Chapter 532
"... Thank you for phrasing it like you did..." — I said, pondering if it was right to let it be done with just like that... finding out I was not convinced with such. — "Yet... even if I suffered there was no need for me to react against you like I did."
"..."
"Duke Clemente is someone polite and correct, therefore you will not take this against me... Yet I believe I need to convey how my actions are regretted, for even as I comprehend your ways... you have taken the trouble to get along with someone like me from the very first time we met."
"... Someone like you, my lady?"
"Yes... someone that was not easy to talk to from the begining and yet you engaged in conversations with me as if it was only natural. I have always appreciated you taking the trouble."
Although telling this truth made me shy, I looked him in the eye to express my sincerity. Seeing how the severity in his eyes wavered slightly to fall silent and pensive before letting out his thoughts.
"Given the lady’s honesty placed in this matter... Let me tell you that, to this day, I cannot get myself to understand what you told me that night."
"..."
"It confused me, very much, truthfully. It was... rather unpleasant to listen." — With prominence, his head lifted and looked outside, away from my eye as I noticed how a bit of a frown was taking shape in his demeanour. Making me regret more of the impulsive reaction I had because of blinded idiocy, for he was probably recalling and feeling off about the memories... Sighing a bit as it was obvious that being talked like that would never feel pleasant when trying to be nice.
"... I can imagine how upsetting it must have been to his grace..."