To reduce the tension even a little, I poured the tea, which had already been prepared, to the teacup and handed it to her. I also poured one for myself and lightly washed my mouth with the taste before I spoke.
"We’re to be engaged, however, this is the first ti we’re eting in person, is it not, Lady Edelweiss?"
It was an engagent between the rumored beauty of the empire, and , who was known for nothing else but my position as the son of a master swordsman in the empire.
To explain this mystery and the reason for our strange relationship, there was actually a small backstory as to why we were engaged when we have never t each other before.
My father, Count Richard Kraus, head of House Kraus, and her father, Duke Joachim Edelweiss, head of House Edelweiss, were old friends.
In this era, political marriages were common between noble families. So the two close friends promised each other, "Let’s marry our children in the future!" Lo and behold, when Elena was born and with Damian being the eldest, they set us up.
However, the promise was only verbal and we had not been formally engaged. Perhaps they wanted to respect their children’s wishes as this was a once-in-a-lifeti marriage. Therefore, this was a eting before the official ceremony.
Originally in the novel, the two of them had already been officially engaged. Well, this is good for . If I’m lucky, our engagent can be called off here.
There shouldn’t have been any reason for the original Damian to be such an impertinent jerk to her early on in the novel.
Elena could also have had so doubts about getting engaged to him. But her actions explained it all.
"Yes..." She quietly answered, fiddling with the teacup I handed her.
As one could tell from her appearance, she was weak to express her opinion and had an introverted personality.
If the heroine, who was the heart of the novel, continued to behave like this, an event would occur to fix this character’s personality. It was very unfortunate that the opportunity for her growth was from our broken engagent.
She did not have this personality because she had been mistreated when she was little.
On the contrary, Joachim Edelweiss adored her and was a complete fool for his daughter, and her mother was also kind and caring.
A human’s personality was not simply determined by the environnt in which one grew up in. She was simply born with this kind of personality.
Because of how she naturally looked, she was supported by others even if she didn’t lift a finger. However, her weak nature was the burden and made her more timid. She was the complete opposite to Damian, who was arrogant and snobbish since birth.
This could be why she followed what Damian said, who spoke however he liked.
It’s probable that the original Damian said they should get engaged as soon as he saw her, and the ek Elena accepted it without a word.
Others had a difficult ti approaching her because she gave off those special aristocratic vibes.
In a way, it’s almost codic how their engagent was arranged due to Damian’s straightforward personality.
She was able to change after their breakup. She would beco soone who would be able to refuse all the suitors that co to court her. The chickling, who couldn’t speak a word, would be able to make a chirp.
But right now, the person in front of is one who couldn’t even tweet.
What should I do in this scenario?
The reason why she changed in the novel was because of the negative emotions she got from her not wanting to be controlled by Damian.
There must’ve been a number of more complex reasons, but it was undeniable that "Damian" had turned into a trigger.
Then, do I have to be nasty here like the original Damian so that she can change?
I don’t like that. It’s not like I’m going to press the self-destruct switch myself.
I am determined to live a life for myself, not for her. I don’t have to be the one to step forward since there were brash losers all over the place at the academy who would make her feel awful.
The original male leads would also take care of them. I just needed to portray an image of myself that was neither good nor bad, and break this engagent.
"....."
"....."
First things first, I think we need a change in topics.
I said nothing from my end, so she didn’t have a reason to bring up a conversation either. It’s not like I didn’t want to talk with her, I was just hesitating and fidgeting with the teacup because I didn’t know what to say.
It can’t be helped. I have no choice but to lead the conversation.
I removed the cover of the silver plate that had been placed there with the tea next to .
There were several desserts, most of which looked sweet. I prepared them in advance because the novel ntioned that she liked sweet things.
Sure enough, when the plate cover was removed, I saw her eyes twinkle at the sight of the desserts. It made feel relieved.
"I usually enjoy eating sweets. It’s embarrassing, but I prepared so in advance to have them with you. Do you perhaps enjoy sweets too, Lady Edelweiss?"
"Ah, yes. Yes, I do enjoy them." She replied, distracted by the appetizing desserts.
These were all made by our head chef, who poured his heart and soul into making them, so how could anyone not stare?
With the prepared tongs, I placed one of each type on Elena’s plate, and handed it over to her.
"Thank you..."
Does this look that tasty to her?
I said to her earlier that I liked sweets, but it was just an excuse to give her dessert. I don’t really eat too many sweets. It made nauseous if it was too sugary.
Ack
I roughly cut a slice of the cake and took a bite, but I couldn’t eat any more because it was too sweet. I quickly drank the tea placed beside to balance out the sweetness in my mouth.
What do people like about these?
Of course, I know that I was not as good with sweets compared to others. I could only eat chocolate with high cacao content.
I generally didn’t eat what was sold in the market. In the past, I even got beaten up for recomnding 99% cacao chocolate, thinking it was common to eat.
After being lost in my past mories for a while, I hadn’t seen Elena’s reaction.
Although the dessert looked like a work of art, it was over the top sweet. Even for Elena, it may be too much for her to enjoy.
"Is it to your liking, Lady..."
"Nyam~"
Munch munch munch.
It was as if I was worried for no reason. Seeing Elena scarfing down the cake with a blissful expression left speechless.
My heart had been in critical condition when she curled her lips slightly to smile, but her genuinely happy expression had an indescribable destructive power.
I had never held a possessive or shady desire for soone in my entire life, yet her smile had a beguiling effect that made want her to have her eyes on and alone.
Do I need to break it off? I’m different from the original Damian...
Grip.
I pinched my thigh since useless thoughts kept invading my mind.
The barrier of reason, which I recovered by self-inflicting pain, buried the uncontrollable emotions deep within my heart again.
This is driving crazy.
Every little move she made impacted my feelings imnsely. For to say I fell for her with a single glance was too strange. Wasn’t it insane to feel this possessive because a pretty person smiled?
It seems that it’s more dangerous for her to be by my side than I thought.
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