“Please feel free to speak.”

For some reason, Prince Norton was inclined to consider granting her request if possible.

“When we met by the lake last time. You picked up the book I dropped, remember?”

“The book?”

“Yes! It’s written in ancient language from the Southern Continent…”

“Oh, was that it?”

Prince Norton’s memory seemed to be fuzzy.

“I was wondering if you could interpret that book for me.”

Even if it was just to make a good impression on me, he would probably agree to such a request, considering I confessed my love yesterday, Roji calculated.

Both of them thought it was not a bad proposal.

It was good for her to know the contents of the ancient book, and for Prince Norton, he could frequently see his face until he returned to his home country.

“I won’t take up too much of your time. Please, I’m asking you. I’ve also organized the things I want to ask during that time!”

“About me?”

As I felt yesterday, she is quite bold.

While Prince Norton looked slightly uncomfortable, he pointed to himself with his finger and asked.

But she, who was trying to meet him under the pretext of the book, was quite cute.

“Yes? No, it’s not about you, Your Highness… It’s about the contents written in the ancient book.”

What should I do? It seems like His Highness is all about me.

Roji felt a pang in her heart as she looked at Prince Norton.

Should I at least hold hands with him before entering the office?

“Mama Roji…”

Surprisingly, it was Prince Norton who first reached out his hand.

“What is it?”

Roji asked with a bewildered look.

The reason Prince Norton extended his hand to her was simple.

“Things can become difficult for both of us. I don’t want things to be uncomfortable between Mama and me.”

So don’t desire me by shaking hands with me even once… That was the meaning behind the handshake.

“Of course, it will be difficult.”

Roji, with a surprised expression, grabbed the hand he offered and shook it.

Although the ancient language of the Pasha Empire might be difficult and challenging, she still wanted to know the contents of that ancient book.

“But if I don’t try and give up without even trying, it seems my life will be even more difficult in the future.”

While speaking firmly, Roji somehow felt like she had become a bad woman.

Like a woman who only uses a man without reciprocating his feelings.

Even so, if she treated him well every time they met, wouldn’t that be enough?

Roji decided to act a bit selfishly.

“Please, I’m begging you!”

She held Prince Norton’s outstretched hand with both of her hands and spoke earnestly.

“Well, let’s put it on hold for now. I think I can decide after hearing what Her Majesty has to say.”

Prince Norton responded with a worried look.

‘Mama Roji, it doesn’t seem like the time for you to ask me to interpret a book so casually?’

Coincidentally, she looked at Prince Norton with the same gaze.

‘If you’re confined, I’m prepared to come and visit you with the book myself!’

They pitied each other.
In this way, misunderstandings between the two deepened.

“Mama, shall we go in now?”

“Yes, don’t worry too much. Is something bothering you?”

Roji comforted Prince Norton as if patting his back,

“…I hope not.”

Prince Norton found her deliberately trying to appear calm quite pitiful.

Before gathering in the office, Roji wanted to talk with him first, but there was no separate time.

‘Looking at them like this, they seem to match quite well?’

However, when Roji and Prince Norton sat side by side at the office table, there seemed to be a strange atmosphere between them.

If Roji’s love confession yesterday was really an act?

In that case, she was either a truly talented actress, or she was not in her right mind, one of the two.

“It seems like everyone couldn’t sleep well.”

Linel broke the awkward silence first.

“Your Majesty also looks extremely tired.”

Prince Norton also observed her complexion and commented.

“I live a normal life. And for a slightly different reason than the prince, I couldn’t sleep due to falling in love, so it’s a completely different reason.”

He drew a line with a serious expression.

“If it’s for a different reason…”

Prince Norton asked about that reason, and Linel unnecessarily explained in detail.

“The prince might have trouble sleeping due to worries, but I couldn’t sleep because I fell in love, so it’s clearly a different reason.”

I gave a signal by poking Linel’s thigh under the table.

Then, he held my hand and slyly moved it over his thigh.

When I applied pressure to my hand, he made a moaning sound as if in pain.

Fortunately, the sound could only be heard by me.

“Your Majesty, are you uncomfortable anywhere?”

Despite that, Prince Norton asked him gently, probably because his expression couldn’t be hidden.

“Ah, don’t worry, just continue talking.”

He coughed and continued talking when he said that, so the prince continued the conversation.

“What could I be troubled about? I was just a little worried.”

Prince Norton glanced at Roji and replied.