I unconsciously touched my head.
I felt a cold shiver as if I was lying to him.
'But the one who's really lying is Leon, right?'
I was just responding to his lie.
By the way, Lucas won't get angry because of Leon's words, right?
I turned to look at Lucas.
His eyes had become sharp.
In his eyes, as black as darkness, an inexplicable hatred emerged.
'No, you should just laugh and get over it.
For your sake too, I should do it.'
But Lucas wouldn't hear my inner screams.
Things were looking very bad now.
Lucas was smiling cheerfully, but the hostility in his red eyes was blatantly evident.
I bit my lip as I seriously thought about turning this stifling situation around.
“Heeh… Anyway, your words aren’t worth listening to, so I’ll ignore it.”
What would you overlook?
Even if the goal has changed, it has changed a lot.
I hoped Lucas would consider it a trivial matter.
Lucas continued, not paying attention to my growing anxiety.
“The Grand Duchess doesn't seem to remember well, so I brought the letter she gave me back then.”
No, that's not how it should be.
Lucas was completely ignoring Leon as if he didn't exist.
I felt my face turning a faint blue.
'Strictly forbidden.'
I could not stand idly by while this lunatic dragged me towards the flag of death.
I rushed towards him, trying to quickly grab the letter he was carrying, but when I rushed, Lucas suddenly waved his hand back, so I failed.
“Give it to me.
What are you doing now?
Didn’t I clearly tell you not to appear in front of me again?”
I stopped smiling and spoke desperately to Leon, who was looking at me with eyes full of disdain.
“It's not me, it's that one over there.”
Leon pointed at Lucas expressionlessly.
Why am I talking to Leon so desperately?
I felt a fog before my eyes.
I turned silently.
Lucas, who met my gaze, waved the letter.
"Whoa, a letter!
I love letters.
Should I read them?!"
Leon passed me and jumped towards him.
His face didn't look excited at all.
I didn't know the content of the letter, but I was sure I should never let Leon read it.
“Can you read texts?”
Lucas said sarcastically.
“Lucas!
Stop joking around and get out of here immediately.”
Seeing Lucas smiling sarcastically with the corner of his mouth raised, I felt like hitting him.
“So I'll read it to you.”
I gave up on the idea of snatching the letter from Lucas, and grabbed Leon's arm tightly and pulled him.
"Leon, let's go out.
Don't we have something planned to do together today?"
"never."
Leon easily ignored my words and spoke seriously.
“Start with what?”
I shouted, stamping my feet angrily.
But everyone was calm, and I was the only one who was fussing here.
“Lucas, from the first moment I saw you, I fell in love with you...”
“Stop!”
I lunged again desperately and bumped into Lucas.
Lucas didn't expect the impact, so we fell backwards together.
I stumbled to my feet and snatched the letter from his hand.
He was holding the letter tightly to prevent me from taking it, but an unknown force rose from me as I faced death, and I finally won.
Lucas, from whom the letter had been stolen, began to laugh loudly.
He seemed to be enjoying this situation very much.
“Because of you, a button came undone.
I wore clothes that I think you will like, are you not satisfied with them?”
He pointed to his chest.
Under his commander's uniform, his shirt was open exaggeratedly, exposing his chest muscles.
I unconsciously looked at the place he pointed, then frowned and quickly turned my head.
'What a madman, is he joking now?
Leon's muscles are much better than yours...
Ah, what am I saying?'
I was losing my mind with him.
“Lucas Anderson, you are completely ignoring me and the Duke.
How can you put up with this insolence?”
I spoke as I tore the letter to shreds.
Even with the repeated tearing, my anger did not subside.
Lucas noticed that my voice wasn't normal, and the laughter started to fade from his face.
“Well done, well done, Belle Belle, fight!”
Leon spoke, raising his hand.
“I will personally complain to His Majesty the Emperor.
I will say that you have made the Duke and me an object of ridicule.”
“The Grand Duke.”
Leon quickly added.
I nodded and corrected myf.
“The Grand Duke and I.”
Lucas got up, carefully arranged his uniform, then shrugged his shoulders at me as I exhaled angrily.
“It wasn't intentional, but if you felt that way, I politely apologise.”
He didn't seem sincere at all, but he said it while bowing.
“Excuse your death!”
Leon approached behind me, cocked his head to the side and spoke.
He was taller than me, so he could be seen clearly even if he stood still, but he was acting joking...but in his joking, there was sincerity.
Lucas, who had his head bowed, slowly raised his head upon hearing this.
If I'm not mistaken, his sharp eyes were filled with hostility towards Leon.
“I am here on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor.
Please calm down and allow me to do my part without insulting His Majesty’s name.”
I looked at Leon.
Leon scratched his head, then nodded and laughed loudly.
“Well, he's not someone worth thinking about, so I didn't care much.”
I heard Lucas laugh softly.
“So, I'm going to go check on the unit.
Can we have dinner together?”
“No, I will have dinner with Pill Pill alone.
This is an old tradition in this palace.”
When did such a tradition exist?
But, Leon, if you say so, it is.
I nodded from the side.
When Lucas left the reception room, I breathed a sigh of relief.
“Bill Bill, do you really like those carved things?”
"What?"
"nothing."
Leon muttered, then turned irritably and walked towards the window.
The bright sun was streaming through the large window.
Although he frowned at the glare, Leon looked at Lucas as he walked away.
I approached him and gently placed my hand on his shoulder.
“Leon, shall we play puzzles together?”
Things seemed to be resolved well.
A while ago, I thought I was walking towards death, and how hard was my heart beating?
I looked at Leon with a satisfied smile.
Leon suddenly turned around at my words, looking out the window with a sad expression, his shirt unbuttoned to his navel.
“You said you liked this...”
“Ah!
What...”
I almost screamed asking what he was doing.
I quickly covered my mouth and shook my head violently.
“You said you liked this...”
Can you really not be ashamed?
And I didn't say I liked it.
But my face blushed not by my will.
I glanced at his chest furtively and began to close his buttons.
“Leon, Lucas’ words are not worth listening to, so don’t listen to him.”
I looked directly at him and felt disturbed, so I breathed hard until my hot breath came out.
I turned my head quickly, afraid to be seen.
“Okay,” Leon said coldly and turned around violently, heading to the reception room door.
Why does he act like this?
“Leon, how about a puzzle game?”
“I won't play!”
Leon opened the reception room door and left.
"I can't be thrilled about this, can I?
How could anyone do this?"
I looked at the empty reception room and sighed deeply.
It was a stormy meeting, as if a storm had passed.
I couldn't hold back my sudden anger, so I walked towards the window.
“Oh, you will regret it!”
Lucas stopped at the sound of my voice and looked at me.
He seemed to have forgotten my previous warning, and waved his hand enthusiastically indifferently.
'Isn't this guy really deranged?'