(T/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for being super d.a.m.n late. Again. As I said a lot in the comments in the previous chapter, life has been choking me and dragging me along. My living situation got worst and I have until May to get my s.h.i.t together for when I get kicked out; my college life has been super stressful with exams and tests back to back to back. The stress between home (along with medical bills) and college has gotten so bad, I am failing a cla.s.s T_T College life is great….
Anyways… I would like to give a special thanks to Zen Wistalia (my editor) for actually finishing chapter 36 for me while I was gone! And to end my rambling, I would also like to give a special thanks to Ars translations for picking this up after I post chapter 36!
*POV: Leonhart*
"Your Majesty, can you do a little work instead of just thinking?"
I heard a loud voice that caught my attention, and saw Kristoff sigh who knows how many times today. After I realized my feelings for Shane, this state continued.
"I"m sorry", I answered as I held the doc.u.ments, but none of the words were processing. Towards such a me, Kristoff gave another sigh.
"I don"t know what happened with Shane-sama, but isn"t it better to tell him your feelings instead of worrying like this?"
"No, I"m just troubled because I can"t express the feelings that I want to convey."
To be honest, I was amazed at the sight of myself.
"You keep thinking about Shane-sama, and you can"t get any work done; you even came back here because you were jealous of Shane-sana"s former lover. Even I can understand how Your Majesty feels. How slow can you be?"
Even if you say that, I don"t know what I don"t understand.
"In this situation, isn"t it best to prepare a birthday present for Shane-sama?"
I was stabbed right in the bull"s eye.
"Now that I think about it, I don"t even know what Shane likes. The only thing I know that he likes is flowers, but I have been sending that to him everyday recently."
"So, do you want to invite the jeweler to the castle this time? It seems like Shane-sama doesn"t like glamorous jewelry, but I remember him wearing some earrings."
It was a good idea, so I left it to Kristoff to arrange it. Even though one of my problems were solved, another one arose when I had to figure out what color would suit Shane best, or what design would look good or not.
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And finally the day had come, Shane"s birthday party was organized by me. For that reason, Shane wore the dress that I had gifted him before; their hair was loosely gathered giving off an elegant, adult-like appearance. I decided I would give them the present after the party was over. I was worried, but now I was feeling rather nervous.
It wasn"t my first time dancing with Shane, but obviously my feelings were different than before. I put my arm around his thin waist that didn"t seem like a man"s waist. It was a given that there were partic.i.p.ants who were fascinated by Shane"s beauty.
When the song finished, I had to go dance with the other women as the host. It was irritating that I couldn"t keep dancing with Shane.
While I was dancing with other women, Shane was drinking alcohol slowly, waiting for time to pa.s.s. As expected, there was no man reckless enough to dance with the Emperor"s wife, so I was relieved.
However, while I was distracted, I noticed the surroundings becoming noisy.
When I looked around, I saw Shane dancing with another man. When I looked closely, it was the Duke"s son from Orania.* Their breaths were in perfect sync, showing that they have danced many dances together. I couldn"t express the jealousy that I felt towards this man who knew the Shane I didn"t know. I was astonished by the strong feelings I held.
After a short time pa.s.sed, it seems the alcohol was too much for Shane as he was being supported to the terrace; when I saw their faces near each other, I pushed away the women who were surrounding me. At the terrace, the two people started to talk, but when I heard Shane"s laughter, I unconsciously aimed hostility towards the Duke"s son.
At that moment, my voice was surprisingly cold.
Footnotes:
*It says Marquis, but I kept it as Duke’s son as that"s how the previous translator translated it
(T/N: This chapter was a h.e.l.l of a lot easier than the next chapter. I should have it as soon as I get this one d.a.m.n sentence to make sense. I don’t understand j.a.panese idioms which is why I am struggle XD Anyways, thanks for reading and thank you all so much for being patient with me!)
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