Minutes passed in a mutual embrace, the two bodies pressed against each other.
Theos didn't say a word, nor did Alice, who kept stroking his head.
Theos' sadness gradually faded, but he never broke away from Alice's embrace, who never wanted to leave either.
It was like an unspok agreemt.
At the sa ti, Alice's mories flashed through Theos' mind, her fate in the novel and her death.
'She always followed Theos...'
'Alice, a minor character in the novel, had be madly in love with Theos since childhood... so much so that she fought day and night, ev without sleep, to have the skills to be chos by Theos as his servant.'
'In the novel, she never felt worthy of Theos, ev wh the betrothed broke off the gagemt, she made no move. It was Theos who realized her feelings, though Theos was not interested; Alice's deep love for him made Theos love her little by little, slowly, until the two were married as husband and wife.'
But wh he rembered what ca next, he felt a strong frustration and anger, which turned into determination in his eyes.
He reluctantly pulls away from Alice's arms and looks down at Alice's curious gaze. Theos strokes her hair.
"I will protect you," Theos says with complete confidce and firmness, surprising Alice ev more as he draws a smile.
"I don't need Your Highness's protection. Otherwise, I would be the one to give my life for Your Highness," Alice said, lowering her head a little and repeating the words she had be taught over and over again.
But ev with her head down, she couldn't hide her smile.
'It can't be, he told he would protect , he stroked my hair, and that smile? I've never se His Highness smile before in my life!' rembering Theos' smile, she couldn't help but blush.
The cold and distant expression of Theos returned, but still, he relaxed wh he was close to Alice.
'Being a her makes unstable' he discovered, but he didn't think much of it.
Will he treat his future wife like a stranger? Of course not, his treatmt of others will be special by nature.
"'By the way, Your Highness..." She hesitated whether to speak or not, looking a little embarrassed.
'Shouldn't I have knocked? But he cried wh he saw ! What's wrong...'
"I have sothing in my eye. Please tell what you wanted to tell by interrupting my break" Theos ordered with a certain mocking tone that only Alice could detect.
Why could only she detect the slightest change in Theos' tone? Of course, because she is obsessed with him, madly in love, besides being the person who spt the most ti at Theos' side in her tire life.
Ev Theo's parts don't see it that much compared to Alice.
"Yeah, right," she rolled her eyes and decided to believe that little lie.
But wh she rembered why she had co all this way, she suddly beca serious with a stiff expression.
"Master Fall wants to see you, he's in his office," Alice commted briefly.
Theos nodded siltly, without another word; his aning was clear.
"Lead the way," his eyes said.
Understanding the aning of his eyes, Alice led the way to the office of the Duke and head of the Fall family.
Theos followed her in silce, observing the surings with curiosity.
Ev though he has the mories of the original Theos and is a being with the soul of Theos, this is actually the first ti he has se with his own eyes the luxuries of the family that is now his family.
'Father doesn't usually co to my palace, so this must be an important case' Theos concluded.
Although he was a fan of the novel, it was writt mainly from the protagonist's point of view, so he did not know if the novel had already begun, was about to begin, or if, on the contrary, the plot was far from beginning.
"We are here, Your Highness," Alice announced in a low voice, stopping just as she reached a large door.
It was actually two large closed gates, t ters high, made tirely of wood and steel. There were no guards guarding them. They were ters high and made tirely of wood and steel, there was no guard guarding them.
The reason? Because no one had to guard one of the most powerful beings in the world: the leader of the most powerful family, Matheo Von Fall.
"I wish you luck, Your Highness," Alice said couragingly with a smile and stepped back a few steps to wait for Theos.
"Mmm," Theos nodded as he walked toward the large door, pressing lightly on his shoulders with each step.
'I can see why Alice didn't co any closer. It turns out that her presce alone exerts a great deal of pressure that I barely notice... Maybe she was affected long before and didn't mtion it' Theos concluded. Actually, that was the right conclusion.
Alice did not want to go any further because of the pressure of the presce in the room.
But Theos, now with the negative ergy at his side, was able to withstand the pressure and knock on the door.
*Tock* *Tock*
"Co in."
The answer ca imdiately after Theos knocked on the door.
Theos took a deep breath and stepped forward, oping the door in front of him.
*squeak*
"Good morning, Father," Theos greeted with an indiffert voice and expression.
"Good morning, son."
Standing before him was one of the most powerful figures on the planet Zeifer, ev nominated as the most powerful person of the tire currt geration.
Matheo Von Fall.
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