The Princess of Convenient Plot Devices Vol. 2 by Mamecyoro and Mitsuya Fuji

Author:Mamecyoro and Mitsuya Fuji
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On

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“Aye, Your Highness,” Klifford answered, sending all the gazes that were previously on me into quite a schism. He walked my fan…Blackfeather…out to the dance floor. The clunk of Klifford’s shoes echoed harshly in the eerily silent ballroom. And as the distance between Klifford and me shrank, the scattered stares all found their way back to me.

Klifford approached my extended right hand and dropped to one knee.

Um…what?

From where he kneeled, he presented Blackfeather to me ceremoniously, closed in both of his hands.

No mistaking it… This is exactly what it looks like!

This was definitely the posture a vassal took when formally presenting his lord with an item! Regrettably, it was quite pretentious. Most people simplified the gesture…and I really wished he had.

No, wait, Klifford’s a traditionalist. This sort of thing is very much his MO…

And sure enough, I could hear a slight gasp from somewhere in the ballroom. I don’t blame ya, pal! I’m with you; I wish he’d handed it to me just a little more casually!

“Klifford…,” I whispered meaningfully to him.

Klifford matched my volume and answered, “Your Highness, in a moment like this, I cannot handle Blackfeather in vain—especially when I am returning it to you.”

Since Klifford was so tall, looking down on him like this was a novel experience. Klifford looked up at me to speak more…and for just a moment, his lips twitched.

“Let us take this opportunity to announce that I alone am worthy to serve you…”

Announce? Does he mean, announce that he’s gonna be my bodyguard for a long time? Yeah…it would be a good idea to announce that to everyone.

That aside…

Something Klifford said struck me, so I repeated it. “You alone are worthy to serve me?”

“Yes.”

Klifford alone is worthy to serve me… Well, he probably meant because I’m his Sovereign and he’s my Adjutant! Still, that’s the sort of phrase that’ll really tickle a girl’s heart! I mean, you know why. He’s basically re-creating the handsome-knight-kneeling-and-presenting-a-gift trope.

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