The principality of Bertino
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In silent reflection, he didn't even know her name.
Killian, who found her scandalous, called the maid who arrogantly didn't even introduce herself to her master.
“Was your name Julie?”
Juliet became uneasy when she saw the prince, who looked deeply in thought after finishing his meal.
"Yes."
“I understand.
What is your original name?”
“Julietta Salmon.”
“Why didn’t you tell me your name?”
Juliet opened her mouth when she saw the Prince looking angry and cold.
Apparently, on the first day, she had said she was Juliet Salmon.
“I told you when I said hi on the first day.”
For Killian, who focused only on what he was interested in, Juliet on the first day was a completely normal figure.
But he couldn't tell her that.
“Should I remember a maid’s name?
You are arrogant.” Killian covered his embarrassment with a scolding and pointed to a bundle of cloth on the couch to change the subject.
“Open it.”
Juliet glanced secretly at the prince, who asked her name and then shouted at her insolence, and looked at the brown cloth bundle he pointed to.
Curious about the prince's intentions, she lifted a huge bundle of cloth from the sofa.
"What is that?"
“Well, those are your pajamas.”
"Pajamas?"
“Yes, I am giving it to you in a way to be more loyal to me in the future.
Use it tonight and sleep.”
Looking at the voluminous nightgown, which seemed to fit three of her, Julieta managed to swallow the curse of leaving.
At this point, she thought she must have been pinched by her employer.
‘Are you punishing me because I hurt Jeff and caused some trouble?’
When Juliet looked at the Prince after a moment of serious reflection, her eyes, which had always been hard or cold and casual, seemed to shine.
With the look of anticipation, when Juliet's sparkling head tilted to the right, the Prince gave her a mischievous smile.
Juliet, who received her characteristic colorful smile and soft eyes, opened her mouth more carefully: “Thank you, thank you.”
She didn't think the great prince wanted her to say thanks since he gave her a nightgown as a gift, but she was embarrassed by his eyes, so she had to say thanks.
“It must be encouraging that you have never worn pajamas since you were born.
Okay, great.
I will give you my permission.
It’s a little early, but you can get into your pajamas now.”
'Excellent?
I can't believe you liked it.'
Juliet held her pajamas like a bag, glanced sideways at the prince and was forced to go into her room to change into her new pajamas.
Looking around a room that seemed narrower than yesterday, Juliet threw the pajamas she was holding onto the floor to vent her anger on the prince.
That noble Prince must have a taste for intimidating her!
Juliet, who took out the thick cotton underwear from her bag again, sighed.
She was happy with her salary, which she recently doubled, thinking she would be fine with living undercover for the rest of her life, but didn't want to sweep her head off.
Fortunately, she left the room, careful not to stiffen her expression, while sweetening herself with the positive idea that it would be cooler at night and it would be tolerable to sleep without covering herself with a blanket.
Five minutes later, Julietta, wearing pajamas over her cotton underwear, had to pose in one way or another in front of the prince, like a model on a catwalk.
“Yes, it's good.
You seem a little more comfortable now.
How uncomfortable it must have been to sleep in a maid’s outfit.”
Juliet had to thank the prince once again, who was drunk on his own generosity.
“But why does it look like you have a bigger belly than before all of a sudden?”
The look of a professional who periodically changed lovers was frightening.
Even though her waist and hips were fixed to make them bigger with a wire, they were different from the figure of a body in tight cotton underwear.
Embarrassed by the prince's piercing eyes, Juliet hesitated for a moment and spoke softly, turning away her face in shame.
“It’s because I wear a corset to look thinner during the day.”
Killian shook his head as he tried to imagine the maid in front of him in her underwear.Having always seen a naked woman waiting for him in bed, he could not know about a woman's corset in detail.
“I understand.
I don't know why women do such strange things.
Now, change your clothes again and leave.
The smell of the food is spreading, so take out the bowls and bring the tea.”
‘Do you know how I wore this outfit?
Are you asking me to change again?’
Killian's sharp voice came from behind as Juliet walked towards the door, unwilling to listen to the Prince's words.
“Where are you going in that outfit?”
“I'll call the maid in charge of food.
I just need to call her for a moment, but I was wondering if I should change my clothes quickly.”
When Juliet turned around again, as if not wanting to waste her time, Killian screamed in hatred.
“What nonsense are you talking about?
Change now.
No matter how happy you are to try on your pajamas for the first time, you can't walk around in them.”
Killian was furious at the thought of the knights hanging on the door.
Juliet didn't understand why he was intruding on her clothes and hesitated for a moment at the door.
But she didn't have the courage to refuse the prince's order, so he had to quietly return to the room and change his clothes again.
Killian looked closely at the maid's glasses, with her mouth visible beneath the rim, and drank his tea before going to bed.
Juliet's eyes, which he had looked down upon as she stood hunched over in the carriage, were completely different from those he had seen through her glasses.
Although the inside was dark after lowering the curtain, no one could say that they were ugly.
They would look better without glasses.
At the same time, he remembered the young knight who had said that her eyes were small but cute as he had played tricks on her before.
Thinking about the scene, he looked at the maid carefully, it was so ridiculous to see her nose wrinkle when she pulled up her big glasses.
He thought he would have to stop asking for her glasses, which he intended to do after he arrived in Ricaren, since there were some people who were impressed by her appearance.
Killian nodded satisfactorily, thinking that the reason he didn't want to order the glasses made for a dwarf was to protect the innocent maiden from his position as her master.
* * * * *
After a long carriage ride, the group finally entered the Principality of Bertino.
At that time, the Prince changed to a simple carriage with no external emblem despite the luxurious interior.
When Juliet asked Sir Albert about this, he said that if the Prince, the king of the Principality of Bertino, was moving with his identity exposed, it would be inconvenient for the group and the villages they would stay and pass through.
Her arrogant personality seemed to sound trumpets, but she looked at the prince, who was concentrating on his papers, in surprise.
The Prince's appearance, with his soft, fine black hair and long eyelashes half lowered over his silver eyes, was truly perfect for anyone.
She thought it would be the icing on the cake if he had a good personality with that look, so she wanted to click her tongue to herself.
Killian, who didn't know that the rare generous kindness he gave was nothing more than resentment for the maid working under him, raised his head and met her eyes.
"What is that?"
Not knowing why she was looking at him like that, he narrowed his eyes and Juliet replied with her eyes downcast: “No, I think you're tired after looking at the documents for a long time.”
Sa-chan
Sa-chan
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