"Did anything happen yesterday?"

"...."

When Raphine didn't answer, Silane's eyes fluttered uneasy.

"no way... No way, miss! I bet on His Majesty Zerkan!"

what? I even bet...?

Raphine looked at Silane with an astringent expression on her face. She coughed heavily and helped Raphine change her clothes.

Raphine hurriedly washed and changed clothes and headed to the drawing room.

Upon hearing the news that Prince Antonio had come as a guest, all the users gathered around him.

Everyone was curious as to why the prince had come, and they looked like they were going crazy.

"miss!"

The butler also approached Raphine as if he had been waiting. Then he said as if he was going to shoot him.

"The Duke went to the Imperial Palace, and the Duchess went out for an appointment. The eldest master and the twin master have also just left their seats!"

It was as if now was an opportunity.

Perhaps because of the good reputation of Prince Antonio in the capital recently, there were strange expectations in the eyes of the users.

Raphine walked into the drawing room carrying their expectations.

The butler who opened the door immediately closed the door and instructed the maids.

"Get the car now, come on!"

* * *

Raphine entered the drawing room and became confused when she saw Antonio sitting in the sun.

"If I had known he was still sleeping, I would have come a little later."

"...."

"Are you surprised? I didn't know you were a sleeper."

what does that have to do with you

Raphine mumbled to herself and sat across from him.

First of all, the opponent was the royal family. I couldn't openly dislike tea.

"Why did you come to visit us at this hour, Prince?"

When Raffine spoke politely, Antonio let out a smirk in shock.

Even so, he said while deliberately looking elsewhere to see if he was embarrassed.

"Why did you break my order yesterday?"

"Yeah?"

"I told you to stay there until I come!"

Raphine was also moved to tears when she saw that little squirrel who was arguing and flirting. But he persevered.

"... There were so many people to say hello to, I had no choice but to say goodbye."

"Excuse me, you left it and went home right away!"

"Suddenly I became very tired."

Seeing Raphine making excuses, Antonio muttered as if he was running out of words.

"however... Did you come here to ask for it?"

Raphine asked cautiously. He was pouring curses into his eyes, but it looked a little different to Antonio.

'Shit. You look at me like a rabbit.... Do you know that if you look at it that way, you will find it cute?'

Antonio smiled inwardly, but looked away without showing a sign.

Then, as if thinking of something, "Oh." He took something out of his pocket and threw it on the table.

"Take this."

"Yeah?"

Raphine frowned as she looked at the small box that had fallen on the table.

'It's not a gift when you see it thrown like that.... No, the human nature of giving things in this way, whether as a gift or not....'

Raphine licked her tongue inwardly, trying to open the box.

Then I stopped feeling like something was cheap.

Usually a box is just opened with a lid that is covered like a lid.... This one looks a little different.

'What, just like a ring case....'

Raphine stood still in apprehension, and Antonio glanced at him, annoyed.

"What, why don't you open it? Can you see it?"

"Uh, I'll see you later."

"This is really.... Check it out right now!"

When Antonio threatened, Raffine flinched in surprise.

"Well, so quickly... Look!"

Antonio worked as if embarrassed. In the end, Raphine had no choice but to open the lid with trembling hands.

'It was X.'

Sure enough, this was really a ring case.

A cold sweat came to my eyes when I saw the ring with a large diamond in it.

"Hey, why is this...."

Raphine closed the ring case again and put it on the table like an idiot who knew nothing.

Antonio said with a smirk.

"It's a wedding ring."

"So, why are you giving this to me? ...."

"Damn, how stupid are you? I'm proposing to you now!"

No, what kind of man in the world proposes like this....

Raphine spoke with her eyes, but Antonio was arrogant.

"Why are you acting like you didn't expect it? I already told my mother."

"Yes?"

"My mother said that she would get His Majesty's permission in any way. But I don't trust my mother."

No, what kind of bullshit is all this....

"Apart from my mother, I will also ask your Majesty. I've been active on the battlefield, so I'm sure you'll listen. I'll get down on my knees and ask for your permission."

"...."

Raphine's face, trembling with anxiety, was dyed with fear.

No, this is crazy....

Antonio didn't just like himself. I even thought about getting married.

Raphine was just startled by the sudden lightning strike.

Antonio shrugged and said.

"So don't worry.... I have come to say that."

No, who the hell cares about that...!

Antonio got up from his seat as if everything had been done. Raphine, startled, reached out and grabbed Antonio's arm.

"Wait!"

"What, what?"

Antonio frowned in surprise. Still, her face turned red, and Raphine got goosebumps at that sight.

So he hurriedly released his hand from the arm he was holding on to and said.

"but.... I, I have no intention of marrying Prince Antonio, do I?"

"What?"

Antonio's brow wrinkled. He blinked as if he had never thought of it.

Then, rather than laughing out loud hahaha, isn't it?

"I'm ashamed.... done! Yeah, I don't want to marry someone like you!"

Antonio spit those words out with a funny face and left.

Raphine was so absurd that she just stiffened with her mouth open. I didn't even think to catch Antonio.

The ring case lying on the table felt like a time bomb.

* * *

The Aston servants, anxious to steal the conversation between the two, hung around in front of the drawing room, but in the end they didn't hear a word.

It was because the door to the drawing room was very thick, and the butler was standing in front of it ironically.

However, he was also surprised when Prince Antonio left the drawing room quickly.

"Hahaha!"

The prince smiled happily in the world and left the mansion happily.

The butler was puzzled and glanced at the drawing room door. The young lady who was left alone seemed to have gone out of her mind.

'Eh? Prince Is that guy harassing our little girl?'

For a moment, I had my doubts.

"Lady, are you okay?"

But when the butler approached with a cautious question, Raphine was startled and hid the box on the table with her sleeve.

Then he ran straight to his room.

"What, why are you here?"

"You come to get debt and laugh as if you went there."

"what. Aren't you going to drink tea?"

"So that's it. After all, I'll bet the Crown Prince's side again."

The remaining servants murmured in dismayed voices.

* * *

'It's X, it's X.'

This wasn't the usual X.

Raphine returned to the room and stood anxiously around the room.

I never thought Antonio would do something crazy like this.

'I guess he likes me, idiot.'

I thought so.... It wasn't like that. Who would have known that he was even thinking of getting married on his own?

Raphine bit her nails like an anxious person.

'I heard that Empress Rebecca said she would take responsibility and marry her....'

Moreover, Antonio said he was also asking the emperor directly.

The emperor was very fond of Raphine.

As much as that, if you say you can be a family, you'll like it even more. It was said that he was right and that he might allow marriage.

Moreover, although the emperor hates Rebecca and Empress, Antonio loves him in his own way.

Zerkan, who led the war against the Demon Beast to victory, thought it was unique, but Antonio, who led the war against the barbarians to victory, was also proud of it.

'The savages are nothing special, but they barely made a mark with them....'

Raphine was upset.

When Antonio asks for marriage, the emperor unconditionally accepts it. I was 100% sure of this.

'Of course, if I say no, that's fine, but....'

It wasn't that easy.

Even people who were originally good become enemies when problems arise with their children.

If the emperor and his father fight for nothing, and things get stale....

Raphine knows the emperor's personality very well. Humans like that incarnation of fire lasted a really long time once bled.

In every case, he will try to regulate the business of the Aston family.

'driving me crazy.'

Moreover, the situation became more subtle as Raphine had not yet decided where to marry.

People, including the emperor, would misunderstand that he was waiting to receive Prince Antonio's proposal.

'Isn't there another way?'