My Lover's Personality Is A Little Strange

In the children’s hands, there was an invitation with the imperial seal on it.

It was Erwin and Odelia’s first time to receive such an official invitation.

Even during the meal, I couldn’t take it off their hands.

The invitation was brightly framed with gold, and a dainty ribbon was attached.

‘The inversion of the Imperial Palace has been somewhat cleared up, but…… I don’t think I’ll be able to make time.’

The vacancy of Ferdinand, one of the three main households of the Empire, made the work more heavy for me and Celine.

But I can’t pretend I didn’t see those sparkling eyes…….

“Sorry, Mom is too busy. Why don’t you ask Uncle Brian instead?”

I sneakily left the children to Brother Brian.

Then the children looked at Brian, who was eating with a gloomy face.

Brian was saddened by the delay in his wedding with Celine.

“Brian Samjon!”

“Brian Samjon!”

“Will you take us please?”

“Lia and Er are babies, so they need an escort.”

Brian nodded helplessly.

“Well, yes.”

The sight made me giggle for no reason.

“I’m glad I have Brother Brian.”

“I know. What would you have done without me?”

Brother Brian sighed back at my words.

Thanks to Brother Brian’s help in the restoration of the Chernicia mansion, I was able to perform my family duties more easily.

“If my brother gets married, what should I do then?”

But after he marries Celine, I will need someone else to take care of the family’s safety.

“Why don’t you get married?”

Brother Brian asked in a passing tone.

“Marriage? With whom?”

“Well, anyone. If you have a man in your heart…….”

“That’s enough.”

I replied with a half hearted smile.

“I have no intention of marrying someone.”

A long time ago, I imagined myself holding someone’s hand and entering the wedding hall, but…….

“Yes. I’m going to reinstate your family. And after that I will take you as my wife.”

There’s no man who used to kiss my hand and whisper like that anymore…….

I didn’t love him because I wanted to get married.

I imagined myself having a wedding with him because I loved him.

If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have thought of marriage in my life.

I didn’t want to love anyone for marriage.

I just, I liked it now.

“I don’t have the confidence to love someone that much again.”

A bitter smile came out so I moistened my throat with a glass of water.

“Why? Don’t tell me, that…….”

It was when Brother Brian was about to ask me something.

Brian and I turned our heads at the same time at the glaring gaze.

Then I saw Erwin and Odelia, who stopped eating at some point listening and concentrating on Brian’s conversation with me.

“…….”

“…….”

Brian and I quietly shut up.

Early the next morning.

I prepared early to go to the Imperial Palace.

Not long ago, the imperial order was issued to convene all the noble families in the Albrecht Empire.

“What’s going on?”

Theodore kept the reason secret until the day of the meeting.

I was very curious, but I would only know when the meeting started a little later.

“Mom is pretty.”

“Mommy is the prettiest in the world.”

Erwin and Odelia twinkled their eyes as they saw me dressed in green conquests.

“Oh, thank you.”

I smiled and kissed the children on the cheek.

“You know, Mom. Er’s dream has changed.”

“What?”

“Er will grow up to be Mom, not a squirrel warrior!”

Erwin clenched his fists and declared.

Then Odelia’s eyes, who was standing next to him, widened.

“You can’t!”

Odelia raised her voice as if it were never going to happen.

“You can’t, you can’t! Never!”

“Why can’t I be Mom?”

“How can you be Mom when you’re a boy?”

“Why can’t I be Mom if I’m a boy?”

“I mean… I mean…… You can’t be Mom! Never!”

Odelia couldn’t explain to Erwin asking why, so she just denied.

“Lia, are you jealous?”

Erwin asked, tilting his head.

“Jealous?”

“Lia is jealous. You are jealous that I’m going to be Mom.”

“No! Lia is not jealous!”

Then Erwin and Odelia began to fight.

In recent years, children have become better at speaking, and in proportion, they have become better at arguing.

“Er, Lia.”

After watching the scene for a while, I quietly called the children.

“You said you were going to see Uncle Ernst today, right? If you keep fighting like this, neither of you will be able to go see your uncle.”

“……!”

“……!”

Surprised by the words, Erwin and Odelia came to their senses, covering their mouths with both hands.

“Oh, we didn’t fight.”

“Lia and Er are on good terms.”

Erwin and Odelia, who became calm immediately, began to act cute so I smiled.

“Okay. I’ll be back from work, so don’t fight and play well. You have to listen to Uncle Brian.”

When I patted their heads, the children smiled, closing their eyes thinly.

“Yes, yes! We’ll be obedient!”

“Lia and Er are good siblings!”

Erwin and Odelia, who shouted solemnly, seemed somehow reliable.

I left the children behind and came out to the front door.

Then there was something I didn’t know would be here.

“Why is a carriage here?”

“A carriage sent from the Imperial Palace, My Lord.”

“From the Imperial Palace?”

I looked at it with bitter eyes.

Today, I was going to ride a horse instead of a family carriage.

This is because it coincided with the day when the children went to the Imperial Palace to meet Ernst.

Originally, Chernicia had several carriages.

However, after the last disaster at the Imperial Palace, all of them were taken to return the bodies of the dead victims to their families leaving only one family carriage behind.

I could have used the carriage, but Celine Leobrante said it would be better to use the horse.

As a person who expressed the power of protection, it was a disaster that occurred because we could not protect those who we were supposed to protect.

It was to pay respect to those who died pitifully by using horses, not carriages.

I was educated by Grandfather Gunther since I was young.

Chernicia, the Guide of the Land.

The family tradition that I inherited.

Use the power of the sword only for protection, not for domination.

As a guide, not a ruler, support the country above and lead the imperial people below.

Abandon your pride, but protect the weak by fulfilling your due moral obligations.

Following the family tradition of the three generations, I had to set an example with Celine, and the nobles below us also followed suit.

So there was only one carriage left in the mansion.

I heard the royal family also sent all their carriages but is it Theodore or Ernst’s carriage…….

‘It’s Theodore’s carriage.’

I can’t believe he sent a carriage quietly without anyone knowing.

It was when I thought it was not like Theodore who always packed gifts and tried to get on the carriage.

‘What?’

For a moment, I blinked because I thought I saw it wrong.

But no matter how many times I rewound it…….

“Theodore…”

No wonder, I thought the silhouette of the man wearing a cape like a coachman was strangely handsome.

Theodore didn’t look back at me, but he bowed his head.

He seemed to want to hide his identity.

I tried to call him up for a moment and ask him what he was doing, but he pretended not to know me and just got on.

‘He could have sent someone, why did he come and suffer like this in person?’

Theodore’s carriage was very comfortable.

Thanks to this, I was able to avoid the trouble of speaking directly.

But I didn’t quite understand Theodore.

Is he really happy with this labour?

Before we knew it, the carriage arrived at the palace.