He must be thirsty because he slept for quite a while with a fever. It was natural for an average person to cough because he talked before even drinking any sip of water.
Cassion held his chest and coughed for a long time and eventually took the water I gave him.
Gulp, gulp.
He emptied the water like someone who was in the desert for a few days.
Cassion stared at me as he put down the glass loudly.
His eyes were quite fierce.
“Please don’t look at me like that. I want to get along well with someone who will become my husband.”
Cassion shook his head and lay down as if he didn’t want to talk with me anymore.
He was quite surprised by the word revenge, but he wasn’t surprised by the word husband, so he probably didn’t hear it properly.
I said while pulling the blanket up to his chin.
“You can listen to what I have to say while lying down, Your Highness.”
“The late Duke Irenberg in the sky must be very sad. His daughter, who is going to succeed the family, went crazy.”
If it wasn’t because he was sick, I could knock some sense into him.
Cassion had a habit of cutting people with his words. If I were to marry him, I would have to change his wrong way of talking.
“I wonder which one is sadder, for his child to go crazy or to be crushed like a bug by her own family? What if Your Highness’ daughter is abandoned? If I were my dad, the latter would be sadder.”
Cassion, who was wriggling under the blanket, stopped moving.
His eyes became sharp.
He looked into my darkened expression for a long time. And a while later, he wet his dry lips with his tongue and said.
“Is your uncle the problem?”
Cassion was smart.
Just by listening to me, he saw through the situation of my family accurately. He skipped a few steps to get to the heart of my problem.
“That’s right. That’s why I came here.”
“Why?”
However, even though he is smart, he looks a little slow. He asked like he had no idea why I came to him.
“I need a husband.”
“Who? You?”
I nodded.
“Sure, congratulations on your wedding. Do you need a witness?”
“No, I need a marriage partner. I’m going to marry Your Highness. Let’s get the congratulations together. The witness should be His Majesty, right?”
Cassion hardened like a stone.
Cassion, who was looking at the ceiling, turned his head toward me. Whenever he moved, I felt like I could hear the sound of the wooden doll moving.
His cracking joint.
He must have been shocked.
“You’re gone crazy, aren’t you?”
With a ridiculous expression, he spit out words that were as harsh as his chapped lips.