I Was Reincarnated as a Villainous Noble and I Want to Be Expelled, but the Yandere Princess Won’t Let It! - Chapter 5-7

Chapter 5: The Two of Us

I knew from the beginning that I would be engaged to Rinonara.

We were already in a fiancé relationship in the game, and engagements at such a young age were decided by adult matters, so I thought it was inevitable.

But I never expected it to happen so soon and in such a surprising way.

“Master Reno, could you pass me that pen?”

That’s why I couldn’t quite grasp the distance with Rinonara.

“Huh? Oh, sure… Here you go.”

I nodded to her words and handed her the pen next to me.

Right now, the two of us were in the midst of paperwork.

It was a less important paperwork assigned by the officials of our house for our future studies.

By the way, Rinonara doesn’t seem to have any intention of returning to the capital from the Lastella family’s territory where she is now.

…

…

There was no conversation between us as we silently worked on our office tasks.

“Um…”

As if to break the silence, I slowly spoke up.

“Yes, what is it?”

“Is it okay if you call me by my name without honorifics? I don’t need formal language… In fact, it’s weird that I’ve been using honorifics despite Rinonara being in a higher position. At first, I didn’t know her name and used casual words, but now I feel weird about changing it.”

“…Are you sure?”

“Yeah, I’m sure. Since Rinonara and I are fiancés who will spend our lives together, I want us to be equal in how we address each other. Especially if we’re going to walk through life together. I want Rinonara to feel comfortable around me… Is that okay?”

I don’t know how long this relationship will last.

Rather, no matter how much goodwill I earn here, it’s hopeless once my father starts a rebellion. Our relationship definitely won’t last long.

Still, since we’re involved, my true feelings were that I wanted to deepen our relationship as much as possible.

“Master Reno, let’s go on a date.”

“Huh!? What’s wrong, all of a sudden!?”

That was the response to my words with such expectations.

It was so out of the blue that I couldn’t help but make a sarcastic remark.

Why is she bringing up a date in response to my request to stop using formal language and honorifics!?

“No, love has exploded.”

“…Oh, I see.”

I could only nod in response to Rinonara’s words spoken so seriously about love exploding.

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Chapter 6: Date

Rinonara’s sudden request that love had exploded.

In the end, though surprised, I agreed and went out with her towards the town.

The purpose was for our date.

“Ruu-kun! Where are we going?”

“Um… y-yeah.”

As such, while we were like that… before we talked about dates or anything, I was just confused by Rinonara in front of me now.

It goes without saying, but it’s not possible for the lord’s child and the princess to casually go out to town.

So, both Rinonara and I disguised ourselves to look like teenagers, and we also changed our names and speech patterns.

“It’s… a bit urgent, right? Ri-chan. I won’t run away even if we don’t hurry.”

“But even so! I can’t stop my excitement, right!? Ruu-kun!”

Rinonara calls me “Ruu-kun,” and I call Rinonara “Ri-chan.”

And unlike usual, I use honorifics, and Rinonara uses casual speech.

That’s how it turned out, but even so, I couldn’t quite keep up with Rinonara’s sudden change.

…I think her character change is a bit too much.

“Ruu-kun, don’t take such a cold attitude? Don’t you think I’m cute when I’m different from usual?”

Rinonara closes the distance with me, whispering in my ear like that.

“Y-yes… I understand.”

I nod at Rinonara’s words whispered in my ear… but I wish she’d stop doing that because it makes me a little nervous.

“Of course, I understand Rinonara’s cuteness.”

“Well, that’s good! Well, I guess I didn’t need to say that?”

Hearing my words, Rinonara shows a high-spirited smile and moves ahead of me.

“Hehe… So, where should we go today?”

“Um… Oh, what should we do?”

A date.

I had some experience in my past life, but I have no experience in this different world.

If I’m going to date in this world, I didn’t have a drawer of where to go… Damn, thinking that, I realize how fortunate the world of my past life was.

It was overflowing with entertainment, and if you wanted to, you could waste as much time as you liked.

“Well, let’s just look around casually!”

“…Should we do that?”

I tried to entrust her with the escort, but Rinonara understood that I seemed unable to do it and escorted me.

Faced with this situation, I felt a bit pathetic, but I walked with her without acting like an adult.

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Chapter 7: Attack

In the bustling town of Zaltzbrul, the central hub of the Lastella family with its many stalls lined up, Rinonara and I walked side by side through the streets, buying and indulging in food from the stalls.

“Ruu-kun, can I have one of those skewers too?”

“Um, sure.”

I nodded to Rinonara’s request and took a bite of the skewer I had in my hand.

“Ah.”

Rinonara opened her mouth wide to receive it.

“Mmm, delicious.”

“If you say so.”

I replied with a smile to Rinonara’s words, beaming with joy. Though it could be seen as a form of indirect kiss, considering her actual age of three and her current appearance in her early teens, it was more about nurturing the fondness for a cute child, so I didn’t react much to the indirect kiss… Actually, it’s cute to see a little kid enjoying tasty food.

“Here, try this one too!”

While thinking about such things, Rinonara said to me with a big smile.

“Thank you.”

Now it was my turn. I put a grilled squid, brought here from our domain’s fishing port and preserved with ice magic, into my mouth.

“Mm, this is good.”

It was a masterpiece with simple seasoning, not unlike the grilled squids you’d find at stalls in my past life, and truly delicious. By the way, in this world’s food culture, thanks to magic freezing and genetic modification, it’s quite advanced.

“Mm.”

And the skewer made from monster meat in my hand was also incredibly tasty.

Monster meat itself is quite delicious, even with rough seasoning… No, it’s precisely because of the rough seasoning that it’s so delicious.

I couldn’t help but say it was very delicious.

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

While enjoying the delicious food we bought from the stalls, suddenly I felt something unsettling and stopped.

Rinonara next to me seemed to notice too, showing a wary expression.

…

In a world where there are inexplicable things like magic, such unsettling feelings are important… fluctuations in magical power.

The target… isn’t me, but Rinonara!

“Waah!”

Reflexively, I pulled Rinonara close.

“!”

At the same time, magic struck where Rinonara had been standing just moments ago.

“Pierce.”

Amidst the panic of the townspeople as magic suddenly struck, I aimed thunder magic towards the direction where the previous magic attack came from.

“Behind us!”

At that moment, Rinonara in my arms screamed loudly.

“Ngh!”

With Rinonara in my arms unable to react and delayed in noticing the second attack due to the initial assault, I couldn’t counter the man standing behind us.

“Ah…”

“Reno-sama…”

Suddenly, both Rinonara and I felt an overwhelming drowsiness after being touched by the man who had somehow appeared behind us, losing consciousness then and there.