“You realize, Duke.”

“Sure.”

Rieta talked together with her face buried in his shoulder.

With a voice crammed with love.

“Really, I by no means doubted that I used to be cherished by the Duke. You at all times acted in such a manner that I knew.”

It was quick, however for a second she heard a low chortle.

“I, too, have by no means doubted that the Princess regarded me as particular.”

Lies, Rieta thought so.

As a result of she hadn’t been as variety because the Duke.

However now she determined to not name it out.

As an alternative, she determined that for the remainder of her time, she would attempt to preserve the Duke from doubting Rieta’s emotions.

To make him really feel totally cherished.

Simply then, a knock got here from exterior the lounge.

The wizards have been prepared, and so they got here to name the duke.

Feeling that it was the top for some cause, Rieta hugged Duke Mayer tightly.

I actually just like the Duke, she muttered.

“And, watch out. Duke.”

“Sure, I’ll in all probability be again tomorrow morning on the earliest.”

“What?”

“There are lots of people within the Imperial palace who’re on trip, so I can’t be away for a very long time.”

“Sure, however Darrel mentioned it’d take just a few weeks . . .”

“After all, it may have been like that usually.”

“I-I made a fuss for no cause. Sorry. I may have simply waited a day.”

“No.”

He flippantly eliminated Rieta’s physique, checked out her, and replied.

“I prefer it now, too.”

Rieta responded with a bashful smile at his agency reply.

“Sure. I . . . I prefer it now.”

“Excellent.”

When he mentioned that and smiled, all the things actually felt excellent.

* * *

After the Duke used magic to depart, Rieta returned to the Duke’s home in a slow-moving carriage.

There have been a number of causes for the carriage’s slowness, initially, it was harmful to drive quick at nighttime of evening.

And partly as a result of the poor horses have been a little bit weary.

So when she arrived on the entrance door, the moon was hanging in the midst of the evening sky.

“Did you meet the Duke?”

Rieta nodded her head because the butler greeted her.

“Sure.”

“That’s a aid. Greater than that . . .”

“That’s proper! The necklace, I managed to offer it to Everett.”

The butler tried to convey up one thing else, however Rieta clapped her fingers as if one thing had instantly come to thoughts and he or she mentioned it first.

“Thanks for serving to me repair the necklace.”

She bowed barely in homage, and the butler gladly accepted the thanks.

“What about Darrel, by the best way?”

“Sure, he’s doing the duties for the Duke. Greater than that . . .”

The butler tried to speak to her once more.

However this time, too, Rieta didn’t take heed to her butler’s story.

Maybe due to one thing fairly good, it appeared that different individuals’s phrases couldn’t are available in.

“Properly, I’ve a query for Darrel. You realize that the Duke is coming tomorrow, proper?”

“The Duke is coming tomorrow.”

“I hurried as a result of Darrel mentioned it could take weeks. Anyway, it’s okay since I had a really excellent time with the Duke.”

Her phrases moved so shortly that the butler couldn’t discover an opportunity to intervene.

Rieta then mentioned that she was drained as a result of she didn’t sleep final evening and started to climb the steps.

The butler had one thing to say to her, however by some means it didn’t appear to be the time, so he determined to cease.

When she goes again to her room, she’ll discover out.

Unaware of the butler’s emotions, Rieta yawned as she headed to her room.

Her entire physique was sore and drained.

That was apparent.

She couldn’t go to sleep whereas repairing the necklace till daybreak, and he or she infiltrated the academy and hurriedly went to the place the place the motion magic circle was situated.

Considering that every one this occurred in someday, she was simply amazed.

Is there the rest I must do?

It appeared that there was nothing in her thoughts.

Rieta yawned as soon as extra.

She pulled the door open, wiping her teary eyes together with her fingers.

A small candle was lit in her room.

It felt sort of eerie.

Who lit a candle in an empty room?

As she had a small query, one thing instantly got here to her thoughts.

“Don’t say something, simply wait quietly on the mansion.”

. . . Noel.

Come to think about it, they have been supposed to satisfy on the mansion at this time.

Rieta discovered a black shadow sitting crookedly on her mattress.

Anybody may see that it was Noel’s silhouette, so she cautiously approached.

He will need to have waited fairly some time, judging by his aggravated face and his chin resting.

How ought to she clarify it?