Young Lady Albert Is Courting Disaster: Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 6] by Saki

Author:Saki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Head Over Heels: The Scheme

“I’m going to tell you a secret scheme for making Lady Mary fall head over heels for you, Adi!” Alicia exclaimed enthusiastically.

Sitting opposite her, Adi calmly responded, “Why, thank you,” as he knocked down one of Alicia’s pieces with his own on the chess board.

“Ah!” she cried when she noticed it.

It was a vulgar sound, improper for the princess of a nation to make, but she was still a beginner to the game, and even though Adi was playing at a disadvantage, she was starting to lose anyway. Now that another one of her pieces had been knocked down, of course she wanted to scream.

“Oh no, my knight! Run, bishop! Run awaaay!” she squeaked. “B-But Adi! I’m going to tell you a super secret scheme for making Mary fall madly in love with you! It’s amazing!”

“Your attempts at distraction are futile. Here we go, another piece down.”

“Nooo! My pawn! Ugh, even though I’m playing at an advantage, I still can’t win against you...”

“It’s because you focused your advantages too much on your king and queen pieces, Alicia. I mean, increasing your king’s and queen’s mobility and having them run rampant on the front lines? What kind of strategy is that?”

“As royalty, we will brandish the swords and wage war personally! Ahh, the knight’s at it again!” Alicia shrieked pitifully once more as another one of her pieces tumbled down.

The game was as good as decided—the spectacle was nigh unbearable to look at. If this were a true battlefield, Alicia’s army would’ve been fluttering the white flag by now.

But even faced with such insurmountable odds, the girl’s eyes were still blazing with fighting spirit, and she suddenly picked up her queen piece and slid it towards the center of the board. “Adi, let’s have our queens fight one-on-one!”

“This really can’t pass as chess anymore.”

“If you can win against me in a one versus one, I’ll tell you the secret scheme to make Lady Mary fall head over heels for you!”

“Unfortunately for you, I plan to finish this in three moves.”

“I already used it on Lord Patrick to great success! When I did, he instantly cleared his whole day and spent the rest of it cuddling with me!”

“Hmm...” Adi was about to move a piece, but his hand stilled. Three of his fingers had been headed towards his knight piece in order to assure victory, but now they jolted...and changed course towards his queen piece instead. He cleared the rest of the chess board and sent out his queen to the middle. “So how will this duel work?”

“When I count us down, we’ll both strike simultaneously, and whoever tips over the opponent’s queen piece first wins!”

“There’s not even a trace of chess left here.”

Following this conversation, a light clatter resounded through Albert Manor early on that dusky morning.

***

“Honestly! What’s all this ruckus about a picnic first thing in the morning?!” Mary shrieked furiously while Adi tried to pacify her.

The hour was late, and they were in Adi’s room,

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