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n“Of course, that’s what I should do. More than that, I apologized . . .”

n“Of course not! Thank you so much! Thank you very much!”

nRieta continued to cut off his words so that he could not speak of his complaints.

n“Other than that, Princess.”

n“Uh, huh?”

n“I’m sorry that everyone is standing because of me.”

nNoel was troubled, and Rieta only now knew she had made a big mistake.

n“Well then, I’m sorry . . .”

n. . . He didn’t ask for another snack, he was sorry for keeping everyone standing.

nRieta became a little shy, and blushed.

n“Thank you for inviting me, I’m Noel of Mayer.”

nNoel greeted the ladies with a somewhat exaggerated tone.

nThanks to this, Rieta’s shy appearance was not noticed by anyone.

nIt must have been that he was helping others not to see the way I was embarrassed.

nOf course, it is questionable whether Noel was a person who can have such a wonderful idea.

nAfter that, Noel continued to be a ‘perfect gentleman’.

nOf course, there were times when he made Rieta nervous.

n“You said you caught a very large stag beetle in a hunting contest?”

nRieta was startled by the question from a young lady and turned to Noel.

nAt the thought that the handsome Noel might forget the virtue of humility.

n“Yes, I found it by accident. I was very lucky.”

nBut Noel did not forget that virtue.

n“It was nice to be able to spend time with my father.”

nBesides, he didn’t forget to add something that seemed like a very nice kid.

nAlthough Rieta was relieved inside, she felt strangely strange.

nEspecially when Noel casually ate sugar candy and said “It’s delicious.” She felt strangely sulky.

nHow could that be?

nWhen Rieta ate sugary sweets, he only had such a terrible expression on his face.

nNoel was really mean.

nRieta turned her gaze away from him.

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nNoel really only had one drink and got up.

nAfter he had greeted everyone, he entered in the Duchy’s carriage, which was waiting for him.

nOn the way back to the mansion . . .

nRieta stared at Noel’s face, who was sitting opposite her.

nWith a very suspicious look.

n“What is it?”

n“That’s what I want to say. Noel, what are you really doing?”

nWith an innocent face, he said, “What?”

nOh my God, how could you do that with such an innocent face!

nRieta answered in a slightly exasperated voice.

n“That is! The Noel recently!”

nBut she never dared to say, ‘Acted like the perfect gentleman!’

nWhat if Noel came back to normal after saying that . . .

nBut this Noel, who was overly kind, was somehow strange.

nBy this point, Rieta had come to the point where she didn’t know what she wanted.

n“. . . Uhh.”

nWhat to do.

nNoel is still waiting for Rieta to speak.

nShe doesn’t know what to say.

n“Nothing.”

nEventually, Rieta turned her head to look out the window.

n“No.”

nBut Noel seemed to want to hear Rieta’s story.

n“Tell me, Princess.”

nSeeing how he calms the mood and adjusts the mood.

nHe thought she would fall for it.

n“No.”

n“Why.”

n“I mean, I feel bad.”

nRieta’s answer made him look very shocked.

nNo, is that something to be so hurt . . .?

nIn the past, or even just a few days ago, when Rieta answered, “I mean, I feel bad,” Noel had laughed and enjoyed it!

nIn any case, Rieta felt somewhat sorry for Noel.

nBecause she didn’t mean to hurt him.

n“I’m sorry, Noel, I really didn’t mean to offend.”

n“. . . Really?”

nHe asked cautiously.

n“I was just upset because I thought, for some reason, that Noel seemed to be hiding something from me.”

nWhat the hell happened to make you stop and act like this?

nNo matter how much she complained, Noel smiled again with a gentleman’s smile. And answered,

n“Hi, hiding something?”

n. . . No, it wasn’t.

nNoel would lose his composure at once, and he began to feel panic.

n“. . .?”

nWhy all of a sudden?

nRieta was also embarrassed by the unexpected answer.

nNot knowing how to react anymore, Rieta just stared at Noel for a long time.

nDidn’t he realize that his gaze was pushing Noel further away?

nThe strange silence ended just when the carriage rattled.

nRieta had a little more courage and decided to ask something more specific than before.

nShe wondered if something had happened the last time he went to Count McLean.

nSince he came back from there, he’s always been like this.

n“You know, Noel, maybe . . .”

nBut Rieta’s question did not end there.

nHe suddenly smiled and stood up from the spot.

nEverything from ear to neck is red, even the face.

n“I didn’t lie! Really!”

nOf course, after Noel screamed like that.

nThe carriage became quiet again.

nInstead, the eyes staring at each other became very deep.

nNoel felt with his whole body the saying, “You can kill a person just with your eyes”.

n‘Uh, what to do?’

nNoel was so embarrassed that he couldn’t even sit down.

nHow hard has he been trying to keep the gentleman’s behavior so far, but he showed a futile expression as usual.

nShould I act like a perfect gentleman again? Or the way I was before…”

nHe was confused because he couldn’t decide his course of action.

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