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nWhat was that just now? Aria’s eyes popped open wide and she clasped her own cheek.

nGabriel and the many other complicated thoughts about the future disappeared at once.

nThe black eyes were intertwined with her.

nShe couldn’t even run away. Because she was in Lloyd’s arms and she was cradled so tightly.

nBy the way…….

n“Why are you avoiding my gaze?”, Aria asked Lloyd.

nHis gaze was somehow obliquely deflected from her.

n“…it’s ridiculous.”

n“what?”

n“I….”

nHe said so, but there was no way she could understand what he meant. Perhaps it means that he did it without even knowing it…….

n‘What if he was feeling embarrassed?’

nThanks to this, Aria was able to get out of the shock sooner than she thought. In fact, she even had some spare time.

nSo she reached out to Lloyd, who didn’t answer, and fiddled with the back of his burning ear.

n“It’s red.”

n“……”

n“It’s very red. Maybe it’s because your skin is white.”

n“……stop it.”

nFinally, his wandering eyes turned to Aria.

n“Why are you so calm?”

nHe kissed her cheek. Of course he wasn’t expecting Aria to be embarrassed, but he couldn’t help it.

nHe didn’t know that she would make fun of him as she looked up at him with a smirk on her face.

n“I think Lloyd is more embarrassed than I am.”

nOriginally, it was the law that the one to be embarrassed first will get made fun of. If Lloyd had shown a brazen reaction, Aria would have been frozen in embarrassment and blushing.

n“I’m not flustered…”

nLloyd muffled his words and looked away again. It’s ridiculous that he already touched on a topic he’d never thought about.

nHe didn’t know what to say.

nHe didn’t know how to act.

n‘…… I thought it would be hard to stop.’

nLloyd’s throat choked as he swallowed the words he couldn’t get out. His eyes were sunken as deep as the deep sea, and he moistened his dry lips with his tongue.

nMaybe it’s because of the hallucinations that God’s hope showed him, or maybe it’s because of the unpleasant eyes of the Garcia apprentice.

nRaw desires that seemed insane were boiling inside him, and he couldn’t keep his eye on it.

n‘Are you nervous?’

nAria looked at Lloyd’s reaction and was puzzled.

nHis sharp jawline was firmly tightened as if something was being suppressed. Aria looked curiously at the bulging tendon in his neck, then poked it with her finger.

nLloyd’s body trembled.

n“What are you doing?”

n“To relax your nervousness?”

n“Just… be still.”

n“Yes.”

nAria decided to sit quietly in his arms. And she belatedly realized that her heart was beating like crazy.

n‘Ah…… I was surprised.’

nShe was so startled that she reacted as if everything was okay.

n‘I thought I’d like to kiss you once before I die, but…….’

nEven if it’s just a light kiss on his cheek, but she can’t believe she was reacting like this. If they did anything more, her heart might burst and die.

n‘Should I ask why you kissed me?’

nShe pressed over her heart, which was accelerating, and patted her lips.

n“Grand Princess.”

nThen, Gabriel, who was standing alone with his back against a cherry tree, approached them.

nLloyd’s face wrinkled in an instant.

n“I don’t remember inviting you.”

n“Well, I invited him.”

nAria carefully intervened.

nStill, he brought and sacrificed his divine power for her, there’s no way she would alienate him because she couldn’t hold the banquet by herself.

nShe invited him to the banquet through an employee.

n‘It’s right to show a sincerity of returning what you had received.’

nLittle things like that keep piling up and it becomes vindictive.

nBut Gabriel didn’t seem to have much interest in enjoying the banquet. His gaze was always on Aria and never left her.

n“Are you okay?”

n“As you can see.”

nHeld in Lloyd’s arms. Aria gave an awkward smile as she was held in his arms.

nAlthough her body had already fully recovered, Lloyd was holding Aria as a gentle warning not to overdo it.

nBut again, it was embarrassing to be like this in front of people.

n“Oh, that’s good.”

nLloyd took the necklace out of his arms and gave him an order. He was as dignified as a person looking for the things he had left behind.

n“Here, the divine power.”

nAria glanced at the two of them in turn and squinted her eyes.

n“……Understood.”

nThen Gabriel grabbed the necklace without any resistance and filled it with divine power.

n“Now scram.”

nBut maybe this time, he was going to rebel so Gabriel just stared at Lloyd without answering.

n“Scram.”

nLloyd, with a bewitching smile, nodded his head. As if ‘what are you doing without going away’?

nHowever, Gabriel remained still despite the order being repeated twice.

n“Garcia apprentice.”

nLloyd mumbled in a muffled voice.

n“If you’re going to be chasing after something hard, didn’t I say that I’d be happy to pluck your pretty eyes?”

nBut Gabriel was not shaken by the murderous intent-filled threats.

n“Then, scram.”

nGabriel simply replied bluntly.

n“I only care about the health and safety of the Grand Princess.”

n“You only care about her health and safety?”

nLloyd twisted his lips as if that wasn’t even funny.

n“I’ve been worried. I’ve never formally studied medicine, so it’s uncertain, but the Grand Princess’ health seems unusual.”

nDid he find out something?

nGabriel spoke with a serious face like never before, and Aria asked without realizing it.

n“How… is it unusual?”

nLloyd, who was holding Aria, looked down at her for a moment.

n“No matter how much divine power was poured into you, only your energy was restored, and the Grand Princess’ health itself did not seem to be restored.

n“You proudly confess that your skills are inferior.”

n“Of course, that is also true.”

nIt doesn’t seem like that…….

nGabriel paused for a moment and looked at Aria’s complexion, as if examining her complexion.

n“It must be my mistake.”

nAnd after a while, he came to a sad conclusion.

nLloyd looked at him like a madman, but Aria was convinced the moment she looked into his eyes.

nHe wasn’t just saying it out of the blue.

n‘He was saying this because he knows I’m running out of time.’

nEven though he didn’t know that she was time-limited, he seemed to know for sure that her health was so bad that her life was at risk.

nAnd he noticed that Aria was hiding it from everyone.

n‘This is difficult…….’

nLloyd turned his back without hesitation.

nHe must have extracted the divine power, because there was no reason to face Gabriel anymore. He moved away from Gabriel, even though she was holding Aria in his arms.

n“I’ll be waiting for you in the prayer room every day, Grand Princess. Come to pray whenever you are fully recovered.”

nGabriel whispered to their backs as they moved away.

nWith a shy smile.

nHearing it again, Aria had to think about Gabriel again.

n‘Is this an unconscious action? Or is it intentional?’

nShe was confused.

nIf it was Gabriel, who was not familiar with what Aria had been through so far, of course it would be the former.

nFor an instant, a golden gaze rested on Aria’s cheek where Lloyd’s lips had touched, and then moved away.

n‘I thought it might be the latter… … .’

nLooking back on the memories of her previous life, Gabriel had a tendency to do anything when he focused his attention on one.

nHer mind was complicated.

nAria relayed to Lloyd all of the words that Laura had whispered in her ear.

nThen, hearing those words, Lloyd went through the documents piled up like a mountain on the desk in the office.

n“I did my own research. She was a child from the orphanage run by Count Chateau. I saw it in a newspaper article once.”

n“Newspaper article?”

nLloyd handed her a handful of papers arranged by the Grand Duke’s assistant, Dwayne.

nAria glanced at it quickly.

n“A kid with a talent for hypnosis?”

n“Yes, they say she can control animals through hypnosis.”

nShe might ask if it’s really hypnosis out of the blue, but Aria quickly understood why such an article was published.

nIt’s because the nobles are always fascinated by such a sight. Laura would have taken the lead to get their support.

n“I don’t know if it’s real hypnosis, but she definitely had that ability.”

nMaybe it was an ability that she had acquired through experimentation. That meant that there might be countless other children with such abilities.

nWhen she realized the truth, Aria couldn’t stand it any longer.

nShe didn’t even want to be patient.

nShe didn’t even want to wait.

n“Let’s just go and overturn it.”

n“What?”

n“Garcia or whatever, right now.”

nLloyd, who seemed surprised at her sudden announcement, immediately gestured his hand.

nThe Black Falcons who stood behind him and waited for orders to come, moved in unison.

n“As you wish.”

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