"..."
*Did we somehow get the wrong script in this play?*
When Leon prepared to come and break off the engagement, he had mentally prepared himself in advance, imagining that the Princess might flatly refuse, impose harsh conditions, or even resort to threats and bribes.
But what he hadn't expected was that the Princess would choose to "reason" with him and even launch a confident and assertive pursuit...
Could this count as pursuit?
...
"I admit, if I had to make a choice right now, we... do seem quite suitable..."
As he was being cornered into the sofa by the ever-approaching Princess, Leon, who shrank back like a timid housewife, summoned the strength of his steely resolve to pull back his hand and continued to resist arduously,
"But I don't necessarily have to make a choice, at least not right now... Your Highness, you really are wonderful, but right now I still..."