“Well… I think I would want sincerity. I would want to receive a sincere heart to know if this man truly likes me.”

“Sincerity?”

“Yes. I think this man would want to receive a sincere heart to know if I genuinely like him.”

“Hmm…”

Although Geon had spent many days thinking about Yeonho, he had only met her twice.

Even if Geon’s feelings for Yeonho were not light, Yeonho had no idea about his inner feelings.

If Geon suddenly confessed his feelings to Yeonho in this situation, she might think of him as a reckless man.

As Yeonwoo said, it seemed that sincerity was important.
Geon’s mind was filled with thoughts on how to convey sincerity to Yeonho.

Since then, Geon didn’t hesitate in finding a way to express sincerity to Yeonho.

Suddenly giving a gift seemed strange, and asking for Yeonho’s house from Yeonwoo seemed even less plausible.

Then, as Geon saw a letter on the desk, his head lit up.

Even without meeting in person, a letter seemed to be the perfect way to convey sincerity.

Geon immediately picked up paper and a brush.

He attempted to write a letter expressing his feelings to Yeonho but faced a second obstacle right away.

Geon, who had never spoken properly with a woman, suddenly couldn’t write a sincere love letter.

Despite thinking that he should write something, he began to move his hand, and before he knew it, a somewhat plausible letter was completed.

‘Hong Yeonho, Noble Lady. I am Gwangho Gun. I hope you are not surprised by this sudden letter. The weather is fine, and I am thinking of you, so I decided to send you this letter. Have you been well during this time? I have been…’

After reading the first love letter he had written, Geon crumpled up the sincerely written letter.

The contents of the letter, filled with unnecessary details, seemed overly meticulous and verbose.

Geon took out a new piece of paper and moved the brush again.

‘Hong Yeonho, Noble Lady. Appear at Sobiyeon during the time of Bingjinil Mishi (1-3 PM).’

This time, the letter seemed a bit forceful, especially for a letter sent to a woman, so Geon crumpled it up as well.

Since sincerity needed to be felt in the letter, Geon needed a special approach to move the lady’s heart.

Geon tried to evoke his nonexistent romantic sensibilities to the maximum.

‘Noble Lady Hong Yeonho, like shooting stars pouring down in the night sky, pouring into my heart. Do you remember the day we first met? Your eyes were like…’

However, the next letter he wrote was inevitably crumpled and rolled across the desk.

Although he had tried to write as honestly as possible, he couldn’t continue writing as his hand felt like it was cramping.

Geon struggled for days, trying to move the brush, but all that accumulated on the desk were crumpled papers.

Geon couldn’t neglect the Gwangho Gun unit just to write a love letter. He couldn’t find time and couldn’t even go home.

In the end, unable to complete a single letter of love, Geon sighed deeply, resting his forehead in his hands.

Trying to write an unwritten love letter seemed to give him a headache.

“No, this won’t do…!”

Sitting in front of the desk for a long time didn’t seem likely to produce a reasonable content.

Geon went outside for a breath of fresh air.

At that moment, at a distance, he saw Yeonwoo practicing martial arts.

Lately, Geon hadn’t been out of the quarters due to writing a letter to Yeonho, and he hadn’t had a chance to meet Yeonwoo properly.
However, as Geon looked at Yeonwoo like he had taken a potent medicine, the headache in his head seemed to subside, which was truly a remarkable phenomenon.

At that moment, sensing someone’s presence, Yeonwoo turned his head towards Geon.

As their eyes met, Yeonwoo gazed at Geon with a subtle expression, reminiscent of a small bird chirping.

“Ugh…!”

Meeting Yeonwoo’s eyes, Geon immediately averted his gaze.

It was strange. It was evident that Geon had feelings for Yeonho, so why did his heart still flutter when he looked at Yeonwoo?

Yeonwoo’s gaze directed at him was so lovely that it was unbearable.

If they had locked eyes for a longer time, Geon felt like his heart might burst, so he had to turn away from Yeonwoo’s gaze.

‘Snap out of it. She just looks like Yeonho; she is a man, after all.’

It was a big problem. If this continued, becoming a real womanizer seemed inevitable.

Realizing that he needed to meet Yeonho as soon as possible, Geon judged that he needed to hurry into the quarters to complete the letter.

After managing to complete the letter, Geon immediately called Yeonwoo.

Since there was no way to deliver the letter to Yeonho directly, the plan was to convey it through Yeonwoo.

“…Did you call, my lord.”

“Yes.”

Geon directly handed the prepared letter to Yeonwoo.

“What is this?”

“It’s a letter.”

“I know, but…”

As Yeonwoo tried to open the letter, Geon swiftly stopped him.

Although it was a love letter, there was nothing more embarrassing if someone else saw it.

“Oh! This isn’t yours.”

“…Then why did you give it to me?”

When Yeonwoo asked for the reason, Geon’s ears turned bright red at the thought of bringing up the matter about his sister.

It was strange. He was definitely interested in Yeonho, so why did his heart still flutter when he looked at Yeonwoo?

Yeonwoo’s reaction seemed quite embarrassed, and he looked at Geon as if he didn’t understand.

“Why are you hesitating? What a woman wants from a man is a sincere heart.”

“Eeek?!”

Yeonwoo let out a surprised scream.

Well, considering that it had been quite some time since he asked about Yeonho and had only met her twice, Geon thought Yeonwoo’s reaction wasn’t unreasonable.

“No, I did say that…”

Nevertheless, Yeonwoo’s reaction seemed quite embarrassed.

“Absolutely, absolutely not!”

But was it really necessary to oppose so passionately?

Geon felt somewhat disappointed with Yeonwoo’s immediate opposition.

“What did you think the contents would be?”

“Ah…”

Come to think of it, until now, Yeonwoo had unfolded his imagination alone, and Geon had never explicitly said that he liked Yeonho.

In any case, Yeonwoo needed to get past this awkward situation, so he found appropriate words to say.

“If a man sends a letter to a woman, there’s only one reason, right? Do you think there could be another purpose?”

“You have a keen sense.”
Yeonwoo’s words made sense, so Geon immediately understood.

“Anyway, absolutely not! My sister won’t accept something like this.”

“So, isn’t it better to give it through you?”

“Does that mean it’s acceptable just because it’s through me?”

Although Yeonwoo consistently refused, Geon didn’t easily give up.

“Is there any chance your sister has someone she’s interested in?”

“There’s no way!”

“Then, is there at least someone she has feelings for?”

At the question of whether there was someone Yeonwoo had feelings for, Yeonwoo visibly flinched.

Meanwhile, Geon’s serious face, which was unnecessarily handsome, only made Yeonwoo’s face turn red.

“W-well, I don’t know!”

“Then, what’s the reason it can’t be done?”

Unable to come up with a proper excuse and hesitating in response, Geon firmly placed the letter in Yeonwoo’s hand.

“For now, deliver this. I’ll leave the judgment to your sister.”

“Ugh…”

In the end, Yeonwoo, who had no choice but to receive the letter, grumbled as he stepped outside the quarters.

“What’s this, Lord Gwangho? Is it okay to intervene in private matters like this?”

Despite complaints flowing from his mouth, Yeonwoo’s heart was beating fast.

After all, receiving a love letter from a man was a first for him in his dozen years of life.

While returning to attend to his duties, Yeonwoo suddenly stopped at the thought.

“Wait, why am I feeling so excited right now…?”

There was no change even if he checked the contents of the letter.

Since revealing himself to Geon while pretending to be Yeonho carried the risk of exposure, he had to decline.

The outcome was already predetermined, and there was no reason for his heart to flutter on its own. Yeonwoo couldn’t understand why.