My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World

38 – Holidays in the Islands (3)

I haven’t experienced much, but according to my memories from my previous life, the real pleasure of festivals is snacking.

However, as long as you have the status of a prince, you cannot carelessly eat street food.

It can’t be helped that it feels a bit regretful.

I was walking while thinking about that.

“… Is it a mask?”

As I was looking around, I saw a shop selling crude masks.

Like the shop that sells the statue I visited earlier, there was a simple experience center where you could carve a mask yourself.

‘Wouldn’t it be perfectly normal if I wore a mask?’

I covered the most distinctive part with the magic tool, but if the problem is the face that no one can see as a commoner, it’s enough to cover even that face.

“Here it is, Sir.”

“Is it a mask?”

“Yeah, since it’s been a long time, something like this will be fine.”

Jejedo is a place with many things to see, so there are quite a lot of tourists.

So, even if it wasn’t a festival, I could see people walking around wearing masks.

Wouldn’t it look that awkward to use this.

“Welcome… uh….”

“Two people. Can you decorate your own mask over there?”

“Yes, yes!”

This is how everyone reacts when you show your face no matter which store you go to.

As expected, a mask seemed essential.

“Then sit down.”

I headed to the corner of the store with Priscilla.

“… So, what are you going to do this time?”

Priscilla stroked the side of my hair with an embarrassed expression.

Did you really think that you would even wear a mask with your own face?

‘Have you finally gone mad, witch….’

A man over 180 with a stocky physique walks around wearing a mask with a woman’s face on it?

If I were a member of the Outer Wall Guard, I’d probably arrest you right away.

“It is the sun.”

“Ah….”

Priscilla responded with a little regret.

But she must have come to the same conclusion as I had in no time. She covered her mouth and started giggling.

Have you even got wind in your lungs?

Laugh to your heart’s content even now.

The roles will change sooner or later.

hahahahaha!

“I will do it with this.”

I chose a mask with white paint in the most acceptable form.

Of course, since it was summer, it would be hot to cover the entire face, so the lower part was a mask that could not be covered.

Priscilla followed me and chose a slightly smaller mask for women.

It was an impressive mask with two pointed triangles protruding, perhaps representing fox ears.

Priscilla stared at the fox mask for a long time, then she gave her a small nod as if she was determined to do something.

Judging from the fact that he is paying attention to the yellow paint, he must be trying to draw even the most familiar freesia.

I glanced sideways at Priscilla, then turned my gaze to the mask in my hand.

As long as it’s something you have to wear for at least half a day, it’s okay to put a little effort into it.

Sure.

After checking the texture and curve of the mask, the condition of the paint and brush, I slowly picked up the brush.

The sound disappeared from the surroundings before I knew it.

……

…

“Whoa.”

Perhaps thanks to being abused by the acting knight commander and Martin, his concentration has improved to an incomparable level.

I never thought I would put so much effort into a mask that I would wear for only half a day.

Are you quite satisfied?

As I was thinking that, I felt a gaze from the front.

Shashak.

Priscilla looked rather embarrassed and hid the mask she was holding behind her back.

She is a guy who draws such unique paintings even on a flat canvas.

Painting on a curved mask must have produced a more unique result.

“Go when you’re done.”

As I said that and tried to stand up from her seat, Priscilla began to look around her in confusion.

She then reached out for a mask that the owner of the shop appeared to have made.

In that moment, I snatched the mask hidden behind Priscilla’s back.

“Ah!”

It was difficult to describe the mask Priscilla created in one word, but if I had to put it in one word, it felt like this.

“… Avant-garde.”

No one can understand the artistry of this mask, at least in the current system.

This is especially true for commoners who live against art.

“….”

Kook.

Priscilla grabbed the hem of her skirt with both her hands and shuddered in her.

I didn’t know what avant-garde meant, but I felt like I understood the nuances in it.

Shouldn’t you have done that in moderation, witch?

If you hadn’t destroyed my Mudman Ver. Caring….

“Ha ha ha ha!”

Oh, dear.

Stop it without me noticing.

Priscilla pursed her lips in a slightly pouting expression.

Anyway, this mask was an expression of stubbornness that I would not wear even if I woke up from death.

“Wait a minute.”

It didn’t seem too difficult to save this mask as it was the yellow paint she used.

Sun, flower, yellow.

Aren’t there the right flowers to fix this avant-garde mask?

I sat back down and took the brush in my hand.

While I was having a snowball fight with the mask, Priscilla moved behind me and poked her head over my shoulder.

“Wow….”

Judging from the occasional flow of unrestrained admiration, the process of an avant-garde mask changing in an instant seemed very miraculous.

‘Something magical… !’

I dressed up like a commoner, and then I became a commoner from the village!

I felt dizzy, whether it was because of the sense of distance that I could touch if I just slightly turned my head, or because of the hot summer weather.

“… It’s hot, Sir.”

“Oh, sorry.”

That was the best I could do.

Even after saying that, Priscilla continued to stick her head in, as if the miracle that was happening at my hands was so amazing.

It was a more embarrassing time to ignore the constant feeling of being popular than to draw a picture on a mask.

***

“Are you cool?”

When I handed Priscilla a mask with sunflowers on it, I was half exhausted.

So I asked her to sit down in her chair and take a break, but Priscilla left a message to wait and left, bringing a small fan from somewhere.

Then, sitting on a chair, she fanned me as she bowed her head.

It’s a situation where the expression of simply giving a bottle and giving medicine fits perfectly, witch….

“Yes, cool.”

Still, I was sweating a little, so I felt like drinking something cool.

I also made a mask, so there should be no problem using this.

“I am thirsty.”

After saying that, I slowly walked away holding Priscilla’s hand.

Priscilla carefully fanned her in my face as we walked.

“It has been done. It’s crazy.”

It was more annoying to look at the people around me with a happy expression than the slight heat.

“That would be enough.”

After leaving the Street of Artists, a shop selling drinks that looked pretty cool caught my eye.

“Then shall we go?”

As I said that, I slightly pulled Priscilla’s hand, which was about to pull mine.

“Max?”

“Wait a minute.”

Even the escort knights, who can prepare for any eventuality, cannot stop food entering the body.

So the escort knights will try to check safety with their own bodies.

Yes, there he is.

It looks like they’re pretending to be commoners, but the difference in physique is so great that people who don’t look like commoners lined up.

There were three of them.

“That… Max?”

“Stop. Defend their honor.”

“Ah, yes….”

Wouldn’t the sight of three tough-looking bodybuilders standing in line at a cotton candy store similar to that one?

It seems that he was preoccupied with securing safety and did not even think about what kind of impression he would give to those around him.

Was done.

Looking at that strong work spirit, I’ll make it a Buddhist text.

Since I was suddenly summoned and took on the job due to my whim, I guess I didn’t come up with a plan to deal with this situation because I was running out of time.

“Did we feel that way too?”

Priscilla said that and ran her hand through the mask on her face.

“It should have been similar.”

In the first place, aren’t we commoners from the way we talk?

“Still, I don’t think it’s to that extent.”

It was pitiful to see the shopkeeper getting scared and trembling and unable to even take orders.

The bewildered escort driver looked at me, then turned his head away in surprise when his eyes met.

It was the kind of look that a battalion commander who had an accident while out on an operation would show when he met the eyes of the division commander.

“Let’s go, Sir.”

“Max?”

I don’t think I’ll be able to drink in that state no matter how long it passes.

“Do you take orders, sir?”

The shop owner, who was bewildered and silently clamoring for help, looked this way.

“Welcome!!!”

The shop owner welcomed us with a voice as if he was screaming.

Perhaps he was expecting a suspicious guard to come to the scene.

I moved my hand behind his back so the shopkeeper couldn’t see it, and stirred it lightly.

After confirming the gesture, the escort knights hesitated for a moment, then slowly dispersed to the streets.

“Hey, here you go… !”

Perhaps because the case was resolved without any problems, the shop owner handed us a drink with a visibly relieved expression.

“Thank you.”

I paid the shopkeeper and sat down on a chair near the shop.

And then, without much hesitation, he swallowed the drink from the cup.

“Max… !”

Priscilla, who was about to drink from the cup before me, panicked and tried to stop me.

I shook her hand to tell Priscilla that she was okay.

“Huh, there are surprisingly many things to enjoy.”

“Yes, really….”

Priscilla looked at the people walking the streets of the island with a joyful expression.

I followed her gaze and looked around.

‘If this is an art, then it must be art.’

Although there is some solicitation in Artists’ Street, the overall feeling was that the intention was to hope that visitors would be interested in art.

There didn’t seem to be any places that were overcharged like that, and overall the streets were kept tidy.

Since all the visitors are enjoying the holiday with a warm expression, the town itself that created this scene can be said to be a work of art.

As she thought about it, she was looking around her to find Priscilla, with her drink in her hand, looking all around her very busily.

It was a gesture worthy of a commoner who came from the countryside.

“Don’t be so annoying. Isn’t today the only day?”

Holiday is not about digesting as many schedules as possible, like accomplishing challenges.

It is to look around here and there with a little bit of a relaxed mind and gain peace of mind.

“Yes… !”

Only then did Priscilla stop her frenetic gaze and show her gentle smile.

We drank that cool tea and strolled through the streets of the island without a specific purpose.

She fell in love with a poor artist performing on the street, mingled with the people around her and danced lightly while humming to the sudden sound of singing.

But good times always go by fast.

The sun, which seemed to stay up forever, slowly started to tilt westward.

Priscilla let out a small sigh as she watched the setting sun, perhaps regretting that.

This is probably the last holiday in the islands.

But it was still a bit early to wrap up today.

“Follow me. I have one last place to stop by.”

“Where to stop?”

“From now on, I will attend the auction house owned by Viscount Carvery.”

“An auction house?”

“Yes.”

Viscount Carvery is one of the upstart aristocrats who have been so deeply involved with Dior’s maternal side that they have not yet stepped out.

He’s the guy I’ll eat off from now on.

‘Don’t be too resentful, Viscount Carvery.’

So you should have attached to me sooner.

Now, it’s time to go back to Maximilian, the idiot of the Dragon Hall, not the commoner Max or the Crown Prince Maximilian… !