Ugh, she tried to get up with a sound, but the moment her foot touched the slippery mud floor wet from the previous day’s rain, she felt a sliding sensation.

Yuan was momentarily surprised, and in the instant of staggering.

Thud.

A strong force grabbed her wrist and forcefully pulled her.

Yuan’s eyes widened in surprise.

The warm air touched her cheeks, which were still exposed to the cool air.

It was Clad’s chest.

When she came out, she at least wore something proper, but why did she wear the loosely fitting robe she usually wore today?

The scent of clean, dry laundry spread out and tickled Yuan’s nose.

And the faint scent of the cleaning potion Yuan gave to the laundry maids.

As if a popping sound would be heard, it was Yuan who pushed her opponent.

“Isn’t it customary to say thank you first?”

The paused Clad mumbled somewhat roughly.

Yuan was relieved that her hair was loosely tied, so her ears didn’t show.

It was because she could clearly feel that her ears had become warm.

Yuan hugged the scent that seemed to be clinging to her body.

It was so strange to feel the fragrance of the same wildflowers coming from his body.

“Why are you like this? Does it hurt?”

“Your Excellency.”
Yuan shook her slightly pale head and rummaged through her bosom, taking out a small pouch.

“How about this?”

Yuan pulled the pouch with trembling hands. She wanted to quickly change the subject.

Inside the pouch were flat thumb-sized seeds.

“Lord Lev recently sent them.”

Adding that they were similar to the vines that originally covered the outer walls of the red brick mansion.

Yuan took out a few seeds from the pouch and handed them to him.

The seeds, soaked in warm water for about 2 hours in the morning, had swollen slightly and turned into heart shapes.

Yuan, seeing that shape again, blushed and discreetly clenched her fist to hide the seeds.

“You’re the one who makes and studies medicine.”

So, his response was, ‘Why are you showing me this?’

To hide her reddened ear, Yuan answered while letting her hair down.

“It’s not medicine. I’m going to plant them here.”

Lord Lev recommended planting vines that would climb up the wall, covering the entire mansion when their large heart-shaped leaves harmonized with the red brick. Yuan originally intended to plant them alone, but she thought it would be meaningful to plant them with Clad, so she handed him the seeds.

“Do you want me to dig here with a hoe?”

“…I’ll handle the digging, just put the seeds down.”

To hide her red ears, Yuan turned around and headed to the corner of the annex where the redness was found.

Thinking inwardly, ‘It’s really hard to do something together with him.’

While Yuan thought of him as Clad, she deeply dug the ground with a plant seedling spade! Spade!

Sudo Ciello, Prince of Volonico 1.

Today, the Marquis Compani, who broke through the long line of bribery again, entered the palace and headed straight to the practice ground.

There, Volonico was practicing with a rapier in the air as if there were opponents, with his body tightly wrapped in protective gear.

“Your Excellency. There has been movement on the side of Garret Feliessi.”

Hastily running and reporting, Volonico took off his headgear and frowned.

“Use people to patrol around the black mansion. So far, there have only been suspicions, but several people have been seen lingering around.”

“It’s completely different from when I sent the eighth bride. And the mansion?”

“Princess Consort has been taking care of the mansion.”

“Do you want to forget your position that badly? It seems like something a lady sitting in the corner of a village would do.”

Volonico elegantly extended his hand.

When Marquis Compani took out a handkerchief from his bosom and offered it, Volonico did not accept it but just flicked the handkerchief with his finger.

Approaching him, Marquis Compani wiped the sweat on his forehead with his handkerchief. When Marquis Compani approached and wiped the sweat on his forehead, Volonico wiped the blade he had been swinging in the air with the handkerchief.

“Is your golden hair still good? With that beast-like husband of yours?”
Recalling Clad, who howled like a beast, Volonico chuckled.

After carefully wiping away his sweat, Marquis Compani neatly folded the handkerchief in his arms and respectfully bowed his head.

“As expected, screams filled with pain. After sleeping together, he reportedly suffers until dawn, finally falling asleep.”

“With an unpleasant man and a painful cohabitation. Even if she’s the ‘Princess Consort,’ it’s too pitiful as a member of the royal family. It’s a tearful sense of responsibility.”

A smile, completely different from tears, quietly appeared on her pale face.

“The Prince Consort?”

“Yes?”

“Does that monster seem to have feelings for the woman?”

Marquis Compani carefully considered the question.

Although the time spent together has increased, there seems to be no special contact.

Judging by his usual personality, it seems like he’s keeping an eye on her, much like when he sent the bride in the beginning…

“That’s not possible. Even though the Princess Consort is beautiful, it seems that he doesn’t let his guard down. I confirmed it when I visited a few times; he didn’t give me a single glance.”

“Poor thing. Your sister-in-law must be very emotionally weakened. How difficult it must be for her.”

Volonico, with a compassionate tone, raised his eyebrows and whispered.

“Come to think of it, I’m family too. I should lend a helping hand.”

Volonico remembered Yuan’s white face, which was being ridiculed by the emperor and trembling in fear.