LIGHTNOVELSTORY chapter 39
39. This has to be noted down.
Unpleasant, very unpleasant.
Looking at the malevolent deity before her, who completely disregarded her, Valentina silently clenched her fists.
She really wanted to give Noah a piece of her mind, but she also knew that at least for now, she couldn’t do it.
She probably couldn’t even manage to snatch the coffee cup from Noah’s hands and drink it herself.
This was the gap in strength.
So all she could do was to firmly remember the frustration she felt at that moment, without saying anything more.
Instead, she walked directly to the counter of the café, ordered a cup of coffee, and sat down opposite Noah, silently sipping the bitter drink as if sulking.
“Oh? You didn’t lash out or cause a scene. It seems even a wild boar of a princess has learned to give up. Not bad, I’ll give your performance a passing grade for now.”
Seeing Valentina sulking while drinking her coffee and glaring at the lower half of his face, Noah continued to make his annoying comments.
Like a lofty deity, he casually critiqued Valentina’s performance as a princess.
“…Well, thank you for not giving me a failing grade. Anyway, others would definitely score higher, right?”
After a moment of silence, Valentina expressed her completely ungrateful thanks to Noah, almost through gritted teeth, then quickly turned her head away in a huff, leaving Noah with a beautiful profile full of displeasure.
She actually knew that what Noah wanted was to enjoy her various amusing reactions.
So she decided that she would have to hold back for now and wait until she had the strength and opportunity to retaliate all at once.
“No, others are all failing.”
Recalling the suffocating moment when the main character nun was killed by a succubus despite others’ kind reminders, Noah’s previously decent mood began to weigh down.
“Eh!? Is that so?!”
But to Noah’s surprise, Valentina, who had been acting like she didn’t want to say much, quickly turned her head back the moment she heard his words.
She looked at Noah with a face full of surprise.
“…What? You really hate losing that much?”
Noah, who knew how quickly she could change her expression but was still taken aback by how fast it happened, couldn’t help but ask why she was so excited.
“Of course! Who would hate winning and like losing?”
Realizing that she seemed to be showing her joy, Valentina hurriedly suppressed her excitement and put on a sulky face, trying to appear calm while explaining, making an effort to not seem too happy.
Even after answering Noah’s question, she began to pretend to look around at the scenery and her coffee to cover up, but the smile at the corner of her mouth was hard to hide.
I see, even though there are others, their evaluations aren’t as high as hers.
The princess, who had been in a terrible mood, visibly felt much better now.
Noah, who had been watching her all along, could certainly tell—how could he not?
What an easy-to-please heroine; could she be the most manageable among the noble ladies of the royal family?
As he brought the coffee cup back to his lips, Noah couldn’t help but think this.
After all, if she were not so easy to deal with, how could she have been deceived by the likes of Clyde and Allen?
So adorable…
Do you really think Noah would think like that?!
No! He wants Valentina to change this naive personality! If she doesn’t, she’ll just keep getting deceived by bad men!
So, in fact, Noah had already anticipated Valentina’s reaction at this moment and had prepared a backup plan long ago.
Just as the tense atmosphere between the two had barely eased for less than a minute, Valentina, feeling that she could almost fully control her expression, was about to put down her coffee cup and continue talking to Noah.
Then, a somewhat noisy commotion came from a distance.
It was so loud that Valentina turned to look toward the source of the sound not far away.
What she saw was astonishing—a fully armed squad of knights, with a few well-dressed men who appeared to be nobles leading the way.
“We found her! She’s right there, leisurely sipping her coffee!”
Unlike the guards responsible for security, knight squads usually had specific missions when they acted.
Valentina, who already had a penchant for diving headfirst into trouble and upholding justice, wanted to ask what was going on with such a grand display.
But unexpectedly, the squad stopped right in front of her, surrounding her and Noah’s table tightly, leaving no way out.
“What’s going on? Are you looking for me?”
Realizing that all eyes were focused on her, Valentina felt surprised but still put on the demeanor a princess should have, looking seriously at the squad leader of the knights.
She tried to make sense of the situation, as it seemed they were indeed here for her.
“Ah, I think they must be looking for me, after all, I previously used your Highness’s image to attack a certain noble’s son, and I even stomped on that noble’s face with my shoe and mocked him in a manner completely unbefitting of you. They must have taken me for a thug disguised as your Highness.”
But the one who answered her was not the knights, but Noah, who was also surrounded yet still leisurely sipping his coffee.
He spoke casually, letting slip something that left Valentina utterly flabbergasted.
“???”
Valentina was completely dumbfounded.
Huh? What? There’s such a thing?!
Don’t casually use someone else’s image to do strange things!
“Oh, I forgot to mention, they can’t see me right now, so of course, they’re here to find you. The stranger you act, the more likely you are to be mistaken for a counterfeit, your Highness.”
“??????”
What Valentina found even harder to accept was that it was clearly Noah who had done this, yet he was pushing all the blame onto her!
“Well then, please do your best next. I look forward to you handling this incident perfectly. But if it really doesn’t work out, let me help you, of course, as ‘Valentina’ living in your place~”
In the midst of Valentina’s shock, Noah gently set down his coffee cup on the plate, flashed her an evil smile, and then vanished in an instant.
He had disappeared right under the noses of this group.
His coffee cup and plate still remained on the table, yet this group didn’t notice anything unusual, watching in disbelief as Noah disappeared after throwing down his harsh words!
“What the hell!!!”
Just when Valentina had started to find Noah somewhat tolerable, her mood plummeted, and she slammed the table, accidentally voicing her inner thoughts.
—
How could she still be considering whether to let Noah off the hook and not hold it against him!
Damn it! This matter is far from over! She would definitely make him pay for it!!!
Although Valentina’s dissatisfaction, even resentment, was directed at Noah, no one else knew that he had just been sitting there.
So, to outsiders, it was clear that Valentina, having been cornered, was now defenseless and ready to fight to the bitter end, taking down at least one with her!
“What do you want! Surrender, you impostor! The honor of Princess Valentina cannot be tarnished by you!”
All the knights, except for the captain, were so frightened that they drew their swords in unison, ready for battle.
And seeing that she had clearly taken herself for an impostor, Valentina realized that no explanation would suffice now, and she made a note in her mind!
Even if Noah apologized in the future, she would never forgive him! He would absolutely have to experience this awful feeling too! Absolutely!