How To Hide Emperor's Child

Chapter 14

Most of the traps set by the nobles were taken care of by her father, the Duke, but sometimes Astelle took care of it herself.

After such a few bad experiences, she lived being careful about her actions and always looking around anywhere and anytime.

Looking back, it was a life that seemed to be walking on a thin slab of ice.

"Fine. It's not a big deal."

Astelle thought it was fortunate to get out of such a life even now.

If the empress dowager's will was resolved quickly, she would be able to return to a quiet and peaceful life with Theor in her maternal grandfather's house.

Kaizen sighed.

"It won't happen anymore. Get some knights to protect you."

"No, Your Majesty. It's okay. I—"

"Don't be stubborn."

Kaizen cut Astelle's words resolutely.

'Who's stubborn?'

Astelle repressed her irritation and bowed her head calmly and politely.

"People will think strangely if Your Majesty's knights escort me, the former empress. Rather, I think there will be a greater risk if people's attention focused on me for nothing."

Astelle hoped this man would do nothing.

Now, the most dangerous person to Astelle was Kaizen.

In fact, this happened also because Kaizen sent something like a gift and called her to dinner.

If he didn't do that, Marianne wouldn't be making such a useless fuss.

'So why did you do something useless......'

Astelle was pointing out that fact to Kaizen now.

'This happened because of you.'

Kaizen wasn't stupid enough to not understand it either.

"Yes, do whatever you want."

His crimson eyes looked straight at her.

His gaze was a mixture of ridicule and irritation.

Astelle smiled satisfactorily, ignoring Kaizen's displeasure. She bent her knees slightly and said,

"Thank you for understanding, Your Majesty."

***

"You better be careful."

Astelle closed the door and tried to go to the hallway, but Vellian came out from the office.

She didn't care much and tried to go back to the bedroom.

Then he came up with an unquestioned story.

"The Marquis of Croychen has three daughters. The first daughter...... Lady Marianne......as you can see, she looks like that, but the second daughter is completely different from her."

"If she is the second daughter......"

Who is she?

Astelle didn't remember well.

The Croychen family was not a great family in the past, so they did not come to the place where influential nobles gathered often.

So Astelle didn't have a chance to look at the daughters in the Croychen family.

She remembered that the Croychens had several daughters, but she could not remember their names.

Seeing Astelle couldn't remember, Vellian said her name.