The ring Schumann was wearing was a simple hexagonal peridot ring.
And Ria’s earrings, which Dillian said, were also made by processing peridot.
Schumann and Ria seem to be doing the couple-item thing, so he was uncomfortable.
“Such crazy….”
“And don’t call out miss Ria as you please. I don’t know why you keep calling her out, knowing how dangerous it’s to be outside. If you want to see her, you guys should come to the mansion instead.”
Dillian clapped his tongue, asking if his thought was that short. That attitude was quite annoying.
“Of course, I have no intention of accepting it.”
Where did the man who acted like a gentle sheep in front of Ria go?
Dillian, was a huge lion who bit the necks of him and the princess, aiming for the moment Ria disappeared.
At this point, Schumann was also annoyed.
“I don’t know what the duke did with the princess. All I know is that you make our Ria feel bad.”
If they met because of the diamond mine, shouldn’t they meet and talk at the Imperial Palace rather than in the jewelry shop?
And well, Dillian Sinaize came together to buy the princess’s personal stuff?
You have to make a sound that makes sense. It was clear that something was going on.
“It’s not your concern.”
“It doesn’t matter to you, you’re not even a person in charge.”
Schumann frowned at the two mixed answers.
“Because they are close, it will get into miss Ria’s ears.”
“Make sure you keep his mouth shut. That’s what you’re good at.”
The two exchanged an unknown conversation.
It was Daisy who won the brief battle of words.
“The Duke is here to buy a ring for his fiancée, who had just gone out.”
“For Ria…? But why did the princess come together?”
“Oh, I’m here to buy an engagement ring, too.”
“… Pardon?”
What did she mean? When Schumann put question marks on his head, Daisy burst out laughing.
“Did you not know? I have a lover who promised me eternity.”
Daisy said in a happy voice.
“This year marks three years.”
Three years, the same period she courted Dillian.
Schumann, who understood the current situation at once, asked hastily.
“Is it a smoke screen that you are courting the Duke? To hide the one you love?”
“Of course. I don’t like people who are blunt and cold like this.”
A faint blush appeared on Daisy’s face as she shook her head. Again, it didn’t show.
“My taste is a cute and lovable person.”
She smiled as she glanced at the door Ria had left.
“The duke’s fiancée, like a rabbit, looks just like my man.”
“It’s a squirrel.”
At Dillian’s reaction, she patted her chin. She looks very serious.
“Hmm, I suppose so, too.”
“That squirrel-like person was deeply hurt by the princess’s mischief, so please take responsibility and apologize.”
“I’m in charge, can I take her with me?”
“If you want to be stripped of your royal status, try it.”
Is it just the removal of her royal status? Daisy clicked her tongue at the terrifying gaze that seemed to kill her.
“It’s a joke. Do you think I’ll see anyone else over my man? All I need is someone like a rabbit.”
“Miss Ria is cuter.”
“I know how serious the duke is, but you have to be honest. My man is the cutest in the world.”
“The princess seems to have a problem with her eyesight.”
“My eyes, why?”
“From calling a large man over 190 cm tall a rabbit, her eyesight is already not normal.”
Schumann grabbed his neck when he heard cold water soothing his stomach.
What did I hear…?
“Tsk, I can’t communicate with you.”
Daisy shook her head in annoyance and called Schumann.
“Listen to me, Magic Tower Master. About my man.”
“You know better how lovely miss Ria is.”
Schumann looked at the distant mountain as the two boasted about each other’s lovers.
Damn, I guess I got caught by the wrong one.
***
I grabbed the sink as I wiped the dripping water from my chin. My face in the bathroom mirror was disgusting.
“What are you doing that’s ugly?”
After pouring cold water on my face, my head slowly cooled.
Then the feeling of shame came later.
It was embarrassing to be overly excited and to say everything in front of the princess.
I reflected on the past situation.
And I found one question.
‘Is this something that should have made you so angry?’
There is a contract that we do our best for each other, but that’s just a nominal story.
At the time, I thought it was okay for Dillian to date other women.
But when I saw it, my heart swelled up, instead of thinking like that.
It was a side of me I didn’t know.
And one more question.
‘Isn’t this a good time to end the contract? Obviously, but why don’t you want to?’
I said to break up with my mouth, but I didn’t really want to.
It’s just something I said out of anger and impulsiveness.
And even though I realized that the engagement, in reality, had become useless, I still wanted to live in my dreams.
‘So, after all, you don’t want to break up with Dillian.’
Just when I, ‘let’s break up, let’s break up’, memorized it like a spell, but I didn’t really want to now.
I hated it even more for him being taken away by the princess.
I didn’t know that, but I was jealous.
It was like living under the illusion that Dillian would only be looking at me for the rest of his life, and then I got hit in the head with a hammer and realized the reality.
It wasn’t just jealousy towards the princess. I don’t want to lose Dillian to anyone.