitter expression, I involuntarily cried out. At the same time, he chugged his drink all at once. Prince Grimwald no longer looked at us, and only sneered at the man in front of him.

“Look, two more. By the way, one’s a deadly poison. You don’t want to embarrass yourself, do you?”

“Haha, fortunately—or, unfortunately, that applies to both of us…”

—Ugh, seriously…!!

I thought they were doing it for fun! I tried to grab the glass from them, but Silver stopped me.

“No can do~ Even if you’re my master, I won’t let you disturb this.”

“B-but…”

How dare you risk your life for me!?

Still, Silver chose the glass with his free hand.

“Kyaa!”

“Men are foolish creatures.”

When I reflexively closed my eyes, I heard Irene’s fed up voice from behind me.

When I timidly opened my eyes, after finishing his drink, Silver roughly wiped his mouth and smirked.

“Like I said, there’s no way I can lose?”

“Wha—”

Prince Grimwald was taken aback.

But—only one more glass remained. The last person to drink was…

Silver laughed and stood up.

“Now, give me a good show.”

The sight of him clapping his hands rhythmically while jeering was truly frivolous.

…And yet, he’s still a butler of the Lamneria family.

That lack of dignity could get him dismissed if my father were to see it.

Prince Grimwald was shaking as he held the remaining glass.

“Your Highness, please stop—”

“—Shut up!”

My voice couldn’t reach him.

Prince Grimwald swore and drank the glass in one go.

“Ah…”

Scared and sad, all I could do was cover my face and become tearful.

Even if I found him distasteful, I didn’t want him to die.

Why… Why did this happen…?

Is this because I started doing foolish things like “Kyururun”?

—In the next moment, Prince Grimwald stared incredulously at the empty glass.

“Huh?”

“…I only slipped a sleeping pill inside the drink. If I really want to kill you, there’s no way I’ll do it in front of Lumiere. But still, it’s a pretty strong, fast-acting one. Even if you’re accustomed to poison, you won’t be able to stay awake after taking it.”

It was truly an unfortunate thing, but there was no saying that a member of the royal family wouldn’t be assassinated.

For that reason, boys from the royal family were trained to consume poison little by little from childhood. As conceiving an heir was a priority for girls, they were exempted from that training.

However, Prince Grimwald, who discarded the glass, spoke clearly.

In other words, the glasses that Prince Grimwald had drunk didn’t contain the sleeping pill.

—Then, why would you take a sleeping pill?

“Why are you still fine?”

“It may sound strange, but ever since I was reincarnated, I’ve become immune to poisons and drugs.”

“What?”

Everyone in that place widened their eyes at Silver as he smirked.

Then, he calmly declared. “By the way, it was in the first drink I took.” Before adding. “I want more~” While waving his empty glass.

“It seems that after I made a pass at the Goddess, she gave me a cheat skill?”

—This ‘reincarnation’-thing again…

Irene was the first to react.

“Huh!? Then weren’t you basically cheating!?”

“I’m not… Also, who are you to say that!? Whose fault was it that you think I died!?”

“Ah, uhm…”

Immediately, Irene faltered. She scrambled to the door as fast as she could.

“Alright, see you, Lumie~!”

“Hey, don’t run away!”

After that, Silver rushed to chase after her, but Irene didn’t forget her throwaway line.

“Are you going to leave Lumie behind~?”

Winking, Irene left the store.

The bell on the door clattered and rang frantically. The silence that followed felt very long.

With a sigh, Silver ruffled his hair.

“Haa~ Seriously, that girl… I’m sorry, Milady. For now, let us return home. Aren’t you tired? There’s probably something you want to ask me.”

“Well, certainly…”

“—Hold on.”

I’m kind of tired, too.

So naturally, I tried to return to the dormitory with Silver, but Prince Grimwald, who’d been hanging his head the whole time, grabbed my hand.

“Am I really not good enough for you? Do you really love that man?”

“…In the first place, why are you competing against Silver instead of Prince Redmond?”

“It’s not that difficult to figure out, especially since I have my eyes on you.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“That denseness… It’s really adorable, though.”

It wasn’t that I didn’t appreciate the loveliness of those desperate eyes.

It wasn’t like I particularly disliked Prince Grimwald until now.

—However

Besides him being a yandere, I couldn’t bring myself to like anyone who had so little respect towards their family.

After removing his hand, I curtseyed to him.

“Good evening, Your Highness Grimwald. See you tomorrow …as classmates, that is.”

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***T/N: Well didn’t he get off easily…

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