「......」
Fransisca's cheeks were flushed red and she
turned her head away from him, revealing that she was obviously acting
strangely.
「Your Highness, what are you doing?」
Fatima calls out to Fransisca and then turns
her eyes toward Alexis.
「Oh...that time, thank you...」
Fatima mumbles something like she has
something stuck in her teeth. Lorenzo is silent. And Sara smiles at Alexis.
**a
「Geez, why are you not frank!? Why didn't you
tell me you were a prince?」
「Well, my father didn't want me to tell you」
Alexis was in a hurry to tell them after
saying so.
「And now, it's too formal to say something
like 'sama' or 'respectfully'. So, you can continue to treat me as Alex Rein.
Once again, nice to meet you」
When Alexis said this, they looked relieved
and said, "Nice to meet you", "Oh, pleasure to meet you,
Alex-kun".
「Uh, you can call me Alex Rein, too,
Your Highness Princess-maiden」
While he was at it, Alexis was also talking
this to Fransisca.
But then, Fransisca glanced at Alexis and
mumbled, "...no, it doesn't work like that...".
「If you don't behave as rudely as I've
behaved so far... it doesn't make sense!」
Fransisca was teary-eyed, but she was also
serious.
Alexis, who was seeing her like that,
impressed by her earnestness than he had expected, although Fatima had told him
about it beforehand.
And then, Fransisca said to Alexis again.
「Please let me be the guardian today!?
Alexis-sama play the attacker!」
「No, I'm used to playing the guardian
position」
「T-Then, please kick me and step over me!」
「I-if I do that, our attackers get hurt and
it's not good for our strength...」
「T-Then, you may abuse me severely...」
「No, I prefer to fight in silence. I don't want
to make the team feel uncomfortable」
Fransisca looks like she is about to cry as
Alexis refuses one after another.
「W-what should I do then?」
「Well...」
Alexis chuckles.
「We'll talk about that when we get back from
Avalon」
「Eh... —N-no way」
Fransisca's cheeks turned bright red as she
sensed that Alexis was planning to do the same thing he did yesterday.
「C-Could... you do something... other than
that?」
Fransisca shudders.
（Huh? She wants more verbal abuse and
violence than touching my thing... does she have a masochistic fetish? ）
Alexis is skeptical, but then he thinks,
"No way". Maybe Fransisca just doesn't like to be in contact with the
deformity between his legs. After all, she had been covered with a lot of fishy
liquid yesterday.
（But that's a problem. It's hard to clean up
afterwards, isn't it? Maybe it would be better to let the Princess-maiden get
used to it from a different angle for a while）
With this in mind, Alexis told Fransisca.
「...Well, don't worry. We'll do something
else today」
「Eh, r-really?」
Fransisca looked relieved.
And to this clueless Princess-maiden, Alexis
answered with a smile, "Yes".
「I-I'm glad. Y-You promised, okay?」
Although they were aware of the exchange
between Fransisca and Alexis, the other members of the team did not ask any
questions.
After all, the princess had told them
yesterday that she was going to apologize to Alexis.
Although the other members can guess that
something must have happened, they have long trusted Alex Rein because they
know Alexis' humble and sincere behavior so far. Therefore, they do not dream
that there was anything more than just an apology.
Nevertheless, They would be lying if they
said that they are not concerned about it. However, at least the members have
confirmed that no violent thing has been done to their precious princess, and
that was enough for them at this time.
「Well then, let's go. The second and third
teams should follow without delay」
Fransisca's words were met with a resounding,
"Yes!" from everyone present.
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