Lilian of Turin

Cedric didn’t say anything, but he was reluctant to let Lilian see Damian.

For Lilian, she wanted to thank Damian in many ways.

All of the ten thousand employees stopped Lilian, saying, ‘take a break for now, there will be an opportunity later.’

That’s true. Anyway, aren’t they already half a couple?

However, there were many things that bothered her to just stay like this.

It seemed that Damian hadn’t even been thanked for his achievement in destroying the magic tunnel.

‘I know it will take some time for my brother to sort things out and express his gratitude as the Lord, but…’

Lilian, who had made the request herself, was uncomfortable with the current situation as she was washing her mouth without even saying a personal greeting.

If Prince Matteo takes the lead, the employees won’t be able to get in the way. Besides, since the Crown Prince stepped in, they wouldn’t be scolded for failing to stop Lilian.

It was a trick in many ways, but the Crown Prince’s reaction was disappointing. Lilian was disappointed, but she understood.

“It must be a bit difficult request. I apologize.”

His benefactor’s good-natured face blurred. Matteo was taken aback.

“Uh, that…”

“His Highness the Crown Prince is staying here as a guest, so I thought you’ll have a hard time with this issue. I was impatient and made a mistake, so please forgive me.”

“No, that’s why I…”

He got an apology again!

Matteo faced the biggest crisis of his life.

The Crown Prince liked Lilian. She was a benefactor as well, but more than anything, he liked the way she treated the younger Matteo politely rather than recklessly kindly and didn’t seem to look down on him.

Will he disappoint Lilian?

Or will he obediently arrange a meeting with his uncle?

It wasn’t a problem that could be easily answered, but Matteo eventually agreed.

“…how can I say two things with one mouth? I cannot refuse the benefactor’s request.”

“Oh my goodness.”

Lilian’s blurred face cleared again. Her smile, as if she was very happy, seemed much more comfortable.

“Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

Thump.

‘Uh?’

Just a simple greeting with no pretense on a smiling face that was as hazy as fog.

It was just that, but Matteo couldn’t understand why his face is turning red as if he had heard an undeserved compliment.

The Crown Prince smiled along with Lilian, unaware that his first love, like a feverish fever that would shake his whole life, had begun.

***

“Why are you here?”

Damian’s subordinate, Sir Ivan Isaac, who came running after being called from Hemenlinna, was speechless. He should be.

“Isn’t this the outer castle?”

They had a lot of money even before the Empire was established and gained power as a meritorious family.

Dawn Islar.

Since it was rich with history and tradition, even a room in the outer castle was not lacking materially to serve the Grand Duke.

In the first place, it wasn’t possible to conclude the distinction between the outside and inside castle based only on the difference in social status. Noble knights also usually lived in the outer castle. This is because it’s a convenient location to protect the castle in case of emergency.

But it’s His Highness the Grand Duke?

A person who’s on the same boat in the political battle where their survival depended on?

“Is Cedric Islar crazy?”

Incidentally, Ivan hadn’t heard a word of explanation yet.

Damian detonated a large bomb called marriage proposal in front of the brother who was ‘aware of the harm to his terribly cherished sister, and running like crazy, vigilant to the tip of his head with a protective instinct’, and hated Damian’s unique snarky attitude that made him want to hit the other man. Ivan’s reaction would have been different if he had known how Damian performed.

But Ivan knew nothing. So the tantrum erupted.

‘No, why does a nobleman who usually listens to earnest advice but still destroys things just smiling quietly at this unacceptable rudeness…’

Wait.

‘Isn’t he behaving too well?’

His Lord was by no means a saintly man who tolerated insults for no reason.

“Your Highness, what the hell have you done?”

His intuition shrieked. It was clear that his damned Highness had done something that deserved such disrespect!

“Let me see.”

Instead of a proper answer, Damian just smiled. His jewel-like purple eyes shone shyly.

The delicate and beautiful smile gave Ivan goosebumps as he took a step back.

“Y-Your Highness. Didn’t I tell you to be careful not to leak outside what’s leaking inside?”

As he spoke, he started to get angry. If he had driven out his political partner, the Grand Duke, even if he had an accident, it wouldn’t have been such a trivial accident!

To have an accident at the in-laws’ house, even making them act so pettily! Anyway, this guy is really!

“No, what kind of guy did you crush that you brutally got kicked out of the inner castle?”

“…calm down and watch your mouth, Sir Ivan. It’s not what you think. Yet.”

The Crown Prince who opened the door just in time stopped.

However, Ivan, who was frustrated, forgot about his filtering.

“No, then you haven’t killed anyone yet, so why are you being kicked out like this? Do I really have to believe the rumor that His Highness was hiding under the skirt of the Lady of this house?”

Despite the rude words, Crown Prince Matteo didn’t immediately frown or get angry. The Crown Prince was basically a well-mannered person.

The Crown Prince, who was said to be a replica of the gentle emperor, asked softly.

“Sir, do you want to die?”

Ivan’s mouth fell open.

‘Our good Crown Prince, His Highness the Crown Prince, who always personally comforted me for having a hard time under his foolish uncle…!’

He’s gone crooked! Shocked by the impossibility, he barely shook his head and answered.

“No.”

“Then shut up.”

“Yes…”

A two week course of kidnapping and mental torture, followed by the disappearance of his uncle.

The adolescent prince, who had undergone a series of major events, was being affected little by little. It means that his personality is deteriorating.

“Don’t speak so lowly of the grace that my uncle and I have received. It’s rude to my benefactor.”

“That was frivolous on my part. I apologize.”

Ivan apologized profusely. And he stroked the goosebumps on his neck.

Damian’s sword might have been pointed at his throat by now if Matteo hadn’t asked Ivan, who mentioned Lily’s skirt, if he wanted to die first. It was such an explosive life.

To be honest, Ivan was half prepared. But to his surprise, nothing happened. Besides, even the intention quickly disappeared.

‘Why?’

It was then.

“I’m fine, so don’t criticize him too much, Your Highness.”

The door slowly opened and a person who had been standing quietly appeared.

‘No, why does she look like an excessively good-natured person…’

Lilian, the kindhearted person, smiled generously and shrugged her shoulders lightly.

“It’s not like he said something that didn’t happen.”

Ah.

Ivan realized. He guessed that person…

‘His Highness the Grand Duke’s fiancee…’

Oh my God. Ivan closed his mouth.

Even heaven is indifferent to worldy matters. How can a person who looks good even at a glance, be with the worst of the worst of all kinds like His Highness…

‘…for a second there, did she just say something?’

So, did he really hide under the lady’s skirt?

Damian Rupenwein, who single-handedly dug into the ranks of tens of thousands and reduced the enemy into bewildered vagabonds within an hour?

The best siege weapon of the Empire that jumped over the moat and smashed the locked castle gate with a human body without a drawbridge and using only horsemanship?

There was even a time when Leyengrad Fortress was besieged, so he climbed down the fortress walls barefoot under the cover of the night and annihilated half of the enemy camps.

The reason he only managed to kill half of them was because the waiting time was over and the waiting troops joined in.

Because it was wartime, the massacre became an achievement. His achievements became legendary, and the title “Imperator Leyengrad” remained in front of his name.

Ivan still remembered the image of Damian appearing from the dark, clutching the head of the enemy general that day.

‘It really is…’

It was an unforgettable scene, even in his dreams.

The monster approached Lily. Ivan, who recalled Damian’s bloody days, was inadvertently startled.

‘Wait, what are you trying to do?’

He did something. However, no blood was spilled.

“I didn’t know you would come alone until now.”

Damian simply held out one hand to his heart and the other hand to Lily.

“If I had known, I would have gone out to meet you. Isn’t it a long way?”

It was a perfect gesture and lines that wouldn’t be unreasonable even if it entered an epic. Ivan opened his mouth wide.

“I only heard that you’re recovering, but I’m glad that you’re in good health.”

It seemed that Cedric not only blocked Damian’s visit to Lilian, but had also stopped the news.

Lilian was a little embarrassed by the overprotectiveness. Lilian decided to blame everything on herself.

“I apologize. Is it too late to come and express my gratitude? Thank you.”

Damian smiled and shook his head.

“If you say so, my life is already yours.”

“Yes? You’re exaggerating.”

Slightly taken aback, Lilian held out her hand to Damian.

Oh no! Ivan wanted to sigh, but Damian was a man who never missed an opportunity.

With a delicate touch, he firmly moved Lilian’s hand and slowly kissed it.

In that state, they met eyes and he whispered on the back of her hand.

“It wasn’t too much. I know the debt I owe.”