Chapter 24

“Where did he go?”

“He led the knights out hunting at dawn.”

She had an ominous thought. She remembered how he got angry last night. Did he reject the obvious favor he showed and return it?

“Are you angry?”

So, did he even go out to quench his anger by hunting?

“Does he often go hunting?”

“Yes. He goes often. Hunting in the north is important. Meat for food, bones for tools, skins for clothes, that’s it”

The maids tried to appease the visibly deflated Grand Duchess.

“That’s right. He always goes out. It’s not something special.”

“Yes. It’s no exaggeration to say that he goes hunting for a quarter of the year!”

Aisa was surprised by this. “You mean he’s been hunting for so long? Then how long does it usually take?”

“Boy, usually a week to ten days, huh?”

The handmaiden looked at the Grand Duchess’s eyes and said the deadline as short as possible. But her efforts were fruitless. It was because Aisa was more miserable than expected by even the short deadline.

“So… so long…”

The maidens had no choice but to scream silently over the upset princess, which had withered like a plant abandoned in the shade in an instant. ‘Are you supposed to go hunting now!’ ‘Come back quickly, Grand Duke!’

Aisa, who had been alive for a while, was dead again. The maids desperately tried to bring in delicious dishes and desserts, pretty clothes and beautiful ornaments, beautiful artworks and books, and even the best musicians of the Duchy, but to no avail.

For three days, Aisa was just killing time, staring blankly out the bright window, morning or night. No matter how delicious it was, she ate and drank little. The maids were anxious about the thin and weak Grand Duchess, who was ill after the first night and lost more weight.

And their earnest wishes and prayers must have reached the goddess of the moon. Fortunately, Jeon Seo-gu arrived, saying that the Archduke would return from hunting in three days much earlier than usual. Hearing the news, the Grand Duchess was energized. It looked like a withered flower had met the sun. The Grand Duchess ate the most during the three days, and worked hard to decorate her appearance, making the maids thrilled. When Aisa, who was walking towards the castle gate at a slow pace, came to a stop, the maids were puzzled.

“Rain?”

When it was time for Caleb to return, Aisa was even more terrified. The situation of meeting Caleb again in three days. The last time she met him face to face, Aisa refused his favor.

Aisa trembled between courage and fear, unable to catch her breath. The arrival of the Archduke’s party, who went out hunting, was widely known within the castle. The servants, including the chief of staff, came out and prepared to welcome the master.

“Open the door!”

The fortress pulley turned vigorously to break the ice fragments, and the gate opened, and Archduke Caleb, Ainar, who rode a white horse over a drawbridge, took the lead and entered the castle. After that, the knights faithfully followed. At the very rear was a wagon loaded with a mountain of game. Considering the short hunting schedule of only three days, the harvest was so rich that it could shocking.

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