Chapter: 893

Theor put up with his drowsiness while waiting for Kaizen, but fell asleep after Hannah read him a bedtime story.

“Oh, no.”

Kaizen sighed, feeling sorry to have kept his son waiting.

“We have many more days to meet.”

“Right.”

Kaizen drew closer.

Astelle took a step back, pretending to put the book away. After the moment when he almost kissed her here, Astelle avoided being too close to him. Not because she hated him, but because she felt a strange palpitation every time he approached her like that.

“Are you reading a book like this again?”

Kaizen, taking a step closer to Astelle, looked at the book on the table and sighed.

Astelle walked up to him with a smile.

“I have other news today.”

Astelle conveyed Gretel’s idea to Kaizen, that she wanted to cultivate herbs in the southern mountains.

After hearing the explanation, Kaizen nodded.

“I think that’s a good idea. It’s good to cultivate a lot of those herbs by any means, to prevent poisoning.”

As he said, it’s useful for cultivating detoxifying herbs for the future imperial family.

Kaizen looked at the book Astelld was looking at for a moment and asked, “Shall we go to the South?”

“Yes?” Astelle asked back and looked at him blankly.

“Once this is over, I plan to make a trip to the South next year,” Kaizen replied, avoiding her gaze.

“To the South?”

Are you going on a trip again? You already went to the East in the spring of this year.

Suddenly, memories from the past came to mind. Meeting Kaizen and going on a trip, raining in the forest, even the ball where Kaizen held her hand and danced together to bring Theor back.

Since he had gone to the East this year, he must have planned to go to the South next year. As the will of the late Empress Dowager was completed, the southern estate officially became his property.

“Theor has never been to any other territory. It would be best to take a look at the land he will rule someday.”

Astelle glanced back at him.

There was a hint of anticipation in Kaizen’s voice.