Could it be that Isolra misunderstood something between me and Cahillen? Yes, there was no other reason for her to say such things out of the blue. I couldn’t help but burst into laughter at the absurdity of how she could have such thoughts about us, who clearly have a master-servant relationship.

“What are you thinking? Laughing alone?”

Cahillen asked, staring at me with his chin resting on his hand. If I said I received such misunderstandings, he might ring the bell not at 4 o’clock but at 3 o’clock. Pretending not to know, I shook my head, and Cahillen, without asking further, turned his gaze back to the documents.

“I’ll be away from the palace for about a day in a few days. I plan to inspect the Hambert region.”
If it’s the Hambert region, it’s the area where it was said to have been raining continuously. Damn it. I’m already tired.

“I will prepare.”

But if the first prince goes, I have to go. Helplessly responding, Cahillen chuckled.

“You stay here.”

“Excuse me?”

“The rivers are overflowing everywhere, and it’s a mess. It’ll be difficult to move.”

“Really?”

I thought I would struggle all day going around the devastated areas, but now that I don’t have to go, I found myself clapping without realizing it. Besides, if Cahillen wasn’t here, I could sleep soundly.

“You seem to like it too much, so I was thinking of changing my mind.”

Cahillen squinted his eyes and shot me a look. I quickly hid my expression because he was a man who could change his mind at any moment. Then Cahillen smirked and called me close.

Cahillen tapped the envelope on the desk with his finger. Without making a big deal out of it, he said, “My information to be delivered to the Second Prince.”

“Cough.”

I coughed as if I had swallowed a dry sarae. Cahillen, who came around the desk, patted me on the back.

“Are you so moved?”

“No, no… Why, um, why to me…”

“I want to provide my information to the Second Prince to be of help.”

I coughed up a dry laugh, rolling my eyes. No, why is he saying this with a smile? Perhaps he’s playing a prank. But there was no such indication.

‘What’s going on? Why is he doing this all of a sudden? Why give this to me?’

I couldn’t understand why this man was acting like this out of nowhere. After a short contemplation, I came up with two plausible explanations.

One is to test me. To see if I really came to the First Prince Palace because I liked him. However, Cahillen never believed that I liked him in the first place.

The second is that the information he offered is fake. He plans to use me to find Floria’s weaknesses.

‘Probably the latter, right?’

If so, accepting this would expose my heart as well. Yes, let’s not accept it. I decided to stick to the claim that I came to the First Prince Palace because I really liked him.

Just as I was about to say so, Cahillen’s mouth twitched. He sat on the edge of the desk, poked my forehead with a serious face.

“This little head turns pretty fast.”

Cahillen shook the envelope in front of my eyes.

“This is information about the iron mine I’m trying to acquire. I obtained information that not only iron but other minerals are also buried in it. If that’s true, it will be a gold mine.”

“Why are you telling me such important information? You’ll be at a loss if I take it to Princess Floria, right?”

Glancing at me with a suspicious look, Cahillen raised one corner of his mouth.

“It’s good that you worry.”

Is it a joke after all? I opened my eyes suspiciously.

“I have nothing to lose. If it’s not necessary, I’ll stop. But this is real. I stake my honor on it.”
Cahillen confidently collected the documents with a self-assured expression.

As I looked at the documents that were getting further away, my heart weakened. In fact, the time for Floria to summon me was approaching. If I were to go there empty-handed, I couldn’t guarantee how she would react.

In the end, I accepted the documents he offered. If it were a first prince with whom I had no friendship, I might have hesitated to pull out information about Karl. However, since he directly handed it over, there was no reason to refuse.

However, by accepting this, I couldn’t help but feel a bit conflicted. Although I had claimed all along that I entered the First Prince Palace with a steel plate on my face because I liked him, accepting the information seemed to contradict that.

“No matter how much you like me, it’s not easy to cut ties with your younger sibling, right?”

Cahillen smiled slyly.