Book 12: Chapter 52
Freya glanced behind her with a charming smile. She said, “All right, then, according to our plan, the nobles and financial groups will all participate in your coronation ceremony. Also, Mr. Alex will supply the food. Onii-sama, do you have any special requests for your crown? Of course, even if you said ‘yes’, it would still be too late.”
I shook my head: “I don’t care how the crown looks, since I don’t intend to wear it for very long. I’m fine as long as it isn’t heavy.”
The two of us were walking in the corridor. It was an afternoon where we had no work, which was very rare. The bright sun outside appeared as if it could melt our glass panes. The passageway connected two towers. On both sides of the passageway were glass panes. If you looked down below, you’d see flowers competing with each other. Despite looking through a glass pane, you could still seemingly smell the scent from below, where the sun shone down on brightly.
Freya noticed me looking outside. She giggled: “Would you agree it is very beautiful, Onii-sama? It is tough to imagine, right? You would see such a beautiful flower garden if you looked down outside your room in humanity’s lands. Empress Elizabeth personally prepared that flower garden for you. It is just that you rarely go down there to check it out. However, even if you did, those flowers are not blooming for you, but these flowers are blooming for you.”
I softly chuckled: “I never thought such bright flowers would sprout from the land I personally destroyed. I never imagined this day would come, either. Not only have the flowers bloomed, but haven’t the flowers by my side bloomed, too?”
Freya lingered. She titled her head in puzzlement. Wearing a smile, I asked, “Freya, you’ve grown, haven’t you? You’ll be an adult in a few years’ time. Mommy Elizabeth gave birth to me at your age. Freya, do you have somebody you like?”
Head still angled, Freya smiled and asked, “Somebody I like? Do you still not know who I like, Onii-sama? I think this should just be buried forever. Are you telling me you want to put it out there? I am very sorry, Onii-sama, but I am genuinely afraid of Miss Nier. Genuinely.”
I scratched my nose: “No, that’s not what I meant. What I meant was do you have somebody you fancy? For example, you look as though you had fun chatting with Alex.”
I didn’t look outside because I liked looking at the flowers below. It was just that I was a little embarrassed to look at Freya.
