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Chapter 32
「I want you to marry my daughter, Claire.」
「Come again…?」
Ah, I’m screwed.
I couldn’t believe my ears.
Seriously… does the King mean it…?
Marrying Claire…?
I glanced at Claire, and she seemed eager, gazing at me with sparkling, hopeful eyes.
There’s no way I can refuse this…
But what will Arde think?
I looked at Arde, and she was staring into the void with an incredibly solemn expression.
She’s definitely going to be envious about it.
I’m sure it’ll be fine since she’s my slave, but I’d rather not get stabbed by Arde. I’ll definitely need to reassure her later.
When the King asks you to marry his daughter, there’s no way you can refuse.
Well, Claire is beautiful, and she’s a princess, so it’s great, but…
Marrying a princess would probably lead to a more secure life. It might help me avoid these ruin flags…
But being royalty seems like it would be a real pain too…
Not that I have a choice anyway… Hmm.
If Claire had just confessed to me normally, I might have still turned her down.
But I can’t refuse this… Refusing would definitely raise a death flag…
This is troublesome…
「O-Okay… I’d be h-happy to…」(shaking voice)
「Good!」
I had no choice but to agree.
Oh no, Arde is giving me a scary look… She’s not going to stab me later, is she? Seriously.
And I’m worried about Mirei too. She and Claire were friends.
When she finds out about the engagement, Mirei will definitely resent me…
Damn, there’s no safe option here.
Luckily, marrying the princess and becoming royalty will establish my social status.
That should prevent any weird rumors or social ruin…
But it’s still just an engagement for now.
I’m sure it will work out somehow…
But this means there’s no going back now.
Once I’m engaged to Claire, they’ll definitely send me to defeat the Demon King.
I was planning to defeat him anyway, but will I really be okay?
I have like no combat experience yet…
I should get some things done before the Demon King revives…
「Also, I’d like you, Eld, to participate in defeating the Demon King. If you become the hero who defeats the Demon King, none will object to your marriage with Claire. And if you truly defeat the Demon King, I’m even willing to cede the throne to you.」
「You’d give me the throne…!? Of course, Your Majesty.」
Wait, then this might not be a bad deal. If I become king, external factors are less likely to bring about my ruin.
Well, unless the country declines and I get overthrown in a coup or something. Luckily the country seems stable for now.
Anyway, this is another step toward avoiding the ruin flags.
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「I’m sorry about my father’s presumptuousness」
Claire said to me in her room.
「No, it’s fine… Being engaged to a princess is an honor.」
「I’m glad you don’t mind. I’m very happy to be engaged to you, Lord Eld.」
「Oh, I don’t dislike it either. I’m happy too.」
Claire is extremely beautiful. And she’s a princess, so this is a dream come true.
But there are various problems too…
I don’t have any other options now though. I can’t run away.
Plus, my eyes keep getting drawn to Claire’s cleavage, and it’s making my heart waver.
For some reason, she’s wearing very revealing lounge clothes.
And there’s some nice smell permeating the room.
「Eld…」
「Whoa…!」
I let out an involuntary startled voice.
Claire pressed her chest against my arm and whispered sweetly.
Um…her face is really close…!?
To be honest, I don’t have much experience with women.
Of course, I’ve done those kinds of things with Arde (my slave) many times.
But I don’t have much experience outside of slaves yet.
And my partner is a princess.
「Why don’t we… create a fait accompli…?」
「Huh…!?」
With that, Claire pushed me down onto the bed.
What an aggressive princess…
I just let her strip me of my clothes.
Ugh… I can’t resist because of the sensation of her breasts pressing against my chest.
A fait accompli… this father-daughter pair is definitely determined to make me defeat the Demon King.
Oh well.
I went ahead and stole Claire’s lips—
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