I Don’t Want the Obsession of a Twisted Archduke - Chapter 46-1
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“Good job.”
Kyle was staring at Riddel who complimented him. His only thought at the moment.
‘How does this woman shine so brightly?’
Kyle somehow felt a tingling heat to his numb heart. It was another up and down of those unknown emotions. He felt affected more than ever by those mood swings.
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Early in the morning, Jean came into his office and asked him.
“Did you call me, my lord?”
Kyle, barely looking at him, was clearly lost in his thoughts.
After a while, Kyle opened the desk from the drawer in front of him and took something out. The content quickly passed through his fingers. It was an ornate key made of gold and a single piece of paper.
Kyle gave them to Jean and waved them at him.
“Give this to Riddel Spencer.”
“… Could his Highness not give it to her?”
“…”
Kyle’s eyebrows wiggled in an apparent way of asking ‘why should I’?
‘Oh, you’re such a disrespectful master.’
Jean’s mouth went up and kept going up. On the surface, he knew the stark atmosphere emanating from Kyle was his usual apathetic mask, but Jean was excited about his rare request.
There were two reasons why Jean was so responsive this early in the morning.
Firstly, discovering that Riddel could call his name and calm the Archduke right away. Only the Archduchess could accomplish something like that, no one else. Of course, Jean didn’t see it with his own eyes, but the information was coming from her Highness. He knew it was not a lie.
Secondly, Jean already knew the development between the two of them. The rosy romance that took place in the rose garden last night. No, it wasn’t just Jean. All the employees and knights of the Great Duchy knew. It wasn’t an exaggeration.
The rumor originated from Lily, the only witness to the scene.
“ – Listen, listen! How romantic! The Archduke last night…!”
Lily, who had always been obsessed with romance novels, couldn’t sleep at all thanks to the excitement of the previous night in the garden.
As soon as morning came, Lily, who was working in the kitchen, related everything that had happened last night to the other maids.
“ – I can’t believe the Archduke spoke to her Highness first. He even used wind magic in case it was too cold for her.”
“ – Oh, my God, I know you adore her Highness, but you can’t be telling sweet stuff like that.”
“ – I’m telling you, it’s true. I saw it with my own eyes. Besides, that’s not the end of it. The Archduke and the Archduchess watched the flowers together. But do you know what her Highness said?”
“ – What? What did she say?” When another maid, who suddenly stepped in asking the question, Lily put her hands together and said in a theatrical tone.
“ – Oh, Kyle! You’re as beautiful as a flower.”
“ – Oh, really? That’s what her Highness said?”
“ – Yeah!”
“ – Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!”
“ – Oh, my God!”
Thanks to Lily, the kitchen was in chaos in an instant. Excited by the enthusiastic response, she continued retailing the story with the full attention of captivated faces.
“ – What, what, what’s going on?”
“- What’s going on in there?”
“ – Come here and listen! Archduke Romani…!”
With all the other employees who had business in the kitchen, the disturbance grew out of proportion. Lily, excited by the enthusiastic reaction, continued with a dreamy look on her face. Even after retailing the first part dozens of times.
“ – And then the Archduke stared at the Archduchess with his eyes dripping with honey, then he asked her, Riddel, do you like flowers? Then… He used his magic and let the withered rose garden bloomed in the dark night!”
The way Lily spoke, the picture of them mixed with Kyle’s bloody face and Riddel’s sarcastic demeanor, seemed to have been distorted through a filter in her head.
“ – Oh! The Garden, I think I’ve seen that. I was going to sleep last night, but when I looked through the window, the rose garden was shining brightly!”
“ – Really? That’s too bad. I would like to have seen it.”
“ – Anyway, that’s so romantic! The cold-blooded Archduke is so sweet to his Archduchess. He must really love her!”
Honestly, it was close to the point of fabrication, but the responses of everyone who listened to her stories was instant. In conclusion, last night’s meeting between Riddel and Kyle was the romance of the century.
Jean, who was nearby, could hear all the vivid stories not far from the door since Lily was the only one talking in the kitchen, putting everyone to a stop to hear the famous love story.
Thus, the love between the two spread widely in the Great Duchy. When the two reasons lingered in Jean’s head, he felt like smiling again.
However, he answered his lord keeping his composure, with a calm attitude that he didn’t feel as to not raise suspicions. Jean was trying not to be obvious in front of Kyle.
“Of course, I’ll deliver it to her Highness.”
Leaving the office, Jean struggled to keep his expression neutral until he finally reached the door.