Chapter 69

Chapter 69

Lucian’s eyes seemed to have turned slightly red, perhaps because my words had made him sad. He flapped his lips a few times and then handed the cream jar to Amber.

“Then, please.”

“…… Yes, Young Lord.”

Lucian was still the Young Lord. The succession process seemed to take longer than expected.

He sat on the bed and turned his back to me. I held my sigh that came out with that pose.

It wasn’t a sigh of frustration; it was a sigh of annoyance in desperation to capture even that appearance.

But……

It’s so cute!

He was sulking and sat like that, right?

My eyes aren’t weird, are they?

I asked Amber with my eyes. Amber understood my gaze and shook her head nervously.

What does that mean?

Are you saying just let it go?

How can I leave such a cute back like that?

I want to hug him.

He looked like a child even with his wide shoulders.

I quickly approached him on my knees and hung on his broad back.

“Brother, are you sulking?”

“…..”

It looked like he was definitely sulking. Was he aging backwards? Why was he so cute?

“No, it’s not that I don’t like it. It’s embarrassing.”

“What is embarrassing you?”

Then Lucian answered. I hurriedly added an excuse.

“I’m sure all women who have to show their bare faces in front of men as soon as they wake up think the same as me.”

As I spoke, Lucian turned around.

Oh, are you okay now?

He still looked at me with a pouty expression on his face. However, I did not miss the fact that the mouth was loosened.

“You look beautiful even when you just woke up.”

OMGOMG!

Our Lucian!

Do you like your younger sister that much?

I couldn’t hide my joy and rushed toward him. Hanging on his broad shoulders, I murmured.

“Uhhh, how cute!”

Lucian naturally grabbed my waist and rested his face on my shoulder.

“Am I cute?”

“….Um.”

You wouldn’t like it if I said you were cute, right? Also, he might not like his younger sister like this.

But before I could speak, Lucian spoke up first.

“Then, I’ll be cute.”

Hearing this, I just passed out

I wanted to, I was so dizzy that I couldn’t breathe properly.

Gasp! My bias!

My bias is cute, please!

Everyone!

I am loved by my bias! Even if I die like this, I don’t think I’ll have any regrets!

I really wanted to go somewhere while waving my hand in the air. I bent my knees and stomped my feet.

He grabbed my waist and pulled me tight. I was easily dragged away and hugged him.

It looked like the way I hugged him when we were young, but the feeling was subtly different.

It was embarrassing to sit with my butt perched on his thigh.

“Then, should we finish? Let’s go eat breakfast afterwards.”

There must be a lot of work before him, but he didn’t rush me. So, in a hurry, I closed my eyes and pushed my face in.

But I felt nothing, and when I gently lifted my eyelids, there were golden eyes right in front of my nose.

The downcast gaze was directed into my face.

“Lucian?”

As soon as I got used to it, I called him by name without realizing it. Then he let out a small breath with a soft laugh.

For some reason, the sound of that low laughter was so strange that I wondered if some obscene devil had appeared in my head.

Instead of applying the cream, he wrapped his arms around my waist and hugged me tightly.

I could feel his heart beating fast through his tight chest.

It was pounding as fast as if he were running.

***

Recently, Lucian felt he was walking in a dream. His heart was pounding because he had accomplished one thing he had longed to achieve.

His hands were shaking from so much joy when he made Rachel’s schedule fit all of his own schedules.

He didn’t know how many times he had rewritten the schedule to hand to her.

Lucian pretended to study the papers while spying on Rachel as she sat next to him sorting the invitations.

She was very reliable as she sorted the invitations while thinking deeply.

– I was looking forward to her becoming the Duchess in the future because obviously I thought that she would be able to manage not only the invitations but also the internal affairs.

But now he knew for sure

She didn’t see him as a man yet. Of course, his morning work made him happy.

“Hmm….”

She was embarrassed to show her bare face.

Reflecting on what Rachel had said this morning, he handed her the papers. Lately, he’d been concerned over his father’s calm, but decided to watch it first.

He felt that his priority was to let Rachel know.

After that, he was free to proceed with the next task.

Containing his impatience, he finished the documents he was looking at and stamped his seal.

“Ray, would you like to stay with me today?”

“Aren’t you going to the salon today?”

“Yes, the meeting was postponed.”

“Then, shall we go for a walk after lunch?”

“Do you want to?”

“Yes!”

Rachel lifted her stiff body and stretched her arms upward. He could see the clouds floating in the blue sky through the half-moon window above his desk in the office. Looking at the pure white clouds, it reminded him of Oscar.

“What are the kids doing?”

Rachel, who had been muttering to herself, said to him.

“I’m going to visit the kids for a moment.”

“…… Can’t you meet later?”

Lucian felt his stomach twist every time she did this. He needed only her, but she wasn’t aware of him enough.

He was unbearably dissatisfied with that.

“Then, should I ask Amber to prepare lunch?”

As the fluttering black emotions disappeared in an instant at her words, Enzo muttered.

– Slow.

He knew his own heart that shook like a reed at her words better than anyone.

What if he’s slow?

That’s all that it took to hold her tight.

– Tsk, tsk, you are obsessed with a woman and didn’t see a good case. Of course, I won’t hide that the representative person is me! Giggle, giggle.

– Did you do that too?

When he responded to Enzo, who would normally ignore him, Enzo said in a surprised voice.

– Are you curious?

– …..

– I’m curious. Yes. didn’t I tell you my story?

– Never.

– Do you know why I was sealed?

– It wasn’t in the history books…

– Of course it is. Would the Imperial bastards record such a thing? Even if they left it, it would have been hidden so that only they could see it among themselves.

– Actually, I have a question for you.

– Yes! I’ll tell you everything today!

Lucian asked Enzo calmly, as he was chattering with excitement.

– If you were my ancestor. And if you are a dark wizard, how could our family not become a rebellious family and still remain as a founding family?

– Kuku, how nice it would be to talk like this on a regular basis.

– ……

– After all, you are a very different kind. Just like me! Kukukuk!

– If you don’t want to say it, don’t…

Lucian didn’t want to talk to him anymore, but when he tried to cut him off, Enzo rushed out his words.

– If you bring up my story and ask for treason, the Imperial family can’t even ask for the crimes either!

-….crimes?

Lucian was curious. He listened to Enzo who said he was not so pleased with the recent action of the Prince.

-Yes! Everything! If they didn’t betray the temple, my woman couldn’t have gone so vainly! Damn Imperial bastards! Did they think they were good enough to establish their own country? There were many sacrifices. A lot of blood was shed! Just thinking about the fact that my woman’s blood was mixed with that blood, I was blinded by anger.

Enzo’s voice grew louder and louder. It wasn’t usually this annoying, but today it seemed to grab his head and shake it wildly.

– What would you do if that was you? When your woman is dying, shedding her blood, and you are powerless to do anything?

– …… I don’t know.

– No, you don’t know.

– I almost lost Ray, too.

– You haven’t lost her yet. As for the subject of keeping her next to you, it’s very exciting isn’t it?

He couldn’t deny it, for sure lately he felt like he was going to fly away.

– I’m envious of you. If we had been born a little later, we could have been like you.

– Who the hell is your woman? The Imperial family betrayed you?

At Lucian’s question, Enzo paused for a moment. As if something wasn’t right, he exhaled heavily, then opened his mouth again.

– My woman, she……. She took my heart, she had eyes as beautiful as the night sky……

“Brother?”

Lucian was concentrating on Enzo’s voice and stopped Enzo because Rachel suddenly came to his side and grabbed his hand.

“Yes, Ray.”

“Why are you sweating like this? Are you not feeling well?”

Rachel carefully removed the black hair from his forehead and pressed it gently with the palm of her hand.

Still sitting in the chair, he could look into her eyes in front of him as she bowed her head slightly.

And he automatically remembered the words Enzo had muttered a while ago.

The phrase ‘eyes as beautiful as the night sky’ ran round and round in his head. Now, looking at the eyes as beautiful as the night sky unfolding right in front of him, he couldn’t breathe.

Somehow, anxiety came over him.

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