(From Blue''s Perspective)


    "I see... Thank you for everything."


    "Hmm... If you want to thank me, thank me in another way."


    "Not now," I mumbled, looking away.


    He grabbed my arm and pulled me towards him. "Why not?"


    "No. We did it a lot of times even this morning," I said. "I won''t do it again until nighttime."


    "How disappointing...! But what can I do if my wife says no?"


    "I will go to my office and work. Let''s join for lunch."


    "That said, Evelyn invited us for lunch."


    "Oh? I was thinking of inviting her these days," I muttered. "What did you say?"


    "I said I will talk to you about it and then send her a reply."


    "Then tell her that we areing. It''s been quite a long time since west met."


    "If you want to."


    ''It''s alright even if you are doing it for me. I just want you to spend some time with other members of your family too, at least, your sister and her family. They are not bad people. They are your family, after all. We must not abandon or push away family members when they have done nothing wrong.''


    "Well then, give her the reply. I will go to my office now," I said.


    Just when I turned to leave, he suddenly pped my butt. "Ow! Dem!"


    "That ce is quite jiggly," he smirked.


    "Ugh! Pervert!"


    "I have just recharged myself. You see, I need to recharge myself every now and then since I tend to get tired."


    ''I will pinch your butt, I swear! Pervert!''


    "I am going!" I said loudly and walked away.


    "Be careful," he said from behind,ughing loudly.


    I returned to my office and sat down. He was just too perverted. He had been doing it quite a lot of times whenever he got the chance. I managed to catch his hand a few times, but it was not enough. He was just too fast and unpredictable. It would take me a long while of praciticing to be able to stop him.


    "This guy... He keeps doing things like that..."


    "What did His Highness do, Your Highness?"


    "Perita! When did youe?"


    "Well, I was following you since the moment you got out of His Highness''s study," she replied. "That said, what is Your Highness angry about? Even your face is red."


    "Nothing... It''s just... someone is too... dangerous..."


    "What does it mean?"


    "Nothing, forget it," I said, shaking my hand impatiently.


    Perita was a bit innocent when it came to matters like this. She would not understand if not told in detail. Sometimes it was a good thing judging the fact that I had a perverted husband who liked to tease me whenever he could. It was better if Perita did not understand.


    When I started working, time flew by very quickly. It was tiring, but I also felt great thinking that I could help Dem a lot more now. I did not have to feel useless anymore.


    "Let''s go, Your Highness. It''s time for lunch. You will get sick if you don''t eat properly," Perita said.


    "I have an invitation from Evelyn. Dem and I will go now anyway," I said, standing up and stretching my back. "Perita, can you carry me? I don''t want to walk."


    "Sure," she said and started picking me up.


    "Kidding! I was just kidding!"


    She did not listen to me and truly picked me up and even started walking. "Ack! Put me down! I was kidding! Perita!"


    "Haha, what is going on?" Flintughed as soon as he saw me. He was going back to his office with some bottles in his hands. He had a hard time holding onto all of them but somehow did not drop any.


    "Perita is not putting me down!"


    "Your Highness is very tiny. It''s kinda funny to watch. So, I am not helping," Flint said,ughing like crazy as if mocking me.


    She finally put me down when Dem showed up. "Her Highness said she doesn''t want to walk, so I carried her," Perita said innocently.


    "You can''t walk?" Dem asked.


    If she did not say it, Dem would have gotten angry, saying why she carried for no reason. Now, I regretted joking with Perita.


    "I think Her Highness is tired," Perita said.


    "You could have said so," Dem said and took me in his arms. It was getting embarrassing to be carried by two people in a single day. Besides, what would others say?


    "Look, His Highness is carrying Her Highness!"


    "I even saw Knight Perita carrying Her Highness. Her Highness is so thin that it is not hard to carry her. Besides, I think Her Highness deserves to be spoiled."


    "His Highness and Her Highness look as cute as usual. They look so gorgeous together!"


    ''Never mind. They are enjoying it...''


    "That Perita...! And you are believing her too... Are you going to carry me all the way there?"


    "Yes," he nodded.


    "Dem..."


    "What?"


    "Put me down."


    "Nope. Keep quiet and be a good girl. Or I will kiss you right now. Everyone will see."


    I did not say anything else since it would be embarrassing if he kissed me right there. There were knights and gardeners.


    Everyone except Evelyn was surprised to see Dem carrying me all the way to Evelyn''s side pce. She greeted me by hugging me while Ava jumped on me when she saw me.


    "Why do kids keep jumping on you?" Dem muttered.


    "Well, isn''t it because she looks very innocent and friendly?" Evelyn said. "That said, how have you been, Demetrius?"


    "I''m good, as you can see."


    "I have been well too," she said.


    "I did not ask."


    "I don''t care. I wanted to say it," sheughed.


    "Merrick," I said and he bowed slightly. "It''s been a long time since I have met all of you."


    "It has been," he said. "Thank you for epting the invitation."


    "We are also d that you invited us," I smiled.


    "Do you know, Blue, that I am epted to the academy?" Ava said, grabbing my face with her palms. It seemed my body gained strength since I could carry her easily now.


    "Yes, I heard that. Congrattions! You have been busy with studies these days, so I did note in person lest I should disturb you. I only sent letters," I said.


    "Yes, I know. Uncle has sent one too, but Blue''s ones are cuter," she grinned.


    It was me who pressed Dem to write a letter to her wishing her all the best for the exam. It was a new academy for kids kind of like a kindergarten. Evelyn sent me a letter saying that Ava did not want to travel with them anymore and wanted to stay here. But it would be hard to look after her when there would be no guardian. She did not want me to be her guardian since it would affect my work.


    Even though I said it would not, she insisted. That was when I brought up the idea of publishing an academy for kids. It would be nothing serious, but at least, they would be taught various subjects while they could also have fun and make friends.


    It was not hard to get people on this matter and more than enough people thought it was a good idea. I had a lot of personalnd and one of them could easily be used for the academy.


    Dem did not care about these matters and agreed to whatever I said. Thend for the academy was huge and there were a few pces ready to be used as the academy. The pces were left vacant for five months. It was actually Dem who built those pces for me so we could go on a vacation there. Now it came to use even though we could not go on a vacation. It was fine.


    There were a lot more ces for us to visit.


    There was an exam to be admitted to the academy as well. It was not a hard exam, just basic knowledge that a normal kid should know. Anyone could study at the academy if they passed the test. There would be a lot of kids since the exam was quite easy.


    Ava was very excited about it. It would be great if Athena could go there as well. But judging her physical and mental condition, it was not possible.