As a villain, I really don't want to be pursued by the heroine.

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"That's pretty cool too. I've never been on a safari before... Oh, and this strawberry cake is pretty good too, right?"

"Huh? Wow, it's good." Charlotte realized that the other person hadn't finished one piece, but she had unknowingly finished two. She put down her knife and fork a little embarrassedly and explained stiffly, "I didn't have time to eat on the way here, so I'm a little hungry."

"If Your Highness likes it, I'll have someone send the recipe to you later." Roy paused, suppressed his smile, turned to Charlotte, and pointed to the corner of his lips.

Charlotte touched her lips blankly and found that there was cream on the corner of her lips. Her cheeks felt hot and she quickly looked for her handkerchief. Then she remembered that the handkerchief was on Lisa and was a little at a loss for a moment.

A clean white handkerchief was promptly handed to Charlotte: "Here, I haven't used it yet."

Charlotte hesitated for a moment before taking the handkerchief, wiping the cream from the corners of her mouth, and returning it.

"Thank you."

Seeing Roy looking at her with a smile on his face, she felt inexplicably embarrassed.

"What's so good about it? Everyone gets their lips dirty sometimes, right?" the red-haired princess complained.

"But not everyone is as cute as Your Highness."

"Woo!"

Charlotte took a deep breath and countered, "...I never thought a man from the Iron-Blooded Marquisate could be so smooth-talking."

"I'm just speaking the truth. Your Highness is truly adorable, and it's actually difficult for me to speak against my conscience."

"......snort."

Charlotte felt her face getting even hotter.

wrong.

No, no, no!

This expansion...

How did it become a serious blind date?!

I'm not mentally prepared yet!

Charlotte was really a little panicked.

This guy has no points deducted at all!

Her appearance and family background are impeccable, and her etiquette and thoughtfulness are also very good.

The most important thing is that he is neither as humble and fawning as a bootlicker, nor as greasy as a common man.

Charlotte couldn't hate this kind of polite and neither humble nor arrogant attitude.

However, over the years, negative comments about Roy have been deeply rooted in Charlotte's heart.

The Roy she knew was a rude, uneducated, lustful and mean-spirited scum who drooled at women at the ball and was so despicable in private that he bullied his own maid.

But the Roy in front of him was completely different!

Was the rumor wrong, and Roy was wrongly accused... or was he just acting, being manipulated by the other party's superb acting skills?!

No matter how confident she was in her own judgment, Charlotte couldn't draw a conclusion for a moment when she recalled all the bad comments about Roy.

She wanted to know the truth.

Even if all this was just a beautiful dream, Charlotte still didn't want to lie to herself.

She raised her head, looked straight at Roy, and said seriously, "I'm suddenly curious. Roy Ironblad, why are you completely different from the rumors?"

Seeing that the little princess, who was originally chatting happily, suddenly stopped smiling, Roy's expression changed slightly.

This topic cannot be avoided after all.

Chapter 17 The Master is a Good Man

"You are completely different from what is rumored. Are those rumors just rumors?"

Charlotte stared at him, full of confusion.

That was clearly a look of scrutiny on his face!

Roy sighed inwardly, his impromptu preparations were no match for the negative rumors about the young villain Roy that had been circulating for over a decade.

Unlike Alice, who is as pure as a blank sheet of paper, and her father who has feelings for her, without the filter of her master and the bonus of family affection, Charlotte could not accept her new face so quickly.

To the little princess, her current behavior was too contradictory to the rumors she was familiar with.

It's impossible to win the favor of the little princess by just going on a blind date——

However, Roy's purpose was simply to not offend her!

Don't seek to achieve anything, but seek to avoid making any mistakes and minimize the damage.

As long as the little princess has no hostility towards me, it will be considered a success!

So, Roy straightened up, met Charlotte's scrutinizing gaze head-on, and responded with a faint self-deprecating remark.

"Those rumors are true."

"!"

Charlotte shuddered all over, and recalled all the bad comments for a moment. She felt that everything was so magical, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings.

She murmured in disbelief: "Is this all true?"

Roy nodded and sighed deeply, "That's right, I've never been a gentleman."

"I have a despicable character, I'm uneducated and unskillful, and I'm a complete, complete, good-for-nothing, useless young villain from beginning to end!"

"But, you clearly..." Charlotte clenched her slender palms, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

The more Roy admitted, the more she felt that all this was so incongruous and unacceptable!

Charlotte became emotional, raised her voice, and glared at Roy: "Mr. Ironblood, if you are really the evil young man rumored, then what is going on today? Are you just fooling me on a whim?!"

"of course not."

"Of course I know I'm not worthy of you."

Roy looked back at the girl glaring at him and gave a lonely, bitter smile.

Looking at the boy's affectionate face filled with melancholy and sadness, Charlotte's heart suddenly twitched, and her momentum softened for a moment.

"I know that I have mediocre talents, despicable character, and even my status is far from being worthy of His Highness. I am so humble that I am not worthy of His Highness."

"But even so, I don't want to give up the opportunity to be alone with His Highness. Like a tiny moth, even knowing it will be consumed by a dazzling flame, it instinctively wants to chase after it. This may be the only time in my life that I can sit face to face with His Highness as equals."

Roy's affectionate words brought Charlotte an unprecedented shock.

Charlotte has never been short of people expressing their love and admiration.

But only Roy openly admitted that he was not worthy.

Just like the protagonist in a chivalric novel.

Although he deeply loves the princess, he is willing to turn around and leave for the happiness of his beloved, and just silently bless the princess and the prince in the corner.

Charlotte has always liked this kind of story. She secretly cried for the knight countless times and was moved by his true feelings.

However, when it really came to this moment, she realized that she had never considered how much pain the knight was in.

"So, let's stop here. Your Highness is willing to give me this opportunity, and I am satisfied."

After he finished speaking, Roy stood up and turned away silently.

"Wait......"

Charlotte stretched out her hand in vain, but it felt like something was stuck in her throat. She could only watch Roy's figure disappear in the dim twilight.

Charlotte, who always leaves first, never thought that the man would take the initiative to leave.

I never thought that this moment would be so empty and lonely.

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While Charlotte and Roy were on a blind date, the maids were busy with their own things.

The maids ask each other about their masters, which is also a part of the blind date.

Compared to the exaggerated praise from parents and relatives, the evaluations of these servants are often more truthful.

In a corner of the courtyard, Lisa met Roy's personal maid Alice.

"Good afternoon. Please feel free to ask me anything regarding the master."

Her short platinum hair with twin ponytails as soft as the morning light, her light blue eyes as clear as a mountain lake, her skirt-lifting gesture was elegant and flawless. Apart from her delicate face with no expression, she was almost a perfect maid!

Lisa could now understand why someone would spend so much money on this child.

"Little Alice, I really have a few questions to ask you." Lisa acted like an older sister and started the conversation.

Of course, I can't just ask Roy how he is doing. I have to ask him indirectly to be in line with etiquette.

You have to know that the servants' performance will be reported to the master, and Lisa doesn't want to embarrass Charlotte.

"Will it be hard to work in the Marquis's Mansion?"

"will not."

Lisa looked at the blonde girl in front of her kindly, waiting for her to introduce the daily work of the Marquis's Mansion.

However, Alice stared at her blankly like a puppet with a broken spring, without even blinking.

An awkward atmosphere settled between the two maids.

"Um, I mean, what do you usually do for that young master?"

Do something - these four short words contain a lot of knowledge.

The subtext of this sentence is actually asking about the daily life of the personal maid and her master.

Some maids would serve as knights and accompany their masters on their campaigns, while others would help with paperwork. A maid was a close relative of her master, and the tasks she performed revealed a great deal about her master's values and lifestyle.

However, Alice's words left Lisa stunned.

"A maid's job."

Lisa's mouth twitched.

This child doesn't look very smart.

It seems I have to ask more directly.

"Little Alice, actually I want to ask, what kind of person is your master?"

"Good man!" Alice blurted out.

Lisa almost fell down on the spot.

But the little blonde maid blinked and didn't think anything was wrong.

Roy had told her to answer everything truthfully, and she was clearly telling the truth.

"Oh, I want to ask, your master, um..." Lisa was extremely conflicted.

Will your master beat you, scold you, and do dirty things to you at night!