Third Prince Elmer Volume 2 Chapter 3

[Elmer]

It’s shaking. Right now, I am riding a carriage for the first time in my life.

My impressions were ‘the horses are cute’ even so ‘it’s surprisingly s.p.a.cious’ also, ‘my b.u.t.t hurts’.

It’s a pain that words cannot express. My whole body seemed to have locked on my b.u.t.t. Still, this is just the first day of travel.

In the morning, I woke up as usual and was change into different clothes than the usual. I didn’t usually put on any footwear. But even though I have no memory of trying it on, the beautiful leather boots perfectly closed on my feet.

“… today we’re riding on a carriage for a long journey… blah blah blah (I didn’t hear the others).”

I was looking curiously at the boots that I didn’t notice Matthias-san was giving a long explanation about how we’re going out today.

Matthias-san talked very long about how we would need to travel by the carriage for a very long time, and I who is currently 6 years old, this is the first time I am going to take a step outside of this alternate world since I was born. Matthias-san princess-carried me to transport me. I am a child, so I’m light. However, if that’s the case then I didn’t need to wear the boots, I thought about this fact.

Also, I was really surprised that I can’t almost see anything outside, in the first place it was too early in the morning so it was still pitch-dark, then I noticed the carriage.

“Please, no matter what, do not go outside.”

He left as soon as he said that, but I’m not stupid enough to jump out of a running carriage. Something like that shouldn’t be done. Or could it be that in this world, it’s normal to jump out of a running carriage?

However, right now I thought about it.

Even if I do not voluntarily jump down, if my b.u.t.t continued to be encroached as it is, I may likely do it.

Another World’s Style of Getting Off Technique.

Even though I escaped reality for a long time, the pain in my b.u.t.t never changed.

I’ve been shaking in the carriage for one week.

My b.u.t.t is being iced while I lie face down – reaching this situation, I think it can’t be helped.

It hurts, you know?

[Alois]

While my mouth strained in tension, I thought that right now I’m pretty amazing. ‘How to say this?’… like, this is not something abstract, but it’s something concrete and accurate. Right now, I feel like if I open my mouth to speak, all the contents of my stomach will come out.

So for the sake of preventing this, I’m closing my mouth with utmost effort.

Still, my hands are shaking. Because my hands that are holding the reins are trembling, the horses sometimes turn back their heads to send annoyed looks.

Stop trembling and shaking! It’s confusing! The horses seemed to be saying.

I get it!! It’s hopeless even if you say that!! Because, you know? Just look at the person sitting beside me!!

Slitted eyes and tight lips. The face that is so beautiful that one can’t help but instinctively admire it. Though it doesn’t seem so at first glance, it is actually a balanced body forged by training. Deep crimson hair similar to fire blazing brightly.

I-it’s the actual Matthias-sama beside me!!

It’s impossible not to be nervous!!

When I arrived at the place indicated by Ricardo-sama and Fernando-sama, the carriage was already waiting there.

Because I was told that everything necessary was already prepared, I wasn’t carrying anything.

One week ago I recalled a nightmare which sent me into a s.h.i.+vering fit, while such things happened to me at that time, I thought whether I ever walked into a major incident in my life even once.

I leaned against the carriage and closed my eyes to avoid looking at Matthias-sama’s figure.

I have confidence that I have lived an ordinary life until now.

I was born to a countryside’s aristocrat. Even though I say that the rank is aristocrat, it’s more of a case of a feudal lord, and has not much difference from everyone around.

Father cultivates the field, Mother do the household ch.o.r.es. And then I have one elder sister.

When I was a child, every morning all the adults work in the fields. I helped them while playing, I enjoyed myself while looking for nuts. Once a week, I fall into a river and become covered in mud, Mother gets angry. My first love is a beautiful elder sister from the neighborhood, of course that love never got fulfilled.

When I grew up a little, I was thrown into the military, everyday I was made to train until I’m dead-tired.

The reason I want to join the Knight Order, that’s because I saw a magic battle tournament at that time.

It became impossible to take my eyes off the fight. Standing in the center of the flames that made the whole grounds appear to be boiling due to the extreme heat, it was West Vern House second son, Matthias-sama.

He showed such overwhelming strength in the tournament that he became the overall champion. I, who was hesitating at that time whether I should go home to work at my parents’ or continue my service, after seeing that, submitted a notification for transfer for the Knight Order. As one would expect, reasons were needed before the approval, so I wrote two reasons.

After that, I somehow managed to be accepted into the Knight Order, right now, Matthias-sama who is the person I admire is right beside me.

This might be just a dream.

I was filled with anxiety, so I thought of making sure that this is reality.

I slapped my cheeks with both my hands as hard as possible.

At that moment the horses neighed, raised their feet high and then stopped.

“What is it? Do you want to switch?”

Matthias-sama, who sent me a puzzled look, addressed me as such.

“N-n-no, I-I’m o-o-ok-okay…”

I answered while shaking.

—— I forgot that I was holding the reins.

When I slapped my cheeks, they were incidentally pulled back.

Are you bulls.h.i.+tting me!! The two horses that turned back their heads at the same time to send that look, once again galloped. The journey continued.

Even so, this might be still just a dream.

One more time, should I confirm it again?