Chapter 163

Forgiveness (6)

Eventually, she couldn’t say no. While walking side by side in the garden, she did not talk about anything else. Arthur drew a smile on his face one after another to see if he was satisfied with it.

She could feel Arthur’s hesitation as if he was carefully trying to hold her hand in case they walked for a long time.

“Unlike you.”

She couldn’t ignore him who was trying to approach her carefully. He would never leave her, and he was the one to wait and wait until she forgave him.

Eventually, Arthur couldn’t hold her hand.

Even the gaze staring at his hand was constantly drawn, and he struggled to look forward.

“Your Majesty, it’s an honor to see you here.”

“That’s what I mean is what I’m saying. I’m glad to see your Majesty like this.”

Perhaps because the weather was excellent, the Imperial palace was boring or taking a walk, but she faced a group of princes.

At the same time, Arthur’s expression hardened.

Arthur’s hand, which had hesitated, grabbed her hand and pulled it toward him. She picked it up and laughed at Arthur’s sudden change of attitude.

“No matter how much you call yourself His Majesty’s fiancée, how dare you hold hands.”

Prince Harmon, who showed his unpleasant expression, sarcastically told Arthur. Arthur closed his lips tightly to see if she even intended to respond.

Looking back, she could see Prince Persen also together.

‘You must have known I’d come out.’

She thought it was Persen who made the work. She said while still looking at them.

“I guess you didn’t learn proper etiquette in the Prince’s kingdom.”

Prince Harmon’s face heated up red. He must have been embarrassed to hear that she is indifferent because she did not let go of the hand even though she faced them and showed politeness.

“Grand Duke Arthur, next to me, is also a prospective candidate to become an Empress as my fiancé. But did you, who came to become a consort, insult the Grand Duke?”

For a moment, she felt the air frozen around her. The expressions of the other princes behind Prince Harmon also looked distorted.

Those who agreed were no different from Harmon.

“Ha, but! Isn’t there a rumor that you’re breaking the engagement? No one doesn’t know that you are in an unstable relationship. Isn’t it your intention not to have Arthur Viblant next to you which is why the Empress seat is empty?”

Intention.

Persen closed his eyes and narrowed his forehead at Sedor’s words, who seemed to be trying to help Harmon. But that guy appears to be quite smart.

“How dare a prince try to understand the lord’s will of a country…….”

“That’s not it!”

“You deserve to know the level of the kingdom of Herpondia.”

“Your Majesty!”

Shaking his hand in disgrace, Sedor bit his lips tightly. The other princes, who were watching quietly, began to talk to her one by one as if they were telling on him.

“Your Majesty seems to know so little about that Grand Duke.”

When she glanced at Arthur, she saw him with an expression of ignorance.

“I don’t know Arthur?”’

Instead, it was them who did not know her and Arthur properly.

“What’s something I don’t know?”

As soon as she finished talking, the princes began to say what they had been through.

From letters from unknown sources to information about themselves, they seemed to be praising at first glance, but it was more of a threat when opened.

He was warning them to return with their weaknesses. Their doubts were reasonable. Even though she was so meticulous that she thought Arthur did it.

She laughed at the details that were written in particular to the extent that he saw through weaknesses and the privacy of the princes in each country.

‘I thought you were quietly jealous.’

She raised her hand holding Arthur and said.

“Can’t you tell when you see this? Grand Duke Arthur Viblant will be my Empress.”

“That kind of thing!”

“We’ll pretend we understood. I’ll do my best in the imperial palace so that you can go back tomorrow.”

The princes, who looked puzzled as if they had nothing to say, turned around without hiding their anger. Persen approached her and bowed his head to greet her.

“I’m glad it went well. Then I’ve done my job, so I’ll trust you and step down.”

At Persen’s words, she turned her head and looked at Arthur.

“How long did you think I’d be watching others cling next to you?”

Arthur’s words made her realize that she was completely caught up in his plan. She laughed with despondency. She looked at the hand holding Arthur.

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“Hold on!”

“Are you taking it out now?”

Arthur shook his head stubbornly while holding both hands. Seeing him smile awkwardly while looking at her underneath made him feel better.

“Otherwise, do you not like this position?

“Mary, that’s not it…….”

“It’s not bad to have a great ball on top at this time.”

In an instant, he turned and fell back. Her body touched the blanket with a fluttering sound.

“……really you.”

“Don’t they say they’ll give you a chance? I mean to you.”

“But this is still…”

“I want to give you the seat of the empress you wanted. What’s the problem?”

“Mary.”

“Are you saying that you’re going to be inside and outside with me now? We’ve shared too much to do that.”

She reached out and untied the button that was well locked on his shirt.

“The gaze you stare at in the dark like this.”

“Hah…”

“Arthur’s breathing whispering in my ears.”

“Oh, wait!”

Arthur hurriedly grabbed her hand. She warmed his mouth as if he was disappointed because his hand was caught facing downward to release the buckle.

She acted more and more mischievous at his sudden cute behavior.