My Beloved Princess ~The Boy Called Incompetent Rises with Only a Sword and the Princess's Devotion~ - Chapter 071: A World of Just the Two of Us

The interior of the clock tower had changed completely.

Powerful breaths had opened holes here and there inside the tower, the walls and floors, riddled with hundreds of thousands of bullets, were honeycombed, and the spiral staircase was on the verge of collapse.

The sound of intense rain poured in through the large, open holes. Occasionally, the sky flashed, and the roar of the lightning strike shook the tattered clock tower.

The red and white dragon robe—the Princess’s clothes—were soaked and damp with rain.

Perhaps because the wet clothes were stealing her body heat, the Princess’s slender body felt chilly and cold. While hugging the unconscious girl with all his strength, Kishō’s face clouded with anxiety.

“Wake up. I’m begging you.”

It was not quite clear whether Kishō’s words reached her properly in the midst of the battle.

When she woke up next, she might remain lost, and it was fully possible that Elesia Ichnosis would wake up instead. Seeing her remain unawakened, that anxiety grew bigger and bigger. Kishō shook his head as if to shake off the ominous imagination that swelled up.

“The fact that you lost consciousness means you must be fighting, right? Alone with Elesia Ichnosis over the dominion of the body.”

No answer returned.

But Kishō thought that was fine. He just talked to her quietly as if hugging her from behind.

“I know. There’s no way Kuroyō would lose. Because my wife is excellent enough to make me laugh. What will happen to the position of me, the husband, really?”

From the space ahead, a loud sound like something collapsing was heard. When he looked up in surprise, it was just a part of the spiral staircase, which had been honeycombed in the battle, that could not withstand its own weight and collapsed.

“Look. The clock tower is a mess. But no human casualties have occurred. The damage ended with this little against that murderer because Kuroyō took on everything, didn’t she?”

He was proud of his excellent fiancée.

But even if that was the best path, he still did not want her to be reckless.

“I won’t say, ‘Why didn’t you consult me?’ Even if I had been consulted, I would have opposed it after all, and probably tried to defeat the murderer with my own hands. So, ‘not consulting’ was probably the correct answer here.”

Protecting the flock was the duty of a Dragonkin man.

And a genuine Dragonkin man absolutely did not cry himself to sleep when his woman was hurt. He fought as long as there was life, and died. Kishō was strongly conscious that the blood of a combat race flowed within himself as well.

“Is this the wife’s devotion that supports the husband’s path to supremacy? But you know, it’s meaningless if Kuroyō doesn’t wake up.”

—The duty of a powerful Dragonkin.

Suddenly, he remembered the words she had said before.

“So that’s what it was. Kuroyō was carrying that out in word and deed, huh? The academy is a part of His Majesty the Dragon Emperor’s flock. If so, for Kuroyō, who is a Princess, the duty to protect the teachers and students who are members of the flock is born. By taking on all dangers, you tried to protect everyone, didn’t you?”

He hugged the Princess, who lay powerlessly, tightly and strongly.

Feeling the weight of her head on his chest, he gently stroked her black hair damp with rain.

“I really take my hat off to you. And it is also a feeling of pride. That my fiancée is such an amazing person. When we return to Algant, I can introduce you to Mom with my head held high, too.”

“In that case, let us go to greet her next time.”

“Hm?”

Kishō, who was speaking alone into the void, turned his head at the sudden chime-in. And he noticed that the eyes of the Princess, who was limp in his arms, were open. When she raised her body, she fixed her messed-up bangs first thing. At that moment, Kishō was driven by an impulse he could not endure, and hugged the slender body strongly, strongly from the front this time.

“Thank goodness. You were safe. Making me worry like that.”

It became a tearful voice, but he was definitely not crying. His nose was just a little stuffy. While Kishō was acting tough in his heart like that,

“I am sorry. I did something like deceiving you.”

The Princess said in a meek and weak voice.

To his lover, who was hanging her head powerlessly, Kishō shook his head slowly.

(Depending on the viewpoint, I might have been outsmarted. Independent action without consultation. From Kuroyō’s common sense, that would be like deceiving the master. But, it was my fault that I could not see through Elesia’s true identity. Besides, I already understand—)

To protect literally everything, the Princess made the best choice. Just for that, she hadn’t done a single thing to be blamed for. Above all, Kishō was helplessly happy that she came back safely like this.

“It was a measure that was absolutely necessary, right?”

“Yes, that is correct.”

“In that case, don’t worry about it.”

“I cannot say that. I deceived my master.”

Kishō tilted his head at the beautiful face that showed no sign of clearing up.

Was her loyalty to her master planting guilt in her?

Of course, there was no need to worry. However, the guilt inside her seemed impossible to erase no matter what, and her face remained cloudy. If she was going to worry about such a thing—

“Alright, I got it. I will give you a punishment.”

He loosened the strength with which he was hugging her, and lifted her chin with a flick. Then he stole those lips without hesitation.

They were joined for only a few seconds. When he separated his mouth from the pale pink lips, facing the Princess who widened her eyes in surprise, Kishō said embarrassedly.

“Stealing lips without permission, I’m a bad man, right? So, with this, we’re even.”

“In that case, what will that bad man do for me next?”

The Princess’s black eyes were moist as if entranced. That seemed to be expecting what came next, and Kishō’s heart leaped with a thump. Inside the crumbling clock tower, the two exchanged hot embraces many times and confirmed their love.

There was no one around. A world of just the two of them continued for a while, and thus the relationship between the two progressed just a little.