Chapter 54

Outside, Sihael heard a knock on the door.

“Come in.”

Sihael wrapped the blanket around his waist, dispelling his deep feelings. The door clicked open. Sihael, who naturally curved his eyes and turned back,  grimaced when he saw someone tall entering.

“What brought you here?”

“Your Highness, do you think I’ve come here because I wanted to?”

Lanoa, who also had a grimace on his face, cussed after seeing his lower body covered with a blanket. Sihael overheard him calling him a perverted wolf.

“You didn’t do anything to Rosetta, did you?”

Sihael smiled wryly as he noticed his hostile eyes. He didn’t do anything; rather, it was him who lost his heart to Rosetta. Sihael exclaimed proudly, “Lanoa, you should speak correctly. I’m the one who has lost my innocence.”

“This crazy…”

Seeing a bulky looking man talking about his innocence, Lanoa forced himself to swallow back a curse.

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‘I’ll take care of it, so wait here calmly.’

I had no choice but to wait quietly for the two of them in Lanoa’s room. Lanoa had locked me in the room and left me behind.

‘He’s not going to fight with His Highness, right?’

He wasn’t that thoughtless, so I thought he would be fine.

Time flew by without a hitch. As the air became quiet, I was struck by a sense of emptiness. I couldn’t feel it earlier because I was so busy moving around, but when I opened my eyes and saw the empty place next to me, I felt lonely.

‘Sihael has always been by my side.’

It finally hit me that my Shasha was now gone.

Anyway, what would happen now?

Sihael became a human before he could meet Liliana, so the connection between the two would disappear.

As per the rules of the novel, the two people should have fallen in love, but…

I had no idea what would happen in the future now that it was me with whom he had a close connection from the beginning.

‘Since they’re the main characters, they’ll do well on their own, right?’

As I was organising the future situation with my chin in my clasped palm, I raised my head to the sound of the door opening.

“Rosetta.”

My jaw dropped open as I gaped blankly at Sihael, who looked extremely dashing. His previously unruly hair was now neatly covering his forehead, and Leonard’s hastily borrowed clothes fit him perfectly, as if they were his own. With a white shirt and black trousers, he was dressed in a fairly plain outfit for a Crown Prince, yet he still looked fantastic in it.

“It’s much better. It looks good on you.”

“Do you like this style?”

“Your Highness, there’s no style that wouldn’t look good with your face.”

Sihael laughed with his eyes curved up when I told him that he could rock any style with his handsome face even if he wore a bag. Lanoa, who appeared later, rubbed his neck, clearly tired from the morning’s commotion.

“Your Highness would tell everyone that he stopped by the Katzel duchy to rest. I know people would think it’s strange, but the butler will handle it.”

There will be murmurs among the servants, but the news will not leak out of the house thanks to the butler’s meticulous management.

“Your Highness, how long are you going to stand? Please come here.”

I almost beckoned to him, as I used to do to Shasha, but I quickly lowered my hand.

“You still think of me as your dog, don’t you?”

Even if he said that, seeing him laugh out loud, it didn’t seem he was offended. I scooted over a little to make room for Sihael. However, someone else sat next to me before he could.

“Thank you for making room for your brother.”

It was Lanoa.

Just before Sihael could sit down, Lanoa squeezed in his butt between us and shamelessly raised his head.

“Hey, it’s too crowded here. Why are you calling His Highness here?”

I slapped Lanoa on the back and pushed him away, but he kept sitting firmly.

“Just be patient. I’m going to call Brother Leonard now, so let’s show him his face and get this sorted at once.”

Having said that, Lanoa quickly took out a crystal ball from his bosom, just in case I would push him away.

As Lanoa wrapped his hands around the crystal ball, it softly emitted a pure white light. Shortly thereafter, it was connected with Leonard.

“Your Highness?”

“Yes.”

Sihael, who had been beaming at me only moments before, responded bluntly. It was clear that Lanoa’s butt attack had offended him. Despite Sihael’s icy reaction, Leonard exhaled a sigh of relief, saying it was a good thing that the situation he was worried about had been avoided.

“You succeeded. I’m glad.”

“I was lucky. How about the empress?”

“Needless to say, she has been secretly scheming and spreading rumours that there’s a problem with Your Highness’ body not only in the capital, but all the way up to the borders. But, strangely, she’s been quiet lately. It appears that she is reserving all of her plans for His Majesty’s birthday banquet.”

“Hmm, is it so?”

Leonard rubbed the corners of his eyes tiredly. He appeared to have been through a lot. His eyes had dark circles under them, and his face had turned pale from exhaustion.