You Think I Won't Talk?-Chapter 498

"... So... You are saying..."

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"Uh... Yes. So you’re saying you want to die, right, crown prince?"

"Orland..."

"Shut up Frois, your kid’s overstepping his limits." — The Duke in a composed manner shut the Emperor’s words, making him release a sigh for he could well notice that the friend had yet to truly become murderous. — "Do you think this is the time to be spouting nonsense? Did you think that solely because this once you have come before me to talk like you should every time I will think of you as worthy to have my precious child?"

"I do not believe that holding your precious daughter as a treasure to my heart is nonsense to be spout, Your Grace." — Zeleskiaz said with a lowered head, lifting it slowly and calmly to meet the eye of the reluctant father of his beloved. — "I admit my manners have been lacking when before you and I apologize for I do hold admiration to your being... I once said to you how Lady Marianne is special to my soul... this has not changed and instead has only intensified... the time I chose to come and request this permission was while thinking about the best; not solely for the ease of the Lady but for yourself who she respects and also loves so deeply."

"... Are you saying that Marianne is... agreeing to you being her suitor?"

"... If not for such agreement... believe myself, Your Grace... never would my presence dare to come to meet you to request this... for becoming her suitor is not something I wish to force onto the loved one she is to me merely because of my title."

"She has only just woken up and you tell me to believe this?"

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"Orland, he does not need to lie. If you were to go to your child now and ask, what good would it be for him to lie?"

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"... I understand His Grace’s reluctance to have me as Lady Marianne’s suitor. You have made sure to let me know beforehand how my self is not one you would allow to have one of your daughters."

"It’s good you understand that at the very least."

"... Nevertheless, I cannot but do what I am doing before you at this moment. I am to lay my sincerity and heart before you so you may allow my hand to take Lady Marianne’s under other’s eyes without concerns."

"You cannot be more mistaken while saying that, for I will NEVER lose concern over my children." — Orland said, frowning in distaste as he could feel the determination of a young man who was known as dangerous yet bared no fang while being opposed in this situation. — "Words come and go, Crown Prince. This you are saying now may change as soon as thirst could hit anyone in a desert."

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"Don’t simply talk about your feelings. Give me something so I can actually agree to this without mentioning my child’s agreement." — The Duke continued to say, strictly as his heart needed something else to accept this request his child also wished. — "I am a man too. Do you think I don’t know what men are able to do even while holding someone dear to their heart?" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

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"It can even become sickening... deadly even... And you are not only known for the latter in this Empire but in the whole continent. What can you say so I will not doubt the future my child could live beside you? Think about the circumstances my family is in right now. Do you think I will trust mere words or even my own eyes from here on?"

"... The future is not something I can guarantee for it is yet to be discovered by all of us, Your Grace." — Finally, Zeleskiaz said to the Father of the Lady, unable to deny his words for he understood the request was not one easy to grant... much less to accept in the current circumstances he mentioned and when the daughter was cared and delicate. Therefore, truth continued to be poured with no desire to fight... humble in presence as the beliefs in his heart were conveyed to the Duke. — "However, if you ask for the future I wish for the Lady... then it is one solely surrounded by peaceful delight inhabiting her days... protected and cared while free of dangers so her essence may resound as freshly as her smile enhances the light of the sun and brightness of the moon..."

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"However... was I not to bring such while being by her side... Your Grace... I am more than aware that your concern would never fade as you said, and so, given such scenery... I am glad that such is the unchanging truth... for I now can only say that I wish your hand would come for my head as I myself in this moment would want myself dead before letting my love hurt the one that owns it."

"... You say you would let me kill you?"

"No. I say I hope you will do it even if I do not let you." — The Crown Prince said, losing the severity of his spirit to stare with fond hope at the Duke. — "If my sanity may fail one day and harm could fall in my loved one by these hands that wish to solely treasure her... I at this moment when I feel the purest of feelings for Lady Marianne... would wish for myself to die before allowing this self I am to paint sadness in her visage... In the past before today, I have done what I should not solely hoping to have brief glances of her loveliness... my soul would not rest as long as I knew danger was haunting her and my eyes would not lose sight of her as long as I knew it could be the last I was to see her... That is the truth of the days before today and the truth I hope for our future."

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"I want Lady Marianne... as a man that when seeing her... the marvellous love tales told to children are the future I dream by her side... I become foolish... I find myself the most harmless and idiotic... and yet it pleases me when thinking about the Lady I am to love purely like this for life, Your Grace."