Chapter 32: [ - 032] Those who have promised the future
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A heavy, oppressive silence fell between them. Roardnes looked at the woman in front of him as if he had been doused with cold water. The unpleasant memory of his slight argument with the Emperor over the Baroness Kuroseda had already faded into the distance. It was as if his mind had flickered on and off, and then the alcohol had wiped his thoughts clean. The woman, her eyes red-rimmed, was also staring at him without blinking.
Once, he had imagined this. In front of Adrien, he would reveal his identity as a man who was tall and strong enough to protect her, just as she had dreamed of in her youth. He would call out to Adrien, not with the boyish voice of his youth but with the deep, resonant voice of a man. He would imagine telling her, "I have become the man you dreamed of, so please be my partner." He didn't know how many times he had practiced those embarrassing words in his head.
"But now it's useless."