Chapter 31

'But to seduce such a person and make him my man... What exactly...'

Conflicting orders from the boss and emotions clash in her mind.

Shinazaki Rin does not particularly like Kim Deok-sung. No, she dislikes him.

However, the boss's order must be carried out.

Therefore, she must seduce someone she dislikes and make him her man.

“Guh...”

A groan escapes Shinazaki Rin's lips as she completes all the premises.

Her brain spits out an error.

Suddenly, the words of Shinazaki Ichiro come to mind.

“The boss said that you can become close through fighting, but how exactly...”

You can become close through fighting.

I became close with my wife that way.

But for Shinazaki Rin, it is incomprehensible.

Isn't seduction something that should come from the heart?

Still, she cannot just give up.

‘Even if it’s someone I dislike... There must be a few good points besides his skills.’

If you dislike someone, make them like you.

Make your own heart willing.

Shinazaki Rin, who has forced herself to a conclusion, falls into deep thought again.

Then, how?

She knows very little about Kim Deok-sung.

Her brows furrow.

“Is there no other way...”

However reluctantly.

The cadet who knows Kim Deok-sung best, other than Kim Deok-sung himself.

The Platinum Knight Princess, Olivia, is the only one she can consult.

She cannot ask Kim Deok-sung or his roommate, Kurosawa Yuji, directly.

Her last remaining pride as Shinazaki Rin does not allow it.

“Kuh...”

Shinazaki Rin's lips tremble.

The Platinum Knight Princess, who took the top spot in the entrance exam, is a nightmare and an unwelcome rival to Shinazaki Rin in a different sense.

It is humiliating.

Her face turns red with shame.

“To carry out the order, to carry out all the orders.”

Shinazaki Rin mutters to herself as if casting a spell, then stands up.

The special room where Olivia stays is on the same floor, directly opposite hers.

If she wants to, she can meet her right now.

But her feet will not move.

‘I have to go. Shinazaki Rin.’

She closes her eyes tightly and takes a step forward.

Creak.

She opens the door.

Opposite her, a door decorated like a French princess is visible.

Thump, thump.

Shinazaki Rin's heart beats.

She presses the doorbell.

[Who is it?]

A calm voice.

Bella, Olivia's attendant and personal maid, speaks through the speaker.

Shinazaki Rin says in a cold voice.

“It's Shinazaki Rin. I've come to see Bonaparte. I have something to discuss.”

[I understand. Please wait a moment.]

The doorbell turns off.

After a while, the door opens.

“Miss has granted you an audience. Consider it an honor, Shinazaki.”

Bella's words sting her pride.

Shinazaki Rin bites her lip and enters the room.

The interior is the complete opposite of her Japanese-style room, decorated in a typical European aristocratic style.

A terrace bathed in moonlight.

A platinum-haired girl with a white bone china teacup in her hand is staring straight at her.

Olivia's icy voice cuts into Shinazaki Rin's ear like a dagger.

“So, what urgent matter could possibly make you dare to call me at this hour of the night?”

Are you crazy? (Illustration included)

Olivia pouts.

‘I don’t like it.’

She could never like Shinazaki Rin.

‘How can I acknowledge the skills of someone who dared to defeat me? How arrogant can you get!’

Kim Deok-sung.

Even if he is the most foolish man in the universe, a ruffian who knows nothing of manners or law.

He is a man whose skills and qualifications are guaranteed by the Princess of France.

Olivia cannot tolerate someone like Shinazaki Rin belittling him.

‘In this academy, only I can evaluate him.’

It is a matter of her position as the Princess of France, and the authority of the Bonaparte royal family.

Moreover, the duel between Shinazaki Rin and Kim Deok-sung, which was fought under a blood oath, happened because her guarantee was not recognized by a third party.

How dare they.

Because of the ignorance of those who cannot understand even 1% of a hero's sense of responsibility.

Olivia's cold gaze falls on Shinazaki Rin.

“If you weren't the daughter of the Shinazaki family, we wouldn't be sitting here. So.”

Olivia sips her tea.

Even if she dislikes her personally, she is the daughter of a prestigious family representing the hero nation of Japan.

If the Princess of France were to rudely turn her away, it could escalate into an international issue.

That is the only reason she is meeting Shinazaki Rin at this late hour.

“Just get to the point quickly.”

Clack.

She puts down her teacup.

‘Kuh.’

Shinazaki Rin bites her lip.

She expected it, but it is humiliating.

But now, she has no choice but to bow.

Shinazaki Rin sits opposite Olivia and says.

“...It's about Kim Deok-sung.”

The moment she hears his name.

Olivia's face turns red.

“W-Why are you suddenly talking about that fool? What right do you, a loser, have?!!”

Olivia closes her eyes tightly and shouts.

Her hand holding the teacup trembles.

The calm atmosphere from before is completely gone.

Shinazaki Rin's eyes narrow.

“I've never seen the Platinum Knight Princess so flustered.”

Olivia, who always maintains a graceful and noble demeanor befitting a French princess, like a flower on a cliff.

‘The famous successor to the Black Prince, the Platinum Knight Princess, is moved by just a name.’

Shinazaki Rin has heard rumors about the unlikely relationship between Kim Deok-sung and Olivia.

Rumors that Olivia volunteered to be his personal maid, or that they enjoy passionate meetings every night.

But Shinazaki Rin did not believe such ridiculous rumors.

Because the Olivia she knows is not that kind of person.

‘But looking at her now... Maybe the rumors are true.’

Anyone can see that Olivia has special feelings for Kim Deok-sung.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the cold princess, known for never showing any reaction, to react so strongly.

Shinazaki Rin's eyes narrow.

“Shut up!”

Olivia shouts, her face red.

Past events come to Shinazaki Rin's mind.

Even before the entrance exam, the public had already paired Olivia and Shinazaki Rin as the century's rivals.

The daughter of Japan's top prestigious family and the princess of the French royal family.

Japan's top prodigy and France's top genius.

The samurai of the Far East and the princess knight of the West.

The Gift of Ice and the Gift of Flame.

Both are beautiful girls known for being cold to others.

Japanese media constantly compared the similarities and differences between Shinazaki Rin and Olivia.

The public was enthusiastic about the showdown between the two genius beauties representing their countries.

As a result, the confrontation between Olivia and Shinazaki Rin became a matter of national pride for France and Japan.

Shinazaki Rin still remembers the order from Ichiro the night before the entrance exam.

‘Show the strength of Japan's top prestigious family to the Princess of France. Rin.’

The highly anticipated showdown with Olivia.

But the result was Olivia's overwhelming victory and her crushing defeat.

It was the first humiliating defeat she had experienced since childhood.

That was when it started.

She did not want to lose to Olivia, no matter what.

Shinazaki Rin's gaze turns to Olivia.

“Is it true that the rumors about you liking Kim Deok-sung are false?”

“W-What, what kind of ridiculous rumor is that! Why would I like the biggest fool in the universe? I am the noble Princess of France! It's absurd to think the Princess of France would date a commoner!!”

Olivia stammers and shouts.

Yes, it's a ridiculous rumor.

The Princess of France cannot date a commoner.

That is a completely different matter from the personal maid agreement.

Olivia fans her heated cheeks with her hand.

“So, did you come at this hour of the night just to verify a ridiculous rumor? How boring. I thought someone of your caliber would already know that, Shinazaki.”

Olivia turns her gaze and glances at Shinazaki Rin.

Seeing this, Shinazaki Rin is certain.

“I'm relieved it's just a rumor.”

A cold voice escapes Shinazaki Rin's lips.

“The boss ordered me to make Kim Deok-sung my man. I was worried it would be problematic if the rumor were true, but I'm glad it's not.”

A smile forms on Shinazaki Rin's lips.

If asked whether she likes Kim Deok-sung, she would still say no.

But more than that, she did not want to lose to Olivia.

Even in a romantic relationship.

Taking away the man Olivia likes.

This is an opportunity to carry out the boss's order and return the humiliation she received from Olivia.

Shinazaki Rin thought.

“Wait a minute. What are you saying? My man?!”

Bang!

Olivia slams her hands on the table.

Her blue eyes tremble.

Her pale cheeks tremble.

Olivia's insides boil.

She cannot accept it.

‘H-How dare you, after making me your personal maid... After receiving the vision of the Bonaparte family