The atmosphere in the carriage was full of tension as Eleanora just kept quiet and Alexander stared at her intensely for an answer.
His deep blue eyes seemed like it was piercing through her identical blue eyes as him for an answer.
A few moments passes just like that and then she hear his deep exhale before he averts his gaze outside of the window.
"Forget it…"
"Don't say if you don't want to say it…"
Alexander speaks sulkily as he notices that she didn't want to talk about it, where Eleanora sighs in relief.
She can't really tell him that the crown prince taught her how to handle her own father right?
A Few Hours Earlier~
"Elle, Duke Dalton is your father now… and this world is different, not like before."
Cathain speaks and Eleanora turns back to look at his face.
"No wonder he got angry when I called him mister and melted down when I called him papa."
He shook his head as this was expected and Eleanora tilts her head.
"The story you told me… the father was also horrible like the male lead. They were ended father-in-law and son-in-law; both of them were the same."
She scoffs with anger as she didn't like the father while listening to the story, even if she felt pity for him.
Where, Cathain became speechless and guilty at the same time for lying like that.
But in truth, both of them were really alike as they couldn't face their own feelings and mistakes.
Alexander couldn't accept his failure to save his wife thus he distanced himself from his daughter in hope to keep her safe.
If there relationship were good, people would target her all day to get back at him in some way.
They might use her to threaten him, but what if the duke doesn't cares about his daughter?
Then she isn't beneficial to them as the duke might as well let her die instead of risking everything to save her.
And if she becomes the empress, then she will be less powerful as her relationship with her father isn't good and they can use her to gain benefit.
But in the process, the duke never imagined the daughter who used to run behind him would get tired one day and then change her path to chase someone else.
Where the emperor also thought that no matter what, she will continue to love him because he is the only one she can rely on.
Eleanora become lost in deep thought as she wondered what she should do.
She isn't crazy enough to stalk someone all day for no reason; neither can she love someone to the point of sacrificing herself to make him suffer for all the pain he gave her.
"Will the duke kill me if I say that I am not his daughter?"
Eleanora murmured and then Cathain whispered as he got closer to her face.
"Yes… the duke might even burn you alive to get back his daughter."
"…"
Her body shivered with fear as her face turned pale after listening to his words, before she looked at him with disbelief.
"N-No way… Aren't you here to save me?"
"There is no way that I will die…"
Eleanora speaks with a trembling voice before she gets away from him and Cathain's red eyes jolted a little as he heard her words.
Save her from whom?
Him?
His red eyes suddenly flashed with an intense pain but he immediately controlled his emotions before patting her head.
"Do what you are good at."
"Do…what?"
Eleanora asks with a bewildered face and Cathain smiles at her lightly.
"…Use your face and eyes."
"…"
She presses her lips into a thin line as she glares at him, he was clearly mocking her!
But her glaring had no effect on him; rather it made him feel excited but sad at the same time.
How he wished that they were like this in the past and then none of those tragedies would happen.
But it wasn't time for him to think about that and focus on dealing with the current situation.
Eleanora only remembered her modern life, thus he can only use his past life as a story to warn her about the upcoming dangers.
And Alexander is the only one who can protect her right now either he knows the past or not.
He will never give up on his daughter.
So Cathain could only make her believe this nonsense and bring her closer to her father like this.
Knowing her modern personality, this should be an easy task as a rich spoiled daughter.
He felt sorry for lying but he has to lie to make things right this time.
And the relationship between Alexander and Eleanora will be his first step to change the future.
"Your only talent was how to butter up your father to get what you wanted, use that on the duke too otherwise wait for him to discover that you aren't her and then…"
Cathain paused on his words as he gestured his thumb before sliding it on the air to explain his unspoken words.
Where, Eleanora's face turned white like paper and her blue eyes widened with horror.
And just like that, the mission to butter up the duke of Dalton began.
Because of those weird Ideas from the crown prince, Eleanora stood up from her seat and sat beside Alexander slowly as she rubbed her head on his upper arm.
Her actions made Alexander flinch instantly as he looked at her in disbelief.
"Papa… my head hurts…"
Alexander's white face flushed as the word 'papa' kept ringing on his head.
"S-Should I r-rub it for y-you then?"
For the first time in his life, he shuttered as he spoke.
His hands were hesitant, thinking either he should do it or not.
And then he finally decided to just do it and proceed to take off his gloves, but then her sweet cute voice rang again.
"How about we go for a shopping then?"
Eleanora spoke as she looked up to meet her father eyes with a puppy look on her face and Alexander felt like his heart just got stabbed by an arrow.
"My mind is a mess and I think going for a shopping can help me relieve my stress…"
"Don't you think so, papa?"
She continued to speak cutely, where Alexander was to stunt to something.
His blue eyes twitched as his silver brows rose with confusion, before a weird feeling started to melt his cold heart again.
'My daughter… she isn't possessed right?!'