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"Ah, um. Cyrillos-sama. Would you like to have some tea if you don't mind?"
"No, but. I'm on duty right now."
"Master Cyrillos. I permit it. How about Maria also sits on the sofa and we have a tea party? Let's do that. Right, Jean-niisama, is that okay with you too?"
"Eh? Yeah. I don't mind?"
Since that Maria kidnapping incident, Maria and Master Cyrillos have always been like this.
Maria is obviously conscious of it, and Master Cyrillos is trying his best to act as usual with a gentlemanly response.
Jean-niisama blinked his eyes in surprise, seeing the two looking different from usual for the first time since that incident.
I moved the tea from in front of me to beside Jean-niisama across from me, and I sat down beside Jean-niisama again.
Inevitably, Maria and Master Cyrillos have to sit next to each other in order to drink the tea.
Master Cyrillos, who noticed that, lowered his eyebrows as if there was no help for it, and Maria visibly blushed.
"? ...! T-th!?"
Jean-niisama, who observed the two for a while and seemed to have noticed something, started pointing at the two alternately, so I nodded and affirmed.
"!!!! I knew it!? Nialkos! Maria! Congratulations!!!!"
"Haha. Thank you. But we're at the stage of waiting for a reply right now, so please excuse us any further."
"I'll give the two of you a painting as a present when you get married!"
"M-marriage..."
Unable to bear seeing Maria, whose face had turned even redder, Master Cyrillos had Maria, who was frozen, sit on the sofa, and knelt beside me and Jean-niisama himself.
"It is true that I proposed to Maria-dono, but we're at the stage of waiting for a reply. Marriage is more important to a woman than it is to a man. Please don't rush her so much."
It was only when I was told that by Master Cyrillos that I realized that I hadn't heard Maria's feelings in words.
The mood that had been swelling up until then suddenly deflated.
"N-no. Please don't mind it!"
Maria said that in a flustered manner, but it was a fact that I had cheered her on without hearing her feelings.
If this were Japan, I wouldn't be able to argue even if I was sued for sexual harassment.
Marriage is important to both women and men.
"Maria, I'm sorry too. It's because I thought it would be nice if Nialkos and Maria got married. But! If the two of you do get married, please let me know!?"
When Jean-niisama said that to Maria with a slightly flushed face from excitement, Maria blushed to her ears and clenched her skirt around her knees tightly with her hands.
O...? O!? What!? What's with that reaction!?
"Actually, I was thinking of talking about it after it was decided, but... Actually, I have told my father about the story I received from Cyrillos-sama."
In my head, I ruminated on the words Maria had just said.
"Congratulations!!!! The children of the two of you are synonymous with my younger siblings! I will definitely dote on them!"
The fact that she told her father about her intention to marry means that Maria herself has the intention to marry.
All that's left is to wait for approval from her father, Duke Grimaldi.
In other words! Maria herself has virtually accepted the marriage proposal from Master Cyrillos!
Duke Grimaldi!! Please! Acknowledge! Their! Love!!!!
"Maria-dono, that is... No, let's stop now."
Even Master Cyrillos seems to be embarrassed by this.
"Master Cyrillos. I'll be in the bedroom, so please use this room with Maria! Jean-niisama, let's go!"
"Okay! See you later, Nialkos, Maria."
Lord Raymond and Giancarlo-sama. After the two of them went down to the inner bedroom, only me and Cyrillos-sama were left in the room.
"Maria-dono, let us accept your words."
Told so by Cyrillos-sama, who gave a wry smile, he also sat down on the sofa where Lord Raymond and Giancarlo-sama had been sitting until just now.
If I don't say something, I don't think I can bear this atmosphere.
However, when I look at Cyrillos-sama's face, I get embarrassed and can't spin words.
As silence fell between the two for a while, the edge of my vision caught Cyrillos-sama thinly opening his mouth as if to say something.
"I, I'll pour Cyrillos-sama's tea!"
"Fufu. Then, please."
I wondered if my thoughts, which I had stood up in a hurry, were being read, and he gave a small laugh.
While pouring tea for Cyrillos-sama, who was sitting on the sofa, I calmed my feelings and sat down on the sofa again.
"About the story from earlier."
"Y, yes!"
My back straightened at that gentle voice.
"That your heart is with me... May I take it that way?"
I want to avert my eyes from those eyes that are looking straight at me, but I can't avert them.
From the serious expression, I could faintly see an anxiety that was almost like a plea.
"............Yes. I love you."
There's no point in trying to fool.
Because it was a word that came from the heart, I want to reply with words from my heart as well.
He has been by my side for seven years.
It's no exaggeration to say that we raised Lord Raymond together.
It's unreasonable to tell me not to like the person who has always been by my side, supporting me.
"I will visit Duke Grimaldi-sama to greet him next time."
That gentle voice is faintly happy.
My face turned red as if being drawn in by it.
"If I can get permission from your father, let's talk again. I want to talk about the future with you, just the two of us."
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