Who is it? Don’t keep sneakily hiding and show yourself」
Harold’s sharp voice rang out.
Juno thought of planning to make a getaway as it was, but thinking that there was no way she could fool him, who had accurately seen through her covert action, she gave up and appeared in front of Harold.
Thereupon, Harold’s eyes widened by a small amount, and then, his expression changed minutely.
(That just now was relief………was it ~?)
To read that change was the power of Juno’s unique observing eye.
But she didn’t know what it meant.
Compared to that, Kazuki was completely flustered.
Since he had been extremely concentrated on practising Raijin, the sword had slipped out of his right hand and flown towards an unexpected direction, and had stopped after stabbing a tree which was more than 10 meters away.
He was surprised because there was some kind of presence there.
Thinking that maybe it had slammed into a person and injured them, panicking greatly, he called out. On the verge of running off in the direction of the thicket, Juno appeared from the shadow of the tree.
From the looks of it, since she didn’t appear to be injured, Kazuki was relieved. He had almost become a murderer.
「I’m sorry Harold-sama ~, it was unintentional ~」
While Kazuki was worried about wrenching out words of apology even with Harold’s mouth, for some reason Juno lowered her head.
It seemed as though she was apologizing for peeking at Kazuki’s (Harold’s) training. For Kazuki, that didn’t matter at all.
「Hanging around in the shadows, insolent. If you don’t learn of your position, you’ll be injured severely」
If you’re going to watch, stay in a position where I can see you. Since if I don’t know where you are, I might injure you- not even a bit of Kazuki’s concerns were transmitted.
Rather, this was what Juno heard.
(He’s giving a warning huh ~………)
Easily grasping her presence, without even offering any room to resist, without taking any action and suppressing her, it was brilliantly done. He wasn’t someone who she could take on as an opponent, when there was an existence like Erika near her, who needed to be protected.
He must have also warned her like this since he understood that.
— That there wouldn’t be a next time if she went further than this
It wasn’t that she had the intention to relax because Harold was a child. She also wasn’t optimistic.
But still, he had easily surpassed her. As though he had seen through everything from the beginning.
It was her complete defeat. Was she really aware that she had fought Harold? He had shown her the difference in ability to even make her feel that question.
He not only had physical power, but was also resourceful.
「Fuh, Well fine. By the way, what is the sheltered girl doing?」
(TL – He calls her hakoirimusume – literally daughter in a box, which basically means that she has been sheltered her whole life and is very naive)
Harold suddenly asked that to Juno, who wasn’t replying.
At the abrupt change in the topic, even while being confused, Juno answered the question.
「Erika-sama’s body still isn’t in a very good condition ~. She might be a bit bewildered by the unfamiliar environment ~」
(Just for her physical condition being poor, 2 weeks is too long. There shouldn’t have been a setting of her having a weak condition though……….)
After coming back from going around the town, Erika had told that she wasn’t feeling well, and from then on she had confined herself in the room for nearly the whole time and hadn’t appeared. Thanks to that, he was fully devoted to the trial implementation of LP farming, but since it was so long, his concern gradually increased.
Maybe it’s some kind of flag- his crisis perception rang alarm bells. Well, it was already too late though.
「Perhaps, she is homesick. Why don’t you go back quickly?」
「You’re very cold, aren’t you ~? Even though it’s temporary, since she is your fiancee, wouldn’t it be fine to be a little gentler ~?」
If he could do that, he wouldn’t be so troubled. Harold’s mouth was just like cursed equipment.
「Worthless. As you’ve said, the relationship between us is temporary. I have no intentions of being bound by such things」
「What do you mean ~?」
(Ah, crap. I might have talked a bit too much)
He still couldn’t make it known that he had plans to cancel the engagement in future.
The only person who knew about this was Tasuku, who had read the letter. And although it was Kazuki who had written it, even he didn’t think that Tasuku would completely believe in it.
That was why, at this stage, if somebody came to know that Harold Stokes himself had the intention of cancelling the engagement, the risks would be too high.
At the present stage, he didn’t even have any prospects to prepare the plan.
「There is no need for me to explain it to you」
Without even being able to gloss over it decently, spitting out the words of a sore loser, Kazuki went back to the mansion as though running away from Juno.
Although he felt Juno’s gaze falling around the