The Reason I Keep Avoiding My Childhood Friend

The Grand Duke, who was laughing out loud while he was spacing out alone in the strange situation, then stopped laughing.
And he looked as if he had never laughed.

“Yes, Arendine.
I heard you well.
From now on, I will change the way I treat Kirsec.”

I did it! The moment the Grand Duke declared it, I almost clenched my fists in a sense of accomplishment.
But the Grand Duke’s words did not end there.

“By the way, do you know that what you’re doing now is overly rude?”

I did, but I really hoped it would not come out like this.

“Rude?”

I knew what the Grand Duke was trying to say, but I immediately put on a face that showed ‘I don’t know anything’.
The Grand Duke smirked.

“You are trying to teach the Grand Duke a lesson.
It’s an arrogant act.
Are you ready to be punished for this? Your immunity privilege has already been used, so there is no way to avoid it this time.
What punishment should I give you?”

The Grand Duke was talking about punishing children, but he looked delighted.
His expression was so mischievous that I wondered if he wanted me to cry and cling to him like a child, begging for forgiveness.

Ugh, I’m worried about what will happen to the Principality because the Grand Duke is such a man.
The successor is also strange.
This, I should actively consider immigration.

I glanced at Kirsec, who was still trembling, and decided that I had to settle the situation quickly.

“Grand Duke, how did this happen?”

A look of absurdity appeared on the Grand Duke’s face.
He asked me to be punished, but it was absurd to ask him like that.
But I just stared at him quietly.
The Grand Duke, who read something in my confidence, thought for a moment.
And he seemed to know what my plan was.
The Grand Duke muttered with a look of surprise.

“…it was because I hit Kirsec.”

When he said that, it makes me feel like he has become a violent person, so it’s uncomfortable, but I endured it because I wasn’t in the mood to discuss every single thing.
Instead, I grabbed the envelope containing the immunity paper with my finger and swung it towards the Grand Duke.

“That didn’t happen.”

As I gazed calmly, the Grand Duke let out a despondent smile as if he had been hit in the back of the head.

“There is no cause, so there is no effect, right?”

I smiled brightly.
The Grand Duke waved his hand as if he had lost.

“I can’t punish you after all.”

I responded with the most innocent smile in the world.
There was laughter filled with feelings of ‘What should I do with that blasphemous thing?’ And he beckoned.

“That is it.
As promised, there were no problems today, and I will accept what you said.
The children can go now.
From now on, it will be the adult’s thing.”

The Grand Duke looked down at the butler coolly at the end.
His punishment was not within my jurisdiction, so I left the office.
Tiredness came.

Whoo, it was so hard to scold an adult with a 7-year-old body.
A lot happened today, but I was happy with the neat ending.
If Kirsec grows properly in the future, I think it will be a problem-free future.

However, Kirsec, who followed me, was approaching me with a puzzled expression.

“Hey.”

All the adults stayed in the office and it was only me and Kirsec in the hallway, so I was nervous for a moment.
Even if the Grand Duke doesn’t punish me, Kirsec can take personal revenge.
Actually, physically, if Kirsec rushes in, I l will lose 100%.
When I was thinking about running away and counter attacking,

“If you hit me in the future, I will allow you.
If you want to hit me, you can hit me.”

Did Kirsec just say nonsense with a hot face and run away? I didn’t understand what he was saying, so I stood there blankly for a while.

“If you hit me in the future, I will allow you.
If you want to hit me, you can hit me.”

“If you hit me in the future, I will allow you.
If you want to hit me, you can hit me.”

“If you hit me in the future, I will allow you.
If you want to hit me, you can hit me.”

The words that sounded like hallucinations for a long time were only recognizable later.

What kind of crazy is this? Did that guy get hit in the face and his head got weird?

***

There was a heavy atmosphere in the office where the two children left.
Still, the Grand Duke, who was generous with the child, was silent and engulfed in trouble, so there was no way for others to open their mouths easily.

The fact that there was a problem with the Grand Duke’s character was a huge headache for those who worked in the Grand Duchy.
Although they knew the problem was going to explode someday, they hoped it would happen sooner.
They didn’t know it would be done defenselessly by one girl, so everyone looked at the Grand Duke’s eyes.

It is unknown whether it was fortunate that it was resolved well, or whether it was unfortunate because the problem was raised without preparation.
Time was passing so nervously.

“Right, what do I not know?”

The Grand Duke clenched his chin and raised his eyes, which had been lowered, and asked plainly.
Everyone’s heart sank.
There was no expression of anger on the expressionless Grand Duke’s face.
But those who served the Grand Duke up close knew that this was the time to be most careful.