Chapter 82: Lise Thoughts ②
Translated by AmaLynne
「Right. Fran, I admit that I am attracted to Sam. But I’m not going to nurture these feelings any further and keep them hidden.」
「What? Why?」
Lise admitted her feelings for Sam, but her expression was somewhat dark.
Fran couldn’t help but ask a question.
「You don’t need to tell me. I’m too old for Sam, and I was married once.」
「I don’t think Sam-kun would care about that.」
「He’s sweet, so maybe he won’t mind, but I do.」
Above all, Lise continued.
「Sam loves Sister Ur very much. Even though she is gone, he will never be able to get rid of her love for sister Ur.」
Sam’s feelings for Ur are known to everyone, not just Lise.
The two were, if you ask, very much in love with each other.
It is painful to know that they confirmed their feelings for each other in their last moments, but there is no doubt that they loved each other.
His strong feelings for her sister will never go away, and he doesn’t want them to go away.
「Oh my, why should you care about that?」
「Huh?」
「Even I can tell that Sam-kun loves Ur-sama. He’s been saying Ur is, Ur that, Ur is, so unless you’re a very dense person, I’m sure you’ll notice his feelings. But what does it matter?」
「…………」
「Do you want someone you love to have someone else?」
「……That’s, no.」
「Of course, you may not love someone who has a family, but Sam-kun is single. He’ll eventually get married, and even if he doesn’t meet someone better than Ur-sama, he may find someone he loves just as much.」
「Maybe.」
「So you don’t have to hold back.」
Fran made that clear.
「Fran, you.」
「If Sam-kun becomes a court wizard, he will have to face a lot of offers of marriage. As a court wizard, he’ll be inundated with marriage proposals, and since he is obligated to leave heir, it’s inevitable. If Sam-kun is to marry someone he doesn’t want to marry, it would be better for the person who loves him to love him as much as possible.」
Fran is not wrong.
Sooner or later, if Sam becomes a court wizard, he will have obligations at the same time.
The most important of these is to leave an heir.
Wizards are rare.
It is not always the case that the child of a good wizard will become a wizard, but it is not without possibility.
If that is the case, it is naturally expected of those wizards who are good enough to be chosen as court wizards.
Not all court wizards have children, but there is no doubt that the country and the people would want an heir.
In such a case, political marriages would not be unusual.
It is needless to say that the factions to which they belonged and the nobles who backed them would send their children to strengthen their ties with the court wizards.
Lise does not want Sam to have such a marriage.
She wants him to have a proper, loving marriage and a warm family, even though he no longer has Ur, whom he loves straight up.
Lise’s unhappy marriage made her think about it more.
「……Fran also seems to be concerned about Sam, doesn’t she?」
「Right, I’m grateful just for getting my father back on his feet, but he protected me from that Albert. I was the reason for this duel. No woman’s not conscious of it.」
「……Well.」
Lise was about to return the favor, but Fran easily admitted her feelings.
Fran, with a slight blush on her cheeks, was adorable even to a person of her gender.
She’s sure Sam would think the same thing if he saw her face right now.
Her heart thumps a little when she thinks of that.
「Hey, Lise. We can’t have a relationship like the one between Sam-kun and Ur-sama. But I think we have a way of being with Sam that only we can do.」
「Yes, I know.」
「I’ve only just met Sam-kun, and I don’t think it’s going to happen right now. But I don’t want to cover my feelings when I don’t hate them.」
In response to Fran’s words, Liese thinks about Sam.
A younger, gentle boy with excellent magic.
She learned the other day that he is bright, energetic, polite, but also a bit arrogant and quarrelsome.
Training with him is a lot of fun, and as a master swordsman, she’s happy to see him absorb her skills as if he were a sponge soaking up water.
She looks forward to spending time with him every day.
If Sam was having fun with someone other than me, it hurts her heart just to imagine it.
Maybe it is an emotion that has not yet developed to the point where she can call it love.
She doesn’t even know if she’s qualified to love him in the first place.
However, Lise felt that it would be too sad to give up the feelings she holds in her heart for him.
「Sam is still a minor, and there is still time. Let’s make sure we don’t do anything we’ll regret.」
「……I don’t want to have any regrets. Thanks, Fran. You’ve helped me face my feelings.」
「I hope I didn’t add any more rivals to the competition. But I want Lise to be happy too, so…keep up the good work.」
Lise nodded to her friend’s encouragement.
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