The arm around her waist pulled her back a little more.

As soon as she felt the solid body against her back, Lu was startled and tensed, but Hayden rested his chin on her head and moved the reins. Icar began to cut across the sky slowly.

“Relax your strength. First, let’s turn slowly.”

She was suddenly reminded of how big and thick his physique was. Lu was not frail and muscleless, but she was still overwhelmed in his embrace.

Moreover, the sensation against her back revealed that his body was obviously better than that of ordinary knights. It was a body she knew already, but it felt new again.

“It’s fortunate that you find it pretty. I was worried that you might get angry and hate the sight.”

But this posture, isn’t it too close and too much attached? Lu shrugged her head, but Hayden didn’t remove the chin resting on her head.

“How dare I get angry with Your Majesty, but Your Majesty, this is a bit….”

Let me go. Lu pleaded, hunching her shoulders.

“I like it when you’re not too far from me, Duchess. It’s dangerous.”

Unexpectedly, Hayden’s voice sounded stern. He didn’t seem to have any intention of letting her go, and Lu could no longer concentrate on the view in front of her.

“Ah, someone might see us from below.”

When we get down, I’ll scold Icar first. Knowing that Hayden was very angry, Icar was intimidated and just watched. There was no chance for Lu to be in danger since he was watching.

But reason and emotion are separate things. Even the rational mind that knew the facts was eroded by emotion and could not easily calm down.

Hayden spoke briefly, suppressing himself. Making Lu feel neither startled nor uncomfortable was more important than his current emotions.

“Who’s going to see this altitude from below? They won’t even see it.”

According to the aristocratic gossip, Hayden, like Carlos, was unmarried.

But having conquered various newspapers here, even tabloids, for five days, Lu knew that unlike the Kaleta Empire, people poured a lot of interest into the position of empress.

Sure, a young and handsome unmarried emperor would appear as an appetizing marriage alliance condition where aristocratic forces are strong. But she didn’t want to sneak in and decorate a tabloid.

“That’s the Mel River. Two bridges are being built these days, so it’s a bit complicated. This side is the diplomatic district where Duchess Gennes lives.”

Not far from the Imperial Palace, the diplomatic district looked like a neat and upscale residential area from this altitude.

Hayden introduced the beautiful city he wanted to show Lu step by step, hiding his disappointed feelings. This was not what he had intended.
“And……, this is Byfel. The duke’s path from Kaleta.”

Icar had gently alighted on the transparent bridge located at a high altitude.

Neither made of stone nor seemingly made of glass, the end of the large bridge was not visible where it led. It looked like an unfinished bridge that had been sharply cut off.

“Is it a path leading to Kaleta?”

Hayden finally asked, lifting his chin from above his forehead.

“Why, do you want to go back?”

Lu looked back at him, her eyes cold as she looked down.

“You want to go back, duke?”

To Kaleta? To that hell that had bound and mocked you?

“No, I can’t see where that end leads, Your Highness.”

“The end is up to me to decide. It is the emperor’s prerogative to decide where to go through that path.”

Ah, I see. Lu looked down. The transparent bridge gleamed in various colors according to the direction of the light. What would it be like to walk this bridge myself?

“Go. There’s a lot to see.”

But Hayden’s voice fell strangely, and he pulled the reins and left straight away.

“Ah, Your Highness, are you going to show me all of Shalear today?”

“It’s hard to see it all in a day since it’s so vast. You have to take a look from above, and then take a closer look over several days. You haven’t seen all the imperial palace yet, duke.”

“It’s truly an honor that Your Highness is playing the tour guide.”

But it almost killed me, thanks to Icar.

Incompetence is fatal at such times. If it had been before, I would have fought Icar in the air without blinking an eye, but now I was just clinging to Icar, fearing a fall.

It naturally hurt my pride, and I was suddenly irritated, so Lu spat it out broadly.

“Feel honored all you want. It’s my first time guiding someone.”

“Since you’re doing it, please explain in detail.”

“You should be honored that I’m guiding you. Your demands are quite high.”

But although he said so, Hayden slowly drove Icar and showed Shalear’s five gates, harbor, long boulevards, and art galleries.

Good. I need to learn the geography of Shalear. Lu tried hard to make good use of this opportunity as well.

“Over there is an amusement park. It sometimes hosts exhibitions. Usually, parents take their children there, but the emperor has to go there too.”

“The amusement park?”

“I told you there’s an exhibition. I have to cut the ribbon, say a few words, and it’s busy.”