“Ha! Me? That’s absurd! Don’t accuse an innocent person!”

“Your face is turning red.”

That quickwitted rascal.

Levanfell was always perceptive. One would think he grew up paying attention like me when he was young.

Even though he was a prince! …Well, I’m a princess, but I grew up having to be attentive.

“Don’t misunderstand. I would have blushed not because of Your Highness but because I had my hand on the chest of Assistant Jaelim.”

His gleaming golden eyes suddenly flared hotly.

“……That’s dreadful.”

“What?”

“If it were true, someone would see blood. It would be a dreadful outcome.”

Levanfell muttered coldly with a touch of frost in his lowered voice. I wasn’t sure if he was serious.

“Hmph. If only you wouldn’t disrobe like this every time, it would be more comfortable.”

I had tried several other positions or over clothes, but none had worked. It seemed that the healing would only be possible by infusing sacred power directly into the heart like this.

“Really? I prefer it this way.”

“Why? You have to undress every time……”

“Exactly. Why do you think that is?”

Levanfell slowly leaned his upper body toward me and whispered. His lips were close enough to touch if I turned my face.

“If you keep doing this…… I’ll go to bed before midnight, whether it’s treatment or anything else. You’ll be locked in your bedroom every night, becoming a drunkard again……”

“Don’t worry. I won’t if the princess doesn’t like it.”

So if I say I like it, will you do whatever it is?

I bit the inside of my lip hard, struggling to gather my blurring senses.

“Besides, the wedding is really coming up soon. It’s my first wedding, so I’m nervous.”

“That’s fortunate. I was worried about being the only one nervous since it’s my first time too.”

I’m not one to lose, but this man doesn’t back down from my words either.

“Princess.”

“Yes?”

“……If you don’t want the Lupeon royal family to attend the wedding, you can tell me. If you don’t want it, I can decide not to invite them.”

“The Lupeon royal family…… my family? Why?”

“It seemed like you wouldn’t want to see the people of that kingdom.”

Look at this. Even though I didn’t say anything, see how perceptive he is?

But I firmly shook my head.

“Your Highness. What are you talking about? …The Lupeon royal family is my family. They must, absolutely must attend the wedding. I’m holding back my desire to invite all my sisters and brothers.”

“……Princess.”

For a moment, I thought Levanfell’s eyes softened.

“Princess. Your heart is really……”

“So they can see themselves dying of stomach pain right before their eyes. It’s a rare spectacle you can’t even pay to see!”

“……”

“I can only sleep comfortably if I see it with my own eyes and laugh at them in front of them! I’m just waiting for that day to come, what are you talking about?”

“……Princess, you are strong and remarkable. I will never turn you into an enemy.”

“Me, an enemy? Were you thinking of betraying me?!”

“……I’ll have to think if there was another reason why Lupeon sent the princess to the empire.”

Levanfell growled. But his gaze on me was still as sweet and soft as biting into a marshmallow.

“How can the princess be so strong?”

“It’s thanks to my mother.”

“Mother?”

“Yes. My family may have been mean and tormented me…… but my mother really loved me. She taught me how to love myself and never give in.”

So I could always be proud.

Even if there was only one person in the world who loved me, it was stronger for me than hundreds.

“If someone stabs me with a sword, it’s not my fault but the fault of the one who stabbed me. I have no blame and nothing to regret just because a few dozen people in this world hate me, and she always told me that I deserved to be loved.”

Mother was always, always on my side.

[‘Don’t bow your head. Stand tall, Teri! You only bow your head when you’ve done something wrong! If you’ve done nothing wrong and you’re proud of yourself, never bow your head! I won’t let my favorite be humbled! Teri. You will receive so much love in your life that it will be overwhelming. I’ll give you the world. You believe in Mom, right?’]

Certainly, here is the translated passage:

“A wonderful mother, indeed.”

“Of course, they say she didn’t even hold me when I was first born. But when I was about three years old? She suddenly changed, they say. I guess she felt sorry for not being able to do things for me, but I don’t know.”

Sometimes she would say incomprehensible things, like ‘Why did I possess her at this time! I’m doing childrearing, which is not in my fate!’

“But still, trusting and relying on her child in any situation is something not just anyone can do. She’s a truly remarkable person.”

Contrary to the pure admiration expressed, a bitter emotion crossed Levanfell’s face.

‘Is there a bad memory?’

I didn’t have any information about Levanfell. Levanfell didn’t give me a chance to delve into him.

It was not a relationship where I would keep asking with such strong defenses.