CH 50

“There’s really nothing that Estelle did wrong, so don’t be sorry.”

“Your Grace…”

“Shall we go back now?”

Now, Elysia understood why Damon got upset. She didn’t even know this, so she just misunderstood that he was acting upset because his personality was a wreck.

“What a surprise. Ah—!”

As soon as the door opened, Elysia, who didn’t expect Damon to be waiting outside, stumbled in surprise.

“You have to be careful.”

“Grand Duke…?”

Naturally, she was surprised to find him here, who she thought would be at the party. Although it was a sudden appearance, his outstanding beauty quickly caught her attention. Elysia glanced at Damon’s new outfit.

Damon, dressed in dark navy blue, had a new feeling. Even though he looked good in white clothes, again, he looked best in dark clothes.

The dark colors made his gloomy mood even more sexy, and it was hard to take her eyes off him, who had a decadent mood. In fact, Damon would be cool wearing anything. No matter what cloth he wore, if the handsome man made up his mind, it would shine very brilliantly.

“When Madame was making clothes, there must have been a lack of cloth.”

“Yes…? What does that mean?”

Elysia hurriedly glanced here and there to see if there was anything wrong with Damon’s clothes, though apparently there was no problem. Did he feel uncomfortable when wearing it?

“Are your clothes uncomfortable?”

“My eyes are uncomfortable.”

“What? Ah… Is it ugly, too? I’m trying to cover it up…”

After hearing that his eyes were uncomfortable, Elysia realized that he was talking about her. It was also a regret that he didn’t like this design. However, it would take too long for her to change into another dress.

“Am I so thin it doesn’t look good…?”

Even as she could see it, there was barely flesh on her bones. She couldn’t change her condition, even though she had gained weight. It was not enough to return to a normal weight within a short period of time. At least Catherine was excellent, so she thought it was lucky that she covered up her body shape, but perhaps it hadn’t.

Elysia wrapped her body as much as possible in the fluffy white fur.

“No, it’s not ugly. The wife is always beautiful.”

Elysia frowned slightly. Was he making fun of her now…?

When he says that his eyes are uncomfortable, she doesn’t know how she should reciprocate. She knew better than anyone that she wasn’t exceptionally beautiful. She looked even more shabby, especially if she stood next to Damon.

“What I said… It’s uncomfortable for other people to see Elysia.”

“…Yes?”

“It makes me mad at the thought of other men looking at the wife’s skin.”

“….”

Elysia did not know how she should respond to Damon’s words.

…Skin? She had nothing to say.

There was no way Catherine was unaware of her body type, so of course, she did not expose herself excessively. Due to the nature of the dress, it was only that her chest was slightly exposed with the V-neck. It was right to say it didn’t even cut that deep, it just gave it a feel.

Besides, she couldn’t understand why he was angry. What was wrong with other people seeing her skin? Wasn’t Damon Raphael the one who wouldn’t mind if she danced naked with her feet?

Elysia was confused by his actions, not knowing whether it was real or fake.

Did Damon really put so much effort into seduction…?

“It’s not a deep cut, so I think it’ll be fine.”

“….”

After much thought, she answered that it would be okay. No matter how much she thought, she couldn’t come up with a proper answer. Damon’s words were so shocking and unexpected.

She wondered if there would be a man who would look at her now and think of something lewd. Although it complemented her figure, Elysia’s body was still very skinny. Besides, this dress was far from a design that would seduce anyone. If it was elegant, although it was never vulgar or sexy.

“Your Grace?”

While she asked back as Damon kept silent, he still did not open his mouth.

“If the wife is fine, then it’s fine.”

Lies.

The expression on his face was not good at all. He had the usual expressionless face, but his strangely narrowed eyes spoke otherwise. There were so many beautiful women other than her at the party, and there was no way he would see only her.

Finally, Damon let out a small sigh and continued to grumble.

“It’s really the first time I’ve ever wanted to go back so quickly.”

What honey was in the Duchy? Elysia just smiled awkwardly when he said he wanted to go back. Even though he was originally a party-hater, it was a bit outrageous to pretend it was his first time.

As he didn’t like crowded places, he could easily deny the Emperor’s orders. The reason was that he didn’t want to go to places infested with bugs. Damon’s reaction was understandable when she thought this reception would feel the same for him.

“What are you doing, Your Grace?”

“The wife looks cold.”

Elysia lifted her head at a touch sitting on her shoulder. It was the coat he was wearing. She didn’t know why he put this to her. To say that it was cold, the party hall was indoors. And, since it was a wedding that cost a lot of money, the inside had temperature magic.

In fact, it was not cold at all, even if she wore a thin dress. Besides, she was wearing fur now, so she wouldn’t have looked cold.

“I am not cold.”

Irrespective of her words, Damon rather buttoned her up till the end of her neck as if he wouldn’t expose any of her skin.

“You look cold.”

“No, it can’t be…”

Elysia was perplexed as to how to respond to his insistence. She found it very amusing because Damon had covered her up tightly. Her hands were clad in long navy blue gloves, and her exposed shoulders and arms were covered by his coat.

Nevertheless, Damon wrapped her entire body, and there was not a single color of flesh visible.

“They wouldn’t be able to see any of the dress like this.”

There was a reason Elysia chose this dress that seemed to make her dare to reveal her body. For anyone to see, this dress was Grand Duchy Raphael itself. They didn’t say the words directly, but Estelle and Catherine wanted her to choose this.

However, if it were all covered up like this, it wouldn’t make any sense. Besides, wearing the coat didn’t suit her at all, and she just looked ridiculous.

“It doesn’t matter, doesn’t it?”

“It is a matter… And, I’m wearing fur, so it’s not cold at all.”

“No, you look cold.”

At Damon’s demeanor, Elysia was stunned. Why does he keep insisting that she looks cold?

“…Is it because I don’t look good?”

“What do you mean?”

Perhaps, it was because she didn’t fit the dress, making it hard to see so it would be better to cover it all up…

“I don’t have time to change into another dress right now.”

Elysia looked pretty okay to herself, but Damon’s sense of aesthetics made it seem like she couldn’t see with her eyes open. He was a perfectly beautiful man, and in his eyes, she was a long way off.

“I chose this dress because I thought I should show it to people as it is a dress that represents Grand Duchy Raphael… But, you don’t like it.”

In that case, she’d rather choose a different dress… Still, she couldn’t choose any other dress other than this one. To her eyes, this was the best of all the other dresses. As if the dress were telling Elysia to choose it by all means.

“Not at all.”

“Then, why are you doing that?”

“That is…”

Unless it was because the dress didn’t suit her, it didn’t explain why Damon behaves this way.

“I don’t want to show you.”

By this point, it was difficult to tell whether his acting was real or fake. Nonetheless, no matter how much Elysia thought about it, there was no way Damon liked her… All he was doing now was acting.

In the first place, it was impossible for Damon Raphael to like someone.

“It doesn’t matter if I’m satisfied with having to pluck out everyone else’s eyes.”

“What…?”

“I’m going to cut out all the eyes that saw the wife.”

What was she hearing now, Elysia blinked her eyes several times. What eyes…?

“Did I hear it wrong?”

“No, you heard me right.”

Damon’s face as he said that was calm. Elysia was deceived by him, who said that he would pluck out people’s eyes without changing his expression as if they were having a normal conversation. He didn’t even trick her to reassure her anymore.

“Why, why…?”

Now that she had signed the marriage vows, she became afraid of him as he began to reveal his true nature. She shouldn’t have forgotten that she married the scariest man in the world.

“Because they saw the wife’s skin.”

“…My skin?”

“Yes.”

Where was the skin? It was not that her breasts were seen so badly, could it be said as showing skin? Besides, even if her skins were visible, Damon shouldn’t even care… That was Damon Raphael.

Damon, who was looking at Elysia, smiled.

“I hate seeing anyone looking at mine. I want to hide it and have it only with me, so I can see it.”