I Will Return My New Brother Chapter 83

Soon, that famous 'fresh and sweet orange juice' was placed before the prince, he sniffed it and scrutinized it with dubious eyes to confirm it.

“This is really juice.”

The second prince muttered as he looked at the glass in his hand.

He looked at Young Lady Liz who had already drunk half of hers because she seemed like she was thirsty out of nervousness. Then, he lifted the juice as if he had made up his mind.

After tasting the juice he gulped down, he muttered again.

“Real juice . . .”

“I've already told you before that it's orange juice.”

A maid of the duchy who was next to us faintly nodded.

The efforts done in order to make excellent orange juice which was tasty and had no sour taste were the maids' pride.

I could understand if she was feeling bitter because of the continuous suspicion.

She looks as though she would argue with him if he weren't a prince.

When I stared away from the maid, who closed her mouth tightly, the prince was hesitating before speaking.

“Isn't juice something that is served to children? I never expected that you would confidently serve orange juice when there are people watching.”

“I didn't really serve it to you, prince, or even Young Lady Liz. I am simply not rejecting you because you came to my table.”

He slowly nodded then asked after attentively looking at my remaining juice.

“Are you not drinking your juice?”

“I don't like it. The orange juice.”

Hearing my answer, both of them closed their mouths and looked at me.

They looked like they wanted to ask 'why did you prepare juice that you don't even like'.

On top of the table that was packed with silence instead of conversation, patience gazes were directed to the juice in my hand.

They were staring intently at the juice.

Ah, I see?

Some moments had passed since the glasses filled with juice in front of them were emptied.

According to the etiquette, it was appropriate to drink a glass of served beverage like tea, juice, et cetera.

However, since they had drunk all the juice and there was nothing to say, it was awkward.

Then, they would surely get thirsty.

I didn't know which one of them did it, but I heard the sound of gulping down saliva.

“Here, drink it while it is still fresh. I'll divide this half in each of your cups.”

Although they were embarrassed, they instantly drank the juice that I precisely divided into two for them.

“Drink it slowly.”

Because it was made by selecting the most good ingredients, its amount was limited.

I told the truth to these two people whose eyes were sparkling after emptied back the glasses in a few seconds.

“There's no more.”

Both of them turned sullen.

Now that the tasty orange juice that connected everyone had disappeared, silence returned back on this table.

Young Lady Liz, who was being awkward, mumbled, then took courage and talked to me.

“I was surprised because you know about my family, Young Lady. We rarely have any interaction with other areas since we're mountainous territory, you see.”

That's why the known information about them was small compared to their territory's size.

I nodded.

“I know. It is close to the land of death and is rugged, so wild beasts often attack people's houses.”

“Yeah.”

It meant that they needed a lot of military support, but the donation and support from the nobles in the capital were hardly given.

It might be because of their habits to push things off if it wasn't related to their safety.

I told her calmly.

“I traveled nearby in the past. Louver village.”

She opened her eyes wide.

Then, she looked happily at me with her cheeks blushed.

“Th that is a beautiful place. It's a place with the legend about the beginning of this world. The festival held every spring there is famous.”

“Yeah, I know ”

I gave her a light smile to calm her down a bit.

I wondered how nerve-wracking this place was for her to make her happy by only talking about a nearby village.

“That's right. It is famous for its gypsies festival.”

I stayed there for a while thanks to Mom, who 'once again' found her destiny.

Now, Mom lightly went and returned alone, but back then, there were a lot of occasions when I followed her traveling because I was very young.

Thanks to this, memories I made by traveling to various locations were still piling up.

Good memories, and the bad ones as well.

“Ah, there is also . . .”

I, who was hearing Young Lady Liz talking happily about her hometown, checked the prince, who had been quiet for some time.

Somehow, the face of the second prince, who was still holding the empty glass, turned a bit dark.

As if noticing my gaze examining him, he quickly sorted out his expression.

“I see you often go to far places.”

I replied to the prince who commented belatedly.

“Yes. My mother didn't care much about where to stay if she liked it.”

When I listened carefully to the sound from afar while I drank the remaining water, the second prince spoke to me kindly.

“Master will win even if you don't worry about him.”

“Sorry?”

“I think there's hardly a knight order that could win against the blue knight order in that forest.”

He spoke as if he was assured.

“The one who will sit on that chair will be you, Young Lady Marianne.”

Is this kid trying to quarrel with me, right now?

Or is he trying to curse me?

Or perhaps, is he picking a fight?

Chapter end