The Butterfly Trap

The Part 31

" Do you really want to meet with the Miss Commander?" claude asked as we were at Zurich's doorstep.

I awkwardly shook my head then approached Claude and whispered.

" Miss Castella does look friendly Sir it's just that I'm not comfortable talking to her, plus rumors that she's the Grand Duke's childhood sweetheart who will be the future Grand Duchess, fearing that he misunderstood our relationship, I avoided it"

" What are you guys doing?"

Suddenly Zurich was behind me whispering with Claude, I was aghast, he looked at us sharply.

" O commander, I would like to go to your room to report on the post-attack developments and happen to meet Miss Sicily on the road leading here" Claude replied after saluting.

' Could his mood be bad again? why does he look so angry?'

" Because I have no business here, I say goodbye to His Majesty and Sir Claude" I bowed and turned away but my hand was stopped by Zurich.

" If you have nothing to do with me, why did you come here? did you just drive Claude here?"

" Yes..? what do you mean?"

He looked me in the eye sharply, his hand still holding my hand tightly, I got confused and glanced at Claude who was as confused as I was.

" Why don't you stop by my study?"

He pulled my hand into the room, I tried to shake him off but he was stronger than I expected.

" Well, Your Majesty, I want to take a walk to see the sights in Dagara!"

" Sit down, and tell me what you whispered to Claude!" he nodded while releasing my hand.

While Claude followed us from behind and did not say a single sentence.

' Is he jealous? that's right Sisi, where maybe a winter guy like that would be jealous of me'

" I'm just saying something unimportant!"

" Then why do you have to get close and talk while whispering so!?"

I glanced at Claude who was trying to hold back his laughter.

" That's. "I stopped and scrunched my forehead.

" Why should I tell you? if in retrospect all that's not enough to make people angry, why are you acting so weird?"

" Weird!?"

He stood up and took a breath.

" Claude, come out for a second!"

Claude nodded and obeyed Zurich's order to leave the room and left us with a gripping silence.

" You said I was weird!? who wouldn't be mad to see her boyfriend making out with another guy, huh?"

" To...lover!? what do you mean lover!?"

He looked at me grinning his forehead, his face flushed red, I did not know if it was red from holding in shame or red from holding in anger, he raised his hands and rolled up his sleeves, I did not know if it was red from holding in shame or red from holding back anger, there was a beautiful red mark painted.

" Listen Sisi, as long as this mark is on us, you are mine and you are within my grasp, whatever effort you make it will be in vain, running away or trying to seduce another man, I'll never let you go!"

I gulped and still looked at him with a thousand question marks.

' What exactly is going on here? why does he sound so extreme? what do you mean I belong to him? does he like me? isn't this just a trivial thing? is it worth that anger?'

" I don't understand what you mean by noble, why are you so angry? you can't be jealous, right?"

" You think?"

" It's Your Majesty, I don't know what makes you so angry, I didn't try to tease Sir Claude, who was there he helped me just now" I replied trying as calmly as possible.

" And I also don't understand why you can misunderstand me, I just whisper the fact that I'm not comfortable talking to Miss Castella because maybe she thinks I'm going to take you away from her, and considering that she's a Grand Duchess candidate I don't want this to make her look like a seductive girl, that's all and you show up with a cold face and start to get indistinctly angry".

" Why should I whisper?" this time his voice began to calm down but his gaze was still cold.

" Well, if someone hears me and complains to him, I may lose my life before I can get married" I replied, moving my thumb across my neck.

She sighed then sat down beside me and stroked my hair gently, she was silent for a moment then looked straight into my eyes.

" It's true that there was talk of our marriage before, but it didn't happen because I refused, my relationship with Castella was just a co-worker and nothing more, so you don't have to worry that he'll hurt you, I'm yours and will always be on your side".

' Why did he clarify it? doesn't he want me to misunderstand their relationship?' I thought with a small smile.

" Wasn't our relationship, too." I stopped.

" What too?"

" A contract relationship!? I answered half a whisper.

" It's up to you to consider what our relationship is, but to me you're my future life partner, I don't like you being close to a man other than me, and I also don't like it when you try to run away from me, don't you like me? I'm handsome, rich and in office, so what don't you like about me?!" he asked with a confused face.

' Idih narcissist!, ck if you know, I do like you but to be together it is impossible, what if you finally find out that I'm the son of the family that killed your father? will you believe my explanation? would you believe me if I told you that my family is a victim too?'

I just smiled blandly.

" There is nothing less than your Majesty" I replied.

" I've told you everything, I said goodbye, nor have I been here before, so I want to feel the hustle and bustle of the port market".

" Alright, I'll ask my knight to escort you"

" No need Your Majesty, the necklace you love is more than enough" I replied quickly.

I got up from my seat and stepped away from Zurich who was looking at me with a worried face.

" Have fun!" he said to his kahirnya.

I smiled then disappeared behind the door, I walked down the corridor and walked to the main gate, I asked the waiter I met to take the book I brought to my room and also asked him to prepare a horse carriage for me.

Zeju changed into her human form when we reached the middle of the port city, her charming face enough to attract the attention of the surrounding population even more women.

" Have you decided to be together?" ask her while walking beside me.

I'm shaking.

" That's impossible".

" why? he's already expressed his feelings to you, hasn't he?"

" Revealing what it is, more than love sounds like an obsession in my ears".

" Don't you like it too, why don't you try first, who knows the future, who knows what you're worried about won't happen in the future".

I glanced at him then sighed.

" Do you want to live with the man whose family killed his parents?"

" What Mcgnagal did was such a cruel deed, the Mcgnagal I knew was a man with a kind and friendly heart, he never judged anything based on his looks, other than being clever he was also very wise" he stopped at a fruit stand and bought some fruit.

" Of course he's like you know, uh, where did you get the money to buy that fruit?"

" You think I'm poor like you!" answer with a slanted smile.