Lady Rose Wants to be a Commoner - Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Lady Rose Wants to be a Commoner – Chapter 19

As I regained consciousness, I thought about how stupid the dream I had was . After having a nightmare about my past life, I had a dream where I had become a weak little girl .

Even now, it felt as if I was still grasping onto Nika-sama’s hands . With a fluffy and ticklish feeling, I opened my eyes .

Our eyes met .

“…………Good morning . ”

“Ah, g’morning . ”
(TL: The first good morning was more formal than the second . )

I began to recognize the cold but gentle, ice blue eyes, and the beautiful silver hair that looked transparent . It was someone I knew well . I felt myself go pale as the realization sank in .

I want to lose consciousness again .

As I turned away, I slowly and very carefully removed my hand from Nika-sama’s .
There was so much that I wanted to ask about and apologize for but, at that moment, I didn’t even know what to do . Someone, please save me .

Even if I wished that, it was no use . I had already beaten up the devil that kept whispering, “Let’s sleep and escape from the hardships . Yup, let’s do that!” inside my head, since it kept tempting me to run away from reality . I got up from my bed, aware that my head wasn’t working well .

“…I am terribly sorry for making you stay behind… I was able to sleep well because Nika-sama was kind enough to not shake off my hand, but… From n0w on, it would make me happy if you could ignore the stupid wishes that I make when I’m confused…”

First, a dogeza .

Nana-chan did it before, so I knew that Dogeza Culture existed in this world too . To think that this would be useful one day . I hoped I wouldn’t need to do this a second time .

Here though, where I couldn’t just say that I would accept punishment, I could only apologize . That was because I wouldn’t say a word if he told me to inform the Ore-sama prince about the truth regarding Lily-chan .

“What are you apologizing for?”

I trembled . Without raising my face, I opened my mouth to answer his question, as if to show how serious of an offense this was through my own words .

“For pointlessly wasting what little free time that Nicholas Cabott of the royal family has, because of my own selfishness . ”

“…Pointlessly…waste…?”

Nika-sama repeated what I said as if he had suddenly understood something . I heard two sighs nearby and raised my face a little towards the source . Nika-sama’s guards sighed in disappointment while looking at us in amazement .

Oh, you guys were still here . Myself aside, why are you surprised at Nika-sama, too?

“Raise your head . I came here because I like to visit Fii-chan, and I stayed because I wished to do so . ”

Nika-sama magnificently gave me his forgiveness . That was painful . I wanted to dig a hole to bury myself in . I wanted to jump out of a window .

I stopped prostrating and awkwardly looked up at Nika-sama . For some strange reason, Nika-sama was smiling happily .

…Uh, what? Why did he seem so happy? He shouldn’t have this black hearted demon setting, right?

Nika-sama noticed the cause of my bewildered expression, and he cleared his throat and tightened his face . Despite that, he remained smiling .

“Rather than that, Fii-chan, you said that you didn’t look at me as an older brother, right?”

I did say that . I certainly did say something like that when I was following a stupid train of thought .

Why did he want to confirm it now that I had returned to normal…? Was this person trying to kill me with embarrassment?

I reluctantly nodded, and Nika-sama looked satisfied . Although I did hate my stupid self, this was bullying .

“Then, we are friends, right?”

Nika-sama asked this happily, as confirming this . I hesitated while fixing a smile on my face .

……Were we?

It would have been rude to say, “I am friends with royalty!” as a commoner right now . Having said that, I had already denied that he was like a brother to me, and it felt like we had already crossed the line of being simple acquaintances .

Friend… a friend, huh . Certainly . I didn’t think that Nika-sama would think we were, but the person whom I was closest to in this world was Nika-sama… so I couldn’t really say that it was wrong .

“…If Nika-sama doesn’t mind, yes . ”

Nika-sama gave me a wide smile . I didn’t know what he was so happy about .

It was clear that Nika-sama was currently at an advantage . Even though this was my home, it was not giving me any sort of comfort, especially since I had fixed my sitting posture for no apparent reason .

“Fii . ”

“Yes . ”

“My father said that it’s alright, even if it’s me . ”

Hey, that’s too abstract!

Just the fact that it was a conversation between His Majesty and his son made this statement very suspicious . Why were you telling me this? It wasn’t a muddled talk about the inheritance of the crown, was it?

“That’s why, I think that I should also try to get what I want . ”

What was with this declaration? It’s scary, you know .

Although I displayed a serious face to show that I was paying attention, my heart was trembling . I wanted him to say that to someone unrelated to myself, and at a place where I couldn’t hear it . Stop . Don’t raise the flag . Seriously, don’t drag me into that power struggle…!

In contrast with Nika-sama’s refreshed smile, I was crying to myself, saying, “Keep it up . ”

Like this, Nika-sama finished up with a fearsome declaration and left while reminding me to take a break .

I saw Nika-sama off with a smile and, five minutes later, headed out cheerfully, ignoring what Nika-sama had told me .

Let’s go see Nana-chan .

Rather than rest, I needed some healing to reduce my stress .