Chapter 634
Instead of lingering in Arnaka, I decided to return to Rajak with Eleris.
Not to the royal castle, but to a quiet, secluded spot nearby.
When I explained why my mental state was in shambles despite having completed my tasks, Eleris turned pale, her eyebrows quivering with concern.
“O-oh, well... I’m not sure what to even say...” Eleris said.
Adelia had feelings for the grand duke, but the grand duke saw Adelia as a potential daughter-in-law. On top of that, Harriet’s third brother had a crush on Adelia.
“It feels like a punishment...”
“Are you saying the grand duke is being punished?”
“No... That’s not it...”
It felt like I was the one being punished, not the grand duke! Having written too many soap operas in my life, I found myself in a situation even more dramatic than any of them, right in the midst of this war!
I hadn’t been able to bring myself to say anything to the grand duke as he told me about all of it.
“Whatever... It’s not my business,” I declared. “So I’ll just think of it as someone else’s problem. What can I even do about it?”
“Well... yes. There’s nothing to do but observe...”