Chapter 83
Lapel still vividly remembered Annette's face as she trembled and kissed her at the wedding. At the time, she thought she was just having fun, but why does her heart beat again when she recalls it now?
“They are a couple. Now I think I have the right to say this much. You are too selfish.”
Annette, who swung her brush elegantly, scolded her. Lafel thought it was cute that her aggressive tone she came out of her mild-mannered face her. She smiled and put down her shirt, which Lapel had picked up on her, and she wandered over to Annette. And she, who was sitting in her chair her, lifted Annette up and put her on the dressing table.
“Lapel?”
Annette, who suddenly sat down on the white dresser, looked at him with her puzzled face, Lapel's, her serious face, her, which erased her smile, her, was like a beautiful beast.
His deep blue eyes quietly followed the lines of his face, and his breathing his quickened for some reason. Then his big hand cupped her cheeks and brushed the nape of her neck. The hand nailed by the sword was rough, but it was just as warm. Lapel, whose eyes grew deeper under the shade of his eyelashes, asked seriously.
“You know that too, right? That you are pretty.”
“… Me?”
“Did you not know? I thought you believed that and did this to me.”
Annette laughed, thinking he was joking. But Lapel's face her, as he brushed her own cheek and played with her hair her, was nothing short of serious. His cheeks flushed as he looked at himself, as if his eyes he were looking at something wonderful. However, Rafel spoke calmly without blinking an eye.
“Your hair, your eyes, your lips are all shiny. You are a woman.”
“That's the sunlight….”
Annette, who was sitting on the dressing table in disheveled clothes in the afternoon sunlight, felt ashamed of the situation all over again.She did n't know what to do and pushed his shoulder away from her, avoiding her eyes from her.Lapel did not go away smoothly.
Lapel, who had been looking down at Annette without blinking, placed her head on the edge of her dressing table and slowly lowered her head. The heat of the love affair still lingered, and his hot lips his swallowed Annette. Tongue her ran across his mouth her, licking the edges of his sensitive lips her. After a short but passionate kiss, Rafel raised his head and looked at Annette. Then he twisted the corner of his mouth and smiled like a boy.
“It shines even more when you lick it and put saliva on it. Pretty.”
Annette, who had been told by Lafel that she was pretty twice in a row, eventually blushed. When I was single, I heard it countless times in social circles, but why is it that I suddenly jump around like my heart is out of order ?
Biting his lip, Annette gently pressed down on her chest.This situation was not very good.
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Dinner was hearty. After resting in the bedroom, Arjen looked much better than before. He had been overworked all the time, and he must have been quite tired from the long journey to Del Tium.
Arjen, who was much more lively with just a short nap, thriftily emptied until the last dish. Contrary to his brittle appearance his, he was quite a glutton. Arjen, who wiped his mouth with a napkin, looked at Lapel with purple eyes. As he smiled, the black spider on his cheek his wriggled as if it were alive.
“I've heard a lot about fame. He's a very good inspector. I'm glad that someone who might become a sword master is my brother-in-law.”
“Words of praise.”
Arjen, who was doing that, was already a genius with a reputation beyond Deltium and even to the Chapelle Empire. He only shuddered when he received compliments from him.
Rafel nodded his head anyway and showed his respect for him Seeing this, Annette laughed inwardly I could see that he was making an effort to entertain his brother his with his personality his like that of a single-minded general Arjen suddenly clapped his hands.
“Oh, look at my mind. I almost forgot the present. They are indifferent relatives who couldn't even attend the wedding, so it would be too shameless to come to the mansion empty-handed.”
Annette, who had heard this without much thought, was suddenly puzzled. Did you almost 'blink'? Is that Arjen Bayern?
'No, my brother can't forget something.'
It wasn't for nothing that Arjen was touted as the genius of the century. Once he saw something, he never forgot it. Annette narrowed her pink eyes and looked at her brother her. However, Lapel, who did not notice anything, had a sad expression.
Gift, a word everyone would like. However, it was not a very attractive lure for Rafel. Given a lot of booty, he was quite wealthy, and he wasn't particularly greedy.
Anyway, I thought that the gifts Arjen had brought would be jewelry, silk, special products of the empire, or something like that. However, Arjen wasn't such a bad person as to deceive others with such obvious things. Arjen, who had a thin eye smile, shamelessly entangled Lapel and threw rice cakes.
“Do you know that it is the sword of Arondite? I heard it's quite famous.”
“Arondite's sword…… Do you mean? Could it be that, a famous sword that never loses its teeth? I heard that only craftsmen in the Lauren region can make it now.”
Sure enough, Rafel's eyes showed interest at once. It was right after his meal his, so even his slightly sluggish posture his was tempting enough to sit upright. In fact, he had no choice but to do so. A gift for a swordsman! It was like scattering catnip in front of the cat. Arjen laughed as he leisurely played with his platinum hair.
“Ah, you're a prosecutor, so you know it well. It's a major gift, but I brought it in hopes that it might help win the favor of my brother-in-law. It was heavy, so I didn't take it off and put it on the back of the wagon…… Would you like to take a look?”
I didn't even need to hear the answer. Lapel's thighs were already about half a span from the chair. It seemed that he wanted to jump out of this place and see the actual sword.
Restless, Lafel glanced at Annette as if asking for permission. It seemed he was heartbroken to run out, leaving Annette alone at the dinner table.
“I hope you like the present, Lapel. See you soon.”
As soon as the words came out, Rafel stood up.His hasty movement caused the chair leg to get caught in the carpet and stagger.Having succeeded in attracting Rafel's interest,Arjen looked back at his wife with a smile.
“Claire, my love. Would you mind showing him some presents? It would be easier to talk to you if you check with each other rather than a saengnim like me.”
“Of course, darling. Please talk slowly with Annette about the things you couldn't finish.”
Claire got up, kissed her husband on his light hair his, and left. Lafel followed Claire, trying not to be impatient. Now, only Arjen and Annette, the two Bavarians, were left at the dinner table. Annette, who put the napkin down, straightened her posture and looked at her brother her.
“What did you send Lapel out to talk about?”
“Oops. You already noticed. After all, my brother is smart too.”
Arjen grinned, holding her own temple. His fingernails His, pale pink with almost no blood, patted the table. It was Arjen's common habit when he was struggling with something in his head. Arjen, who had been choosing his words for a while, was a somewhat unexpected apology that came out of his mouth.
“I'm sorry, Annette. Because I couldn't go to your wedding. I really wanted to go.”
“No, brother. That's really okay…….”
Annette's expression suddenly stiffened as she reflexively waved his hand in response.She asked, looking at Arjen with her darker eyes her.
“I guess something happened. Yes? That's why neither my brother nor Claire could come to my wedding.”
“Right. Ostensibly the military commander was about to be assassinated, and he said he was going to take care of the matter. But the truth is…… I was suspected of being behind it. So she couldn't go back to Deltium. If I had left my seat in that situation, my position would have been completely lost.”
Arjen, who casually made a huge statement, shrugged her shoulders. At those words, Annette's heart sank. Arjen was at a disadvantage in many ways within the empire because he was a foreigner. He almost even used the false accusation of assassinating the commander! It must have been a really dangerous situation.
“Who made up that? Where do you sleep?”
“A lot. There are too many to count. Thanks to you, it took me so long to get a clue.”
Arjen stretched with a nonchalant face. The young foreign prime minister was literally a thorn in the eye. Despite Claire and her family holding out her, there were as many forces as stars in the night sky who wanted to bring Arjen down. I thought it was a conspiracy plotted by one of the Empire's political enemies.
Arjen looked at his sister who listened to him. Cute Annette, kind Annette. In his mind, Annette always remained a young and lovely girl. Since he himself went to the Chapelle Empire not long after, that image lasted even longer. , Annette was an innocent being who always had to be protected.
But the Annette I saw today seemed to have made a lot of progress. There was a clear intellect in his vulnerable eyes of hers, and firm determination on his soft lips of hers. Arjen was very satisfied when he saw his clever sister who understood ten words when he said something.
“Annette.”
Purple eyes that resembled, but brighter than, her father, her Allah Mand's, stared at Annette Arjen, who erased her laughter, asked her seriously.
“How much do you trust your husband?”
