“…Aah…”

Oswald cut off the conversation, looking as if he couldn’t stand it.

“Let’s stop. There’s no point in discussing this anymore since we can only form a hypothesis.”

“Lord Oswald…”

“Don’t worry, I’ll find a way to break the contract magic on you no matter what.”

Oswald covered his mouth with his hand and muttered to himself.

“If the royal family continues to harm you, I’ll protect you even if it means going against all of them.”

“…?”

His voice was so low, Charlotte failed to hear it.

When Charlotte tilted her head, Oswald lowered his gaze.

“—It’s nothing. Rather than that, let me tell you something, all right? While you were running away from home, I thought to myself that there were some things I hadn’t made clear. The reason I kept my marriage a secret from the world was because of the issue with my bloodline. It was not because of you in the slightest.”

Charlotte shook her head at his explanation.

“No! Please don’t worry about that! In fact, I’m glad you hid it so I didn’t have to burden you!”

“No, that’s where you are wrong.”

Oswald sighed and went on.

“—No matter what anyone says, I’ll officially introduce you as my wife.”

“Lord Oswald.”

“If I do that, those who’ve taken an interest in after that night will probably settle down a little.”

He muttered, looking slightly irritated.

Charlotte wondered if the reason she was attracting so much attention was because she was the infamous saint.

“Anyway, if that happens, there’ll be more opportunities for socializing. I think you should ask Mrs. Heydemarie about the future after apologizing for the previous incident.”

That’s right! I have to apologize to Mrs. Heydemarie and Irene!

According to what Oswald said earlier, the reason he was able to reach Charlotte was because Heydemarie had contacted him.

At that time, Irene, the young lady who teleported Charlotte, probably confessed to Heydemarie.

If Irene had remained silent, Oswald wouldn’t have learned about her abduction, and Charlotte might’ve been killed by Randolph.

When she pointed that out, Oswald nodded and said, “I understand.”

Oswald told her that if he spoke to Emile about how Randolph had coerced Irene, he might consider covering for Irene.

I’m sure Irene will be fine. After all, Lord Oswald said that he’ll do something about it.

Charlotte beamed at Oswald.

Everything about Oswald was so magnificent. Be it the tips of his eyelashes, or his shapely lips, which gave her a tingly feel after what happened the day before.

She couldn’t help but stare at his profile.

“The only thing left to do is make arrangements with Ignatius. I’ve asked him for a lot of things, so even though it’s a hassle, I have to repay my debt… Charlotte?”

“Uh, uhm, Lord Oswald…?”

“I want to ask you something… Can we restore what was changed during the incident with His Highness Randolph?”

“What do you mean?”

Oswald looked at her strangely. Charlotte also loved it when he furrowed his eyebrows like that.

“Uhm, I was referring to… To… You know, one of the events that started it all, uhm, uh, my—”

“Your?”

“My…!!”

Mustering her courage, Charlotte spoke.

“My divine power! Will not sealing it again truly be alright..!?”

“…”

After she finished asking about what she was curious about, she let out a sigh.

Oswald silently stared at her. He stared at her long enough for her to look up in confusion.

Their gazes collided, and she hurriedly turned away.

Oswald spoke to Charlotte whose cheeks were red.

“…You just want me to kiss you, don’t you?”

“Ugh!!”

Her shoulders bounced in surprise at being seen through.

When she proposed another divine power seal at the dinner party, she swore she harbored no negative intentions.

However, she couldn’t deny that there was an impure motive behind the offer she had just posed.

Feeling guilty, Charlotte whimpered bitterly.

“I-I’m sorry! I don’t know how you found out! I’m truly sorry!”

“You were staring at my lips. How could I not notice?”

“I-I mean, after my seal was released and I transferred my divine power to you, I was completely absorbed by it, so I don’t remember much about it!”

She covered her face with her hands and whined.

“B-but it’s fine… In fact, if I had experienced that kiss with Lord Oswald, I’d have died on the spot… No matter how many lives I had, they wouldn’t be enough…”

“Hey, what am I to you?”

“Now that I think about it, I feel lucky that I have no memory of kissing Lord Oswald!”

“…”

She regained her composure, raised her head, and looked up at Oswald, brimming with energy.

“But what should we do!? We need to reseal my divine power in front of the royal family!”

“…”

“How am I supposed to keep Lord Oswald from kissing me? Oh, what if the seal isn’t engraved on our tongues? Problem solved, right?”

“…”

“Then why not carve a new seal? Even if it might consume your magical power…”

“…”

“Even if it becomes necessary to release the seal in an emergency situations like before, I won’t have to worry about it! With this, Lord Oswald won’t have to force himself to kiss me in the future.”

“…Charlotte.”

“?”

Right after her name was called, Oswald’s slender fingers captured Charlotte’s delicate chin.

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