“Benjamin got here to the Capital.”

“…Have you ever met Benja?”

After the sparring on the coaching floor, Azela wiped the sweat from her forehead with the again of her hand and breathed closely. Zagnac’s respiratory was calm and unconcerned.

“You already know.”

Benjamin clearly stated that he knew every part. Regardless of this, Zagnac stated nothing to her. Was he making an attempt to guard Benjamin, or was he making an attempt to guard her…?

“On the get together. Findar stated he went to escort you.”

As Azela glanced over at him, he raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his chin regardless of her query. Zagnac, who didn’t reply, simply sat down and stood up.

“Nicely.”

Once more… He evaded once more, avoiding her gaze.

It was like that then, too. He appeared identical to him on the day when she got here to see the Emperor, he didn’t ask the place she had been and evaded her phrases. As Zagnac acquired up and was about to return, Azela hurriedly grabbed him by the sleeve.

Despite the fact that she didn’t maintain it too laborious, he stopped his stride.

“I heard Benjamin got here to kill you.”

Ultimately, she opened her mouth first, identical to final time. His expression was calm regardless of listening to what Azela stated… no, he was pretending to be calm although his eyes had been trembling barely in shock.

“How do you know?”

“…I see.”

“Earlier than I ask the way you knew, I need you to ask me why I didn’t inform you first.”

He didn’t inform her every part and stated nothing… but it surely didn’t actually upset her. It needed to be. It appeared that Zagnac had by no means revealed his emotions and his story to anybody so Azela requested in a peaceful tone.

“Why didn’t you inform me?”

Azela tugged his sleeve.

Zagnac reacted tremendously to even the slightest pull, so he sat again down and met her gaze. Within the unwavering blue eyes, he was solely a small existence.

“Simply.”

A number of that means was implied in a single brief phrase, ‘Simply.’

Why he didn’t need to inform her was that he didn’t need to see her give attention to him whereas struggling to guard him from the murderer when she discovered. He didn’t need her to get harm by giving sympathy for a second as a result of Benjamin was somebody he knew.

People tended to point out compassion to these they knew, even after they didn’t want it.

“Sure. I’m simply saying.”

And eventually, as a result of he didn’t need to see her betrayed by people.

Zagnac frowned. He didn’t even know why she felt this manner, and he didn’t know why he didn’t need her to search out out.

On the similar time, Azela nodded her head at his brief reply. It was like she knew all of it.

“I heard the Emperor despatched him. Are you aware that too, Zagnac?”

“…Sure. Judging by the truth that he employed Benja, he have to be fairly critical about killing me.”

“You might be unconcerned that somebody is making an attempt to take your life.”

“As a result of no mere human will be capable of kill me.”

He replied triumphantly with a sly smile. Seeing that, Azela silently lowered her gaze. For a short second, however for some unknown cause, she considered him as a human being… that he was an individual to be protected.

“Don’t say issues like that calmly.”

As she frowned, Zagnac appeared again at her with a questioning gaze.

“Once you say one thing so assured, it simply seems to be the alternative.”

“What?”

“When you say you received’t die, you die, and for those who say you need to dwell, you received’t dwell.”

“What? What are you speaking about.”

“When you say you don’t love me, you like me.”

Azela’s plain face with no smile checked out him with a critical gaze. Nonetheless, he was gazing at her, laughing as if he discovered her bizarre with these phrases.

Zagnac shook his head and opened his mouth.

“People have unusual phrases. When you say you received’t die, you die, and for those who don’t love, you like… Unusual. That’s nonsense.”

Saying that, he laughed as if he was having enjoyable. Azela lifted her physique and appeared down at him with a critical face, seeing his chortle. She uttered quietly with a face that has not even the slightest trace of a smile.

“When you don’t need to imagine it, it’s okay to not imagine it. However, it’s actual.”

* * *

A number of days handed after the get together.

Right now was the day when Zagnac obtained a letter from Marquis Delter, who needed to put money into his new enterprise, they usually visited his mansion. The dialog, which started earlier than midday, continued even after a number of hours.

Azela, who had been strolling across the Marquis’ home with out incident, stepped into the backyard.

“Wow.”

It was so lovely that it made her exclaim.

The backyard of the Imperial Palace was clearly lovely, however the backyard of Marquisate Delter was like a murals. They stated that the Marquis had a interest of accumulating varied flowers. Maybe, displaying that was true, there have been many flowers that she hadn’t seen earlier than in his backyard.

Whereas she appeared across the backyard with an excited face, she noticed Zagnac, who was watching her by the window of the parlor.

‘Stunning.‘

Opposite to the Marquis Delter, who was discussing enterprise with an enthusiastic face, Zagnac, whereas resting his chin, glanced at her by the window. As he stated ‘lovely’ with a smile and the form of his mouth, Azela hurriedly turned her gaze with a scorching flush.

‘…It have to be that the flowers, not me, are fairly.’

Despite the fact that he denied that he didn’t like her, his perspective didn’t change. It was the identical along with her, who replied that she didn’t love him.

Azela glanced on the window of the parlor the place Zagnac was. It appeared that he had already taken his eyes off her and was having a heated dialogue with Marquis Delter once more. So, she determined to sit down on the bench proper in entrance of it and checked out him by the window.

‘I’m an escort. I must see the place the opposite particular person is to escort them.’

A delicate wind blew.

Whether or not it was due to the aromatic scent of flowers within the wind or due to the way in which he appeared into her eyes, she felt higher. Azela rolled her ft calmly and couldn’t take her eyes off the window. She quietly raised her hand to the air and stroked Zagnac, who was conversing leisurely past the window.

In fact, she didn’t really feel something particular as a result of she was simply stroking the empty house. However surprisingly, though she was simply doing that, she felt her face flip pink.

‘I’m loopy.’

She hurriedly lowered her hand, questioning if Zagnac would flip his head this manner. Her emotions for him, slightly than disappearing, clearly revealed their very own presence as the times handed.

As she thought that, Azela put her fingers on her brow and shook her head.

“Azela.”

Simply then, a well-known voice reached her ears though nobody would name her by her identify pleasant right here. Azela opened her eyes large and raised her trembling head. Within the backyard, with out an escort, Crown Prince Chises stood alone.

Considering it was a hallucination, she rapidly rubbed her eyes.

“Azela.”

Nonetheless, he didn’t disappear.

Azela slipped her hand down this time and pinched her thigh. Zagnac made her really feel so good that she puzzled if she had fallen asleep. Nonetheless, it wasn’t even a dream, as her pinched thighs vividly conveyed the ache.

“How are you right here?”

Azela shook her head and requested in a puzzled voice.

Chises answered her, transferring very slowly, like dealing with a cat, minutely transferring with an perspective of afraid to startle her and lest she ran away.

“I requested Marquis Delter.”

“…I encourage your pardon?”

“I believed you wouldn’t come simply because I known as. Even when I did go to, Duke Ferial would let me discuss with you alone. I needed to speak to you alone, Azela.”

“Crown Prince.”

“If Duke Ferial comes right here, you, Azela, will after all, observe.”

Listening to his phrases, she turned her head to have a look at the parlor window with a bemused face. Fortuitously, Zagnac was concentrating on the dialog with Marquis Delter, so he didn’t see the state of affairs on this aspect.

Azela frowned and turned her gaze to Chises. She needed to ship Chises again earlier than Zagnac discovered and acquired offended.

“Don’t be shocked, I simply need to discuss with you. I additionally needed to apologize for that day.”