Chapter 9: CH 9

(Eve’s POV)

The content of what he said was really cold and brutal, but more than that, it felt as if I was being ripped to pieces.

As a person who had lived his life in the battlefield, the pressure was formidable.

Even though he spoke quietly, I seemed to have frozen because of his cold voice.

“I don’t know what kind of trick this is, but once I let you go, please return back to the Imperial Palace.”

With those words, the Grand Duke turned around and was about to leave. 

My body stood still and looked at him with my nervous stare. 

My heart was still frightened, but on the other hand, it was ridiculous.

‘Because of the way he talk, he was easily accused of being a murderer!’

I initially thought that it was a pity that he was unfairly accused as a criminal, but after what happened, I see that he is not worthy of sympathy.

I just didn’t have a choice, but to make this happen.

Those eyes from a while ago were definitely more than enough to kill me.

As I glanced back at the attendants of the Grand Duke next to me, all of them stood there silently with indifferent faces.

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Hearing these conversations seemed very familiar to them.

The Grand Duke ignored my helplessness and started to walk away.

‘Well no matter what happens before, still how can he treat his fiancee like this?’ 

I didn’t even like this man in the first place, but because of what happened, I started to get angry as well.

Since he treated me this way. I would definitely make him take this flower.

For a moment, I was crushed by the oppression, but there was no reason for me to fear this man.

Eve was the daughter of the Emperor and the fiancee of the Grand Duke.

‘That no matter what he said or did, the Grand Duke cannot kill or hit me.’

‘…… At least not in a public place like this.’

(T/N: Lmao Eve, haha.)

I headed forward again, while holding the bouquet in my other hand. And I spoke in a very harsh voice, as if I’m initiating a fight with him.

“Stop, Your Grace. This is an order as a Princess of the empire.”

For a moment, his attendants stared at me as if I was crazy.

I may look like an ordinary stalker, because of the way Eve pursues the Grand Duke without pride and would cause a lot of trouble to everyone around her….. No, more like she looks like an ordinary lady, but they forget the fact that Eve was a daughter of His Majesty the Emperor.

Of course, the Grand Duchy was a noble family that is treated equally like a royal, so strictly speaking their status is more similar to each other.

‘But based on hierarchy, the Royal Princess is probably higher.’

Whoever is higher is not that important, what’s important is that it worked. The Grand Duke who was about to go right ahead, suddenly stopped at my words and turned to me again.

“Did you just say that this is an order?”

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Rather than stopping because of my order, he seemed to have stopped because I was too persistent, but it worked anyway.

I responded calmly, as I ignored his bloody stare.

“Isn’t it against the etiquette to leave the conversation before the lady even declares it?”

The Grand Duke looked down at me with astonishing eyes. As if he was gazing at a person who had lost her mind.

“Are you teaching me about etiquette now, Princess?”

He spoke in a low voice, but the tone of ridicule revealed the hidden meaning of whether the word etiquette was fitting to be used by a person who was considered a stalker.

I answered politely with a graceful smile.

“Since we are going to be married soon. It is also the role of a wife to point out her husband’s shortcomings and give him some advice.”

As the words ‘husband’, ‘shortcomings’ and ‘advice’ continued, the faces of his attendants who were watching became more and more pale..

The Grand Duke, on the other hand, lifted his eyebrows and stared intently at my face.

It’s a surprisingly calm response.

‘Did he somehow guess that my way of speaking was kind of different from the usual Eve?’

“I’m sorry if you were offended. I didn’t have a choice since you won’t listen to me. So, I beg you, please, give me a little bit of your time.”

It may have sounded too much, so I carefully asked him and looked directly into his eyes.

“Okay.”

He replied nonchalantly and came a little closer to me.

“Now that you’ve said that, I’m now curious on how important it is.”

The look on his face way very calm but his dark purple eyes gave off some murderous look as if he saying that he would not allow me to leave this place unscathed if the words that would come out of my mouth is useless.

“……”

‘I’m really going to kill Eve if this isn’t important.’

I couldn’t get out of here anyway. So, I ignored his gaze and continued speaking, while touching the petals of the flowers.

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“Just like what I said earlier, I requested this flower for His Grace, as an apology, but it has other purposes as well.”

Even though it was brought out from a snowy garden, the white flowers were fresh without a single scratch.

I took my hands off the petals and stared straight into the Grand Duke’s purple eyes.

“There are only fifteen days left until the death of the deceased Grand Duchess.”

The former Grand Duchess, the mother of the current Grand Duke, suddenly died due to an illness at a young age.

When the words about the Grand Duchess came out, the Grand Duke’s momentum became even more brutal.

“What does that have to do with the Princess?”

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“It’s just that, The Grand Duchess was my godmother, and soon I will marry her son as well.” 

Unknowingly, sarcastic remarks came out of The Grand Duke’s lips, full with cold contempt.

As I cleared my tone and spoke again.

“Other than that, It doesn’t really matter……. But, still I wanted to take care of you. In return for her nice treatment of me when I was still young.” 

The deceased Grand Duchess was close to Eve’s birth mother, the former Empress, and became the godmother of the young Princess.

The book states that she had a pretty close relationship with young Eve.

I bowed my head slightly and gave off a longing expression as if I was missing my late godmother.

“So, with the permission of the chief priest, I was able to get the flowers from the Holy Tree. I know that the Grand Duchess really loved this flower, whenever she visited the Great Hall, she would always look at these flowers near the flower bed.”

This was a story that the Grand Duke himself told Sorel in the original story. It was the content that I recalled when I came to this temple and looked for the Holy Tree.

It’s probably true, because it was mentioned by her own son himself.

The Grand Duke’s brow wrinkled, but he remained silent.

As I carefully caress the white petals of the flower.

“In fact, this flower was originally known to commemorate the dead.”

It is said that in ancient times, this flower was used for that sense.

Over the course of hundreds of years, it has only turned into a token for love. It was also mentioned that it was a flower of remembrance to pray for the soul to rest.

With my last hope, I held out a bouquet of flowers.

“So, I beg of you to please accept this. Because I know that you wouldn’t want me to visit her in person, that is why I’m requesting for you to put it in the mansion’s cemetery instead of me.”

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Based on my calculation, it was said that one cannot reject a flower that was given in remembrance of it’s mother.

“…..”

But despite my earnest persuasion, he gave me no answer.

The Grand Duke continued to stare at me without making any terrifying expression on his face.

Receiving that kind of response was scarier than his angry face

‘Even after I said those words, it still didn’t work….’

I tried to ease out the momentum, as I added up to my words.

“I promise.”

I begged once again with an anxious heart.

“That if you accept this, I won’t be bothering you ever again, this much is true.”

I showed more desperate eyes than the match-selling girl saying, ‘Please buy me a match’.

In fact, I was now in a more desperate situation than anyone else.

Because if this failed, I would lose my life after 40 days.

I begged him with earnest eyes, but still, the Grand Duke didn’t respond.

There was a heavy tension inside the hallway of the Great Hall that made it difficult to breathe.

I’m not even asking him to pay for it, but just to take it.

As I stood there while holding my breath, The Grand Duke finally spoke up.

“Okay.”

He reached out with a brief acceptance.

“Since the Princess had said those words, I will accept it then.”

He spoke calmly, but his deep purple eyes showed an annoyance, as if telling me that this would be the last time he would do this.

“Thank you!”

It didn’t matter if he got angry or cursed me, as long as he accepted the flowers.

I smiled with relief, I handed the flower to his hand.

As I handed over the flowers, The Grand Duke’s fingertips lightly brushed against mine.

At that moment, I bowed my head and whispered softly so that the people around us could not hear it.

“Please…. Please keep this flower by your side and take good care of it.”

A little doubt lingered in his sharp purple eyes and then disappeared right away.

I’m not sure, but the quick-witted Grand Duke seemed to sense that something’s strange in my tone.

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He stared intently at the flower and then me, after that he turned around without saying anything and left the hallway.

I prayed earnestly as I watched the Grand Duke’s back as he left the temple.

‘Please. May that man find the note hidden in the petals.’

If he doesn’t, both of us will be doomed.

No, the truth is, I am the only one who will perish, and the Grand Duke will suffer for a while and then recover quickly.

‘Still, it’s best not to suffer from being framed for a murder and to live comfortably.’

Nell, who had been watching me nervously from a few steps away, ran to me belatedly.

“Princess…. Are you okay?”

“I’m okay.”

I was completely exhausted, perhaps because of the release of tension. As I tried to turn, my legs began to tremble.

Nell quickly noticed it and supported me right away.

I grabbed Nell’s shoulder and turned to the other side.

“Let’s go back to the Imperial Palace.”

I’m done with my work, so I need to rest for a while.

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