Aldar didn't come with the usual strawberry pavilion... but today it was a restaurant with a calmer atmosphere.
There is some kind of air that might be said about dress codes, but I also behaved as if it were natural not to look at them.
Even this! I'm a noble girl!!
Well, you know what I mean, but you weren't worried.
(I didn't expect to go to a place like this just for dinner....)
I just go to dinner with my lover when I get to work, as usual.
It's not a special anniversary or anything like that... I thought it might be a more enjoyable place for me... No, wait, this kind of place was more common as a nobleman.
Nevertheless, today is nothing.
So I was just a little surprised and enjoyed eating normally with nothing else!
I was worried about the price when they told me to offer only the course dishes!
... when it's time, I'll have the royal castle send me an invoice. Before Aldar knew.
I'll get it for you! Just in case!!
Otherwise, Aldar will pay quickly and it will be like nothing happened...!!
But the food was exquisite.
This is no better than Metabon...!!
"Speaking of which, did Julia hear about it the other day?
Huh?
"Do you want to see my mother...."
"Huh? Ah, uh... there was that, too."
When I talked to Aeren about the tea party, it was just for a moment.
But I thought Aldar's answer was "I don't care anymore because of the Baum family"... when I leaned my neck, Aldar smiled.
"I invited you today because I wanted to talk to you."
"What do you want to talk about...?
"Yes, actually, my father called me in the daytime."
"Well, to Count Baum?
"It's so unusual to call me at the royal castle, so I thought it was something."
Aldar was drinking wine with a funny laugh.
I just tilted my neck about what happened, but as he waited silently to continue because he said he wanted to talk, Aldar looked serious.
"My real mother, Mrs. Cedritus... yes, my father revealed it."
Eh!
I was shocked and shouted, and I looked around in a hurry.
Fortunately, it didn't sound that loud, and nobody seems to care about us.
But you can't be surprised!
"If my father told me, I thought it would be fine if I told him now... I was surprised to know what to say now, but I don't know..."
Aldar laughed in trouble and thought he couldn't be calm if he heard about his family when he was worried.
Well, according to Murietta's “prediction”, Aldar would be overwhelmed by that fact... actually, that wasn't the case.
My heart pounded, but I stared at Aldar.
He looks so calm, disappointed... painful, it's not like it's such an atmosphere, as usual.
"Um, Aldar... are you calm...?
"... that's right, I didn't think I'd be surprised."
After showing my words a bit of surprise, Aldar continued his words, laughing at me with regret.
"That's why I hated you. My father surprised me too."
"That's right...."
"I didn't know why I hated her so much, so I thought I hated her."
It reminds me that Aldar was in the town house with the servants of the Baum at a distance.
Among them, I saw that I did not want to lose only against Mrs. Credritas.
In Aldar, Mrs Cedritus... must have been 'special' in many ways.
"Many of House Baum's friends and servants despised me, but she wasn't the only one."
"Aldar"
"It's the first person I've ever met with hatred... and I think it's the first person I've ever met that I hated."
The expression of Aldar, who lay his eyes down gently, was quiet and I didn't know any more.
However, I don't think there is anything I can say. That's why I couldn't say anything.
"For my father, I don't know... well, before Mrs. Cedritus became my tutor, I didn't really know what a father was."
According to Aldar, the Count of Baum is either a 'father' or a concept... well, his face didn't suit him, so it might have been helpless.
Later, Mrs. Cedritus appeared beside her as tutor when she had a heart attack, and she was told for a long time that it would not be good for Count Baum, that she had been struck by hatred, and that, in addition, she could not be honestly accepted after being welcomed as a family member....
"It was a strange story. My real mother, who wanted to see me so much, was by my side and hated me. And so did I."
……
"Oh, I'm sorry. It was dark, but... Julia knew about Madame Cedritus. I wanted to talk to you."
"Aldar...."
"I really don't care about anything like that. And I just wanted to tell you that if you knew why, you wouldn't have to worry about Mrs. Cedritus anymore."
I just didn't want to hide it.
That's what I was told to whisper and I blinked!
Because it's a bad memory, it's about someone I hate.
It's so easy to do something like that...
"I wish I could have told you in my own words, if someone else would have heard Julia. Anyway, I wouldn't have gotten stuck if I accompanied you by a random rumor."
Well!
"... I'm sure it was because of Yulia that I didn't think of anything like this. As I said before, you're the one who inspired me to face my family."
I laughed at Aldar, who giggled.
I'm really glad you blew it out.
"Now my stepmother says that I was born with a wrong stomach... but don't you think that's funny?
I was relieved by Aldar's giggling smile.
I can't help but think that Aldar, who meets me, gets along with his family... and gets over the hard stuff.
(And above all, I'm glad you told me that)
I gently laid my hand on Aldar's hand on the table.
As usual, he let me like him without saying anything, and he was looking at me as if something had happened, but I was just full of breasts.
"... thank you for talking to me."
That's all I had to say.