Knocking While the Moon is Out

　　After Her Highness explained her plan, I established a firm stance on my plan. As such, I went to go back to announce the plan, but I heard a sound similar to my stomach rumbling due to hunger. I heard it, but Tang Ye, Second Brother and Su Xiao didn't look as though they heard it.

　　I concentrated to try and pick it up.

　　I heard the sound again.

　　'Wait. That's not the sound of hunger.'

　　I carefully a.n.a.lysed the sound. It sounded as though it came from Her Highness' direction, and it seemed to be a sound made by a human. Princess Hongzhuang was mimicking the sound of a stomach rumbling due to hunger using her mouth, and then delivering it to me via Voice Transmission!

　　I quickly went over to see her pull back her hands that she just used to a.s.sist in delivering the sound in a fl.u.s.tered fas.h.i.+on.

　　'You were too late! I saw you! I knew what you were just doing! You just used clasped your hands and mimicked the sound of your stomach rumbling, didn't you?!'

　　The Princess' white face was totally red, but she focused her gaze somewhere on the roof. She pouted her red lips and pretended she was whistling as a means of feigning innocence.

　　'…'

　　'Your whistling is silent! Su Xiao is right outside; there's no way you'd be whistling! You still think that whistling proves your innocence?!'

　　'She's pretending! The straight-laced Princess is doing her best to feign innocence, because she's shy!'

　　'You've got to be illegally cute!'

　　'You're about to give me a blood nose!!'

　　'You don't actually think that you're convincing, do you?! What was that sound that I just heard, then?! A cat that comes indoors at night doesn't make such a sound!'

　　Nevertheless, as I had basically figured out how awkward the Princess is, I took the initiative to inquire, "Your Highness… are you hungry?"

　　She couldn't cross her long legs, so she angled her beautiful legs. Add her imposing beautiful face, and we had the sight of her sitting square and rigidly. She faintly replied, "I'm all right."

　　'Oh really? I see.'

　　"Oh, I'll go back to chatting with them, then."

　　I took a step back and prepared to leave.

　　"Wait."

　　The Princess suddenly grabbed hold of my hand… let me correct myself there; she probably moulded seventy percent of her internal energy into her frantic grab! I suddenly felt an immense amount of strength you'd only encounter in a real fight clutch my wrist. Had I not been well-acquainted with her, I'd have mistaken her as an a.s.sa.s.sin! Moreover, if the outside world saw me shoulder such an immense amount of strength, it's absolutely certain that they'd be crying for their moms and dad.

　　I couldn't help, but face palm myself so that she couldn't see my expression. I pretended that it was extremely painful.

　　"Your Majesty, if you grab me so firmly, my hand will break."

　　"Umm…" The Princess looked at me with a bright and piercing gaze. Her tone remained calm as she asked, "Are you…. Not hungry?"