Chapter 8

A more ticklish feeling than when Astein moved his lips and spoke made my whole body tremble lightly. I felt like I had to pull my hand out, but I couldn’t even take it out, so I just stuck with him. +

To be honest, maybe it was because I like the feeling of the first touch.

Before the reversion, Astein never put his lips on the back of my hand, unlike other knights. At the official event, he only pretended to touch it, with a little scary face.

“Excuse me, Grand Duke. This is, uh…it’s a prayer room…”

It wasn’t until my hands were sweating that I managed to stutter out a word to him.

“Ah, I’m sorry, Lady Freya. This contact may have been uncomfortable, I apologize. If God is angry, I will accept the sin.”

“Well, that wouldn’t make the God angry.”

There was an awkward silence between us. So I asked him a question to overcome the awkwardness.

“But why is the Grand Duke so kind to me and unquestionably accepting my request? Even though I’m going to be a saint, I’m still the daughter of a static family.”

He frowned, wrinkled his nose. It seemed difficult to answer my question.

“Don’t worry, I’m not trying to take advantage of Lady Freya, to watch out for Marquis Futor or His Majesty.”

“….! That’s not what I meant.”

My eyes widened on its own. I thought it wasn’t an important matter. But Astein seemed to be uncomfortable.

“I know. You know I’m trying to be a paladin, don’t you?”

“But why do you want to be a paladin? Rather, if you swear allegiance to His Majesty, the opportunity must be….”

I closed my mouth to say that the Emperor was about to die. It was because I wondered if I could talk freely about the future of others.

“I’m sorry. I asked you something personal.”

Astein’s eyes were wide open. Then, he looked into the air with a faint look and slowly opened his mouth.

“I also respect and follow God and the Holy Saint. Of course, it’s not without purpose of avoiding the attention of His Majesty and other half-brothers. I’m a public enemy to everyone.”

He was a loner in a different way than I was. I felt the pain in his eyes that were looking into space, I felt sad with him.

“And there’s someone I want to protect.”

His gaze shifted to me. I could see my face filled his purple eyes.

What to expect, my face was already red.

A place to meet God in the closest place. There was an unholy desire growing in the heart of a woman.

“My Lady!”