The Archduke was not attending the banquet today. Count Petrin, who had already said he would take Leone’s side, did not even send an invitation to the Archduke. Still, he became concerned and ordered Verbena to keep an eye on Count Petrin, who said nothing particularly unusual happened.
“Miss Trixie, you need to disguise yourself, so go this way.”
“Yes.”
Today, she decided to dress up like the last time. This time, it was to avoid the eyes of the nobles.
“Leone?”
However, Leone followed closely behind her and her maid as we headed to another room.
“You can go. I will quietly follow you.”
“…Lord Leone.”
“I have something to talk to the therapist about.”
“Haha. I’m going to ride the carriage with you when I move later, so you can do it then.”
“Um, I want to do it now.”
Leone smiled seductively. The face of the lady-in-waiting who was guiding her turned red. Thanks to that, Leone didn’t seem to notice her strangeness. There were times when Leone’s overflowing pheromones came in handy. Of course, it didn’t feel good.
‘I asked to have a secret relationship, but what if I show off like this? This child…!’
She put her finger on Leone’s side so that no one else could see it. He flinched. The flanks were still a useful weakness.
“Come on. This time-“
She couldn’t help it when she saw him brazenly trying to walk away despite threatening him with his side. She didn’t want to do this either, but Leone brought it on himself. She ended up stabbing Leone in the side. Startled by the tickling, he took a big step back and crouched down. It became like a person with a stomach ache.
“Ugh.”
“Wow, Your Highness the Prince?”
“Leone. You must be a little tired. I have an important schedule today, so please rest in peace.”
“Yes, Your Highness! You should rest as the therapist said.”
“Your Highness, if you feel unwell, shall we call a doctor?”
In an instant, worries flew from all sides. In the end, Leone had to let her go with a pity in his eyes. It’s true that you shouldn’t be caught in the imperial palace, but you have to be even more careful at the banquet you’re attending today than at the imperial palace.
‘Leone… Maybe it won’t continue like that…’
Leaving her worries behind, she came to another room with the maid who helped her disguise the other day. It was a very simple tool compared to the ones in Leone’s room.
“Please sit comfortably.”
“Thank you.”
“You don’t have to speak up to us, you’re a therapist.”
It was a part she had been invited to several times, but honestly, Leone was the only person in this world she was comfortable speaking with. It was a bit ironic that it was difficult to talk to the attendants, but it was easy to talk to the prince. Since she saw Leone as a puppy from the beginning… what.
“Being respectful is comfortable.”
When she looked at her in the mirror and smiled awkwardly, the lady-in-waiting reflected in it also smiled at her. Again, a magical time passed, and a completely different me was completed. Leone’s message arrived just in time.
“The carriage is ready outside.”
She went out without delay. And as soon as she opened the door, she was surprised. A few steps away stood a clean, bright white carriage, and Leone, standing in front of it, was dazzling in the waning sunlight. A beautiful man with blonde hair and purple eyes stood in front of a spotless white carriage. It was a wonderful and unrealistic figure that was more than a prince in a fairy tale.
Leone reached out to her.
“Let’s go, Trixie.”
She succeeded in staying alert and immediately climbed into the carriage with Leone. After sitting side by side and waiting for a while, the carriage started.
“Leone, you really are the prince today. So cool and beautiful!”
When she said that she would never be able to forget the image of Leone bathed in sunlight while standing in front of a white carriage, he smiled brightly.
“Well-. I don’t know that far.”
“Do you know that you are beautiful?”
“Roughly, you know.”
“Uh…? So, do you have any preferences?”
Knowing that Leone was pretty, he was a no-brainer. He pondered her question, then nodded his head.
“Clothes, hair styles, things like that. What do you like?”
“Hmm… clothes… I like a black dress and a white blouse. the head… I like that it’s red and has loose curly hair.”
Listening to it, it was her impression. The uniforms worn in the palace and Meto Mountains were slightly different in appearance, but since they were servants’ clothes, they ended up there. A black dress, a white blouse, or a black dress with a white apron, something like that.
There’s red hair… She had never been able to unwrap it. Leone seemed to want that.
“…what the. You are a real fox.”
“Fox? I am a wolf.”
It was not wrong. She closed her mouth. Even her ears turned red.
“These clothes are worn by people in the imperial palace and other aristocratic families. Do you know, Leone?”
“I have one more.”
“…What.”
“Yellow dress. Like a forsythia.”
“That… I wore it in Stud.”
“Everything Trixie wore became pretty to me. That’s- I like it, Trixie.”
She turned her head from Leone’s side and looked out the window. Boy, really. Why did he speak so well? As it was late autumn, a little bit of a cold wind flowed in from the window. It was hot nonetheless. Leone’s hand was carefully placed on the back of hers. It got hotter, but she didn’t bother biting her hand. How much longer did it run beyond the front gate of the count’s residence, past the garden, Adler’s voice came from outside the carriage.
“We’re here.”
It was common for the lady-in-waiting to ride in one of the wagons, but it was impossible for the prince to escort the lady-in-waiting when there were so many nobles. Leone looked at her for a long time with eyes dripping with regret, and then finally got off the carriage. It was only after he had walked ahead that she got out of the carriage with the help of the driver. The wagon was too high to just get off.
“Right… go.”
Honestly, seeing the scale of the imperial welcome ceremony, she thought there was nothing more surprising, but she was surprised as soon as she got off. Although Count Petrin and his wife said that they had a very good position. It really didn’t look like a joke. They gathered all kinds of fall flowers and decorated the entire exterior of the mansion. The light, sweet fragrance unique to autumn flowers vibrated from the garden. She heard that the banquet starts in the afternoon just before sunset. At that time, it seemed that the flowers would emit more beautiful colors under the increasingly darkening sunset. Even now, when the sun started to set, it still shines like this. How beautiful would it be if dyed in red sunset?
“Greeting Your Highness the Prince.”
The count, who had been waiting at the entrance, bowed his head and greeted him. Leone smiled calmly and held out his hand for a handshake. The Petrin family stood behind the count, and among them was the second daughter Lelisha, who had come to an audience. She unknowingly swallowed her saliva. Lelisha was beautiful today too.
‘…uh? That…’
But there was something that stood out. A grooming cat was sitting at Lelisha’s feet. The figure with golden hair… She was strangely used to it.
‘Similar to Leone… But?’
‘He looked at me very earnestly.’
‘It was also a bit similar to the eyes that Trixie first saw him with. The look in his eyes when she crawled with him on all fours and started calling him—her puppy.’
Lelisha, did she really overlap her pet and Leone…? Like her…?
‘Give me back my jealousy.’
Thanks to her, she got to talk with Leone in a good way, but it was really useless jealousy. She was frustrated. Lerisha was still looking at her Leone, her searing eyes. In between, she didn’t forget to look at her cat affectionately. The cat that was grooming her rubbed her body against Lerisha’s dress and teased her. She was really lovely.
“Thank you for the invitation.”
It brought back her dazed mind. Yes, what that good was good. Wasn’t everything good?
“No. Thank you for accepting the invitation.”
“The mansion is very- beautiful.”
“Yes. My wife loves autumn flowers, so every year they hold a little extravagant banquet. I am ashamed.”
The Count smiled softly.
“Nice to see.”
“Thank you. Please go inside.”
As soon as she entered, she realized something, that Count Petrin knew how to attract attention. He must have told Leone the time a little slower. The lobby was already full of people. All eyes were on Leone as he walked alone from the lobby. It was hard to take her eyes off the picture of a member of the Petrin count family with good character and a handsome prince smiling softly walking side by side.
“May I ask for a greeting?”
“It’s your wife’s birthday, how can I step forward?”
“It would be a great honor on my birthday if Your Highness could give a light congratulatory speech.”
A middle-aged woman who looked just like Lerisha, the second daughter she saw last time, covered her mouth with her fan and smiled gracefully. As much as Lerisha, no, she seemed more beautiful than Lerisha.
“…I see.”
Leone smiled softly. At the welcome ceremony, they couldn’t bring all of their family and relatives, so she still had a strong feeling that people were refined, but now there were a lot more people who wanted to take a look at the prince. Occasionally, even children were seen.
Concerned about the crowd,she looked at Leone, but perhaps it was because of the friendly attitude of the count’s family, or something like that, he didn’t stand up. When he entered the hall, his admiration came even more. After hanging white silk here and there, the four sides were decorated with fresh autumn flowers, and there was even a statue made of ice in the middle. It was as if the garden had been moved indoors. The huge chandelier was also overwhelming. Adler followed Leone up to the podium to give her a congratulatory speech, but she didn’t go up and stood next to the wall where her lady-in-waiting would wait. While Leone was preparing the congratulatory speech, chatter from nobles flowed in.
“Count, I think you originally had a more fancy taste.”
“Ah. I also heard that the highlight was going to be very fancy today, so I heard that the banquet hall was decorated neatly and neatly.”
“A highlight? What, did you bring a rare animal like last time? It was a really rare sight then.”
It was embarrassing that this was neat and frugal. But even in the midst of that, what stuck in her ears more was the word ‘highlight’. Ears pricked up. What was it? He said there was nothing dangerous today, right? Wouldn’t that be a big deal? She was intrigued, but a little bit worried. Anyway, weren’t Leone and she living on thin ice? Lately, she had been crazy about love, so she had been rolling around the flower field happily. She had be vigilant.
“No. Since Count Petrin has a big business, you know that he brings in a lot of foreign goods, right?”
“Yes, of course.”
“I heard that an incredibly large firecracker has been developed in a foreign country. They say it’s enough to fill the big sky.”
“Oh my god. Did you bring it in? If it was that big, the price would be prohibitive.”
“They say you didn’t bring in just one or two. Are you also pathetic?”
“I know, right. Ho Ho. I am so looking forward to the night.”
Big Fireworks! She was going to see the fireworks with Leone at Stud’s festival, but she couldn’t see them because she was leaving in a hurry. They may not be very close today, but she would be able to see them!
‘Leone and I are watching fireworks!’
Just a while ago, she thought she had to get herself back. Her heart was pounding because she was so curious about Leone’s reaction when he saw the flames. Leone, who knew nothing these days, had nothing to surprise him with. This was how the expression of emotions became diverse.
‘Seeing something new, a surprised face…!’
Her heart swelled with anticipation.
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That said, I will be 2 weeks out (in a family travel) so don’t worry because this story won’t be dropped BUT during 2 weeks there won’t be any new release. SORRY!!
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