Erzé, with a determined expression as if captivated by a sense of duty, didn’t stop speaking.

“The two were facing each other at a very close distance, and the 1st Prince and the princess, who were conversing, seemed to have an unusual relationship to anyone watching.”

“Ha….”

Khalid let out a deep sigh.

“So, are you saying that the woman right now is telling a story about how Belia and Raul are deceiving her and having some kind of relationship?”

Erzé frowned with a troubled expression, as if conveying such a story was very distressing for her.

“But if, by any chance, I misunderstood, it could put the princess in a difficult situation…. So, I rescued the princess, and she said it was nothing… She just mentioned that the 1st Prince misunderstood her!”

Erzé had a frustrated expression.

She couldn’t understand why she was so angry.

Khalid chuckled and released a dry laugh.

“Rescued? Someone like you?”

“…What?”

Khalid untangled his crossed legs and slowly stood up from his seat. Then, he slowly approached Erzé.

“What do you want from me by bringing up this story?”

Khalid’s voice had no emotions, but it felt even more ruthless. When Erzé looked at Khalid with trembling eyes, he gently grasped Erzé’s neck with one hand and whispered.

“I endured countless impolitenesses because I am a guest of Belia. But this has crossed the line.”

Khalid looked at Erzé’s horrified expression and smiled brightly.

“Do I look like someone who would listen to gossip about Belia?”

If she had openly tried to seduce him, he might have endured the annoyance. But this was different. A person who was afraid to even touch someone who could harm him was trying to meddle with such a person.

Khalid exerted a little more pressure on Erzé’s neck.

“Your Highness…”

With a faintly disgusted face, Erzé called out to Khalid, pleading. Khalid, watching Erzé’s painful and agonizing appearance as if struggling to breathe, gradually released the pressure from his hand.

Then he whispered quietly.

“Before I really kill you, make sure not to catch my eye again.”

His calm words felt even more cruel, and Erzé stared at Khalid with a pale face.

Bang!

Without paying much attention to the loudly opening door, Raul continued to handle the stacked documents.

Khalid, grinning, spoke.

“Aren’t you pretending not to know now?”

“…What’s going on?”

Only then did Raul lift his head and look at Khalid.

Khalid flicked something in his hand towards Raul.

“…What’s this?”

Raul asked in an indifferent tone.

“You’ll know when you see it.”

Glancing down, on the floor was someone tied up and moaning in pain.

“I brought him here to be dealt with, someone you should know well.”

Khalid raised one corner of his mouth in a mocking smile.

“How about it? Isn’t it kind of me?”

It was a voice mixed with laughter.

Raul alternately looked at Khalid and the floor and let out a sigh.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

He really didn’t.

Wasn’t he one of those he planted to keep an eye on himself? And he hid it quite carefully.

Although Khalid didn’t ask him to sit, he casually sat on the sofa and arrogantly crossed his legs.

“Oh. I’m thirsty. Is there nothing to drink?”

“…You’re rude, Khalid.”

Raul sighed again and gestured to the servant.

Then Sejong quietly took the collapsed person and left the room.

“The rude one is not me, it’s my brother.”

“Is it not impolite to suddenly come and say this?”
Raul reluctantly sat across from Khalid with an unwilling expression. Then, Khalid pushed the table with his foot and spoke in a very low and menacing voice.

“You, of all people… Where did your conscience go? Huh?”

Although Raul knew exactly what Khalid was talking about, he pretended not to and maintained a casual expression.

“No matter what, that’s true. Isn’t it pathetic to pester the woman you’re going to marry with such accusations?”

The anger had not subsided even after sending that woman out of the office last night.

Initially, the anger was directed towards Erzé Kinetra, who dared to interfere in the relationship between Belia and himself. However, that anger gradually turned towards Raul.

There was no reason for her to come to me and say such things. So, I called the maid who went to the greenhouse with them that day. And, indeed, Raul, Belia, and Erzé Kinetra walked through the greenhouse together.

‘I may have changed it to my liking, but to some extent, it must be true.’

Khalid’s head tilted slightly.

“Belia must be tempting. Well, it’s understandable. She’s so beautiful, lovely, and full of charm. Don’t you think?”

“…Are you mocking me?”

“Did I come all the way here just to mock you?”

Khalid’s face was cold. He touched the table with his hand and leaned forward towards Raul.

“I came to give you a warning.”

Khalid warned Raul with a threatening tone, scratching his chin with his fingertips.

“I have nothing to lose, but you don’t. You have no intention of giving up everything you have right now, so why are you jumping in like a fool?”