Chapter 19

A demonstration is held to entertain the prince.

The meals are a little more luxurious than usual, and the knights should be performing too.

I didn’t feel like going to the banquet like this and laid down on my desk in the infirmary

You know, I…Aren’t I doing my job properly?

I don’t even feel like working in the alchemy association in the royal capital.

What can we talk about after such a long time?

Before I knew it, time flew by and it was pitch black outside.

The gloomy feeling increased with time.

“Louie.”

Ka-cha, the door opened.

“…Chief…”

I took a look at the figure by the door and sighed weakly.

I think that the neatly trimmed beard suits him and he looks cool, but it doesn’t make me excited after knowing this man’s nature.

“I haven’t seen you in a while and you’ve become even more beautiful, I’m surprised.”

“Huh?”

Not thinking he would talk about such a topic, I involuntarily made a puzzled look.

“You seem to be working hard.”

“Eh…Yes…Uh, since it’s a job worth doing.”

“I see. But there’s no place to play around so it’s boring, right?”

“Right…Well, there’s nothing here compared to the royal capital, but…”

As we were talking, the Chief was getting closer and closer to me.

When I thought…the distance between us was really close, he approached me and held my shoulder.

Ahh!?

“Won’t your body feel lonely?”

“Huhh…Huhh!?”

…I doubted my ears.

No way, does this man think that I still like him…?

I was just playing with him in the first place!

No, I don’t want to admit that I was playing. It was just a delusion, a delusion.

Perhaps I don’t have good taste in men…

I’m no longer feeling down.

“If you’re not going to say anything, then I will bring you back to the royal capital.”

“Eh…”

“I’ll attempt to make it convenient for you to work at the lab again.”

Does that mean that if I keep quiet about the plagiarism, I’ll be able to go back to work?

…I was plagiarized without consent, got demoted, and looked down on.

I’m happy to be able to do research, but I no longer want to be involved with this man.

“If you stay obedient like a good boy, the…”

“Tsk!?”

He gently caressed my butt, and I subconsciously got goosebumps.

“I’ll spoil you again.”

At this moment, if there was a mirror I could look into, I think I would be able to see the blue vein on my forehead.

I couldn’t endure this man’s irrefutable remarks any longer.

“I don’t want that.”

I said flatly and slapped off the hand that was on my butt.

“Wha-…You’re fine with me finishing you here!?”

“This job too, didn’t I say that it was worth doing?”

“Even though I said I would spoil you if you just kept quiet.”

I was angry from the bottom of my heart at the man who was trying to touch me again.

“Is there a need for me to keep quiet!?”

My clenched fists trembled uncontrollably.

“You’re saying I’m the one who’s wrong, but the person who committed a crime is you!? Chief is the person who stole my thesis! I was the one whose things got stolen!”

“Wha-…! You don’t have any proof!”

The man acted suspiciously, looking around to see if anyone was there, and seemed so miserable as if he was about to cry.

“Such things, if you gather my research data, it’s a homerun! Even the experiment report that includes the date, the history of the research materials I ordered is there too! Telling me to obediently obey you, getting carried away…! I can say whatever I want, okay!?”

“Wha-…Wha-…”

“The reason I kept quiet was because it was a pity with your talent. Even if you didn’t steal from me, you could’ve been able to do research well enough. I thought that if I closed my eyes just this once, then I would be able to do something for the world again, I, I…!”

“…Tsk! Don’t lie! Louie, I know that you’re the one who looked down on me!”

“Eh?”

Unexpectedly, my head, which was boiling with anger, cooled down a little.

Look down on you? I did?

“The budget has recently gone down to your research. You have enough to spare another research of a higher level than me, you’re so arrogant…!”

He grabbed the collar of my white coat.

Hearing that made me dumbfounded.

“Even when I stole it, I wish I had ventured more before sharing it to the world! You looked down on me scornfully, allowing them to add my name when it was publicized as if it’s some charity…!”

I saw the Chief holding up his right hand.

Ah, I’ll get hit.

The moment I thought so——–

“You can stop now.”

I heard Caesar’s voice from behind.