Chapter 43 (2/2)
Why is he staring at him if there is nothing wrong or special?
His persistent gaze at me continued until the dessert came out. After glancing at the dessert placed in front of us, he looked back at me again. I slightly changed my posture to avoid his eyes as I was very uncomfortable. What the heck is he doing now?
In a strangely subdued atmosphere, I barely finished dinner and led him to the drawing room. Was it because I ate, conscious of his countenance? I placed my hand on my bloated stomach and signalled to the maid. She quickly bowed and left the room. Shortly afterwards, she came back and put a teapot, a teacup, and a small jar on the table.
One cup of chamomile and two cups of hibiscus. She prepared tea well as I instructed. I stirred light chamomile with a silver spoon and put it down in front of him. Then I pretended not to have noticed his persistent gaze and put a sugar cube into each teacup and gave it to Carsein.
“Thank you,my lady.”
“You’re welcome,” said Carsein with a gentle smile, pulling my mug. Only then did the prince take his eyes off of me and slowly lifted the mug. After sipping yellow tea, he said, “Carsein Lars.”
“Yes, Your Majesty,” he said with a relaxed look, leaning on the chair, with his hands folded.
“Thank you. I was worried a lot because my fiancee was alone in this estate. I feel relieved to know that a fencing strongman like you is here with her.”
Carsein remained silent for a moment. There was a cold silence. With some uneasy feeling, I carefully put down the mug I was holding. When I tried to say something, the prince said first with a cold voice, “What’s the matter, Carsein Lars?”
“…Oh, nothing, Your Majesty. ”
“Hmm, really?” After looking at Carsein for a moment, he turned to me.
“By the way, when are you going to return to the capital, my fiance?”
“Your Majesty?” I was embarrassed for a moment by the way he spoke to me in an overly friendly manner. Why is he doing this? Normally, he would have rebuked me coldly when I didn’t reply, but he asked me again casually.
“Well, when are you going to return? ”
“Oh, I haven’t decided yet. Why are you asking, Your Majesty? ”
“Because you’ve been away for a long time, I feel empty. And the emperor seems to want to see you a lot. ”
“Your Majesty!” I was very embarrassed to hear that. Why is he doing this? Looking at me stuttering a bit, he reached out to the mug with a smile. He, who used to enjoy tea alone in the frozen atmosphere of the Imperial Palace, said as if he remembered something, “Carsein Lars!”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I’m sorry to you, but I want to spend time with my fiance from now on because I haven’t seen her for a long time.”
When he said that, my heart sank immediately. Although I was ready, I was scared when I thought that I would be left alone with him. When I stiffened and looked down at the teacup, he told Carsein, who was still hesitant, to get out by saying, “Is there anything else for you to say?”
Carsein, sitting silently, stood up slowly. Although his shoulders seemed to shake when he bowed politely, I couldn’t afford to pay attention to it. I was stricken with a sense of fear.
“You!” He uttered with a cold and low voice. I momentarily shivered and barely raised my head. Turning cold to me as usual, he looked at me, narrowing his eyes.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I really don’t understand. What about your contradictory attitude? ”
“Well, what do you mean…”
“How come you know what only a few know? Well, good. You can find it out with the intelligence power of the Monique family. Why are you so thoughtful towards me even as you’re avoiding me? Is it your nature? You are contradictory enough to tremble before me because you are scared. I don’t understand.”
“Yeah? I don’t know what you mean…”
“You still don’t know? Fish dishes, wine, desserts, and tea. ”
‘Fish dishes, wine, dessert, and tea? What is he talking about?’ I found it out while I was reflecting on his question. I felt goosebumps at the moment.
“Now you have realized what I mean.”
“That was…”
“Huh? What did you say?”