Chapter 486
"... If the lady wishes to wait... I will support that decision."
"... what?"
"I will wait until the lady believes it is the right time." — He said... And the smile he granted, confident of his suggestion, was as if a caress to my trouble so it could dissolve... and I squeezed back that hand of his... shaking my head for I could not allow such from him, for the caress also hurt to some extent.
"My prince... I believe we have waited enough to finally tell our intentions to each other... However, now that you have come to this subject, I wish for us to discuss it." — Hoping to talk about it with him, I met his attentive yet soft gaze. — "Therefore, do tell myself what are your thoughts... I do not want to give Father a notice like this one when troubles surround our family, yet I also despise to have you, who always supports myself, to deal with these troubles."
"..."
"Tell me your thoughts... I wish to know what you believe is best for I am not certain myself... I do not want you to have to wait, yet I wonder if it is the correct time to announce this."
"Well... As we would still tell him in the end... I believe doing it now would be wiser, my Lady."
"... truly? Even as things are as they are?"
"Yes... The matters with your siblings may become more difficult now that a sentence will be given sooner than later. And even if it gets delayed, if we are to wait... a right time might not come, my Lady. For the situation they are facing is not in the least minor."
"... ah... oh gosh... a sentence..."