Chapter 24: Princess Phyllis 2
"There are some points I don't want to understand, but I won't ask any further this time."
Princess Phyllis said that while looking at me with a serious expression.
With those eyes, I felt like I've been targeted by another dangerous person...
"Well, if you were an ordinary person, you would be nervous and talkative in front of me."
"I am nervous."
"Just normal nervousness, right? Most people who come before me end up like that."
The princess glanced at Chloe and said to me.
Well, I do get nervous, but isn't it a bit too much to become like that normally?
"Well, fine. We're likely to meet again in the future, so I'll ask you thoroughly then."
"Huh!? We'll meet again in the future?"
"Don't you sound unhappy?"
"No, I-I don't feel that way at all."
I was surprised by the princess's words and spoke in a stuttered manner.
"I'll tell you this, it was written clearly in the request letter. If I like you, I want to continue hearing your story."
Come to think of it, there was such a passage towards the end...
"But, that's only if you like me..."
"Yes, because I want to know more about you and became interested, I want to continue hearing your story. Besides, you're still frozen in nervousness and I want to ask about that girl in various ways in the future."
"I'm not any different from an ordinary adventurer. So isn't it enough if only Chloe comes from now on?"
I casually abandoned Chloe and directed the conversation towards saving myself.
In response to my words, Chloe, who was frozen in nervousness, reacted for a moment but seemed unable to speak yet.
"I'm not letting you escape. People who can entertain me like you are a rare find, and I intend to thoroughly enjoy it."
I sighed heavily in my mind at the princess, who smiled with a grin.
Damn it! Why does a dangerous character like her target me even when I try to distance myself from the story!
Even Asuka alone would be enough, so why...
"Hehe, you look troubled. Somehow, it feels good to watch you in trouble."
"Please stop with the strange thoughts. It gives me chills..."
I said to the princess, who looked at me as if she had found her prey, while shivering.
After that, Chloe, who had finally started to relax a little, greeted the princess again and joined the conversation.
"According to the report, Jin-san and Chloe-san met after becoming adventurers. I wonder how you two actually met?"
"When I was being attacked by monsters, Jin-kun came to my rescue," Chloe began to tell the princess, recounting our encounter.
Upon hearing the story, the princess said with sparkling eyes, "It sounds like a storybook meeting."
She listened intently to Chloe's story, her expression resembling that of a child playing with a toy.
"Um, did you really call us here because you wanted to hear about our adventures, Princess?"
"Yes, why? Did you think I called you for something else?"
"To be honest, I thought there might be some ulterior motive behind wanting to hear about our adventures, since other adventurers could also share their stories."
"Well, I can't say there isn't any ulterior motive, but it's true that I called you because I wanted to hear about your adventures. I can't live a normal life outside, so just hearing about the experiences is enjoyable."
The princess said that with a serious expression and resumed her conversation with Chloe.
...It's just as I expected, according to the setting.
The princess in the game had a longing for the outside world, and that was her character. She participated in the subjugation of the Demon King as a saint when the hero appeared and the battle against the Demon King intensified.
It was told from the perspective of a servant that at that time, she showed a smile that she had never shown before.
Afterward, the princess, who had been engrossed in the conversation until midday, was informed by her attendant that it was lunchtime, so she paused the conversation for the time being.
Then the princess told us that she would treat us to lunch, and we headed to the dining hall of the royal castle with her.
"Oh, Fiaris? Who are those people?"
As we walked down the long corridor, a dignified man about 190 cm tall and a male secretary appeared from the corner ahead, and the dignified man addressed the princess.
"Oh, Father. These are the two adventurers I called. We were engrossed in conversation until just now, and we were on our way to the dining hall to have a meal."
As the princess said so, the dignified man glanced at me and Chloe.
"Hah..."
At the moment Chloe heard the princess calling him Father, she froze stiff, and when she was seen by the man, she let out a scream-like voice and fainted.
Lufondorus von Duld, the current king of the Kingdom of Duld.
The most powerful figure in this country is now standing before me.
"Oh my, it seems Chloe-san fainted due to the pressure from Father. That's why I always tell you, don't exude that kind of pressure, or people will be scared."
"I-I see. I wasn't exerting that much pressure, you know?"
The king, who was criticized by his daughter, Princess Fiaris, hurriedly tried to explain himself.