For a moment, I was almost enchanted and about to follow without any objections.

Just as I unknowingly grabbed his hand and was about to step out of the room, Reyna belatedly regained her senses, holding onto the doorframe and shouted.

“Oh, Arthur-kyung!”

“Yeah?”

“My, my face!”

Arthur looked at Reyna, puzzled.

“It’s beautiful. Why?”

“N-no, not that!”

Reyna shouted in embarrassment.

“I can’t go out like this! I’m pretending to be Miss Christina, how can I wear a dress with this face!”

Arthur chuckled and once again took Reyna’s hand.

“…!”

And seeing Arthur’s smile, Reyna’s strength drained from the hand holding onto the door.

… I don’t know!

Arthur probably has all sorts of thoughts!

Reyna followed Arthur out of the room.

Is it a disguise?

I heard that the famous widowed Duchess of the Northern Duchy used to secretly go on dates wearing commoner clothes when dating.

Are we dressing up in some ordinary and inconspicuous clothes? It sounded convincing.

Come to think of it, didn’t Arthur suggest using a mask before?

Reyna almost believed that she would go out in disguise and carefully examined Arthur’s attire.

Arthur was not dressed in the official uniform he wore when performing public duties as a General.

Although it was a commoner’s attire, it was too aristocratic to be called ordinary clothes, but there were plenty of minor nobles or gentry who dressed like this in Julius Territory.

With his attire, it seemed like he wouldn’t stand out on the streets of Julius.

The problem was that he was excessively handsome, and being a well-known figure, how many people in Julius had actually seen him up close, not just through paintings?

Then the problem is just me.

Reyna, in order to keep her promise of treating Arthur with the best treatment, dressed up diligently and decorated herself with flowers.

Among the dresses given to Reyna in the new room, she chose the one she secretly thought was the prettiest, and thanks to Brody’s enthusiasm, she even delicately braided her hair.

Without going too flashy, Brody, in response to her request to do makeup that suits her, lovingly adorned Reyna.

And that meant Reyna would definitely catch the eye.

Reyna was borrowing dresses from Christina, who left them in the new room and never looked for them again.

And Christina Julius had only the extraordinary, top-tier dresses.

Moreover, Reyna was a blonde and objectively an eye-catching beauty.

Reyna wasn’t fearless to the point of thinking there would be no problems at all.

However, Arthur, without changing Reyna’s clothes, led her down his private stairs, and in his private garden, he took her to a carriage.

“!”

Is this a disguise?
He only gave me a pretty parasol.

Reyna nervously spoke up.

“Arthur-kyung, should I let my hair down?”

“Why? It’s beautiful as it is now.”

Arthur turned and smiled.

“Pulling it down doesn’t mean it’s not beautiful, but you didn’t dress up like this just to treat me with the best, did you?”

Feeling embarrassed with Arthur’s understanding, she suddenly felt awkward.

However, that didn’t give her the courage she lacked.

Reyna hesitated in her response.

“…Well, that’s true, but what about disguises?”

“Disguise?”

Arthur questioned with a puzzled expression.

“With what?”

“As a commoner…?”

“Hmm. Do you like that?”

“…?”

After a brief contemplation, Arthur laughed.

“That’s fine too, but since it’s our first date, let’s go like this today. You look extremely beautiful now; it would be a waste.”

Arthur tapped the carriage ceiling twice.

“To the court.”

“!?”

What?

Reyna froze.

What about dressing up?

Why go to the court?!

In the end, Reyna, feeling quite scared, only realized she had arrived at a quiet and dignified dress shop in front of the court when the carriage stopped.

It was a formal dress shop that exhibited dresses, suits, and legal attire for judges and lawyers.

Reyna, too nervous to think, absentmindedly stared out of the carriage window at the dress shop.

Arthur’s voice was heard.

“The lawyer I met this morning recommended this place. … My wife?”

“…”

The relaxed expression on Reyna’s face did not imply that she was being dragged into the court.

“Haah…”

Her legs lost strength.

As she leaned against the carriage backrest, a deep sigh escaped.

Honestly, Reyna was really nervous.

Although the fear Reyna once had was not the same as before, all the worries in her heart did not disappear at once.

The prospect of a marriage scam against the royal family might still be a problem.

Arthur belatedly realized that Reyna was scared by the simple mention of going to court and raised his eyebrows.

“…So that’s why you were so quiet on the way here?”

Reyna thought it was because she was nervous about going out after a long time.

Arthur looked puzzled.

“…Why did you think I was going to court? I suggested going to get the dress first….”

Reyna sulked with a drained expression.

“…”

Well, I have committed a crime, so it makes sense to take me to court, right?