Book 7: Chapter 7
“Princess, please be careful. Be careful not to trip! You will trip if you do this! Oh my god!! That is dangerous!! Guards!! Guards! Hurry and put something soft underneath for cushioning! Hurry!”
“I won’t!”
Lucia grouchily looked at the maid behind her who looked like she was going to explode. She pulled back half of her body she had extended out. In her hand was a flower she had just picked. She said: “You are my mother’s friend so you do not need to call me ‘princess’. Can’t you just continue calling me ‘Lucia’……? Ah, you don’t have to do that, guards! Go back. I was just picking a flower.”
Lucia rubbed her belly that was still flat and then looked at the flower in her hand nostalgically. Her gaze was full of nostalgia and tenderness. She asked: “His highness gave me this sort of flower every year. Hehe, and these flowers would bloom. His highness used to be the one who used to pluck them for me…… Wait!!”
Lucia’s gaze fixated itself outside the window. She looked at the two walking over outside. One of them was dressed in blue and the other in green. She looked at the silhouette with her gaze brimming with surprise. She looked at the two silhouettes blankly. She looked in their direction with utter surprise. She watched their two silhouettes slowly come toward her direction……
Lucia looked blankly in their direction and murmured: “Your highness……”
“What?! His highness?! His… Ah!! Princess!! Do not be so impulsive!! Don’t run! Don’t run so fast! Don’t trip over! Don’t trip! Guards! Guards!!”
I caught Lucia who leapt at me and hugged her tightly. She leaned on my shoulder and wept silently. She hugged me tightly and didn’t speak for a long while. I hugged her tightly as well while I sincerely stroked her back. I rarely get to see Lucia. Lucia returned to the elven side after she got pregnant while I couldn’t come here. But I miss her now. I really miss her and really want to see her.
After a while, she bit my ear and softly asked: “Your highness… can you manage?”