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“As you said, we are both partners in this political marriage so I thought it might be a good idea to get to know each other to some extent.”

“Ah, you must be wondering why I came here looking like a clump of dust.”

Aristine nodded and crossed her legs.

Somehow, Tarkan felt like his words were perceived in a different way but she wasn’t exactly wrong, so he nodded his head.

‘Hmm.’

Aristine took a sip of her tea then she looked down at the tea-table.
Her long eyelashes cast an elegant and deep shadow over her eyes.

Her gaze was unintentionally fixed on the enticing raspberry compote and scones that were on the plate.

She wanted to eat it but there was only one plate of scones.

Aristine quietly drank her tea.

‘Is it a good idea to tell this man about my situation?’

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She knew the answer to that right away.

‘No.’

Even though she had lived in confinement and didn’t have much experience with interpersonal relationships, she knew she could not trust someone that she had just met.

After all, she had seen many human relationships with the Monarch’s Sight.

‘How much does he know about me exactly?’

First things first, he probably knew how she was treated in the Imperial Palace.

The Emperor of Silvanus did not hide his cold treatment of Aristine.
Of course, there was no benefit to letting the world know of the unseemly circumstances in the Imperial family.

So the official statement was that Aristine was being treated for her illness.

However, since most of the nobles in court and palace servants knew the truth, it was pretty much an open secret.

‘From what I saw earlier, all the other members of the royal family seem to know so Tarkan naturally knows.’

While she was considering how much she should say in this situation, Tarkan suddenly opened his mouth.

“I thought you were crying.”

“Hm?”

“When I got there.
The other royal family members were…”

Tarkan shut his mouth.
He turned away and mumbled.

“Anyway.”

He had never comforted anyone before.
Nor had he ever tried to care for someone who was dejected.

However, he felt like he was awkward and unfamiliar to himself because he didn’t know why he was bothered about her and even saying things like this.

But when she looked down softly just now, he thought she was sad and downcast.

“…”

Aristine looked at Tarkan, who was trying to organize his thoughts, with absurdity in her eyes.

Why would she cry over something like that?

Tarkan frowned once he read the look in her eyes.

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“You’re the princess of Silvanus so this must be your first time experiencing this sort of thing.”

“I am familiar with it though?”

Not only that, she was ready to hear all sorts of nonsense about how terrible she looked.

Aristine watched him carefully, then she sneakily put some raspberry compote on the scone.

Tarkan didn’t say anything.
He didn’t even look like he was paying attention.
Somehow, it seemed like his mind was somewhere else.

Encouraged by this, Aristine went ahead and applied clotted cream to all the scone slices.
Then she threw a piece straight into her mouth.

‘Yummy!’

It was her first time eating such delicious bread.

Maybe she had tried it when she was very small.
But she didn’t remember anyway.

When she took a mouthful of tea together with it, she was mesmerized.

Aristine was so happy that she had to wonder if this was really alright.

‘Should I offer some to Tarkan too?’

However, the scones were very small and there were only 3-4 pieces left.
Honestly, she wanted to eat all of it.

She glanced at his face and noticed that his expression was stiff.

Well, she could understand.

There was only one plate and strictly speaking, the scones belonged to Tarkan.

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‘It’s my fault for eating it without asking.’

Despite that, she was still hesitating on whether she should offer it or not.

Just when Aristine was about to sullenly open her mouth…

“You said you’re familiar with it?”

She heard a remarkably low voice that seemed to be scraping off the ground.