36: Lack of Sleep is Bad for Your Skin
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“Hey, Silver. How could you make your master stay up all night to accompany you?”
“Didn’t Milady fall asleep at 3 o’clock?”
“At the very least, let me go home before it comes to that!”
The sky wasn’t only beginning to brighten, the sun was also steadily rising.
Everyone had returned to their dormitories around 5 o’ clock in the morning. We didn’t forget to thank the chef and others who had served them either. After making payment, I hurriedly returned to my dorm and took a shower.
Even if I was sleepy, I couldn’t afford to sleep. What was more, I didn’t have much time myself and wasn’t able to get to my horse-drawn carriage in time. In the end, I had to ride Silver’s horse.
Despite my drowsiness, I had to cling to his waist. Somehow, we managed to arrive at the academy in time…
…Why is he still so full of energy? Even his skin seems smoother!
“About yesterday… Why did you suddenly throw a party?”
“Shouldn’t it be obvious?”
He answered my question with a question… If it wasn’t for the fact that I was riding atop a horse galloping at lightning speed, I’d have erased that smug grin from his face!
While I was imagining things like that, Silver explained.
“First, I’ll make the ringleader my fan!”
“Huh?”
When I asked for further details regarding his outlandish theory, Silver explained to me.
—Apparently, by garnering fans, or ‘supporters’, it’d reduce the number of people who might attempt to sabotage me.
‘My ally is your ally.’
Silver said that as long as I was his master, that kind of rule could be established.
“On top of that, I’ll emphasize to them that, ‘Lady Lumiere is special for me.’”
“Haa…”
Silver said that he’d highlight his personal feelings for me, which obviously went beyond a master-servant relationship.
“As you can see, everyone listened to me. Actually, I had intended to dominate the women of this academy sooner. However, spending time with Milady is more important to me, so I put it off~”
…Leaving aside the fact that he didn’t sound remorseful in the slightest, I wanted to point out a particular hole in his mysterious theory, one which sounded convincing in a bizarre manner.
“Even if that goes well… Isn’t there a possibility that those who’re jealous of… the special one will turn against me?”
“That won’t happen, because that’s the type of women I dislike.”
How is that supposed to explain anything???
Silver turned around, smiling menacingly.
“After all, they like me. They won’t do anything I dislike, don’t you think? If they don’t want to be hated by me, they’ll behave.”
—I feel like this is kind of wrong…
However, because he spoke so confidently, I didn’t even know how to argue against him. In my dilemma, I began scratching his back with my fingers.
Silver added.
“Besides, I’m sure the guys who were there already understand. They’ve learned that if they’re around me, they’ll get a chance to hang out with women like they did yesterday. This is beneficial for us.”
“…Is it safe to assume that I gained over 50 allies last night?”
How tedious.
Refusing to mull on it, I came to that conclusion and Silver gave a firm nod.
“As long as they aren’t yandere, it should be fine, right!?”
“That’s right!”
Yandere is a hard no.
I just couldn’t bring myself to like it. Yandere is no good. I despised yandere beyond all logic. In a sense, it was my arch-nemesis. At the same time, I could easily picture a future where I got stabbed by a young lady who (self-proclaimed) loved Silver.
However, the actual cause, Silver, was nonchalant about it.
“Well, I don’t think I want to know the cause behind the [Yandere Transformation], but it seems that we’ve successfully repelled them. Also, if His Highness Redmond does find a remedy, I think things will settle down to a certain degree.”
“—Which means, I won’t have to apologize for disrespecting His Highness!”
“No, I think it’d be best if you apologize quickly.”
“No, it’d be better if I can get away without having to apologize.”
—Anyway, has Prince Redmond discovered the cause behind the Yandere Transformation?
Perhaps, that was what Silver was implying. He probably didn’t want to say it outright because it was related to Irene.
—the Goddess’ will, which involves reincarnation.
Surely, every living being of this world has to accept that as [fate].
But what about me?
When I imagined the future where I got married with Prince Redmond, sorrow welled up inside me and I rested my head against Silver’s back.
At that moment.
“Lumiere—!”
Apparently, we had arrived at the academy.
Having returned from the castle, Prince Redmond immediately went to wait for me at the gate. I was tempted to say something sarcastic about the prince’s hard work, but I decided against it.
Silver tried to alight from his horse first to help me, but before he could, Prince Redmond rushed towards me. He forcibly pulled me by my arm and drew me into an embrace. He held me tightly within his arms.
“Aah, the three days I spent without you truly felt like eternity. Why didn’t I bring you with me? The moment I took my eyes off such a gorgeous flower, insects came crawling in!”
Although my shoes had heels, Prince Redmond was still a head taller than me. He was sniffing the top of my head with all his might, and I felt peeved. Goosebumps erupted along both my arms.
“So, shall we go?”
“Koten?”
—Where?
I spoke in onomatopoeia again.
I still couldn’t muster up the courage to apologize for the setting I had imposed on myself, so I tilted my head to the side as a way to askmy question. Then, Prince Redmond gripped my hand so tightly that it hurt.
“…To our love nest; a place for just the two of us.”
***T/N: THE YANDERE TRANSFORMATION IS COMPLETE!!11
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