When I Infiltrated the Enemy Nation as a Slave, the Yandere Beauties There Started a Civil War Over Me - Chapter 34: The Lie

Chapter 34: The Lie

Where I went yesterday…?

Why is she bringing that up now?

I couldn’t figure out why she was asking, but the safest thing to do was to stick to what I’d already told her yesterday.

“As I mentioned to you before, I went into the city.”

“Yes, I figured that… but what did you do afterward?”

“Afterward? Right after I got to the city, I found a quiet spot and enjoyed the breeze.”

I gave the answer I had prepared in advance for situations like this—just in case I was asked what I did in the city. But—

“Luke… you’re lying to me again, aren’t you?”

“!? N-No, I’m not lying!”

Since I mentioned being in a deserted spot, there’s no way she could verify it through any witnesses.

As long as I keep insisting, Cecifelia shouldn’t be able to definitively prove I’m lying.

So, her calling my words a lie like this must mean she’s trying to push me into making a mistake, hoping I’ll slip up under the pressure… but I won’t fall for it.

I just need to keep calm and deny any lies without giving anything away.

As I steeled myself internally, Cecifelia spoke again.

“I trusted you, Luke, not too long ago, and now you’ve already betrayed me… It’s sad, but I guess I’ll have to punish you when we get back.”

“Wait! I’m not lying—”

“Sorry, Luke, but I’m already certain.”

“…What?”

Cecifelia’s serious expression, her stern tone… It didn’t seem like she was lying at all.

So, does she really believe I’m lying…?

Or is this just another tactic to throw me off and make me nervous…?

As confusion filled my mind, Cecifelia continued.

“Recently, I’ve found it a bit odd that you’ve been wanting to go into the city every day… Of course, if it’s just because you genuinely like the city, that’s fine. But if it’s for some other reason… So, I decided to take precautions. Yesterday, I asked the carriage driver to keep an eye on you, just for a little while right after you arrived in the city.”

“…!?”

The carriage driver… was watching me!?

“I thought that if the driver kept an eye on you for too long, you’d notice, so I asked him to just watch you right after you arrived… And when I asked him what he saw after you returned yesterday, he told me that as soon as you got to the city, you ran straight toward the outskirts… and you did it without hesitation, at a speed fast enough that your back quickly disappeared from view.”

Since I hadn’t set any limits on how fast I could move yesterday, it would have been easy for anyone watching me to track my movements.

And with this much detail, it’s clear that Cecifelia had seen through my lie from the start.

“Even then, I wanted to believe in you, Luke… Because you told me so many times that I was the most important to you… I wanted to think that you’d never lie to me. Even if you went outside the city yesterday, I wanted to believe it was just a coincidence, like you suddenly felt like going for a run. That’s why today, I decided to go to the city with you—to check one thing.”

“…Check one thing?”

“Yes… I said, ‘Luke, you really love this city, don’t you?’ to see how you’d react… Honestly, a big reason for going out to the city today was just to confirm that.”

My reaction back then… When she said that, I thought to myself that there would never be a day when I could enjoy living in the Elenorde Empire.

I didn’t think I had let those thoughts show on my face, but if Cecifelia had focused most of her attention today on carefully observing my expression and demeanor at that moment…

“So, Luke… you didn’t show it much on your face, but you definitely didn’t seem like someone who loves this city.”

“…”

“That makes it hard to believe that yesterday, you just happened to feel like going outside the city. Instead, it seems like all those other times you said you were going into town, you were actually heading out of the city… and at that quick, determined pace. If it were under different circumstances, I’d want to praise you for being so fast… but now that I know you’ve been lying to me, I can’t do that, can I?”

As soon as Cecifelia finished speaking, the carriage came to a stop—it seemed we had arrived at the Cecifelia family estate.

With a cold look in her eyes and a dark tone in her voice, Cecifelia said,

“Let’s get out, Luke… We’ll continue this conversation in the bedroom.”

“…”

I quietly followed behind Cecifelia.

In this situation, there was no way I could argue back against her, so I had no choice but to go along with it for now… However, there was still one thing I needed to say to her, and I decided to make sure I’d convey it later.

While I gathered my thoughts on what to say, we arrived at the bedroom where Cecifelia and I usually slept, and we both stepped inside.

Then, following her lead, I sat down on Cecifelia’s bed next to her.

“Alright, Luke—”

“Excuse me, Miss Cecifelia, may I say just one thing?”

“…Yes, what is it?”

Though her tone was still dark, she seemed willing to listen, so I continued.

“I apologize for going outside the city without telling you… But yesterday, when I left the city—”

I was about to explain that I had just wanted to go for a run—a desperate excuse, but one that might work—when Cecifelia cut me off before I could finish.

“If you’re going to explain what you were doing outside the city, I’m sorry, but I don’t want to hear it.”

“Huh…? Why?”

“Because even if you told me the truth or made something up, I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference… What matters right now is that you left the city without telling me, Luke.”

Cecifelia continued.

“And even if you had a perfectly reasonable explanation for why you went outside the city, you could have told me afterward, like, ‘I planned to visit the city, but for this reason, I ended up outside instead.’ But you didn’t say anything… That means, no matter the reason you had for going outside, it’s still not okay.”

…Thinking earlier that I might not need to be too cautious around Cecifelia today was a huge mistake.

Claire Cecifelia is someone who carefully calculates everything, and every single action she takes has a purpose…!

“If Luke had been meeting with a woman or something, I already knew what I’d do… But since I don’t know the truth this time, this punishment is strictly for going outside the city without telling me. Okay, I’ve made up my mind!”

Cecifelia’s tone suddenly brightened as she said this, dropping the cold look and voice. Then, she took off her noblewoman’s jacket and the blouse underneath, revealing her white undergarments.

I instinctively tried to avert my gaze, but Cecifelia spoke up before I could.

“Oh, you have to look properly, okay? See, this time it’s white instead of black… So, Luke, which do you like better—white or black?”

Blushing, Cecifelia asked me this with a playful smile, showing off her full, well-shaped chest under the white fabric.

“…I don’t know.”

Of course, I didn’t want to answer a question like that, so I simply replied that I didn’t know. Cecifelia then said:

“I see! Well then, Luke, could you turn your back to me for a moment?”

“Huh? Uh, sure.”

I didn’t know why she wanted me to turn around, but if it meant I wouldn’t have to look at her in her undergarments, I had no reason to refuse. So, I quickly turned my back to her.

“Maybe you prefer breasts over the sight of lingerie, Luke, so I’ll make sure you can enjoy them plenty!”

Right after saying that—Cecifelia suddenly hugged me from behind, and I felt two large, soft sensations against my back, unlike anything I’d felt before.