Chapter 40 The Inexperienced Knight (2) (1/2)
Chapter 40 – The Inexperienced Knight (2)
Max recalled stories of the knights ould visit castle Croix—all of theeniuses in the matter of love She couldn’t count the tiht’s cohts skillfully led them at seduction
It was impossible She firmly believed Riftane to her that it was custoether?
Hoould he know that inforht herself in tihts No matter what he had done in the past, it didn’t ”
“Oh, th-the ind is a little cold…”
Riftan bent over and eone cold from the chill weather The masculine aro, that funny feeling settling in her once again
“You should have worn thicker garments,” he said in a ht If the asn’t blowing so strongly, it would be fine… the s-sun is warm…”
“Do you like it? I orgeous to be worn by her It would be strange to tell him that this was in fact the first time she had ever worn such pretty clothes
“I d-do like it,” she said instead
“I will have a seamstress come over so you can have as many dresses as you would like I’ll buy you hundreds of thehtly and lifted it up, intensely boring into her eyes with the soleance Max felt herself blush and turn hy, this wasn’t the behavior of aoet u-used to this?”
“What?”
“That you’ll get me hatever I a-ask for”
Her blunt words caused Riftan to furrow his brow
“I aths to make sure you live as luxuriously as you did in your father’s castle”
Max sed the dry laugh that almost bubbled from her
How could she have lived a delectable life of lavishness—never had she been given what she desired, or even what a noblewoman needed If he kne erroneous his preconceptions were on her past life, would he be trying this hard?
She felt as if she was deceiving him, and it made her feel insufferable, as if she was a villain
Shehis eyes “C-can we take a break?”
“Do you feel tired?”
As she nodded, he stepped forward to lead her hoh the trees covering the blueish hillside afar Max stopped for athe scent of pine, the mustiness of mushrooms
Would she s the majestic scenery, soon followed behind Riftan down and away frohts
Riftan had to leave her again to oversee the training of the potential knights She returned to the roo in front of the fireplace to relax as Rudis brought ginger tea and sweets with dried fruits as snacks to replenish her
“As you are going to have dinner with the knights this evening, would you like to change your clothes,her e a mouthful of dried fruits, looked up at the e?”
“Yes, since you’re est it would be better to dress more formally”
She bowed her head with a tense face “I apologize if I overstepped”
“No, you didn’t…”
Max gri against the wall The hair that Rudis had neatly brushed and twisted elegantly thishad been ruined by the wind
She nodded, pulling out so her wavy hair down as assent for the ic on her locks a second tiht… please d-do”
Rudis went straight out of the room with the teapot and ca intricate combs, perfumed oils and fine ornaments
She sat in a chair in front of the mirror as Rudis first used a co ti a bit of the oil and then brushi+ng again Soon enough, all her efforts to tame her frizzy hair could be seen in Max’s kempt and shi+ny hair
“Shall we put in a hairpin? Or would you rather wear a crown?”
Rudis opened the box full of jewelry At the expensive trinkets that seemed to blind a person, Max’s eyes opened wide as saucers
Es, and silver hair pins were placed neatly on the red satin And in a separate box was a stunning tiara To her knowledge, Riftan’s , and he had no sister, or other female relative
So where did this all come from?
Wasn’t it a little too fast to be able to prepare such for a dinner, the day after arriving? She could only infer that these jewelries are items from his past lovers…
“Madam, do you like any of these?”
“I-I do”