chapter 5
Episode 5. First date
“No way. I guess I’ll have to follow through.”
“I absolutely hate it. Emma. I will never allow it.”
The two are fighting.
Emma wants to follow vs. Maya wants to never let her catch up
“Lady!”
“I hate it. I will not. Go back soon!”
“No.”
“I said no! Emma. This is a warning.”
“If you keep doing that, I will go to the Duke and report everything.”
“Emma!”
“If there are no problems, the duke won’t say anything.”
Emma’s words are not wrong.
As long as I’m not a famous nerd in the academy.
The moment the Duke finds out, I might change from Nico Kruger to the ‘thing’ that was Nico Kruger.
It should be known to the Duke someday, but I didn’t think it would be known so quickly.
“Nico Kruger. Nice to see you. My name is Emma, the chief exclusive maid of Lady Maya.”
While the two were fighting, when Emma felt my gaze, she left Maya, who kept saying no to her, and greeted me.
“Nice to meet you. Emma ‘Young Ae’. How is Viscount Crow doing?”
“…Yes, how are you?”
Emma Crow.
She is the daughter of Viscount Crow.
Although it is said to be a viscount, it is a family whose name remains only.
You never thought I would know.
Rather, I cannot know.
Emma is also one of the heroines.
A heroine who has even managed to capture that once.
On the contrary, I know it better than Maya.
“Nico. May I follow you today?”
I think I was a little surprised, but I quickly regained my composure and asked if I could openly follow you.
At this level, it’s safe to say that Emma is definitely trusted by Maya and the Maier family.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have insisted that the lady-in-waiting go against her master’s orders and go on her first date.
“It’s okay. It’s Maya and her first date, so I’d like you to watch it if possible.”
Of course, I can’t ask you to go with me here.
I don’t want Maya, who is looking forward to this date, so she has no choice but to object.
“Maya. Rani. What is that already? Come to think of it, the owner is just Nico….”
Is that the surprising part?
“Two of you. You must not have had an accident.”
“No!”
Without time to say anything, Maya shouted.
Thanks to that, the two of them were talking at the front door in plain clothes, so people’s eyes gathered, but now they’re trying to sneak up on them.
“Oh. After all, we’re only two days old!”
Oh my God, I didn’t know that we would be talking about how many days we’ve been together.
I’m not the only one who heard it.
It’s just going to spread rumors throughout the capital.
“Me, Maya?”
“Yes!”
The crumpled expression towards Emma turns into a bright smile as soon as I call her.
Emma, who saw that, frowned slightly.
“Let’s go together.”
It is an inevitable choice.
If you procrastinate here for even longer, you don’t know how rumors will spread and the date itself will be ruined….
“Yes? But….”
Still, it’s a first date, so you don’t want to go together.
I approached the hesitant Maya and whispered in her ear.
“Because next time there are plenty of opportunities to go secretly, just the two of us.”
She had to leave this place quickly.
“Ah…. Yes!”
Hearing my whispers, Maya’s expression suddenly brightened.
It was obvious that there would be interruptions next time, but well, you just have to think about it then.
“Brother Nico Kruger.”
At that time, I heard a familiar voice calling me, and when I turned around, the carriage sent by Elias had arrived.
Having used it a few times, it was easy to recognize.
It was a little earlier than the time promised, but it’s rather fortunate….
I don’t know what will happen if I keep standing at the front gate like this.
Even if you look at it like this, you’re a well-known idiot, there are only one or two gals who come to me for no reason.
Although Maya is acting as a deterrent to some extent, she can’t be like that forever.
“Can you bring the wagon to the front door?”
“Of course. Young master.”
Fortunately, the carriage was able to come right up to the front door.
“Nico…. Did you even rent a carriage?”
“Of course. Maya. You can’t make a lady walk long.”
No matter how much I think about it, my mouth is strange.
I thought I wouldn’t be such a grouchy guy, but I think you’re saying this well.
When I opened the door of the carriage, a huge bouquet of flowers occupied the seat.
I’m sure Elias took care of it.
It is clear that he has a natural sense.
First, I climbed into the wagon and took Maya’s hand to make it easier for her to climb into her wagon.
When Maya climbed into the carriage and couldn’t take her eyes off her flower, she held Emma into the carriage in the same way.
As soon as everyone sat down and the carriage started, Maya opened her mouth.
“Nico. That flower….”
“Prepared for Maya. Would you please accept it?”
As she picked up the flower and gave it to Maya, she began to twinkle in Maya’s eyes.
“Chit”
She heard Emma clicking her tongue briefly next to her, but she ignored it lightly.
You don’t have to deal with things like this.
“A little…. It is pretty.”
“I’m glad you liked it.”
What a little bit. Just looking at her, her face was wide open.
To be honest, Maya’s drastically changed personality and her appearance made me feel a little awkward.
My changed appearance must also be awkward.
Who would have predicted that each other would change like this overnight?
Of course.
I still can’t completely believe that appearance of Maya.
Because Maya Mayer is also a heroine.
All heroines and main characters are in a world where circumstances exist.
A crazy world where various incidents and accidents continue to explode due to that situation.
Maybe Maya Mayer wants something from me, and she thinks it’s a good idea to take advantage of my confession.
If you look at her appearance right now, even if she says she looks like a girl in love, I can’t believe her 100%.
“I have arrived.”
The carriage quickly arrived at its destination while Maya, who was playing around with her flowers in her arms, and Emma, who was making a complicated expression looking at Maya next to her, thought about her wandering thoughts for a while.
“This is… ?”
When I looked outside, a place I had seen many times caught my eye.
I didn’t expect to make a reservation here, but was it difficult for Elias to make a reservation at a restaurant with a good atmosphere in a hurry?
“Is this a department store?”
It was in front of the first department store built in the empire.
That was also built by me.
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The department store, which was built about a year ago, is now famous enough to be considered one of the landmarks of the empire.
When I first came up with the idea of a department store, many people opposed it, but I naturally thought that this was a business that had no choice but to succeed.
That’s also true, because not a single shopping mall like this existed in the empire yet.
I thought that if it was the first time, there was no choice but to succeed.
And the famous ‘elevator’, which is now the most famous in that department store, and which is now said to come up and ride it at least once in other distant places, seemed to have unexpectedly come to Maya as a fearful existence.
“N. Nico. This is ok right? Yes?”
Maya was terrified.
I was just riding the elevator, and I was almost hanging on to my arm.
The feel of her soft, fluffy breasts softly in her arms…. There was no
Really.
No matter how good it is, it must be unbearably scary.
How frightened she was After getting off the elevator, she couldn’t get out of my arms for a long time.
“My lady. Be careful. Everyone is watching.”
It was as Emma said.
This is enough to tell you what news will be on the front page of tomorrow’s newspaper.
Enjoy a date at the department store with the one and only lady of the duke’s family. I wonder if
Apparently I was stupid.
I had to make a reservation at a place where people don’t go often, but now this is bound to spread rumors no matter what I do.
Thinking like that makes me a little scared….
“Lady Emma. I am fine.”
“It’s not that Nico-sama is okay, everyone is staring at me right now.”
“What do you think? There is no reason for me to notice people when I am dating a lover.”
To be honest, it’s a bit pretentious.
What can I do?
No matter how much it is a relationship that started with a purpose, you can’t show your reluctance or fear in front of your lover.
“Hey! If you want to call me my man, of course!”
I wonder how long that concept will last.
It hasn’t been that long, but now that kind of look might look a little bit cute.
The restaurant existed on the top floor of the department store.
In terms of height, it is slightly lower than the Imperial Palace, so you can see the surrounding scenery at a glance, so everyone wants to sit by the window, but all window seats are reserved and not everyone can sit.
If you want to come and sit on that day, you must have a title of at least a marquis or a member of the imperial family.
Especially, even the royal family cannot enter the small, all-around seat, called the VIP room, right above the dining room, unless they make a reservation.
There are only three exceptions in the Empire.
The Emperor, the owner of the empire, Elias, known as the owner of the department store, and I, the real owner.
Well, I won’t go in as a VIP today.
“A window. Nico. Isn’t that too much?”
I’m so worried about having a window seat, but what excuse would I have if I went in as a VIP?
The window seat itself and reservations are a problem, but even the price of a seat is exorbitantly expensive.
It’s a burdensome place for a son of an aristocrat to sit, but I don’t mind.
“hahahaha. You don’t have to worry.”
My boyfriend is very rich.
It’s not like I’m paying for it in the first place.
“But….”
Seeing as you know window seats are expensive, do you think you’ve been there at least once?
Or did you just listen?
When I saw the reaction when I got on the elevator, I thought it must be the first time, but now it seems that it is not.
“Please sit with Lady Emma.”
“I am fine. The original employee had to stand next to….”
“If you just stand like that, it will be more burdensome, so please sit down.”
“… I see.”
In the first place, when she and Maya are alone, Emma gets along almost like her older sister.
You may not know that I know.
There was no need to order meals separately.
The debt to Elias is only increasing.
Should I raise my stake….
Nothing was said during the meal.
In fact, if it wasn’t for Emma, she would have taken a glimpse of Maya, but unfortunately, she had no choice but to promise the next one.
And when the dessert was served after the meal, Maya detonated a nuclear bomb.
“When is it convenient to say hello to the parents of both families?”
A cold sweat began to flow down my back.