Chapter 55

She felt embarrassed, but she had to answer.

In fact, the reason why the work did not go smoothly was the existence of Cedric, rather than the successive questioning of the Marquis of Tenuis. Entering the room with the Marquis of Tenuis, he only sat in one place and stayed there throughout the entire process, just like when the Duke’s daughter came.

On the other hand, Cedric was standing on her back. Roselia was sweating coldly throughout the whole process at the intense gaze piercing behind her back. Whenever I answered the question posed by the Marquis of Tenuis, I could feel Cedric’s gaze, sharp as an arrowhead, touching me.

Maybe the Marquist was originally an ignorant person, as he couldn’t read Cedric’s unusual appearance and keep getting him frustrated.

Just answering the Marquis of Tenuis or observing the atmosphere of Cedric sitting behind her, Roselia was almost exhausted dealing with them.

“Duke, can you come out for a moment?”

Then someone came to the studio. It was Cedric’s assistant.

The expression on his face as he called Cedric was quite nervous as if something urgent had happened. Cedric, who had been staring intently at Roselia while gritting his teeth, raised his eyebrows as if he didn’t like the sudden call, and stood up with a sigh.

I expected him to go straight to the door, but he unexpectedly came all the way to Roselia. When Cedric’s unique body scent brushed past her nose, Roselia’s whole body stiffened.

She trembled at the concentrated tension. It felt like the blood flowing through my veins were getting hotter.

“If he does anything nonsense, you should immediately shout.”

Cedric must have been suspicious of the attitude of the Marquis of Tenius as well.

However, I don’t know, but such worries actually made me even more troubled. It was Cedric, not the Marquis, who gave her more tension at the moment. His presence touching her back made Roselia’s Heart pound, embracing the desire to get away from him quickly.

She nodded her head.

I was freaking out.

Cedric grabbed Roselia’s stiff wrist once, and then slowly walked away. I wanted him to be far away from me, but strangely, I was sad that he just moved away from me. Now, I’m used to it, since it’s not the first time I’ve had this flustered in my mind.

As he left the studio, she was able to breathe a little in such pressured space. It seemed that Cedric was the bigger part of this uncomfortable reason.

Taking a breathless sigh, Roselia looked at the Marquis of Tenuis. The Marquis still has his smile on his lips.

“Has it been half a year since you graduated from the academy…”