“Hey, Noel.”

Rieta stood in entrance of him and spoke cautiously.

His head was nonetheless turned towards his window.

“Did you wait for a very long time?”

“Sure! Very . . .”

Noel’s phrases all of a sudden got here to a halt. Shock coloured his face.

He jumped up and hurriedly grabbed each of Rieta’s cheeks in his arms.

“Did you cry?!”

“Huh?”

“I requested in the event you cried?!”

Just a few tears fell from the fingers that lined Rieta’s face.

Noel’s expression acquired even worse.

“What’s the matter?”

What to do, it’s tears from yawning. However that didn’t imply that Rieta hadn’t cried right this moment.

As a result of she had met the Duke a while in the past and ended up crying.

“Had been you scolded by Father?”

Along with her face nonetheless between his arms, Rieta shook her head barely.

“Then why are you crying?”

“I’m not crying now. I’m okay.”

“Does it matter? You cried anyway.”

“I didn’t cry as a result of I used to be unhappy. Simply . . .”

Rieta smiled bashfully.

Conversely, Noel’s expression grew to become a bit of extra stern.

He wished her to reply rapidly.

“I . . . mentioned.”

Rieta paused for a second earlier than persevering with.

“I’m turning sixteen quickly.”

With the point out of sixteen, Noel remembered a long-standing promise that existed between them.

“So select between the 2. Would you prefer to stay right here with me? Or would you prefer to stay within the Kingdom with me?”

In fact, Noel had not forgotten that promise till now.

He by no means took it as one thing gentle.

So he might guess what Rieta would have mentioned to his father forward of that day.

“You . . . Are you going again to the Kingdom?”

“Sure.”

“Father will need to have been fairly shocked.”

Answering his guess, Rieta nodded her head softly.

“Sure, he guessed it.”

“. . . What?”

“And he mentioned one thing very good.”

“What did he say?”

“He considers me as household.”

The phrase ‘household’ was a really treasured and treasured phrase to Rieta.

Not like Rieta, who spoke with nice pleasure, Noel’s response to listening to the story was considerably lukewarm.

“Huh . . . Is that each one?”

Rieta instantly frowned at his insensitive response.

“It was so nice, how completely happy I used to be.”

“You have been completely happy to listen to that? Aren’t you uninterested in listening to it?”

“It was the primary time!”

“Why would that be the primary time?”

He put power into the hand that had been stroking her affectionately, and pressed down on Rieta’s cheek.

In order that her small lips have been squished right into a fish-face.

“I’ve at all times advised you, you belong to the Duchy.”

Nonetheless, it was the primary time the Duke had advised her that.

Rieta wished to reply that, however as a result of Noel was holding her cheeks, she might solely say “Oohp!”

She wished him to cease, however Noel didn’t appear to let her go. Maybe he had loved this prank.

“So, hear rigorously to what I normally say.”

“Oohp.”

“Why are you taking a look at me so unfairly? Have you ever already forgotten what you probably did?”

That . . . Was it as a result of she secretly broke into the academy?

“Please don’t take anybody frivolously by your facet. Okay? What about that devoted Elisha, who was loyal within the first place . . .”

Nonetheless, the purpose Noel introduced up was subtly totally different from what Rieta had in thoughts.

Evidently he was extra indignant about her hanging out with Everett and Hugh McLean than infiltrating the academy.

“You’re taking a look at me with that face once more. The one meaning you don’t know what I’m speaking about.”

He frivolously poked Rieta’s cheeks, saying, “You fool,” then dropped his arms.

Rieta instantly glared at him. Maybe it was a bit an excessive amount of.

“What are you aiming for?”

“It hurts.”

“You’re exaggerating. What about while you inform folks to hit my again?”

“Folks?”

“Everett Hewitt. He mentioned you advised him to hit me?”

“Aahh.”

Come to think about it, she requested him to slap Noel on the again.

Evidently Everett has saved his phrase.

Seeing how Noel was sharpening his sword for revenge.

“Is that humorous?”

“Sure, I’m glad Everett saved his promise.”

“Everett?!”

Noel mentioned as if asking again.

He appeared to be asking if it was even potential for him to name him a pal.

“That’s proper, after he formally marries the Princess later, I’ll name him by his correct title. Even when he’s a pal, I’ve to guard my pal.”

“Pal?”

“Sure, pal.”

“Ha, you’re humorous.”

Noel realized one factor whereas residing in a dormitory.

It was the truth that all males have been kids who weren’t correctly fed.

No matter social standing, their pursuits have been merely vulgar.

Noel was fearful about Rieta, who needed to stay in such a harsh world.

However Rieta didn’t appear to know what he was pondering.

Seeing that she was hiding in a slender cupboard with two predator males inside.

When he first witnessed it, how upset he was.

This little squirrel didn’t even understand how scary the world was.