The next morning, Helena came to see me.
“Your Highness, did you sleep well? There are a few apple trees in the monastery, and a couple of fruits in the sunny spot have just ripened red.”
Two plump apples were neatly placed on the small tray she handed me.
“Wow, they’re as beautiful as a painting! Thank you, Helena.”
Watching Phoebe take the tray from the side, a good idea suddenly occurred to me.
“There are two, so it would be nice to take one to my brother. But I’m not ready yet, so could you take it to him?”
Helena was startled.
“Me? You want me to?”
“Actually, I’ve never been to my brother’s room, so I don’t know exactly where it is. But since you were guided to the men’s quarters, why don’t you go and ask around to find it?”
Helena gulped.
“Should I…… tell him that Your Highness sent me?”
“Of course, Helena.”
After I replied like that, I took the blue camellia flower that I had found by the waterfall the previous day and placed it in Helena’s hair.
“Your Highness, how can you give this precious thing to me……”
“You’ll be meeting my brother for the first time, so it’d be nice if you looked pretty.”
Helena let out a small, surprised laugh at my words.
“As if His Highness the Prince would even glance at a lowly thing like me.”
“What are you talking about? You’re so pretty! Your eyes are like emeralds!”
I somehow encouraged Helena and returned the tray with one apple on it.
Then I practically pushed her out the door.
“Well then, please, Helena.”
After the door slammed shut, Phoebe said with a snort.
“Why are you tormenting the monastery maid? You know how much the palace maids fear Prince Lurick.”
I smiled confidently.
“My brother promised to behave himself while he was at the monastery. He promised to be kind to the employees as well.”
I had worked up quite a sweat on the way here to get that promise out of him.
But Phoebe sighed.
“That’s only possible when her highness is watching him……”
Is that so?
Maybe I should have gone with her?
‘𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘓𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳……’
In the novel, the blue camellia flower was a device that reminded him of his dead mother and sister.
‘𝘐𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥.’
Lurick became extremely depressed, and Helena, for the first time, took his hand and comforted him tenderly.
Saying that she, too, had lost her family and was all alone……
‘𝘈𝘩, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵.’
As I recalled the contents of the novel, my heart ached for no reason, even though I was the one who had written it.
‘𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢!’
That man is yours.
As the creator, I guarantee you, he’s worth fixing!
Good luck!
🔹🔹🔹
A little while later, I met Lurick in the dining hall.
“Good morning, brother. Did you sleep well? Did you receive my gift?”
I greeted him cheerfully, but Lurick looked exhausted as if it wasn’t morning at all.
“Gift?”
“Yes?”
I tilted my head and carefully observed his eyes.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸……𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭?’
So, I cautiously spoke while watching Lurick’s expression.
“There is a maid in the monastery who is in charge of me. This morning, she was kind enough to bring me the first apples she picked. There were two, so I asked her to bring one to you.”
As I casually held his arm, Lurick’s sharp expression gradually softened.
It was an amazing transformation to see.
“Ah.”
Come to think of it, unlike in the novel where he was purified through physical contact with Helena, with me, it seems like he just needs to get some peace of mind by somehow making contact with me.
He came to his senses and said as if making an excuse.
“I haven’t received it yet because I attended morning prayers and came here straight away.”