Chapter 23 - Date

Because of Lucian did want, Alexandra finally followed what Lucian wanted. 

Now the two of them are archery together, next to Alexandra is Lucian, who is also archery. When Alexandra hits the bullseye, Lucian also hits bullseye. Repeatedly, made Alexandra glance at Lucian, and Lucian also glanced at Alexandra with a gentle look in his eyes. 

"You're so awesome." 

Instead of answering Alexandra's remarks, Lucian chuckled lightly. He moved both of his shoulders lightly, which looked like he didn't want to answer the remarks from Alexandra. 

He is indeed great, an archery ability useful for hunting game animals to be his food. 

After a few tens of minutes of their archery, the two now rested on the chairs on the edge of the archery grounds. Both of them can be seen looking at the extremely bright sky, with a bluish color and shining sunlight. 

"It's sunny today." 

Lucian spoke calmly, Lucian's remarks although they sounded ordinary, but he actually made Alexandra think about something else.  After he looked towards the sky, Lucian looked towards Alexandra and never turned his attention to Alexandra. 

He seemed to observe Alexandra and as hard as he could to read Alexandra's heart that had been avoiding him these few days. 

Pretending as if nothing had happened between herself and Lucian was what Alexandra was doing, so that she became stiff in the face of Lucian now. Alexandra even thought maybe her face looked very scary because of the stiffness that happened to her. 

Damn, because her red hair was tied so neatly, she couldn't hide her reddish ears. 

His body temperature rose.

"Lexa, do you agree that it's very sunny today?" asked Lucian, who this time asked Alexandra for his opinion. 

Forcing Alexandra to answer the question from Lucian, she couldn't ignore Lucian's constant remarks even though the sound she made was like a broken machine moving. 

"Yes, it's a very sunny day." 

Without looking at Lucian, Alexandra's eyes constricted, she sighed deeply at the strange tone of her speech. 

Soon, Lucian's lips that had been tight just now opened. 

"A sunny day is good for both of us to walk around. What do you think?" asked Lucian, which made Alexandra's eyelashes tremble. 

[It's a dating invitation!]

She screamed inside her heart. She didn't know how the date went. But isn't it that when a man asks a woman to walk it means an invitation to date?!

"Well, then we'd better get ready now. Niles will help you."

Alexandra immediately stood up from her seat, now she and Lucian walked into the mansion to prepare for a walk. 

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Alexandra had been helped by her maidss. She, who was not used to wearing the dress, still chose clothes using red and black pants. What she uses is never used by any lady, or anything, they will get a curse because they violate the rules of a lady who must be graceful, beautiful, and have female skills. It is not the skill of swordsmanship let alone fighting. 

But Alexandra used what was her identity. She also felt that if she wore a dress anywhere she would look weird. 

She was not used to it and it felt strange.

Alexandra looked in the big mirror that was in her room, the three maids who had helped her dress up got out of the way from Alexandra up close to let their Duchess see for themselves how perfect she looked. 

As for Alexandra, in front of that big mirror besides observing her appearance, she was practicing smiling well in order to give Lucian a sweet smile. 

Alexandra attempted to relax her facial muscles, then she tried to smile. But damn it! The smile she made looked so bad!

Even the maids who were there got goosebumps seeing Alexandra's behavior, because it was seen that Alexandra would be on the battlefield to behead the enemy. 

The mouths of the servants were completely tightly closed watching Alexandra practice, smiling well. 

Knock! Knock!

Then there was a knocking sound that made Alexandra look directly towards the door. She guessed it must have been Lucian who had finished preparing with Niles' help. She had told Niles to dress Lucian handsomely, because she wanted to see the beauty of Lucian who dazzled her eyes very much. 

Suddenly, Alexandra wondered what Lucian wearing a different dress would look like. Alexandra opened the door of her room and saw Lucian who had finished preparing. He stood at the door with a signature smile on his face. Just like her wish, Alexandra really got a very dazzling scene that could blind her eyes. 

Lucian wears a black uniform, he is so perfect and looks very suitable. No one would know that Lucian was a paid knight, but they would have guessed that Lucian was from a noble family.

With his handsome face and also his very polite attitude. Alexandra is sure there will be many women who like Lucian because of the good looks Lucian has. 

Alexandra herself realized that the maids who had helped her look at Lucian with a small smile on their faces and blushing faces that made Alexandra immediately close the door of her room, her body attached to that door, she was not sincere that Lucian's beauty was seen by others, and with a little look, made Lucian ask what happened to Alexandra. 

"You don't like what I use, Lexa?" 

Hearing Lucian's voice, Alexandra came to her senses. She raised her face and now directly met those beautiful green eyes. 

"You look so pretty, Lexa." 

"...."

"You've always been beautiful and are so beautiful now."

Lucian said without the slightest burden. Alexandra doesn't know where he learned to say a sentence that could make every woman like his remarks. 

Alexandra walked over, and Lucian walked beside her. She tried to ignore the sentence said by Lucian just now, although in her head, Lucian's remarks were always circling in her memory that made her blush. As they mounted the horse-drawn carriage, Alexandra immediately turned her head out of the horse-drawn carriage window so as not to feel so tense about this date she had with Lucian.