asked Sylvester, expressing his displeasure with his whole face.
“What do you mean why? He must have done this after hearing that I hit Countess Fleur.”
“Ah.”
Sylvester nodded.
Then he said, frowning.
“Don’t go,”
“What?”
“Don’t go, you don’t have to go, do you?”
“But then…”
In fact, that’s true.
There’s no reason for me to run away saying ‘Yeah’ just because Callian is calling.
Now, I don’t have to seduce Callian anymore, and it’s not me who has to maintain a good relationship with him, it’s Sylvester.
But—.
I blinked my eyes.
“Still, I will go.”
“Why?”
“I have to go and make sure.”
I said with a smirk.
“Now that I don’t suffer anymore.”
******
Callian was very, very, very, in a very bad mood.
It’s not just because Fleur was beaten by Ophelia. It was more complicated than that.
Had it been the original Callian, he would have been furious when he found out that Fleur had been beaten to the dust by Ophelia on a rainy day. He must have comforted Fleur by threatening to put Ophelia to death right now.
But Callian right now is—.
He only sent a letter of consolation to Fleur but didn’t call her into the palace. Instead, he summoned Ophelia.
Calling Ophelia, Callian thought. ‘Oh, it’s this excuse for him to be able to see her.’
Callian came to think that his heart had changed a little, no, a lot.
He realized that his love for Fleur was not the same as before, and he was thinking of Ophelia more often than before.
So Callian was in a very bad mood.
Why?
Why the hell?
He loves Fleur.
However, it has disappeared whether this is the ongoing love for her or the past she loved. It seemed to be closer to ‘I loved you.’
But what about Ophelia?
Even when he closed her eyes, he kept thinking of her.
He keep thinking of her bold words, her smirking smile, and the things she said she would help him—.
‘Damn it.’
Callian had to admit it now.
The fact that Ophelia’s weight has grown in his mind. More than Fleur.
But Ophelia said she likes Sylvester.
Their relationship seemed to be getting better than before. To hear people’s stories.
Is there room for him to intervene?
Probably not.
However, it wasn’t like he had to give up.
He was the Crown Prince and was in a position to have everything he wanted.
He had to have it.
He could never let her go, even more so as the Emperor said that.
Callian opened the door to the drawing-room and entered.
“Oh, you’re here?”
Ophelia, who knew nothing of Calian’s heart, greeted him with a bright smile.
Today’s Ophelia was dressed more modestly than usual.
This didn’t reduce her sparkling appearance, though.
Callian looked at Ophelia and Fleur for a moment.
And he thought that Ophelia was much more beautiful.
Damn it.
Callian was angry with herself for having this thought in his unconscious mind, and also angry with Ophelia.
So he treated Ophelia in a rather curt manner.
“You know your fault, don’t you?”
He said as he sat down across from Ophelia. Then Ophelia tilted her head.
“I don’t know.”
Ophelia said with her smile still on her face.
“I don’t know why Your Highness called me. Why did you call me?”
“Ophelia Ryzen.”
“Is it because I hit Fleur?”
“That’s right!”
Callian raised his voice.
“You’ve given me a hell of a lot of trouble. What do you mean by nosebleed on the lady’s face!”
“If I hadn’t, she would have been lied to again.”
Ophelia said with an expression of real resentment.
“I didn’t do anything, and she screamed that I hit her. That’s why I made it true. That’s all. Did I do something wrong?”