Chapter 14: Banquet (2)
Early in the morning, I woke up to find Lucy wrapped around me like a clingy cat. She held me tightly, possessively, as though letting go would cause me to vanish. I sighed, attempting to wriggle free, but she only tightened her grip.
"I want you by my side today," she mumbled.
"I'm trying to study," I replied, flipping through the Shadow Sentinel spell book.
She ignored me, calling for breakfast. The maid brought the food into her room, apparently already instructed to do so. Lucy insisted on feeding me herself, spooning food into my mouth like I was some oversized baby.
"This is quite delicious," I muttered between bites.
"don't eat too much there will be countless delicacy in the Baquet," she said with a aloof smile.
After breakfast, once she'd gotten dressed and everything was ready, she grabbed the back of my robe and dragged me out of the room like a child refusing to go to school. I was still in the middle of reading, half-yawning, as we reached the carriage.
Without a word, she picked me up and dropped me onto the seat. The carriage driver gave me a bewildered look, clearly confused about why a boy dressed like a maid was being handled like royalty. I just shook my head and kept reading.
Lucy climbed in after me and, like it was the most natural thing in the world, pulled me into her lap.
"Seriously?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
She smiled and said nothing.