Chapter 72

As soon as Annie sat in the carriage, she opened the window. The cool night air came in.

As she raised her gaze, she saw Ejed standing upright. The man stopped and stared at her with his hat pressed on.

If someone saw it, they might think he was a suspicious person and was running away.

‘It’s actually dangerous, but…’

Annie said with a smile.

“You worked hard. I’ll go first.”

“You too.”

“…”

“Good work.”

Tak.

With those words, the carriage began to move, and Annie, leaning her head against the window, fell into thoughts.

Shortly after she arrived at the mansion, Annie found Carla as she wandered in front of the front door.

‘What are you doing here at this time?’

It was the time she should have gone home long ago. Especially since the children will be waiting.

Annie called her with a mysterious voice.

“Carla?”

“Miss! Ugh. Thank God.”

Having found her master, Carla exhaled a long sigh, placing her hand on her chest.

“Are you waiting for me?”

“Sigh. Absolutely. Because you’re too late… I waited. I wonder if the tyrant did anything harmful to you.”

“It’s okay.”

“My Lady, you’re really…”

Carla approached and she hugged Annie tightly.

“How was your day today? Did he intimidate you at all?”

“Huh. It was very comfortable.”

Carla looked suspiciously, but it was true.

What a coincidence? Ejed’s beloved woman had a lot of overlapping aspects with her, so her advice was easy.

She doesn’t even have to use her head too much. She just had to substitute the woman’s disposition with her own.

But she was a little worried about the others.

“Carla, it’s late today, so stay at the mansion. And, take a day off tomorrow too.”

“My Lady…”

Carla, touched, shed tears, and Annie tapped her back and laughed.

Annie raised her head and looked at the night sky. It’s as black as Ejed’s hair.

“I have one request. Before you go tomorrow, ask Bat to make some sandwiches.”

“Would you like to pack a lunch box at the Imperial Palace?”

“Huh. Oh, take out strawberry jam.”

Annie smiled with a strange face.

*

‘I must remember today.’

A smile on Ejed’s face, who returned to the Imperial Palace, was rampant.

Wasn’t it the perfect date that he had never dreamed of? Watch a play and eat with Annie.

Ejed’s shoulder, holding the doorknob, was faintly trembling. It was good enough that he wanted to scream.

Then, someone came from behind.

“Your Majesty.”

“… What is it?”

Ejed, who quickly returned to his usual face, asked. Then Fizz, who was standing in the hallway, said, as if deciding something.

“Lady Dsev. I’ll solve it.”

“… solve?”

“Yes. She crawled without fear even at the presence of Your Majesty’s command. Your Majesty and the Imperial family…”

Ejed couldn’t hear the rest of the words well. The beginning was more important.

“How much did you talk about?”

“I tried to tell a lot of things as clearly as possible. I…”

“You talked for such a long time?”

Fizz blinked in surprise. It was extremely rare for Ejed to cut off someone’s words or ask them back.

But now, his complexion was stiff and he was cutting off Fizz’ words.

‘Hngg… is something weird?’

“I mean this Lady Dsev is….”

“Fizz Le Rias.”

There was no such thing as calling a full name. No matter how tactless Fizz was, his skin felt that this situation was going wrong.

Fizz looked up at Ejed, unknowingly, intimidated.

“You just have to do your job properly.”

“…”

“Get out.”

The cold word sounded like ‘get out of my way’. Fizz whimpered and left.

Ejed, left alone, touched his dizzy forehead with his hand. Since she was an attractive woman at the level of a national treasure, Fizz might have fallen in love with her.

‘I can’t hide Miss Annie…’

The deeper the night, the deeper his worries were.

‘Tomorrow’s class too… Let’s work hard.’

The starlight shone.

*

There was no eternal happiness, and joyful moments are relatively short compared to unhappiness.

It was the same with Ejed’s unrequited love. Yesterday’s date, which was not his first date, overwhelmed him and he faced an unexpected crisis.

“It’s another outdoor class today.”

“…”

Whee-ee-ee-ing~

Ejed opened his lips as he watched the magical rides moving at tremendous speed in the sky. Just the mere sight of it makes him want to vomit.

‘To have fun riding something like that…’

It was mysterious. Ejed, who preferred a static place, couldn’t have a good feeling.

Ejed , who looked down, stared at Annie. She was wearing a white cat mask.

It fits well with the usual high-profile Annie’s image. Ejed glanced at her face several times. But the screams from the sky made his complexion pale.

Fortunately, he wore the same mask like her.  It was fashionable to wear couple’s masks in this “Univesa Amusement Park”.

(Pun for ….. Do I even need to point it out lol?)

Annie took a notebook and ballpoint pen out of her arms.

“Today I’m here to help Your Majesty, and we will go and do something. Well, the reason I came here first is. It’s because of a report presented at a recent conference.”

She spoke fluently.

“If couples ride scary rides, the chances of falling in love increase.”

“…”

“Don’t you think so?”

Ejed’s eyes burned like a flame.

“Which one should I ride first?”