PBPGD

CHAPTER 31

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Pipi rolled her eyes as she blocked Ian with such a bold attitude. Ian looks down on Pipi and raised and eyebrow while she's blocking the door with both of her arms open.

"Why?"

"The owner of the house hasn't allowed you to go out yet. Moreover, it's dangerous to go out alone."

"I'm just going for a light walk. Is Lian going to be late?"

"You must go back soon. If there's a problem concerning your state..."

"Don't worry about that. I won't go roaming alone."

"What?"

Ian lowered his body and slipped under Pipi's arms that was outstretched in the front door.

Surprised by how he smoothly escaped from her like a sly snake, Pipi tried to follow him, but soon stopped and remain silent as she noticed an attendant that's carefully following him.

Ian walked out in the front yard where the hydrangea is in full bloom, he walked as far as he could. The sun is shining in the damp air. The sky is clearly different from a sunny morning. Ian looked up to the gloomy sky before he speak. "Tell him that I'll be back in a year."

"You should head back. Please go back now."

"Are you planning on starting a war?"

"That's not going to work. The situation has changed. The atmosphere in the neutral area is unusual, we're worried about the prince."

"Don't worry. If there'll be a war, I'll be the first one to jump out."

The man has been a servant since he crossed the border of Cayenne. To be precise, he was one of the few people who could communicate with his home country with the use of birds.

"Your Highness."

The servant carefully gave Ian a folded note. It was a secret letter that arrived from his home country earlier that morning.

Ian sat on a bench by the riverside where the wind was good.

"In the near future, the throne of Cayenne will be succeeded."

Ian narrowed his eyes as he stared softly at the children running. He calmly opened the letter. Ian's expression gradually hardened as he read what's written on the small piece of paper.

He crouched and rest both of his elbows on his knees. He handed back the letter and the servant burn it with a cigarette.

"Is there a possibility of success?"

The man nods his head. Ian just silently admires the scenery of the Lyon River.

Canillian Vale. Marquis Vale's illegitimate child and a woman raised in house on behalf of Kieran.

The first time he saw her in the city of Cosoar, his world changed. It was a very pleasant experience. He has no idea that a woman pretending to be a man would be that lovely.

Of course, she has yet to take her hair to be called a woman, but her face was so beautiful that even the gods could be enticed.

Is this what they meant by falling in love at first sight?

Time flew by slowly because he wanted to be like that of a child, like a dog, a beast, and like a guardian.

Ian stood up after noticing a carriage in the distance. The servant must have also recognized who the passenger is as he naturally wears his hat and tried to avoid looking.

"Tell my brother. It's too early to say anything. It'll be a waste to destroy Cayenne. There are still so many beautiful things."

After the servant disappeared without giving a reply, Ian walked up to the road.