Chapter 84
“Victor Diollus, a member of the Imperial Knights of the great Descarde Empire, greets Her Imperial Highness.”
What? Did he not recognize me?
I heard that Victor was waiting for me, so I came out in the middle of filming.
It’s been half a year since we met, but how could you not recognize your sister’s face?
Of course, I’d grown taller and lost a lot of weight during that time, and because of filming, I was wearing a wig and a mask…
‘Well, should I tell him?’
I didn’t mean to cheat, but it was a funny situation.
“This unfaithful servant apologizes for the lack of courtesy to Her Imperial Highness. Please let me know your name, I’ll repeat it.”
“Aah.”
According to the etiquette of the knights he had picked up, Victor’s greeting earlier needed to be corrected.
The knights working in the imperial family must know the names and succession ranks of each member of the imperial family. Instead of saying, ‘I see Your Highness,’ the rule is to say, ‘I see Your Highness, the -th princess.’
‘It’s fun. Should I tease him a little more?’
I held back my laughter and patted Victor on the shoulder as if to encourage him.
“You don’t have to be too rigid, Sir Victor.”
Victor flinched.
“Have you come to see your sister?”
“Ah, yes. That’s right.”
“Your sister is very cute, right?”
“Yes? Ah… yes, yes.”
I squeezed my lips tight to endure my laughter and trembled.
“This, mm… Rise.”
“No, Your Highness. If you let me know your name, I will greet you with proper manners.”
“Okay then. Nothing we can do. My name is Rubetria Diollus, the third in the family.”
“Yes, Victor Diollus, a member of the Imperial Knights of the great Descarde Empire, greets the 3rd Princess Rubetri—”
“…”
“…?”
“Puhahahaha!”
I finally let out the laugh I had held back at Victor, who hesitated and stopped talking. As I held onto my stomach and laughed, Victor looked up at me with wide eyes.
He sprang to his feet.
“What?”
“Ahahahaha… It’s so funny. Why are you so silly? How can you not even recognize your sister?”
“Wh-wh-what?”
As I removed the mask covering the left side of my face, Victor blinked at me. Soon, his mouth hung open in shock.
“Rubetteee?”
***
“Stop making fun of me!”
“I didn’t mean to tease you at first.”
“That’s funny! Seeing that you even had a wig and a mask on!”
After removing my wig and changing into more comfortable clothes, I walked along the mountain path around the villa with Victor.
Victor was upset for half an hour because he was deceived.
“But was I so unrecognizable?”
“Yeah. In fact, I still can’t believe it even now. You’re like a different person,” said Victor.
“Hehe. Isn’t your sister pretty~?”
“Still fooling around. You’re so skinny. I think you’ll fall if the wind blows harder.”
Victor clicked his tongue, pulled a box from his sleeve, and held it before me.
It was a familiar logo. The accessories shop trademark of <Blanc de Ruby> was embedded.
“What’s this again? The mountain of presents outside hasn’t ended?”
“Hey, all those presents are only half the price of this one. I don’t know why a brooch the size of an ant poop is so expensive,” Victor groaned.
Inside was this spring season’s sapphire brooch. It was a new product with quite a bit of diamonds, and the price was enormous.
“This is 1,600 marks.”
“What? You know?”
“Did you get pocket money from Brother Viego and buy it? Wouldn’t it be hard to buy it with just a knight’s salary?”
“Hey, I saved my money and bought it. I have no place to use it on anyway.” Resting the back of his head on his clasped hands, Victor pouted.
“Man, I thought I would die trying to make the reservation. The store’s clothing area’s reservation queues are notorious in the capital.”
“I guess so.”
“That’s why I ran to the accessory shop as soon as it opened and got a waiting tickete. And yet they kept me waiting for four months.”
“You worked hard.”
“Waiting for months just for a boutique. I think the people who queue from dawn are crazy.”
Victor didn’t seem to like the prestige of <Blanc de Ruby>.
“But why did you buy it?”
“Well, these days, young aristocratic ladies all say they like the clothes and jewelry there…”
So, he reluctantly took the trouble of waiting in line for me.
As expected, Victor is the best.I’m touched.
“There, there. Thank you.”
“Hey, what are you doing?”
When I tapped him on the butt, Victor pulled away from me in disgust.
“I praised the older brother for caring for his little sister, don’t you like it?”
“Sigh. More than that.” Victor looked back with an embarrassed look. Five knights were following the two of us. He murmured, “You have the dignity of a superior.”
“Ha. By the way, why did you bring the knights?”
“Without them, the investigators will follow all day long.”
Aha. Come to think of it, the investigation team that followed whenever Dad came was not there today.
Even though I had been given the visitation right, I was in a position to be investigated. As a rule, at least one investigation team member had to accompany the outsider unconditionally.
“But the knights are all subordinates of the crown prince. With them, we don’t have to be followed by a separate investigation team member.”
“I see.”
Indeed, it would’ve been more comfortable to have one familiar member than a scrutinizing investigator.
“They’re new guys who came in four months ago, and they kept pestering me to take them to visit.”
I looked back at the five knights behind me and gave them a business smile.
‘Mm, but why are their faces like that? Does my brother have a military discipline?’
For some reason, all five had dark shadows on their faces. The somewhat edgy look in their eyes was also rather strange…
“What are you doing again?”
“Ugh.”
Victor grabbed my head and turned it around, and started walking again.
We chattered for a long time and were about to enter deep into the mountain road when Victor’s steps slowed down suddenly before completely stopping.
“What’s wrong, Brother?”
“…”
“Ahh!”
Victor pushed me to the back instantly.
As I looked back in surprise, I saw an unexpected confrontation had unfolded.
For some reason, the five knights drew their swords simultaneously, and Victor stopped them and stood before me.
“Who are you?” Victor asked menacingly.
“I’m sorry, but please hand over your sister. I don’t want to cause bloodshed with the vice-captain,” one of the knights in the middle said nervously.
Sister? Does he mean me?
“What? Are you crazy?”
“No matter how strong you are, dealing with the five of us while protecting your sister will be difficult. If you value your life, act wisely.”
“Puhahaha!”
The knight’s words sounded right, but Victor was relaxed.
Victor, laughing mockingly, gritted his teeth and muttered, “Who gave you the order?”
“Be wise.”
“That’s funny. You’re pretending to be strong because you think you’ll lose once we truly start.”
“…”
Indeed, despite the confrontation situation of 5 to 1, the faces of the knights were all tense.
I asked to figure out the situation, “Brother, are these people trying to kidnap me?”
“I guess so.”
“Why?”
“How should I know?”
“Am I that pretty? Enough to commit such a crime?”
When I asked, silence came.
“…”
“…”
Victor frowned and glanced at me. “No way!”
“Well, then, what’s the reason?”
“Whatever the reason is, do we have to question it now? Why are you so carefree?”
Having experienced the threat of kidnapping in my days as Juliet Karenina, I had no choice but to be carefree.
All kidnappers have a purpose. Threatening to hand me over without killing me meant that the other side clearly wanted something.
I quietly raised my hand and asked, “May I ask why you want to kidnap me?”
“…”
“…”
There was silence again for a moment, and Victor shouted again, “Would kidnappers say such a thing with their own mouths!? You idiot!”
“I mean…I agree with them not wanting to see blood. If they want something, we should ask and solve it in a good way.”
“Nevermind, just sit quietly there!” Annoyed, Victor sighed and pulled the sword from his waist. And then, without stopping, he rushed in.
At the same time, five people rushed and slashed their swords at Victor.
Chaeng-!
Even when dealing with five sharp swords, Victor was never pushed back. I admired him again. It was him pushing back the enemies instead.
At that time.
Perhaps feeling the unfavorable situation, the sharp eyes of one of the knights standing on the far left flew toward me.
Thinking I was the target in the end, he must’ve thought it’d be best to run away with me on his back.
“Brother!” Sensing danger, I immediately called Victor.
Protect me! Protect me!
But needless to worry, Victor seemed to have expected them to target me behind him. Without hesitation, he turned around first and ran toward me.
‘No, it’s good you’re protecting me, but why do you turn your back on the enemy?’
I was taken aback by Victor’s defenseless back. Anyone but an idiot would stab Victor’s back in this situation.
And my expectations were right.
The knight’s sword that was aiming at me hit Victor.
“B-Brother?”
For some reason, the momentum of the sword that should’ve pierced Victor’s body was nowhere to be found.
“Hey.” Looking at me, who was surprised, Victor grinned and murmured, “You guys should practice a hundred more days. Maybe you’ll be able to make a scratch on me then?”
Chaeng-grang!
At the same time, I heard the sound of the knight’s sword that had stabbed Victor’s back—No, I thought it had.
Gulp.
Nervous, I met Victor’s relaxed eyes.
Yeah, actually…the reason why I was calm was because I didn’t think Victor would lose.
Swinging the sword in his hand lightly, Victor spun.
His back, which the sword should have pierced, was surrounded by ironclad skin. Soon it disappeared with a sigh.
‘It’s my first time seeing it in person, and it’s amazing.’
The spirit of indestructibility.
“If you don’t tell me who’s aiming for my sister, all of you won’t be able to go home today.”
Victor hadn’t been stabbed and bleeding since he was 15.
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