CH 39

“Did he find the princess?”

I’m bored and I can’t sleep. Let’s sneak a look.

I stopped my way to the room, and headed to the garden behind me.

Edgar’s work is almost done, so I’ll get some sleep tonight.

My steps felt lighter than before.

While heading to the garden humming a little, I found a familiar backside.

‘Huh? What is he doing?’

Delther stood tall and did not move.

I don’t want to get involved again today.

I turned away cause my excitement has cooled down.

Do I have to talk to Delther again?

Once is enough. Twice isn’t that great.

Without hesitation, I turned around with the thought of walking in another garden.

I also paused for a moment.

Then I turned around and looked at Delther one more time.

Still, he stood still.

“What the hell are you looking at.”

There’s nothing hidden in the garden, so why are you looking so closely?

“Oh, I’m curious.”

No, sometimes you have to put up with your curiosity.

“Ugh!”

I’m going to regret it! It’s better to go back!

I repeatedly clench and loosen my fists.

“Ugh, I don’t know!”

I wanted to sleep soundly tonight. So what I do now is to get enough sleep.

This is why humans can’t do it.

Eventually, I couldn’t resist my curiosity and turned toward Delther.

I approached Delther slowly.

‘Didn’t he notice my presence?’

I’m this close. It was a strange thing.

Delther should have noticed my presence.

However, he seemed so panicked that he couldn’t even read my presence.

I patted Delther on the back with my hand.

“What are you doing here?”

“Shh.”

He hurriedly closed my mouth with his hand.

I blinked still and nodded.

What the hell is this about?

Delther made sure I was calming down and pulled his hand.

“Why are you here?”

He whispered softly.

It doesn’t feel good to breathe in a space that is close to each other.

Could it be that such a whisper would feel warm?

I was very offended.

“I think your Highness is mistaken, so let me tell you, this is my house.”

Why should I be told this?

“Do you think I’m asking because I don’t know that?”

“No, I answered because you asked.”

I spoke in a blunt tone.

He whispered softly, and I felt like I had to speak softly.

Leaning slightly to the side of Delther.

Only then did I see the situation ahead.

“Uh?”

I thought he was peeking at Janice, but he wasn’t.

The reason why Delther stood so blankly and couldn’t do anything.

The reason was because Janice and Leon.

They seem to be talking about something, but I can’t hear them.

‘They must be really attracted to each other.’

Leon often came to the garden behind the house, but it was rare to see him at night like this.

I used to go out during the day and go for a walk sometimes, or to refresh my mind when I had concerns.

“Are you okay?”

I asked Delther insinuatingly.

“What does that mean?”

“I know right”

What are you going to do by pretending to know him? Calm down.

I shook my head.

“It’s just, your eyes don’t look good.”

I said to him as if I didn’t mean anything.

I really meant it roughly, but he doesn’t seem to be.

“Do I not look okay?”

Why do you keep asking questions?

I felt like I was being interrogated.

I closed my mouth straight and stared at Leon and Janice.

‘But what are they talking about like that?’

Janice’s expression was changing by the minute.

Leon, on the other hand, remained expressionless from start to finish.

I tried to ignore his hot gaze and listened to them.

As expected, nothing was heard.

Perhaps because of the thorough disregard, Delther’s patience seemed to have run out.

His eyes on me were hot and I even felt like I was dying.

‘Stop staring at me.’

I can’t even say anything if you look at me like that.

If I say something wrong, I might die from those eyes.

Of course, this was the territory of the Velois family, so it won’t happen. Maybe…

“My face is going to get pierced. I’m just saying. You look perfectly fine, can you stop looking at me?”

Only then did Delter’s eyes fall from me.

Leon’s eyes turned this way for a moment as he breathed out a breath of relief.

“Hup.”

I took a breath and covered my mouth with my hand. Then I pulled Delther and bow myself.

There was no need to hide, but somehow it felt like we shouldn’t be facing each other.

Crush. Crush

I could hear the grass being trampled by feet.

Shoo.

Every time the wind blew through the tree, it made a ghastly sound.

with one’s hands full.

The sound of footsteps drew nearer.

The sound of footsteps that reached a close distance stopped right in front of me.

I slowly raised my head as I saw the shade.

“Ha ha ha.”

As expected, it was Leon who made eye contact with me, who smiled awkwardly.

It’s amazing to notice the presence.

“Your Highness? Why are you doing this?”

Janice, who followed, found Delther and asked.

Delther and I exchanged glances in a short moment.

How should I get through this?

There was no answer even though I tried to use my brain. I had no choice but to raise myself and face Leon.

His eyes soon turned to my wrist.

Seeing that the blue ribbon was tied, he spoke softly.

“What are you doing here, Miss.”

I trembled at the word Leon referred to me.

Miss.

Well, he can’t call my name here.

It was obvious, but I felt sad.

“Oh, I couldn’t sleep, so I took a walk for a while and…….”

He doesn’t seem to believe me at all. He knew me better than anyone else.

Leon’s eyes narrowed even more.

“That’s what I want to ask. Why are you with Princess Janice?”

At Delther’s words, Leon’s eyes were shifted to him.

Still no emotion was revealed.

Janice glanced at Leon and soon blocked Delther’s way.

“I ran into him while taking a walk. I heard he applied for the announcement, so I was asking him a question.”

Her hand shook as she clasped the hem of her dress.

‘She’s afraid.’

It was obvious what Delter did to Janice.

‘He must have bullied her childishly.’

The woman he fell in love with at first sight is his half-sister. It could be upsetting.

“There are a lot of pretty flowers here in the garden. Did you take a look?”

I asked Janice with a big smile.

She nodded with a relaxed expression as she was looking at Delther’s face with great nervousness.

“Yes, Sir Leon guided me.”

Janice blushed slightly. She seems to like Leon.

She doesn’t know who he is, but it’s natural to be attracted.

“Oh, I see. I feel relieved because Sir Leon seems to take good care of the Princess.”

By the way, Leon introduced Janice to the garden?

It was surprising.

I stared at Leon, then smiled softly.

‘Okay, I think they’re doing pretty well.’

I won’t deny it if he can get the pattern right since I got to know him before appearing.

He might like it because it was meant to be.

“Does it make you laugh when you see your guard leaving his master’s side and being with someone else?”

Delther growled low when he saw a smile on my face.

Why are you doing that?

I said he was a guard, but isn’t this inside the house?

Besides Leon, the other guards watching me were everywhere.

“Everyone is hiding and watching me. Don’t you know?”

I raised my eyebrows at Delther.

I already knew he didn’t like Leon.

Didn’t he warn me before?

“You need to know your subject.”

Tsk – and Delter clicked his tongue. Janice trembled at his words.

I think he misunderstood what I was saying to him.

“I know my subject very well. Your Highness seems to be misunderstanding, so I’ll tell you.”

Leon took a step closer to me and grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him.

Her eyes met with Janice as she was held in his arms.

Her eyes were shaking violently.

‘Oh, my God.’

I think I caused a useless misunderstanding, not Leon.

“I’m not interested in anyone other than my master, Lady Elle Natasia.”

I pushed Leon slightly and raised my head.

Leon still had an expressionless face.

The hand holding me was unshakable, and his voice was calm.

“So the Crown Prince has nothing to worry about.”

Janice’s eyes opened wide.

Why do we have to face each other?

I closed my eyes tightly. I couldn’t laugh even at Leon’s words.

“Ha.”

I sighed automatically. I felt complicatedly trapped in the fate of three people.

It was uncomfortable.

I bowed my head.

Then Leon’s hand, which was firmly holding me, came into my eyes.

There was a faint pattern between the unbuttoned shirts.