The look of the man who casually told lies, made me smile and laugh.
I stared at the man’s amber eyes and decided to pretend I didn’t know as he wanted to. Because the man didn’t seem to want to reveal his identity.
He’s the one who helped me, so there’s no need to insistently reveal his identity. After all, this will be the last coincidence with him.
“Aren’t you going to ask me anything?” At the end of the waltz, a man asked me. I replied with a small smile.
“I don’t have a bad hobby of exposing what one wants to hide.”
“I didn’t hide it, I wanted you to recognize it.”
“What?” I couldn’t hear the man back because of the applause of the aristocrats coming from the end of the music. I asked him back, but he smiled without saying anything and kissed me on the back of my hand.
“Beautiful person, thank you for being with me.”
“········ I was also honored.” As I came down the dance floor with him, many eyes turned to us.
But before I could ask, the man turned around as if he had no regrets. The man who passed the nobles in a quick and big stride left the party before the nobles could catch him.
Looking at the man’s back, I soon went over to Lizena and Raymond. Raymond persistently gaze at me. I ignored him and looked at Lizena.
When I was about to say I’m going back, a servant came up to us with a tray. On the tray were champagne and finger food. And the moment the servant got closer.
“·····································································!” The smell of the rising food made me nauseous. And Harpen’s words came to mind.
“It is when morning sickness starts gradually, so it is better to be careful.”
It was annoying, but now that wasn’t the problem. The smell of the food that bothered me was getting more disgusting and driving me crazy.
I wanted to shout, “Get rid of the tray that the servant is holding right now.” I squeezed my hand and swallowed the nausea.
And, no matter how hard it is, it is absolutely not possible here.
Raymond was right in front of me, and many nobles were gathered there. If I fall down here with nausea and they call a doctor or something…… I didn’t even want to imagine it.
Lizena, who had no idea how I wanted the servant to disappear soon, asked Raymond while holding up a glass of champagne. “Your Majesty, aren’t you thirsty?”
“I’d rather drink water than champagne. Can you bring it to me?”
Raymond asked Lizena, not a servant. Lizena looked embarrassed at Raymond, who had to run errands on the bottoms, but smiled before long.
“Yes, Your Majesty. Please wait a minute.” she left her champagne glass on the road tray and moved away from us.
Raymond waved his hand and signaled the servant. The servant moved away, and Raymond approached me.
“Your face is pale.” he stood in front of me, cleverly obscuring the eyes of others.
He didn’t take his eyes off me, and he seemed to notice that I was in a strange condition. When I looked up, I could see him looking down at me with worried eyes.
You didn’t care when I wanted you to know.
It was funny that he was worried about me. Now, that I didn’t want to know.
Perhaps because she was rather uncomfortable with his worries, she couldn’t resist the nausea.
“Ugh······!” she hurriedly lowered her head, covering her mouth, but the sound was not so loud that the man in front of him couldn’t hear it.
“Ellie, what’s wrong with you?”
He reached out to me. I wanted to avoid his hand, but the nausea never stopped.
“Why all of a sudden······.” His voice was filled with embarrassment.
At that time, someone hugged my shoulder. “Young-ae, are you okay?” I don’t know who it was because I kept my head down, but it seemed like a noble lady.
“I’m fine, uh…!” I was going to say I don’t need help because I’m fine. It wasn’t good to attract attention. But the lady held me tighter on the shoulder, perhaps for the purpose of helping me.
“Oh, my God, you must be feeling really sick. What did you eat wrong? Your Majesty, don’t worry. Young-ae will be fine.”
It seemed like she was trying to catch the eyes of the emperor using me. As if trying to support me, who didn’t even stumble. As the lady’s body approached mine. I smell a strong perfume.
“u..ugh!” The smell further stimulated my nausea.
“The nausea doesn’t seem to stop. It’s better to call a doctor right away!” The lady made a fuss and held my shoulder tighter. It was deliberately to get people’s attention.
That way, her story of helping the empress will spread throughout society. But I was rather upset by the strong scent of her perfume. So much so that I can’t stand it.
I violently waved the lady’s hand away.
After enduring the nausea with all my might, I looked at the lady with cold eyes. “Madam, are you acquainted with me?”
“I don’t remember Madam’s face, but she asked me as if she were in a special relationship with me.”
“No, that’s… Young-ae’s nausea seems to be serious, so I’m trying to help…”
To me, it looked like she was joking to avoid embarrassing herself, but my face hardened.
“I don’t need Madam’s help, so just go away.” I looked down at her with cold eyes.
“…I’m sorry to make you feel uncomfortable, Young-ae.” As soon as the lady with a blushing face ran away, Lizena arrived at us. She looked at Raymond and me with a puzzled look at the lady who disappeared as if running away.
She must be concerned because our atmosphere has been hardened. “Your Majesty, I have brought you water,” Lizena called him, but Raymond didn’t say anything.
He didn’t even blink and he was staring at me tenaciously. It wasn’t a worried look, but a sharp gaze as if suspicious of something. “I think we should call the doctor.”
“No, Your Majesty. I’m fine.”
I immediately answered his question like a numb person, please. It looked like I had no room for it. Seeing this, Raymond’s eyebrows rose sharply. I could feel his black eyes examining my body.
I straightened my back, pretending nothing was wrong, even putting up a warm smile. But his persistent gaze made me feel like I’m losing my voice.
I spoke to Lizena with a more casual look, worried that my heart would be caught beating.
“Sios Young-ae, I think I should go back. Thank you for inviting me. And congratulations on your son’s birthday as well.”
” ……Yes, Young-ae. Thank you for coming.” Lizena didn’t catch Raymond and me because she saw something strange in our atmosphere.
I knew Raymond’s gaze was still on me, I didn’t look at him in the end. But since I couldn’t ignore him as the emperor, I bowed my head slightly and politely. “Your Majesty, I’ll go back.”
I had no intention of hearing his answer, so I immediately turned around and left the party. A cold wind wraps around my body. I breathed a sigh of relief in the wind.
You know how anxious I was that Raymond would catch me until the moment I left the party. When I completely left the party like this, my heart that was about to burst with anxiety was relieved.
“I shouldn’t have come like Helan said.” Raymond, me, and Lizena. From creating a situation like third-rate gossip in front of nobles to sudden morning sickness. It was all just embarrassing work.
Why did Raymond decide to come here in the first place? His love for Lizena would be so deep that it doesn’t matter what dignity or reputation the emperor should have?.
“What if I regret what has already happened?” Besides, everything was fine as I safely left the party without getting caught getting pregnant.
As long as the child is safe, nothing else matters. It’s okay people forget gossip.
As I was walking to the carriage, I suddenly thought of vivid amber-colored eyes, so I paused.
” ······ By the way, who the hell was he?” I thought I’d forget everything else, but I couldn’t forget him easily.
Thanks to his help, she was able to avoid being branded by the aristocrats as a woman of misfortune abandoned by the emperor.
But his last words are more memorable than that. “Please recognize me.”……. that means I know him myself.
In my memory, the first meeting with him is in front of the salon the other day, which he denied.
Is it his misunderstanding, or is he remembering an encounter that I did not know? But if you’re a man with that strong impression, there’s no way I can’t remember ·······.
“Ellie” Just as I was thinking about it, a low voice came from behind me.