Chapter 549
"!? N-nothing... I felt faint and... i-it was probably because of the fall that my dress became misplaced..." — Quickly fixing a dress that certainly was never touched by another’s hand, Karina took Clemente’s. Aware that he was difficult to convince and difficult to become close to, for this not to be a good signal.
"... You should be more careful. Have someone take a look at your health. You seem to have some kind of disease as this appears to happen often." — Once on her feet, Clemente said, retrieving his hand so no mistake could be conceived.
"Goodness, no... It has always been like this... it is not a problem, truly."
"My advice was given. What you do is to yourself to decide. Yet it is a problem as this sight should not be granted by a lady to anyone."
"... yes... hic... Everyone is advice this and that... goodness, sniff..."
"..."
Uncomfortable by the sudden tears the woman started to shed, Clemente maintained his distance, sceptical at the scene the woman was playing. The days she had spent at his household’s care had lengthened after the Autumn ball without him having much of a say in the decision; one decision he considered uncommon, yet now, as it had been a request from his father, the young duke felt burdened and unsettled... for the woman was different and behaved oddly whenever an opportunity came into her hands.
— Her father believes her stay in the Capital will make the lessons she went through and her outstanding growth meet what Karina needs as his heir in the near future. He is an old and loyal man who has made the lands we trusted to him fruitful and peaceful... We should do this much as he lost a family too early, son. —
’... The aid we can give... yet she is not behaving how he expects father...’ — Clemente had conceived after noticing her little care for what a proper lady should have while under another’s roof and should already have been taught to her if able to debut. Hence, doubt for the young man was pertinent. Furthermore as in many occasions her visits and closeness when there was no reason for it had inconvenienced his comfort.
— Do have patience and teach her, son. You are near her age, therefore, she sees you as a figure to find support. —