Chapter 357 (1/2)

It’s been 14 years since he succeeded the throne.

Fourteen years could be short, but long, during which he went through ups and downs. But he could keep the empire safe and peaceful thanks to her presence. She was the only one that he could share his concern with.

“Oh, they’re at it again.”

“…Yeah.”

“I’m getting goose pimples, looking at them. Of course, loving each other like that is good for us, but…”

“Well, what can we do? We have to understand them as we’re their children.. ”

“You bet. Let’s eat cake. Elina is going to eat it all. ”

Rublis, who was trying to hold her soft hand gently, stopped when he heard their conversation. As if she also heard Diana and Adrian whispering to each other, she quickly pulled her hand from him with an embarrassed expression and said, giving him a teacup, “Come on, honey. It’s going to get cold. Please have tea.”

“Okay. Why don’t you have tea, too?”

He lifted Elina and put her back on her lap, feeling awkward, and slowly reached out to grab the teacup. The tea she made was getting more and more mellow and full over time. As a result, he could not have any other tea than what she brewed.

When he was enjoying the flavor of the tea for a while, something cold suddenly touched his mouth. He opened his eyes wide in surprise. Elina smiled at him brightly and gave him something she was holding.

“Please have some cake, Daddy.”

“Oh yeah. Thank you, Elina. ”

He felt her putting white cream on his face, but he had it happily, not caring at all. He could not let her down because of the cream on his face.

“Ahaha, Daddy, what’s that cream on your face?”

“Oh my…”

“Elina. Be careful. ”

Watching Diana laughing merrily and Adrian holding back laughter, Tia hurriedly pulled out a handkerchief. It seemed that cream was all over his face.

Without caring at all, however, Elina cut a piece of cake and gave it to Tia this time,”Please have this, Mom.”

“Oh, are you giving it to me, too?”

“Yeah, this really tastes good.”

“Okay. Thank you, baby.”

Rublis smiled at his wife who was eating cake with some cream on her face. It was rather funny and even strange to see her face messed up with cake cream.

As if she read his mind, she slightly squinted at him, giving him a handkerchief, and said, “Don’t look at me like that, please. I know your face is a mess, too.”

“I know, but it’s funny, hahaha.”

“Oh my goodness, please don’t laugh like that.”

Her sullen face was so cute that she didn’t look like a woman who gave birth to three children, so he received the handkerchief from her, full of smiles on his face. Instead of wiping his face, he reached out and wiped her mouth with the handkerchief.

“Don’t be so angry. I didn’t see it when you were a child, so I thought your messy face looked so cute and funny.”

“…”

“Daddy, don’t forget we’re here, too…Ahhhhh!”

Diana pinched Adrian grumbling at the moment and sprang to her feet, saying, “Hey, Adrian, Elina, we ate the cake. Why don’t we move over there and play? I saw flowers in full bloom on my way here.”

As Elina nodded right away and jumped off the chair, Adrian frowned at his sister and got up, too.

Rublis smiled at Diana, watching her quickly making herself scarce with her brother and sister tactfully. As she experienced lots of stuff like this for a long time, she was indeed quick-witted. Of course, he was very grateful for her consideration.