From Two-Bit Baddie to Total Heartthrob: This Villainess Will Cross-Dress to Impress! Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 7] by Masamune Okazaki

Author:Masamune Okazaki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Any Knight Worth Her Salt Can Scale A Wall

I tapped on the crown prince’s window. The curtains parted with some hesitation, and his eyes widened as I met his gaze. He gaped at me, dumbfounded, for several seconds. I tapped on the window again. Finally, he unlocked it and let me in.

“How did you get up here?” he asked. It felt like a strange question to ask when he could clearly see where I’d come from.

“Do you really have to ask? I scaled the wall, of course.”

“You what?!”

“Come on, Your Highness. Any knight worth her salt can scale walls these days,” I replied, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

“Really?” he whispered.

Well, to be honest, there were probably plenty of knights out there who couldn’t. But I was also pretty confident that there were many who could if they simply set their minds to it, so my bold claim wasn’t really a lie. The only issue was that most knights probably wouldn’t actually do it.

“Your head would be on the chopping block in an instant if I were to call over the guard standing just outside the door, you know.”

“Sure, but judging by the fact that you’ve put on the uniform I gave you, I’m guessing you’re not going to do that.”

Edward was wearing the gray cadet’s uniform that I’d given him yesterday. The sleeves were a little long, but he’d rolled them up to fit. He fell silent. Gotcha, I thought smugly.

“Well? Shall we go?”

“How are we going to get down, exactly? Do you plan to make a rope out of curtains and sheets for us to descend down?”

Well, well, well... I thought. Seems like this isn’t the first time His Highness has thought about making a break for it. He’s more on board with this than I expected.

“Your Highness, please. We’re on the third floor,” I said with an exaggerated shrug. Edward looked somehow relieved, but I knew that wouldn’t last. What I said next was sure to put the fear of God right back into him. “That’s only three stories from the ground. We can just jump down.”

“That’s preposterous! We’re on the third floor!”

I’d had just about enough of his arguing.

“Pardon me,” I blurted out before scooping him up into my arms.

He was every bit as dainty as he looked—heavier than Christopher, sure, but lighter than my older brother. He was probably lighter than the cadets I hurled around at the training grounds too.

“Wh-What in God’s name are you doing?!”

“Careful. Don’t wanna bite your tongue, do you?”

All right, I’ll admit it—what I said was pretty disrespectful. Actually, I’d been showing him nothing but disrespect, and he was clearly pissed.

His typically porcelain cheeks burned red hot. His indignant expression exposed his maturity for the facade it was and revealed a more age-appropriate childishness hiding underneath. And yet, the sight of his silver hair falling over his blushing face was somehow bewitching. I suddenly understood the appeal of seeing a completely different side to someone.

Yes... I thought.

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