Queen of the Scalpel - Chapter 90 - Dame Clarence

Chapter 90: Dame Clarence

Clip clop. The carriage slowly began to move. Elise started to think to herself. ‘What’s he thinking? Why me?’ She was confused, but there was no one to explain things to her. He had turned his head to look outside the window. ‘I don’t know. I’m sure it’s not anything bad.’ No, was he trying to tempt her with sweets and kidnap her? He probably wouldn’t do that since he was a high noble with the Imperial Palace’s signia. ‘But…’

Elise looked blankly at him. ‘He’s really good looking though.’ She had only seen one other man who was this good looking. It was her old husband Linden de Romanoff! This guy named Ron had a beautiful face like him. ‘It’s similar to the beauty of the 3rd Prince Mikhail, but different.’ If the 3rd Prince was like a fancy flower, then Linden was like a beautiful sculpture. And a sculpture that God himself had created.

Elise looked blankly at his face and suddenly became embarrassed. ‘Is it because he’s related to the Crown Prince?’ It was strange that there was a relative she didn’t know. ‘But it’s strange. It’s not awkward.’ She tilted her head.

When people met strangers, silence with them was naturally awkward. But…with this man, it didn’t feel awkward at all. Like they were someone who knew each other for a long time.

They soon arrived at the cafe in the midst of that silence that wasn’t awkward but comforting. They sat on the terrace with a good view in Cafe Lay. Like he had promised, he ordered tons of desserts for her. It wasn’t simply a strawberry cake, but a triple-tiered cake tray. Of course, with strawberry cake, mango pudding, and banana tart.

“Ah…just cake is enough…”

“I have a lot of money.”

“What?”

“I have more money than I need, so eat comfortably.”

Elise smiled. She realized that he had made an attempt to joke. Although it wasn’t funny at all. The stress of the test was too tiring, and she began to eat the dessert with a grateful mind. ‘It’s good!’ When the sweetness entered her mouth, her face immediately turned brighter. Yes, sweetness was the best reliever of stress.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince just looked at her. ‘It’s nice to see her eat so well.’ He didn’t like her oftentimes, but seeing her brightened face, his uncomfortable mind settled a bit. ‘But I can’t always buy her something to eat, so I should find out what other things she likes. She can’t just like sweet foods, right? She’s not a young girl.’ It was definitely not because he felt something towards her. He just felt better looking at her.

‘Would Baron Ren…know? I don’t know.’

He frowned thinking of his friend. He was her brother, but he didn’t know anything about his little sister. ‘He isn’t helpful in the bit. What was he doing all his life not being interested in his little sister? Chris. Yes, he’ll do. He was in the administrative bureau?’

Elise’s younger brother, Chris. Linden thought of his smiling face. He was probably going to be better than Baron Ren. ‘But what would I call him with? I’m not particularly close to him.’

He came to his answer. ‘Since he’s from the administrative office, I can talk about state affairs with him.’

The two continued to spend time together. Elise finished the dessert set with gusto. It tasted even better than it usually did. After she finished, she was going to return home, but she happened to see a famous theater nearby.

She didn’t want to head home immediately since she had just finished a pretty big test. But she couldn’t ask him to watch with her, so she was wondering if she should watch it herself.

“Do you want to see that?”

“No! It’s fine.”

She shook her head, but it was clearly written on her face that she wanted to.

“Then we can see it.”

“B-but…! No…!”

A theater with a man she didn’t know! And it was a play about love. Something that lovers usually watched together.

“You don’t want to watch that play. So you don’t have to force yourself to watch it.”

“Who said that?”

“What?”

“I want to see that play as well.”

Elise’s expression turned weird. The man with a cold face wanted to see a play about love with her?

“Really?”

“To be exact.”

He looked Elise right in the eye.

“I want to watch it with you.”

“……?!”

Elise’s face flamed up at what Elise said.

“…What?’

“Why? Can’t I?”

“No! That’s not why…hm?”

She was flustered. Just what did he mean?

-I want to watch it with you.

He wants to watch it with me? Why?