That was how our conversation concluded.
He seed like he wanted to ask sothing, but just in ti, we had to move to the restaurant since Count Kraus had invited us to dinner.
It was a good thing for . He certainly expected for to call off the engagent, and yet I didn’t. This ant he would have to ruminate on why I made such a decision.
He had to think and figure it out as everything he knew about this world was different, starting from Elena Edelweiss to Damian Kraus.
There was no use telling him that I could change fate. One’s path to transcendence could not be created rely from soone’s suggestion. It was a milestone which one headed to by realizing one’s own convictions. It wouldn’t help if I told him he would beco one too as it would only change his given path.
So let’s not think about it right now. It’s not ti yet.
What mattered to at this mont was how to close this gap. Although he had a smile on, making my heart flutter, it was clear that he was wary of . I had to do sothing about that first.
However, there wasn’t much I could say right now. Even as he was escorting to the restaurant, he looked worried and anxious, so attempting a conversation was out of the question.
I didn’t talk to him because I could guess what his concerns were. Though I did find it a bit odd that he didn’t slip up when he was this lost in his thoughts. Not once did he ss up while he was escorting .
As we approached the restaurant, he appeared to have stopped worrying. It seed that family matters took priority.
"Um, Elena? If my father says sothing, you can just ignore him." Damian said, holding the handle to the restaurant’s door.
"What?"
"It’s better for your ntality. Ah, more importantly, about our engagent–"
"Why don’t we enter."
I cut Damian off and pushed the restaurant’s door. When it opened, I saw two empty seats prepared for us. Count Kraus took the seat at the head of the table. His younger brother, Alphonse Kraus, was also there.
When we sat down, the servants brought in the dishes that had been prepared in advance. However, the al did not start because Count Kraus, the head of the household, did not touch his dish. He turned his head slightly and looked towards Damian’s way.
Arthur Kraus, the ruler of the south, and a transcendentalist who currently held the title as one of the five Swordmasters.
He was a middle-aged man over the age of 40. Perhaps it was due to his transcendence, his body was still like in his pri. If a stranger saw him, they would never imagine he was Count Kraus the Swordmaster. His appearance passed off as a young playful man.
In fact, he had an easy-going personality and was not very formal as the head of the family. Unlike other heads from strong martial households, who tended to be authoritative, he was a sweet father here who cared for and played around with his children.
Nevertheless, he was the one who punished Damian harder than anyone else in the first life.
Black hair and golden eyes. Anyone could tell who Damian took after by looking at him. When he grew up, his appearance was so similar to Count Kraus’ that they could be called twins.
When the count saw , his eyes crinkled into a smile.
"Elena, it’s been a while. I don’t know if you rember, but I t you once when you were little. You were a cute child back then, but now you’ve grown up to be a very beautiful lady just like your mother." He said.
"And you look exactly as I rembered you, Count Kraus. It was easy to recognize you. My father complains about his growing wrinkles every day."
It was a true statent. Sotis when my father returned from the tower, he would fu and grumble as he looked into the mirror. I didn’t know why when I was little, but considering the relationship between Count Kraus and my father, I could guess the reason.
Count Kraus knew as well, so he burst out laughing and talked about him.
"Hahaha!!! That geezer still hasn’t overco the hurdle? Day in and day out he would call on the crystal ball to vent his frustrations. But you’re telling , he would get angrier after seeing my face and complain even more at ho? Thanks, Elena. Because of you I got one more thing to pick on him about."
"It’s a pleasure."
Count Kraus was called a genius even among geniuses so my father’s grumbling wasn’t really misplaced.
Who could reach a transcendental state? There was one person beside and one person in the east who would succeed in doing so, but until they appeared, Count Kraus was the youngest man ever to beco a transcendentalist.
That said, Count Kraus, no, my father-in-law, was my most reliable ally right now.
Although he held the position of a Count and Swordmaster in the first life, he did not cover up Damian’s case. Not only did he publicize it himself, he also knelt before and my father. Moreover, when I threw my fist to break the engagent in my second life, he always lanted our annulnt.
Right now, he’s the one who supported our engagent the most. He’ll help advance our relationship in the future.
In my previous life, he used to be the main culprit who made the two of us spend more ti together, but now he’ll create more opportunities for us to get closer.
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