Daniel looked at her silently, then looked around once more at the people who were having a peaceful daily life at Lake Menata, looked at her again, and nodded slowly. She suddenly thought it was an excellent decision to dress up nicely, anyway. This is because I thought I got close to Daniel in an instant today.

“Tell us about your date.”

Reina’s words suddenly came to mind, and she blushed a little. She just followed the King’s undercover, but why does it feel like we were only looking at each other without seeing others? In addition, we talked a lot about each other’s personal stories that we never talked about at the palace… But Iveca forcibly stopped contemplating, thinking that the dull King would never think of such a thing at all. Daniel also spoke his words in a low voice.

“Thank you.”

“…What?”

“For being with me when I feel ugliest, most difficult, and most alone.”

Impulsively, Iveca grabbed Daniel’s hand first. Their fingers were tangled, and she thought it was more like a date than any other date.

***

“Eve. Let’s go eat lunch.”

Iveca raised her head at Sid’s words while organizing the comprehensive report. It was already lunchtime. She jumped to her feet with a smile. Reina was away from her work, so the two of them had to go to a restaurant.

“Huh? Isn’t Senior off today? You’ve been up all night all week.”

“Because an incident broke out.”

“What is it?”

“It’s hard to explain because I haven’t organized it yet either.”

Sid spoke bluntly and took a step. Iveca stretched and pursued him. Sid, in a black Bureau of Investigation uniform, was like a high school student in a school uniform, but he never smiled, and his voice was so low that she did not think he was cute.

Iveca yawned and ate on the plate, and Sid, who was eating in silence, suddenly asked.

“You will not meet him anymore?”

“What?”

“A month ago, the day you went out dressed up.”

“Oh.”

It seemed to mean Daniel’s birthday. In an instant, her face turned red. This was because she was ashamed of herself that she did everything she did while thinking impure thoughts alone. The next day, Sid and Reina thought she was dating someone after Reina asked with excitement, and she replied that she only had dinner once.

Sid stared at her silently as she immersed herself in her thoughts for a moment, saying nothing.

“Are you still seeing him?”

“We meet, but it’s not a big deal.”

We met almost every day. She needed to report to him every morning.

“Then why do you meet him?”

“I’ll sort him up soon.”

She replied as she scratched the back of her nose. It wasn’t wrong to say that Kayden was back in a few more weeks. After a brief silence, Sid coughed a few times, and then he asked again.

“Why did you plan to sort him off? Does he look ugly?”

“No, He’s the most handsome person I’ve ever met.”

“Then did he have an unpleasant personality?”

“No, he smiles well, and he’s sweet. It’s kind of mischievous at first but in a good way… I did something wrong in the first place…”

Iveca wondered why she was having this conversation with Sid but replied in deep thought.

“Then why…”

“It’s just, he doesn’t suit me because he has too many things. Well….”

“What about that guy?”

“What?’

“What does the man think of you?”

“I don’t know. But I don’t think he has any special feelings towards me? I don’t even do anything.”

She tilted her head with her contemplative eyes.

“Whenever you meet him, he will keep asking about you.”

When Sid said that he started eating silently again, saying nothing. She chewed food with a fork and thought for a moment about the King who kept asking about her whenever she went to report every day.

After his strange birthday, Daniel instructed her to sit down once she entered the office. Then he poured the tea by himself and asked her all kinds of questions. At first, she was surprised, but now, she was looking forward to the tea Daniel poured for her and the refreshments that always changed. Questions were mostly about the world, about abstract concepts, and her. Confused by all kinds of questions, he would tell her to simply answer in as much detail as possible, saying that was under the King’s command.

“Eve, where is the “IMES” in the third row?”

Such a simple question with fixed answers was very rare.

“What did you do today? Where are you going now after submitting?”

Questions about her day, which no one was curious about, were asked almost every day.

“What do you think the imperial rebellion will be like? Will it be over in 5 years?”

There were often times when it was a question that no one could predict, but everyone was curious about.

“Eve, if you had poor grades, where would you go besides the Bureau of Investigation?”

However, it was embarrassing when she was asked questions that even she had never thought about it.