Chapter 32

The meeting was already over when Maribelle arrived. There were several issues on the agenda, but Ethelred couldn’t focus on any of them. Finally, Azil left everything to Kir at the end of the meeting.

Ethelred swept his face dry. He felt weird.

When there was no answer, Maribelle looked carefully at Ethelred’s expression. He had a face that looked slightly startled, but also somewhat distressed.

“—What are you—”

“Yes?”

Ethelred, who was speaking, stopped speaking as if he was choking, and then let out a sigh. He had a mysterious look on his face.

“You’re not good at lying. Do you know that?”

“I’m not lying.”

“I know, because you’re not good at lying.”

Ethelred eventually made an expression.

“Maribelle. Why do you have to refuse the position of Empress while believing in me like that?”