Rohel, who finished his words, slowly left the room. And as if something came to mind, he turned around and said quietly.

“Lady Noxia, feel free to have family visits from now on.”

With that, Rohel left the room, and the door to Tanashia’s room closed.

Noxia, who had been mulling over Rohel’s words, looked at Tanashia lying in bed and spoke with a bewildered expression.

“Sis, that was sarcastic, right?”

For some reason, Tanashia couldn’t answer with a troubled expression.

But it was obvious without hearing the answer. Rohel had left a word not to lose to Noxia until the end.

Noxia made a disgusted expression and opened her mouth.

“Ugh, I really hate him.”

“Do you hate His Highness the Crown Prince that much?”

At Tanashia’s question, Noxia nodded her head heavily.

“Yes, even if the world leaves only His Highness the Crown Prince and me, we will never get together.”

For some reason, Tanashia’s expression seemed strange upon hearing that. She frowned as if in trouble and murmured.

“…You two were a really good couple…”

Noxia, who couldn’t hear her clearly, opened her eyes wide and asked back.

“Huh? What did you say?”

“Nothing. Nothing at all.”

Tanashia, with a bitter smile, tucked Noxia’s falling silver hair behind her ear. Noxia, leaning on the bed, smiled lazily at her warm touch.

Noxia would never fall for Rohel like other young ladies.

In her eyes, Rohel was an extremely rude and authoritative man. But she felt his laughing face was very, just a bit, charming.

That was just it.

When Noxia finished her visit and left, the room became quiet again.

In fact, she had allowed visits from Rohel and Noxia because she wanted to rest quietly, and had sent almost everyone else away.

I murmured absentmindedly, looking at the scenery outside the window.

“The weather is nice.”

Askan, who had been next to me, asked in a quiet voice upon hearing my words.

“Shall I open the window for you?”

“Oh, would you?”

At my words, Askan immediately opened the window. A cool breeze came in, but it felt refreshing rather than cold, which was nice.

Maybe it was because such emotions were reflected in my face, but Askan’s gaze looking at me seemed softer than usual.

I was lying down comfortably, feeling the outside air when it happened.

Clang!

I turned my head towards the sharp sound, and saw that Askan had broken the vase that held the bouquet Rohel had brought.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m sorry. I just made a mistake because there was originally no vase in that spot…”

But unlike his words of mistake, Askan deliberately stomped on the fallen bouquet with his foot. It seemed like it would never be put in a vase again.

For some reason, I recalled the sight of me stepping on the dresses of the Layana party.

“Why did you step on the flower? All you needed to do was pick up the broken glass and reinsert the flower.”

“There was a bug. It seems the flower was too beautiful and attracted bugs.”

“Bu, bug?”

I grimaced, as I found all insects with multiple legs disgusting.

Askan nonchalantly asked while looking at my face.

“Should I show you if you don’t believe me?”

“No, it’s okay. Clean it up quickly.”

For some reason, laughter welled up in Askan’s eyes at my words. He immediately cleaned up the bouquet and the broken vase and approached me.

“If you miss it, I’ll prepare another flower for you.”

“There’s no need to go to such trouble.”

“No, you liked the flower earlier because it was beautiful. I will prepare it for you.”

Lately, Askan has changed in some subtle way. I couldn’t quite put it into words, but it was clear something was different compared to before.

‘What is it……’

I was pondering when,

Askan handed me a fragrant tea and spoke softly.

“Please drink. This is the herbal tea you like.”

“Ah, thank you.”

I received the teacup and first enjoyed its aroma. I’m not sure exactly when it started, but it had become routine for Askan to brew herbal tea.

I’ve always enjoyed drinking tea, but now I can thoroughly enjoy it without lacking anything because he takes good care of me.

‘So, has he become more loyal than before?’

Askan was accommodating any of my desires, and he was increasingly following me. Far from disliking such an attitude, I only found it pleasing.

Until not long ago, I thought he should escape from the Breloff mansion, but now he has decided to trust me and stay by my side.

No matter how I thought about it, I could only see it as a good thing.

Askan’s gaze at me was too affectionate to be just loyalty, but I didn’t worry about it much because there was no special content in the original work.