Chapter 59
Wasn’t that the case with most of these northerners?
Especially him and his colleagues. If you hear praises of the Pope being a Paladin yourself, it’ll be borderline offensive. Well, it wasn’t unreasonable considering we were talking about Romagna.
I took a short breath and raised my eyes again. Izek was still sitting motionless, watching . As if searching for sothing.
How many brides had been forced by the groom to talk about their families?
Most of my ex-fiances were good people, but there was soone who turned into a completely different person when he began prying into my relationship with Cesare.
The change was completely sudden.
His image was vivid in my mind; all that respect and goodwill turned into contempt and hatred in an instant.
It was just my guess, but Cesare seed to be playing tricks on us, because of the disgusting rumors that followed everywhere.
It was possible with his crazy thinking.
Even though I was sent as a political asset, I would never get my husband on my side, and as a result, there was only one place for to go back.
“No, of course not. But you don’t have a cage here yet?”
As I tried to turn around cheerfully, my husband’s eyes inspected to see if I had taken his efforts seriously.
To be exact, he suddenly grabbed my wrist and put sothing around it.
Huh?
“This is...”
“A gift to replace the cage.”
What an unexpected twist.... to give a gift out of the blue.
I stared blankly at the shiny bracelet from my wrist. The tightly woven black jewels sparkled under the colorful lights.
Looking at it more closely, I didn’t think they were gems I knew. What kind of jewel was this?
“What jewel is this?”
“Just so jewel. It’s good for your health.”
Aha. What kind of health fraud is going on here too? This is definitely not obsidian.
It had a pretty simple and intricate design for a lady to wear, but more than that, I was puzzled by wyhy he was giving all these gifts.
I should make a fuss, but my body wouldn’t move.
As I stared at him silently, Izek stopped looking into the air and tilted his head.
“You have a weird look on your face. Is it a sha that it’s not a cage?”
“......No.”
“Or do you feel sorry about sothing else? I didn’t think Arien or Leah would co in today.”
(T/N: Just found out Princess Ari’s full na was Arien.)
Am I a kid? I can’t believe you think I’m upset that you didn’t invite my little friends.
“I just love you so much.”
“.......”
“Hehe, do you want to show you sothing funny?”
Even before I heard the answer, I jumped up excitedly and ran. Izek shot to his feet.
“If you run like that..”
“It doesn’t even hurt anymore. I can actually move on one foot.”
“What?”
“I can dance like this. Look.”
I was soone who went to ballet school in my previous life.
I smiled brightly and turned around with my good foot upright.
Izek stopped, his eyes widening.
It’s amazing, isn’t it?
“You....”
“Don’t worry, I won’t get hurt.”
It felt refreshing doing it after a long ti. It had been really hard when I went to ballet school.
I went on to show the simple moves. Entrechant, Plié, Passé, Arabesque. I wish I had so music.
Moonlight pouring through the glass wall blurred the view.
The sweet scent of flowers tickled the tip of my nose.
While I was dancing, my husband just stood stiff and stared. What else was he thinking?
If what he wanted was simple, and obvious as so many people, everything would have been easier.
I could play the role that fit anything, if you wanted to be a bird in a cage, or a dancing puppet, I could do that.....
“Ah......!”
As expected, it was too much. Besides, my injured toe betrayed . I tried to do Le Reve lightly, but my body slipped back.
Ah, another one of my darkest monts.
Thud!
“Are you alright?”
My husband, who approached at a fast pace, reached out his arms and raised , who fell on the damp bushes.
There was a lot of concern in his ruby eyes.
Handso assassin, give my real husband back. I’m so confused.
“You should be careful.......”
“Hehe. Was I not good?”
Co on, tell it was okay, co on! Just tell it was worth seeing, you cold-blooded b*stard!
Izek just stared at for a mont, who was grinning hard while shouting curses inside.
Moonlight glistened like a spider web, falling on his silver hair.
“Did you dance like this to the dragon?”
I almost hiccuped. Where did the dragon co from all of a sudden, you little prick!
“Absolutely not...”
“I’m joking. The lizard would be fretting otherwise.”
What lizard? He’s a dragon!
The man who grabbed and hugged , lightly touched the tip of my nose with his finger.
His mouth, which had always been stiff, was half-open, with a smile that looked almost playful. For a mont, he almost looked like a young teenager. Like a pure boy who had a crush on a ballerina.
“My wife has a lot of hidden talents. More than I ever knew.”
Before this magic disappeared...... Maybe, I was the one who was possessed by magic.
My hand moved by itself and touched his cheek. His cleanly shaved skin felt as soft as touching the baby’s cheeks.
I didn’t know that our eyes wouldn’t look away from each other. Every sound seed to have stopped. And...
“Duke?”
Crack!
The sound of the spell breaking sounded out loudly in my ears.
God, why are there so many things in the way of my progress?
As I hurriedly withdrew my hand, my husband turned his head.
At tis like this, it was none other than the butler who appeared at the entrance of the greenhouse. What was his na again? Except for the first day of greeting, we barely ran into each other.
“I’m sorry to disturb you, but I think you should go to the banquet hall now.”
The butler, politely, glanced at with a strange look.
Why are you looking at like that? Damn, did sothing happen to Freya again? She had been looking bad all day, so did she fall down?
I thought we’d head straight to the banquet hall, but Izek looked back at for so reason instead of stepping away or following the butler.
I just blinked as innocently as I could.
I’d been here with him the whole ti! I didn’t do anything, I didn’t have ti!
“Are they all dancing in the dance hall?”
“What? That’s true, but.......”
“Don’t interrupt unless there’s a problem. I can’t afford to care about the little things right now.”
“My Lord...”
“Since when have you been so rebellious?”
Oof, brutal. So brutal. The butler no longer argued against his coldness worthy of cuts from a blade.
“...I’ll follow your orders.”
I gulped and glanced at my husband’s haughty face. This unexpected attitude was very strange. As expected, he was a top-notch protagonist. Honestly, I thought he’d leave like this.
“Er.......”
“My na is not Er. Or would you like to call like before?”
What was this now? What did I call him earlier...... Oh, right.
I swallowed back the tears rising up in the terrible mory of my embarrassing self.
I was crazy, definitely crazy. I was very embarrassed, but to think I called him Honey!
“Then, can I call you Iz?”
“What else?”
“But... you’ve never called by my na...”
As I dawdled, Izek fiddled with my hair, apparently speechless.
“Look, there’s a lot of dirt on it.”
“It’s not dirt, it’s petals.......”
“Is that any better?”
“.......”
“You’d better go wash up and rest now.”
What nonsense was this? He sent the butler off like that, and now he was shooing away too?
Was I a fool to be happy that he didn’t walk away? The magic hadn’t completely died yet. Was I a fool to believe?
“I want to talk more today, but be patient. I’ll tell them to prepare a bath, so your feet.......”
“But that would be scary!”
A mont of silence fell as I clung to him and shouted urgently.
My husband, who was striding out of the greenhouse, looked at from afar.
“Do the servants scare you?”
“What? No, no, I an...”
“I thought the new maid would be better, but I guess not. What the hell did they do to you?”
Go away you dragon cub, with those freezing eyes of yours.
Ronja did not do anything wrong, you hothead! Listen to , please!
“It’s not that, actually, I’m just scared to be alone... that too, with this foot injury. You might think I’m stupid, but I keep feeling like soone did it on purpose, so I’m nervous. The maids won’t make feel any better. The night is long and they’re all gathered in the banquet hall.....”
“.......”
“Can you stay with a little longer?”
It sounded like it wouldn’t work, even to my ears, but I pushed it blindly and made my eyes as mournful as possible. It was because I thought I would never have such an opportunity again unless it was a night of unexpected events.
Co on, get back under the spell!
“What do you think I’m like?....”
W-Was it a failure?
The man who let out a short sigh, stepped toward the hall again.
I couldn’t dare to stop him anymore because he was so scary.
Ahhh, what the hell are you doing, you ice block? Is that all you have to say?
“What do you need, Duke?....”
“Get a bath ready. And holy water.”
“As you wish.”
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