I Adopt The Male Lead - Chapter 37

“Tea time…”

Karina stared at Astrid with a blank look.

Astrid held on to the skirt so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

“Yes, my tea time.”

Astrid spoke clearly.

Karina hurriedly rolled her brain.

‘Where did the maid go?’

The maid named Andrea clearly looked like a woman with common sense.

She didn’t seem to have the personality to just watch the princess invite a commoner widow of unknown origin to tea time,

“But princess, I…….”

“Is it because I didn’t send you an official invitation?”

Karina tried to answer that it was not, but Astrid quickly continued.

“Madam Bloe lives in the annex, so it doesn’t matter. therefore…..”

Astrid swallowed her dry saliva. The white neck trembled with tension.

“Come please.”

Astrid was really desperate.

“…….”

Karina recalled carefully the facts she knew about Astrid.

The Princess of Tors, the younger sister of the duke, and a good student, maybe shy, arrogant and considerate of others, but she is by no means a bad person….

‘This child is lonely.’

Karina slowly opened her mouth.

“Okay, but only until the children’s classes are over.”

“What?”

Astrid looked confused.

“How can I have tea time now…”

“Can’t we drink tea now?”

Karina tilted her head.

It’s not even a meal, and there is no fixed time in drinking a cup of tea.

“If there’s a time you had in mind, I’m sorry, but I don’t think I’ll have time other than this time today. If you want to have tea at another time, excuse me but I refuse……….”

“Okay, Let’s do it now!”

Astrid screamed hastily, and she covered her mouth, startled by the sound she had made.

Karina couldn’t help but laugh.

“Why are you laughing?”

Karina spoke frankly.

“Because the princess is cute.”

“I’m not cute.”

Astrid turned back and began to take the lead.

Karina laughed once again because that was the appearance of a person who knew so well that she was cute.

This time, quietly so that Astrid won’t notice.

“You laughed again, didn’t you?”

“I got caught.”

“…….”

Astrid didn’t say anything. However, Karina could see the hidden smile of the girl with a head sufficiently smaller than her.

Karina couldn’t contain her curiosity.

“By the way, Princess, where is your maid?”

“Andrea? Do you want to see Andrea?”

Astrid reacted like a fast. Karina shook her head and answered calmly.

“I was just curious.”

“…I left her alone.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Chatter, chatter, chatter. I ran away because she kept nagging.”

“Did she say that you were too mean to my kids earlier?”

Astrid’s steps stopped.

“… … How did you know?”

“If I don’t know that, I’m stupid.”

Karina smiled bitterly.

“I think the maid is right.”

The answer came back a bit slower than Astrid’s usual tone.

“I’m sorry.”

Karina’s eyes widened.

‘I didn’t think she’d apologize.’

When Karina did not answer, Astrid quickly continued with a more anxious look.

“I’m sorry that’s why I invited you for tea to apologize. Of course, Andrea didn’t like the idea, she is always against my ideas.”

“I shouldn’t have asked. I should have given you a chance to apologize to me. Of course, during the tea time.”

“……It doesn’t matter. That kind of thing.”

Astrid pouted her lips.

She looked just like Melissa, so Karina had to hold back her laughter.

“Anyway, I’m sorry. I… I didn’t think about it. Of course, you would feel bad to hear that.”

“I didn’t feel bad.”

Karina answered slowly.

“But my children felt bad. So, if you’re going to apologize, I want you to do it to my children.”

“…….”

Astrid pondered. She seemed to wonder why she should apologize to the children.

Karina left her alone without saying anything to her.

She didn’t have high expectations.

Astrid Deviatan Tors is a girl who reigned as a princess all her life.

Even if she can apologize to Karina for a moment after hearing the words of her maid, she will not apologize to the young children.

Finally, Astrid opened her mouth.

“You’re right. I was mean to them. I should apologize to the children.”

Karina doubted her ears.

“When the class is over, I’ll go and apologize. Since I have to meet Terrace anyway.”

Astrid covered his face with his hands, perhaps ashamed, and she quickly hastened her steps.

“But at tea time… …are you coming?”

“Of course.”

Astrid’s face brightened up as if sunlight had poured out.

“I have nothing to do for two hours anyway.”

“Good.”

A faint smile appeared on Astrid’s face.

After a while

They arrived at the garden Karina saw for the first time.

‘There are several gardens.’

If the garden that Karina had seen from the Duke’s Residence so far was magnificent and vast, the garden where Astrid brought her was bright.

“Isn’t it cool?”

Karina nodded her head.

There was no other way to describe the scene in front of her other than to say that it was truly wonderful.

White flowers that seemed to bloom out fluttered in the wind.

Three gigantic trees were covered with white flowers and fluttered.

Karina grabbed the soft petals falling on her head.

The appearance of white flowers fluttering on a large towering tree reminded her of cherry trees in her hometown, but the branches looked much more rugged.

“Is this your first time seeing almond flowers?”

“Yes.”

Karina nodded her head.

“Actually, it’s my first time seeing an almond tree.”

In the north, almonds were not a popular food.

“Okay. We could have tea time indoors…. but I always do it outside when almond flowers bloom.”

“Do you often have tea time?”

Karina was curious and asked. She can drink as much tea as you want by yourself.

However, when she meets someone and drinks tea while interacting, it becomes tea time.

“…….”

Astrid did not answer.

She rang the bell on the table fringed with almond branches.

“Princess!”

Andrea came running with a puzzled face. She glanced at Karina, who was already seated in a pure white chair, before she turned her head to Astrid.

“Princess, what is this….”

“I invited Madam Bloe to my tea time.”

“But it’s only ten o’clock, Princess. Tea time should not be until 2 p.m.”

Only then could Karina understand why Astrid was confused when she told her to go for tea right now.

The duchy’s tea time was set until then.

“Madam Bloe said she could only have tea at this time.”

Andrea had a lot to say, but she didn’t say anything.

She summoned several of her maids and told them to prepare for the princess’s tea time.

Soon in front of Karina, there was a tablecloth so delicate that it was a waste to touch.

Karina looked at the beautiful teacup with the rabbit and squirrel running around, admiring the various kinds of refreshments.

“Do you like it?”

Astrid suddenly asked.

“Yes. It’s really cute.”

“It was made by my favorite artisan. He lives in Edmoor, and your Excellency ordered it for me.”

While it was difficult to answer, the maid poured the car.

Karina added a spoonful of sugar to her tea and stirred the teacup with a teaspoon.

On the other hand, Astrid moved the teaspoon gently to mix sugar and milk, and sipped a sip of tea in an elegant posture.

“What do you think?”

“It’s delicious.”

In fact, Karina thought that all her tea tasted the same.

However, Carina answered after biting off a scone full of fig jam and clotted cream, so it was not a lie.

Astrid continued to fix her posture and drink tea more perfectly than anyone else.

She looked very uncomfortable even though he was eating sweets that melted ecstatically in an expensive tea.

At this point she could clearly guess

Astrid wanted to be praised by her.

Karina hesitated but finally opened her mouth.

“Princess, are you uncomfortable?”

Andrea, who was quietly watching them, breathed in.

“How dare you say that to the princess….!”

“Did I ask something wrong?”

Karina asked back calmly.

Of course, she asked that to Astrid

It wasn’t the praise she had been waiting for guess her studies.

She didn’t even praise her for her efforts.

She could only sympathize with the hardships Astrid was going through to keep the etiquette.

Andrea glared at Karina.

“Princess, I’ll take care of this person on my own…….”

“Andrea, be quiet.”

Astrid stopped Andrea and turned her head toward Karina.

Karina’s eyes got bigger.

In Astrid’s amethyst-like purple eyes, there was a drop of transparent tears.

“…thank you.”