Tanya was surprised to see Dean's face for a moment... but was pulling it right in.
"Welcome, Lady Duke of Armenia"
To his words, I stuck a smile on my face.
"It's an honor to invite you"
"... let's name it again. My name is Alfred Dean Tasmeria. The first prince of this country."
... That was a separate word.
Maybe not to him, but it sounded that way to me.
"I am, Iris. Iris Larna Armenia."
Even if we knew the other person's face, the first time we talk, we introduce each other.
And the inferior cannot be named unless the superior is named, and it is unacceptable to call the other's name even if you know it.
Dean now is just royal...... I was just noble.
That thing in the past is not here.
"This time caused a great deal of inconvenience to the Armenian Duke family and to the Duke's territory. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize."
"There is no body, Your Highness. We've only done our part as noblemen."
"You are... no, the Duke of Armenia is the most aristocratic nobleman I have ever known"
I don't know if it's admirable, but that's what he says and smiles.
To that grin, I don't know how many times today, but my chest hurts.
Silence falls between us.
Always a waste of time, it's a big difference from those days when we talked a lot.
He lowers the servants who had refrained from gesturing.
Tanya, you need to step back.
I told Tanya I didn't move.
"But..."
Confused, she alternates between me and him.
"It's okay."
Your Highness and I are not very good together, but this is not a secret room, under a wide sky.
It just doesn't look like it, and perhaps a lot of them are holding back.
"... awed"
That's how the only two of us left on this scene were me and him.
"... Surprised?
That changed his tone for the first time.
…… Yeah, right. I was surprised to see you there that day. "
People refrain from saying they can't see you.
That's why he didn't turn on the subject, and I clouded the word again.
"But at the same time, I was convinced. Why did someone like you show up before someone like me?"
I knew perfectly well that Dean was highly educated.
It's out of the merchant, so much so that I can't explain it.
That's why I was more convinced than surprised to know he was the first prince.
Perhaps he had come to inspect.
Because the lady who had been expelled from the school began to do things instead of standing still for the Lords.
To my words, he laughed bitterly.
Apparently, my guess was on.
"... what have you done?
I don't know, he said I was laughing.
To my sudden change, he asks me to ask.
"No, it's nothing. I was thinking a little bit."
Really, it was nothing.
... with what thoughts he came to me.
I thought about it… I came to the conclusion that it didn't matter after all.
That's not to blame, it's not to be frightened.
In the first place, he had no resentment or anger at all for falsifying his own identity.
Because I was the only one who accepted his qualities without knowing them.
I felt a lot strange leaving the merchant's house.
Still, I accepted him because he was someone who was certain of the identity of your grandfather and mother.
... No, that's such a trick.
Because at some point, it didn't matter.
Whatever he was, he was meditating on his eyes that it would be better if he just stayed on his side.
Why did you leave the question open to the other side?
So I'm not going to blame him at all.
That's all I thought about, and I laughed.
Over this period, to myself still imprisoned by him.
Oh, my God, I thought love was a nasty disease.