After I, a Penniless Noble, Entered a Fake Engagement with the Most Elegant Duke’s Daughter at the Academy, For Some Reason She Started Showering Me with Love - Chapter 02.1: Operation Overwhelming Husband Love or Mission Super Lovey-Dovey Darling Kisses!?

Chapter 02.1: Operation Overwhelming Husband Love or Mission Super Lovey-Dovey Darling Kisses!?

“Fufu, this has turned out to be quite fun.”

“This is not something to laugh about!?”

When I told Yuri about getting cornered by some angry nobles,

She laughed with a voice as light and lovely as a bell ringing.

Combined with her calm posture, sipping tea in the rose garden,

She looked way too elegant—too delicate.

That alone made me hesitate to direct my frustration at her.

…Beautiful people were unfair.

Still, I tried to resist, at least a little, by glaring at her from the side.

“You said you wouldn’t cause me any trouble.”

“I did say I’d try not to.”

A convenient loophole in her promise.

When I stared at her silently in protest, even Yuri seemed a little uncomfortable.

She finally dropped her smile and gave me a more serious look.

“It’s true that this has become a serious issue.”

“You’re not about to say you didn’t think this would happen, right?”

“Of course not.”

She gently set down her teacup and smiled again, completely calm.

Well, yeah.

If word got out that I was engaged to the one and only duke’s daughter at this academy,

Of course problems would come up.

And if she had expected this to happen, then she must’ve also planned for it.

“You could’ve told me from the start.”

“I just wanted to see the look on your troubled face.”

“That’s messed up…”

“Oh please, just a little playful teasing from your loving wife.”

Your playfulness is about to get me kicked out of school.

Then again, maybe this really was just a small matter for someone like Yuri,

Who stood at the very top of the noble hierarchy.

“By the way, what kind of complaints were they throwing at you?”

“The usual stuff.”

I recalled the noble sons and daughters who’d cornered me during class,

And just remembering it made me feel exhausted.

“‘Why is someone like you getting along with Yuri,’ or something like that.”

“Mhm, mhm.”

“‘Acting cocky for a viscount,’ too.”

“Fufu. Sounds like they’re reading straight from a script.”

“One of them even said, ‘Lady Yuliana’s modest chest belongs to me.’”

“…My chest doesn’t belong to anyone, you know.”

Yuri placed her hand on her chest—

Which wasn’t all that modest, actually.

Maybe she was a little self-conscious about it, because she pouted slightly.

It was the first time I’d seen that kind of expression on her face.

But then, with a sidelong glance and a playful smile, she added:

“Well, I suppose now… it might be my husband’s, wouldn’t it?”

“…Not a chance. This is all fake, remember?”

“Still an engagement, though.”

She teased me with a grin and lightly lifted her chest through her uniform.

I quickly looked away.

Seriously, she needed to stop doing things like that.

I had no idea how to react.

“Well then, now that I’ve had my fun teasing you, dear husband—”

“Stop using me as a stress relief tool.”

“Shall we get to dealing with the problem?”

She completely ignored my protest and continued the conversation.

Yeah… she really was a noble. Always doing whatever she felt like.

But somehow, her charm—or maybe her looks—made it hard to be mad about it.

“So, by ‘deal with it’… what do you mean?”

“Fufu.”

Yuri gave a fearless smile and proudly declared:

“Operation Overwhelming Husband Love!”

“Great, I’ll be heading back to clean my room.”

“Wait.”

Just as I tried to escape, Yuri immediately called out to stop me.

When I turned around, she was giving me a wry smile.

“Don’t look so upset.”

“That’s just my face.”

My instincts were rejecting everything about this.

Just hearing the name of the operation was enough for me to picture both the process and the disaster of a result.

It was clearly a plan destined to explode in flames.

Still, I reluctantly returned to my seat.

Yuri stood up, walked around the table, and came to sit beside me—

So close that her shoulder lightly pressed against mine.

I shot her a sideways glare, clearly not amused.

“Once we carry out this Operation Overwhelming Husband Love, all your problems will be solved.”

“That sounds like another scam.”

Yeah, not falling for that again.

“Also, I really don’t like that operation name.”

“Then let’s call it… Mission Super Lovey-Dovey Darling Kisses.”

“That’s even worse.”

“I like it.”

She really might be the type of sheltered noble girl who has no idea how the world works.

Though with that bold personality and her unstoppable energy, she was anything but a proper lady.

“Don’t worry. Just leave everything to me.”

“You do realize I’m in this mess because I left things to you, right?”

“There’s no such thing as love without obstacles!”

Nothing I said was getting through to her.

I let out a long, defeated sigh.

“You really mean it? I can seriously leave this to you?”

“Of course.”

Yuri, looking like the perfect noble lady again, answered sweetly—

“Just trust me, dear husband.”

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“I knew I shouldn’t have left it to her.”

That thought hit me hard the next day… in the school cafeteria.

“Here you go, dear husband. Say aaah~ ♪”

Just as I feared—

No, she actually went above and beyond my worst expectations with this so-called “Operation Overwhelming Husband Love.”

And this was only the beginning.

At this point, all I could do was laugh.

Ahaha… haah…