Time has a way of devalifying dresses, but jewels, they increase in value.

They would be worth much more in five years.

I felt the need to have certainty.

“Are these really for me? You’re not going to take them back or anything later?”

“Yes, they are for you. Use them for upcoming weddings, balls, tea parties, and such.”

I held back my question about whether they would still be mine after a potential divorce.

I couldn’t let Sicar reclaim them out of spite. It wouldn’t hurt to secretly stash a few before that.

The jewels all seemed similar yet different. I had no idea what to wear to a wedding. I had never been to a bustling wedding before.

Sicar suggested picking jewels that would go with the dress I would wear to the wedding, but all I could see was which jewel would fetch the most money if sold.

So, I could just wear the cheapest ones and keep the most expensive ones safe to sell later.

“That’s enough. I’ll pick, you just wear what is prepared.”

“Understood.”

“What are you doing? Not leaving.”

“Huh?”

“Kian will be here soon. Go to the dining room. It’s time to eat.”

“Oh, but didn’t you say all of these are for me?”

“Yes, they are yours.”

“Shouldn’t you move them to my room then? I was planning to watch them move to my room.”

“I’m giving them to you, but I’m keeping them.”

“Shouldn’t it mean something for me to keep the gifts you give me?”

“These jewels are more expensive than you think.”

“I know that.”

‘Hence, I’m asking for them.’

“By now, rumors that I bought all these jewels in the capital today must have spread all over Lekardor.”

‘I guess so.’

“Some fool might visit our duke’s mansion to steal these jewels. If these jewels were in your room, it wouldn’t be strange if a foolish thief cut your throat and took them.”

Hearing his words gave me goosebumps. This was indeed a world overrun by night hunters.

“So it’s safer with me.”

“But this is Blake’s place. Even the night gentlemen wouldn’t dare invade here if they didn’t want to die, would they?”

“They certainly wouldn’t dare to enter my room, but yours is a different story. If they have a mind to, they can infiltrate your room without a mouse or bird knowing.”

His words made me quickly agree.

“Ri…right. I see.”

I felt as if I had offered my neck to night hunters and taken it back while listening to Sicar. It felt nice to have such precautions for my safety.

Even though I wasn’t in imminent danger, it felt as if I was being protected by Sicar.

When I went down to the dining room, Kian had already arrived and had even changed his clothes after washing. I was curious about everything since this would be my first time playing with a friend of the same age.

“Kian, how was today? Was it fun with your friends? How were the classes? Were they bearable?”

Ah, I shouldn’t ask like this. Becoming a parent, it seems I can’t help it either.

Kian thought about it politely. Lately, he seemed more mature.

“Um… it was a bit chaotic.”

“How chaotic was it that you injured your hand?”

Upon hearing Sicar’s sharp voice, I quickly turned to him. Sicar didn’t even look at Kian, so I didn’t know where or how Kian was hurt.

“What? Where did you get hurt?”

Only then did Sicar look at Kian with displeasure.

“You hurt your wrist.”

“Wrist? You hurt your wrist? Why?”

I asked in worry, but Kian only gave an awkward smile.

“Well, I don’t know what you mean by…”

“That won’t do. I have to check it out.”

I rolled up Kian’s sleeve, and indeed, there were scratch marks on his wrist and elsewhere. Kian awkwardly smiled and pulled down the sleeve I had rolled up.

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

“It’s not nothing! What happened?!”

“Tell the truth, Kian.”

When Sicar narrowed his eyes, Kian sighed as if helpless, and put down the spoon he was holding.

“I was scratched by Lucy’s nails.”

“Why? How come?”

“I was trying to break up a fight between Lloyd and Lucy. It was… just an accident.”

So it was going as per the original. In the original, I thought such a thing happened because Kian was ignored as an orphan. But now, even knowing that Kian is the child of a duke, seeing him getting scratched, I think it might be due to the innate character of Lucie and Lloyd.

However, contrary to my thoughts, Sicar seemed quite disgusting.

“How dare you injure the wrist of the Duke of Blake’s son! Tomorrow I must correct the habits of Yukanadar. I must instruct Bika to unleash the dark spirits and harshly reprimand the children.”

This man is trying to turn a kids’ fight into an adult one.

Anyway, it wasn’t good for Kian to hear such a talk, so I advised Sicar to eat first.

“Sicar. Both I and Kian must be very hungry, let’s eat first.”

We need to finish eating quickly to send Kian to bed, and if Kian sleeps, I could have a real conversation with Sicar.

We ate quietly. Kian was the one who got hurt, but Sicar became nervous.

During the meal, Sicar occasionally uttered ‘Yukanadar’s dog…… something insolent Yukanadar’s something……’ which made me break into a cold sweat.

After the terrifying dinner, I immediately sent Kian to his room and had tea time with Sicar.