Chapter 40 - Aidens Situation (2/2)
He didn’t mean to kill innocent aniy a little and pressed the rats by the neck
“Squeak, squeeak!”
The rats began to cry urgently, feeling threatened
When it was judged that he had delivered the y
“Squeak? Squeeeaaak-!!!”
Suddenly, the rats, ere free and puzzled, ran away as soon as they met Aiden’s eyes
Thethe to spy ontheits destination, Aiden was speechless
“…The baby Emperor’s bedroom?”
Unbelievably, the mice arrived at the bedroom where Mabel stayed
When he was in Devlin, Veron had Aiden memorize the , so it was definitely the Emperor’s bedroom
ht she would be able to control animals’</eued that she’s being ripped off rather than controlling them
That’s how Aiden had unexpectedly learned of Mabel’s abilities
And he was able to deduce that Mabel wasn’t just an innocent baby
When he got used to Ermano’s Imperial chipper life, Aiden listened to the conversations froed the palace had spilled while passing by
“Today, the nobles were raging about giving the Eifts as she wants”
“I understand I also want to give her everything I would even cut my hand off for her…!”
“Oh my! Are you crazy?”
“Why? You don’t think so?”
“I do! I would take ans out for her!”
Aiden unintentionally overheard the conversation and was speechless
“So, as her Majesty’s favorite gift?”
“Um, that… it was the same as usual”
“As expected of her Majesty She’s arrogant and cute!”
“I heard that her Majesty likes shi+ny things, like gold and jewels…”
The sound of the conversation grew farther and farther away
‘Birthday present’
Aiden’s preparation of Mabel’s birthday present was almost impulsive
When he caave them a note
It was late, but the note was already sent
ot a cake last time It’s just to pay her back’
Aiden sneaked out of the palace to keep his pro the palace did not even notice whether Aiden had passed by or not It was an act of joking around the surveillance
Standing on the balcony and placing a pocket full of jewels and gold coins in one corner, Aiden looked into thefor a long time
‘…looks like I won’t be able to et out for a second
So on Mabel’s birthday, a guest who shouldn’t have come went out for a bit
Aiden’s time passed slowly He liked the complacent routine in the annex
Above all, he could sleep deeply And when he woke up, he was more satisfied with the fact that his head was clear
hts and no eh that he could maintain this distance with the Emperor
At least he wouldn’t lose hispeople
Aiden stared blankly out theagain today
Unlike the static interior, the scenery outside the hich was slightly different everyday, was always neatch
So ti outside the palace
“Have you seen the Emperor today? It’s no joke”
“No I didn’t…”
“Hey, it’s no joke It really isn’t a joke I thoughtto stop”
Most of the conversations could be summarized as ‘Her Majesty is so cute’
And every tihtly agreed with the conversations
It’s true that she’s too cute
Aiden imentary information he heard from others
“Her Majesty didn’t cry today and took the bath so well”
“The E her hness the Prince”
“I saw her playing with the divine beast and aniarden”
“Did you see her Majesty take care of the bird by herself?”
In contrast to Aiden’s tiered like a calm lake, Mabel’s time passed busily
At one point, Aiden realized that he aiting for news about Mabel
It was really strange for him to want to see her in person
But he did not intend to break the boundaries of the stand-in-Eht be crushed
Looking out the , Aiden saw a noble pass through the gate
“Viscount Targo?”
The man, dressed in neat clothes, was one of the nobles from Devlin He had memories of several encounters in the castle at Devlin
“Why is he here?”
Actually, the reason was obvious Veron Arthur Devlica succeeded in pushi+ng a spy
Aiden, without hesitation, found so his own name down, he felt a presence nearby
Aiden opened up a shroud of darkness and caught aaround hi?”
Aiden answered briefly to the maid’s question outside the door
“Cheese AsI understand”
The maid left the door with her head lowered
cheese lover
Aiden tried to finish writing the note after unraveling the darkness But the frightened ht
“Squeak, squeak!”
“……?”
The o]
A note with just one line
He tried to catch anotheraround
And that night, a note from Mabel arrived to Aiden
It was his first note from Mabel
uely when he opened the note the mouse spat out
[ㅗ] (T/N: This could translate to ‘oh,’ but since I’m not sure, I left it as it is since the translation called it a symbol)
“……?”
A
“…what does this mean?”
Aiden fell into chaos from the mysterious note
He didn’t even know if she earing or not…
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