Chapter 3: It’s better to maintain decency even in romance
What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?
Ignoring the flight of my skirt, I hurried along the corridor of the castle.
Jerome’s life is in danger!
Could Seria have really made
Jerome…
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa! If I had been earlier to stop Seira… No, if only I had exercised a firmer attitude towards Jerome right from the beginning, things would not have proceeded to this stage!
Nooooooo! What should I do if
Jerome really died?
I ran forward while out of
breathe.
I reached Jerome’s room in
confusion and opened its door without even knocking, dashing in.
The bed and everywhere had been
covered in rose petals.
Jerome lied on the bed, his hands
laid across his chest with his eyes closed.
I had never seen such a
calm-looking Jerome, and was as if struck by lightning.
Was I too late…
“Jerome! Jerome!”
I fell onto Jerome’s body,
clutching his shoulder and chest.
“Uwaaaaah! Why are you gone so
quickly? Don’t die! Jerome!”
Just as I was crying with fluids
all over my face, screaming ‘Don’t die, Jerome’ –
“Finally, you’re being honest with
your feelings, Glinda.”
“Uh?”
The sound of this horrid voice
must be…
“Being so charismatic and
charming, I’d known of your thoughts since a long time ago.”
Jerome suddenly sat up.
Even though his head and neck had been covered in bandages, he looked very vigorous and healthy. His nose poked upwards in a look of frivolity.
What was worse was that his hand
rounded my waist…
“So… You’re just deceiving me?”
What resurrection! Wasn’t he just
living vivaciously all this time?
“It’s your own fault for being so cold so that I have to arrange for this romantic stage. You should have realised by now your true feelings?”
“Whoa! Stop!”
“I, I hate you the most!”
“You’ve been using male pronouns(1)
since just now, is that a custom of Winstoria?”
Jerome ignored my protests and
leaned his face forward.
The more important thing was that
I did not wish to be stripped by a man!
I shoved Jerome away with all my
strength, got down from the bed and rushed to the door.
But, the door which had been unlocked earlier wouldn’t budge no matter how much I twisted at its handle.
The door had been locked! Could
this be the act of Jerome’s boy servant?
That fellow looked so innocent, but was actually in cahoots with this delusional schemer! Disgusting!
“I, I am horn-estly refusing you!”
Damn, I bit my tongue again.
Looked like there was no way to display my strength.
Jerome’s face relaxed, displaying
one that seemed to say:’you’re really unbelievably cute’, saying
“Alright, alright, I understand it now, the sound of your screaming voice crying ‘don’t die~~~’ had been etched deeply within me.”
He pulled my arm and dragged me
towards the bed.
“N, No! If you’re going to pull so
hard…”
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! If this kept up,
my chastity would be in danger!
“Stop~~~ My chest is only as big as a little red bean, and I’m also just an inexperienced little boy(2), not interesting at all~~~”
“Does the people of Winstoria call virgins ‘little boys’? That’s fine, just leave it to the experienced me!”
“Noooo~~~”
At that moment –
A heavy knock boomed at the door,
causing it to vibrate violently.
W, What’s going to happen this
time?
Then, sounds of clattering and
banging continued from outside.
Jerome frowned and shouted:
“Hey! What’s going on outside?”
At that second, a sharp noise came
from the outside together with the sound of something metallic dropping on the
floor, and the door opened.
The one who appeared was carrying
a long heavy halberd while panting profusely with his shoulders rising and
falling. Sweat ran down his forehead. It was Prince Ryuuju.
“P, Prince Ryuuju!”
Seeing the arrival of someone
completely unexpected, not just me, but even Jerome was speechless with
surprise.
Prince Ryuuju frowned deeply,
glaring his wide eyes directly at Jerome.
He pulled along an axe that was
far taller than his stature, both feet standing completely upright, and emitted
the power of royalty that did not befit his youthful appearance that even
Jerome froze over.
The son of the Skydrake.
Heir to the throne.
He displayed a power that
commoners did not have and shouted in burning anger:
“Do not cause distress to the
woman you like!”
Jerome was dumbstruck.
He was as if struck by lightning,
his wide-open eyes immovable. Then turning his head slowly towards me,
carefully asked:
“Am, am I causing you distress?”
My tenseness finally gave way and
tears flowed from the corners of my eyes:
“Very distressed~~~”
I wept loudly after the great
shout. It was really embarrassing to cry like this as a man.
But when Jerome saw my condition,
he fell silent.
He had initially thought that when
I shouted previously ‘hate, hate, HATE’ at him, I was just playing hard to get,
but now seeing my weakened crying state, finally understood that I was really
feeling extremely distressed.
This guy who belonged to the class
of successful individuals had probably never have imagined that there could be
a girl that detested him, and so began to tremble as though he had seen an
unknown organism. Or maybe because he did not know what to do, his shoulders
which were stiff with pride earlier had also drooped.
Prince Ryuuju leaned the heavy axe
against the wall tiredly and strode towards me in large steps.
Then, pulling the right hand of me
who was still weeping, he said in a very severe voice:
“Let’s go, Glinda.”
I shifted my feet from the bed,
and left Jerome’s room under the guidance of Prince Ryuuju.
Jerome lowered his shoulders and
sat on the bed motionlessly.
Departing from the bunk, I wiped
my nose while being guided by a young boy shorter than me and walked past the
lush summer courtyard.
I was simply basking in my feeling
of security at the moment and completely disregarded the issue of
embarrassment.
“… I saw you rushing there from
the window… So followed because I felt worried.”
Prince Ryuuju said in a low voice
while he walked.
“Uuu uuu, Thank you so much,
Prince Ryuuju.”
I thanked while swallowing.
At that moment, Prince Ryuuju
stopped his feet and let go of my hand. He tightly closed his lips as if
furious, pulling a handkerchief from his pocket for me, and stammered while
blushing:
“Previously, when Glinda was
crying, I did not have any handkerchief… So, in order to be able to lend you
handkerchief, I had always… kept one on me since then.”
His eyes on me were filled with
embarrassment, but were at the same time extremely honest and pure.
I could unmistakably feel his
admiration of me, making my chest tighten. His passion seemed so pure and
heated.
Sigh, this child was truly as
innocent as a piece of white linen. Focused and diligent, he also displayed a
heroic brightness that even an adult like I had no choice but admire.
Seeing the astonishing growth of
this righteous and embarrassed boy, I wished to encourage him as someone who
had once been clumsily in love like him.
I bent over and drew my face close
to Prince Ryuuju –
Chu.
I lightly kissed his face.
Prince Ryuuju stared at me with
his eyes wide open.
“Thank you for your handkerchief.
The Prince Ryuuju who came to Jerome’s room to rescue me looks so cool.”
I took the pure white handkerchief
from the hands of the completely frozen Prince Ryuuju with a smile shining with
gratitude.
This brave little hero fully
deserved it.
It would only be this time that I
would be the Teacher Glinda that he admired, praise his actions, bravery and
persistence.
Prince Ryuuju became completely
flushed as if like a kettle boiling over, suddenly collapsing.
“Wah! Are you alright? Prince
Ryuuju! Be strong! Wah! All I did was kiss him on the cheek!”
So screaming, I took care of the
fainted Prince Ryuuju.
^^^^^^^^^^
The next day, Jerome came to
apologise to me.
“Frankly, I have always been the
most popular among the ladies, and that’s not a boast that comes from someone
like me who is both manly and charming, has excellent family background and
perfect looks, being the 1st in the Knights Company. Since young I
had always been extremely popular, with many women queuing up for a date with
me, so I have never imagined that there can possibly be a strange girl that
wouldn’t fall for such a perfect man like me.”
Sigh… Are you really here to
apologise to me? I could hardly sit still while I endured the desire to throw
you a punch.
“But, Prince Ryuuju’s words made
me realise my mistake, so I would try my best not to cause you any distress.”
Fuu, that’s better.
“I would be admiring you from afar
instead.”
Oh?
“Tha, That, you don’t really have
to admire any more. After all… there probably won’t be any effect.”
My plea did not seem to have
entered Jerome’s ears, as he revealed a smile full of confidence:
“In the past, girls that I have
gone out with have all fallen for me uncontrollably right away. I have already
bored of such type of relationships. To let a girl who absolutely hates me to
fall for me instead, now such a feat would be proof of my perfection!”
This… gave off a really bad
feeling. What was this guy talking about? I wanted to scoff: “Rather than
perfection, isn’t it just insanity?”
“Anyway – from today, I would be
chasing after you in secret, so if you fell for me, feel free to confess to me
any time. I love you – Glinda!”
He shouted at the top of his voice
at the end before turning to leave, his loose bandages fluttering like flags at
his rear.
“How can this be considered
‘secret’? Please stop already! Hate me, I beg you!”
On the other hand, Prince Ryuuju was
down with a fever ever since that day.
“It doesn’t look like a cold… but
there doesn’t seem to be any particular cause…”
Her Majesty told me with a look of
worry, but I could only give a forced smile and say:
“Haha… Probably it’s just a
side-symptom of puberty? His Highness has already reached that age after all.”
Had I… overdid it?
To the pure Prince Ryuuju, that
kiss might have been a little too shocking.
When Anneth heard that Jerome had
given up (?), she happily said:
“Great! So Glinda hasn’t fallen
fall Jerome, right? Then I can come stay over at Glinda’s room at night again.”
She seemed overjoyed.
Haha… I would be troubled if that
happened too.
The finally problem was Seira…
This direction seemed very
uncertain in which way it would develop, since she would only stay at a
distant, observing me with an overly-cautious and expressionless face. I, too,
due to my shocking experience in that black magic room, black cloak, found it
hard to say anything.
At this moment, I could see Seira
standing at a corner of the corridor.
Glistening silver hair glittered
in the light that beamed in from the window; snow-white skin was translucent
like the princess of an elven kingdom.
She seemed to be waiting for me
with a pair of mysterious amethyst eyes fixed on me coolly.
Seira was still expressionless,
perhaps even looking a little angry, but she seemed to have such an expression
even on normal days, so maybe she would like to makeup with me… today?
My heart hoped.
That’s right. It’s no good to
guard against each other like this. Alright, as the adult here, I should show
some initiative and talk with her as carefreely and naturally as possible…
I took a step forward, and Seira’s
thin brows immediately knitted, the cool expression decreased in temperature,
and those refined lips spoke words that felt cold like ice:
“Teacher… Did you kiss… Big
Brother Ryuuju?”
Dress Boku Vol. 2
Chapter 1 P1: The RomCom days of Sherlock Dolye ~ Please LISTEN to me!
Chapter 1 P2: Even so, we should not share a blanket!
Chapter 1 P3: It’s better to maintain decency even in romance
Chapter 4: His Highness, the legendary handsomest, highly-successful individual
Chapter 5: Disqualified once the clothes are off!
Chapter 6: Bride target for assassination! Hidden blades in all corners!
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