I stared intently at Sikar, who seemed to be closing his eyes in exhaustion, but when our eyes met, I quickly turned my head.

‘Why is he staring at me like that?’

In fact, he used to look at me like that often, but today, for some reason, I seemed to be more conscious of it.

Even if that guy likes me, it’s not like he’s going to show me great mercy. I should ignore it.

I shouldn’t get involved in such delusions. Let’s just focus on raising Kian.

However, the next day, as I was having breakfast with Sikar, I completely forgot my resolution to ignore him while he kept staring at me.

“Why do you keep staring at me?”

“Does it bother you?”

“No, there must be a reason.”

‘Is he staring at me because he likes me or is he constantly watching me because he’s concerned…’

‘Why am I like this… Maybe I’ve caught the delusion bug from Sikar?’

“If I have to give a reason, it would be to keep an eye on you.”

“I’m already confined to this mansion. Why would you need to keep an eye on me?”

“It’s to see how gracefully you behave.”

‘Ah, he’s nagging.’

“But you’re getting better little by little.”

Thanks to you.

“Now that the king’s wedding is over safely, I plan to see my grandmother in a few days. So, after the meal, get dressed and come out. I’m going out today to buy a gift for my grandmother.”

“Then Kian should come too.”

“Why Kian?”

“It would be nice if Kian came with us to see my grandmother. It would be even better if we bought the gift together.”

“Well, if that’s the case. It’s not difficult.”

Today, Kian was having breakfast with Vika.

Perhaps because I had grown attached to him, Kian had been waking Vika up and feeding her since morning. Vika, who hadn’t been eating breakfast while sleeping, was now being fed by Kian.

‘How can he be so kind and wonderful.’

Anyway, I quickly finished my meal and opened Vika’s door to call Kian. I intended to open the door to urge him to prepare to leave, but when I saw Kian feeding Vika affectionately, I couldn’t go in because I felt like I would disturb them.

Since we took the carriage first yesterday and Vika couldn’t find one, she ran through the forest all night.

Vika kept dozing off, and every time her head drooped down, Kian would push a spoonful into her mouth.

“Vika, wake up a bit.”

“Master, is this a new form of torture? I want to sleep, why do you keep feeding me.”

“People need to eat well when they’re weak.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t die from not eating that.”

“You should eat even if you won’t die. That way, you’ll recover your strength quickly.”

All the lines Kian was saying now were the same as what Vallis had said to Kian when he was sick and couldn’t eat.

‘People need to eat well when they’re weak. That way, you’ll recover your strength quickly.’

So, I felt that Kian was genuinely worried about Vika.

Perhaps Kian understood Vallis’ feelings from that time or was afraid of losing someone else to death.

Although the two of them looked good together, Kian’s words sounded somewhat sad.

‘Now is the time for me to appear.’

Kian blinked his eyes as if pleasantly surprised by my sudden appearance.

“Mother?”

“Kian, let’s stop Vika from sleeping now and go out, shall we?”

“But the sicker you are, the better your nutritional status should be…”
“It’s okay. Vika has a slight cold, so she’ll recover her strength soon.”

Watching Vika dozing off next to him with a reluctant expression, Kian sighed deeply and said, “Um… I understand.”

“Shall we get ready to go out?”

“Go out?”

“Yes. Remember Granny? We’re planning to meet her in a few days. So, today, I’m going to buy a gift that Granny will like.”

“Wow! That’s great! Mother! I really missed Grandma!”

Seeing Kian looking pleased, my heart also seemed to bloom widely.

If I had known that Kian would like it so much, I should have gone to see Granny earlier.

Although we three didn’t plan it, we came out dressed similarly. It turned out that Andrea had heard we were going out and dressed similarly, like coordinating dress codes for a family photo shoot in modern times.

When we arrived in the capital city, we first bought Granny’s favorite chocolate cake, chocolate fondue, and various chocolates.

The reason Granny liked chocolate was influenced by her lost sister when she was young.

Granny’s sister used to give her chocolate whenever young Granny cried. So, the polite Granny still liked chocolate-related foods, remembering her sister.

After that, we bought a lot of yarn, Granny’s favorite, and went into a tea shop.

And unintentionally, we could hear people’s conversations coming from behind the screen.

“Well, yesterday, Duke Blake left the banquet with the Duchess in his arms and walked all the way to where the carriage was, holding her.”

“Are you crazy? That’s really cool.”

‘I wonder if he saw me put up my sword after that?’

“And then, he made an oath with the sword.”

Huh?

“He extended the sword and said something, and people say it sounded like he made a vow with the sword, saying he would definitely protect you! Something like that.”

Hearing that, I almost burst out laughing and barely managed to control myself. They were just making up stories as they pleased.

On the other hand, Sikar nodded approvingly as if he liked it.

“It’s a good line. Next time, I should use that line.”

‘Snap out of it!’

Come to think of it, Sikar’s consideration for putting the assassins to sleep for me yesterday might be because he was immersed in the role of a romantic.

Once I reached that conclusion, all of his actions seemed reasonable.

“And also.”

Well, what’s next? Now, the fabrication wasn’t surprisingly shocking.

“Yesterday, just to surprise the Duchess, he dealt with all the assassins! Isn’t that so cool?!”

Could this be true?

The moment I heard those words, my heart sank and then started pounding rapidly.