Episode 3: For some reason, I picked up the Neighbouring country’s princess

Did we run about 500 meters? Entering a back alley, the princess stopped.

Out of breath she sit’s down.

"Where are we going in such a hurry?"

"Anywhere, as far as possible-, why are you fine after running so much!?"

"Ah, I wonder? Maybe cause I'm strong?"

Although I adjusted to match princess's full speed, I’d usually be short of breath if I ran 500 meters, but I‘m not tired at all.

I should have lost a lot of strength due to chronic lack of exercise during my company-slave era, but I’ve been energized since I came to this world. I feel like when I was a student.

"That’s a tremendous amount of strength ... I guess It's true that you were able to kill the bandits in an instant."

"Those were bandits?"

"That's right. It’s late, but thank you very much for your help. I'm Aleria Villas, the third princess of the Villas Empire."

"I see. I'm Yuki Matsusaki. I used to work for a trading company, but now I'm unemployed."

"Matsusaki Yuki? A strange name. “Sho-sha”,  ... I don't know the details, but It’s probably a great job."

{TN: Shosha means general trading company}

"If it's hard to say, you can use Yuki. Don't worry, it's a really irrelevant career."

I don't want to remember that time anymore.

"Okay. It’s strange though, you’re the first person to treat me normally while knowing that I'm a princess, ..."

"Hmm, do you hate it?"

"No, the It’s the opposite. I really like it."

"But how did you get caught by the bandits princess? What happened to your escorts?"

"That's ... well… this and that happened."

Aleria explained It step by step, To summarize briefly

・ Aleria left a letter and went on a journey.

・ A  bandit kidnapped her during the trip.

・ I saved her when she was about to be sold to the rich ←Now here.

I see, in summary, she’s a really tomboyish lady.

"Then you have to go back to the empire."

"I will not return to the empire!"

"Why. Weren’t you scared? If you keep wandering around, you'll get caught again."

"At that time, Yuki will save me!"

"I just happened to be around back then. I may not be there next time."

"Then what should I do?"

"Go home. If you stay with me all the time, I'll be mistaken for a criminal ..."

"No, why a criminal. You look the same age as me and my friends ...!"

"What kind of friends are you keeping? I'm an Arasa ossan?"

{TN: “Arasa” is another Japanese-made slang that refers to a person around his or her thirties.}

"Nice joke. You look no more than 15?"

No matter how young Japanese people look, an Arasa ossan will never be seen as a boy in his teens ...

I approached a nearby puddle and looked at my face.

"What, how is this possible... I was rejuvenated!?"

It wasn’t a mistake to think I was rejuvenated, after all, it wasn’t a transfer but a reincarnation.

"Well?"

"It’s still no good. If the emperor finds out, I'll be killed?"

"Maybe if we don't take any measures, but there is a special method."

While saying that, Aleria gives off a slightly erotic aura.

Ugh, cute.

I want to hear what she says ...

"Let's make a marriage pact!"

"Denied!!!!"

Is it that marriage pact?

The legendary weapon of the man who silences his father-in-law’s who opposes marriage?

Before I knew it, on the first day after my reincarnation, my life was about to start on a one-way route ... that was dangerous.

"Why? I'm not a kid."

"Because I'm a kid. besides, we only met a few minutes ago?"

"That's right ... I understand. I'll give up."

Aleria drops her shoulders and bites her lips sadly.

Well I can't just tell her to go home and it as it is. 

"Well, I guess you can come with me ... I don't know. I'm a solo player, but I’ll get worried if I don’t know what happens to you ..."

I don't even know what I'm saying.

I’m not skilled in communication.

Aleria's eyes begin to shine.

"Yes, I thought that too! Then thank you in advance!"

"Oh, oh ... then that's it."

The emperor probably won't take such an excuse, but as an adult, I don't feel like letting a little girl travel alone.

I don't think there’s the police or any such organization, and for some reason, it seems that she didn’t want to be caught by the guards.

"By the way, why did you run away from the guards? Did you think you would be taken back to the Empire?"

"Oh! I forgot to say this. I heard this from those bandits... It seems that I was sold to the king of this country and was about to be used for political negotiations. That's why I can’t trust the guards "

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