Wow .. what a progress from all the actions that were absurd!
"The more people who gather, the better. After all, consider this as a token of gratitude because you helped The Majesty of the Crown Prince at that time. I'm sure your Majesty won't possibly object, " Cattarina said with great confidence without noticing all of Belhart's irresistible expression on his face.
Belhart continued to stare at Cattarina with patent angles.
Couldn't Cattarina read his disapproving expression? Why was she so eager to have someone else in their midst? Then, what kind of favors did she mention?!
Wasn't appointing Alliesia as a court doctor and giving her the title of aristocrat was more than enough for her? So why did Belhart still had to give her an additional bonus?
What's more, by having a tea banquet with them? Oh, come on! What was wrong with Cattarina? Why did Belhart never seem to know hrr even though they were now married and living together?
Belhart continued to show his discomfort with a gloomy face, as gloomy as possible. So that Alliesia who realized that, tried to reject Cattarina.
"Sorry, Your Highness. Em ... looks like it's impossible. I came here because I heard you were looking for me. But because right now you are with the Majesty of the Crown Prince. I'll see you later when your time together with The Majesty of the Crown Prince has ended. Then I'll see you again later, Your Highness. "
Alliesia quickly gave her farewell before she got even more cruel gaze from Belhart.
It was as if she had found a wild beast that was ready to attack her at any moment, if only she didn't leave there as soon as possible.
Alliesia with all the opportunities she had and the hoped she has raised, rushed to save herself from all kinds of attacks that might attack her without being able to predict what and how the process will be.
Monna who noticed Alliesia seemed to be walking quickly and scurriedly frowned.
'Is there something out of the blue that Alliesia has to do? Why was she in such a hurry to want to leave them?' Yet according to Monna, this was a good opportunity for her and the Crown Prince to be together. But did Alliesia never thought about it?
Belhart broke Cattarina's incomprehensible reverie in his deep, pressing voice.
"I heard you asked Hulck about the gossip about your family circulating among the nobles?" Belhart asked, breaking the silence while staring deeply at Cattarina. The attitude that changed the atmosphere made Cattarina began to feel uncomfortable.
'Is he mad at me because I find out about the matter?' Monna tried to guess.
Even though she didn't know who the person who spreaded bad rumors about her family was. But the possibility that the Crown Prince might be involved in that issue had never once disappeared from Monna's mind all this time.
So instead of wanting to do a marriage that could prevent a bad rumor from spreading. The Crown Prince might just take this opportunity to tie Cattarina tightly in his grasp.
But, had their family ever caused trouble or even turned to the empire? Why should they be targeted by a number of people who were not responsible and accepted the consequences for actions they never did?
Monna hasn't found the answer at all. Even though this was definitely not the time when the Crown Prince was angry with Cattarina who often bothered Alliesia before she incarnated. So that the possibility for the Crown Prince to deliberately order people to spread the issue was getting bigger.
So what's really going on?
Without waiting for Cattarina's answer that he didn't get, Belhart continued his words.
"If you have any questions about anything, you can ask me!" Belhart said kindly. Saying whatever was in his head was very, very shocking to Monna.
Monna looked quite seriously at Belhart.
"Can I ask you anything?" Monna asked, still unsure.
But Belhart nodded confidently.
"Yes. That is, if I can answer your question, " Belhart said, subtly not as usual. It made Monna doubt whether what she said was actually coming from Belhart's mouth or not.
Monna recalled her conversation with Hulck which did not go well, according to what she expected.
Because Hulck himself hasn't found any meaningful information. And he was Belhart's accomplice and confidant who was assigned to find out all the details about all the troublesome troubles for Cattarina's family.
Monna always thought, that Hulck and Belhart had almost the same knowledge about the oblique issue about their family. Or even Hulck who knew more about herself because maybe Belhart didn't really care about her.
Monna had always thought that what she would ask Belhart, would end up with the same answer.
But because Belhart looked like he wanted to be asked a question. Monna, wearing a lecherous face, asked Belhart at last.
"Have you found the person who was the mastermind in the case of lying against my family?" Monna asked to the point. She didn't like being convoluted with him and didn't want to.
Belhart looked at Cattarina with his dark eyes.
"Not completely. But I'm sure I'll be able to find them sometime soon. So be patient because everything needs a process," Belhart replied flatly trying to convince. But in his heart, Belhart was honestly a little annoyed because Cattarina's problem solving was actually going on tough and slow not according to what he expected.
So even though Cattarina didn't show her disappointment in particular to her opponent, Belhart had seen it all in her eyes.
Berhart asked in a slightly displeased manner.
"Are you disappointed with the answer?" Belhart asked, hoping that Cattarina could express her disappointment in an instant, even if it would be painful.
Monna shook her head quickly in response to Belhart's question.
"No, Your Majesty. I know you must have tried. It's just that this matter may be more complicated than I imagined," Monna explained hastily so that Belhart would not misunderstand her.
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