Volume 2 - CH 82

It’s been a week since she opened this ice cream shop.

At last, Campbellina’s long-awaited guest has arrived. The white falcon, Falkert Raltoze.

She had been waiting for him to come to the shop since the first day it opened.

The shop is run by the manager and employees on their own, so the standby was just too much free time, but it was worth the hard work and endurance.

Even still, she was surprised that he came along with an unwanted black mouse, and she clicked her tongue.

She was able to pull it off safely, though, so, well, no problem.

She would reward that employee who followed orders and worked well in dropping the tray. It was quite shameful, though, that he was looking so blue in the face when he was dealing with a mere black mouse.

(There are no more obstacles. Come on, Mr. Shirotaka. Please spend a wonderful time with me.)

Shaking her voluminous, fluffy dress, Campbellina walked over to Shirotaka.

He had been moved from the seat where the glass was dropped and is now sitting in the best seat in the shop. It is a glamorous table, decorated with beautiful candelabras and a lavishly embroidered tablecloth.

It is truly the perfect space for a “Prince”.

If he had taken the form of his original appearance, it would have made him look more atmospheric… but unfortunately, he has a somber appearance with brown hair. But he still looks handsome, so she is fine with that.

Moving to Shirotaka’s side, Campbellina curtsied and greeted him.

“Good evening, Mr. Raltoze. I don’t know if you remember me… it’s been a long time. My name is Campbellina Desmond. I’ve been looking forward to your visit. There’s something I’d like to talk to you about. May I join you?”

While bowing and saying hello, she fluttered her eyelashes in an upturned gaze.

She had my makeup and dress prepared every day so that she would be ready for him whenever he came to the shop.

The dress, of course, is designed in the style most favored by gentlemen. It is a design that generously shows off a lady’s ample bosom.

No man’s heart would not be shaken by the sight of her bosom, her dainty appearance, and the heat in her eyes. It was supposed to be, but Shirotaka gave a nonchalant reply.

“I am sorry, but this seat is for my companion. It is not your place, so I decline.”

“… That companion has left you and gone somewhere, hasn’t she? While you’re waiting for her to come back, I’ll accompany you to chat, so please…”

“First of all, I have nothing to discuss with you. Please withdraw.”

“. . .”

Camberina clenched teeth in a grimace.

Shirotaka only looked into Campbellina’s eyes with an indifferent expression. His eyes did not even wander down to her pale bosom that was about to spill out from her dress.

She thought he would be an easy catch since she had fooled Alme into leaving, but he was not biting at all. She was getting impatient.

She can’t let this opportunity that has finally presented itself pass her by. She had to get his attention somehow.

By making full use of the experience of secret play with gentlemen up to now, she made a pouting expression that arouses the man’s desire to protect.

“… Please don’t say something cold… By any chance, are you blaming me for my mistake at the bank previously? … I have already changed my ways and am living a new life … please forgive me.”

“Have you changed your ways? Is this shop harassing Miss Alme?”

“That’s not true.”

Campbellina replied firmly to Shirotaka’s indifferent words. She turned her watery eyes and continued.

“This shop wasn’t made for the black mouse…it has nothing to do with her. This ice cream shop was made for you.”

“…for me? What do you mean?”

Shirotaka narrowed his eyes slightly. Until now, he had been talking with a disinterested expression, but for the first time he was moved.

Finally, his attitude changed and he was willing to listen to what she had to say.

Campbellina began to speak, not wanting to miss this opportunity. She was conscious of her lovely, bell-tinkling voice, which the gents loved.

“I heard a rumor that Mr. Raltoze likes ice cream. But “Alme Titty’s Ice Cream Shop” is a shop for the common people. That’s why I created a proper shop that a nobleman like you would visit. A wonderful shop that you can enjoy from the bottom of your heart. I created an ice cream shop worthy of welcoming a prince, with all my love.”

As she spoke in a sweet voice, Shirotaka’s expression changed. His eyes, which had been narrowed, widened in surprise.

Thinking of one man single-mindedly, and doing her best. Gentlemen are weak against such a single-minded woman. It seems that she was able to sway Shirotaka’s heart as well. The heart of love and service that created the shop was conveyed.

Campbellina made the loveliest expression possible and spun the words to tie the knot.

Passionate words of love for Shirotaka.

“I, Campbellina Desmond, adore you. I have created this shop to share this passion with you. For you, I will make any kind of ice cream you want. I love you with all my heart. Please, please, Mr. Raltoze, take me into your arms…”

Will he please take me away? Before she could finish her confession, Campbellina stopped speaking.

The air surrounding Shirotaka turned into something frighteningly cold. The sharpness of his gaze is like a bird of prey at the moment before the kill.

(Ah, that…? Did I make a mistake…?)

The excitement that had been building up began to quickly descend.

“I see. Thank you for telling me about the situation. I’m terribly disappointed. Both in myself and you…. If you’re done talking, please leave now.”

“Eh, uh… Um, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to offend you in any way…”

“Everything has offended me. Back off.”

He said it as though spitting out words that left a bad taste in his mouth.

Shirotaka’s cold eyes and voice. No, she didn’t want something like this. What she wanted was a warm gaze and a sweet voice.

Didn’t he act in the way at the bank to Alme? She even created a much better ice cream shop. Why doesn’t he show her even a shred of feeling like he had given to Alme?

She is frustrated and angry.

Letting go of the feelings that were rising inside her, Campbellina took Shirotaka’s arm.

She held his arm gingerly with both hands and leaned in close. She pressed her bosom against his arm, and burst into tears.

“Please wait, I just need to tell you a few more things…! I want to dedicate my true love to you. With that strong feeling and resolution, I parted with my fiancé…! Please, even if it’s just for one night’s play with me!”

“How vulgar, let go of me!”

Shirotaka stood up and his chair fell back with a thud.

Campbellina’s screaming voice and the clanging of the chair began to attract the attention of the surrounding guests.

She clung on to Shirotaka without caring. When this happens, she had no choice but to cry. Tears spilled out, and she insisted.

“Please, please have pity on me! I love you! I love you so much, why don’t you look at me!? I would give my body, my heart, my everything to you! Please, please, please seek me out!”

“I don’t need you to force your feelings on me! I don’t want any of it!”

“Oh, no! Then what should I do!? How can I make you want me? I will try to make up for what I lack! What do you want from me, Mr. Raltoze? Please tell me!”

“Enough! All I want is Miss Alme! I don’t want anything else but her…”

Campbellina cried while clinging to Shirotaka, and he was irritatingly trying to tear her off of him.

In the midst of this agony, another voice suddenly interrupted.

“What? Me?”

Alme had returned from the ladies room and was walking close by. She made a strange voice that turned inside out.

At that moment, Shirotaka froze as if he had turned into a stone statue. He turned his face toward Alme and opened his eyes so wide his eyeballs might pop out.

Campbellina looked up at Shirotaka’s face, which had stopped moving. He was sweating, his face red in an instant.

Even though he had a cold face until just now. Even when she spoke passionate words of love, and when she cried and clung to him, his complexion did not change.

Does this woman sway his heart like this…?

Even if she didn’t like it, she has been reminded.

Shirotaka and the black mouse weren’t in a relationship of light play. That day at the bank, the friendly flirting between the two was due to genuine love…

Shirotaka no longer looked at Campbellina clinging to him. All of his attention was directed towards Alme.

In an instant, she felt like she had been thrown offstage.

Campbellina thought hard, distorting her tear-stained face even more.