When I heard that my fiancée has been decided, it was after my tutor went home.
Being taught everyday by five teachers, with each of them lecturing him for ninety minutes, and after it was four in the afternoon, Alberto’s head was becoming a bit feverish for being filled with too much knowledge.
To cool down his excited state, he poured the cold tea that was prepared by the butler──Ronald down his throat.
“──Your Highness. This has been brought up since before, but about your fiancée, it seems that an unofficial decision has finally been made. After the break, let’s go meet His Majesty”
With his silver gray hair perfectly combed down, the butler who had turned fifty wore an elegant smile on his fair mouth that had no stubble at all.
“Okay. I understand”
Without any feeling of unpleasantness nor happiness, he just straightly accepted those words. Being raised as a prince since he was born, Alberto knew that he would eventually be assigned with a fiancée who possessed both social status and refinement, thus for him, it was not such special news.
Called by the King, he entered the King’s private room and found his father and mother sitting together on the sofa beside the fireplace.
If it was to formally notify him of his fiancée, usually it would be more appropriate to announce it in the audience room, but as he was still a ten years old child, the King and Queen who disliked making such an exaggeration arbitrarily took this measure.
“Chichiue, Hahaue, I’ve come”[1]
Since it was in the private room, the two smiled sweetly as he did not call them as His Majesty and Her Majesty.
Possessing jet black hair and deep black moustache which looked very manly, Alberto’s father──Rufus, pointed at the sofa across to his.
“You’ve come, Alberto. Sit down.”
“Yes”
The three-seater sofa was very large, that although Alberto was seating in the middle, there seemed to be enough space for another four people to sit.
The beauty possessing jet black rich hair and black eyes, his mother──Marianne, looked especially happy as her eyes were shining, waiting for Rufus to open his mouth.
After staring back lovingly at his beloved wife, Rufus turned his face towards Alberto.
“Although I’m sure you’ve heard it from Ronald, but today I planned to tell you about your fiancée”
“Yes”
Seeing the excited couple, they’re putting on air, aren’t they?, was what Alberto was thinking in his mind without any deep emotion.
Rufus slightly bended forward, and laughed.
“What, Duke Zariel’s only daughter──Miss Christina, has been decided informally to be yourfiancée!”
“You did it, Alberto!”
Marianne even clapped her hands merrily. Compared to his father whose face was saying how is it, you’re happy, right? and his mother who kept on saying it’s the best, isn’t it?, Alberto put on a mature archaic smile uncharacteristic of the young boy he was.
“Thank you very much”
Marianne raised her eyebrows.
“Oh dear, are you not happy? It’s Christina-chan, you know?”
“That’s right, Alberto. That grumbling Prime Minister kept on arguing this for a year, and he finally accepted her to be your fiancée, you know! Father has worked hard, you know!”
His father, as if saying, I want to be praised for my effort, bended himself forward. However Alberto could only laugh vaguely.
The butler──Ronald, who came together into the room, naturally spoke up for him.
“Although it may be impertinent for me, Your Majesties. However, His Highness Alberto still has not met Miss Christina yet.”
His father and mother opened their mouth with a blank look. Alberto vaguely looked at the foolish faces of the two top people of this country, and nodded.
“Since Duke Zariel didn’t bring her to the royal palace, I do not know anything about Christina-sama. But it doesn’t change the fact that this is still a great honor for me and I respectfully accept it.”
After he bowed, the couple finally regained their sense.
“Is that how is it, Marianne?”
His father asked for confirmation, in which his mother replied by tilting her head.
“It is strange though. During the tea party in the royal palace, although it was not every time, but I’ve met her several times.”
That tea party was intended for interaction between the noble’s wives, however there was also another reason to gather the noble’s children, which was for them to be playmates for Anna, and at the same time for choosing the candidates for Alberto’s fiancée.
“Have you never met her? Really?”
Maybe you’ve met, but you just don’t remember it, although being told so, in Alberto’s memory there was no girl named Christina. And for the no more than ten years old Alberto, wise as he was, he understood well the circumstances behind it.
When he met the Duchess Zariel at the tea party, she would smile apologetically and apologize for her daughter’s absence.
Once, he heard that Christina’s condition was not well and enquired about it to Duke Zariel when they passed each other in the royal palace. The Duke replied to his greeting politely, but then he looked down on Alberto with an unpleasant gaze and just said a few words.
──[I will not hand over my daughter]
It was the thing called “examining”, right?
The Duke Zariel didn’t want to let his daughter meet Alberto.
He often heard from the noble’s children attending the tea party of how Christina was such a wise and lovely beauty. And at the same time, he also heard by chance the story of Duke Zariel doting on her.
If Alberto was to appoint a girl he took interest in, she would definitely become his fiancée. In order to eliminate any chance of Alberto appointing Christina as his fiancée, Duke Zariel had made an elaborate scheme. At every tea party that Alberto attended, he would never let Christina participate in it──
However ironically, there was no girl who picked Alberto’s interest at the tea parties so far. As the result of never having any particular request for his fiancée, his parents got worked up, determined to have the best girl for Alberto and selected Christina.
Duke Zariel is a little bit pitiful.
Alberto smiled wryly.
“Although I haven’t met her, I’ve heard a lot of rumor about her. It seems she is a beautiful and wise lady. The gem in Duke Zariel’s palm”
“Though it is true……is it really?”
His father frowned and looked at Ronald. Ronald responded indifferently.
“Since she never participated at any of the tea party that His Highness attended, it is the truth”
His father and mother who finally guessed the circumstances exchanged glances with each other and smiled.
“Well, then we are the cupid for this tactful love, aren’t we, Dear? Even the gem that Duke Zariel desperately hid was exposed in the end”
“You are right, Marianne. I’m sure Alberto will also like her”
The two were having such carefree conversation.
Whether I will like her or dislike her, as long as she is a suitable girl for becoming the future Queen, anyone is okay.
This was the answer Alberto had, an unemotional answer.
The meeting with Christina who became his fiancée was held in the Duke’s mansion.
Usually, Christina was supposed to be invited to the royal palace to do the greetings, but Alberto’s father, fearing that the Prime Minister who kept making things difficult until the very end might suddenly refuse the meeting on the appointed day, made Alberto go to the Duke’s mansion instead.
It was truly a very exceptional case.
Even though he was the Prime Minister, as the retainer of the king, in the end Zariel had no right of veto. If the king was a relentless one, it would not be strange for him to be arrested for lèse-majesté. Alberto could not understand why his parents were so insistent on Christina, but if his father said go, he would go, and that was the feeling he had as he went towards the Duke’s mansion.
Reaching the impressive mansion fitted for a Prime Minister yet not decorated too pompously, Alberto was guided into the guest room. On the shag rugs, a fashionable dark red sofa was placed, a small round table was positioned by the window and on top of it, beautiful red flowers were arranged. Hanging from the ceiling was a chandelier similar to the one used in the royal palace.
Despite bringing his butler and stewards, as the King and Queen could not possibly come to the Duke’s mansion, Alberto was facing the meeting alone. It was not what can a child do alone, but after meeting and greeting her, let’s go back immediately, was what Alberto told to his butler.
Feeling a change in the atmosphere, he turned his eyes towards the door he used to get in before, and then found the maid of the Duke’s mansion opening the door. The one to first enter his view was a young man wearing a black tailcoat. A black hair and reddish brown eyes. From his figure, it seemed he was a butler, but from his face he looked about twenty years old. He took a glance at Alberto. Alberto instantly realized that he was being evaluated, but he just composedly looked back at him.
The young man then turned his eyes towards his back and bended over. The one he held in his hand was a small, tiny palm.
Doki[2], even though he should have no expectation or anything at all, his heart throbbed.
Despite thinking that anyone was okay, somewhere in his heart, he kept on imagining what kind of girl she was. Rumors about Christina were all good ones.
What he often heard was her amethyst eyes. After that was her silver thread like hair. And then her adorable face and her elegant gesture. Even about how her smiling face was like that of an angel.
He had calmly analyzed that the rumors were exaggerated and that she was being flattered quite a lot. He had been sure that if he held any expectation, he would definitely be let down.
The girl who was being led by hand by the young butler, despite being a little child, carried herself elegantly and entered the room. The girl who wore a light cream colored dress, was looking at her feet. Her silver hair which swayed lightly every time she took a step, was exactly like silver thread. It reflected the light of the chandelier and emitted an artificial-looking sparkle.
After she finally stood in front of the standing Alberto, she raised her eyes. Looking into the eyes of the girl who slowly looked up to him, Alberto held his breath.
The big violet eyes were exactly the color of the amethyst. Turning her clear violet eyes straight towards him, she showed a slightly tense smile.
“……Nice to meet you. I am Christina Zariel. I am deeply thankful to have Your Highness go out of your way to specially come here”
After she said it, she held her dress and gave a bow. In spite of being around seven years old girl, her gracefulness as a Duke’s daughter was felt.
Her young voice was sweet, not only to the ear, but it even penetrated into Alberto’s heart. She had gentle eyebrows, and her red lips as if having rouge put on them further made her white skin look even whiter. The light reflected by her silver hair sparkled around the girl who was a size smaller than Alberto.
The girl who smiled bashfully, was angel that very thing.
For an engagement, the greeting should have been done by the man, but perhaps she was told to greet him first as he had come to visit the Duke’s mansion.
Alberto, fell in love at the first sight.
While feeling the sound of his heart beating fast doki doki, he kneeled in front of her.
“I am glad to have meet you, Christina-sama. I am Alberto Noin. This time, I’ve come regarding the engagement between us. It is too great of an honor for me.”
According to the plan, since he would just lightly greet her, a simple bow would suffice, but Alberto chose to do a knight’s bow. The knight’s bow held the meaning of ‘I present my neck to you and I will obey you’, so it was not preferred as a member of the royalty. However, as he instinctively thought that he must not let this princess get away, added with his understanding of the surrounding’s atmosphere, Alberto chose this kind of greeting.
The butler who evaluated him, Duke Zariel who never let them meet, and the Duchess who never went against the Duke’s intention.
If he didn’t demonstrate the highest degree of his sincerity, their engagement talk might quickly be called off.
When he held her small hand and gave it a kiss, her hand trembled in a startle.
Is she afraid? as he looked up at her, her beautiful eyes were rounded and gazed down at him, and she was bright red to her neck.
──Yosh.
Feeling his choice was correct, Alberto made a fist inside his mind. Her reaction was clearly the same as Alberto, having a favorable impression of their partner.
Alberto showed her the best smile he could possibly make. The blushing girl’s lips trembled and then she averted her gaze. It was an unbelievable lovely and innocent reaction.
After he stood up, a black shadow appeared next to Christina. The silver haired and blue eyed man, despite having conspicuous fine lines on his skin, was still emitting charm on his fifties.
“To receive such polite greeting, we are very grateful, Your Highness”
His vexation was shown through his voice.
He was Christina’s father, as well as Noin Kingdom’s Prime Minister──Duke Zariel. (T/N : As well as the Maou lol)
Finishing the greeting briefly, Alberto and the Zariel father and daughter sat down on the sofa. After sitting down, Duke Zariel started to open his mouth.
“Then, Your Highness, if you have any thought to make my daughter your fiancée, I have a request.”
It’s not a thought or anything like that, it’s already a decided matter. Despite receiving an official notice from the King, it seemed that for Duke Zariel, it was still an undecided matter. While showing his reluctant feelings through his every word, he spoke with a serious face.
“My daughter is still seven years old. For the ten years old Your Highness, I am sure you think there are a lot of immature and adorable points of her”
It’s the declaration of a doting parent.[3]
He looked at the girl sitting next to him. She who blankly looked up at her father was defenseless and overflowing with charm that incited people to cherish her.
Unable to deny Duke Zariel’s remark, Alberto smiled ambiguously. Duke Zariel suddenly opened his eyes wide.
“Since she is so adorable, in the future I believe you will end up wanting to do a ‘mischief’, but listen. ABSOLUTELY! UNTIL YOUR MARRIAGE, ABSOLUTELY! YOU CAN NOT DO ANY ‘MISCHIEF’ ON MY DAUGHTER! IF BY ANY CHANCE THERE IS SUCH A THING, I MYSELF, WILL USE ANY KIND OF MEANS TO ANNUL THIS ENGAGEMENT TALK!”
“…………”
Alberto’s smile was firm.
The first time he fully demonstrated his diplomacy ability cultivated as a Prince, was towards his fiancée’s father, which was very regrettable but it couldn’t be helped.
It seemed Christina did not understand what her father was talking about. With an innocent face, she tilted her head.
Alberto who was hesitating to answer was pierced by a sharp gaze. From the front, and also from his diagonal side. It was natural for the Duke Zariel, but it seemed the butler of the Duke’s mansion was also thinking of the same thing. That reddish brown eyes were coldly looking down on Alberto.
──It’s so difficult……
Alberto, although requiring some time, calmly answered.
“I understand……”
“Good. Actually I did not want to burden my daughter with such heavy responsibility as a Queen, though. Then, from now on, I permit you a ‘healthy’ relationship with my daughter”
It was not the remark of the King’s retainer anymore.
Having finally got her father, Duke Zariel to approve their engagement, the prince of Noin Kingdom, Alberto planned to keep his promise, however in front of the angel, his reasoning seemed to collapse over and over again.
When I heard that my fiancée has been decided, it was after my tutor went home.
Being taught everyday by five teachers, with each of them lecturing him for ninety minutes, and after it was four in the afternoon, Alberto’s head was becoming a bit feverish for being filled with too much knowledge.
To cool down his excited state, he poured the cold tea that was prepared by the butler──Ronald down his throat.
“──Your Highness. This has been brought up since before, but about your fiancée, it seems that an unofficial decision has finally been made. After the break, let’s go meet His Majesty”
With his silver gray hair perfectly combed down, the butler who had turned fifty wore an elegant smile on his fair mouth that had no stubble at all.
“Okay. I understand”
Without any feeling of unpleasantness nor happiness, he just straightly accepted those words. Being raised as a prince since he was born, Alberto knew that he would eventually be assigned with a fiancée who possessed both social status and refinement, thus for him, it was not such special news.
Called by the King, he entered the King’s private room and found his father and mother sitting together on the sofa beside the fireplace.
If it was to formally notify him of his fiancée, usually it would be more appropriate to announce it in the audience room, but as he was still a ten years old child, the King and Queen who disliked making such an exaggeration arbitrarily took this measure.
“Chichiue, Hahaue, I’ve come”[1]
Since it was in the private room, the two smiled sweetly as he did not call them as His Majesty and Her Majesty.
Possessing jet black hair and deep black moustache which looked very manly, Alberto’s father──Rufus, pointed at the sofa across to his.
“You’ve come, Alberto. Sit down.”
“Yes”
The three-seater sofa was very large, that although Alberto was seating in the middle, there seemed to be enough space for another four people to sit.
The beauty possessing jet black rich hair and black eyes, his mother──Marianne, looked especially happy as her eyes were shining, waiting for Rufus to open his mouth.
After staring back lovingly at his beloved wife, Rufus turned his face towards Alberto.
“Although I’m sure you’ve heard it from Ronald, but today I planned to tell you about your fiancée”
“Yes”
Seeing the excited couple, they’re putting on air, aren’t they?, was what Alberto was thinking in his mind without any deep emotion.
Rufus slightly bended forward, and laughed.
“What, Duke Zariel’s only daughter──Miss Christina, has been decided informally to be yourfiancée!”
“You did it, Alberto!”
Marianne even clapped her hands merrily. Compared to his father whose face was saying how is it, you’re happy, right? and his mother who kept on saying it’s the best, isn’t it?, Alberto put on a mature archaic smile uncharacteristic of the young boy he was.
“Thank you very much”
Marianne raised her eyebrows.
“Oh dear, are you not happy? It’s Christina-chan, you know?”
“That’s right, Alberto. That grumbling Prime Minister kept on arguing this for a year, and he finally accepted her to be your fiancée, you know! Father has worked hard, you know!”
His father, as if saying, I want to be praised for my effort, bended himself forward. However Alberto could only laugh vaguely.
The butler──Ronald, who came together into the room, naturally spoke up for him.
“Although it may be impertinent for me, Your Majesties. However, His Highness Alberto still has not met Miss Christina yet.”
His father and mother opened their mouth with a blank look. Alberto vaguely looked at the foolish faces of the two top people of this country, and nodded.
“Since Duke Zariel didn’t bring her to the royal palace, I do not know anything about Christina-sama. But it doesn’t change the fact that this is still a great honor for me and I respectfully accept it.”
After he bowed, the couple finally regained their sense.
“Is that how is it, Marianne?”
His father asked for confirmation, in which his mother replied by tilting her head.
“It is strange though. During the tea party in the royal palace, although it was not every time, but I’ve met her several times.”
That tea party was intended for interaction between the noble’s wives, however there was also another reason to gather the noble’s children, which was for them to be playmates for Anna, and at the same time for choosing the candidates for Alberto’s fiancée.
“Have you never met her? Really?”
Maybe you’ve met, but you just don’t remember it, although being told so, in Alberto’s memory there was no girl named Christina. And for the no more than ten years old Alberto, wise as he was, he understood well the circumstances behind it.
When he met the Duchess Zariel at the tea party, she would smile apologetically and apologize for her daughter’s absence.
Once, he heard that Christina’s condition was not well and enquired about it to Duke Zariel when they passed each other in the royal palace. The Duke replied to his greeting politely, but then he looked down on Alberto with an unpleasant gaze and just said a few words.
──[I will not hand over my daughter]
It was the thing called “examining”, right?
The Duke Zariel didn’t want to let his daughter meet Alberto.
He often heard from the noble’s children attending the tea party of how Christina was such a wise and lovely beauty. And at the same time, he also heard by chance the story of Duke Zariel doting on her.
If Alberto was to appoint a girl he took interest in, she would definitely become his fiancée. In order to eliminate any chance of Alberto appointing Christina as his fiancée, Duke Zariel had made an elaborate scheme. At every tea party that Alberto attended, he would never let Christina participate in it──
However ironically, there was no girl who picked Alberto’s interest at the tea parties so far. As the result of never having any particular request for his fiancée, his parents got worked up, determined to have the best girl for Alberto and selected Christina.
Duke Zariel is a little bit pitiful.
Alberto smiled wryly.
“Although I haven’t met her, I’ve heard a lot of rumor about her. It seems she is a beautiful and wise lady. The gem in Duke Zariel’s palm”
“Though it is true……is it really?”
His father frowned and looked at Ronald. Ronald responded indifferently.
“Since she never participated at any of the tea party that His Highness attended, it is the truth”
His father and mother who finally guessed the circumstances exchanged glances with each other and smiled.
“Well, then we are the cupid for this tactful love, aren’t we, Dear? Even the gem that Duke Zariel desperately hid was exposed in the end”
“You are right, Marianne. I’m sure Alberto will also like her”
The two were having such carefree conversation.
Whether I will like her or dislike her, as long as she is a suitable girl for becoming the future Queen, anyone is okay.
This was the answer Alberto had, an unemotional answer.
The meeting with Christina who became his fiancée was held in the Duke’s mansion.
Usually, Christina was supposed to be invited to the royal palace to do the greetings, but Alberto’s father, fearing that the Prime Minister who kept making things difficult until the very end might suddenly refuse the meeting on the appointed day, made Alberto go to the Duke’s mansion instead.
It was truly a very exceptional case.
Even though he was the Prime Minister, as the retainer of the king, in the end Zariel had no right of veto. If the king was a relentless one, it would not be strange for him to be arrested for lèse-majesté. Alberto could not understand why his parents were so insistent on Christina, but if his father said go, he would go, and that was the feeling he had as he went towards the Duke’s mansion.
Reaching the impressive mansion fitted for a Prime Minister yet not decorated too pompously, Alberto was guided into the guest room. On the shag rugs, a fashionable dark red sofa was placed, a small round table was positioned by the window and on top of it, beautiful red flowers were arranged. Hanging from the ceiling was a chandelier similar to the one used in the royal palace.
Despite bringing his butler and stewards, as the King and Queen could not possibly come to the Duke’s mansion, Alberto was facing the meeting alone. It was not what can a child do alone, but after meeting and greeting her, let’s go back immediately, was what Alberto told to his butler.
Feeling a change in the atmosphere, he turned his eyes towards the door he used to get in before, and then found the maid of the Duke’s mansion opening the door. The one to first enter his view was a young man wearing a black tailcoat. A black hair and reddish brown eyes. From his figure, it seemed he was a butler, but from his face he looked about twenty years old. He took a glance at Alberto. Alberto instantly realized that he was being evaluated, but he just composedly looked back at him.
The young man then turned his eyes towards his back and bended over. The one he held in his hand was a small, tiny palm.
Doki[2], even though he should have no expectation or anything at all, his heart throbbed.
Despite thinking that anyone was okay, somewhere in his heart, he kept on imagining what kind of girl she was. Rumors about Christina were all good ones.
What he often heard was her amethyst eyes. After that was her silver thread like hair. And then her adorable face and her elegant gesture. Even about how her smiling face was like that of an angel.
He had calmly analyzed that the rumors were exaggerated and that she was being flattered quite a lot. He had been sure that if he held any expectation, he would definitely be let down.
The girl who was being led by hand by the young butler, despite being a little child, carried herself elegantly and entered the room. The girl who wore a light cream colored dress, was looking at her feet. Her silver hair which swayed lightly every time she took a step, was exactly like silver thread. It reflected the light of the chandelier and emitted an artificial-looking sparkle.
After she finally stood in front of the standing Alberto, she raised her eyes. Looking into the eyes of the girl who slowly looked up to him, Alberto held his breath.
The big violet eyes were exactly the color of the amethyst. Turning her clear violet eyes straight towards him, she showed a slightly tense smile.
“……Nice to meet you. I am Christina Zariel. I am deeply thankful to have Your Highness go out of your way to specially come here”
After she said it, she held her dress and gave a bow. In spite of being around seven years old girl, her gracefulness as a Duke’s daughter was felt.
Her young voice was sweet, not only to the ear, but it even penetrated into Alberto’s heart. She had gentle eyebrows, and her red lips as if having rouge put on them further made her white skin look even whiter. The light reflected by her silver hair sparkled around the girl who was a size smaller than Alberto.
The girl who smiled bashfully, was angel that very thing.
For an engagement, the greeting should have been done by the man, but perhaps she was told to greet him first as he had come to visit the Duke’s mansion.
Alberto, fell in love at the first sight.
While feeling the sound of his heart beating fast doki doki, he kneeled in front of her.
“I am glad to have meet you, Christina-sama. I am Alberto Noin. This time, I’ve come regarding the engagement between us. It is too great of an honor for me.”
According to the plan, since he would just lightly greet her, a simple bow would suffice, but Alberto chose to do a knight’s bow. The knight’s bow held the meaning of ‘I present my neck to you and I will obey you’, so it was not preferred as a member of the royalty. However, as he instinctively thought that he must not let this princess get away, added with his understanding of the surrounding’s atmosphere, Alberto chose this kind of greeting.
The butler who evaluated him, Duke Zariel who never let them meet, and the Duchess who never went against the Duke’s intention.
If he didn’t demonstrate the highest degree of his sincerity, their engagement talk might quickly be called off.
When he held her small hand and gave it a kiss, her hand trembled in a startle.
Is she afraid? as he looked up at her, her beautiful eyes were rounded and gazed down at him, and she was bright red to her neck.
──Yosh.
Feeling his choice was correct, Alberto made a fist inside his mind. Her reaction was clearly the same as Alberto, having a favorable impression of their partner.
Alberto showed her the best smile he could possibly make. The blushing girl’s lips trembled and then she averted her gaze. It was an unbelievable lovely and innocent reaction.
After he stood up, a black shadow appeared next to Christina. The silver haired and blue eyed man, despite having conspicuous fine lines on his skin, was still emitting charm on his fifties.
“To receive such polite greeting, we are very grateful, Your Highness”
His vexation was shown through his voice.
He was Christina’s father, as well as Noin Kingdom’s Prime Minister──Duke Zariel. (T/N : As well as the Maou lol)
Finishing the greeting briefly, Alberto and the Zariel father and daughter sat down on the sofa. After sitting down, Duke Zariel started to open his mouth.
“Then, Your Highness, if you have any thought to make my daughter your fiancée, I have a request.”
It’s not a thought or anything like that, it’s already a decided matter. Despite receiving an official notice from the King, it seemed that for Duke Zariel, it was still an undecided matter. While showing his reluctant feelings through his every word, he spoke with a serious face.
“My daughter is still seven years old. For the ten years old Your Highness, I am sure you think there are a lot of immature and adorable points of her”
It’s the declaration of a doting parent.[3]
He looked at the girl sitting next to him. She who blankly looked up at her father was defenseless and overflowing with charm that incited people to cherish her.
Unable to deny Duke Zariel’s remark, Alberto smiled ambiguously. Duke Zariel suddenly opened his eyes wide.
“Since she is so adorable, in the future I believe you will end up wanting to do a ‘mischief’, but listen. ABSOLUTELY! UNTIL YOUR MARRIAGE, ABSOLUTELY! YOU CAN NOT DO ANY ‘MISCHIEF’ ON MY DAUGHTER! IF BY ANY CHANCE THERE IS SUCH A THING, I MYSELF, WILL USE ANY KIND OF MEANS TO ANNUL THIS ENGAGEMENT TALK!”
“…………”
Alberto’s smile was firm.
The first time he fully demonstrated his diplomacy ability cultivated as a Prince, was towards his fiancée’s father, which was very regrettable but it couldn’t be helped.
It seemed Christina did not understand what her father was talking about. With an innocent face, she tilted her head.
Alberto who was hesitating to answer was pierced by a sharp gaze. From the front, and also from his diagonal side. It was natural for the Duke Zariel, but it seemed the butler of the Duke’s mansion was also thinking of the same thing. That reddish brown eyes were coldly looking down on Alberto.
──It’s so difficult……
Alberto, although requiring some time, calmly answered.
“I understand……”
“Good. Actually I did not want to burden my daughter with such heavy responsibility as a Queen, though. Then, from now on, I permit you a ‘healthy’ relationship with my daughter”
It was not the remark of the King’s retainer anymore.
Having finally got her father, Duke Zariel to approve their engagement, the prince of Noin Kingdom, Alberto planned to keep his promise, however in front of the angel, his reasoning seemed to collapse over and over again.
