CH 35

“Flowers, flowers!”

Joseph shouted loudly next to Cesare.

“Flower?”

“Yes, flowers! A date with flowers! Didn’t I tell you before!”

“But I have never been to a flower garden.”

“Hah… you really don’t know, What do you do all this time? Go and buy flowers! Wait for her with a flower in your hands! It’s because those things can impress women. Wouldn’t she like it more if you buy it yourself?”

“… Really?”

Cesare’s ears fluttered.

As for Daphne, he could not ignore Joseph’s advice.

Cesare walked towards the flower shop without realizing it.

The owner of the flower shop was nervous involuntarily when a man with a decadent look with messy dark hair approached the store.

She couldn’t help but get scared as he was staring at the flower shop for a while to see what was going on and even approaching.

‘What did I do wrong?’

The man raised his hand. It was when the flower shop owner unwittingly grabbed the broomstick to defend herself.

“I… How many flowers are there?”

The man hesitated and asked.

“Yes?”

The flower shop owner asked blankly at the unexpected words.

“… That flower… How much?”

The man’s face was as red as the flower he was pointing at.

****

Cesare asked me to leave the mansion without Gabriel knowing. He talked back and forth, but it was a date request.

This is a date after a while!

I finished the preparations with excitement. I sang a hum and arrived at the village.

Cesare was standing in a conspicuous place. Holding a bouquet of red roses!

Wow… The flowers go so well together.

Without realizing it, I stopped and watched Cesare for a while. Perhaps because of his dark hair, he looked enchanting with the red rose. I felt like I was falling in love with that look every moment.

I knew he was originally handsome, but I kept discovering new charms.

“Daphne?”

I woke up to the sound of Cesare calling me.

“Cesare! What is that flower? Are you going to give me?”

Cesare’s cheeks reddened as he smiled and bowed his head. That face looks like a traffic light. Doesn’t he blush too well?

I thought he was the cold Northern Prince, but when I looked inside, there was a cutie inside. I liked that more.

“… Do you like flowers?”

“Sure! Everything Cesare has to offer! Did you come and pick this up too?”

Cesare paused. Then he bit his mouth tightly and said,

“… Someone came and gave it to me.”

I burst out laughing involuntarily. Is this a different tactic?

This time, I sensed something was wrong and prevented Cesare from opening his mouth.

“I must be very grateful to that person. I don’t know who it is. right?”

Cesare nodded slowly. Anyway, I can’t be honest.

**”

A man, who had been watching Cesare and Daphne from a distance, hid himself.

“Tsk.”

Because Cesare was holding a sword, the feeling was very sensitive. He looked around just by accidentally acting conspicuously.

‘Follow Cesare and keep an eye on him. And, don’t bother Daphne.’

What on earth was the Crown Prince thinking of making him spying on the Duke and Duchess?

Of course, he did not know the secrets of the high-ranking people. It was strange that the Crown Prince even came down here in the first place.

If the Crown Prince had known that he would do something like this, I wouldn’t have come down here as a member of his bodyguard.

“Damn it.”

He knew enough about the character of Cesare.

Cesare was a cruel and terrifying knight to his enemies. He knew he had never lost a battle. And somehow, it seemed that the Crown Prince was making himself the enemy of Cesare…

‘Then you’re saying that I’m also that man’s enemy.’

The man sharpened his teeth. It was thanks to the Crown Prince that he assumed the most dangerous task.

‘Oh! They are moving.’

Cesare and Daphne, with a bouquet of flowers in hand, were moving happily.

Are you harassing her? Rather, they just look good together.

The man took a deep breath and followed Cesare and Daphne. If you miss them, you will probably die by the Crown Prince before you die by Cesare.

The young eyes in the Crown Prince’s madness were sincere.

*****

Cesare cleared his throat. His plan today was not to return to the mansion. I didn’t want to go back to where Gabriel was.

and… I felt like I was going crazy because of Daphne’s lips that kept running around in my head.

Once the reins were unleashed, the thoughts continued endlessly.

I wanted to spend the night with Daphne. The desires that I had endured for a long time gradually surfaced. Daphne’s white skin…

“Cesare? What do you think?”

Daphne’s white face appeared in a flash. Cesare took a breath. At the same time, Daphne’s sweet scent hit me. Daphne said with a smile.

“Oh, I see.”

Daphne narrowed her eyes and said.

“Does Cesare not want to go home?”

“What?”

How did you know that?

Cesare looked surprised. Daphne replied with a chuckle.

“You keep walking in the opposite direction of the house. So where are you going? Do you have any reservations for this time as well?”

Cesare said without missing a chance.

“There is a villa on the outskirts of the estate.”

“You want to go there?”

Cesare nodded. Daphne replied with a bright smile.

“Sure! So, are we going out tonight? Burning Friday?”

“What?”

“Burning Friday? What is it!”

Cesare’s face turned red as he thought about it. It’s burning…! What are you going to burn?

Of course, I didn’t ask to go to the villa without any hesitation. Because he was a Cesaredo man!

Cesare coughed.

****

We rode a horse together and headed to the villa.

The villa was the first place I’ve ever been to. In fact, I have rarely gone out of the mansion since I was possessed by Daphne. Is that why? The first time I visited the villa, I was a little excited.

As it is the Duchy of Burstoad with a huge hunting ground and forest that the royal family often visits, it seems that they have built a villa for the occasion…

Wouldn’t it be even better if it was for the royal family to stay?

As the horse went deeper into the forest, the refreshing scent of the forest was felt. It feels like phytoncides are wrapped around my body.

As I smelled the air moving at a constant beat, the strangely warm body of Cesare, and the soothing scent of mind and body, my tension was relieved and my whole body was relaxed.

That’s why people love the forest. It feels like all the stress is gone.

I didn’t realize it, but it seems that I’ve been under a lot of stress because of Gabriel’s sudden return.

‘The story that I thought was over has just begun, so it’s okay.’

As I stared blankly into the forest, I remembered the past few days.

Gabriel tried to stick with me all the time while she was in the mansion. Always with Cesare and without Cesare.

And as such a situation repeats itself, I couldn’t help but be a little nervous.

Why the hell does Gabriel keep sticking to me? Are you trying to keep me in check because I’m doing well with Cesare?

Oh dear. But Cesare has already fallen for me and abandoned you.

The only problem was that Cesare was the only one who changed his mind. It seems that Gabriel has already started to feel love more out of his love-hate feelings.

‘And when it seems that the person who was originally interested in him suddenly turns cold, he becomes more impatient.’

I feel like I’ve lost what I have, and I feel injustice.

Now that Gabriel has returned without giving up on Cesare, he will now try to win back Cesare’s heart.

“Haah…”

To hear that Gabrie the most beautiful man in the novel is keeping me in check.

Did Daphne make a career out of it?

The story of Cesare and Gabriel in the original was divided into two parts.

The first part is the story of Gabriel, a slave who has lost his memory, who is torture with Cesare at the Duchess of Burstoad, Cesare’s mansion.

Daphne’s misdeeds are all carried out in part one. And the scene where the angry Cesare cuts Daphne’s throat ends in the first part.

In fact, it is a little funny that Gabriel is staying here.

Although he shouted curiously that Daphne could not stop their love or that it was true love, he did not think that Cesare would kill his wife.

Shocked by Cesare’s brutality, Gabriel escapes once again. He escapes from Cesare’s pursuit, and as he escapes, he falls off a cliff and falls into a lake.

And Gabriel, who has been swept away by the river, is rescued by the second male protagonist, and the story of getting lost and roasted continues.

Well, that’s not the point.

Anyway, the point here is that as he falls off a cliff, Gabriel gets his lost memories back.

And the story that takes place after Gabriel returns to the Imperial Palace and becomes Crown Prince is the starting point of Part two.

Cesare, who attends an event at the Imperial Palace, runs into Gabriel, the Crown Prince, at the banquet hall, and a devastating romance sparks again.

However, in the long romance of the original story, Gabriel, who became Crown Prince, did not come down to the estate to find Cesare.

What… In this situation where Cesare has already fallen in love with me, it is only natural that the original will also change…