She looked at him with frustration for not knowing that, but he didnât feel bad. He was just curious and felt strange about this meaningless action. Caitel sneered.
âYou picked flowers just to look at them?â
Ria tilted her head after hearing his murmur. Seeing her innocent expression, he wanted to keep annoying her.
âEh, canât I?â
Her serious contemplation made him smile. This was how most of his days with his child were.
âWell, Iâll take it.â
âI donât hate flowers, but I didnât like them that much either.â Caitel always ignored them because he was not interested. Thus, when he walked, he only saw a colorless landscape, but when he received the flower in his hand, some kind of emotion doubled up within him.
Other times, he would have thrown it away without mercy, but now itâs a bitâ¦
I didnât feel like it.
What should I do with this?
Caitel kept his mouth shut because he had no idea what to do with the flower, but suddenly Ferdel put out his head.
âPrincess, what about me?â
âFor Ferdel?â
Full of anticipation, Ferdelâs glistened, but somehow, my daughter muttered with a troubled face.
âI donât have anyâ¦â
âThatâs right.â
âI couldnât help but feel better.â
âEk!â
Ferdel was in tears as if he couldnât take this, but Caitel was convinced.
He couldnât be treated the same as her father.
If Ferdel knew what he was thinking, he would have countered that heâs her godfather and that he should be treated the same way she did to her father, but unfortunately, Ferdel had no knack for reading other peopleâs thoughts.
âSo mean! The princess is cold!â
Ferdel cried out. Ria looked sorry as she saw him being upset. Not knowing that the emperorâs gaze, sitting beside him, was getting sharp, Ferdel whined.
It was thenâ¦
âOh, would you like to take this instead?â
As if she suddenly had a good idea, Ria brought the pot that stood beside her. It was a plant that Silvia once gave her.
ââ¦â
Ferdelâs face changed dramatically when he saw the Venus Flytrap with its mouth wide open. He waved his hand right away.
âNo, Iâm fineâ¦â
âYou donât have to say youâre fine!â
When she forced the pot into his arms, Ferdel dropped his head with a gloomy look. When Caitel sneered at it, Ria turned her head.
âDo you want this too, Dad?â
âNo.â
Of course, Caitel immediately refused.
Ria turned back with an unsatisfied look at his refusal. What sheâs doing didnât look fun, but she had a big smile on her face anyway.
On the other hand, there were a lot of dark clouds on his other side.
âPrincess, thatâs too muchâ¦â