What If the Strongest Villain from the Original Story Became the Protagonist's Ally? - Chapter 64 - Daily Behavior, and Baited Bear

Lycoris approached me while stepping firmly on the ground. I realized that hiding my face was now meaningless.

I reluctantly turned toward her. Our gazes met.

“Why do you hide such a well-arranged face? You’re very handsome, Mr. Suspicious Person.”

“Because I’m too popular and it’s troublesome. That’s why I hide it.”

“Hmm… even so, you have such a beautiful face that I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before.”

“I know that without you telling me. More importantly, are you satisfied now? Please hurry back to your own room.”

“Fufu. That won’t be necessary. After causing such a ruckus, she’ll notice too. Let’s get scolded together, Mr. Suspicious Person.”

“She…?”

I immediately realized who Lycoris was referring to. A girl like a mass of mana was coming down to us.

“You two… what are you doing in such a place?”

“Ah… Iris…”

Princess Iris Rune Aldnoa.

She appeared with an expression like a demon. Lycoris’s maid was behind her too. She must have worked hard to come down the stairs.

She must have encountered Iris there.

“F-first, let me say I’m not at fault!? Princess Lycoris went on a rampage by herself!”

“How cruel! You saw my underwear and then treat me like this… it was the first time a gentleman had seen me!”

Ehhhh!?

Lycoris suddenly displayed actress-level acting. I almost got a runny nose from her 100% lie.

“Yuu-san… did you lay hands on another woman again? And this time with a princess from another country…”

“No no no! Lycoris is lying! Do I look like someone who would do such a thing!?”

“You do.”

Exactly right!

Even I thought what is this guy saying?

Now all my past sins came crashing down at once.

“It’s really not true! Even I wouldn’t lay hands on a princess!”

“…You wouldn’t? On a princess?”

“Eh? Ah, yeah…”

Iris’s atmosphere suddenly changed. A slightly dissatisfied voice leaked out.

“But you laid hands on me, didn’t you? You groped my chest and saw my underwear.”

“Some of that was force majeure!?”

She was speaking as if everything was my fault. Actually, there were too many parts that were my fault to argue back. Damn.

“Sir… you do such things regularly? Your opponent is Princess Iris, who is called Children Of The God.”

“There were unavoidable reasons…”

“What kind of reasons?”

Fair point.

Thinking normally, there was no reason to lay hands on royalty.

The fact that my head was still attached showed Iris’s kindness well.

“But… I see. So this person is Princess Iris’s romantic interest! Could he perhaps be from a great noble family?”

“Just… a commoner.”

I couldn’t say,  Actually, I’m an imperial prince.

People would think as if a commoner would take such a disrespectful attitude toward royalty! but I’d be in trouble if I claimed to be nobility and got exposed.

I played it safe by saying I was a commoner.

“A commoner… hmm.”

Lycoris’s eyes doubted me.

Of course she couldn’t believe it.

There’s no way a commoner could be in such a place, and speaking casually to Iris was strange.

But I looked away from her gaze and said:

“More importantly, Princess Lycoris. Please, don’t say unnecessary things.”

“Unnecessary things? I just want to protect myself.”

“Wow, honest.”

“So Mr. Suspicious Person, let’s get scolded together, okay? I’ll treat you to ice cream afterward!”

“So the treat is ice cream…”

Her somewhat commoner-like thinking was a bit cute.

In this world, ice cream was a fairly precious confection. It was normally expensive.

“What are you two muttering about? Right now I’m in the middle of questioning you!”

Iris stood in front of us with her arms crossed.

Breaking window glass, destroying doors, making holes in the ground… of course she was angry.

But let me say this.

—I didn’t do any of it!?

▼△▼

My excuses were futilely rejected.

Including my daily behavior, I was lectured together with Lycoris.

Lycoris had me serve as a cushion to disperse Iris’s anger, and was being scolded while grinning.

That attitude was definitely that of a repeat offender. She must have caused numerous problems in her kingdom too.

With that gorilla, the damage was easy to imagine. After being lectured for nearly an hour like that, we were finally released by the satisfied Iris.

As I immediately tried to return to my room, Lycoris called out to me.

“Ah, please wait, Mr. Suspicious Person.”

“…What is it, Princess Lycoris?”

“Please don’t make such a disgusted face. It’s like you hate me!”

“I do hate you. Please, don’t get involved with me…”

The moment I got involved with you, I met with misfortune. Please forgive me.

“What a cruel way of putting it. And here I was thinking of treating Mr. Suspicious Person to high-class sweets!”

Am I a dog?

I hate troublesome things.

Just as I was about to say as if I’d be baited by such a thing!, Nana popped out from behind me.

She had apparently woken up at some point and answered in my place:

“We gratefully accept your offer.”

Nanaaaa!?

There she was. The one who got baited.