The girl who had brought the child in a hurry didn’t take off her coat or put down her gloves until the child had been standing motionless on the small foot mat at the entrance of the training center.
Even the obtuse Lucia could not have missed the child’s strange behavior; she seemed to understand why the child was acting that way.
‘…It wasn’t like this before.’
The child in front of her was covered in all sorts of filth as if she had fallen into a dung pit, and the only clean things were the watchful eyes of the child.
“……”
Those clear eyes were directed at the white gloves Lucia had laid down.
The black clothes were fine, but the gloves were stained with an unknown substance that was black and brown.
The child, seeing her mark, was surprised and quickly bowed her head.
Lucia guessed roughly but was a little troubled.
She had to pay homage to the Emperor in the palace shortly, and that time was not even enough for her to change her clothes.
“Shall I show you where to wash?”
The child seemed to have been waiting for those words and suddenly nodded.
Lucia prepared warm water in the bathroom.
The child, who had just been standing motionless, shrank her body and carefully entered the bathroom on tiptoe, closing the door behind her, as soon as Lucia left the bathroom.
‘Did I wash myself at that age?’
Trying to remember her very distant childhood, Lucia’s head suddenly became complicated.
She changed into her uniform in the dressing room to handle the day’s work.
Then, a voice came from the bathroom.
“……here……”
The child had apparently finished washing.
The child stood dripping wet, with a face like a piece of white tofu wrapped in seaweed, sticking her face out from the bathroom door.
“What’s the matter?”
“……”
When there was no answer, Lucia approached to check on the child.
Knock, knock
“Commander. Are you awake? It’s time to go to the palace.”
It was Deputy Commander Berl.
The child, alarmed like a cat, quickly closed the bathroom door.
“Yes. I understand.”
She was concerned about the child, but knowing Berl’s personality, there was no time to delay as it was time to leave immediately.
“Child. I won’t be long, so you must stay here without moving. You understand what I’m saying.”
Lucia whispered to the bathroom door, and the child inside answered softly.
Having confirmed the answer, she sighed and opened the front door, speaking to the waiting Berl.
“Let’s go.”
[Star Icon]Inside the swaying carriage.
They were close enough to walk to the palace, but since Berl had prepared it, they had no choice but to get in the carriage.
Thanks to that, Lucia sat facing Berl.
She had been looking at him, sitting uneasy across from her, for a while.
Questions about whose funeral he had attended were pouring into his head at the moment, but he did not dare ask about the commander’s whereabouts.
‘Berl… was he in his 30s?’
Not at all.
Lucia, for some reason confident that she knew her members well, thought so.
But that was merely a delusion, as she was not a person sensitive to others.
With his thick brown hair neatly combed over his forehead, Berl.
Contrary to him, the image of the Knights of Black in the royal family belonged to a very brash category.
Therefore, he always kept himself neat to not inconvenience the commander further.
So that was the problem.
His neat chairman’s hair, despite being in his 20s, often led to such misunderstandings.
“Berl.”
“YYes, Commander!”
The uneasy Berl answered in surprise when his commander spoke to him.
“How old is the child?”
‘She surely said she had given birth before entering the training center.’
Lucia was confident, but Berl had not even married yet.
But amusingly, Bertl brought his large hands together as if greatly moved by her question.
“Commander! You remember… Cesar is 5 years old this year!”
‘As expected. So the name is Cesar, a son? It’s disappointing that it’s not a daughter, but I’m relieved to have something to ask.’
“Bertl, when you raise the child…”
Just as Lucia was about to speak, Bertl suddenly bowed his head intensely.
“Commander! Thank you once again! Thanks to your care, my sister was well during her maternity leave and has returned!”
I nearly heard the rice even though I hadn’t eaten anything.
Listening to his words, the protagonist of the story she had remembered was his sister’s story from 5 years ago.
“……So. Everything’s fine?”
“Yes! Of course. Thanks to you, I proudly returned to my position as the administrative officer of the Hundred Mage Corps!”
Lucia, although her face didn’t show it, was quite surprised.
Bertl’s eyes moistened as he looked at her.
‘Sniffle……. How intense must the training have been for the old master’s dignity to show in the speech. I was struggling just to fill in for the Commander, counting the days until her return……. I’m still far off. Very far off.’
He felt pity for her, who was not very talkative to begin with, but whose demeanor had changed so much from 5 years ago.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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