A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 220 – She Becomes Anxious and Wants a Definite Answer.

A curtain of darkness covered the entire sky, but there were no clouds, so the bright moonlight was shining on the earth.

This is the time when everyone should be asleep and ready for the next day, but there were people who were awake even at this time.

There were people working at night in the mansion and castle of Count Meydern.

The time when people were asleep was the time when they were most vulnerable to thieves or assassinations.

So, everyone working during this time was allowed to carry weapons.

That way, in the unlikely event that someone attacked, it was possible to respond first.

However, the woman who had just left the room had no weapons.

“There is no one… ?”

A woman with attractive brown hair and blue eyes.

Nina Gratias Esselton didn’t fall asleep even though everyone else was asleep.

Instead, she left the guest room she had been given and was heading somewhere.

At this time, the employees were patrolling the inside of the mansion.

When staying at a nobleman’s mansion, it was polite not to leave the room assigned to you.

This is because if a guest staying at the mansion leaves the room for any reason, people think that the owner has neglected to treat the guest.

There was no way for a guest to leave the guest room other than when the owner or member of the mansion came to visit them in person, or contacted them through an employee, or when they did not come looking for them for about a week.

If anyone had seen Nina come out of her assigned room, they would have said that this was a gross violation of her dignity as a noblewoman.

A commoner could make the excuse that she didn’t know much, but Nina was a maid who worked for a noble family.

She was also someone who worked directly for the Maidern family, so she knew the etiquette of nobles very well.

She also knew that if her servants discovered her actions, she would be put in a very embarrassing situation as a noble.

However, despite her embarrassing situation, she had something to do.

That was to create a ‘fait accompli’ with Alberto.

Alberto is now eighteen. He was still one year short of becoming an adult.

Because Alberto was not a saint, it was virtually impossible to create a faith accompli through such actions.

The age difference between the two may not have been that much, but they were almost the same age or slightly below that level.

In this way, if an accident occurred between the two, it was Nina who would be put in a disadvantageous position.

It was the current law of the Bregern Empire that if an older person attacked a younger person, regardless of whether they were a man or a woman, the older person was judged to be at fault.

It was common sense in this world that even if a younger person tempted someone, an older person should not fall for it.

So she wasn’t trying to attack Alberto.

What she wanted was to apply her saliva in advance to prevent others from looking at Alberto.

In other words, what Nina wanted was to make the relationship between the two known to the public so that no one could come between her and Alberto.

For this to happen, Alberto’s consent was required, so she deliberately went to visit him at this time.

“Ugh, why am I so tired today?”

“Let’s go around and go back and rest. There are still more people than usual today, so there are fewer areas to patrol.”

When she heard the voice of a warrior patrolling and talking in the distance, Nina quietly used stealth magic to hide her body.

Nina had worked at this mansion for a long time, so she knew well where to avoid the prying eyes of employees.

And because she had worked as Alberto’s maid for over 10 years, she knew exactly where Alberto’s room was.

In addition, the patrol routes of the workers were all in her head.

Since the workers’ patrol route had not changed 10 years ago or now, she was able to skillfully move to Alberto’s room without being caught in the workers’ patrol range.

Using stealth magic to avoid the eyes of the users, she finally reached Alberto’s room.

―Knock, knock, knock, knock.

Nina knocked on her door with a secret rhythm that only she and Alberto knew.

Then the door opened slightly and a voice came from inside.

“Shh. “Please come in quietly.”

The person who opened the door was Alberto.

Nina entered the door opened by Alberto.

After confirming that Nina came in, Alberto closed the door.

Then he sat down on the bed, and Nina brought a chair and sat in front of Alberto.

“What is going on that brought you here at this hour?”

“I want to ask you something.”

“Do you want to ask me a favor?”

Nina answered Alberto’s question directly, and Alberto had doubts.

What could she possibly ask of herself?

Where should I go and catch a monster and ask him to make good clothes?

Of course, I could hunt Drake as much as I wanted.

If Nina wanted it, she could make a luxurious dress using Drake leather.

“What are you asking?”

“Well, I mean…”

When Alberto asked what the request was, Nina’s confident appearance from earlier she disappeared and her face blushed and she hesitated to answer.

Alberto, who saw her like that, seemed to know what she wanted.

However, for the first time in a while, she found Nina’s flustered appearance so lovely that she wanted to hear her say what she wanted.

So Alberto waited quietly until Nina told him what she wanted.

“Well, we haven’t known each other that little time, have we? So, it was a while ago, no, not that long ago, but several years ago. Anyway, that’s how we knew each other’s feelings, and you and I like each other, right? Right? So, I mean, boy, anyway, that’s what I want to say.”

“Are you saying we want to get married?”

When Nina hesitated and went around saying what she wanted, Alberto was frustrated and told her to just get married straight away.

“Yeah, that’s true, but you still need to prepare a bit to get married, right? And if we suddenly say we’re getting married, it doesn’t mean that the people who are going to attend our wedding will be able to attend right away, right? In addition, there is a lot of land and there are a lot of people to send wedding invitations to, so it would be impossible to get married suddenly, so that’s why I said it anyway, but for now…”

“Ahahahaha.”

Alberto, who saw Nina blushing and talking nonsense, ended up bursting into laughter.

She was talking in circles, but it was because she now knew exactly what she wanted.

“So, you’re saying that you want to make our relationship a little clearer before getting married?”

“Uh, um. So, yes, it is, but it is only recognized among family members now, right? So, I want more people, not just my family, to know about our relationship.”

Nina was trying to distract her and talk back.

She thought she would speak confidently when she came here, but it seemed a bit burdensome to say this in front of Alberto.

“Hmm. Then, how about taking the time to fully announce your relationship with me at a banquet held at the imperial palace?”

“Tuesday, at the imperial banquet?”

“Yes. There will be a lot of people gathered at that time, so wouldn’t there be a more reliable way to make a presentation there?”

At the banquet held at her imperial palace her her, Nina looked at her her lover her blankly for a moment when Alberto said that he wanted to put a dent in their relationship her her her her.

A banquet held at the imperial palace. Certainly, when considering the impact, there was no better place.

If a banquet were held at the imperial court, wouldn’t almost all the nobles of the Bregern Empire gather there?

What if you clearly announced the relationship between yourself and Alberto on the spot?

Alberto would become his in name and reality, and he would also be known as Alberto’s.

In that way, it would be possible to swat away all the flies that are attracted to honey.

“Joe, okay. Then, we will clearly announce our relationship at the banquet held at the imperial palace. Got it?”

“All right. Then, since it’s late today, let’s go back now.”

In some ways, it was an act of swollen liver because they wanted to take advantage of a banquet held at the imperial palace, but the man and woman, who were blinded by love, did not care about that.

Well, even if something like that did happen, it would just be overlooked because Emperor Antonio had a sense of debt to Alberto.