"Lexa."
Lucian's low voice sounded. The fingers that touched Alexandra's cheek just now had moved in front of her now. He waited for Alexandra to greet his hand.
"Let's have a snack now. You must be exhausted of being constantly busy with Duchy affairs."
His eyes narrowed and kept looking at Alexandra, who was silent because of his actions. Facing Lucian's gaze that was straight ahead, Alexandra lowered her eyes slightly, and touched Lucian's hand that was directly grasped by Lucian.
Alexandra faced a lot of confusing things inside her head. She was afraid that it was too obvious how much she liked Lucian, and wanted to immediately drag him into the room, locking him to herself.
Lucian's head tilted even more, and he opened his mouth again.
"At least by eating snacks with me, maybe that burden of yours will be reduced, right?"
[Yes, of course it's a snack....]
It disappointed Alexandra to hear what Lucian said. But she stood up from her chair, their hands holding each other, moving with the movements of their bodies. Alexandra paused slightly and moved her head, aiming towards Lucian.
"Yes, they will serve a lot of sweet snacks."
In fact, although she is a war queen on the battlefield, Alexandra's taste in food is still the same. She loves sweets, and it makes Alfo feel relieved. Alexandra has not changed completely and also she is sure that the one in front of her is the same Alexandra that he has taken care of since childhood.
The two of them walked over with light footsteps. Even the sound of the footsteps of the two of them was barely audible. One was a soldier, and the other was a mercenary. Their footsteps always produced a faint sound when they were off duty.
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The voices of the birds sounded, and they were near Alexandra and Lucian. The existence of the two people is more prominent than the garden filled with red flowers and shaped in such a way.
The waiters had prepared a sweet snack that Alexandra said they placed a cake with sweet cream on top and a few pieces exquisitely followed as decoration of the cake. Not only that, there are many pastries that Alexandra usually eats.
Several times also Lucian got the same snack when he was studying with Alfo. He came to know how the pastries tasted, which he thought would be less sweet than the cake in front of him.
It has poured two cups of tea with a soothing sweet fragrance, it has a color that is not too reddish brown, a little clearer and looks lighter.
The maids after finishing preparing all the things for this tea time, the maids stepped aside in the other corner so that if needed they would quickly execute the order.
When the birds sounded near them, the two didn't care about the bird. Alexandra raised her tea glass elegantly, and her golden eyes winked, looking at Lucian's.
"I hope you like this taste of mine. I asked them to ask them to give tea from the Cardian empire."
Lucian smiled at Alexandra's brief explanation. He responded to what was done by Alexandra calmly. While the smile was still on Lucian's face, Alexandra drank a sip of tea that felt very light. She placed her tea glass silently and looked at Lucian, who was still having the same attitude.
"You won't drink this tea?"
The look in Lucian's eyes changed slightly. He blinked her eyes as if he was resuscitating himself of what Alexandra had prepared for him.
His reaction to directly holding the glass made a small smile appear on Alexandra's face, which was quickly instantly eliminated by Alexandra.
"I'm sorry, Lexa, I was just amazed by your grace just now. I didn't consciously touch what you had prepared."
Lucian drank the tea, then his eyes swooped with a strange tremor.
As for Alexandra, after hearing Lucian's words, she opened her eyes wide. Is Lucian teasing her? Sometimes Lucian said something vaguely. The purpose was not obvious.
Tap!
The sound of the glass that Lucian placed made Alexandra regain consciousness. Their eyes met, and Lucian's smile was still as usual.
"No wonder this has become the tea you like, Alexandra. The taste of this tea is very light and makes the tense muscles become more relaxed"
Hearing Lucian said what made Alexandra happy, she moved the plate containing the cake closer to Lucian which made Lucian's eyes move following the movement of the cake pushed by Alexandra, after which movement stopped Lucian looking towards Alexandra.
For a moment his forehead frowned. He was looking forward to what Alexandra would say. Catching that expression from Lucian, Alexandra quickly said to her.
"Taste it, I love the cakes made by Rissingshire chefs. They use a natural fruit blend and are very soft as hell. You'll feel like they're melting inside your mouth." Alexandra said excitedly and Lucian smiled so clearly.
Maybe he almost laughed at Alexandra said what.
"You.. don't like sweets? Or do you not like cake? I have made a mistake."
Alexandra said again after seeing Lucian not touching the small plate that had a cake on it. He didn't want to give something that Lucian didn't like.
"That's not the case. I'm just happy to see your spirit when explaining what you like."
Lucian said so calmly, his green eyes were dotted with thick peacock-like eyelashes. Lucian held the small plate and cut the cake given by Alexandra.
The armpits of her lips moved to open her mouth, Alexandra saw how the cake got into Lucian's mouth, the movement of Lucian's lips that looked soft was as if Lucian's Adam's apple moved when swallowing made Alexandra swallow her saliva.
She was silent for a while, it had sucked all her attention in for just one move of Lucian's meal, especially at the one point of small cream that was above Lucian's lips.
"It's so delicious, Alexandra."
Alexandra made a sudden movement. She touched Lucian's lips with her body leaning towards Lucian. The smile on her face appeared involuntarily, and the moment she had successfully picked up the cream, Lucian's widened eyes without shaking had already met her eyes. It even feels like time has completely stopped because of what Alexandra did.
Alexandra couldn't say anything, everything she wanted to say or do was gone. She fell silent and closed her eyes—behaving like a completely stupid lifeless stone.