Published at 11th of January 2021 04:02:03 PM
Chapter 101
“Nope . It’s nothing . Forget I said I anything,” I say throwing an awkward smile onto my face .
… . Wait . I’m kind of forgetting something a bit important here . Even though all we did was sleep, I’m still an unmarried woman and I’m sharing a room with a man . Alone . Isn’t that bad?
Though, at 13 I’m not sure if I would actually be thought of as an unmarried woman yet… .
Well, regardless, I really should be heading back now .
“Alicia~” I hear Gilles’s voice call from the other side of the door .
Oh, that’s right! Gilles should obviously be here in the Royal Palace as well if I’m here . Which also means that Henry-Oniisama should be here too, right?
The door slowly opens and Gilles pops his head into the room .
“Alicia? Are you in here?”
“I’m here,” I call, quickly jumping off the bed and heading over to the door .
Standing behind Gilles in the doorway is Henry-Oniisama . With him, that makes all of us . That means there’s nothing stopping us from very quickly heading home now!
“Duke, I’m coming in,” Henry-Oniisama states before pushing Gilles through the door in front of him and then stepping into the room himself .
No, Oniisama . That’s the wrong way! Don’t come in… . Let’s leave now . Why are you coming in?
“Don’t tell me you slept like that!?” Henry-Oniisama laughs incredulously while peering at Duke-Sama’s bare chest .
“Oh, Alicia! Here,” Gilles mumbles, showing me his outstretched palm . Laying on top of it is a single small tooth .
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I stare at it in astonishment for a moment, frozen . I wasn’t expecting to see that ever again .
“Good thing it was one of your back teeth,” Gilles notes laughing .
I really want to ask why he bothered to pick that up, but my voice won’t come out .
“I read this thing in a book once . That teeth get filled with memories,” Gilles continues . He must have seen the question in my eyes and decided to explain for me .
Certainly, I can remember reading something to that effect a long time ago . Because they carry memories, the book said it was important to take good care of your teeth .
“Do you want it?” Gilles asks me excitedly .
“No, I’m good,” I tell him honestly, and his face lights up even more .
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“Then… . can I have it?”
“Um, sure . But… . . it’s just a tooth, you know?” I say looking at him with a puzzled expression . I can’t imagine what he’d want it for . It has absolutely no use or value .
“Yeah, I know . But this tooth might be filled up with memories of me, so I’d like to have it,” Gilles says and then his face brakes into a huge, happy smile .
… . When he’s like this, he looks like any other adorable, straightforward little boy . In some ways his mind and mentality have become twisted, but deep down he’s really just like a regular 9-year-old .
“So, who were the people in that huge portrait outside in the hallway?” Gilles asks, turning to look at Duke-Sama .
For a moment, Duke-Sama just stares at him blankly like he’s not sure which painting Gilles is referring to .
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…A huge portrait…? Could he be talking about the one that I saw that day when I got lost? The one of the king… . and probably the king’s father?
But I wonder what made Gilles ask about that .
“Are you talking about the painting of my father and my uncle, his older brother?” Duke-Sama asks, and I almost can’t believe my ears .
So that picture was of the king and his older brother!？
There seemed to be a pretty big age difference between the two from what I remember . But he’s his brother, not his father?
That just leaves me with so many questions .
Normally, wouldn’t it be the eldest son who would become the crown prince and be given the right to accede to the throne?
… . . Then, why was it Duke-Sama’s father that assumed the position?