I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive - Chapter 613



66. Others Whitewash You Black (3000 words)

Miss Mel’s preliminary investigation has reached a point where there is no need to risk further testimony and confirmation. Not only has Adèle, who seems to have somewhat “foreseen this moment” after sensing our crisis, given her affirmation, but the content that has appeared in my script has also completely denied the last shred of hope I held in my heart.

Rather than saying we came to the countryside of Pruliss to capture Ludwig, it would be more accurate to say that we are now facing the crisis that Ludwig has prepared for us. The old elven nobles, having learned of Adèle’s “collusion” with the “beastmen,” have already taken measures to “prevent our escape” by sealing off the city. To put it nicely, they want to trouble Adèle; to put it bluntly…

They are preparing to rebel!

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In this moment of crisis, I do not intend to complicate matters further. After informing Miss Mel to refrain from taking any unnecessary actions that might alert others before I tell her about Adèle’s decisions, I let Miss Mel quietly leave under the cover of night to avoid drawing attention. After all, a moment of anger will not solve any problems. We are currently few in number, and if anything dangerous were to happen, the consequences would be irreparable.

Beneath the starry sky, in stark contrast to the bustling capital of the Pruliss Kingdom, the countryside of Pruliss has long fallen into silence, with lights gradually extinguishing, and darkness stretching endlessly.

After personally seeing Miss Mel off and confirming through the script that her journey home would be safe, I returned to my room. However, upon seeing Adèle, I could no longer dismiss her current abnormality as a mere illusion.

Under the moonlight, Adèle, who had completely extinguished the lights in the room, leaned against the open window, gazing sideways at Miss Mel, who was quickly walking away. Even after Miss Mel’s figure had completely vanished, her gaze remained fixed outside for a long time.

A gentle breeze blew, danger was imminent, and at this point, it was even more crucial to conserve energy and prepare. Even if we delayed our plans for a night, it could still be considered a calm judgment. However, I… did not want to voice this thought, because what Miss Adèle, the esteemed queen of the Pruliss Kingdom, needed right now might not be about conserving energy and making plans, but rather something very simple, a single word.

“Confession.”

I understood why, for Adèle did not seem as tense or surprised about tonight’s “crisis” as one might expect; it was as if all of this was just another familiar crisis to her.

In the next moment, her footsteps halted, and Adèle’s voice came through.

“I am not an exceptional genius, nor am I a so-called ‘noble daughter’ among elves. In my limited memories, my parents were just ordinary elves.”

“I do not possess any great power or special abilities. In my past memories, I was just like those elven children you saw outside this morning, with strange hobbies, sometimes wanting to be a painter, sometimes wanting to be a librarian… and so on.”

“When I chose this path, I had not anticipated how distant it would become. My initial purpose was simply to hope that elves could change, just as I had learned about your human empire by chance.”

Finally realizing that Mel had been gone for quite some time, Adèle withdrew her gaze and offered me a wry smile.

“You might wonder why I can remain so calm in the face of such danger. The truth is, I have long since become accustomed to these matters.”

“I will not deny that during the time I was vying to be chosen as the king of the Pruliss Kingdom, I engaged in many deceptions and maneuverings on the surface, and secretly employed many underhanded tactics, including leveraging Icarus’s abilities to seek leverage for myself. However, it is clear that none of this matters; those elders of Pruliss… no, I should say the elven nobility, truly do not like an ordinary elf like me, born of ‘common origins.’”

“Regardless of how I have been treated after becoming the so-called king of the Pruliss Kingdom, no amount of giving or concession will earn me even a shred of their positive regard. In the end, the part of the Pruliss Kingdom that can truly be called ‘my kingdom’ is probably just the capital and the area radiating from it…”

I looked at Adèle: “But you still became the ruler of Pruliss.”

“That is because our original habitat as elves is precisely the area near the Forest Sea where we are now. I have integrated those elves who are as ordinary as can be, who have no opportunity to serve the old elven nobility, and together we have established Pruliss outside the Forest Sea in a nearly pioneering manner, which is what you see now.”

“To put it bluntly, the establishment of the ‘Prussian’ kingdom was merely an emergence akin to that of a mountain bandit. After this, I looked forward to gaining the recognition of those old elven nobles, for I wanted to prove that everything I was doing now was not for the sake of claiming a throne. Unfortunately, every single time, as soon as they had even the slightest opportunity, they would wish nothing more than to see me dead. In their eyes, I… my kingdom was nothing but a group of disqualified individuals who had sullied the elven race.”

“So I’m not surprised, nor do I feel any real sense of ‘I am in danger right now.’ I just… don’t know what to do. Should I quietly slip away and seal off the news from here? Or…”

Adéle’s smile was more filled with melancholy and helplessness. It seemed that she was not incapable of dealing with these old elven nobles; rather, she had been yielding all along due to their status and other factors.

Perhaps the strange parts of Adéle’s personality had gradually become a problem simply because she had long been unable to find an opportunity or a confidant to express herself to. And “listening” would naturally develop from there.

“Ogilid, what do you think I should do?”

【●●●, what do you think I should do?】

Was the script interfering for no reason? For a moment, Adéle’s question echoed in my mind, as if overlapping with the words of someone else!

I shook my head, not wanting to think too much. Was this really the time to be distracted?

I also knew how to respond.

“A ruler does not need to consider the feelings of their enemies.”

Just like Queen Louise IV, even after becoming my fairy, she probably wouldn’t even consider the worry of “whether I am being used” when it came to matters involving the Great Yng Empire.

“What would you do? You have the right to answer, Ogilid, after all, you are the ‘king’ of the Rodmar Empire~”

Please don’t belittle me.

Though it was true, my response quickly made me feel somewhat familiar, as if I had said it to someone before.

“But I am not you. I can help you, solve your troubles, but the decisions and thoughts are all on you. What you think, what you decide, what you do, should all be determined by you, for you are the ‘king.’”

【For you are the king, ●●, and I am merely responsible for recording your…】

“And I am merely responsible for recording… cough, no, I am just an outsider helper, Your Majesty Adéle.”

I rubbed my somewhat foggy mind and replied.

Then, I pressed down on Adéle’s shoulder to prevent this elven girl from doing anything even more “dangerous.”

“Also, Adéle, focus a bit. I really don’t want to end up kneeling on a washboard later.”

Adéle reluctantly withdrew her gaze, thinking, well, don’t think I didn’t notice what you were trying to do just now. Luckily, I was quick on my feet and stopped you before the topic turned a bit ambiguous.

Otherwise, in this pitch-black place, with just a man and a woman alone, if something went wrong, it would be hard to explain.

I did this, of course, because…

“You don’t need to do much more; it’s in our mutual interest, and I’m the one who insisted on coming along, so I will definitely help you. The most important thing is: Adéle, what exactly do you plan to do now, this time, in the future… everything.”

“In the past, my approach to these matters has always been to keep things under wraps and then make concessions privately. However, no matter how many times this happens, these old fossils who are ready to be buried will never change their attitude towards me, not even a little bit.”

Adéle turned her gaze back to the window.

But unlike before, this time, there seemed to be no hesitation or distress in her words.

“Since the lord here wants to rebel, wants to say that I collude with the ‘beasts,’ wanting to say ‘there’s no silver here,’ then… I might as well just tell them outright.”

“Everything I do is just to bring about change for the elven race, and since these ‘elves’ don’t wish for that at all, then… let’s not change anything!”

“Who truly has the ‘qualification,’ who has the ‘bloodline,’ who is the ‘real elf’? I, Adéle, will no longer care about right or wrong. What I need to protect is everything that truly belongs to the ‘Prussian Kingdom.’ Who dares to shake my rule here…”

Her gaze turned sharp, and I realized: this elf from Prussia was showing me the most dangerous side of her heart.

“Then send me to hell.”

“That is my decision, O’Keefe.”

To this, I…

I had no objections, because I was just a bystander; it wouldn’t be right to say that, rather, I didn’t want to influence Adéle’s own judgment.

“Like a tyrant.”

I chuckled softly, and in response, I received a smile from Adéle.

“Is that so? With that woman from the Yng country as an example, I thought you would like this sort of thing.”

Nonsense! I admire the queen! Where did this ‘like’ come from?

Adéle gathered her long hair with her hand: “If nothing unexpected happens, you will definitely be caught up in this too, so I’ll ask you this, O’Keefe, are you ready? If you feel it’s dangerous, I can send you back before it ‘happens.’”

“What are you talking about? If I come here voluntarily and leave with my tail between my legs, Kfeier will look down on me.”

The dangerous script is right before my eyes; how can I back down? The troubles set up by Ludwig, I will trample them alongside Adev.

“I’m ready.”

“I’ve been waiting since the very beginning.”

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