When I Saved a Girl Who Was About to Be Kidnapped and It Turned Out to Be a Princess Who Had Come to Visit in Secret
“—-”
Mi-chan’s body shakes with fear because of the sudden voice.
“………….”
Then she silently hid behind Luna.
Yeah, is she shy?
“No, I think she is frightened of Seito-sama.”
When I thought about Mi-chan’s attitude, someone instantly comment at me from behind.
There is only one person who can do this.
“Ayla-chan, let’s not read people’s minds. ……”
I smiled back at Ayla-chan, who had made the comment.
I wish you would stop reading people’s minds.
“This gentleman is very kind, so it’s okay, you know?”
Luna seems to have determined that Mi-chan is frightened, and she gives her a gentle, warm, motherly smile.
It was an instantaneous response, and Mi-chan came back in front of me.
“Onii-chan, are you a friend of onee chan?”
She tilted her head while adding her index finger, as if she was concerned about her relationship with Luna.
This drew Luna and Ayla chan’s eyes to me.
They are also interested in how I will answer.
If I were to answer straight away, I would say that we are engaged to be married, but I don’t think this young girl would understand.
We’re lovers ……, right?
If we are engaged, it means we will get married in the future.
Then I think at this stage, I can be considered a lover.
But – I, who have a guilty conscience, had a little trouble deciding how to answer.
“Onii-chan?”
“Ah, yeah,…… we are lovers.”
I came to my senses when Mi-chan called out to me, and I immediately replied.
With that, Mi-chan looks up at Luna with clear eyes.
No, her eyes were sparkling.
“Lovers!?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Luna, asked by Mi-chan, nodded with a smile without a pause.
I was glad she didn’t know about my hesitation.
“Onii-chan, you’re amazing! Even though onee chan is a beautiful woman, how did you manage to become lovers~!?”
Mi-chan was a precocious child, and she was talking to me in a very happy manner, a complete change from the previous conversation.
It seems that even at such a young age, she already likes to talk about love.
Above all else, children are honest, right?
Her pure heart was telling me that Luna and I were not a good match.
“Mi-chan, may I?”
“Nn~?”
Luna crouched down with her hands on Mi-chan’s shoulders from behind, and Mi-chan tilted her head curiously.
“”I think Mi-chan has been judging people by their appearance. However, what’s important is what’s on the inside. As I said earlier, Seito-sama is a very kind and wonderful person, you know?”
She spoke to Mi-chan as if gently admonishing her.
To be honest, I don’t think the young Mi-chan understood all of it.
But I think she got what Luna was trying to say.
“Nn……!”
I cheerfully raised my right hand and returned to Luna with the intention of 《I know》.
“Luna, is she used to children?”
I was a little concerned, so I asked Ayla-chan, who was silently watching the situation since Luna was dealing with Mi-chan.
“Yes, since her sister was born, Luna-sama has been with her.”
Is that why she can treat a young child so well?
I can understand why her sister is so attached to Luna.
“Luna is great after all. ……”
With just one of her, it seems like relationships with anyone will go well.
“…… may I ask you something too?”
As I gazed at Luna and Mi-chan talking with a smile, Ayla chan tilted her head.
“Hmm? What is it?”
“Why couldn’t you answer immediately that she is your girlfriend just now?”
“——”
I don’t know what she’s thinking, Ayla-chan stares at me with an expressionless face, and I gasp.
Yes,…… even if Luna didn’t mind, it was natural that this girl would poke me with that unnatural pause.
“Um,…….”
“I am not accusing you of anything. I just want to know what you really think.”
Ayla chan says so, but is she really not blaming me?
I’m at a loss as to whether I can be honest here
But – even if I told a lie, this girl would see through it anyway.
If that’s the case, I felt there was still hope in being honest.
I put my mouth close to Ayla chan’s ear so that she can’t hear me.
“Even though I ended up in the relationship I have with Luna, I thought that was okay. Luna is such a wonderful person that it would be a waste for me, so I thought there was no reason to object. But…I just thought that maybe I just want to forget the pain of heartbreak and try to think of myself as in love with Luna…”
I tell her the truth.
I wonder if I’m going to get shot by Ayla chan.
Or, there was a chance that she would beat me up like a sandbag, or even hit me with an iron pipe.
I was prepared to be scolded, so I meditated and waited for Ayla chan’s reply.
“–You really thought we didn’t understand that much, didn’t you?”
“Eh ……?”