After the Duke Everett left.
The Duke of Baltail was as quiet as a storm had passed.
Leverticia tried to return, saying it was nothing special, but the duke’s servants caught her and forced her to heal her hand.
“Hmm.”
Leverticia looked around the bandage wrapped around my hand.
On the battlefield, she only gave first aid to torn and cut wounds, and
chewed analgesic herbs to resolve them, so it was unfamiliar and tickling to treat such a small burn painstakingly.
It also seemed to have a nice scent. Yes, it must be the smell of the ointment you have applied.
‘Did the nobles treat one wound with such sincerity in the first place?’
Although she herself is a noble, she tilted her head, who had never been treated like an aristocrat since she was very young.
Not only for her, but for the knights of the Knights of Baekeun, who often go on campaigns, injuries were just a daily routine.
It’s a big deal if anyone around her gets hurt, so it was only the emperor who made a fuss around her, but he spoke differently because he was in a position where the safety of his body was the safety of the country.
In the days of the prince in the closet before becoming the emperor, there were times when his body was so weak that he thought he was also of the royal family.
As Leverticia was lost in thought, staring at the bandages on her hands, she heard a voice next to her.
“why. Are you still sick?”
Kaius, who was sitting across from him, looked away from the book and glanced at her.
After the death of Duke Everett, he returned to his stable form again. Listening to her usual harsh tone, Leverticia smiled contentedly inwardly. “no. are you okay. Rep, Lebertsha is not so sick as this.”
“you….”
Kaiser’s cheeks turned red. It was because he remembered his own speech mistake a while ago. He shook his head and muttered softly.
“Your name is so difficult. I’ll call her Letty.”
“yes. okay. Kai.”
“Why do you shorten your name?” “You do it.”
“I, I am eight years old. You are still young.” “When I was eight, I was all grown up.”
“… How old are you?”
“me? twenty-one years old.” “….”
“Twenty-one is young.” what a sophistry
Despite Kaius’s absurd expression, Leverticia continued speaking with an unconcerned face.
“Duke Everett, how often do you come here often?” “… yes.”
“Why were you giving it all away? Yes, why is that temper hair-no, it’s big. How do you get angry?”
Kaius glanced at her slightly, then opened his mouth in a crawling voice.
“I am afraid of that man. really.” “What happened?”
“….”
His mouth was closed again. And as if to endure the pain that came to him, he swept his frown forehead.
Leverticia turned her head and looked out the window. A lot of time has passed, and the reddish sunset is setting outside.
She thought for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“Actually there is. Since I was little, there was a person I was very afraid of.”
“What?”
Kaiis immediately opened his eyes wide and looked at her. It was the most intense reaction he had ever shown.
“Is that real? were you scared Wasn’t that person scared?” “yes.”
“… Are you human?” Is this so surprising?
Leverticia smirked and got up from her seat.
“I wonder who it is? Do you want to hear why? But now I won’t tell you.” “what. Are you sure you want to make a deal with me right now?”
“What do you see me as? I’m an adult, so I can tell you about the past. Of
course, it would be better with a glass of alcohol. Unfortunately, I can’t do it with young children.”
She pretended to stroke Kaius’s hair like a child.
Kaius shook his head to avoid her hand, then stared at her with a puzzled face.
It’s a sensitive reaction, but now I don’t hate it. okay. This is my lynx.
“So when will you tell me, tomorrow?”
“Uh… Well. It feels unreasonable that I have to come back here to tell my story.”
Leverticia tapped her chin with her fingertips and exclaimed ‘Ah’ briefly.
“I’ve always come all the way here to convince you, isn’t it your turn to listen to me this time?”
“What?”
“When you come to the Imperial Palace, find a training ground for the Silver Knights or a hostel. I don’t go to the chief’s office very often.”
“What, why am I suddenly there…!”
“Are you waiting? I’m hungry and I need to go back soon. You might faint on the way.”
Ignoring all of Kaius’ absurd protests, she smiled and said goodbye. “Well then.”
“No, wait-”
Then he slammed the door shut and left before he could say anything more.
Left alone in an instant because of Leverticia, who disappeared like the wind, Kaius said, “Huh,” and smirked.
Who the hell opens the door every time?
Anyway, he was a man who came and went at his own pace.
*
A day has passed since then.
Leverticia, as usual, did not come as the Duke of Valtale.
To be honest, it was more strange than the previous one that came every day.
“It’s nice to be quiet after a while.” Kaiers snorted.
Even the duke’s employees did not think much of it. Everyone was just a knight in the Imperial Palace, so I thought he must be busy with training and missions.
But when she didn’t come, only a few maids and guards, who had to go back to catch Kaius, swallowed their tears.
However, contrary to their belief that her absence would be temporary, Leverticia did not come to the Duke of Valtale the next day or the day after.
As usual today, the maids searched the garden in search of their little master and whispered.
“I mean, knight, maybe something happened?”
“What are you doing with your busy schedule for just three days? Instead, find the Duke first. Where are you going this time?”
“Looks like you’re not in the garden today, should I go to the library? ….”
The maids let out a long sigh as they wandered around the maze-like garden.
Once again, I could feel the gratitude to Leverticia, who took the place of this unanswered hide-and-seek game.
Kaiers glanced down and looked down. He was sitting on a huge tree near the current maids and reading a book.
Hearing the babbling of the maids, he immediately removed the book that was covering his face.
His face, exposed in the sunlight, was frowned upon, like a man with a hole somewhere.
‘… Why don’t you come?’
In fact, it wasn’t just the maids who were waiting for the fixer.
It’s already the third day. The reckless white knight did not come to visit the duke.
To be more precise, he hadn’t come. “What did I do wrong?”
A groan came out of Kaius’s mouth without realizing it.
No, to be honest, when it comes to what he did wrong, he was not without his conscience.
From the moment we first met to the moment we last saw her, I have never been kind to her.
Rather, when I first saw him, he even showed hostility because of the pendant, which was his father’s keepsake. Besides, I asked him to protect me from Duke Everett, and he started grunting again as soon as he died.
“What am I… wrong… did.”
His voice murmured once more and became more depressed than before.
After a while, Kaius, who had been in trouble for a while, eventually slipped down from the tree.
There was no one in this mansion who could find him, so I thought there was no reason to hide here.
The maids passing under the tree screamed in shock at the sight of him appearing as if he had fallen from the tree.
“Aww!”
“Oh, Duke? Where are you appearing-” “I heard the butler found me.”
“yes? Ah yes! Waiting in the duke’s room now. Perhaps the costumes for this imperial banquet have arrived.”
“okay.”
Kaiers nodded briefly and moved forward.
Seeing him so gentle and innocent, the maids opened their eyes wide and looked at him.
When Kaius returned to his room, there was not only the butler, but also a couple with sad faces waiting for him.
The butler was taken aback for a moment when he saw Kaius who had
come on his own feet, but he quickly changed his expression and opened his mouth.
“Are you here, Duke? This is Baron Bellast and his wife, the owners of the famous Ethel clothing store.”
“Nice to meet you, Duke.”
“I got the clothes you ordered last time.” Kaiers nodded and went to sit down.
The room was filled with all kinds of fancy costumes, props, and
accessories for the banquet spread out by the staff of the clothing store. Kaius glanced over the clothes with unconcerned eyes.
“It is said that this imperial banquet will be held in the central banquet hall of the imperial palace as most nobles and knights attend. The duke is sure to get attention as the costume was made with fabrics that took into account the light of the chandelier there.”
“Right. In the central banquet hall of the Imperial Palace-”
Suddenly, something flashed in Kaius’s mind, who had been muttering without thinking.
While the butler checked the clothes and accessories and paid the bill, Kaiers secretly asked Baron Bellast.
“Maybe this banquet… Do all the knights attend?” “Yes?”
“That, the knights directly under the imperial family.”
“iced coffee.”
Baron Bellast nodded.
“Yes. It seems that some knights have ordered new banquet uniforms, so the Imperial Knights are also attending.”
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