𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐
The next morning, I woke to the bustling sounds of the maids and an inexplicably sweet scent.
Slowly opening my eyes, an unexpected sight unfolded before me.
‘What is all that? Am I still half asleep?’
My mind was already preoccupied with the magic diary, and now my room was filled with colorful flower baskets.
“Phoebe……?”
I called out in a daze, and Phoebe came running.
“Your Highness! You took a nap yesterday, and you’re sleeping late again?”
I was a bit uneasy because she had previously suspected I was pregnant, but Phoebe just cheerfully asked again.
“But, Your Highness, are you two perhaps, starting today……? You know, that kind of day?”
“What, what are you talking about?”
When I asked back in bewilderment, Phoebe stepped aside and gestured to the large and small flower baskets.
“Grand Duke Callisto Veil Babenberg sent them. There were so many that we couldn’t fit them all in the room, so the hallway is full of them too. The young maids are excited as if they were their own gifts.”
I remember the Grand Duke’s expression when I told him I was pregnant.
‘He was clearly delighted.’
I blushed involuntarily and tried to avert my gaze from the flowers, but it was impossible to avoid them since they filled the entire room.
Phoebe teased me excitedly.
“Oh my, Your Highness. Are you shy about receiving flowers?”
In the end, I finished getting ready while sitting in the middle of the room, which had turned into a flower garden.
Phoebe then brought a large golden box.
“Would you like to open it before breakfast?”
“Oh, yes.”
I managed to smile and answer.
‘Actually, I need medicine more urgently than gifts……’
After Phoebe left, I first took two spoonfuls of Ren’s morning sickness medicine.
Then, I opened the gift box, and inside, along with various snacks like before, was a small, shining ball.
I carefully took it out, and the ball rolled around in my palm.
―Thump! Thump!
Then it bounced a few times on the floor and stuck to the wall near the window.
As I watched this scene in amazement, the small ball crawled up the wall and drew an arched door.
‘What is this again……?’
It was definitely a book I wrote, but how could there be so much magic I didn’t know about?
The moment the trace of the magic sphere transformed into a shining door and stood tall, another magic occurred.
―Click.
The door drawn with light opened, and a sudden winter wind rushed in.
And someone appeared abruptly.
‘Starlight-like silver hair, thick eyebrows, icy blue eyes, pale cheeks……’
A pure white fur swayed on his tall shoulders, barely able to pass through the door.
Every time the man moved, the sound of his longsword brushing against his thigh could be heard.
‘Perfection itself……’
He didn’t smile even when our eyes met.
He was just the Northern Grand Duke as I knew him.
“……Cal.”
Having had two video calls, I was able to call his name quite naturally.
Callisto strode over and knelt on one knee in front of me.
As if possessed, I placed my hand on his outstretched palm, and soon his cool lips touched the back of my hand.
“Lou.”
The next moment, instead of getting up, he pulled me into his arms.
The wind-scented cheek of the man touched my pounding chest.
“It was the longest fortnight in the world.”
Callisto whispered as if in pain.
So, it seemed that only a fortnight had passed since Louise returned from the Academy.
He lightly rubbed his cheek against mine and mumbled like a complaint.
“I don’t want to hear about you from that crazy wizard again.”
Oh dear, crazy……
‘So, this perfect man came here to insist that he’s the father of my child?’
As I stood there, not knowing what to do, he looked up at me.
“I sent that Ren bastard back in one piece, don’t I deserve any praise?”
Praise?
‘Me, praising you?’
I placed my hand on the crown of the silver-haired Grand Duke, too awestruck to dare praise him.
The feeling of his hair against my skin was so vivid that I finally came to my senses.
‘Crazy, crazy……!’
Who cares who the father is, should I just marry this guy?
🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹
The yellow chandelier light shimmered and reflected off his sleek silver hair.
I nervously and awkwardly stroked his hair with my hand.
Callisto rubbed his head against my palm like a puppy and then frowned with a dissatisfied look.
“This time, I let that bastard live even though he dared to call your child his own.”
Lost in thought, I was startled and gently pushed him away.
‘So, Callisto is also insisting that he’s the father.’
He looked at me with his autumn sky-like blue eyes.
“You’ve been too fair to those bastards. You always turn a blind eye to my suffering just because I’m strong, so it hurts my heart, even if I am a Grand Duke.”
Excuse me?
He continued to speak to me, who was still dumbfounded.
“Well, there are plenty of women who would choose me because I’m a Grand Duke.”
Then he chuckled and stood up.
“It’s not particularly offensive that you’re not one of them. But……”
Now I had to look up all the way to meet his gaze.
Callisto tilted his head and gently cupped my cheeks in his large hands.
“Thankfully, you’re having a child. The next Grand Duke of Babenberg.”
How on earth did Ren convey the message?
“But Cal……”
However, before I could say that I wasn’t sure who the father was, he cut me off.
“He’s the heir of Babenberg. There’s no need to hesitate, Lou. Just come to me.”
His low voice held the characteristic power of a commander.
For a moment, I almost went back and clung to him, but I managed to regain my composure just before my feet moved.
I held his hands and gently pulled them away from my face, shaking my head.
“Cal. The unborn child in my belly is not the heir of Babenberg, but simply my child.”
“Lou……”
He sighed, but I repeated what I had said to Ernst and Ren.
“Please. It’s difficult for me to accept a proposal right now just because I’m pregnant. My brother just returned.”
His black pupils were clear in his bright blue eyes.
Callisto raised an eyebrow and insisted.
“I told you I didn’t want to hear any more excuses about your family.”
Of course, he was definitely in the most advantageous position in terms of status.
I carefully tried to persuade him.
“My brother looks really, really precarious. He’s more urgent for marriage than I am. Right now, it seems……”
He asked back, somewhat gloomily.
“Haven’t I won your heart completely yet?”
I flinched, caught off guard.
Didn’t Ernst say the same thing?
“If you were going to choose Cal, you could have done so at any time.”
But since you didn’t, perhaps Louise’s heart belonged to someone other than Callisto.
‘Of course, now that I’ve become Louise, there’s no rule that I have to stick to her previous choices……’
Still, if Louise had chosen someone, there must have been a reason.
Unable to speak and avoiding his gaze, I felt cool lips on my forehead.
“It’s alright, Lou.”
He pulled up the corners of his mouth as if to acquiesce.
As he bent down and straightened up again, his fur cloak slipped slightly to one side.
My gaze, which I had tried so hard to avert, was glued to his broad and firm chest, unable to move.
“If the path to me is too far, I’ll build a bridge and tear down mountains for you.”
His gaze was too intense.
Even though I wasn’t making eye contact, my face flushed red.
‘Academy life where I face these three men every day.’
How did Louise manage to do that?
My heart tickled and my vision gradually blurred.
Then, the familiar sound of an explosion rang in my ears.
―Bang!
After the acrid smoke disappeared in an instant with a ‘snap’ sound, a chilling voice echoed.
“Take your hands off her, Cal.”
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