Chapter 61 (END) - Volume 4 (2/2)

It seems Lycoris had absolutely no plans of being the one to apologize this time round. Well, that’s probably to be expected.

With that, the only apology that will be given will be coming from me. I knew that, but it’s unwise to go and apologize when I haven’t found an answer to the question I’ll surely be asked.Lycoris will definitely ask.

『Why did you say something so cruel』

Now. Why did I do it?

When we quarrel at the Lilia residence, I would first anxiously ask someone from the servants, 『is there something I can do?』. And if they all shake their heads, the last person I’d approach would be Father — Duke Lilia.

He basically adopts the principle of laissez faire with regards to our fights.

There are even times he welcomes them. The way he sees it, quarrels were proof that we were getting along.

Even now, it seems Duke Lilia had no plans to even step in, let alone mediate, so he told me this like it was an occasion to chat.

「Shall I wager a guess as to the reason for the quarrel?」

I was taken aback by these words.

「You know? Even though you weren’t there?」

「That’s right. I only made my own inference and I didn’t hear any details from Lycoris. No foul play」

Under my prompting, he smiled and said this confidently.

「On your way home from the theatres. It was just the two of you inside the carriage. Judging from Lycoris’s behavior, it seems you were the cause of the quarrel this time」

I gave an affirmative.

「I’d guess you purposely said something to make Lycoris mad, didn’t you?……you really are bad at handling Lycoris when she cries」

His words entered my brain.

I suddenly felt burning hot.

It’s because I was made to realise my own feelings that I wasn’t conscious of at all.

Ah, so that’s why.

At that time.

Probably because she did not want to be seen crying, she was burying her face in the cushion.

Her thin shoulders slumped.

In the quiet carriage, you could hear her crying at fixed intervals.

I couldn’t take too much of seeing her so lifeless.

It’s better if she’s angry at me, that was what I’d thought.