Lucy was dumbfounded and hurriedly dragged Shien back.
Shien however just slapped her hand away.
“Because you’re obviously just teasing me here.” Shien’s smile didn’t reach his eyes, “You sure that this thing can be given to me?”
“Why not?” Lucy didn’t seem to understand and tilted her head in a very cute manner, “It’s not like anyone’s living here right now, so what’s wrong with giving it to you?”
In response to Lucy trying to act cute, Shien just wanted to hit her a few time.
“Look at it, and then look at me. You sure that it’s something that can really be given to a viscount?” Shien spoke meanly, “That’s the very center of the noble district here. All the properties around it are either marquis’ residences or ducal side properties, yet not even they could live in this most central location in this castle like place. You sure that I won’t end up drowning from others spitting on me if I try to move in?”
It’s already no longer an issue of if the house is big or gaudy enough. Rather, this position completely isn’t somewhere a viscount should be able to come to.
Just how many dukes and marquis can only obediently stay to the side of it?
And a mere viscount?
Shien could guarantee that the moment a viscount like him moved in, then the Capital will definitely end up flipping its lid the next day.
There were already a lot of nobles who disliked Shien in the Capital. The moment Shien dares to move in, then he’d likely end up making enemies of the entire nobility.
Shien might not actually be afraid of that, but being afraid and making trouble for himself are two different matters. Besides which, this is something that someone else arranged, so Shien would have to have something wrong with him to just ignorantly accept it like that.
“How could the Kingdom possibly give me a place like this? Isn’t that obviously unreasonable?” Shien looked at Lucy suspiciously. After giving the princess’s perfect figure a few looks, he then asked, “It can’t be that you meddled in this, could it?”
In response, Lucy turned her head and averted her gaze from Shien.
This reaction earned her a single word from Shein.
“Goodbye.”
If he said that he’s going to leave, then he definitely won’t stay a single moment.
Thus, Shien turned to leave right away without hesitating.
“Hey now, wait a moment.” Lucy could only resignedly grab onto him again and drag him back, “If not for the sake of repaying you for going along with my selfishness, I wouldn’t have used my own authority to negotiate such a place for you either. Isn’t it fine if you just accept it? Others can’t get it even when they want it you know.”
“Then I really do need to thank you for this, huh.” Shien chuckled, “Don’t think that I haven’t heard, but this place has never been given out since it was built. It had existed for a thousand years of history, and can be traced back to the founding King, the Hero Mitra. Thus, the meaning behind it is special, and no one dared to just casually move in, right?”
That’s right, this was once the side residence of the founding Hero Mitra.
In other words, it’s a place that even the royal family has to treat carefully. Other than a few kings throughout history, no one else has every lived in it.
Yet now…
“It’s actual master should be you, right? Princess?” Shien spoke teasingly, “The treasure of the Kingdom. The only Hero descendant who was recognized by Mitra’s Holy Sword. The one known as the Hero of the Current Age. Princess Lucilosti. You’re the owner of this place. It’s a present given to you by the royalty after you reached adulthood. Am I wrong?”
“… So you already knew, huh.” Lucy let out an embarrassed laugh and whispered, “Since you already know, then what are you afraid of? This place is mine anyways, so I can give it to whomever I want.”
Shien gave no reply to those words.
He just silently pried Lucy’s hand off of him and backed away expressionlessly.
Seeing the guy before him still stubbornly trying to run away, Lucy just grabbed onto him in a full bodied hug.
“You’re a hero too after all. Others may not know, but I do, alright?” Lucy spoke stubbornly, “Didn’t you say that you’d prefer somewhere big? That way, you can settle that dragon Yulin here? This place is big enough!”
Shien only really took in the last part in that entire spiel.
Shien alrady lost a bit of his calm when got hugged by the princess. While listening to her words, his gaze ended up involuntarily turning downward. With the sensation that he’s feeling and what he was seeing before his eyes, he ended up saying one thing in a mysterious manner.
“It’s indeed big enough.”
Shein regretted his words the moment he said it.
As for Lucy, she was first stunned for a moment. Then she immediately noticed Shien’s gaze and where on her he was looking. Thus, she immediately realized something.
“Why you…!”
Thus, Lucy’s face reddened as she glared back.
Faced with the absolutely seductive look that the peerlessly beautiful princess was displaying, Shien felt like he was about to fall.
The worst of it was the fact that Lucy still hasn’t let go yet.
She just continued to press against Shien like that. Although her face was very red, her hands didn’t relax. Instead, she only held on harder.
“Thump-thump-thump-”
It was the sound of heartbeats.
Very loud heartbeats at that.
Both Shien and Lucy’s hearts started beating faster and stronger, turning the atmosphere warm between them.
Shien just felt a dryness in his throat, and his gaze quickly swept across the surrounding area.
Yep, no one around.
There won’t be anyone interrupting them.
In that case then… Should he go for it?
With such a great opportunity, how can he not?
As he remembered that the previous two times, with both Nien and Diere, both of those times was him being the side getting forcefully kissed. The only time where he took the initiative was in a dream, and what he actually kissed was the maid’s cheeks. This is a point of shame for Shien.
Therefore…
(Let’s go for it!)
He went for it!
Thus, Shien reached out and suddenly held Lucy by her waist.
This action make Lucy suddenly shake.
“You…”
Lucy raised her head and looked at Shien. Her beautiful face was so red that it looked like she’s about to start leaking blood. While her eyes were still glaring at Shien, it has since turned slightly moist and watery.
Perhaps this princess doesn’t know just how powerful that look of hers really is.
Either way, Shien himself feels like he can’t hold on anymore, and he stopped hesitating and lowered his head.
Lucy’s face turned more and more red.
Then, in the end, she closed her eyes.
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