Perhaps because I had been outside for a long time, the wind felt colder on my skin.
But strangely enough, I didn’t feel like going back into the banquet hall.
“… … uh?”
Then Khalid placed his robe on Velia’s shoulders.
“Because I don’t want to catch a cold.”
“thank you.”
Velia grinned and held on to her clothes. She didn’t think she was cold, but she felt warm all over her body as she wore his clothes.
To think that she could feel warmth just by having someone throw a dress over her shoulder on the terrace of a party venue. I was about to smile at that fact because it was funny, but Khalid opened his mouth quietly.
“What did you talk about with Raul earlier?”
“yes?”
“You seemed to feel down after dancing with that guy.”
Khalid asked cautiously, as if he was curious about what nonsense Raul had been telling Velia.
At first he kept his mouth shut because he could tell that Velia didn’t want to answer, but as he watched her becoming more and more thoughtful, he eventually had no choice but to bring up her topic again.
“… … .”
But still, Velia kept her mouth shut, as if hesitating, and she did not answer.
There was no way Raul would have said good things about himself. So, I’m sure inside that little head, I’m wondering whether I should say something or not. I could see how many thoughts were flowing.
“The princess thinks too much.”
Hearing his sighing words, Velia carefully opened her mouth. Because she didn’t really try to hide it.
“Prince Raul asked me if I would regret it. “If I choose you, I will definitely regret it.”
The more I thought about him, the more I felt depressed.
So why did she end up like that when she chose Raul?
“So I said that wouldn’t happen.”
“is it. That’s why Raul’s expression was like that.”
Khalid crossed his arms and nodded at her, as if satisfied with her answer.
“Just saying that much means nothing to me. So there’s no need to hide it like that.”
“… … But there’s no need to hear bad things.”
“Thank you. “You think of me so much.”
Khalid looked up at the night sky and smiled.
It wasn’t much of a story compared to what she thought.
And yet, seeing Velia, who was willing to keep her mouth shut for her own sake, somehow made her feel a little better. So he impulsively opened her mouth.
“I don’t have a good relationship with that guy.”
His sudden voice made her Velia look at him, and Khalid also locked eyes with hers. Then, he drew an arc around the corner of her mouth and continued speaking.
“You might think that since we have to fight for the throne, we can’t get along well. “Actually, we got along very well until we were young.”
“is that so?”
“Until I realized that it was Raul’s sympathy for me. “I truly followed him as my older brother.”
Khalid’s expression was calm as he said that.
It’s as if it’s become dull and numb and doesn’t matter anymore.
“If you follow me to the empire, you will naturally find out. “What a worthless prince I am.”
“… … majesty.”
“So it’s no surprise if Raul laughs at you choosing me.”
Velia didn’t like the way he spoke self-deprecatingly.
“If you marry me, I will definitely become your strength.”
“ha ha ha. “If you’re Ronica’s princess, it’s worth bringing up such a story.”
Velia spoke a little stiffly towards Khalid, who was trying to ignore the story with a smile.
“Besides, Your Highness doesn’t mean to give up everything to His Highness the First Prince and stay silent, right?”
“Does it look like that?”
“Otherwise, there is no way you would have accepted my offer. “It wouldn’t have mattered whether he discovered the gold mine or not.”
But the moment he saw the letter and came to see me.
It was clear that he had some plan to bring down Raul.
“That’s why he probably accepted my absurd proposal to get married, just saying that the conditions were good.”
It must have been his fight to keep the Kingdom of Ronica from being handed over to the first prince of the empire.
It would have been great if he could use the power of the Kingdom of Ronica, so it would have been nothing short of a blessing for him. Besides, there is nothing more to say about the current Kingdom of Ronica.
When he said that Velia was also a greedy partner, he was not empty-handed.
So, she had a good opinion of Velia warning her even when it was much more advantageous for him.
“… … “You definitely have a good sense.”
Khalid’s expression hardened a little.
“He also has good hair. “He’s quick to judge the situation.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“That makes me even more suspicious.”
But he soon relaxes his stiff expression and shrugs his shoulders.
In contrast to his serious words, his tone was light.
“Honestly, there are a few things that puzzle me.”
Velia, who was looking at Khalid saying that, bit her lip.
Velia had a lot of work to do with him in mind.
But every time he asks for the source of that information, if he even doubts himself. It was obvious that small doubts would pile up and eventually collapse from within.
That’s why he didn’t want to leave any room for it.
“… … “If you stay with me, there will be many moments of doubt like now.”
Velia took a moment to choose her words.
Khalid raised his eyebrows as if waiting for her words.
“Can you just trust me every time?”
“You mean the gold mine?”
“no. “All the information I am giving you.”
Her eyes were firmly focused on him.
She couldn’t tell him about her regression.
Even if you try to bring it up, he definitely won’t believe it.
At that time, when she met her gaze, Khalid smiled and said.
“You are asking too much of me. “Do you know?”
“… … “Is it too much to ask for trust when working together?”
Anyway, didn’t you decide to become a helper?
Plus, engagement and marriage.
They were going to spend a very long time together.
Khalid, who read Velia’s sad feelings, quietly whispered in her ear.
“Nothing tells the truth, so I ask you to trust me completely.”
“that… … .”
Khalid was also bothered by the sight of Velia biting her lip and equivocating her words.
Khalid knew for sure that she had no selfish interest in me.
She is only willing to stay by my side for her own purposes.
In that case, all we have to do is take advantage of each other. why.
‘I’m worried.’
So I wanted to check.
Why is she so generous and forgiving only to her?
Why does a princess who was just fun keep getting on my nerves?
Khalid raised the corners of his mouth.
“princess.”
Velia looked at him when he heard her voice calling him.
“You’re hiding a lot from me, but I’m going to trust you.”
Then she stretched out her hand and adjusted her clothes that were draped over Velia’s shoulders.
It was only one step.
With just one step he took forward next to her, the air flowing around her changed in an instant.
The density of the air, which was once extremely light and airy, became heavy and stuffy.
“… … “Your Highness Khalid.”
It was strange.
It’s a name I’ve called many times.
His name, which had just come out of her mouth, rolled around in Velia’s mouth like letters with a will.
“Velia.”
This time he calls my name even more affectionately.
Is it because I am intoxicated by the mysterious atmosphere of this place?
Is it because I can’t adapt to the rapidly changing atmosphere?
Turning his head to avoid his gaze, and exhaling the breath that was all the way up his throat.
Nothing is easy.
My heart is pounding, pounding. It started making noise and running vigorously.
“If I fully trust you, one day you will tell me the truth.”
He continued, fiddling with his clothes still draped over her shoulders.
“As I said before. I don’t have much. That’s why I especially don’t let go of my people or my things. Even the few things we have cannot be taken away, right? So even if you hide the truth.”
Khalid very slowly moved Velia’s disheveled hair to her ear.
“Once you became mine, you asked me to trust you, so I will trust you.”
Of course I will check it.
“So don’t betray me. “That’s not a very pleasant feeling.”
His lowered voice was not at all friendly, unlike when he called her name.
Her gaze continued to shake her as he tickled her.
Velia stopped even breathing, staring at him with her trembling eyes.
“majesty… … .”
Just as she was trying to forcefully separate his lips from hers.
Khalid came close enough to touch Velia’s lips with his own.
“Then I will do my best to make sure you don’t regret choosing me over Raul. how is it?”
His voice rang softly.
His touch of her ear also became more subtle.
‘Come to your senses, Velia.’
The moment Velia saw his blue eyes sparkling in the moonlight as he approached her, she had a hunch. If he leaves her like this, she will be completely caught up in him.
I couldn’t leave it like that.
Velia slightly applied her hand and pushed Khalid away.
“If your Majesty will do so, our contract will be much stronger. What a relief.”
Velia reminded them that they were merely under a contract with her.
She couldn’t shake anymore. This is just an unnecessary emotion.
“So… … .”
Khalid, who was trying to find out what he thought of her, felt a little disappointed when Velia cut her off like a knife, telling her not to come any closer.
“Since we signed an equal contract, it would be natural for us to work together. If you trust me, I will not betray you. Would this build a little more trust?”
It was disappointing that she even said something like that so calmly.
Because Khalid was shaken by Velia in her helplessness. She put it off as annoying, but the truth was she knew that all her nerves were directed at her.
“… … “Not bad.”
Khalid couldn’t bear the fact that she was completely out of his hands.
Her mysterious possessiveness crept in and ate away at Khalid.
So she said something to try to distract her.
“But what if I’m sincere with you?”
“… … “I know it’s just curiosity.”
Velia flinched at his words, but she soon smiled and answered. Khalid also had no response to Velia’s appearance.
“Stop talking nonsense and just think about the first goal. First, the existence of the gold mine becomes clear, and I do not become engaged to Prince Raul. “We’ll talk about the rest later.”
After speaking firmly, hiding my trembling voice, I glanced at Khalid, and he seemed a little lost.
“You knew, right?”
Once again, Velia demanded confirmation from Khalid. Then Khalid sighed and touched his forehead.
“… … okay.”
Velia, who was trying to hide her trembling heart and smiled at his reluctant answer, nodded her head.
But Khalid didn’t laugh at all.
“Let’s go back now. “I’ve been away for too long.”
Velia took off Khalid’s clothes from around her shoulders and returned them to him.
“Thank you for the clothes.”
Then, as if she had no regrets left, she opened the terrace door leading to the banquet hall wide open.
Thank you for the chapter!❤️