It was Cain who rescued Luana from panic. He came up naturally, pulled Luana out, and sent her behind him.
"It's been a while, Marquis Livre."
"Long time no see, Sir Cain."
Despite such behavior, the Marquis didn't show a bad expression. He smiled with a proud, generous look on his face.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you. You seem to have forgotten your manners."
"How can I? I just stepped in because the princess seemed uncomfortable."
"Miss Luana must've been uncomfortable."
Marquis Livre looked at Luana, surprised.
"Did I really make you uncomfortable?"
The drooping corners of his eyes looked pretentious. He knew better than anyone what he had and how to use it. She might have fallen for it if she was a naive person who knew nothing. However, Luana was not innocent; above all, she knew the duke had the best beauty. The emperor was a beauty too, but she decided to exclude him since he had a rotten personality.
Anyway, she has met such people and wouldn't fall for him no matter how handsome Marquis Livre was, and there is a huge age difference as well.
"Yes, it was uncomfortable."
Luana told the truth firmly. Marquis Livre's smile began to harden. After a moment, he smiled softly again and politely apologized.
"My apologies. I made a mistake since I don't know much about high society."
The words are sweet, but the meaning is twisted.
"I know. You made a mistake even though you knew."
Marquis Livre's expression hardened again at the blunt remark.
'What kind of woman is this?'
As the marquis with power, wealth, and appearance, he had never been treated this way; it was just unbelievable. However, he had an excellent eye for acting according to his temper.
The Marquis endured with superhuman patience and continued to make up a friendly appearance. He doesn't know what she believes in to act so arrogantly, but she was going to find out more about her after Cain left the mansion. He would let her know her place so that her attitude would be gentle.
Marquis Livre briefly talked with Cain and took a closer look at Luana. Unlike Ingrid, who has beautiful blonde hair, his impression of Luana was rather vague. She didn't seem special other than that she was good at cooking and easy to touch.
The problem is that he has to get rid of Cain first.
"Then, as I said before, I will support food and gold coins."
"Thank you very much."
"Then, since the work seems to be done, should we end it here?"
"Already?"
Cain asked back, somewhat surprised because he thought the Marquis would hold them a little longer. But the Marquis smiled and raised his hands.
"What do you mean already? We've already talked about all the important things, haven't we?"
"Then I'll take your favor."
Meanwhile, Cain took Luana and tried to get up from his seat.
"Oh, Miss Luana will be on my side for the time being. She's much safer here, don't you think?"
Looking at Cain, Marquis Livre blatantly revealed his true intentions. Cain's face hardened when he heard it. As expected, he didn't think he'd just let it slide. But he couldn't let Luana go to him.
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