Breaking Off The Engagement… Bring It On! Chapter 125

Hugged… Or so I thought, but Alek-sama avoided her hug, and gently grabbed her arm so she didn't fall over.

"To embrace men thoughtlessly, I can't approve of it."

Alek-sama is being cautious of Elise-san.
In contrast, Elise-san was hardly affected by his caution, rather, she looked at Alek-sama with feverish gaze.

"Alek-sama, is it. Alek-sama… Marry me…"

"That's impossible."

Alek-sama rejected her right away.

"W, why?"

Elise-san resolutely asked for a reason.

"… The reason? … Let's see, pretty much everything. To begin with, don't you owe captain an apology? Although it was a misunderstanding, recently you've been visiting captain at training grounds and a.s.saulting him, even coming to my place when you were turned down. Besides… Speaking of the cause of the incident with drunkard, or even kidnapping, you're simply reaping what you sowed. You are a young lady of Count Kukuul house, you could have expected being followed while going to town alone. In the first place…"

Alek-sama's scolding, isn't it a lecture?
Somehow, it reminds me of the p.r.i.c.kling scolding I received when I shortened my skirt during the incident with the previous duke, Alek-sama's father.
I don't think it's similar, but these scenes seem to have comparable effect.

While I'm lost in thought, Alek-sama's scolding continues.
He's been talking for a while without allowing Elise-san to interject.

"… Do you understand? It's absurd to sniff a man's scent out of nowhere. Even if there's a reason, if you do such things in public, it will become troublesome later… Are you listening? Besides, captain won't strongly oppose a woman, so I won't blame his actions…"

It seems his talk won't end just yet.
Once he's on fire, it looks he won't stop.
I whispered to brother.

"Hey, elder brother. Is Alek-sama always like that?"

"Hm, not always, but… once his switch is flipped it becomes like this. It's impossible to stop it, if you try you'll also draw his ire."

That is to say, you have no intention of stopping him.
However, that may be simply a case of being afraid of drawing his ire.
As expected, Elise-san's eyes began to tear up.
Besides, it's not just Elise-san's problem.
I spoke to Alek-sama courageously.

"Alek-sama, isn't it about time you report to my father?"

My words finally stopped Alek-sama's verbal onslaught.

"Hm? Ah, right. I got too heated and forgot about the report. Thank you, Lillinsama. Then, I'll excuse myself. Now, captain, come too."

As he said it, he headed to father's place taking brother along.
I and Elise-san, moreover Allen-kun, who hasn't uttered a single word, were left.
Because Allen-kun has never seen brother acting like this, he's dumbfounded.

"E, Elise-sama? Are you alright?"

Are you alright? It's ridiculous, but only these words come out.

"Sob, sob, sob sob… J, just when we met at last, I became hated~!"

Saying that, Elise-san started weeping.
Certainly, it's natural to cry after being told such things.
More and more tears are overflowing from Elise-san's eyes.
I offered a handkerchief and spoke to Elise-san.

"Elise-sama… Please use this. Um, if you don't mind, could we move to my room?"

As she kept crying, she nodded subtly to my words.
I headed to my room holding her hand.

After returning to my room, she sat on a chair, but there was no indication of her weeping stopping.
Will her tears dry as it is? As I thought that, her sobbing began settling down.
In the meantime, I didn't speak.
No, it's more correct to say I couldn't speak.
I couldn't find words to say, I've never liked someone to the point of shedding tears like this.

"Sob, Li, Lillinsa, ma, I'm, sorry."

Elise-san spoke.
She uttered words of apology with bright red eyes.

"No, it's okay. Ah, your eyes are bright red. I'll prepare something to cool them down right away."

I asked the servant waiting on me to bring a chilled towel.
Incidentally, Sana wasn't here as she was summoned by grandfather.

"Li, Lillinsama, do you what Alek-sama is like?"

Elise-san enquired while still sobbing a little.

"I don't know any details. To me, he's an excellent elder brother's aide."

Honestly, I don't know Alek-sama well.
About the only thing I know about him is that he's Allen-kun and Ange-san's brother.

"I see. Umm, I am sorry to have inconvenienced you… I will return."

Afterwards, Elise-san went back to her residence.
Of course, she was escorted.