Chapter 106
“Still feeling uneasy?”
“Ah, well... kind of, yeah.”
I answered awkwardly. Kiaros then asked slowly.
“Are you worried the spy might be Victor?”
“...Excuse me?”
“I heard it myself. At the banquet, Victor Arwin confessed to you in a pretty strange way.”
“Haaaahm... Sorry, the sleeping pills are still wearing off, so I keep yawning.”
After a big yawn, I mumbled, lost in thought.
“It was definitely a twisted sort of affection. But I kind of agree that the timing was bad.”
He became an adult four years earlier than I did, and then the moment we both came of age, he left on a long-term foreign assignment...
“I feel like maybe he had more to say to me. But he probably left quickly because he misunderstood that His Highness the Crown Prince had feelings for me.”
“If that’s a misunderstanding, then I guess the entire Imperial Palace is mistaken.”