The Reincarnated Villainous Noble Still Won't Try His Best!

Chapter 21 : The Dark Past!

Think about this calmly.

Let’s suppose I was in a half asleep state and ended up doing something to a member of the opposite sex.

I think the person who accepted it also bears some responsibility.

Certainly, I did something bad, or rather embarrassing, to her.

But she could have refused if she wanted to.

Unlike being drunk, I was just half-asleep.

I probably didn’t have much strength, and it would have been easy even for a woman to pull away.

…What I’m trying to say is, for some reason, I slept in the courtyard with my cousin, and when I woke up, she was giving me a lap pillow.

I think you don’t understand what I’m saying, but honestly, I don’t understand it well either.

I have no memory of it because I was half-asleep.

However, reality is cruel.

In front of me was the slightly flushed face of Lady Flora Santa Maria, and on the back of my head, I felt the soft touch and warmth unique to a woman.

Could it be…I messed up?

Thinking so, I spent a few seconds in complex thought before finally starting to act.

“Wha—!?”

First, I jumped up.

Showing a jump worthy of a gag manga, I stiffened my face and distanced myself from Flora.

“Wh-wh-why is my head on Lady Flora’s lap…?”

“I-I think…maybe you mistook it for a pillow? Marius, you were sleeping so soundly.”

What’s with that reaction!?

Why are your cheeks red!?

Why do you look a little happy!?

Why aren’t you using honorifics!?

What happened in the few minutes, or maybe tens of minutes, before I woke up!?

“…Just in case, I’ll ask, did I do anything?”

“N-nothing…you didn’t, okay?”

That’s definitely a lie—!

The way she is suddenly averting her gaze means I did something, right!?

She looks embarrassed.

But I can also see a happy feeling in there, so I don’t know what I did.

I’ll apologize for now.

Everything starts with an apology in cases like this.

“I’m sorry. It seems like I did something wrong, I’m really sorry.”

“No, it’s different! It’s not that you did something to me, it’s just that I…”

“You?”

“…It’s nothing.”

Why won’t you tell me!?

That kind of silence is extremely worrying!

My heart has been pounding painfully since a while ago, so did I really do something?

“Please be honest with me, Lady Flora. If I did something, I’ll apologize. It’s too convenient for me to be forgiven without apologizing.”

“B-but…it’s embarrassing…”

“Have I done something wrong to embarrass you!?”

“It’s not like that! It’s just that… after such a long time, I was able to be happy… but I’m embarrassed to tell Marius about it…”

…..?

I don’t understand at all.

Something that made Lady Flora happy, but she’s embarrassed to tell me?

I wonder what it is.

Considering the situation, it’s probably about me having a lap pillow…

“Did something happen during the time when you gave me the lap pillow?”

“…W-what do you think?”

“I doubt it!”

You can’t hide it, Flora-san!

Something definitely happened during the time I was lying on her lap, or rather, while I was sleeping.

Did I say something in my sleep?

It’s fine if I just mumbled something. I didn’t act on it, did I? …DID I?

“Something definitely happened during that time. But Lady Flora is embarrassed to say it.”

“Y-yes.”

“…It’s fine. I’ll be the one to give in. I don’t want to keep humiliating Lady Flora, and if this continues, we’ll just waste time. It seems like…quite a bit of time has passed since then. I apologize for making you give me a lap pillow for so long.”

“I-it’s okay. It was fun, like how we were back in the old days.”

“Old days?”

“Yes. Back then, when I played with Marius, there was a time when you fell asleep like now.”

“Did Lady Flora give me a lap pillow then too…?”

“Marius was cute back then… ah.”

“Huh?”

“…It’s nothing.”

“I doubt it!”

I messed up badly, didn’t I!?

This feeling definitely means my sleeping face was seen, and I even acted spoiled in my sleep.

Thinking about it makes me so embarrassed that my face is burning up.

The damage is much greater on my side, right?

“I’m really sorry… It’s not something I can apologize for, but I’m sorry…”

“It’s really okay! I should be the one thanking you!”

“That’s also a problem… and your way of speaking is getting lost between formal and informal.”

“Ah… I’m sorry. I was trying to be careful.”

“It’s fine. As part of my apology, please speak however you like, Lady Flora. We’re cousins. You don’t have to be so reserved. We’re not that distant.”

“Marius… Yeah. I’ll do that.”

“Okay… By the way,”

“Hmm?”

“This is a dark moment for me, so I’m going back to my room! See ya!”

“Eh!?”

I immediately stood up and ran away like a rabbit.

Even I would run away from this.

Doing something to a woman close to my age while being half-asleep… Uwaaaaah!? It’s nothing but a dark moment.

I’ll probably have nightmares about this for a while.

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