“I would like to know why you sought me out like this.”

“Lenisha says it seems that the Prince wants a meeting.”

Casius said flatly.

He shouldn’t be flustered by such a sudden question.

He couldn’t be awkward even in their third meeting.

“If you have nothing to say, I have no need to stay here long, Your Highness.”

“Oh, it seems the Duke has a hasty disposition.”

Meteo smiled faintly.

Casius realized that Meteo resembled Lexus in some ways.

He was like a snake.

If what Casius held was a snake like a hot fireball.

Meteo, on the contrary, was really like a snake.

“I do not enjoy wasting time on pointless matters.”

“No one does. It seems better to discuss my purpose next time.”

Meteo held back his words.

“But, I assure you that Lenisha will never be disappointed.”

“I’ll pass that on.”

Meteo clearly seemed to hold a key for Lenisha.

He was curious about what it was.

However, prematurely revealing his intentions was not wise.

Casius knew that much.

Today’s meeting was over.

(This is a time delimiter.)

It was quite a long journey.

The Hiloshain territory in the northwest was the best piece of land, so even after entering its borders, it took time to reach the castle.

He had ridden a horse so much that it felt like his body had stiffened on top of it.

Lenisha exhaled a soft breath as she looked at the castle she had visited.

It had been a weeklong journey.

Lenisha had been born and raised in the archipelago and had hardly ever gone outside.

Except for another territory in the southern Lotera.

Hiloshain had been taken care of by her until it was taken as a dowry when she got married, but she had never been there.

‘I never thought I’d come here.’

She had thought she would live and die in the archipelago her whole life.

Of course, Lenisha’s life had never gone as planned since meeting the Emperor.

A rough hand suddenly reached out to Lenisha, who was scanning the castle.

It was Casius.

“Take it.”

To grab it and get off.

It was the first time Casius had reached out to Lenisha, and it was as clumsy as ever.

Living as a knight and going from battlefield to battlefield, he had no finesse.

Lenisha smiled at the sight.
Casius’s stubbornness was something Lenisha liked.

The wet rain and hot kiss that had soaked her heart remained and shook her.

The journey of the past week had tested Lenisha several times.

Every time the smell of horses mixed with the hot scent of a man trapped Lenisha, her breath trembled.

This was unlike Lenisha.

Casius often observed Lenisha like this, with bated breath.

Lenisha leaned toward Casius’s hand.

“Ah.”

Her stiff body rolled off the horse and landed in Casius’s arms.

The silence reached as her body touched Casius’s solid body.

Casius’s eyes widened.

“Haah.”

Fortunately, thanks to Casius holding her, Lenisha, who had avoided injury, balanced herself with her hand on Casius’s chest.

Lenisha looked up at Casius.

Every time she stood and looked at him, he was definitely big. And too big.

Even though Lenisha didn’t grow much because she had been very sick as a child, it seemed true that this man was particularly large.

He towered among others.

“Hmm. Casius?”

Lenisha tilted her head and called Casius.

“Why is that?”

Lenisha nagged Casius again, who was rigid and unmoving like a wooden statue.

Lenisha scanned Casius from top to bottom.

Then, Lenisha’s eyes caught a scar on his neck.

“What’s this.”

Lenisha muttered unknowingly.

“Are you shy about this?”

The emperor who had embraced three women in one day would be surprised and knocked down if he knew.

Moreover, Lenisha and Casius had already spent the night together.

Casius blushed like a shy virgin every time.

Lenisha licked her lips and whispered sweetly.

“Casius, how old are you now?”

At the sound of her laughing voice, Casius tightly shut his mouth.

Lenisha burst into laughter, and Casius’s face flared up like the color of his hair.

“People who are used to this are the strange ones.”

Casius said sullenly and turned away from Lenisha.

Lenisha chased after the slowly walking Casius.

However, no matter how much she sped up, catching up to Casius was too much.

Pride led her to run, but there was nothing she could do about the height difference.

Lenisha stopped and called out to Casius.

“Casius, I’m not used to walking behind someone.”

If it’s the Casius that Lenisha knows, he will turn around and not go any further.

And it was as expected. Casius turned towards Lenisha.

He still retained his shyness.

Lenisha walked lightly and stood beside the stopped Casius.

“I like to walk side by side. I’d like that.”

When she walked beside the emperor, even brushing his finger sent chills down her spine.

But now, she didn’t know how it would be.

Casius matched his stride to Lenisha’s.

He was now getting used to this.

(This is a time divider.)

Broken windows, fallen leaves on the floor, and wornout window frames and doors.

They looked as if they couldn’t block even a single gust of wind.

Lenisha never thought she would set foot in a place like this in her life.

Linday, who had gone to check out the mansion, came running with a pale face.

“Lady Lenisha!!”