CH 231

Q: Sir Cedric, how did you feel when you first found out that Lady Emir and Lord Jake were dating?

A: Noisy. Don’t talk to me.

Q: What?

A: It means don’t ask me about it. Do you understand? Still, just thinking about it makes my heart ache. I’m just trying to forget about it now, but you’re being very hurtful to others.

Q: Well, if you say so, of course!

A: Yes, damn it. She was my first love.

Q: Sir. If you’ll excuse me, but maybe even now…… ?

A: I don’t even want to tell you that. Go away.

-Interview with Cedric Bedmond-

* * *

It was a particularly sunny day.

It was also the day the 1st Imperial Kindergarten alumni reunion was held once a month.

Well, the name is grand, but it’s just a small gathering among friends.

Of course, it is a little characteristic that the members in it were those who were the prominents in the kingdom as well as the empire.

Instead of having a tea time to talk about each other and unwind as usual, Cedric suddenly noticed that the mood between Emir and Jake had changed a bit.

“…… ?”

Just a few days ago, when they met at the debut Tangte, it was the same as usual, but what happened within a few days?

Cedric instinctively noticed that there was some change in the relationship between the two and opened his mouth.

“Everyone, I have an important story that I must tell you today.”

But there was someone who intercepted him before that.

It was Emir.

Emir coughed with a slightly flushed face and opened her mouth.

“Is it important? What are you talking about?”

“Tell me.”

While everyone responded with a gentle attitude, Cedric alone was very nervous.

And then the words came.

“Jake and I are officially dating.”

Emir said so and looked at Jake who was sitting right next to her.

Jake nodded his head in response to her, and he grabbed her hand.

“That’s what happened.”

“…… !”

As expected.

This was already an expected result.

He had a vague idea that one day this would come.

“Is that really true?”

“Oh……. Lady Emir and Lord Jake. Congratulations.”

“To tell such an important story right away.”

But somehow, unlike the others, Cedric did not say anything easily.

He would normally ask jokingly if that was real or joking, but he couldn’t say that.

“…….”

I would like to say congratulations like Nicholas, but his mouth didn’t open off the way he thought it would.

“This is the first time I’ve talked about this. Even my parents don’t know yet.”

But looking at Emir smiling happily as she said that, it seemed that he shouldn’t have said anything and shouldn’t have let his expression be stiff.

So Cedric struggled to raise his lips, giving an awkward smile.

But that was it.

Cedric had to go back after he sat there doing nothing the whole time.

* * *

Cedric alone in his bedroom.

The lights were not turned on, and he had even covered the window with a thick blackout curtain, making the room dark and lonely.

In the stillness of silence, Cedric lay dead on his bed, pulling his blanket up to the top of his head.

“Do you know why Cedric is like this, Cervan?”

“I don’t know, Brother. He went out to see his friends in a good mood, and since he came back, he had been locked up in his room all the time.”

“I’m really curious what happened. Cedric, who never misses his swordsmanship training in the afternoon, has canceled his training for some reason.”

In the distance, he could faintly hear his two older brothers having a conversation.

But even so, Cedric still didn’t say anything or do anything. He closed his eyes and gently recalled the memories of his past.

Once upon a time, when he was half the height he is now.

He thought of Emir, who was by his side when he was small and young.

‘You gave me a lot. Emir. You made me aware of many emotions and happiness that I would have never known before.’

Polly flew in and sat gently on Cedric’s bedside.

Polly tapped him with the tips of its soft wings as if to comfort him.