Grace was a disgrace to the Alberton family, who has been blessed with magical abilities for generations.
Her family forced her, an incompetent person, into a political marriage with a cursed monster Duke, which she could not accept and was eventual...
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"Frankly speaking, I came out thinking that the person outside the office might be you. I'd like to express my gratitude to you."
"......."
"......Madam?"
"Ye- yes? Ah, yes..."
Grace, who was staring blankly at Arthur as if she were in a daze, was surprised when she met Arthur's face calling her with a curious face. And at that moment Grace was even more frightened to realize that Arthur's face was closer than she had expected.
'When did the distance get so narrow? Did I get this close to him first?'
Grace stepped back, feeling her cheeks getting hotter. She flustered and said to him,
"Oh, no. Compared to Leon's red diamond... a grain of rice is nothing."
"The necklace my wife gave him will be just as precious to him as the red diamond."
"Oh, haha. Is that so? I'm glad to hear that....... I'll have to give him something better next year."
"....Next year too?"
"Yes, next year. Ah, before that, when is the Duke's birthday? Is your birthday winter like Prince Leon's?"
Grace was strangely excited to see Arthur treating her with a less vigilant attitude today.
The conversation, which had been soft and long for the first time since she met him, suddenly broke off, with Arthur's expression stiffened at some point.
Grace realized her mistake when she saw Arthur's face which became dark without answering her question.
'You idiot! Why did you mention next year?'
This woman in front of him, the woman who is associated with Arthur Felix, dies or goes crazy in less than a year. She knows the curse well, and she even wants to try to use it to run away. What she said earlier a moment ago was clearly a slip of the tongue.
Grace bit her lower lip in an instant of awkwardness and embarrassment. Then Arthur sighed briefly and said as if he were changing the subject.
"......You don't have to worry about me. It's not a special day to celebrate."
"Why, what's the matter?"
She didn't mean to celebrate Arthur's birthday a while ago, but she just said it out of the blue during the conversation.
But when Arthur refused flatly, Grace asked out of opposition. Arthur smiled briefly and said, looking at her with a deep, melancholy stare.
"Your kindness is like giving sea water to those dying of thirst."
"......What? What do you mean......?"
Grace couldn't quite understand Arthur's inscrutable remark, so she asked again. Arthur replied calmly, staring at her with complex eyes.
