I heard that the Duchess Dowager and the Duke quarreled with one another, however I had no concept that it had something to do with me. After sending the asleep Carl to the nursery and leaving me alone in my bed room, Gellerhard advised me that he had already ordered some individuals to search out the maid who had tried in getting me to drink that unusual concoction as he advised me about his day.

The primary ones to face his fiery wrath have been his aides. Gellerhard received mad in honor of his spouse, Amanda, for letting a suspicious maid attempt to feed her a wierd drink and his aides ultimately set about discovering the maid straight away.

The aides then advised me that to ensure that them to search out the maid who had been kicked out, they wanted the paperwork which received stuffed out when the maid was initially employed. Through the technique of unearthing the paperwork, Gellerhard came upon that every one the work that had been associated to the Duchess’s maids and servants was the work of the Duchess. His anger then shifted to Mrs. Could, the pinnacle maid, who was now appearing in my place. Not like Mrs. Could, who apologized for committing a mortal sin by mendacity flat straight away, the Duchess Dowager raised her voice by asking why he was speaking loudly as a substitute and the 2 began getting right into a heated argument. Gellerhard didn’t say what he and the Duchess Dowager had talked about through the combat although.

“What if I received right into a combat like that with Mom then? She stayed within the South due to me and had now come again on function whereas persevering with to work as effectively…”

I turned so nervous that my coronary heart was already pounding and beating quick. It was true that I felt sorry for the Duchess Dowager who needed to fake to not know that I used to be in peril, however she nonetheless had been a mother-in-law who welcomed me fairly warmly. She had already been doing every thing for me for over a yr—for me who couldn’t actually play the function of the Duchess simply but.

What in the event that they misunderstood that I had manipulated Gellerhard into preventing together with her? At that second, some pompous ideas started crossing my thoughts.

Anxiousness and irritation welled up inside me, however I used to be rendered speechless after I noticed Gellerhard had his head down alongside together with his drooping shoulders. He mentioned that he was doing it for me, however how embarrassed he should have been to listen to such criticism straight away.

“I’m sorry, Mandy. I’ll go and apologize to my mom proper now.”

With an addition to the dejected voice, it additionally sounded very unhappy, so I hurriedly comforted him.

“Gellerhard, I do know what’s in your coronary heart. You have been solely making an attempt to guard me.”

“……”

“Thanks. Nobody will dare to harm me now, even when Gellerhard have been to be afraid.”

As I patted his massive arms tightly with each of mine, Gellerhard raised his head. There was a sullen look inside these stunning purple eyes of his.

“I do know I’m silly.”

“Huh?”

“What I’m actually good at is simply ignorantly wielding a sword on the battlefield whereas decapitating monsters. Mandy, I want that I may shield you with one thing like that.”

“What do you imply?”

With an finish to his surprising self-deprecation, Gellerhard pressed his lips collectively as soon as once more. A way of disappointment in himself leaked from his tightly pursed lips. He was born as the one inheritor to the Duke of DeMancier, the ruler of the north, and he was raised as a Duke’s successor earlier than he ultimately turned a Duke himself. He had all the time been advised that he was a knight in addition to a basic on the battlefield, so he was in fine condition. On high of that, his swordsmanship was wonderful and he had been good at planning methods as effectively. Through the winter, he would work because the Lord whereas getting ready for struggle but once more. Gellerhard, the present Duke of DeMancier, was an impressive and good-looking man even to me, his personal spouse.

I moved my head to comply with the gaze of his darkish purple eyes. As his eyes met mine, Gellerhard turned his head barely to keep away from me. After repeating that hide-and-seek recreation for a few occasions, I then put my arms round Gellerhard’s head.

“Gellerhard. You’re simply foolish and that’s positively a silly thought.”

I pressured him to lift his head and meet his eyes once more.

“Gellerhard is nice at swordsmanship in addition to planning many methods. Since you might be all the time mobilizing the knights and the troopers. Oh, yeah. Gellerhard should have been good at nice issues like shifting so many individuals round. I’m not good at that.”

I ran my thumb by means of his hair and tickled his ear. Gellerhard’s shoulders twitched after I did that, which made me marvel if the very fact was the identical for Carl too.

“Don’t you suppose like that and don’t say that. I’ve by no means considered you that approach. There’s no different man such as you in any respect. So, that self-criticism of yours—it’s nonsense, actually.”

“Sure…”

Gellerhard’s hand slowly lined mine. I needed to fake that I didn’t see his eyes have been already moist when he gave a nod.

“I wish to apologize to my mom.”

“Would you want me to go along with you?”

“No, I can do it alone.”

He put my hand down as if to cover his face and jumped up. I hoped that they’d reconcile amicably as I watched his again when he walked away courageously.

Fortuitously, the Duchess Dowager took care of him and despatched him again after saying that she knew too effectively that Gellerhard was solely apprehensive about me. She additionally felt sorry for me, however when her son pointed it out and raised his voice, she was moved to tears straight away.