After plenty of breaks, they finally reached the Mcmillan's mansion. Noah was utterly exhausted of carrying her for quite a while. He sighed heavily as he put Raeliana down and supported her. Noah isn't the type of person that expresses his emotion openly, but he was frank when he said, "You're quite heavy, lady Raeliana. I hope you do more exercise. Goodnight."
Along with his guards he went out of her sight. Raeliana was obviously annoyed of his remark but she was glad to see the other side of the duke. Based on the novel, Noah is a type of person who gets mushy with the female lead. She felt sorry after. "That wasn't cute afterall." She walked off with her limping foot until she halted when her eyes met Justin's. He was worried upon seeing her injured ankle. He rushed to her side and asked what happened. Raeliana appreciated his kindness and thanked him for worrying about her, but she assured that she didn't get any injury beside her ankle. Justin carried her in his arms and attended her whilst their servants were away. He was kind of getting worked up like a married man, and Raeliana was happy to see his cute expression. His forehead had slightly wrinkles and his eyebrows narrowed when he gets worried.
"I'm sorry if I haven't take good care of myself."
"It wasn't your fault, it's an accident." Justin comforted the guilty Raeliana. He remembered a very important thing but wasn't get asked because of her injury. "Raeliana, by any chance, how did you get back home? Did someone accompany you? And where's the servant that I assigned?"
"Hold your horses, Justin. I-i just walked here by myself and I let the maid return to their hometown." Raeliana made up the part where she walked home by herself. She realized that it would cause ruckus between Noah and Justin if she have said that Noah carried her all the way to home. It was hard for her part but she didn't want Justin to get involved in a fight with royalties.
"S-Sorry. I just got worried about you. Please take a knight before getting anywhere else, okay?" He stroked her hair gently and planted a kiss on her forehead. She instantly melts because of the warmness of his lips as he pressed softly against her skin. She got goosebumps all over skin, but was quick to hide it. She was silent after the sweet kiss.
"One more thing. I was deployed to the Northern part of the empire because of an oppression that caused several damage to the city and to its people. I have to stay there until the ruckus has suppressed."