I continued to walk towards the dining room under the curious gazes of the servants, as I walked I came upon a window showcasing several soldier's training
At the forefront was a handsome middle aged man with brown hair and brown eye's, he was standing at the forefront training the soldiers , as a military family, my family has got it's own private army
'Maximus huh?'
The one leading the training was a newly appointed leader, he seemed to have racked merits in the military before coming here
As for why he came to join as an instructor, it seems that he has a liking for my mother, thou he hasn't confessed yet, it's an open secret
'What should I do?'
As much of a bastard I am I have not reached a level were I would kill a guy because he likes my mother, thou I am a bastard who would do everything to prevent it
After watching for a few more minutes I continued on my path, I soon reached the dinning room where my mother was aleady seated, she looked prim and proper like a real noble lady
"Looks like you had a good rest"
"Yes indeed, I was able to get a burden of my chest"
My mother looked confused for a moment, trying to understand the hidden meaning in my word's
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing, I just meant that I was able to sleep happily"
Though still dubious, my mother decided the forget the issue for now and focus on the food, we continued to eat our food as we talked with each other
"Mother is there someone pressurizing our Duchy?"
My question caused her to freeze for a moment before she spoke again
"What makes you think that?"
"Well for starters the rumors around me seems to increase without any stop, there's also the increase in the crime in the Duchy, there's also the fact that I too have my own information system"
"Sigh.....you really have grown"
My mother had a tender and proud look as she said those words
"It's the other three Duchy"
"I see....is it after you started implementing those methods I said to you?"
"Indeed"
Sigh.....I should have known, even during the times I was on my travel's, I had kept contact with my mother and the rest
So I had periodically sent her ways to improve the Duchy, I am no master at development but I do come from a more civilized era
It was not hard to present some ideas to improve the Duchy further but it looks like that had struck the chord of the other Dukedoms
"What does uncle have to say about this?"
Juat when I mentioned the Emperor, I could see that my mother's face tightening up, It seems that something had happened
"Is there something wrong?"
I could see my mother hesitating but in the end she sighed as she spoke
"Well I suppose you would find it out anyway, it seems that my brother want's the suppression"
When my mother said those words I could hear her fury In it but I was relatively calm as I spoke
"It's because of me isn't it?"
"Yes....but you don't have to worry, he would have to go to a war if my brother wants to do anything"
I could see a cold look in my mother's face as she spoke these words, of course I expected this, how could the Emperor sit still when he know that there might potentially be someone there that might overshadow his daughter
I am sure that my aunt is an existence that brings a lot of stress to the Emperor, adding on to me, who was born into the same family with talent that seems to surpass my aunt, you can expect that he might be scared
Even if I have royal blood in me, it doesn't mean that the other side isn't dangerous, I shook my head to get rid of those depressing thoughts, looking at my mother I asked
"Mother, why don't we go on a date tommorrow?"
"A date?"
My mother was surprised as she looked at me suspiciously
"what I mean is that why don't we go out tomorrow and tour the Duchy ourselves, it's been some years since you spend some quality time for yourself, don't you remember what I said you, even you require happiness"
My mother though for a bit before she spoke again
"Sure, it's indeed been sometime that I went out for a picnic"
Seeing that she had agreed I smiled mischievously, let's see how you would be able to remain stoic after you had a good dream, I laughed as I eat my food and headed to my room
Darkness descended to the Lionheart Duchy as night came, light orbs began to activate within the streets, beautiful lights filled the Duchy at night and within the mansion of the Duchy I am currently waiting for a certain maid
A knock was heard on my door, I gave out the reply to enter the room, the door opened as Clara walked in, her hair which was normally tied in a pony tail was let down and she was not dressed in her maid clothes, Instead she was wearing a more elegant blue servant dress and I have to admit that it looks pretty good on Clara
It highlighted her breast and waist, and had a low cut showing her beautiful legs, Clara blushed again when she noticed my gaze, but her mouth curved slightly upwards, It was pretty obvious that she was happy
"You look beautiful"
"Thank you"
Though still a bit shy, Clara responded with a smile, Laughing wryly in my mind, I turned towards Clara and extended my arm
"Lady, will you give me the honor to dance with you tonight?"
Clara put on a startled expression before smiling with a blushing expression
"It's my pleasure"
She then took my arm and then music began to play at the room, as I took her arm, I placed my other hand at her waist, drawing her closer towards me, we continued to dance as we fell into our own world
As a maid Clara didn't have much experience in dancing, she kept on making awkward mistakes in the middle, I laughed at it as I continued to guide her, timed flowed as our dace continued
We both had eyes on each other as we danced, it was during the dance that I spoke
"Thank you"
"For what?"
Clara was confused as the sudden thanks which came from nowhere
"For being part of my life"
"What do you mean?, shouldn't I be thanking you for making me part of your life"
Clara's eyes had confusion on her as she spoke, I looked deeply into her eyes as my hold on her waist tightened, our bodies became closer, as our dance too became faster
"I am happy that you accepted accepted the current me, I am happy that you weren't disgusted with me, I am happy that you are a part of my life"
Hearing my words Clara fell into a daze for a moment before she smirked, one of her hands that held my waist was placed in my face
"Before I met you my life was literal hell, even at a young age I had understood that people always were masks on themselves to hide their true selves, among this great world I should have been a stringless girl, a girl supposed to be devoured by society"
Clara took a deep breath as she continued
"And yet you saved that girl without any need, granted you might have had some motive but it doesn't change the fact that you had changed my fate and even after all this you showed me your true 'face' too"
"Austin as I had said before, my body, heart and soul belongs to you, I don't need anything else, as long as I could stand beside you I would be happy, because the day that you gave me another chance, that day you had already became my world"
I could feel my heart strings shutter with Clara's world, she's the first person whom I have ever showed my real self, she's the only one who knows how rotten I am inside and yet she accepted me
The sound of music faded away as we stood still looking at each other, I placed my hand above the one Clara had placed on my face, I looked at her solemly as I spoke
"Clara I give you my word, now or even if a thousand years pass I would never let you go, didn't you say that you would be satisfied just to just be my lover?, well I am not satisfied"
"I swear to you Clara one day I will proudly hold you as my wife in front of the world, so....please stay with me forever"
Clara's eyes was wide open in surprise before tears fell down her face, I quickly started to wipe the tears from her face
"Hey....why are you crying?"
"No, it-it's ju-just that I-I am so ha-happy"
More tears fell down her face as she tried to smile, it was quite the sight of her smiling as tears came down her face, I gently continued to wipe her tears away
"So will you?"
"Wha-?"
"will you be with me forever?"
Clara smiled as she spoke
"Yes I would be with you for now and forever"
As she spoke those words she gave me her most brilliant smile yet, I caught her face as I brought mine close to her for a kiss, our lips meet each other and at the same time the salty taste of her tears filled my mouth
The bitter and salty taste somehow seemed to fill my heart with happiness
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