Translator: Lilia
Editor: Aia
Read at Watashi wa Sugoi Desu only! Support the Translators and Editors!
Chapter 21
Given the mood and in such an improper situation, I confessed my love… but, I finally realized my own feelings.
I realized my feelings really late, though. But please, overlook it this time. I’m sorry. It’s been all these years, and I’ve never fallen in love before.
Eh? So, my first love was Iyuri-san, and my first time was also Iyuri-san! A bunch of my firsts were with His Majesty the Emperor himself… it’s not the time to boast about that.
Terrifying and amazing. I hope I don’t get the death penalty for this. But my chest is twisting, my heart pounding, and I’m getting worked up. I guess this is love~
Really, it creeps up on you without warning, and you just become aware of it. No, until now, I’ve been having those symptoms, but I thought they were just heart palpitations, and nothing related to love.
I was so blind. So oblivious. I’m really sorry.
But it wasn’t like I wasn’t sick at all; rather, it was lovesickness. I loved Iyuri-san. And not just as a friend.
Yeah, there was nothing untrue about that statement. I can say it as many times over with a loud voice. I love him!! I’m not being desperate. These are my true feelings.
The man before me froze, his eyes wide opened. Say something! Compared to him, Solvay-san had a much more celebratory mood around him, with his cheeks flushed and his hands over his mouth in response.
“…Ollie-san… loves me…?” Iyuri-san murmured quietly with an astonished face.
“Yeah, I like you. Ah, but it’s not a lie! And it’s not cheapening my feelings, either. You lied to me, but I thought I’d tell you this before we broke up.”
Iyuri’s facial expression changed from overjoyed to confused as he said, “Eh?”
Before I could open my mouth and say anything, Solvay-san suddenly jumped in and said, “Congratulations, Your Majesty! But let’s keep moving for now!!”
Iyuri-san looked like he wanted to say something further, but he just said, “Afterwards, please let me hear that you love me again,” with a happy expression on his face as he started walking again with great strides.
After a while, we arrived at a spacious room with what looked like luxurious furniture at first glance, but turned out to be not overly extravagant. It even had a hammock! Where was this? The inner palace?
I looked around the room, and heard an animal(?) cry out, “Woof!”
Woof? What was that? When I looked down, I saw a large dog with black and white patches patterned like a cow with short, sleek fur that coiled around Iyuri-san’s feet.
A dog?! Uwaa! So cute! It looks like a miniature cow!
“Moo, I’m back.”
Moo? Iyuri-san smiled, as if he saw the question mark popping up in my head.
“This child’s name is Moo.”
Name? Its name is Moo? Because it looks like a cow? I burst out laughing.
“Just like that… it’s cute, but… no, Moo’s great! That’s such a nice name, Moo!”
When I said its name, the dog looked up at me with its round eyes and barked out happily, “Woof, woof!” while wagging its tail. It responded to me calling its name! How cute!
“Ollie-san seems to like it. I’m jealous of Moo,” Iyuri-san said with a sincere expression on his face.
I hit his abs with a punch that completely lacked power. What do you mean, being jealous of a dog!
“Is this Iyuri-san’s dog?”
“Yes. When I went into town two years ago, I rescued it after finding it collapsed from an injury. I couldn’t find its former owner, so I brought it back to the palace.”
Eh, so that’s what happened. He’s truly a nice person. As I reached out a hand to Moo…
“Your Majesty, the court physician has arrived and is waiting in a separate room,” Solvay said.
“Uh…let me go to the washroom first.”
“Of course.”
Iyuri-san briskly walked over to the door Solvay-san had opened, and went inside. Did he go inside the washroom?
Through the door was an amber-colored long cushioned bench and a shelf inside a simple and not-so-large room. This room was for undressing before a bath.
Iyuri-san gently set me down on the bench, and stripped off my dirty, worn off clothes.
“Eh?! W-wai, wait!! I’m not ready—!”
I grabbed Iyuri-san’s face with my right hand and yelped. “OUCH————-!!!!!” I used my injured hand! It hurts!
“Ollie-san!!”
“Ollie-sama?!”
I retracted my hand and exhaled heavily. It doesn’t hurt. It doesn’t hurt. I kept repeating that to myself.
Iyuri-san fussed over me, saying, “Is your wrist hurting more?” while his eyebrows bent upwards worriedly.
Worrying about this, worrying about that! Don’t take my clothes off so suddenly without thinking, you! I pinched Iyuri-san’s check hard with my uninjured hand.
“Ollie-san, that hurts.”
No way, come on, saying that it hurts with such a happy-looking smile. This bastard. As I was thinking I should use more strength, Solvay-san called out to Iyuri-san in an anxious voice.
“Your Majesty, as I thought, I should have brought in the court physician for a medical examination first.”
“But…before the medical examination, it’s better to wash off all the caked blood.”
The two of them were talking about my bath as if it were the topic of some important meaning. Of course, there was no way I could appear before the doctor with this dirty appearance. Plus, I hadn’t bathed in the past few days, so I probably smelled. Yep, I agreed with Iyuri-san.
“Solvay-san, thank you for your concern. But as expected, I’m too dirty like this, so I’m going to take a bath. Iyuri-san, may I borrow your bath? I’m going to clean off all the dirt and blood off my entire body, so could the two of you please wait outside?”
Then, Iyuri-san seemed panicked.
“You weren’t intending to bathe alone, were you? You can’t do that! I’ll go in with you!”
“Haa?! What are you saying! No, noo way! No matter how much I might love you, I’m still embarrassed. Let me take a bath by myself.”
“You won’t be able to clean yourself thoroughly in that state. I’ll also come into the bath.”
“I said no. I’ll be fine!”
“What do you have to be embarrassed about? We’ve already…”
“Argh, idiot! Bastard! Don’t say anything more!”
Iyuri-san quickly shut his mouth.
This guy! I can’t let my guard down around him! I guess you meant to say that we’ve already slept together?!
Solvay-san was looking at us with an amused, knowing look on his face. He knew what we’d already done together.
Uwah, so embarrassing!
“I said I’ll be okay!”
“You’ve been imprisoned for a while! What if you slip in the bathroom and don’t have the strength to keep yourself from falling!”
“No, no, I’m not a kid.”
“I’m worried, so worried that I can’t just wait for you to finish and come out!”
So overprotective.
But as a final blow, Solvay-san begged me. He was just smiling a moment ago.
“Ollie-sama, if you go in alone, I’ll be worried too. Would you please allow His Majesty to go in together with you?”
Eh…?
“Ollie-san, could it be that you don’t want to go in with me?”
Iyuri-san stared at me like a big, depressed dog. It’s just a bath! Was I a baby!
Who knew the emperor could look so cute! So dignified!
“–Fine! I get it!”
I gave up and took off my clothes. It was fine that Solvay-san was still here. We’re all men.
Then, Iyuri-san fell to his knees, and began unbuttoning my dirty, raggedy clothes.
“You’re still injured, so you should avoid soaking in hot water,” he said, as if showing off his knowledge.
Is it okay for the emperor of the country to be doing something like this?
In no time at all, Iyuri-san had also stripped completely naked without any sign of embarrassment.
We were all men, but I quietly covered that special part of me.
That other time, when we slept together, Iyuri-san was also naked, and I thought about taking a peek down there, but before I knew it, I had passed out.
If you looked at him closely, it was amazing how muscular he was. His abs were amazing. Doesn’t an emperor do a lot of deskwork? Where was he training? Was he swinging swords in the courtyard after everyone fell asleep?
The sword hanging between his thighs was bigger than expected too.
Noble Alpha…what’s with that. He’s been blessed in two ways…no, three, no, four…he’s received infinite blessings.
While I was staring, Iyuri-san lifted me into his arms, carried me into the impossibly spacious bathroom, and gently and politely washed me everywhere. It was beyond expectation.
“Ah, I feel refreshed!!”
Afterwards, I was dressed in the most comfortable pajamas, and Iyuri-san sat down on the bench and changed back into his casual clothes. “You did all the work bathing me. Thank you.”
It was my first time seeing him in his casual clothes. Also, his hair, which was usually strictly parted in a neat 7:3 ratio, was down. He looked younger this way. I liked it better when he looked like this.
“It was no problem. Once your wounds and injuries have healed, please take your time soaking in the bathtub.”
His eyes narrowed shut as he smiled. I’ll definitely do that!
After he had finished changing, Iyuri-san moved to pick me up again in his arms, and I held my palm up to stop him.
“I can walk on my own.”
As I stood up to walk on my own, my vision shook, and I wobbled. Uwah!
“O-Ollie-san!!”
Iyuri-san hurriedly cradled my body.
“Sorry. T-thanks. I just got lightheaded for a moment, but it’s nothing…”
I said that, but my vision was still spinning. Ugh-! And what’s more, my body suddenly felt hot. Eh? Could it be my heat? No, no way! It was already supposed to be over.
Iyuri-san touched his giant hand to my forehead, and then my cheeks, as if to confirm something.
“–You’re burning up…!”
