I knew it anyway, and I didn’t really care.

“……”

Rather, it was that resigned attitude that got on my nerves.

That Taylor Lorensen was supposed to come tomorrow.

That until a little while ago, she had been quite excited and excited.

That she had been doing pretty things that she had never shown while waiting for him.

And that after that, she was so deflated.

It felt like I had mercilessly chained a delicate bird that was secretly happy to fly away and locked it in a cage.

Arthur quietly looked at Reyna.

“……”

Thirty gold……

Since she seemed quite conflicted.

I thought she was considering my offer, at least.

Is it still Julius and Taylor Lorensen?

“……”

After Mr. Lorensen left, Arthur had asked.

“You look comfortable with Mr. Lorensen. Are you close with the doctor in charge?”

She hesitated for a moment, then gulped down her throat with a bashful face, unaware that she had been so.

“Just…… because I’ve seen him for a long time. He always takes care of me.”

Arthur looked at her and grinned.

“I’ve been thinking about hiring him as a doctor for generations if I allow it.”

“I wanted to hear the opinion of someone who’s been watching for a long time.”

As he said that, she hesitated for a moment and thought carefully.

The doctor in charge always casually watched the place where he prepared medicine and herbs on the tray and fiddled with his fingertips.

“He is a respectable person, and he is trusted by the people of the mansion. Needless to say, he is a competent doctor.”

“If he takes over the work, he will do well. I don’t think there’s anyone like him.”

Arthur quietly looked at her.

“Do you think well of him personally?”

Reyna made an awkward face as if to say what I would evaluate him, but.

Soon she swallowed her throat, and smiled softly but bashfully.

“Yes, I do. I’m grateful in many ways……”

“He’s a good person who supports me.”

It was not a voice of discomfort or difficulty,

It was a voice that seemed to be sincerely grateful in secret.

If it’s towards the father of a lover.

It seemed that there could be no more ideal feelings than that voice.

“……”

Arthur quietly looked at Reyna and then lowered his head and clutched his empty hand.

“You’re not the type to easily give your side to others.”

“I heard that Taylor Lorensen is an exception.”

“I know that you have a special relationship with him……”

“Mr. Lorensen must also know to some extent……”

“……”

To be honest, such low thoughts also occurred to me.

Why doesn’t Mr. Lorensen oppose ‘Reyna’?

He’s the only son’s partner.

In such a family. To the doctor who succeeded the family.

According to what I investigated through Tristan, he was an undeniable upper class who could meet nobles at any time.

Even though I did not deny his delusion that she served me every night,

Why.

Don’t you oppose it?

I know he’s not married yet.

Reyna continued to avoid his gaze.

Unconsciously, my aura searches her anxious hands, throat, and hunched shoulders.

I end up staring quietly at her trembling eyelashes that I can’t see with my eyes.

It’s as if something will show.

Do you want money?

Or his rank.

Or a good family that gives you a sense of stability.

Or do you really like that person.

Thump.

Reyna suddenly raised her head.

Arthur had put a small silk bundle next to her.

Reyna’s gaze was fixed there.

Arthur spoke with his gaze lowered.

“The countess said she wanted me to pass it on. She said it’s the allowance she gives you every week.”

“……”

The contents were five gold coins.

Thud.

And then Arthur placed a more weighted silk bundle next to it.

“This is just my maintenance fee.”

“……”

The contents were thirty gold coins.

Reyna couldn’t say a word and just looked at it.

Her eyes were trembling slightly.

“……”

Are they eyes of conflict?

Or eyes filled with guilt.

Or perhaps the humiliation she felt towards a man who wanted to buy her with money.

It would have been simpler if your objective had been money.

Arthur soon opened his mouth with an indifferent smile.

“I hope this money doesn’t feel like a big offense.”

“……”

He finished his words calmly.

“I would like you to tell me what you need directly, but I won’t know until you tell me.”

“……”

Silence flowed between them.

Arthur just sat in front of her with his hands empty, wearing his knuckle rings.

Two bundles of gold coins placed in front of her.

Reyna didn’t choose anything and just looked at them.

No one talks about it anymore.

“……”

Through the open window, the sound of leaves rustling in the wind and the peaceful chirping of birds came in.

After waiting for her words for a while.

Arthur opened his mouth.

“Do you have to meet him?”

Reyna suddenly lifted her head.

“……Yes?”

Arthur calmly muttered his name.

“Taylor Lorenson.”

Thump.

Her heart dropped.

Arthur looked at her straight and said quietly.

“I don’t want you to meet him.”