How could I let you sleep here when you say it with that kind of expression, Heinrich?
It’s like a naughtly person with a lot of schemes.
I wondered why he was drinking milk tea quietly like an adult cat, it must have been because he was thinking about that.
Heinrich’s eyes drooped.
“I mean, I came here alone. I don’t know anything about this town.”
“…What about your servants? I mean you’ve become an archduke, but you’re traveling alone?”
‘Oh Heinrich, unexpectedly, you don’t know how to spend money?’
He must have the wealth to drag a thousand people behind him, like the Pied Piper.
I felt a little sad.
“As soon as I found out that Sister was here, I came in a hurry without bringing anyone.”
“…….”
“I missed you…”
Seeing the sullen puppy-like face, I realized.
I still love that face.
Actually, I had been feeling this for a while, but Heinrich had become an adult with a lot more of his old self than I thought.
I loved, cherished, and cheered passionately for his happiness…
Just like that 11-year-old boy.
It was a little strange.
‘It’s been a long time since I’ve seen him, like Sislin.’
Though the feeling of being with Sislin and the feeling of being with Heinrich were quite different.
Sislin was kind of…
He was so different that I was nervous and uncomfortable.
When we were together, my nerves were all over the place.
I looked at the gloomy Heinrich, and spoke quite calmly.
“It’s strange that you came all the way here without a carriage.”
‘I’ll have to check.’
Even if I remember the Heinrich of the past, I couldn’t give in to him blindly.
Fortunately, I was maintaining a certain degree of objectivity toward Heinrich (Heinrich was not a good character in the first place).
“Sister?!”
I jumped up and opened the window.
“…….”
And I examined the outside carefully.
Was there a carriage, or was there anyone waiting?
By the way…
‘There really isn’t.’
Then, how did he get here? The moment I was thinking so.
‘Heinrich is a genius wizard.’
Even if I didn’t ask him what method he used, it seemed okay.
The greatest wizard on the continent could use any method.
Heinrich rolled his eyes and smiled.
“See, nothing?”
I crossed my arms and sat down on a chair.
“Still, you can’t sleep here. If you came without a carriage, then you can go without a carriage, right?”
“Where can I go at night?”
“…….”
“You’re really too mean.”
I was shaken, but it was time to be determined.
“It’s hard to let you sleep here.”
‘I still don’t know how you’ve changed since then.’
Heinrich narrowed his eyes and moved to my side with a slightly distressed face.
“Then I’ll sit next to you. I want to be as close to Sister as possible.”
I chuckled in spite of myself. The table was small anyway, so there’s not a big difference.
But Heinrich looked serious.
I thought he was a little cute inwardly, but I purposely pretended to be cold.
“Eat some cookies.”
“Yes…”
Heinrich ate a cookie with a slightly gloomy face.
‘Huhu, you made the same face as you did when you were young.’
‘You still look like a baby.’
I asked while holding back my laughter.
“By the way, Heinri. How did you know I was here?”
“Secret.”
“Yes? Do you have a secret? I’m sad~”
“Why?”
Heinrich’s eyes slowly changed. He asked, twisting his lips.
“Why do you want to know?”
“……!”
The glint of apparent madness chilled me.
‘No, I don’t think it’s the usual.’
‘I don’t really want to know.’
In 10 years, even the mountains and rivers would change, so he could keep 100,000 secrets from me. Of course.
“No.”
I quickly shook my head.
“I’ll tell you if you have any questions, Sister. Anything.”
A beautiful man with a conspicuous face raised his red lips and smiled softly.
I desperately wanted to change the subject.
“Come to think of it, now…… Should I call you ‘Grand Duke’?”
“What are you talking about.”
Heinrich narrowed her eyes with a look of disgust on his face.
“It’s been a while since I became the Grand Duke, so it’s awkward for someone to call me that.”
“…Really?”
“Yes. Even in the Imperial Palace, there are people who don’t use honorifics and talk to me comfortably, like Marquis Vimotes. I think it’s because he’s my stepfather’s friend.”
Heinrich smiled brightly like an angel.
‘Oh my God, you’re kind, like a pushover.’
Still, if he’s a grand duke, he could be treated a little bit because of his high status.
He was now a member of noble society.
‘Don’t tell me, because he grew up in the Forest as a child, he doesn’t know how he should be treated?’
‘My baby… How are you going to live in such a difficult world?’
The fact that he was described as ‘arrogant and rude’ in the original was a misunderstanding. In that case, it was a plotline by the author.