Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner (Light Novel): Volume 2 (eBook)

Kooriame (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Heart (Verlag)
978-1-7183-0572-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Everything comes to a head as Fii prepares to face the shadowy prophet 'El' in a final showdown, but nothing is ever straightforward in the world of Lady Rose. Who is 'El' really, and why does literally everyone around our heroine seem so fixated on Fii being the queen? Can't a girl just bake bread in peace? But if she wants to change her fate, Fii must first confront her own ignorance-seeing both herself and the people around her as they really are.

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Everything comes to a head as Fii prepares to face the shadowy prophet "e;El"e; in a final showdown, but nothing is ever straightforward in the world of Lady Rose. Who is "e;El"e; really, and why does literally everyone around our heroine seem so fixated on Fii being the queen? Can't a girl just bake bread in peace? But if she wants to change her fate, Fii must first confront her own ignorance-seeing both herself and the people around her as they really are.

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Chapter 1

“I thought you might be behind this. The flourishes in your handwriting felt vaguely familiar. But I really hoped it wasn’t you, Shade,” I said, glaring.

I recognized my adoptive younger brother’s face instantly—obviously, since we’d been living under the same roof until just a few months ago. I certainly hadn’t hoped to see him again here, and I’m sorry to say that our reunion was not at all a happy one.

Shade looked back at me, his face frozen into an affectless mask, but I could see a trace of delight in his eyes.

***

Let me give you a quick rundown of what’s happened so far.

A letter had been left on my doorstep early this morning, most likely by the ringleader of this whole mess, El. I remembered the address it’d invited me to as I was chasing after Lily’s kidnapper, which led me to this mansion. As soon as I set foot inside, I found myself face-to-face with Prince Seth again for the first time in a long time. And once we’d ascended the staircase, whom should I happen to find but my adoptive younger brother, Shade, sitting comfortably on a sofa?

It was still too early to say if this meant that Shade was El. But judging by how at ease he looked, it seemed pretty safe to assume that he had something to do with Lily’s kidnapping.

I’d really hoped that I wouldn’t see him here, though. I mean, Shade is an obsessive little creep with a canonical penchant for locking away the main character for good. The last thing I wanted to do was make an enemy of him.

“Shade Schwarose? I can’t possibly imagine what reason you would have to kidnap Liliana, much less to summon me here. But—”

“Ah... A moment please, Your Highness,” Shade interrupted, noticing that Seth was readying to unsheathe the sword at his waist. His tone was cool and composed.

“I won’t object to a verbal or physical joust—I’ll fight you to the death, if you like—but I only cooperated with Lady Liliana’s kidnapper because I have business with my sister. Shouldn’t your priority be to go after the mastermind or to track down Lady Liliana?”

Apparently, he really didn’t have any business with Seth, because he pointed at the staircase and jerked his head in its direction as if to say, Well? Hurry up and get going. His black bangs fell over his eyes.

It made a lot more sense to me that someone else was behind all of this. It was hard to pinpoint why Shade would go to all this trouble to kidnap Lady Liliana and bait us out here. I was still pretty certain El was responsible, but I wasn’t any closer to an actual idea of who they were.

“I’ll get the whole story from you later, but know that cooperating with this ‘mastermind’ implicates you in their crimes. I hope you’re prepared to accept the consequences,” said Seth.

“I know what I’m getting into,” replied Shade. “But don’t you have something more important to be doing? You’d better get going. It seems to me that Lady Liliana lost her wits before I or my partner in crime even laid a finger on her.”

What Shade was suggesting only made me even more worried for Lily, but I knew I couldn’t just leave him here and go off looking for her. This was partly because I felt like I needed to keep him in line...but also I couldn’t ascend to the next floor before I’d figured out why he’d done this. It didn’t matter that he wasn’t my brother by blood—in this life, he was still my little brother.

I was fully prepared to stay, but I knew that Seth probably wasn’t. His priority was saving Lily, after all. This wasn’t the time for him to be getting caught up in other affairs. And as much as his royal title necessitated his own protection, he was much more capable in combat than I was. The logical choice was for him to go ahead of me.

It seemed like we were on the same page, but I could tell that he was having some doubts about leaving me here alone. Frustration was written all over his face.

I looked him in the eye and gave him a meaningful nod, as if to say, Go. I’ll take care of Shade. I was hoping it would be the push he needed. As much as I hated him, he was my former fiancé, and fortunately it seemed we could still communicate without words. He gave me a defeated look in return and clucked his tongue.

“Yell if you need me. I’ll come running,” he said quietly.

Then he took off up the next staircase.

You know, if you weren’t always lording it over people, you’d actually make a pretty dashing prince, I thought. You’ve definitely got the face for it.

The way his beautiful golden hair shone in the light as I watched him from behind, he looked just like a real hero. A knight in shining armor, one might even say.

And if I’m in the hero’s party, then that kind of makes me a hero too, right? I’m not sure most people would buy that kind of thinking from a random commoner, but whatever...here we are.

Wait...hold up. Isn’t this like one of those clichéd scenes where the weak sidekick tells the hero to go on without them? Where they’re all “You go on ahead! Leave these guys to me!”? Why does it feel like I’m just foreshadowing my own death here?

“Well, then... Now that there’s no one to get in our way...” Shade began ominously.

I was lost in my RPG fantasy world, but Shade didn’t know that. He got up from the sofa and took several smooth steps toward me, looking as refined as ever.

“It’s been a while, sister dearest.”

The way he said that was so casual, it almost felt like it really was just a coincidence that we’d met here again. As usual, the boy was too stone-faced and monotone to read. It was exactly the same greeting he’d given me when he’d last paid me a visit.

I was a little pissed off that he was acting so casually, under the circumstances, but I put those feelings aside. I took in a deep breath, trying to keep my composure, and braced myself before giving Shade a stern look.

“I don’t understand why you felt you had to go to these lengths just to talk to me,” I said.

“Don’t pretend that’s the problem.”

I was floored by his quick rebuttal—and confused. I had no idea what he meant by that.

I gave him a puzzled look. The look he gave in return made me feel like he could see right through me.

“It’s not that you don’t understand. The problem is simply that you don’t even try. Even from the very beginning, you’ve always avoided me. You’ve never made any attempt to understand me. Isn’t that right?”

After a long pause, I replied, “I don’t know what I could have done to give you that idea, but no, that isn’t right.”

“Ah ha ha!”

My eyes widened as Shade burst out laughing. I couldn’t believe my ears.

He’s laughing? Out loud? That’s weird... Shade always smiles slightly in that classic way that creepy, obsessive characters do, but he never lets his inhibitions go enough to laugh or cry. The only time he does that is in his route’s good ending in the game. Basically, he has to resolve all his emotional hang-ups before he can actually express himself.

So why is he able to laugh like this now? Is it because of something El’s done?

“You never change, do you?”

As the smile suddenly fell from his face, I found myself feeling a bit shaken. But I knew I couldn’t let him dictate where this conversation was going, so I steadied myself emotionally and refocused.

“Never mind me. Do you really understand the gravity of what you’ve done, Shade?”

“Are you upset?”

“Do you even have to ask? Of course I am.”

“Ah ha ha!”

Despite the serious nature of our conversation, Shade burst into a laugh again.

I felt another rush of anger swell up inside of me. This time I couldn’t just push it down. I kicked the floor with all the force I could muster. The sound echoed throughout the hall, as if piercing the air.

“Hey, do you think you could not laugh in my face? I’m on the verge of getting seriously angry here.”

“But that’s exactly why I’m doing this, sister dearest—to make you angry.”

“What?” I blurted out.

You’re trying to piss me off on purpose?

“Hold on. You’re not trying to tell me that you did all of this just to rile me up because you hate me, are you?”

“Huh? What are you talking about? I love you, sister dearest,” Shade replied, eyes wide with shock.

“You what?!”

I couldn’t help raising my voice, my tone betraying the anger and confusion I felt at his response. I had absolutely no idea what was going on anymore.

Nothing about the way he’d been acting suggested that he loved me. How was I supposed to believe him? There had still been something redeemable about him back when I’d thrown that bread in his face and stopped his creepy behavior in its tracks, but he’d taken a dark turn since then.

When did he turn into such a twisted kid? Is it El’s fault? Is this all El’s fault?!

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.3.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner
• Illustrationen: Nami Hidaka
• Übersetzer: Caroline Winzenried
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Comedy • Isekai • Light Novel • Nobility • Otome Game • Reincarnation • reverse Harem
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-0572-9 / 1718305729
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-0572-4 / 9781718305724