Do Your Best and Regret

Chapter 21

"What's happening. Has His Highness the Grand Duke proposed to Princess Madeleine just now?"

"No. Seeing as he asked the Emperor for permission to marry her, didn't the proposal and approval already come true?"

"Anyway, the Princess never has a quiet day."

The nobles whispered. As always, I was at the end of the whispering.

I tried to think of something else. It's okay, it's no big deal. Because if I think so, I'll be really fine. So I was a little surprised when the warmth touched my hand. I placed my hand on the hand of the Grand Duke, who had his arms around me. The Grand Duke, who was tapping his hand slowly as if it was no big deal, looked at the nobles in the distance as if scanning them. The random chatter quieted down. When the banquet hall became quiet again, the Grand Duke looked at me.

"No matter how much I think about it, that dress looks great on you today, doesn't it?"

The words were spoken in a low voice, as if whispering, out of nowhere. Without realizing it, I broke my stiff expression and smiled a little. But when I saw a man approaching from a little distance away, my hand tightened again.

"grandee. Did I just propose to her fiancee? dare?"

It was a Leopold. Leopold looked at the Grand Duke with a frown. Grand Duke Vikander, who stood like me and my partner, was facing me tightly. Leopold's eyes became sharp.

Edwin Lowell Vikander. The Grand Duke was Leopold's father's dog. In other words, if I were to take the throne, I could have as many dogs as I wanted. How dare such a dog not only want to marry my fiancee but also confront him as if he were competing with her for strength. The Grand Duke still didn't know fractions. It's as if the Grand Duke doesn't know that among the territories and trophies he acquires while running around the battlefield like a dog, the most beautiful and precious ones are always given to Leopold.

Leopold sneered and took a step forward. Leopold extended his hand to me.

"Come on, Live."

But I just stared at the hand and did not come next to him. It was strange. Leopold frowned. Even at the last banquet, the Grand Duke was allowed to have the first dance. Now I was ignoring what he said. He swallowed his anger and Leopold added in a low voice.

"...... What else is a dress like? First of all, come here. There will be extra."

I looked quite beautiful in the white dress, but that didn't matter. The priority was to separate me and the Grand Duke, who looked like a couple in black and white combination.

It was time for Leopold, who had been watching me not come, to take a step closer to me. The Grand Duke blocked my path as if he were blocking Leopold.

"From now on, you do not need to send dresses to Princess Madeleine, Your Highness"

"What?"

Despite Leopold's fierce, astonished face, the Grand Duke raised his eyebrows and answered leisurely.

"The same goes for jewels. One of my greatest pleasures is personally selecting and gifting jewelry that suits the Princess."

"Grand Duke!"

In the end, Leopold got angry. Everyone flinched, but the Grand Duke stayed by my side without wavering. And he spoke quietly to me.

"You remember what I told you, right?"

"..."

"Just look at me."

The Grand Duke grinned. Looking at his firm figure reminded me of the past few days when he had been busy preparing for today.