As luck would have it, on this day, no gourmet dishes were prepared in their house. It was Emma's fault, who spent all the time outside the living room door, eavesdropping on the conversation between Antares and Luna. She had no choice but to hastily prepare simple snacks.

Nevertheless, Antares ate without saying anything. And he even reassured the baron, who made excuses to him at such a meager table.

"Hmm ... Come to think of it, I have a question."

Due to the situation with Fersen, Antares sat silently at the table, but the silence was interrupted by the baron, who had a question.

Antares seemed curious as well. He put his fork aside and took an open position, as if making it clear that he was ready for any conversation.

"This seems to be a misunderstanding, but in fact ... Are you in any relationship with our Luna? What do you mean "spent a few nights ..."

("Khe-Khe")

Luna, who was drinking water at that moment, choked and coughed, looking for a napkin.

Antares handed her a napkin and answered the baron's question.

"It's a misunderstanding that we spent several nights together. I just accompanied the Lady for several days, I spent the night in a separate carriage. Fersen misunderstood me, he ran away without even listening to the end."

"Oh, that's it ... "

The Baron breathed a sigh of relief, but seemed a little disappointed.

"But answering your question, about our relationship ... I cannot give you an exact answer."

Antares said with a smile, staring at the baron.

The Baron became interested again and looked forward to Antares' next words.

"Oh my God! What are you talking about!"

Luna thought, still coughing.

Antares' face, looking at her, shone with joy.

'Please please! Shut up! Now is not the time for confession! Lord, couldn't it wait! '

Luna silently resented herself, hoping that Antares would understand her.

"There are hardly any men who will not fall in love with your beautiful and smart daughter. "

"Ha ha ha!"

The dining room filled with the baron's delightful laughter. Antares laughed after him.

Luna, who struggled to wipe her mouth from her incessant coughing, laughed awkwardly as well, casting a furious glance at Antares.

'Antares seems to be a time bomb.'

Luna thought.

***

The Baron liked Antares.

After dinner, we drank wine, and father invited Antares to stay with us for the night.

'Thank God you didn't get to know each other before ...'

I didn't know much about the Antares rumors, so I wasn't too worried. In principle, I did not strongly believe the rumors, given what they said about me with Fersen.

Moreover, he helped me save a lot of money and invest it correctly, so I didn't really care about the public opinion.

Anyway, they all drank wine together. And even though Luna didn't drink that much, she felt dizzy.

I thought I was going to suffer from headaches for several days, so I decided to ventilate myself at a table on the terrace, and waited for the alcohol to wear off in the cold night breeze.

It was a good ending for a busy day.

"It's cold here, what are you doing here?"

Until Antares appears.

He walked over, slung his coat over Luna's shoulder and sat down opposite her.

I went out to freshen up, but the cold wind was blocked by the warmth of Antares.

'I think Seira experienced something similar in the original novel.'

He had a neat and beautiful face, when he smiled, it seemed that the world around him was becoming even brighter, but there were glimmers of coldness and sadness in his eyes. He was tall, which added to his confidence when speaking.

It was quite difficult to find a common language with such a person.

When we first met, it seemed that among the mercenaries who were too brash, he was the most normal.

"Are you in love with me?"

"No. I was just thinking. "

Antares laughed and asked, but as usual, Luna was able to respond in a casual manner, avoiding his gaze.

It was all about alcohol. With a clear mind, I would never sit and stare directly at Antares' face.

Maybe he didn't like Luna's reaction, and Antares tapped his fingers on the table.

She decided to ask a question that interested her all this time, alcohol added to her confidence, and she asked with a smile:

"You said you weren't used to being polite."

"It was so".

"You're a good guy.... Is it because of your father? "

"... What does it matter?"

"You looked good today."

Today he showed himself on the good side, in front of my father. This means that he still knows how to be polite.

As Luna's expression turned redder, Antares apologized and stopped banging his fingers on the table.

"This was the first time I was so polite to someone I didn't know."

"Truth?"

"I had no one to talk politely to, I used to communicate with mercenaries. I'm glad the Lady noticed and appreciated it. "

Luna narrowed her eyes and tried to determine if he was lying or not. However, intoxicated Luna could understand almost nothing for sure.

Eventually, her eyes dimmed and she blinked to restore her vision. Antares smiled slightly, looking at her as if she looked very sweet.

Why did such a person lose in the original, to such a fool as Fersen.

I think he had a sense of inferiority in front of Fersen. He has done all kinds of evil deeds because of his position.

But all the same, I could not believe it, because now I saw everything with my own eyes, especially considering that Fersen and Antares were relatives.

Marquis Vincent, who lost the fight for the inheritance and was expelled from it, although he was the main successor to the Duke of Rodrian.

It was a long time ago, but such a past still affected their entire family, so Antares did all these evil deeds to take Fersen's place again. Of course, this cannot be completely trusted, since I read the novel from Seira's point of view.

"If you want, from now on I can always be polite. As the beautiful and wise Lady Pales wishes. "

However, no matter how it looks, it doesn't look like the one I read about in the original, so when I looked at Antares' face again without saying anything, I smiled brightly and spoke.

"It will be better if we talk in a simple way."

Luna ran her hand over his arm and blushed. Goosebumps ran through her after the touch.

"Lovely to hear. I don't want to hear or say a lot of these polite words unless it's really necessary. "

The conversation ended because an agreement was reached.

Luna had a lot of things that she wanted to ask him, but decided to cover her mouth. When she, the only daughter of the baron, is out of the book. She realized that she shouldn't ask about the long-standing animosity between the protagonist and the villain.

Besides, I was out of my mind because of the alcohol.

"... I think I will go. There's a lot to do tomorrow morning. You shouldn't stay here either, let's go. There is cold."

Antares followed Luna, as if he came here from behind her, worrying about her, along the way he asked her about tomorrow.

"Don't we have to deal with the paperwork tomorrow?"

"I have something to do this morning. You must be tired of returning from Vincent's estate, so sleep a little longer. "

"Where are you going?"

"... There is one place. I have money to return. "

It wasn't really a debt, so I don't need to pay it back, it's just money that I wanted to spend.

Anyway, I was going to go to Seira and throw money in her face. It was she who gave me the incentive to look for gold.

It was quite recently, but it seemed to me that it was in a past life.

"What? You are not like those who like to borrow money, it's amazing. "

"I didn't need her money. I didn't even use them. "

"The Lady seems to have an interesting story."

"And there is."

It wasn't a very long story, so I didn't want to explain everything, but luckily we came to the stairs leading to the second floor.

Luna took off her coat and returned it to Antares.

"Good night then".

"It's a shame to part like that, so let's meet in a dream."

"... It will be a nightmare."

As she turned her back and headed for the stairs, she heard laughter behind her.

It was a confusing evening, but not a bad one.