"...Did I speak wrongly?"
"No, no, no, not at all! So, what's your take on that 'princess'?"
Idiot clenched his jaw, his fingers trembling slightly, recalling.
He had seen two Elk Emperor nobles fighting for a "princess," all because she spent fifteen minutes less with one of them.
During their fight, the "princess" manipulated them with honeyed words, feigning innocence and fragility, escalating their brawl from fists to swords, until they both lay dead by each other's blade.
If it had ended there, Idiot wouldn't have been so fearful. But after their deaths, the "princess" immediately sought comfort in the arms of another man, receiving some "compensation" from his hands. Then, the man, with the "princess" in his embrace, entered a room with her, reaping his reward.
If it had ended there, Idiot would have only been more cautious.
But…
