I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons: Volume 2 [Complete] by Izumi Sawano

Author:Izumi Sawano
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Leave it to a duke to eat this well,” Abel remarked. “This tastes amazing!”

Abel was a marquis, I thought to myself. Surely what he ate couldn’t be that different from this? Still, I shared in his sentiment that this did, indeed, taste amazing. It was on a whole other level from what I’d eaten back home. One bite and the quality of the ingredients immediately came through.

“Finish your food and go home,” Nadir grumbled, his sour mood a stark contrast with the exquisite meal.

“I understand you’d rather be alone with Lady Brianna,” Abel replied, “but surely my joining you on occasion isn’t that big of an issue. Right?”

Wait, why was he asking me that? He was putting me on the spot! And the spot was positively awful. Now Nadir was glaring daggers at me. Why? What’d I do?!

“Now, then,” Abel continued, smiling pleasantly. “May I ask what kind of arrangement you have with Nadir, Lady Brianna?”

I twitched involuntarily, and Abel noticed. Nadir was glaring entire swords at me at this point. Look, it wasn’t my fault! I wasn’t so cold as to remain indifferent in a situation like this!

“What do you mean?” I asked, knowing that trying to divert the topic was pointless but attempting to anyway.

“I understand, Lady Brianna,” Abel said, shaking his head and sighing deeply. “You wouldn’t consider an engagement with Nadir if you weren’t under threat. I know how he is. You couldn’t possibly be in love with him, what with his personality and all.”

Well, I wouldn’t have put it quite so harshly. Yes, his personality wasn’t exactly stellar, but it wasn’t so bad... I didn’t think...?

“He, ah, he has his good points,” I said quietly, suddenly feeling shy for some inexplicable reason.

Abel stared blankly at me for a moment before smiling cheerfully. “Ah, yes, of course! Good to know!”

“Be quiet,” Nadir snapped, looking away from me as he spoke. I thought his ears were a bit flushed. Maybe I was imagining things?

“Well, I for one see your good points,” Abel said. “So by all means, feel free to openly call me a friend from now on!”

“It seems our guest is leaving,” Nadir said to Ben, clearly instructing the butler to kick Abel out.

Flustered, Abel flailed his hands as his droopy eyes drooped further still. “Look, it actually hurt my feelings when you introduced me to Lady Brianna as your ‘old acquaintance,’ okay?!”

“But we are old acquaintances,” Nadir pointed out.

“I mean, yes, but still!” Abel continued to protest, but Nadir remained unmoved. Unwilling to push the issue further, Abel turned to me instead. “So, as Nadir’s friend, I would like to assure you, Lady Brianna, that as his future wife you can always count on me!” he said with a wink.

Maybe he’d shifted targets because Nadir had rejected him.

“Huh,” I replied listlessly.

Seeing this, Nadir continued his meal, seemingly less dissatisfied. He was probably pleased, actually. Would it have killed him to show his true emotions sometimes? Granted, though, that side of him was endearing, I thought to myself as I continued to eat.

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