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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Arthur seemed to want to avoid Leon attending the party and being ridiculed by people for his odd eyes again.
Unlike Arthur, Leon was a child, so it was easy to avoid attending under the pretext of being sick or having a hard time with the journey. He doesn't want to hurt him by following the emperor's orders.
'If that's what you're up to, there's no reason why I can't agree with you.'
Convinced, Grace bent toward Leon and spoke kindly, eye-contacting with him, "It's not like that. It's because Leon's still young."
"......young?"
"Yes, Leon's still young, so he has to sleep at night, right? But this time, the party His Majesty invited us to is held very late at night."
"That late?"
"Yes, that's why His Majesty didn't invite Leon. A child about Leon's age becomes weak if he doesn't sleep at night, so that's why."
"I still want to go......" Leon straightened up at Grace's persuasion. He was somewhat convinced by her explanation, but when Grace tried to persuade Leon again, Sir Oliver, who approached Leon, suddenly hugged him and said, "Stop resisting, Prince Leon. The Duke and the Duchess will feel troubled."
"......but... I'm nervous."
"I fully understand how you want to be with them. They will only attend the party and come straight back to the castle, right?"
"....really?"
At Sir Oliver's words, Leon fluttered his long eyelashes and asked Grace. Grace smiled fondly and approached Leon in Sir Oliver's arms, answering, "Sure. I'll come back as soon as the party ends."
"...will you come straight back? You won't follow any stranger, right?"
"Ha ha, what?"
Leon had a cute frown on his worried face, and Grace laughed without realizing it. She quickly reached out her pinkie and grabbed Leon's finger. She said to Leon in a comforting manner, "Alright, Leon. Don't worry. I promise. I'll never follow anyone."
"Yeah, don't worry. I'll stand by you so you don't worry."
Then Arthur suddenly replied to Grace, who promised Leon with a slight wave of her fingers. At that, Leon stared silently at Arthur's odd eye, the same colour as him.
Hesitating, he asked, "... is that a promise?"
"Yes, I promise on my honour."
At Arthur's firm reply, Leon nodded with a relieved look on his face. Arthur shook Leon's hair lightly with his hands and winked at Grace, who was standing next to him.
"Then, let's go to the carriage. We've taken too long."
