Startled by Reneve’s sudden visit, the Siren Marquess quickly got up and rinsed his mouth with cold water.
Patrick hurriedly opened the window to circulate the air inside.
While the two were busy, the sound of knocking on the door resonated once again.
“I heard that you’ve woken up, so I came to check on you. Are you feeling okay?”
Patrick quickly opened the door.
In front of the bedroom, Reneve stood holding a tray. Casting a fleeting glance at Patrick, Reneve walked into the room.
“If you can, please try to eat a little.”
On the tray were neatly sliced tomatoes and bananas, arranged nicely for eating.
Pointing at the tray, the Siren Marquess asked, “…Reneve, what is this?”
“These are tomatoes, and this is a banana. Both help with relieving a hangover.”
Smiling gently, Reneve handed a fork to the Siren Marquess.
“Try it. If you haven’t eaten anything all day, it might help.”
Staring blankly at the scene, the Siren Marquess blinked his eyes.
It was unfamiliar. His daughter pleading so warmly, and fruits like bananas.
Watching from the side, Patrick also blinked continuously.
“Patrick, too, must be tired from training, right? Try it. It’s rich in ingredients that help alleviate fatigue.”
Not stopping there, Reneve also suggested tomatoes to Patrick.
“First, sit down.”
“Yes, Father.”
The Siren Marquess, feeling flustered, sat down in a chair, and they both looked at each other bewilderedly.
The Siren Marquess picked up a banana with a fork, and Patrick pierced a tomato with his fork.
Taking a big bite of the tomato, Patrick’s eyes widened a bit.
“It’s incredibly sweet, like a fruit.”
“Yes. Through breeding, its sweetness is much higher than ordinary tomatoes.”
Head nodding at Reneve’s explanation, Patrick took another bite of the tomato.
“But Reneve, how did you manage to get this banana in the first place?”
The Siren Marquess, munching on a banana, asked.
While tomatoes were readily available in Paradisium, bananas were not. It was possible to obtain them to some extent from the upper echelons who came from Basuker, but it wasn’t common.
“His Majesty prepared them.”
The Siren Marquess’s movements, which had hesitated with Reneve’s response, abruptly stopped.
Again, Your Majesty.
The atmosphere of Siren Marquess, who was about to soften his heart at the sight of his daughter taking care of his health, rapidly cooled at the mention of the Emperor.
He felt repulsed at the thought of his daughter pleading with coquetry for permission to marry the Emperor.
How precious a daughter he had raised.
“You must have something to say, seeing that you came to find me. If you have something to say, say it now.”
The Siren Marquess’s low yet authoritative voice filled the bedroom.
“Something to say? I just heard that Father is suffering from a hangover and came to see you out of concern. I’m sorry, Father.”
Reneve said, smiling playfully.
Ugh. A moan involuntarily escaped from Siren Marquess’s mouth.
Seeing his daughter smiling so prettily, his heart, which had just become stiff, seemed to soften again.
“Don’t mock me. You’re trying to persuade Father and me, aren’t you? Who wouldn’t know?”
With one eyebrow raised, Patrick glared at Reneve.
“Oh, right! I happened to see you training with the knights, and you looked really dignified and cool, Patrick. But if you use your body like that, you might get tired, so I brought food that’s good for recovering from fatigue.”
Patrick’s eyes quickly softened.
“… You saw?”
“Yeah. Watching you give instructions while changing formations during training looked really cool.”
Reneve’s words, whether subtly or blatantly flattering, seemed to make Patrick’s lips soften.
“Reneve, aren’t you going to eat? You should eat too.”
“Sure. Let’s eat together.”
When Patrick said so, Siren Marquess also pulled out a chair for him.
“Would you like that?”
Reneve smiled prettily and took a seat between the two. And she silently smiled a smile of satisfaction.
‘If I just leave it like this, the grudge against Icarus won’t be resolved anytime soon. I have to take action.’
Unaware of such intentions, Siren Marquess’s expression and voice had somehow softened in the increasingly gentle atmosphere, in contrast to when Reneve entered the room with fruit.
Even the two of them, it seemed, didn’t realize the natural reactions that were flowing between them.
‘Good.’
Reneve nodded silently to herself.
She decided to continue the persuasion operation until the two of them agreed to the marriage with Icarus.
In the softened and mellowed atmosphere, Reneve shared fruit with Siren Marquess and then left the bedroom.
Left behind in the bedroom were Siren Marquess and Patrick, who stared silently at their own faces reflected in the mirror.
It was when the two were silently gazing at the smiles on each other’s faces.
Knock, knock.
Following the sound of knocking, the steward’s voice was heard.
“May I come in for a moment?”
As soon as Siren Marquess gave permission, the steward entered the bedroom and began tidying up the table.
“Father…”
“That’s right.”
“Reneve seems to have changed quite a bit, don’t you think?”
Siren Marquess nodded slightly.
“…Indeed.”
As the two remained lost in thought, Steward interjected between them.
“Isn’t all of this the power of love?”
Smiling with contentment, Steward carried the tray and left the bedroom.
Upon hearing the steward’s reply, Reneve’s lips curled satisfactorily.
‘Good. Stage 1 is a success…’
Reneve nodded to herself and thought about the next plan.
Unnoticed by the two men who were still staring at each other’s smiles, their reactions seemed to naturally flow.
‘Great.’
Silently nodding to herself, Reneve decided to continue the persuasion operation until they agreed to Icarus’ marriage.
Reneve left the bedroom amidst the softened and gentle atmosphere. Her thoughts turned to the next move.
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