
I have something to do before the afternoon.” When I had finished eating the toasted bread and the soup, the Grand Duke stood up from his seat with a face that seemed completely relieved. “Except if you wanted to go in person, no one can stop you from being by my side.”Īt those words, I laughed faintly and drank the soup.

“No, but if His Majesty comes to look for someone, please promise that you will not send me!” Soon afterward, I cleared my mind and glared at the Grand Duke with deliberately bitter eyes. Somehow I frowned a little and stared at him blankly. I think that the memories of being rejected by others are so strong that I assumed that regardless of what I want I will get thrown away… I was worried that I would just go away when the emperor said he was looking for me. When I saw the oddly raised corners of his mouth, I remembered that the Grand Duke was also clumsy when it comes to affection. “My only family members are Appa and my two brothers.” The child disappeared without being properly loved by her family. Now, the real Shuelina has already disappeared. ‘It wasn’t because I was happy that he found me, but because I was angry.’ I realized why I felt bad when the Grand Duke told me I was missing my birth family. “If you knew how happy I am, you wouldn’t be able to say that!” I put my spoon down on the table and jumped up from my seat. ‘Had I not created this opportunity, we would not have met, why would I do this and then regret it?!‘ Regret the decision of adoption? How could it be?! I was speechless for a moment, but I clenched my fist and complained. “It isn’t weird to miss your relatives once in a while.”Īs soon as the Grand Duke decided to abstain, he seemed to think that I regretted the adoption because my family could be looking for me. I blinked my eyes when I couldn’t answer, and one of the Grand Duke’s eyebrows rose high. I tighten my hold at the spoon as the Grand Duke’s words hit me. “Now, then it‘s not because you‘re sick or because you‘re full. Since someone as high status as the ‘Grand Duke’ brought it to me, I have the glory of receiving and drinking this soup.Īs soon as I drank it, I felt the soaring depression disappear.Īs I took the spoon and smiled broadly, the eyes of the Grand Duke smiled faintly. “Then, I couldn’t even feed my daughter, what should a Grand Duke do? And not Grand Duke… ” “Is it okay for the Grand Duke to bring me soup?”Įven if the Grand Duke brought the plate with the maids and servants to transport it? Are you not disregarding some rule in etiquette or anything like that? I grabbed the spoon that was placed next to the soup. The words of the Grand Duke, who spoke indifferently, brought on a sense of shame. “Aren’t you hungry but you still won’t eat?” It was a light soup topped with square pieces of bread.Īt that moment, I held my stomach with an embarrassed blush because of the sound it made. When the Grand Duke opened the lid of the cloche, the delicious smell of soft seaweed drifted out. “I don‘t like you having an empty stomach. I sat down with a confused gaze at the plate. The Grand Duke with the plate set on the table called out to me. I nodded and stepped out of the gap in the doorway a little.

The Grand Duke did not answer my question. The Grand Duke was holding a covered serving plate in his hand. I opened the door a little more and looked up carefully at the Grand Duke. I don’t want to be a troublesome daughter just as soon as I was brought into the family. I hesitated for a moment because I don’t know what to say in response.īut what was certain was that I didn’t want to worry about making the Grand Duke stand at the door like this. “But why did you skip your meals? Everyone was worried about you.” I regained a little bit of my composure, thanks to the Grand Duke’s considerate attitude that made him not completely open the door against my wishes. He seemed to have realized that I started to hate going out of my room. He asked, pushing his hand slightly through the slightly opened door trying to widen it more. When I asked with the door slightly open, the Grand Duke sighed lightly.

When I open the door, I have to show the Grand Duke a crestfallen expression.īut I couldn’t keep the Grand Duke waiting by the door for too long. I kicked my quilt off with my lips pursed, at that same moment I heard the voice of the Grand Duke who was knocking on the door.
