Chapter 84: 84

Future Prospects and the Princess

After leaving the ice cream shop, Alme and Falk got into the carriage that was waiting on the street.

The carriage drove slowly through the city at night.

After passing through enemy territory and finally getting comfortable, Alme bowed deeply to Falk, who was sitting across from her.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Falk. I said something very rude earlier…”

“No, there is no problem at all. It’s all true..or rather, I am the one who is sorry.”

Falk bowed more deeply than Alme. With his head down, he began to explain the situation in a subdued voice.

“After Miss Alme headed to the ladies room, Miss Campbellina Desmond spoke to me. It’s a shame to say it, but… that ice cream shop seems to have been made to attract Shirotaka…”

“What? What do you mean…?”

“In order to attract my attention, she said that she made a shop that resembled the ice cream shop owned by Miss Alme, who is a close friend of mine. I don’t know how to make amends…I’m really sorry. It’s all the result of my careless actions. It was a disaster that I exposed my transformation in front of her before…”

When Alme had a dispute with the Beatos family at a bank before, Falk revealed his identity and mediated.

At that time, Campbellina seemed dumbfounded when she saw Falk, but… it seems that she was just fascinated by him.

Falk explained from the beginning everything that transpired while she was in the ladies room.

Combined with the dimness in the carriage, his expression looked completely drained. His hard, doll-like face was somehow unsettling.

Falk let out a heavy sigh as he finished speaking.

“…As Miss Alme said earlier, I’m a really uncool guy. I’ve caused unnecessary trouble…”

“Please don’t say such things and raise your head. In this case, Miss Campbellina just had one-sided feelings, so it’s not Mr. Falk’s fault, is it?”

Alme tried to speak in a cheerful voice to clear the heavy air.

“Also, to be honest with you, there was something I gained from looking at Miss Campbellina’s ice cream shop, so I wonder if it was a good experience.”

“You gained something?”

“Yes. It may not be something I should think about in the midst of such a strange situation, but… I thought that the shops facing the main street looked pretty fun.”

Alme’s shop in the back alley is a shop for the commoner demographic, but Campbellina’s shop is targeted toward the wealthy. She was able to see the difference in the customer base and the atmosphere in the shop, so the inspection was fruitful in its own way.

And having a shop that is a ‘competitor’ for the first time has made her more aware of her own shop.

Once again, the feeling of thinking carefully about the name and signboard of the store increased. She wanted to take measures to increase the name recognition of the shop and spread it widely in the city. She felt strongly that she wanted everyone in the city to enjoy ice cream, regardless of social status.

After going through that feeling, she just came up with something she wanted to do.

Alme looked into Falk’s face with a mischievous smile.

“I can’t do this right now, but if it goes well, I might consider opening a second shop down the main street. I feel that if we can open a shop that targets a wider range of customers, from the general public to the wealthy, we might be able to see a more enjoyable view of the city.”

“……It is true that to compete with the Desmond’s ice cream shop, it would be effective to set up a shop on the same main street. If Alme’s shop becomes so popular that the Desmond’s ice cream shop is a distant memory, you may be able to get your name recognition back.”

“Besides, it would do a great job of bringing smiles to the faces of the people of the city. Wouldn’t you be happy if there was an ice cream shop along the main street, where you could stop by for a quick bite? A place where people can casually drop by on a hot day while walking around the city.”

“I’m glad to hear that. I’d be very happy about that. Personally, I think there should be an ice cream shop in every district of the city.”

Falk raised his head and nodded deeply. The hard expression was loosened, and he finally returned to his usual face.

At the same time as he returned to his usual mood, even the usual ice cream-loving Falk returned. He took Alme’s hand and squeezed it with both of his hands.

“When are you thinking of expanding your ice cream shop to the main street? I would like to give you my full support.”

“No, um, I was talking about in the future. We will take some more time to think about it, while keeping an eye on what is going on at Campbellina’s shop”

“If there is anything I can do to help you, please let me know. I am always ready to help you, Miss Alme.”

“Thank you.”

She smiled at Falk’s enthusiastic words. The pep talk was either out of a desire for ice cream…or a desire to make amends for this incident.

For the time being, she will put in a refusal.

“If you are offering your cooperation to make amends for this incident, I’m sorry, but I can’t accept it. Mr. Falk has done nothing wrong.”

“Ah, no, of course I want to make amends, but… apart from that feeling, I just wanted to support Miss Alme’s goals.”

“If that’s the case, I’ll be grateful to accept it. I’ll do my best to provide even more delicious ice cream.”

When she answered like that, Falk made a slightly thinking face. Pausing for a breath, he returned the words.

“It’s a little different…I’m not supporting because of delicious ice cream…um… I like you, Miss Alme. I like you, so I want to support you. Rather than ice cream…”

“. . .uwa”

For the second time today, a choked voice came out of her mouth.

For a moment, she felt her heart skip a beat.

However, Falk immediately added to his words, and her heartbeat in her chest immediately calmed down.

“No, um, I’m sorry I didn’t say it right! I wanted to tell you that I’m not cheering for you in return for ice cream, but that I’m genuinely cheering for Miss Alme, but I couldn’t come up with…good words…I’m originally bad at talking, I’m…sorry.”

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“No, no, um, yes. Thank you. Mr. Falk’s support is very reassuring.”

Alme replied with a wry smile to Falk, whose eyes were innocent and shy.

For a moment, why did her heart skip a beat? After hearing the next words, was it just her imagination that she felt a little disappointed?

Before she could ponder this strange feeling, the carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley.

Getting out of the carriage, Falk paid the driver. After this, he planned to stop by Alme’s house once and pay for everything including the price of the ice cream.

Borrowing Falk’s arm, she started walking down a dark alley. However, as soon as she walked a little, Falk stopped her.

He looked at her with concern.

“Miss Alme, is your leg hurting?”

“… as expected of a military priest. Do you understand? I’m embarrassed to say, but my shoes hurt a little…”

In doing the noble daughter cosplay, Alme is now wearing high-heeled shoes. These heels are a bit painful for feet accustomed to the usual easy sandals.

The actuality is that shoes are not as well made as they could be. That’s why she was slowly feeling the signs of blisters on her feet.

She was going to let it pass, since home was just around the corner, but the priest next to her seemed to have caught on.

Falk quickly bent down and cast a healing spell on Alme’s feet.

“I’ll remove the pain for now. Let’s treat it at home.”

“Thank you very much Mr. Falk…but what are you doing with your hand?”

Falk’s arm was wrapped around Alme’s back in a flowing motion. He looked as if he had an idea.

“Miss Alme, will you be my princess for a little while?”

“What!?”

“I was told by you earlier that I am not a prince, but an uncool chick, so in order to redeem my honor, I would like to become a prince even if only on the way home.”

“I have a bad feeling about this…um, I’d like you to forget what I said earlier…”

“I’m a person who can’t easily forget what people said to me.”

“I’m sorry…”

Falk gave a refreshing smile and put strength into his arm around Alme’s back. He put his other hand on the back of her knee and lifted her up lightly.

This position is the so-called ‘princess carry’.

For the third time today, a choked voice came out of her mouth.

“Wah…”

“I will take you home. You don’t want the blisters to spread, and if the wounds tear, your shoes will get dirty.”

“Isn’t it heavy!? It will hurt your back!”

“Compared to carrying a dying soldier, it’s light as a feather.”

“Th, that… that may be true, but…!”

Falk started walking briskly while still holding Alme in his arms.

She unintentionally clung to his chest, but regretted the unnecessary movement. Her face got closer, and a fierce embarrassment welled up…

It also seemed to bring back the funny throbbing in her chest that she had felt earlier, and Alme quickly squeezed her eyes shut.

Right now, if she exchanged glances with him, she felt that something was wrong.

With her eyes tightly closed, she tried to cover up her embarrassment by talking about something appropriate. She remembered a conversation she had with her grandmother a long time ago, so she decided to use it.

“…I remember when I was little, I asked my grandmother to princess carry and she refused. She said, ‘No, it hurts my back’.”

“I certainly wouldn’t recommend carrying a child sideways to an older person.”

“At that time, my grandmother told me, ‘In the future, your husband will carry you like a princess.’..but now my friend is doing it, not my husband.”

“. . .”

There was a slight pause in the conversation as she jokingly recounted her memories of her grandmother.

After a short pause, his words finally came back.

“Husband, is it? That’s…I’m sorry for breaking your grandmother’s words…”

The words that followed were too low to be heard.

“…No…I guess I shouldn’t apologize after all…Is that so…husband…Miss Alme’s husband…”

Alme didn’t know for sure what he was muttering about but she felt that the arms that were holding her had strengthened.

The heartbeat that came from his chest as she clung to him felt louder than before.

Falk kept his voice down and seemed to be laughing about something.

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