Chapter 351 (2/2)

“Yes, Your Majesty.” I nodded with a gentle smile.

I felt happy because I knew immediately he prepared the food with deep affection for me. It was partly because the food was my favorite, but I was deeply touched by the fact that he directly instructed the chef to prepare the food for me who didn’t have a good appetite these days.

“Please have a lot. I’m going to see you empty all the dishes today. ”

“Sure, Your Majesty. You, too, enjoy the food, will you?”

I lifted the fork in a happy mood, but I could hardly eat because I felt nauseated.

What’s wrong with me?

Suddenly, I bit my lips gently. Even though he prepared the dishes that I liked very much, I didn’t feel like I wanted to eat them. As a gourmet, he didn’t comment about the food, which meant the food was good enough. But I felt even the lightly baked mushroom dish was greasy. In the end, I felt nauseated at the smell of the mushrooms.

I put down the fork slightly and drank water. But as soon as I had cold water, my stomach began to be upset again.

I decided that I would have to see the royal doctor, so I told a servant to put away the empty dishes. Until now, I didn’t call the doctor for fear he might be worried about me, but I felt uncomfortable these days because my stomach had been upset for the past several days.

I didn’t think some food was stuck in my stomach because it had been there too long.

When I drank a cup of water for the second time because my stomach turned, he asked with an anxious voice, checking my expression while eating, “What’s wrong? Don’t you like the food?’

“No, Your Majesty. It’s because…”

“Because?”

“Oh, actually, my stomach has been upset a lot. It looks like I’ve got an upset stomach.”

“Then, is that the reason why you could hardly eat anything these days?”

“Well, that’s right…’

I tried to choose words carefully for fear he might worry, but he seemed angry, as if he checked out the situation from A to Z. He reprimanded me sharply after telling the servant to call the royal doctor immediately.

“How stupid you are! If you felt such symptoms, you should have called the doctor immediately. Why were you putting up with that without saying anything to me?”

“… I’m sorry, Your Majesty. ”

“Well, why are you so sick alone every single time without letting me know…Whew, oh, I think I’m talking too harshly.”

He stopped talking further while trying to say something, then pressed his temple with his finger. Then, a little later, he said with a sigh, “I understand how you feel, but never do it again in the future. I’m afraid you can get really sick.”

“Yes, I’ll keep it in mind, Your Majesty.”

“…If you can’t talk, I wouldn’t be this annoyed.”

Instead of rebuking me like before, he softened his attitude and pulled my hand off my knees. When I looked at him curiously, he said, pressing my palm firmly with his thumb, “Don’t you think you have me in your pocket? You make me nervous several times a day.”

“… Your Majesty.”

“I’m sorry I was suddenly angry with you. But Tia, if you have a problem like this, tell me first. Don’t even think I will be worried because of you. You can’t keep hiding it forever even if you don’t talk to me, right?”

“Yes I will do so. I think I was narrow-minded. I’m sorry, Your Majesty. ”

When I nodded gently, he relaxed his hardened expression at last.

At that moment, the servant who was standing at a distance, was seen approaching me carefully. The middle-aged woman who walked behind him was the woman doctor that I had met because of her treatment of Beatrice.

“I, Heres Lant, am honored to greet you, the Sun of the empire and the Moon of the empire. I’ve come here at your order, Your Majesty. What’s the matter?”