Chapter 351 (1/2)

When I bit my lips to stop tears from falling down, he suddenly came over and stopped while trying to hug me. He raised my face with his hand urgently and asked in a very embarrassing voice, “Are you crying? What’s the matter? Did I hurt you? ”

“Oh, no, Your Majesty. I suddenly …”

He hugged me in a hurry and asked, wiping away my tears, “Suddenly what? You must have reason for shedding tears. Don’t cry, Tia. What is going on?”

When I looked at his deep blue eyes full of worry about me, I realized my concern was groundless, and that I didn’t have to feel nervous at all.

However, tears flowed down again, even though I felt relieved that I misunderstood him. He got more and more nervous when my tears kept coming. He was at a loss about what to do for a moment, then he pulled me into his arms and said, gently patting my back, “What’s wrong? What the hell is going on here? Why are you crying like this?… ”

“Well, I don’t know, Your Majesty. I don’t have anything to cry about, but I just can’t control my tears…”

“Um? Nothing to cry about?”He paused for a moment and asked curiously, “Um…is it because of the letter you were reading?”

“I think I misunderstood you rather than the letter…”

“Misunderstood me? What are you talking about?”

“Oh, I misunderstood that you were angry…”

“Oh, really? Are you sure?”

I now felt he was no more nervous or tense because of my crying. He gently pulled me out of his arms and said, leaning forward at my eye level, “How can I be angry with you for such a trifling thing, Tia?”

“…”

“You know because you already saw the letters, but I wrote them, but didn’t send them to you. That’s why I reacted like that because I was rather embarrassed when I found out you saw them.”

After explaining to me kindly, he reached out and wiped out the teardrops in my eyes. I could find anything other than friendliness in his attitude, but I could not meet his eyes because I felt ashamed somehow. I was very embarrassed at the fact that I cried over such a trifling thing as an adult, not a child.

When I slightly lowered my head to hide my blushing, somebody knocked on the door. The Lord Chamberlain came in and said, “Your Majesty, they’re all ready as you directed. Can I ask them to wait a little longer?”

“Oh, I forgot! Um, do you have any more to say?”

“Oh, no.”

“Good. Let me go out right now. Tell them to get ready.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

When the chamberlain went out after bowing politely, he reached out to me after adjusting my dishevelled dress. Then, he offered to escort me somewhere. I thought about it for a moment. Where does he want to take me? What was it that he prepared?

“Um? What are you thinking about?”

“Well, Your Majesty, where are you going now?”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you because I’m absent-minded. I’m going to the restaurant. It’s dinner time now. ”

“Ah.”

“I told the chief chef to specially prepare your favorite food. It seems you don’t have any appetite these days.”

Oh, that was why he said that to me. I nodded gently, thinking about what happened in the morning. I often skipped meals these days because my stomach was a little upset. Initially he overlooked it because it’s not a big deal. But when I kept skipping meals, he seemed to have decided that he could take some measures.

In the end, he rebuked me when I emptied a plate of salad for breakfast. Then he said he would check whether I was eating properly from now on. Given the way he spoke to me, it was obvious that he told the chief chef to prepare some delicious food for me.

Although I didn’t feel like I wanted to eat anything particular, I silently put my hand on his hand. I didn’t want to worry him with this, when I already had him concerned about me because of my crying over nothing special.

When I arrived at the small restaurant that I often visited these days. A little later the servants and maids started bringing food. All the dishes made from raw vegetables, grilled mushrooms with asparagus, and dela fruit dishes that I liked because of its spicy taste were all my favorite, like he said.

As if to examine his assignment, he asked after looking at the dishes, “Do you like the food?”