Chapter: 1001

Seibel answered in an extremely polite tone.

He seemed to have noticed Kaizen’s unpleasant feeling.

I was just going for a walk, but why did I suddenly anger the Emperor?

Fritz felt sorry for him and cautiously intervened.

“If it’s alright, I’ll be going too. I’ve been to this castle before but never been around. You’re going too, right, grandfather?”

“Yes,” the Marquis replied indifferently.

Kaizen looked at Theor and asked, “Are you not hungry?”

“A little.”

He looked back at Astelle this time.

“I had Theor’s lunch prepared in your room. Let’s go together.”

Astelle stood up and walked out after saying goodbye to the three of them.

“I’ll be back later.”

Fritz who watched the situation felt surprised and bewildered at the same time.

In the past, he had a grudge against him because of Astelle. However, seeing Astelle become empress again and be happy, he no longer resents Kaizen.

In the meantime, as he watched Kaizen take good care of Astelle and Theor, his regrets melted away like snow.

Considering the death of his father, the duke, Fritz himself should have felt sorry for Kaizen.

However…… he was at a loss in how to react when Kaizen acted excessively in relation to Astelle.

In particular, Fritz was bewildered whenever Kaizen looked at Seibel with displeasure when he (Seibel) got close to Astelle.

At first, he was even a little apprehensive.

‘Does he doubt him?’

Seibel is the crown prince’s teacher and a person who helped Astelle a lot.

Wouldn’t it be weirder for the empress to treat such a person poorly?

Astelle is close to Fritz, but no one looks at him strangely except for Kaizen.

I don’t understand what’s wrong with him. Why is he doing that?

A little later, after Seibel had gone back to his room, Fritz told the Marquis what he was thinking.