95 – Watch your mouth whether you sleep or wake up
After the conversation in the drawing room, Edgar went to Ariel’s room to talk privately.
As if she knew he was coming, she sat alone without even Shuri accompanying him and greeted Edgar with a dignified figure.
“What’s with that surprised face?”
“You don’t look surprised. Can you give me a hint?”
Edgar laughed at the sight of her making a mischievous expression as if imitating him.
How important is this, and why are you so carefree? He felt like he wanted to feed her forehead with honey chestnuts.
It felt like an idiot to be nervous on the contrary to the calm and weak appearance, as if he had given you a small surprise.
“anyway… It’s true? To inherit the family head.”
“yes. I didn’t ask for it first, my father suggested it willingly.”
“His Highness himself?”
“Why? Don’t you believe it?”
Edgar honestly nodded at Ariel’s question.
Of course, he didn’t think Yulken would have fallen for Ariel’s foolishness because he was good at distinguishing between public and private life, but it was unexpected for him that the other side would propose it first.
It’s not a position that the head of the grand duke’s family can get by getting a ticket, and it won’t be easy for a girl who has just undergone a coming of age ceremony to rise to that position.
Apart from simply overestimating Ariel’s ability, it would have been difficult to make such a decision without some reason.
It was Edgar who suddenly became curious about Yulken’s intentions.
“Chit, what is it? I knew you would be happy.”
“There is a difference between being happy and being surprised. Besides, I’m an aide… I want to know what the hell is going on.”
Ever since Edgar fell in love with Ariel, he had occasionally learned public affairs through Elfelt.
Since he wasn’t a member of the Loveheim family yet, he hadn’t been taught a very serious job, but from time to time Elfelt would call him and teach him a few things.
At the time, Elfelt said it would be useful someday, so I learned it without hesitation, but looking back now, Edgar guessed that it might have been Yulken’s instructions.
That would also be the case, because it would be absurd for the current head of the household to teach official duties to someone who was not the next head of the family but merely his lover.
Perhaps, since then, Yulken has been secretly planning to put Edgar in the position of the next aide.
“You said you would think positively in front of your father, was that all a lie?”
“No way. It just means you’re so bewildered that you can’t believe it.”
But regardless of Yulken’s careful planning, Edgar was still dumbfounded because it happened so suddenly.
The horse was an aide, but he was a person in the 2nd position of power in the family, except for the Loveheim family.
You must have the appropriate learning, have character, and have excellent abilities.
Edgar had never thought of himself as a man worthy of it.
‘Unless you’re crazy, you can’t even think of that in your dreams.’
However, there was a reason why he didn’t bother to refuse it.
First of all, I was afraid that it would be an act of ignoring Yulken, who believed in me and gave me the opportunity.
The other was due to the slightly nasty and personal desire of the boy who wanted to walk by Ariel’s side as Ariel’s friend before being a lover.
Although he has definitely earned the position of a lover, he wants to become a man who can walk with Ariel not only in private but also in work.
Because that was also the initial goal that Edgar followed all the way to distant Hespania.
In other words, if I can develop my abilities based on this opportunity, that would be a great result.
So, he wanted to seize this opportunity. It won’t be too late to prove yourself even after you’ve honed your abilities.
“You’re not telling me to do it right away anyway, are you? First of all, all you have to do is to learn things step by step and help me by your side.”
“Okay, don’t think too fast.”
Edgar sat across from Ariel without showing that he was as tough as possible.
I had more questions to ask from now on, but the most important of them was this one that I had to bring out from now on.
“By the way, what is the oath of subordination?”
When Edgar asked, remembering a word Yulken had mentioned earlier during the lion interview, Ariel’s expression changed somewhat mysteriously.
“ah… it? It’s one of the traditions in our family. Have you ever seen the unusual pattern on the back of your left hand?”
“If it’s a pattern… ah.”
It’s hard to see Yulken because he usually wears gloves, but Edgar has only seen it once.
According to his memory, he must have witnessed it when he went to face Yulken at Ariel’s request.
It’s a little vague because it’s a memory from a while ago, but I thought it was probably right.
“And the one in the other hand is the proof of marriage with my mother. If you look closely, they look different.”
“I have seen the proof of marriage. But since Your Highness is right-handed, I rarely see him on the back of his left hand.”
“Anyway, that’s the pattern that comes out when you go through the oath of subordination. It’s also engraved on the back of Elfelt’s hand.”
“I haven’t seen it engraved on the back of Sir Elfelt’s hand, but… Anyway, I know what you mean.”
For Yulken, Elfelt was the most trusted subordinate and one of the comrades he could entrust his back to on the battlefield.
The meaning of the oath made with him must mean a kind of token given only to the true servants of the owner of the Loveheim family.
And unless he was an idiot, he could guess one reason why he said it in front of Edgar.
“Do you and I want to make an oath of subordination?”
“… Probably. To be honest, I hate it.”
“Well? why?”
Edgar expressed his doubts at her rather unexpected answer.
I don’t know what exactly the value of the oath of subordination is, but anyway, there is no doubt that it is an opportunity to clearly show the relationship between the two and tie them together.
Even so, you react in denial about it.
I thought that if it was Ariel he knew, he would have agreed.
“I know what your father is worried about. Unlike my father, I’m not very popular, and I don’t have the means to make an oath of subordination.”
“… … .”
“But you are my lover, not my subordinate. I don’t want to force you to do that because of my inadequacies.”
Edgar then understood what she was trying to say.
And compared to him, who didn’t take this matter seriously, Ariel thought about the oath more deeply and seriously.
Edgar realized this, and a faint smile formed on Edgar’s lips.
Even though they became lovers, there are times when he tickles a little, but is it that she is the only one who truly cares about him?
Feeling a lump in his chest, he quietly placed his hand on the back of Ariel’s hand on the table.
“What do you think is so special about it?”
“Yunan. I am more serious than anyone.”
When Ariel, who pursed her lips with a sullen face, responded bluntly, Edgar gently brushed his lover’s hair and added a comment.
“Who said you weren’t serious? I mean, don’t take that oath of subordination or whatnot too heavily.”
“It is a family tradition. How can I not take it seriously?”
“Great. That’s not what you meant.”
Sometimes he felt that she was really clever, but Edgar also thought that Ariel was really pure when he saw this side of him.
The symbolism of that pledge of subordination must surely be heavy.
Edgar, who hasn’t heard about him in detail, doesn’t even know about it.
However, I didn’t think that the oath proved everything.
It is only a symbol to further clarify the relationship between the two masters and servants, and the relationship between the two does not suddenly change due to the oath.
“Anyway, given your personality, you wouldn’t even try to have someone you couldn’t trust by your side… The oath of subordination must be even more so.”
“I know.”
“What are you bragging about? That will make you more trustworthy.”
bean!
In the end, Ariel added a word and ended up being punched in the forehead by Edgar.
When she grinned with a teary face, he cleared the air with a clearing of his throat and continued talking.
“Anyway, what I’m saying is that you and I don’t have to be entangled in the oath of subordination or the apparent position, just do what you and I do.”
“as it is… … ?”
“yes. Wouldn’t it be bad if you just thought we had a slightly different engagement ceremony?”
Edgar, as usual, smiled mischievously and replied indifferently.
Is there such a thing as an engagement in the world where people swear eternity by sharing blood and magic?
The ridiculous Ariel laughed, but on the other hand, I also thought it was a very appropriate answer.
‘Well, that’s true.’
The oath is not light.
My relationship with him is so strong.
Although it is an oath of subordination made only in a master-servant relationship, it is like a sword bestowed by the owner of a grand duchy on the person he trusts the most.
Ariel believed that if there was anyone who could match her, there would be only one.
Others have never thought of it and will never think of it in the future.
So I thought it would not be a bad choice to use this opportunity to deepen my relationship with him.
On the contrary, he felt like an idiot for not thinking about the true meaning of the oath of subordination.
“… Should I be determined? The moment I make an oath of subordination, you are my seed. Get ready to call out to me every time.”
Ariel once said that she did not want to put her lover in such a position, but now she quickly changes her words and takes a provocative tone.
Of course, this was all just a joke, but the problem was that there was one part of her remark that sparked Edgar’s mind.
“Majesty?”
“Why? You can’t do it either?”
When Ariel blatantly provoked him, saying that he should quit early, Edgar shrugged his shoulders with a strange smile.
‘Tell me.’
Apparently, she thought that Edgar would never be able to say the title of Highness, but for him it was just a good excuse.
Hoping that he wouldn’t repeat what Ariel had said, Edgar gave a deep demonic smile.
Your Highness Ariel. I think it’s a name that sticks well.