“”Ah””
My voice and Victor’s voice overlap. I pulled my hands away from my face.
I couldn’t believe my spur-of-the-mont reaction had landed into this ss. Why am I constantly finding myself in desperate situations these days?
“You’re so beautiful it’s annoying.”
“That’s the first thing you have got to say to ?”
“You’re really a woman, but why is your left eye missing?”
“A prince wouldn’t be upset by sothing like this, after all.”
I gave up trying to fool Victor and returned to normal speech.
“Of course, but I’m still upset. A boy who stinks has beco a beautiful girl?”
“I’m sorry I slled so bad.”
“Don’t worry, it doesn’t stink anymore.”
Victor slowly approached . I wanted to run away, but I had nowhere to go even if I tried.
It would be best to negotiate with him now. …I didn’t know how much he would listen to , though.
“Why did you co here?”
“I wanted to be useful.”
“Where are you from?”
“From a poor village.”
“You have a pretty noble face for soone from a poor village.”
Well, what kind of face do you want?
Victor stared at my face intently. I’ve never had soone stare at my face this closely before.
I don’t know what’s going to happen to now. I feel like I’m going to lose my head in an instant if he finds out that I’m the daughter of the Duelkis. But Victor might be aware of it already…
“A golden eye…. I don’t know how you can move like that with only one eye. And with such a piece of cloth wrapped around that eye.”
He said, glancing at the ragged cloth in his hand.
“What are you going to do with ?”
“I don’t know if you’re a dangerous person or not. But you are useful. As long as you are in this royal palace, I will use you to the fullest.”
“You’re not going to tell anyone who I am?”
“It’s not in my best interest to tell them. But this rag stinks, so get a new one.”
Isn’t that a bit much to ask of a girl?
But they’re letting stay here, aren’t they? I was a little surprised. To be honest, I thought I was going to be kicked out of the castle.
I was just thinking how I would gather information if they kicked out.
“What’s your real na?”
“…Alicia.”
It didn’t matter if he knew my na or not because I had already revealed my face.
“Alicia, so that’s why you’re Ria.”
I nodded in agreent.
I probably should have used a different na, since I’m playing a boy. Like Michael or John.
“I just want to make sure of one thing with you.”
“What?”
“Do you belong to this country?”
“What made you ask that?”
“..People in this country can speak the ancient language. Can you speak it?”
Well, of course I could. When I was cooped up in my cabin for two years, I learned all the ancient languages of all the countries.
[Where do I find new cloth pieces?]
As I said this, his yellow-green eyes dilated.
…Why did that surprise you? It should be a common language in this country, shouldn’t it?
[Follow .]
After a short pause, he also replied in the ancient language.
As he started walking, I followed behind him. I walked with my head down, trying to avoid being seen by everyone as much as possible.
“Even the chief of staff of this country can’t speak in ancient language.”
Victor seed to have mumbled sothing, but I didn’t catch it.
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