1st Kiss Was Intentional - Chapter 3

“Lady Odette, we have arrived.”

The coachman and attendant from the imperial palace opened the door with a kind but hard voice. Swallowing me, I took the escort’s hand with a firm expression and stepped out of the wagon. The only way to be careful and careful is to be careful. Men should be avoided, and you shouldn’t approach Yuri Sina! Just stuck to the corner and leave as soon as the ball is over!

In the brightly lit dance venue, a beautiful melody was coming out. As I stood at the end of the long corridor and I swallowed my saliva as I watched the dazzling clothing through the open door. I felt like a cow being dragged into the slaughterhouse. Oh, I can’t. Let’s calm down a little and go in. I think I will faint if I continue like this.

“Can I get a little bit of air outside for a while?”

“Yes? Oh, it’s possible. There is a seating area on the terrace over there, so you can enter in time.”

Luckily, the main characters of this ball are the Emperor and Yuri Sina, seemed to have arrived. I nodded and walked the line, and I quickly walked to the place where the terrace is. From the back, the poem seemed to be bewildering, but what about! Even if you think about going in there, it seems to be choked and killed!

The gorgeous chandelier shimmered like snow, disappeared, and a quiet corridor emerged. Then, with a little relieved mind, I grabbed the hem of my dress and spun along the broken wall, when someone suddenly appeared.

“Oh!”

I was in a hurry to change direction while wearing high shoes, and I fell without a break. Luckily the terrace entrance was carpeted with soft and fluffy material.

“Shit!”

I heard the high soprano tone scream, I thought I had been struck, and at the same time I cried out and tried to apologize, but I forgot to breathe. The woman who rubbed her buttocks blinked and spoke first.

“Are you okay?”

Hyuk, that girl. Yuri Sina, the heroine of this novel!

A voice sweet like sugar cookies, pale pink hair resembling cotton candy, and blue eyes like a lake. She was so beautiful that her eyes were dazzling with flowers on her head. Those same flowers that are grown in my flowerbed. That flower, it was an unnamed flower here, but as I saw it as a decoration, it seems that it is from Yuri’s country. After all, there’s nothing ordinary about the heroine! But how much more prettier those flowers ……

I immediately understood how the princess of a small country, a prisoner of war, captured the emperor at a glance. I glanced at Yuri Sina arranging her simple but very elegant sky-colored dress and managed to come to my senses.

“Sorry, Sorry! I didn’t see you there, princess ……!”

What to do! Will I be able to survive this? Maybe no one saw what happened.

I quickly look around and fortunately no did. Everyone is heading to the ballroom. No one seems to be coming out to the terrace.

“How do you know who I am?” Yuri Sina asked with a calm smile covering her mouth as if surprised.

Seeing her pretty treasure like blue eyes narrow a bit in suspicion. I know you because I read a novel, you are a princess and a protagonist that will become the empress of this country in the future.

But I couldn’t tell her that, so I made an awkward expression.

“Oh, I am Lydia Odette, the thirty third concubine of His Majesty, The Great Emperor. I was invited to this party today. I heard some people talk about it that there was going to be a princess here. It is nice to meet you……!”

While I was lightly laughing my survival instincts started blaring.

That pretty face of Yuri Sina, that was used to make a gentle smile, narrowed her eyes for a moment before resetting.

‘……Huh?’

But when I blinked again, she nodded with a smile, as if it never happened.

“That’s right. Nice to meet you, too. I’m Yuri Sina, who will be the thirty-fourth concubine.”

As I tilted my head, I carefully grabbed her hand and shook it. I guess I’m just seeing things. There is no way such a well-educated heroine can frown at an extra concubine like me who has no presence.  Besides, don’t you remember that the heroine is also very good-natured?

“Yes! Let’s get along in the future, princess!”

“Of course, concubine Odette.”

Hehe, I shook my head quickly and brushed away my suspicions.

Yuri shouldn’t be offended by me at all. I have to live and be as innocent as possible.

“Um, could you stand up? I think I have to go in there ……”

“Oh, sorry!”

Realizing that that I had fell down on the hem of her dress, I got up off the floor quickly with an apologetic look. Fortunately, her dress is not as wide mine and it fit closely to the body, it hardly looked wrinkled from the fall. The dress is probably her country’s style.

“Then, I will go first. See you later.” Yuri Sina said to me.

“Ah, yes!”

I said with a bashful smile. Yuri Sina smiled and walked away gracefully.

“Wow, I lived.”

I don’t know if this was the same as the first meeting as the original, but it is fortunate that it ended well. Yuri Sina really is as gentle as her appearance. As I watched her walk away, I exhaled relieved and stepped onto the terrace. Now that Yuri Sina is here, the emperor will come soon, right? Before that, I should enter the ballroom. I will not be afraid to enter into the bloody battlefield.

Clank

What is that sound?

Looking down I saw at the tip of my toe, the flower that Yuri Sina had in her hair and a small glass bottle next to it. It might have fallen when we collided.

But what is this glass bottle?

There is a clear liquid inside the bottle the size of my thumb.

Is it medicine?

I bent down and picked it up and I saw that the entrance was tightly closed with a stopper.

Curiously, I opened the bottle and soon smelled a peculiar scent. Its like a warm floral scent, but I wanted to keep smelling it because it smelled attractive. Come to think of it, doesn’t this belong to Yuri Sina?

It smells like perfume. I will keep this and return this to her. Without thinking I tried to put the bottle in the thin pocket on the side of the dress but frowned because the bottle was a little cracked, perhaps because it fell, and the liquid was leaking through. Unintentionally the liquid leaked out onto my fingers and wrists and the scent came up.

I was amazed but lightly tried to rub the liquid off, but the liquid soaked into my skin, so I took out a piece of cloth and carefully wrapping it before putting it in my pocket.

The scent is good. The heroine seems to use an exceptionally good perfume. I didn’t know it but once the liquid soaked into my skin and reached body temperature the scent became even thicker.

I brushed off the hem of my dress, stood on the terrace for a while, and then turned around. Now it really is time to enter the dance venue. The surroundings were noticeably quiet when there isn’t a lot of people. I wonder how many people were invited at random to the event. The emperor couldn’t have known about me and called for me. Well, either way this won’t be fun. Although I lived without a presence, the feeling of being along was not a pleasant feeling. I turned around to leave the terrace with a sad sound when:

Bang!

My nose hit someone’s chest. I stepped back with a cry. What is with today?!

“Ah sorry”

“What are you doing here?”

I looked up rubbing my sore nose, making sure not to ruin my makeup when I saw red eyes that reflected the moonlight looking down at me. He had breathtakingly beautiful silver hair that shone in the moonlight and he is wearing an all-black uniform, he excluded elegance all over his body. When I looked up, holding the hem of my dress his lips bended and he started laughing. The laughter woke me up from my daze and crippled my impression of him. Why is he talking like that to me?

“What are you doing here?”

I’m not an evil concubine who wields power, but no matter how handsome you are, you are still a servant! Why do you keep being ruse? Besides, as it turns out, you ignored my request for a new vase.

“……I just came by?” He said after a moment of silence with a serious look on his face that erased the smile.

I had nothing to say to that, that I felt was acceptable so instead I folded my arms arrogantly and said.

“What about the vase?”

“What vase?”

“Ah, the vase I asked you about last time!”

Looking at the red eyes in front of me, it seems clear that he clearly forgot about it.

Are you ignoring me because I’m a forgotten concubine.

‘Ah’ as soon as I saw him nodding his head, I immediately decided that this was a foolish endeavor.

Aside from this since I don’t want to die, I decided I should go back into the venue.

However, it seemed the innocent servant had no intentions of doing so or seemed to be thinking to deeply at the moment, then he suddenly extended his long arms and pulled a long cylindrical instrument attached to the wall for decoration.

Pop!

“……Huh?”

He gave me the plucked decoration with a serious face before saying with a smile.

“You said you needed a vase. Use this?”

What?

“No….this is.”

I didn’t mean right now!

And although the instrument was in the shape of a cylinder similar to a vase, it was made of gold and had jewels attached to it. It wasn’t meant to be used as a vase.

Moreover, it was a decoration, so why take it off?

“This….This is not a vase. And if you do things like that you will get into trouble……”

“It’s okay. Who would notice that one corner of the terrace is missing?”

It’s embarrassing, but the attitude was so casual that it was strangely convincing. I took turns looking at the ripped instrument  and at him with a ridiculous face, and belatedly realized that if I made a mistake, I could be late for the ball.

Huh, no! My life! My precious neck!

“Yeah. Thank you, thank you! Then I’ll see you now, can you get out of here?”

Hey, this guy’s pack of luggage. I’m going to drop it in the hallway! Then, for some reason, with a regretful expression like a dog, he quietly stepped away. I glanced at him, who seemed to be a little short, and hurried to move my head.  That was the time when I dragged the hem of a rich dress and passed him by.

“What?”

I felt my wrist being grabbed and then my arm went up. I looked up at him, holding my wrist, with his eyes wide open. Eyes like the red sun were looking through me. Somehow, with a dull look than before.

The face, which looked like a sculpture, seemed to be subtly stiff rather than laughing. I was embarrassed enough even though I hadn’t figured out the situation yet, but there was something more problematic than that.

“Well, what, what are you doing!”

He, a young man who was in constant speaking, put his face on the inside of my wrist and sniffed it.

Oh ah, someone save me! Looks like this is a pervert!

Hiick!

I watched him inhale and with a frown appearing on his handsome face. He focused silently on my wrist, and he felt like a sleek and elegant hound, but he was so cool that I was dazed for a moment and then came to my senses.

“Hey, why won’t you let me go?!”

This pervert! From beginning to end! How dare you! In a voice mixed with embarrassment and anger, I clenched my fists with my other hand. If you don’t let me go and keep holding on to me, I thought I’d give you my name. Of course, I’ve never even learned self-defense! I gulped my saliva in tense tension, but he glanced at my grimy purple eyes, rolling his red eyes in wonder.

And asked.  “What is it?”

“Let me go!”

Why, why! I am so embarrassed in this moment, but I shouted, pointing to my wrist, and not missing the beat. Then he tilted his head to one side, saw my crumpled face, and gently let go of my wrist.

What is it? I stepped back and hid both hands behind me. It wasn’t painful because he wasn’t holding it hard, but it seemed a little weird to see that I caught it even though I knew I was a concubine.  And it’s not just catching, what do you smell it?! Maybe it’s medicine to avoid crazy guys.

I quickly looked back. He was very tall and slim, but his shoulders were wide. Besides, if the body covered by the clothes looks like a stone with a muscular shape, there is no way that I, being weak, will be able to win. In this case, it is best to run away.

“It smells good from you.”

“Ah……oh, thank you.” My face turned white, but I looked around roughly in case he would come closer, so I made a frightened look.  And as he hesitated and tried to move quickly, he suddenly threw out a word.

“How did you do it?”

“What?”

“Scent.”

Scent? Good scent? Are you talking about the perfume? Hiick, aren’t you really perverted? Why are you interested in women’s perfume? If I run away, I’m afraid I’ll be caught by you again like before, I noticed and swallowed. His eyes were pretty serious on a subject that wasn’t insane, his fine silver hair sparkling like a star, bloody eyes like ruby ​​were looking at me in a hurry,I am confused and looked at him and somehow I couldn’t take my eyes off him.

I felt like I was captured by an obsessed beast ……

“Mo, I don’t know. The maids did the clothing! If you’re curious, ask yourself!”

It’s really a big feast. Feeling embarrassed by my voice that sounds like a fool for some reason, I hurriedly and carefully and carefully stepped back and forced a smile innocently. Luckily, he stood there with a blinking eye to see if he hadn’t noticed the strange feeling. Even though I keep getting a little farther apart… Okay, I can just continue like this!  It didn’t take long to implement what I decided to do.  It was the first time I knew I could be so quick.

In the blink of an eye, it was the moment when I was about to run through the entrance of the terrace and into the hallway leading to the ballroom.

“Kack!”

Grabbing the hem of my dress, I ran out like a squirrel, but my foot got caught by the instrument that fell on the floor. I completely forgot that I dropped it when he grabbed my wrist!

I started tumbling forward in a ridiculous manner and I knew that it was going to hurt when I fell.  I was amazed, as soon as the polished white marble got close, I closed my eyes tightly, but after a few seconds, I didn’t feel myself hitting the ground.

What? Why didn’t I fall? Far from being rounded on the hard floor, it seemed like my body was floating in the air. I carefully opened my closed eyes and looked around.  As soon as I opened my eyes, they meet his bloody red eyes. What is this?  Why does he look so close? I couldn’t understand the situation at the moment, and I was keeping in line with him in the middle of silence, and I soon realized. Am I now …… in his arms?

“My, put me down!”

My face burned as I struggled, I fell out of his arms, almost rolling to the floor.

What if I was heavy?  As you can see, you know the power of this situation, although it is embarrassing. If I was found in the arms of an outsider man, I’m going to a dungeon right now! No matter how powerless and without a name I am, concubines are concubines!

After struggling for three years, trying to live long and quietly will became a waste. I was scared, but unexpectedly, he gently let me down.  I took a breath of surprise with my eyes wide open.  Oh ah, but I have to say thank you, right?

“Oh, thank you. But you if you keep touching me….!”

“You fall so well originally?”

What are you talking about?

“Thank you for helping me not to fall over, but I was about to urge you not to tamper with me now.” I leaned back to his purely questionable question. He looked at me seriously and said seriously with his arms crossed.

“You stumbled when you got on and off the wagon,” I opened my mouth.

I wore high shoes, which I don’t usually wear, and I wasn’t used to riding in a carriage, so I stumbled slightly while being escorted before and when I got off. It’s rare for a well-educated noblewoman to do this, so the helper was puzzled, but how does he know this?

“You, you…..! Did you secretly watch what I was doing?”

Shamelessly, he nodded without hesitation. I was amazed and closed my mouth. Oh, ah, he was really a stalker who was slightly out of his mind! The problem was that I was off guard because he had a handsome face. There’s no way you can touch me!

“Don’t touch me! Or I will report it!”

It would be better to report him first than to be trapped in a dungeon because of rumors that she had cheated on an unjust affair! As I tried to stop him with two shaking hands, he approached her one step forward and made a confused expression. As if he had done nothing wrong. With a very innocent face as if there was nothing.

“Why are you touching a girl you don’t know like that? You are crazy! You aren’t ashamed?”

“I didn’t do anything.”

What?

I lost my words and opened my mouth. Is this person blatantly lying? Or did all the guys who are possessed by handsomeness pretend they didn’t know? Even in my eyes, who saw numerous celebrities in my previous life, this bloody son-in-law with mysterious silver hair was very handsome. In fact, it’s the best-looking guy I’ve ever seen, so it’s a bit harsh. But!

“Listen carefully. You shouldn’t touch others without permission! Besides, I’m a concubine, and you’re a servant. So, you shouldn’t just touch anyone carelessly!”

“Are you angry?”

“Of course! And don’t sniff me like before! Don’t sneak around and watch! That’s a huge excuse, okay?”

“…. yeah.”

Fortunately, he nodded softly at my end. I glanced again at his clumsy gaze that looked at me as if it were fun, and he said something weird again.

“If I can’t secretly see, what about you seeing up close?”

He knew that I hated it, and he stood up and asked me, with shining eyes. I shook my head violently, making an impression. Hey, that not something you can say! It makes it seem like I’m in the middle of an affair, and I’m advertising it. Even if there aren’t many people who come and go, there are some sayings that birds hear the words of the day and mice hear the words of the night!

“No!”

“Why?”

“Because you don’t deserve to be in introspection. Go to the castle where your master is!”

“I want to go to your castle and see you.”

“Why the hell am I curious! Are you a real pervert? And I told you not to talk to me!”

“Huh, it’s late!”

“Where?”

“Don’t follow me! Or I’ll get mad!”

It’s pretty and I don’t need anything. What I just heard was the unmistakable fanfare of the Emperor’s appearance. I rolled up the hem of my dress, took off my shoes, and held it in my arms, running out of the terrace like crazy and running through the hallway.

Fortunately, the Emperor’s arrival was exceedingly long, and I heard that he was walking late while playing a fanfare to move around. Of course, it is unlikely that there will be anyone looking for me, but if the concubine, who was supposed to attend, does not enter in time, there may be a fuss about me missing it. If you’re not lucky, they might misunderstand that you ran away from the Imperial Palace!

I hate such excessive attention!

I eagerly prayed for me to arrive before that, and I ran with superhuman strength like a track and field athlete who went to the Olympic finals. Panting, breathtaking!

Note: I wanted to give a special shout out and thanks to Anan and Gina G. It is thanks to both of your donations I was able to continue this novel!