I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

9. I knew it!

The moment she discarded half of her cane and drew her sword, this captain of the patrol had already regarded me as a “suspect,” approaching me with all sorts of content, even mixed with a death script!

【Moriarty suspects the identity of Euclid.】

【Moriarty doubts Euclid’s strength.】

【In her suspicion, Moriarty killed Euclid!】

Such content gave me no chance to explain, because from the very beginning, what Moriarty wanted from me was not an explanation I could verbalize, but… actual proof!

I saw her carefully take off her monocle and place it in the pocket of her chest, elegantly and calmly, completely unlike the reaction one would expect when facing a “suspect.” The surroundings fell silent; unless I “shouted loudly,” no one would notice the atmosphere between Moriarty and me.

And all of this was certainly arranged by Moriarty; I certainly wouldn’t be foolish enough to “self-destruct,” disregarding my disguise, and then ugly plead for help. Even if I were saved, I wouldn’t escape a second time .

“Euclid, there are only two situations in which you can be utilized by the queen. Either you are powerful enough, or clever enough to attract the queen’s use of you, or… you have something in your hands that forces the queen to maintain this current relationship with you as ‘evidence.'”

Moriarty’s long sword, with a “whoosh,” disappeared from my sight under the cover of wind magic.

“I cannot immediately verify the latter, and I shouldn’t interfere with the queen’s secrets, so I can only set it aside. But the former can be proven very well. Don’t misunderstand, Euclid; I have no objection to whether the queen wants to marry you, but… I must understand what kind of secret you have that directly bypasses our investigation of a wanted criminal.”

【Moriarty killed Euclid!】

“Even if it means having my entire year’s salary docked by the queen~”

The death script has appeared once again! And this time, it’s not the leisurely threat from Moriarty!

“!”

In my line of sight, Moriarty casually swung a sword towards me! She didn’t even come close, nor did she aim at me! But… if I hadn’t already seen my death in the script, I… would probably have turned into a corpse right now!

I immediately fell to the side, and then… I clearly heard the sound of my clothes being sliced ​​apart! At this moment, I don’t regret at all the super expensive outfit the queen had tailored for me; I’m just grateful that I still have my life.

“Can you tell me? Why can an ordinary person with no magical power ‘see’ this? Otherwise, I would have taken it as a ‘coincidence’ and tried at least two more times.”

Coincidence? Have you ever seen such good luck in a coincidence!? If it were truly a fluke, I could go buy a lottery ticket!

However, Moriarty wouldn’t “understand” at all. Rather, this captain of the guards is the complete opposite of the queen: the queen relies on absolute ‘understanding’ and thorough preparation, able to accurately ‘design’ without needing any “evidence” ,” while the Moriarty in front of me is the very definition of “speaking based on evidence.”

If I want her to stop, I’m afraid I must reveal my secret of “prophecy”! But…

Would Moriarty really believe in this “power”? The queen believed because I used absolute facts—thanks to the power of “prophecy,” I coincidentally bypassed all defenses and infiltrated her chamber, but this Moriarty, I can’t present any handy “ evidence”!

If all else fails, should I make a run for it!?

Just like before, go find the queen and cling to her!? If the queen is around, Moriarty will definitely back off. Doing this won’t completely eliminate Moriarty’s suspicion of me, but I can always think of ways to delay her death script .

But such actions…

“I can’t shake off this feeling of guilt.”

I haven’t given the queen “prophecies” a few times, yet I’ve relied on her to escape quite a few dangers. If this continues, my deal with the queen won’t be equal at all. This situation isn’t good for me or for someone like the queen.

I would start to doubt that the queen wouldn’t be pleased either. Tsk, maybe… my plan to “marry” the queen to establish a mutually beneficial agreement was a mistake from the start?

In the midst of my thoughts, just then, a familiar voice came from behind me.

“Eugene, are you underestimating me?”

It was the queen’s voice!

Turning around, I realized the queen had woken up at some point, dressed in her pajamas, and had come out of her chamber to find me! On the other side, Moriarty also had to stop, no wonder she looked displeased from the start and didn’t do any further “verification” on me.

“I am not someone who casually goes back on my word. The agreement between you and me is about the content, not the number of times we fulfill it. As long as this agreement is still valid for us, no matter how uneven the ‘ number’ is, I won’t have any objections towards you. Hmph~ Are you embarrassed? Are you a virgin, O’Keefe~☆”

Virgin my ass!

No, is there really any need to bring up the issue of “virginity” in this matter!?

In the next moment, the queen winked at me and then came to my side.

“It seems there are still some barriers in our ‘relationship.’ I will have a good talk with you later. But before that…”

I realized: this woman’s smile is truly a “word,” not an action. Because… it can disappear completely from Louis IV’s face when it says so!

“Moriarty, you are the captain of the patrol team, aren’t you~? What strange things are you leading the way in doing?”

“Investigating, verifying. After all, Your Majesty, your actions this time are rather strange. Don’t you realize that?”

“Realize? Are you saying… my decision has left you unsatisfied? But this is my decision, Moriarty, aren’t you the one executing orders? Why would you feel unsatisfied? You… have never criticized my thoughts before.”

The topic between these two women has drifted so far that it is no longer suitable for me to interfere.

That said, I still sensed something was off, not to mention the atmosphere between Louis IV and Moriarty, which didn’t seem very harmonious.

Honestly, I don’t think this situation is “beneficial” for the queen. She indeed governs the Great Yng Empire, but… at the very least, she needs manpower to talk about governance.

Uncle Zerola before, and now Moriarty, the queen’s actions this time…

For some reason, it seems to me that she is starting to become a bit “irrational.”

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