Chapter 436. The Man I Hate (1)
Translator: Aura / Editor: Tiny Zebra
My voice sounded a little colder than usual.
Sovieshu stopped dead in his tracks and his shoulders stiffened. He slowly turned to , unable to relax.
His face looked dark because his back was to the moonlit window, so it was difficult to read his expression.
Only his lips shut tightly were visible in the darkness.
As Sovieshu walked towards , his face also slowly beca visible.
From his expression, Sovieshu seed to wonder why I was here.
“Navier. I…”
He stopped a few feet from and opened his mouth hesitantly.
I didn’t move and deliberately cut him off before he started.
“Didn’t you co to apologize? Didn’t you co to make sure I was alright? I see that you are a very good liar.”
I had already planned what I would say. I didn’t lure Sovieshu here to hear his excuses. I wanted to set up a situation where his lies would be exposed and he would regret it, with the intention that he would return to his country due to sha and guilt.
Even if he didn’t leave right away, he wouldn’t be able to walk around at ease anymore.
“Navier.”
Sovieshu shook his head.
I ignored him, turned around and grabbed the doorknob.
But before I could open the door, a hand reached up from behind and held the door closed.
“Wait, Navier.”
When I turned my head with indifference, I was t by his disturbed eyes and trembling lips.
“What are you doing?”
“Navier. I ca here to…”
“To investigate the phenonon of mana decline. Your Majesty has long held suspicions against the Western Empire.”
“Navier. Please.”
I was still trying to open the door while Sovieshu tried to stop . His fingers shook against the door and his fingernails turned white as he exerted pressure.
“I’ll be honest with you. Your Majesty said you ca to apologize, so I was a little hopeful.”
I stared at his hand as I lied to him.
“I will never return. However, I was willing to forgive Your Majesty.”
I took a handkerchief from my pocket, covered his hand with it so as not to touch it directly and squeezed it.
Although I didn’t squeeze hard, Sovieshu lowered his hand helplessly.
“Navier.”
His voice was shaky. He may have been crying, but I just looked away from him as I spoke.
“I thought the 19-year-old Sovieshu was different. It seems I was wrong.”
“Just because I’m concerned about the phenonon of mana decline doesn’t an that I don’t regret what I did to you.”
When I opened the door without answering, Sovieshu’s Knight Commander looked at with wide eyes.
From his expression, the Knight Commander also seed to wonder what I was doing there.
Behind , Sovieshu hurriedly said,
“Please. Navier. You know that just because I love the Eastern Empire doesn’t an I don’t love you. Just because I worry about the phenonon of mana decline doesn’t an I don’t also worry about you.”
“I know you better than you think. I know that you never cared about as much as you cared about Rashta.”
I could tell that my words were like a sharp knife being twisted into his heart.
I rembered that Viscount Langdel told that Sovieshu punched a drunkard who badmouthed . I rembered that Sovieshu had sent Evely as soon as I was badly wounded. I rembered his sorrowful eyes when our gazes t as I drove by in the carriage.
Perhaps Sovieshu was really worried about as he had said. A person can feel several emotions at the sa ti. It might be true that he was concerned about and the phenonon of mana decline. However, that doesn’t an that the two carry equal weight.
In my opinion, Sovieshu’s worry about was mild. It was not at all his priority.
That made angry. Not because his worry for was small, but because he tried to hide his real purpose behind it.
“If you ca here for another purpose, you shouldn’t have used as a pretext. Don’t pretend that you are sorry, don’t pretend that you are suffering, don’t pretend that you regret your actions only for your own interests.”
“Navier, it’s not like that. You know it. You know well.”
“I don’t know you.”
“Navier…”
“I don’t know anything about you. The man I thought I knew wouldn’t have thrown away because he was in love with another woman.”
“!”
I heard nothing more.
I imdiately turned and walked away. I didn’t even ntion that there were no secrets to look for in that room. He should have realized it already.
With each step I took, the click of my heels echoed across the dark corridor. Viscount Langdel was waiting for , and as soon as I appeared, he bowed his head calmly.
“Are you finished?”
“Let’s go.”
I walked ahead and he followed quietly.
I didn’t turn my head until I reached my room.
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