Chapter: 525

Having obtained unspoken consent, Kaizen looked at Theor.

“Let’s ride a pony on the lawn.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Theor was delighted, but there was sadness in Kaizen’s eyes again.

Astelle once asked Theor why he didn’t call the emperor Father.

Theor just stared at Astelle and replied, “Just…… it’s more convenient to call him Your Majesty.”

Even if Astelle asked more, he didn’t say any other reason.

‘Someday he will call you father.’

Astelle doesn’t know when that will be, but she didn’t want to force him.

Theor lived without knowing his father for five years.

She couldn’t force him to call someone who suddenly appeared in his life as his father.

***

The next day, Kaizen went to the Rose Garden with Theor from broad daylight.

“Stand upright and maintain your posture. It’s not scary, so don’t be afraid.”

Kaizen taught Theor horseback riding again this time.

Astelle only watched the two.

Theor was not afraid and followed Kaizen’s instructions diligently.

‘You are not afraid easily. Just like your father.’

Astelle remembered the first time she learned to ride a horse.

At that time she was about ten years old. Astelle put off learning to ride for fear, and then she started learning to ride too late.

It was also because her father, the Duke, did not pay attention because horseback riding was not a virtue of a lady.

Still, she couldn’t put it off any longer, so she officially learned to ride from then on.

‘At first, I couldn’t even get on the horse because I was afraid.’

One day, Kaizen came to Duke’s mansion and saw Astelle learning to ride a horse.

Astelle was so scared that she was about to cry, but she was brave enough to get on the horse because the Crown Prince was watching her.