“Your Highness. I have something I want to tell you.”
The ambiguous brown-haired marquess Young-ae shouldn't take the main character's place.
So, next to you is not my seat.
I have to find my place.
Zerlac Cygnus needs to meet with Leonie Almaz. Do you know?
I calmly took a breath and looked at him.
Faced with Xerlac, my feelings were very complicated with ambivalence.
I was afraid of him because he had died at the hands of Zerlac nineteen times, and considering how kind he had been to me not too long ago, it wasn't so terrible.
But apart from my feelings, in order to get out of here, I have to stop getting involved with Jerlac.
Now, let's repeat it.
Zerlac Cygnus is Leonie's everything!
Gerlac is a kind and beautiful Leonie man!
And if the ending was fixed, if that was the only way for me to survive, I didn't want to die at his hands after being this close.
It would be much better to hate me, to hate me, to be a stranger.
“What to say?”
"yes."
When I said I had something to say, Zerlac finally sat down and looked at me with a languid gaze.
oh wow, that's really bad
let's not stare. I shouldn't look.
His gaze stifled me, and I could hardly open my mouth, but he skillfully folded his beautiful eyes in half and whispered:
"You're not asking me to pretend that I didn't have work that night or anything like that."
"yes?"
“Couldn’t you be saying something shameless like that, asking us to make a heated incident between us happen?”
“… … .”
“Other than that, you can say anything.”
Zerlac leaned back in his chair and cast a tenacious gaze at me.
Wow, what a shame?
“Pa, shameless.”
“If it’s not shameful to fall down in front of me and then seduce me and walk away alone, then what?”
"Temptation? me?”
“Yes, you.”
Wow, what a temptation. I just drank a little more
And you just walked into the fountain?
In addition, I was speechless and said nothing, but how is that a temptation?
I think you would believe it even if it's a method used when you're upset?
This is really embarrassing to me!
“No, no. I never meant to do that.”
“… … .”
“So the reason I collapsed was because I drank too much.”
I think I need to explain why I drank so much, but there's no way you'll understand that this explains it!
I've actually died several times, nineteen to be exact.
No matter how hard you try, death is always the same, and that is at your hands.
With a feeling of not knowing, I drank alcohol.
how can i explain
Would he accept it even if I explained it?
I stood there blankly without saying anything, but Zerlac spoke first.
“Perhaps, you.”
“… … .”
“What is going on?”
The eyes that were languidly staring at me were somehow different.
Until then, he was tenacious, but he had a playfulness of his own, but now he has suddenly changed as sharp as an investigator's eyes.
Memories of the past that come to mind at the same time.
I felt a sudden chill, and without realizing it, I wrapped my arms around her.
“I remember what you said to me that night. I was confused because I didn't know who I was. Besides, he said strange things like he didn’t even know where this place was.”
“… … .”
"I didn't say it exactly, but if there's something that's bothering you."
“… … .”
“Can you tell me?”
“… … .”
"If there's a problem I can help with, I'll try."
At his last words, I had no choice but to clenched my parched fists tightly.
My heart was beating like it was going to burst, and my head was spinning like the hangover from a few days ago would start again.
But no matter how much he asked, he couldn't answer.
“No, there is no such thing. It's just that I think I made a big mistake with the Grand Duke.”
“… … .”
Then, a flashing thought popped into my head.
It's a way to go over smoothly in a situation like this!
“So, what do you mean?”
I opened my mouth while looking into his eyes.
“Actually, there is one thing that bothers me.”
"Tell me."
Xerlac leaned over to me and asked.
“Because His Highness the Grand Duke is a very, very high-ranking person, and I am the daughter of a very insignificant and poor family.”
When I said that, Zerlac raised one lip and let out a laugh.
"therefore?"
“There must be a daughter from a family suitable for a grand duke somewhere.”
“That’s it.”
"yes?"
Xerlac has a relaxed face that is different from before.
“Was that what made you feel uncomfortable?”
“… … ?”
“Did Marquis Bernadette want a new title? If it's for you, I might drop one more.
no, what do you mean by that?
I was speechless for a moment and stood still with my mouth wide open.
Ah, that's why my father's nostrils got so big.
"From the look on your face, that doesn't seem to be the problem."
Where did you get your eyes?
Why are you so quick-witted?
“If not, tell me.”
"However."
“Somehow, I can’t forget the look in your eyes that was trembling with anxiety after that day. I want to know what's going on.”
Zerlac's gaze seemed to stop his breath.
There are probably many reasons for my anxious eyes.
Between Zerlac Cygnus and I, there is a complicated situation that cannot be defined in a word.
That he was the man who had put me on the gallows to protect the woman he loved, and that he was the man I had been desperately avoiding.
Deep inside of me, there must have been a mindset that I should avoid him.
In addition, it must have been because there was a thick layer of anxiety that my actions might ruin everything.
But after that night, new emotions built up on top of my fears.
Fortunately, Zerlac seemed to have decided to stop the interrogation (?) here.
“Is this something that takes time?”
After I bit my fingers in silence for a while, he opened his mouth first.
"yes. I think so."
When he answered, he showed a dry smile.
Wanting to get out of this fearful and confusing situation, I barely smiled after him.
“The ball will be held in three days. On that day, I hope to face you with a more comfortable face than today.”
I can never put on a comfortable face in front of you.
“At that prom.”
I was going to tell you that I wouldn't be able to go to the prom.
Isn't Zerlac looking straight at me with a cool gaze somewhere?
If you say you won't go now, you'll pour out harsh words right away.
“At that ball?”
“I will prepare hard and go.”
“Don’t expect it.”
After saying that, Jerlac stood up.
Then, when I left the drawing room, my mother and father stood up straight with their hands together.
Couldn't it have been like this the whole time?
Seeing his parents standing there like jangseung, Jerlac paused for a moment, then calmly opened his mouth.
“Thank you for such a welcome even on a sudden visit.”
Looking back at this time, he was a very gentlemanly and calm man.
However, the expression he showed me a moment ago was quite frightening.
"You're welcome. It's always good, so please visit us often."
As soon as my father stopped talking, my mother suddenly stepped out.
“Me, Your Highness the Grand Duke.”
I glare at my mother with anxious eyes.
“We were going to have tea soon. How about joining us? The new tea tastes great.”
Mother managed to calmly ask the question, repeating her face turning white and then turning red.
As if he was satisfied with himself, he continued to speak with a little more power in his voice.
“Well, then, if you have time, let’s have lunch together.”
The mother put her hands together with an expectant look on her face.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll be with you next time.”
But Zerlac refused in a calm voice.
phew, good luck
He manages to endure the fact that he almost showed his teeth and laughed.
“Yes, it’s a pity, but please make sure to join us next time to shine.”
"All right."
It was the moment when Jerlac, who answered briefly, was about to turn around.
It was when I turned my head in the direction of the front door at the sudden presence.
A few unfamiliar trudges followed-
A very tall man stood tall.
"uh? Everyone came out and welcomed me, so it seems like I've become a great person.”
It was the first face I saw