Chapter 53
Episode 53
Translator : Missme Editor : Aru
I blinked and then opened my eyes .
The prince was looking straight at me . As if the greenery had been transferred, my image was transparently reflected in his blue-green eyes .
The next moment, a different sense of embarrassment came in .
‘Huh?’
My head moved on its own, so I gave out an interpretation of what I just heard .
“So, it’s because of me? He’s come down here in a hurry by using space-movement magic simply because he’s worried about my health?’
“That………”
blink one’s eyes hard at the moment, not knowing what to say He spoke out .
“I’m glad to see you’re welcome…?”
For some reason, the end went up as if it were a question mark .
The crown prince grinned . I couldn’t immediately understand why he was laughing .
“I don’t mean to burden you . I just wanted to say that I did . ”
“Oh, yes . ”
I couldn’t find another suitable answer, so I nodded .
Then there was an awkward silence .
If I had a teacup, I would have grabbed it . The hand I put under the table crumbled subtly because I couldn’t find a place to put them .
‘What is this?’
I felt confused .
‘This is a little… . . isn’t it?’
I’m not mistaken, am I?
‘It’s kind of like that, right?’
There was a sense of something strange about the Crown Prince’s present attitude toward me .
No, I’m not only ‘sensing’ it but he is openly and obviously strange toward me?
‘He came all the way down here because he wanted to make sure I was okay . ’
Yeah, he’s too obvious about it . If it’s not about it then what?
If The Crown Prince had said such words to anyone without meaning or consciousness, he would have been famous as Casanova in The Empire .
‘But I’ve never heard such a rumour . ’
The situation has been identified . It’s like that . I mean, well, it’s real like that .
‘Why?’
The embarrassment doubled .
Why did it happen? This could only have been a natural question .
The Crown Prince and I have only seen each other three times today .
Except for the fact that we have glanced at each other at the public meeting with several people .
‘Even the first meeting was when it was spilt with the enchanted cloth . ’
It was hard to find when the Crown Prince and I had a chance to sprout something like that .
‘The effect of the enchanted cloth is still… No, that really wouldn’t be . ’
My head is spinning .
That’s how I lost my words .
The Crown Prince opened his mouth with a bit of difficulty as to how he interpreted my attitude .
“I didn’t want to make it uncomfortable . I think I shouldn’t have said that before . You don’t have to keep it in mind . ”
“Yes? Oh, no, it’s not like that . ”
I shook my head first and then thought about what to do .
‘Let’s talk about something else . ’
It’ll only deepen the awkwardness by keeping my mouth shut . Okay, let’s get out of this difficult atmosphere for now .
‘I should shift the subject to treatment for the sinner . ’
“The, the sinner…… . ”
It was only when I started my words, the parlour room door opened .
The door was behind me . I only knew it was open because of the noise, but I couldn’t tell until I looked back .
‘Is it Bessie?’
I thought she brought the tea out .
However, it was so surmising that an unexpected word came out of The Crown Prince’s mouth .
“The Duke?”
My shoulders are stiff .
A familiar voice rang in my ear .
The heart sank and then began to beat so fast .
“Why didn’t you call me when you got here, Your Highness?”
Suddenly, something seemed to have happened to my neck . I couldn’t look back at all .
I turned into a statue in my seat .
‘Why, why?’
Isn’t it time to relax yet?
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I’m telling you the truth now, but in fact, I ran away from the room where Ash was earlier .
I was running away .
The reason was simple . Because I wasn’t confident I’d see Ash with a straight face right now .
With a completely different feeling than I did when I woke up from a nightmare earlier .
And it was the same now .
“I heard you were hurt . Is it okay for you to come out like this?”
“As you can see, not to the point where I couldn’t move . ”
Ash’s voice gradually came in close range .
The sound of my beating heart was loud . If the distance is closer than a certain distance, I think that the person next to me will hear it . The moment my thought reached it, I sprang up .
“Princess?”
“Noonim . ”
I did it without realizing it . I didn’t think about what to do next .
I stood up from my seat and contemplated a belated excuse .
“I’m not feeling well . Excuse me, but I’ll get up first . ”
There is no better excuse than this . It was an act that couldn’t be said to be in line with courtesy, but now I couldn’t care about it .
I said so and then hurried out of my seat, looking neither side .
I walked in a hurry as if I were catching something .
‘Crazy . ’
My heart was about to burst .
‘Please, Lydia . ’
The dream came back to my mind again and again .
The mere hearing of the voice brought all the senses back unexpectedly .
It had nothing to do with the doctor . I did it beyond my control .
My lips were burning hot .
Not long after that, the corridor was quiet, with few people walking by .
I hastened to walk with my backhand covered as if to conceal a face that no one else saw .
Prince Iggret Hayden kept his eyes open at the entrance of the parlour room .
A slender figure simply shot herself out of his sight .
Far from being caught, there was no time for a similar attempt .
When he felt a sense of despondency in the sudden event, he could hear a voice of inhumanity pushing through the gap .
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“What did you talk about?”
“Hmm?”
It gave me a look . The Duke of Widgreen was staring at him, as he did when he first appeared here .
In those eyes, Iggret thought casually .
‘He really doesn’t seem like a human being at all times . He has no humanity . ’
There would be no more suitable words to express his opponent than that .
Iggret could have made a bet on this .
He’s sure there’s no one he knows who’s less humane than him .
‘I don’t know . How can he not change every time I see it?’
He wondered exactly where this inhuman impression came from .
Not just because his opponent’s appearance seems to be unrealistic .
‘Although, he looks especially human to his sister . ’
In terms of caring for a family .
Iggret opened his mouth at ease .
“It wasn’t a big deal . The Duke didn’t have to worry about it . ”
“Your words are misleading . ”
“What do you mean misleading?”
“There’s nothing about my sister that I don’t need to worry about . ”
“…… . ”
“No matter how trivial it may be . ”
The Duke, who said so in a calm tone as if to bring up a very ordinary story, soon bowed his head to Iggret .
It was a simple movement . But even that strangely enough, there is no human warmth with it .
“For the next time, I hope you talk to me instead of this matter . ”
“…… . . ”
“Then, when the left sinners arrive, you can go . ”
Then, the Duke, who raised his head straight, left the parlour room first, saying, “Stay at ease until then . ”
Iggret remained in his seat and muttered, looking where his opponent had been just a moment ago .
“……did he just give me a warning? Don’t talk to his sister’s time without him knowing?”
“That’s what it sounds like . ”
The woman, who stood silently covering her whole body with a generous robe, agreed lightly .
“There’s nothing unusual about this . ”
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Iggret, who laughed in vain, leaned his back on the chair .
His posture was looser than usual because no one was watching .
“I didn’t expect that kind of unobtrusive nonsense to come out of his mouth . I feel like I’m some kind of a bad guy . ”
“Didn’t you know he really cared about his sister?”
“I didn’t know it was that much . ”
The woman shrugged at the remark .
She couldn’t see it from Iggret’s perspective .
“He/She was a beautiful person . ”
“Which one do you mean?”
“I like the humane one . Not someone who seems to be able to separate the neck from the body without even a blink of an eye . ”
It was obvious who she was talking about .
Iggret grinned for a moment .
“You have good eyes . ”
Iggret, who praised her so much, soon settled down .
A figure came to his mind without a word .
‘She’s a beautiful woman . ’
Lydia Widgreen .
She was an interesting woman . For him, she’s interesting in many ways .
‘It’s not wrong, but . ’
When they first encountered each other in the temple, she simply looked pretty .
She was an objectively beautiful woman .
However, Iggret was not easily impressed by the appearance of a human being, perhaps because of his good looks .
So at first, he just felt new and strange .
He was also curious . It was a good thing to have such an impression of being pretty at first sight, even though it was extremely rare in his life .
‘And then they met again in the Imperial Garden . ’
Now that he thought about it, the second meeting was half-intentional and half-accidental .
First of all, Iggret deliberately sent an invitation to the other party in time for the Imperial party . With that intention so far .
But then he didn’t expect to get lost in the garden where he went for a walk with a light heart before the party started . Coincidence from there .
‘The palace garden is a place that I don’t usually look for . …’
It’s a shameful excuse, but he didn’t expect the structure to be that different from what was in the main palace .
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