Chapter 505
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"I am not asking this to hurt you, dear. It is so I can avoid that." — He said right after I fell silent, surprised by the inquiry... to which I do have an answer. — "You are beautiful, no man with eyes can deny that truth. Coming from a good family as well... A prince he is and much of his time is filled with boredom. So much war is known to be a source of entertainment to him... This I say is not that absurd if you take a moment to think about it."
Somehow the fact he asked that made me happy since depending on the answer, I would also find a real answer to the first question. Therefore, all I could think of... was telling the truth...
"... I did believe it was an act, Dad... him acting so nicely towards myself who was mute and expressionless... showing himself different to everything the whole Empire knows about him... gentle and even innocent... it appeared like a lie... a much too cruel lie as I continued to grow attached..."
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"I thought what you said and also may have yet do not tell... that he found me entertaining under the condition I was... that a game I was... and... I might still have a hint of such thoughts within me."
"!? If so why are you agreeing!? If he makes you think like this then-"
"Father... it is because these are insecurities I carry, not ones made by him. It truthfully has been himself who keeps proving them mistaken with behaviours I would never have expected from one called a bloodthirsty madman."
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"I am not lying when I tell you he places myself before his own, Dad... and certainly, he is different to what I know is a madman..."