Princess and her knight(Overlord AU)

[A day later]

Lakyus walked through the halls of the mansion that belonged to a generous noble that Renner had managed to somehow convince to not only house them but also have the noble leave his own residence.

Lakyus doesn't know how she did it but she figured with how corrupt the nobles were, a little blackmail goes a long way.

Of course the adventurer's mind wasn't clouded by such trivial things, instead she was plagued by guilt that no visits to the temple could absolve her off.

As she walked, her steps careful and steady, but her gait unsure and anxious, she couldn't help but think about Arthur. When she had first heard that he was participating in the war against Baharuth, she was sure he would come back so she did not worry about him however she did regret not speaking to him before he left.

Her brows creased as the feeling of guilt churned in her stomach, what did she need to speak to him for? She wasn't his lover, only a friend so there was no need to send him off.

Despite thinking that she still couldn't help but regret that she hadn't spoken to him, what if he had died? What would she have done?

Fortunately he did come back, although that did make her a bit mad that she had to hear about that from Edstrom and he did not say it to her himself.

'No'

She denied, once again reminding herself that she and him were not lovers, he owed her no explanation, yet despite her thoughts, her heart felt a slight anger at him, she wanted to send him off and welcome him back.

Her emotions were contradicting each other at every turn, she wanted to deny her feelings for him, yet at the same time she couldn't help but want him at the same time and that is where her guilt comes from.

How could she pine for a man that already belonged to her friend, especially since Renner had even asked her if she had feelings for Arthur and she denied, so she had no right to go back and tell her that she now had feelings for Arthur.

Her steps halted, she had wanted to confess to Renner, tell her about her feelings , tell her that she wants Arthur to hold her gently like a delicate maiden, to kiss her softly with affection and love, she wanted to sleep in his bed and do lewd things like hand holding.

Her face blushed at the thought, she shook her head clearing her thoughts, she was a holy maiden, she can't be having such indecent thoughts.

"But still…"

She whispered to herself, regardless of whether she was a holy maiden or not, her feelings were her feelings and she recognises that she can't keep them bottled up forever plus they'll be a distraction.

There's a civil war going on and she can't be distracted at such a critical time.

"I should have discussed this with Evileye"

She said, The magic caster had seen that there was a problem and asked about it but Lakyus simply said nothing to her, and now here she was completely unsure of what to do.

Not telling Renner about her feelings for Arthur would be a betrayal, how can she keep something like this from the princess but at the same time, telling her may end the friendship and potentially ruin Arthur's relationship with Renner.

It also didn't help that she was unsure If Arthur even liked her back, she does recall that time in the carriage back from carne Village, he said he could be more than a friend so maybe he's interested in her, Evileye even scolded Arthur for flirting.

"This is difficult"

She told herself as she leaned on her back against the wall, it made zero sense, she's faced countless monsters in battle yet for some reason she's afraid of telling the truth.

"What's difficult?"

Her body jolted up in surprise as she recognized the voice that asked, she turned and their eyes met.

His emerald eyes shone with the brilliance of a shining crystal, his face handsome, he displayed a smile that caused a blush to appear on her face as she quickly denied everything.

"Nothing's difficult, I-I didn't say anything"

She said whilst looking away at him and she heard him softly chuckle at her words.

"Don't worry Lakyus, it just me, you can relax"

He said stepping forward, he figured she must have been being her chunni self and role playing, plus she had her back against the wall and was probably pretending to be some cool brooding character.

"Anyway, I've been meaning to see you"

He said, his voice tickling her ears in a pleasant way and She wanted to respond but couldn't as her words got stuck in her throat so she only gave him a sideways nod.

"You've always been cute, when blushing"

He said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her close and she wanted to resist but found herself giving in and letting it happen, her body was not doing as he wanted.

"D‐don't say that"

She said weakly almost as if she didn't believe her own admonish words. Her heart was pounding in her chest, and small feelings of elation bubbled within the pits of her stomach. She did not want to be happy about his words after all being called cute doesn't mean anything but she couldn't help it. Her face flushed a clearer shade of pink.

"Why not? It's true"

It was here that Arthur began to feel like a piece of shit, barely a day ago, he had made his relationship with Renner and a few hours ago he managed to make it hard for her to walk again but here he was trying to get another woman.

It was greedy, it was selfish and It was thoughtless, he knew that but he couldn't help–no, that would be a lie, it's not that he couldn't help himself he wanted this and he didn't want to stop.

The only regret was that he wasn't honest with Renner from the start.

"What about Renner?"

She asked while her head was still turned away, Arthur grabbed her chin and turned her head towards him and Lakyus offered no resistance.

They once again locked eyes, and her stomach fluttered as they were now closer than before.

"Lakyus don't worry, we'll talk to Renner and explain I'm sure she'll understand"

He rubbed his thumb over her pink lips and she looked at him with the longing eyes of a maiden in love.

'Wow, I can't believe I'm doing this

He thought to himself, feeling the pit of his stomach churned, he hated NTR by all accounts, it didn't matter if it netori or whatever, they were all the same thing, so he isn't going to cheat on Renner by kissing Lakyus, no matter how much he wants to.

"She will?"

She asked, not really doubting his words but simply looking for reassurance, it would be so much easier if Renner simply did understand and didn't make a fuss over this.

"Yes, lets just go tell her"

He said and she tried to pull her hand away from his grasp, hesitating to let Renner know about this, however she decided to go through with it, it was obvious that Arthur liked her too, they just had to explain it to Renner, and she would understand right?

Certainly, the princess was a reasonable and logical individual, surely she would allow her lover to have another woman, Lakyus wasn't being delusional for hoping this to be true.

Arthur on the other hand couldn't help but be nervous, he had done nothing to curb Renner Yandere potential as such this has a chance of going sideways pretty fast and he was quite certain the typical excuse of "I can't handle him alone, in the bed" wouldn't work.

'It's fine, she's smart, she won't do anything unreasonable and I just have to control the situation so things don't get out of hand."

He thought, trying to convince himself as he held her hand and walked towards the room Renner would be located in

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A/N: a little shorter than usual sorry about that.

Also does this feel a bit rushed? It feels bit rushed to me.

Also I'm like 5 chapters ahead in patreon and this will be ending in like 3-4 chapters so you guys have 8-9 chapters left.

Also I'm ending this fic mostly because because I'm tired and bored of this fic and I don't want to go on a hiatus and then just never comeback giving you guys false hope.

So that means even though it's ending there might be some updates every few months or so depending if I'm in the mood to write it.

But once this is over I have two fanfic you can check out one being

[Invincible:Osmosian]

And the other

[A different muzan (Demon Slayer modern Au)] it's demon slayer set in the modern day.