Chapter: 236

For the first time, a human vitality appeared for a moment and then disappeared in her numb purple eyes.

“When I was young, I wanted to be a good lady like you, Lady Astelle. This is not a lie.”

“……you are exaggerating.”

Astelle was embarrassed for the first time.

“But you can rest assured that His Majesty has no affection for me.”

Florin asked with bright eyes, “Lady Astelle, do you know His Majesty well?”

“Yes, I know how he feels. It wasn’t love, just curiosity and guilt.”

It seems that people misinterpret Kaizen’s concern for Astelle as love.

That can’t be. Kaizen has never been in love with her.

‘He doesn’t know what love is,’ Astelle thought.

Like a rich merchant who bought grapes thinking it was Lintail fruit.

It was a story from a fairy tale Astelle read to Theor.

It is said that the rich merchant, who had never seen or eaten Lintail fruit, happily ate the grapes, thinking they were Lintail all his life.

If Astelle was a fool, maybe she would have lived her whole life thinking that Kaizen’s feeling was love.

But even if it was true love and not an illusion, she hated it now.

“Then I will believe Lady Astelle’s words.”

Hearing Astelle’s explanation, Florin laughed like a satisfied cat.

Astelle felt anxiety welling up from the depths of her heart.

Anxiety that this little girl would become a very concerned enemy if she found out about Theor’s existence.

***

The Marchioness was furious to the very end.

She wanted to go back to the pavilion where she stayed right away.

But the tea party wasn’t over yet and she couldn’t leave first.

Even this was a tea party attended by the emperor.

The host, Vellian, hadn’t come back yet, so she couldn’t even ask to leave the tea party.