25. Evan Feiosha (3)

“Our relationship is a matter decided by the heads of the two families. I want to hear the opinion of the princess.”

If you ask me what I think about my engagement to Evan, the answer is fixed.

Marriage is only a means to connect the two families, Cianella and Feiosha.

I think it was this arranged marriage that connected the two characters who suffered from headaches within the two families.

I’m on the run… Evan had heard that she was so weak that she couldn’t even leave the mansion, let alone engage in public activities.

In the end, it’s like weaving the family’s troubles together.

So I didn’t like this engagement very much.

“I’m sorry, Gongja. I’m skeptical about this engagement.”

“Whoops, I knew that.”

At my words, Evan covered her mouth and gave a small laugh.

“Otherwise, there is no way you would have ignored my letter.”

“…Sorry about the letter. It’s disrespectful.”

I bowed my head.

You deserve to be criticized for ignoring Evan’s letters to me dozens of times.

It’s better to apologize right away than add unnecessary words.

“Raise your head, princess.”

I raised my head again at his words.

Evan took a sip of his tea and looked at me.

I caught his gaze as calmly as possible.

“Is it okay if I ask the princess why she doesn’t like my engagement?”

I nodded.

“…To me, this engagement is nothing more than a wrong thread from the start.”

After hiding in the room, even her mother and head of the household, Nel Cianella, gave up on me.

The only place where I was useless was the relationship with another family that I got by selling my name, Cianella.

So much so that I became engaged to him in order to make a connection between Cianella and her southern counterpart, Fey Osha.

Now that I cut off my frizzy long hair, I just don’t like this engagement.

“The engagement was made against my will, and I’m even more sorry, but I don’t have any personal feelings for Prince Evan.”

The most important thing is that I have no interest in Evan Peiosha, let alone affection.

If there is no link called a fiancé, it is not strange to break up at any time.

No more, no less.

“I don’t think it’s difficult to make any further development of the relationship under these circumstances.”

Evan listened to me and nodded slowly.

“I listened to the princess’s opinion.”

After my words were over, there was silence again in the drawing room.

I moistened my dry throat with black tea and ate another cookie.

Evan, who had been waiting and watching me, asked the same question he had asked me.

“What do you think of Prince Evan?”

“Me too…I don’t really like this engagement right now.”

Evan’s eyes widened considerably.

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“Unlike the other brothers and sisters, I was treated like a pet because I was not feeling well, but the only worthwhile thing I could do was this engagement. Like the princess, this engagement wasn’t decided solely by my own will.”

His eyes focused on me.

“But it’s different now. It’s because I can handle the divine power.”

“Have you awakened your divine power?”

“This is also from the letter I wrote before… You haven’t read it, have you?”

Evan laughed after saying that.

I couldn’t help but keep his mouth shut when I saw his laugh.

It was already in the letter.

You should read a bit.

Then Evan lifted it in my hand.

An auspicious light gathered over his hand.

It was the light seen during the manifestation of divine power.

“But it’s different now. After awakening to the divine power, my weak body has gotten better than other people’s. Thanks to that, I’m going to attend the academy next semester.”

The bright light above his hand faded.

The nuances he spoke didn’t seem that different from mine.

I had a little talk with Evan about the past.

Evan spent his time as if he lived only on the bed.

Fortunately, the academy is not only a place for learning, but also a place for nobles to find a fiancé.

Now that he has entered the academy, he doesn’t seem to want to be bound by the relationship of engagement with me.

I think Evan also wants to break up the engagement.

Not a bad story for me.

I said as I sniffed the last bit of black tea in my cup.

“Young master, can you show me around the garden?”

“You mean the garden?”

“Yes, I’m the type of person who likes flowers, so I kept thinking of the gardens I saw on the way here. And… There’s something I’d like to say about the gardens.”

“It’s surprising. To think that the Princess would like flowers… It’s not difficult, so let me introduce you.”

Evan stood up first.

As I stood up after him, I caught my eye with a cookie that still had quite a bit left.

I put one in my mouth, picked up another and followed Gongja.

* *

How long will the story last?

I was starting to get tired of being awkwardly huddled between a guy named Ron who always stood still in an upright posture and our Dioria knight.

All of the swordsman hunters I knew had good ears.

Dioria might be alone listening to what’s going on inside.

As I was wasting my time thinking about trivial things, the door to the drawing room finally opened.

“Ron, I’m going to introduce the garden to Princess Sione. I have a separate story to share, so please leave as many unnecessary people as possible.”

“Okay.”

At Evan’s words, Ron immediately began to move busily.

I watched him go to the garden first, then Shione came out of the drawing room.

Seeing that his complexion has deteriorated, he seems to have struggled a bit while talking with Evan.

Well, it must have been very difficult to see her husband-to-be who went to sleep after chewing on letters.

When Evan Peiosha’s eyes are on Ron’s back.

Looking at me, Shione opened her mouth wide.

… Why is that bastard doing that again?

Maybe I just ate another cookie, but my mouth wasn’t very clean.

If you were really my younger brother, I would have beaten you a few times.

As I stared at her as if asking why she was doing this, she let out a quiet voice.

“Ah-“

Ah- you mean?

I looked at Shione suspiciously and opened her mouth.

Oh

Then, as if she had been waiting, Shione put something of hers into my mouth.

What on earth did he suddenly stuff into my snout?

After a few bites, I could tell it was a cookie.

As we ate the muck muck cookie, Shione raised the corner of her mouth as if she was amused.

“Let’s go, Princess. The garden of the Marquis of Feiosha is quite large, so there should be a lot to see.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

With a more relaxed expression, Shione started walking side by side with Evan.

I followed the two from behind and looked at Diolia.

It must have seemed that Shione was upset that she only gave me cookies.

Dioria had a sad expression on her face.

“I’ll give you Dioria’s cookies later.”

“…Cookies are cookies.”

“Are you okay?”

“Let’s just accept the heart.”

Well, even though he said that, he seemed to be relieved.

It’s because there’s a mountain of cookies I’ve prepared to feed Shione.

I decided to take care of Dioria later.

Following Evan and Sione, we arrived at the garden before we knew it.

The garden of the Marquis of Feiosha was larger than Cianella’s.

Moreover, the harmonious landscaping plants and structures were nicely harmonized, making it a pleasure to see.

Shione kept turning her head to look around her to see if the flowers blooming all over her garden were so good.

“The cornflowers have bloomed beautifully.”

“You mean cornflowers?”

“That purple flower over there is a cornflower.”

“Then could you tell me the name of the yellow flower over there?”

“That flower…Is a baby giraffe. The flower language is known as a girl’s love.”

What the hell is that bastard?

It sounds like you’re a reclusive loner confined to your room, and you talk too eloquently.

The flower language of the baby giraffe was to tell them that it was a girl’s love.

Unlike Shione, who has shown a prickly attitude towards almost everyone so far, she also talks to Evan quite casually.

She must not have learned the art of speech without my knowledge.

Anyway, he looks much better now than when he whined that he would break up the fictitious day.

As if Dioria couldn’t have imagined Sione’s appearance like this, she watched with interest as she gave Evan her flowers.

Evan led Shione to the center of the garden.

While looking at the flowers around her, Sione kindly answered Evan’s questions.

She arrived at the very center of the garden in such a friendly atmosphere.

The appearance of flowers surrounding Shione and Evan was quite atmospheric.

For a moment, Shione and Evan’s chatter stopped.

Shione looked at her flowers and adjusted her relaxed expression.

I noticed her changed aura of Shione and focused on her.

“Princess Evan.”

Sione called Evan.

While looking at the flowers quietly, he shifted his gaze to Sione.

“What does Young master think about breaking up marriage?”

No, that crazy bastard.

Where did the baby giraffe flowers go?

Where did the girl’s love go?