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As soon as we returned to my room, Ren exploded with the anger he had been holding back.
“That despicable bastard! I want to cut off the hand to shake you earlier.”
We didn’t even shake hands……
Len’s anger was, of course, directed at Callisteon, but he didn’t even scoff.
“Are you angry that I mentioned my friendship with Lou? Or are you angry that His Majesty only asked me like that, Mage Tower Master?”
“What? This despicable bastard……! ”
I tried my best to stop Ren from setting Babenberg or the Grand Duke on fire again, but Callisteon continued to provoke him.
“Have you forgotten the meaning of a ‘𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦’ because it’s been so long? It means only two things, doesn’t it?”
However, I perked up my ears at those words.
‘𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 ‘𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦.’
The contents were surprisingly straightforward.
” First, do not ask Lou to officially date you. Second, do not submit a marriage proposal to the Imperial family.”
Callisteon puffed out his chest and declared triumphantly.
“As you’ve heard, I haven’t proposed yet. However, if His Majesty were to suggest marriage first…… I wouldn’t refuse.”
I can’t marry you right now!
I wanted to yell at that point, but then there was a knock on the door.
—Knock, knock.
I would have welcomed anyone who could save me from this mess……
But when the door swung open, it was Lurick, his face as fierce as Ren’s, standing there.
“Can I speak with you privately, Grand Duke?”
So, saying that he wanted to deepen his friendship with me was such a transgression in this world.
‘𝘕𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳?’
Of course, it was true that the Emperor had smiled slyly like a multilevel marketing salesman who wanted to sell the most expensive jade heating pad, so maybe Callisteon was being hasty.
Anyway, if Lurick wanted to make Callisteon his execution target, now was the time to respond.
“Oh well……”
After the two of them left, I took out the medicine box he had given me in front of Ren.
Then, I opened the lid of the candy bottle labeled “When you miss Ren” and popped a yellow candy into my mouth.
Then, Ren immediately calmed down and sat down opposite me like an obedient child.
‘𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺…….’
He seemed to have misunderstood something after seeing the label on the bottle.
‘𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?’
I’m a pacifist, you know!
Unaware of my frustration, Ren gently touched my sleeve with his shy hand and opened his mouth.
“Lou, about me getting angry just now……”
Before he could make excuses, I cut him off.
“It was very bad for prenatal education. For me and our baby.”
Ren held his breath.
A few strands of his swirling black hair fell loosely over his forehead.
‘𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 ‘𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺.’
The fearless Mage Tower Master, who had been rampaging just a moment ago, lowered his head with a dark face.
“I’m sorry, Lou. I was wrong…”
Satisfied that I could control the Mage Tower Master, I opened the candy bottle again.
When I took out a red candy and offered it to him, his lips came closer instead of his palm.
And they parted slightly, unnecessarily tantalizingly.
‘𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘺…’
It was an impressive display of slyness compared to how he had grabbed Callisteon like a rat just a moment ago, talking about crossing the line.
I hesitated for a moment, but eventually popped the small candy into his red lips.
In that brief moment, Ren blushed and averted his gaze as if he had become a completely different person.
Sitting face to face with him, my mind and body quickly found peace.
‘𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢, 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥.’
That’s how I rationalized my fickle heart.