Chapter 637 – Ep.635 Tullius Empire
Lady Velma left the bedroom and opened the door about ten minutes away by gently and silently pushing it with the heel of her shoe.
“Please come in.”
“Thank you.”
I followed Lady Velma inside with Adrian, who was making happy noises while holding one of her arms tightly.
‘It’s not as flashy as I thought.’
Unlike the first prince’s place, which was entirely decorated with pure white marble and sparkling decorations, Marvius’s banquet room had no special decorations and only the most necessary things were placed there.
“Please sit somewhere comfortable.”
“Ah, then over here.”
I roughly pulled out the chair closest to me and sat down, and Adrian sat on my thigh instead of the chair, showing an action that Lady Velma was not conscious of at all.
“You seem very close.”
Of course, Lady Velma didn’t seem to care much about Adrian either.
“But I don’t know if the food will suit your taste. “The prince changed his diet to meat last year.”
“I also like meat more than salads.”
“Then I feel a little relieved.”
With her characteristic benevolent smile, she lined up the dishes on the silver tray she had been holding in her hand neatly in front of me and opened the lid on the top.
“Oh…”
I was involuntarily amazed at the appearance of a thick piece of meat bigger than my fist. In addition, the sweet smell and warm heat rising to my face made my stomach, which wasn’t hungry, seem to become hungry.
“The knife…”
“Oh, please give it to me.”
It was obviously Adrian who had followed me to help me with my meal, but before I knew it, he was leaning his head on my shoulder, looking more at ease than anyone else, and breathing quietly.
Well, it was true that Adrian had a little trouble on behalf of the princess who couldn’t insert it properly, so I laughed to myself and straightened Adrian’s back so that he could sleep a little more comfortably.
“It seems like the relationship between you two is more special than I thought.”
“Haha…”
Personally, I felt a sense of trust in Lady Velma, but it was still too much for me to tell her the truth, so I just smiled awkwardly and cut up the meat and brought it to my mouth.
“Hmm?”
“Does it fit your mouth?”
“Yes. “Let alone how soft it is, isn’t the juicy meat a joke?”
Of course, there was no unpleasant smell at all, and the moment my teeth touched it, it crumbled into grains and rich, flavorful meat juice burst out into my entire mouth.
“What meat is it made from?”
“It’s the leg of a white maned bear.”
“Push… !!”
“This.”
Unexpected to see the identity of the meat, she coughed out the remains in her mouth, and Lady Velma took out her handkerchief, which looked old-fashioned at first glance, and held it out to me.
“Okay, thank you.”
“Ugh…”
I patted Adrian’s back, who was squirming due to my coughing, and wiped his mouth and area with a handkerchief.
“The prince made a fuss about the meat because he liked it.”
“… “Yes.”
I felt like I knew the reason without having to hear it, so I just nodded once without saying anything.
“I will wash the handkerchief later and return it to you.”
“Hehe, it’s okay. “Handkerchiefs are consumables, so you can always bring new ones.”
Other women would have nodded yes, but Lady Velma declined with a benevolent smile.
“Hmm… Then, since it would be a waste to throw it away, I will wash it and use it myself.”
“Are you sure you’ll use it again?”
“Yes. Isn’t it too wasteful to just throw away something that seems valuable at first glance? “It’s also soft.”
“I heard that you have been living with His Excellency the Duke of Bizelin for quite some time, and you seem to be frugal.”
“Frugal… “Not until now.”
“It looks good enough to me.”
I don’t know why, but Lady Velma’s smile seemed softer than before.
“Oh, sorry. As I get older, the people I talk to disappear. Please enjoy your meal in peace.”
Lady Velma bowed her head slightly to me with her dignified posture and walked out of her dinner room. Fortunately, when she opened her stomach and checked, I found out that she had not gone far and was waiting right in front of her door, so I moved my hand to fill her stomach first, as she said.
·
·
·
Rumbling ──
Warm black tea with a fragrant aroma falls onto the teacup, drawing elegant curves.
“Thank you.”
“It was nothing.”
I mixed milk and honey in moderation and then washed off the greasiness left in my mouth with bittersweet black tea.
“Lady Velma.”
“Please tell me.”
Lady Velma looked at me as if she had been waiting and answered.
“Not next… By any chance, would you mind if I asked you something about the Crown Princess?”
“It depends on what you are asking and for what purpose.”
Since it was so obvious, I quickly added.
“The Crown Princess publicly confessed to me at a ball held to commemorate the 1st Prince’s birthday. Although I told him back on the spot, he came to see me this morning as well. So… “She wanted to know something about him.”
“I was roughly expecting it because it was already rumored.”
Lady Velma lightly covered her mouth with her white-gloved hand and gave a small, amused laugh.
“If that is the reason, I will answer sincerely to the best of my knowledge.”
“Haha… Thank you.”
I had a feeling I knew why Marvius kept telling her that the title of lady did not suit her.
“Then… Do you even know about her childhood?”
“Hehe, of course. “I wasn’t the nanny in charge, so I couldn’t change the diaper myself, but by the time he started toddling, I knew almost everything.”
“If… Chamberlain… Were you that kind of person?”
“Hehe, the chamberlain is a much younger person than me. “At that time, he had not yet retired, so he was the head of the Royal Guard.”
“Cough!!”
“This.”
As I coughed, Lady Velma took out her new handkerchief and held it out to me.
“Okay, thank you… Cough… Do…”
It wasn’t the kind of cough that required a handkerchief, but somehow I felt like I needed one, so I roughly wiped her mouth with it and consoled her frightened chest.
“Was it unexpected?”
“Yeah… “Well, you don’t look that way at all.”
“After all, more than ten years have passed.”
Am I being too timid if the smile that seemed kind before hearing about the past suddenly feels creepy?
‘… ‘Now I understand why Marvius was so offended by the title of lady.’
I put the handkerchief I had roughly wiped her mouth in her pocket and quickly turned the fire back on the Crown Princess.
“Then… “Would you like to continue telling the story of the Crown Princess?”
“Of course.”
Lady Velma continued her words, gently closing her still wrinkle-free eyes.
“The Crown Princess has been greedy ever since she started babbling.”
“… Is that so?”
“Yes. “From food to the smallest training wooden sword.”
I couldn’t imagine her at all, but to her it was probably a happy memory of hers, and Lady Velma smiled quietly and quietly.
“No matter what anyone said, I thought he was the person who inherited His Majesty’s blood the most.”
“… “Did the emperor do the same?”
“If you added more, you did more, not less.”
Calm voice and expression.
And from the answer that was a little longing, I could tell that Lady Velma had a close relationship with the current Emperor, having spent her childhood with him or similar to him.
“Oops, the story almost leaked somewhere else again. Hehe, this is a problem when you get older, so I hope Lord Smith will understand.”
“No. It’s okay.”
This was not an empty remark; she personally wanted to hear the Emperor’s story as well, but after hearing about Lady Velma’s past, it was not easy for her to speak out.
“Being greedy is not a fault, so don’t worry. “As much as the Crown Princess is greedy, she also has the ability to covet it.”
At the age of three she struck her scarecrow with her wooden sword, at the age of four she picked up an iron sword, and at the age of five she destroyed her wooden doll… The Crown Princess’s childhood was completely different from her normal life.
“At that time, she had a lot of motivation, and she was really eager to do anything to get His Majesty’s attention. Oh, of course she was warm to her brothers and sisters, both then and now.”
Lady Velma, who was happily talking, began to gradually slow down in her speech.
“But…”
Suddenly, the smile on her mouth disappeared, and Lady Velma’s closed eyes sat low as if she was recalling her memories.
“Coming-of-age ceremony. “From the day after her Majesty officially recognized her position as Crown Princess, she lost all her motivation.”
“The reason is… “Don’t you know?”
“Yes.”
The lady looked at me with her low-slung eyes and pursed her lips as if to shed tears.
“She couldn’t follow His Majesty to his residence.”
