“Then, thanks to you, Kaisar-kun, I am free from the burden of ‘I might make the whole nation unhappy with my leadership,’ and now every day will be a holiday. I owe you a debt of gratitude. The next time we meet will be when you succeed to the throne. Until then, I bid you a fond farewell. Ah, and I hope you don’t think I’m a coward. In the world of the aristocracy, where all kinds of evil abound, this kind of deception is common. As a member of the nobility, Kaisar-kun, you must blame yourself for being tricked. Then, see ya!”

“Don’t give me that, ‘then, see ya!’. Damn you~~~!!”

And my screams echoed through the family mansion in vain.

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“Damn it! I got cheated off! That b*****d old man!”

“Well, Kaisar, we can’t do anything about it now that it is set in stone, so let’s just give up, shall we? Anyway, why don’t we use that energy of yelling to think about what we’re going to do next?”

After the b*****d old man left, I screamed without even stepping out of my room.

And then Princess Claude spoke to me in a familiar way to calm down, but I don’t understand how this guy can feel so calm.

“You… How can you be so calm? You’re engaged to me, and I’ll be succeeding the throne, not you, Claude. This means you and I have to have children together. Do you understand that?”

“Hm? Well, I think I do understand that, I suppose.”

“… yeah, right.”

“But, what about it? Kaisar.”

Strange.

It’s obviously not right, is it?

This can’t be Princess Claude I know.

The Princess Claude I know would have thrown a tantrum when she couldn’t inherit the throne, then snapped and gone ballistic over making a baby.

Despite this, the Princess Claude before me is blushing just a little, but somehow I even get the feeling that she is inclined to accept it all.

“Ah, it must be so…”

“Hmm? What’s up? Have you come up with something good? Kaisar.”

“No, not really, but Princess Claude, have you caught a cold? Your face is all red.”

“No, I don’t think it’s a cold…? Though sometimes my heart beats irregularly, like beating too fast, everything else is pretty normal, I suppose?”

“Isn’t that arrhythmia? I see. Probably your head isn’t getting enough oxygen. Seriously, what a troublesome fellow. Come, I’ll heal you up.”

“Kyan… nn, sorry, I think I sounded a little funny. Don’t worry about it. It’s nothing.”