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His mistress Larissa’s red-painted lips whispered close to his ear. Her beautiful dark blond hair swayed as she tilted her head.
“Ah, Your Highness. A little while ago, Your Highness gave the Queen the wineglass and told her to wait since you needed to join me for the first dance.”
Vainas slowly lowered his gaze and looked at the two glasses in Arnoa’s hand, which was filled with a transparent drink.
One belonged to himself and the other to Larissa.
The queen stood still in the middle of the banquet hall, holding two glasses like a maid while people watched and whispered about her.
His eyes shone with satisfaction as he looked at Arnoa.
“Ahh… I did. I already forgot.”
When Vainas responded lightly, Arnoa momentarily frowned.
“I didn’t expect you to wait with two glasses like a mangbuseok. You are a really frustrating and inflexible woman.”
(T/N: Mangbuseok is a famous rock which has a legend where a wife was waiting for her husband and turned into a rock.)
Larissa burst into laughter when Vainas blurted out as if it was an insignificant matter.
Neither Vainas nor Larissa, who was in his arms, approached Arnoa for a glass of wine. Hence, Arnoa still couldn’t rest her arms carrying them in both hands.
The curious and sympathetic gazes around stung her body.
“But what should I do?”
As if not at all in a hurry, Vainas slowly picked up two cups of red liquor and ice from the tray next to him and also handed one to Larissa.
“After dancing…”
He glanced at Arnoa and said coldly. Larissa remarked while clicking her tongue.
“What a shame. Her Highness still doesn’t know? Since childhood, Vai… His Highness doesn’t like drinking lukewarm drinks whenever it’s hot.”
Larissa, who was Vainas’ lover before Arnoa came to Dirhan, spoke proudly of their relationship.
The daughter of Dirhan’s ambitious Count Estea was Vainas’ first love and mistress. Shortly after Arnoa and Vainas got married, he made her the chief lady-in-waiting of Arnoa, a justification to keep his lover close.
Larissa’s daring action of calling his name in the middle was probably not a mistake, but to show off the fact that the two were close in private.
“You just drink what’s in there. It’s your price for waiting.”
Arnoa’s lips trembled slightly. At the same time, Larissa exclaimed an ‘Oh my!’ and covered her mouth with her hands. Vainas grinned and pulled Larissa’s waist closer.
The nobles inside the banquet hall each gulped their dry saliva and watched the conversation between the king and his wife.
What did the king say?
Did he just ask the queen to drink the leftover wine mixed with his and his mistress’ saliva and clean it up?
It was unfortunate from the eyes of the spectators, yet it was still an interesting and eye-catching sight.
‘The etiquette of the empire is different from that of Dirhan. Countess Estea is well versed in this field, so learn from her.’
She managed to spit out a few words between her trembling lips.
Something big was crouching on the top of the bed. It was sleeping in her bed with a low snoring breath.
“Grrrr–”
It was a leopard as white as snow.