Chapter 5: I Can’t Escape

I was brought back .

Moreover, I was brought back to the Royal Palace since the preparations were pretty much done .

As I softly cried in despair, Clark-sama sat beside me and caressed my knee . Hey, don’t s.e.xually hara.s.s me in the middle of all this confusion!

“Letty, you’ll ruin your cute face if you cry so much . ”

It’s your actions that made me cry, you know!

“I wanna go home…”

“That’s impossible . ”

He stroked my head while saying, “Sorry . ” It shouldn’t be ‘Sorry,’ but, ‘I’ll let you go back . ’

Clark-sama pulled on my hand as I wept and started walking . Where are you taking me? Don’t tell me, an early wedding?

Even as I resisted, he easily pulled me along .

“Letty, look up . ”

I reluctantly looked up as I was told to .

“There’s…”

“Yeah . ”

“There’s a river…”

In the castle courtyard was a small, flowing river . You could even see fishes swimming in it .

“I made one . ”

You mean you made it with money…!

‘As expected of the most powerful royalty!’ I thought, but it’s not like I hate it .

“You like rivers, right? You’ll be able to fish here as well . ”

It’s true that I do like rivers . I also like to fish . I love it .

“Hey, it’s fine to do the things you like whenever you want from here on out . Although you’ll have to do diplomatic stuff, you won’t have to do it as much . There’s no more princess training as well . ”

He compromised so much . But will the queen allow me to do that much?

“It’ll be fine, I won’t let anyone say otherwise . Since I properly got permission . ”

“From who?”

“His Majesty the King . ”

“Hieee!”

I unconsciously let out an idiotic voice .

“If I told everyone, ‘Since I’m not going to marry anyone else aside from Letty, if she were to run away, I might not want to have kids,’ they’ll easily agree . ”

People call that a threat .

“So let’s get married . It’s not a bad idea, right? You can peacefully live a carefree life instead of becoming a n.o.ble’s wife . Anyways, since you’ll get married to someone someday, just marry this fine specimen right here . ”

He’s the cause of my bad debt .

I look at his face as he came closer . Beautiful, serene eyes . Looking at his hair rustling in the breeze, without knowing why, I agreed, thinking, ‘I see, he’s definitely like a prince . ’

“But it’s not because I’m moved by your kindness!”

I covered his approaching lips an inch away . He makes a spiteful face for some unknown reason . Rather, I’m the one who wants to make that face instead .

“…What are you dissatisfied with?”

He removed the hand that covered his lips .

“Marrying into royalty . ”

“You’ll have to bear with that one . ”

“No . ”

Without giving up, I shake my head, and Clark-sama lets out a sigh .

“Leticia, I’m sorry . ”

As he said that, Clark-sama held me up in his arms and brought me inside the castle .

I have a bad feeling about this .

“Let me down!”

I struggled in his arms as much as I could, but I was no match for him . This is so frustrating!

Like that, I was taken to a room deep inside the castle .

“Letty, you’ll be staying here until the wedding preparations are completely finished . ”

Clark-sama grinned with his beautiful face and heartlessly closed the door .

I immediately tried opening the door .

“I-It won’t open…!”

Leticia, a duke’s daughter, 17 years old . For the first time in my life, I’m under house arrest .

LOL HOUSE ARREST . But wow, he made her a river just so she’d get married to him . d.a.m.n . I want a guy like that . But also, you’ll see it in future chapters but Clark is really in love with Letty, hence why there’s a yandere? tag for this story on syosetu .

E/N: Hi again . I’ll be helping out a bit here too .

I do have to admire Clark’s devotion to Letty, but I wonder… how’d he get the time and the workforce just to build a river in the time since he last met her?

Chapter 5: I Can’t Escape.

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I was brought back

Moreover, I was brought back to the Royal Palace since the preparations were pretty much done

As I softly cried in despair, Clark-sama sat beside me and caressed my knee . Hey, don’t s.e.xually hara.s.s me in the middle of all this confusion!.

 .

“Letty, you’ll ruin your cute face if you cry so much . ”.

 .

It’s your actions that made me cry, you know!.

 .

 .

“I wanna go home…”.

“That’s impossible . ”.

 .

He stroked my head while saying, “Sorry . ” It shouldn’t be ‘Sorry,’ but, ‘I’ll let you go back . ’.

Clark-sama pulled on my hand as I wept and started walking . Where are you taking me? Don’t tell me, an early wedding?.

Even as I resisted, he easily pulled me along

 .

“Letty, look up . ”.

 .

I reluctantly looked up as I was told to

 .

“There’s…”.

“Yeah . ”.

“There’s a river…”.

 .

In the castle courtyard was a small, flowing river . You could even see fishes swimming in it

 .

“I made one . ”.

 .

You mean you made it with money…!.

‘As expected of the most powerful royalty!’ I thought, but it’s not like I hate it

 .

“You like rivers, right? You’ll be able to fish here as well . ”.

 .

It’s true that I do like rivers . I also like to fish . I love it

 .

“Hey, it’s fine to do the things you like whenever you want from here on out . Although you’ll have to do diplomatic stuff, you won’t have to do it as much . There’s no more princess training as well . ”.

 .

He compromised so much . But will the queen allow me to do that much?.

 .

“It’ll be fine, I won’t let anyone say otherwise . Since I properly got permission . ”.

“From who?”.

“His Majesty the King . ”.

“Hieee!”.

 .

I unconsciously let out an idiotic voice

 .

“If I told everyone, ‘Since I’m not going to marry anyone else aside from Letty, if she were to run away, I might not want to have kids,’ they’ll easily agree . ”.

 .

People call that a threat

 .

“So let’s get married . It’s not a bad idea, right? You can peacefully live a carefree life instead of becoming a n.o.ble’s wife . Anyways, since you’ll get married to someone someday, just marry this fine specimen right here . ”.

 .

He’s the cause of my bad debt

I look at his face as he came closer . Beautiful, serene eyes . Looking at his hair rustling in the breeze, without knowing why, I agreed, thinking, ‘I see, he’s definitely like a prince . ’.

 .

“But it’s not because I’m moved by your kindness!”.

 .

I covered his approaching lips an inch away . He makes a spiteful face for some unknown reason . Rather, I’m the one who wants to make that face instead

 .

“…What are you dissatisfied with?”.

 .

He removed the hand that covered his lips

 .

“Marrying into royalty . ”.

“You’ll have to bear with that one . ”.

“No . ”.

 .

Without giving up, I shake my head, and Clark-sama lets out a sigh

 .

“Leticia, I’m sorry . ”.

 .

As he said that, Clark-sama held me up in his arms and brought me inside the castle

I have a bad feeling about this

 .

“Let me down!”.

 .

I struggled in his arms as much as I could, but I was no match for him . This is so frustrating!.

Like that, I was taken to a room deep inside the castle

 .

“Letty, you’ll be staying here until the wedding preparations are completely finished . ”.

 .

Clark-sama grinned with his beautiful face and heartlessly closed the door

I immediately tried opening the door

 .

“I-It won’t open…!”.

 .

Leticia, a duke’s daughter, 17 years old . For the first time in my life, I’m under house arrest

LOL HOUSE ARREST . But wow, he made her a river just so she’d get married to him . d.a.m.n . I want a guy like that . But also, you’ll see it in future chapters but Clark is really in love with Letty, hence why there’s a yandere? tag for this story on syosetu

E/N: Hi again . I’ll be helping out a bit here too

I do have to admire Clark’s devotion to Letty, but I wonder… how’d he get the time and the workforce just to build a river in the time since he last met her?.