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
“It’s because Lily-sama kidnapped Seito-sama.”
Ayla-chan tells Lily calmly with dark, cold eyes that have lost their light.
As I looked into those eyes, I felt the blood freeze in my body and my legs cower.
And it seems I’m not the only one.
Lily-chan, who was actually looking at me as if she was going to shoot me in the eye, was shaking her legs.
–But I guess she has the dignity of a princess.
She clenched her teeth as if to bite back her fear, and glared at Ayla with a sharp stare as she opened her mouth.
“Do you think you can look at me, the princess, that way? No, you tried to violate me, the princess, in the first place. ……
This is a big problem,……!”
Certainly, it is a big problem if you think about it in a normal way.
There is no way someone who is in a position to obey the princess should raise a hand.
But – Victoria, who is Lily’s attendant and probably her bodyguard, didn’t try to get involved at all even though she was aware of Ayla.
I think that says it all.
“Lily sama, the eighth in line of succession, abducted and imprisoned Luna sama’s fiancé, Kiriyama Seito sama, who is the second in line of succession. We consider this treason against Luna-sama and will immediately take Lily-sama into custody.”
I understood why Ayla was looking at Lily so coldly.
She already sees Lily not as a princess, but as a sinner.
She is probably going to be punished in some way.
–Or maybe the punishment will be decided after this?
Either way, the atmosphere was not likely to end peacefully.
“What? I rebelled against onee sama!? There is no way I would do such a foolish thing. ……!”
“Whatever the reason, that is what Lily-sama did. The royal family made that decision.”
Based on what Ayla said earlier, the power relationship between the princesses of Arcadia is probably more about the right of succession than the order of birth.
If there is nothing too serious, there may be no need to worry about such a power relationship, but this time Lily kidnapped Luna’s fiancée, who holds the right of second succession.
If that’s the case, it’s not unreasonable to assume that but it’s a move to try to bring Luna down.
“T-that’s not right. …… Hey, Victoria! Please say something to her, even from you!”
Lily, who knows she can’t beat Ayla by force or by mouth, asks Victoria for help.
But – Victoria-san smiled and tilted her head.
“I told you, that this is the last time we can turn back.”
That’s all she needed to know, I guess.
Lily looked at Victoria as if she could not believe what she was seeing.
“You were in on it with Ayla! You’re my escort knight ……!”
Escort knight ……?
I’ve never heard of it before, but …… literal translation, escort knight ……?
“You forgot? I was asked to be Lily sama’s escort knight by Luna-sama, remember?”
“—”
When Victoria spoke in a calm tone, Lily gasped.
Apparently, Luna asked Victoria to be her sister’s escort because she was concerned about her.
Well, perhaps she was referring to a position like Ayla’s, so no one wanted to be around a girl like Lily.
“I am sure that I will protect Lily-sama at the cost of my life if something happens to her, and I will follow Lily-sama even if she is in conflict with other princesses. However, when you are in conflict with Luna-sama, it is a different story. Four years ago, when Luna asked me to protect her, I told you so, didn’t I?”
“…………”
When Victoria, with a serious expression on her face, told her in a matter-of-fact manner, Lily turned her head down.
I guess she was told properly.
But it was Ayla who seemed dissatisfied here.
“In spite of that, you didn’t send me any information about your location or even the abduction,”
Apparently, Victoria-san was not cooperating with Ayla-chan and the others in any way.
Yeah ……?
Isn’t that strange ……?
“Even so, I am Lily-sama’s escort knight, after all. I can’t just blatantly betray her. And if you’re Ayla-san or Luna-sama, I’m sure you’ll notice it right away, unless we really try to cover it up.”
“Huh,……, as usual, you are too lenient,……. You just wanted to give her a chance to turn back …….”
Ayla let out a sigh.
From an outsider’s perspective, Victoria doesn’t seem to like Lily, but she still seems to have given Lily a chance.
I thought she was a cold person, but she seems to have a surprisingly kind side.
While I was observing her like that, Ayla-chan continues to open her mouth.
Of course, she seemed dissatisfied.
“I know what Victoria wants to say ……. If you lose contact with your subordinates, you will notice something is wrong, and it’s strange when there is no contact from Lily-sama to Luna-sama, even though there is information that she has left for Japan. …… But thanks to that ……, I’ve wasted a lot of effort…….”
I see……Victoria did not pass on the information, but instead helped cover her tracks – or rather, did not give advice, etc., to Lily, so that Ayla could find me quickly.
I still don’t understand what an escort knight is, but I guess her pride is such that she would not give out any information about her master, Lily.
Even with regard to the escorts, it is true, if you ask me.
“By the way, what happened to Luna-sama? I thought she was going to jump in at the first sign of trouble.”
“—”
When Luna’s name came up, Lily-chan’s shoulders, which had been depressed, trembled.
It must be scary to meet Luna now.
“She is on her way here with the others. She’ll be here shortly, but—she’s mad on a level I’ve never seen before.”