We stayed in silence for a while as I stared at the Duke the whole time.
He wouldn't lift his eyes from the drawing, not even for a second, as if the paper had rapted his attention.
I was still stunned at his reaction, and looking at his never-fading smile... His happiness became infectious.
'Seeing him so happy also makes me happy... Maybe my drawing skills are really good here?..... Heh. I knew it, I'm awesome~'
"..."
'Anne~ do you see that?~ We succeeded~~ Your dad is happy~!'
Marianne had kept still for a while, but I could feel her react to my self-praise as my body tingled. When I mentioned what our eyes were seeing while those thoughts took form, she became shy, and then, a similar feeling to the one I had when the Sir thanked me flowed from my stomach.
