The Grand Duchess of the North Is Obsessed With Me

18 – Grand Duchess and Flower Viewing (End)

Surprised to the point of forgetting the pain, Illencia slowly landed on my back with both feet on the ground.

Her enormously enlarged eyes and slightly parted mouth showed how surprised she was.

“…… Here is.”

“This is the flower garden I was talking about. Isn’t it pretty?”

Whoa.

I told her, holding her breath.

Actually, there was no particular reason for coming here. There was also a way for her to go down the mountain as it is, and considering the condition of her body in Ilencia, she would have been right to do so….

Ilencia, who wanted to come all the way here thinking of me even in the midst of her ill health, got stuck in her mind and she couldn’t do that.

I also had physical problems.

She doesn’t show it, but since I brought Ellensia on my back, my weak body was on the verge of collapsing.

Do I really need to exercise?

“Yes… So, so pretty.”

Ilensia said that with her bright smile.

The colorful flowers were shining beautifully with the raindrops on them, but they were not comparable to the brightly smiling Elencia.

When she saw Illencia smiling so happily, she felt proud for some reason.

“I’m glad. I had a hard time getting here.”

As she spoke with a mischievous smile, Illencia puffed out her cheeks slightly.

However, he didn’t say anything, just looking at the flower garden, probably liking my surprise surprise.

Took.

Illencia, who stood and watched her for a long time, leaned her head lightly on my shoulder.

If it was normal, she might not have accepted it, but she decided to leave it alone because Illencia’s body was not good, and she was raw.

“Are you okay?”

For a while, we stared at the beautiful flower garden in silence.

Then, suddenly realizing that her Elencia was not feeling well, I asked her.

She replied with a small smile.

“Yes… I’m really fine now.”

Of course, it couldn’t be really okay, but I nodded slightly because there was no particular way.

We could have gone down the mountain by ourselves, but since we left a message in the cave, it wasn’t good to cross paths with the search party any longer.

“People will come soon.”

It probably won’t take too long.

So it wouldn’t hurt to enjoy this leisure time for a while.

“… Huh.”

Illencia grabbed my arm and pressed her body even more.

I was a little embarrassed by the soft texture of my body, but I tried to endure it and turned my gaze to the flower field.

I could hear Illensia’s giggling laughter at my appearance, but she overcame it with her superhuman patience.

“Stupid.”

“Don’t laugh….”

I quietly replied to Illencia, who had added a word, and turned her head slightly to the side to hide her blushing face.

Even if I did, even my ears would turn red, so there would be no meaning.

“Why? Why are you turning your head?”

“… Because the sky is pretty.”

“A lie.”

“If you know, don’t ask.”

Why are you asking?

“Cain.”

“Why?”

“My ears are red.”

The downside of this guy’s body was that he was too shy.

Not only does his face turn red, but is there anyone who even turns his ears red?

I looked at the distant sky while trying to answer bluntly at Illencia’s playful words.

“It’s hot.”

“…… Is it cold now?”

“I am hot.”

Now, the excuse that Illencia is a child doesn’t work.

Because the body is honest. It’s to the point where I feel weird about something.

Illencia burst out laughing as if she liked the way I made excuses, or if she was in a good mood.

Knowing that it would only hurt me to say anything more, I just kept her mouth shut and waited for Illensia to stop laughing.

Suddenly, looking at the sky and the flower field, I felt a sense of stability somewhere, so I suddenly opened my mouth.

“… I’m glad it stopped raining.”

“Sure. Seeing a good side like this.”

She burst into laughter for a long time, but Illencia said playfully, perhaps knowing that I was trying to divert the topic.

Seeing that figure, I unknowingly stuck out my mouth and let out a deep sigh.

Who do you resemble and like to tease like that?

It seemed that he had developed a very bad habit of grabbing something to make fun of and relentlessly biting at it.

I let out a deep sigh and shuddered at the sudden coldness I felt in my hands.

It was because Illencia held my hand tightly.

“…… Thank you.”

“Say something.”

Ilencia shrugged her shoulders and said it was not a big deal at Illencia’s words, who always honestly expressed my gratitude.

I raised that icy child very well. If you’re thankful, you’re very good at expressing thank you, and you’re pretty.

I, who kept a perfect expression on the outside while letting a smile on the inside, had no choice but to break that expression when I felt the touch on my cheek.

Page——.

Something very soft and smooth touches the cheek for a while and then falls off.

At the same time, a very sweet peach scent flows from the tip of the nose, and the body stiffens.

The thing that touched the cheek fell off immediately, but the touch still remained on the cheek, and hot heat spread around it.

How can your hands be so cold and your lips so warm?

Silent questions raced through my head, and I creaked and slowly turned her head to look at Ellencia.

Illencia was holding my hand from a little distance away and smiling with her face blushing.

… Kiss, did you? Now?

My head was dizzy.

The fact that this wasn’t just a kiss for dad or a kiss for mom was something I could understand with just a little thought.

But why Elencia? To me? I wasn’t stupid enough to think that.

But she is a grand duchess. She was the only heir to inherit the position of Grand Duke, and I was only the second son who could not inherit the title of baron.

So I ignored it. I tried to ignore it, but it didn’t work out, but I also tried to ignore it while controlling my mind.

Thump thump.

I always thought that way.

I am a small child. You shouldn’t harbor feelings. It would be unacceptable for me to harbor these feelings for a child who depends on me.

Yeah, it was all excuses.

At this moment.

Illencia’s face was shining dazzlingly.

Her heart contained in a short kiss.

You can feel the desperation felt in the hand that desperately holds onto it.

Because it makes my heart beat wildly.

Even if it was all an excuse to hide it, my heart is beating honestly like this before I knew it.

“You….”

“It’s because I’m grateful.”

My words were blocked by Illencia’s and I couldn’t say them all. I couldn’t help but stare blankly at her with her hand on her cheek.

“It’s a birthday present and a token of thanks.”

“If you do that to anyone… ….”

“Because it’s not just anyone.”

Illensia was always on the side of staying still.

That said, she wasn’t passive, and she was, to put it mildly, the type of person who watched the situation going on around her.

But once in a while, there was a time when I was poked and poked like this, and each time my heart sank and sank.

——It still is.

While my cheeks were blushing with shame, the other hand that wasn’t holding my hand was tightly gripping the hem of my skirt.

Those red eyes, trembling pitifully, stare at me and come closer to me.

“It’s not just anyone, it’s Cain.”

“….”

“Because he is my favorite Cain. Will do it.”

I know.

The second son of an ordinary baron who I want to live an ordinary life can never be with the Grand Duchess.

Status is such a serious thing in this world, and it can never be overturned.

Illencia must have known that fact more clearly than anyone else.

‘… Even so, you don’t back down.’

Is it stubbornness or stubbornness?

If it’s not him, is it a criticism of me trying to helplessly step back? Is it criticism?

Unknowingly, I gain the strength to move forward in the eyes of the little girl who seems to be telling me not to back down.

I couldn’t help but look into her eyes.

Illensia, who was talking to me with her eyes tightened up, smiled beautifully.

It’s so beautiful, it feels like I’m dreaming.

I couldn’t help but stare blankly like that.

“I like Cain.”

A non-confessional confession burst out of Illencia’s mouth.

Before I could say anything about it, I heard someone’s voice from far away.

“Lady!! Young master!!”

It was Berman.

The search party had finally found us.

Illencia said she would have grunted that normally she interrupted a good time, but now she turns her head and raises her hand as if she had waited.

It seemed that he was afraid that I would run away again.

I was also able to put my mind at ease as I was relieved by the appearance of the search party that stupidly came at that moment.

Unknowingly, I felt relieved that I did not have to answer her feelings right now.

“… Let’s go back.”

“Yes.”

Me and Elencia talked about it with our backs to the flower field.

Winter hasn’t even come yet.

It already felt like spring.