Felyn clearly saw Adeline's mouth twitching slightly, her face visibly starting to redden.
"I-I-I-I like Felyn?"
Adeline couldn't hold it together anymore.
She turned to look at Viloti, arms crossed over her chest, hastily denying it.
"Who likes Felyn? It's just, just..."
Just that I'm keeping him, and having him whisper in my ear every day about regretting choosing Viloti, that's all.
But Adeline could never voice such words.
"Then why did you have him feed you cake?"
?!
Adeline swayed and leaned against the glass door.
"You saw that?"
"I saw everything through the surveillance seals."
She was even spying—Adeline hadn't expected Viloti to be such a petty person.
"What about you, Miss Viloti? You saw me with Felyn in the dungeon and angrily threw out a seventh-order seal. You think I don't know that's the real reason you attacked us?"
Adeline steadied herself and began her counterattack.
"Miss Viloti, don't you have any strange feelings toward Felyn?"
Viloti propped her chin with her hand.
"You mean I like Felyn?"
She rarely understood Adeline's hint.
"Of course! Feeling heartbroken when you see someone you like with another person, wanting to know what they're doing every moment—isn't that liking someone?"
"That's also a way of showing affection?"
"Yes!"
Viloti had an epiphany.
"I like Felyn."
She said this to Felyn with no expression.
Such direct words left even Adeline stunned.
"Hey! Wait!"
Felyn felt if he didn't act now, Viloti would really become troublesome.
"Miss Viloti just feels somewhat guilty toward me! It's not liking at all!"
This young lady who knew nothing about love might really misunderstand her feelings as liking and then cling to him.
"Felyn is right. I just feel somewhat guilty toward him."
Viloti nodded and agreed.
Though Viloti still didn't quite understand these emotions, whatever Felyn said was right.
"Huh? How did you change your mind so easily?"
Adeline put her hands on her hips, staring into Viloti's eyes.
She felt like she was punching cotton.
"Anyway, Felyn and I aren't that kind of relationship..."
Adeline's voice suddenly became much quieter as she said this. "If we're talking about liking, he's obviously the one who likes me."
Her voice was too quiet for anyone to hear.
"Then you two..." Viloti pressed.
"We're just acquaintance!" Adeline was forced to say this.
Without Felyn needing to say anything, under Viloti's questioning, Adeline voluntarily explained her relationship with Felyn.
This was a huge help to Felyn.
If Felyn had said in front of Viloti that he and Adeline were just acquaintance, who knew what this young lady would think.
Just as Viloti was about to ask more questions, a communication seal chimed.
[Viloti, where did you go? You need to hurry and greet the guests]
Viloti's father was urging her.
"Sorry, I'll leave first."
Viloti put away the seal and nodded to both of them.
Her gaze lingered on Felyn for a long time before she walked toward the door.
"Wait."
Viloti turned around to find Adeline's face flushed, with no hostility in her eyes.
"I'm happy to see you've pulled yourself together, Miss Viloti."
The starlight on Adeline's figure became very soft, making one want to get closer.
"Thank you."
Adeline was a good person.
I could allow her brief contact with Felyn so she wouldn't be so lonely.
After all, having unrequited love was hard work.
What a pitiful young lady.
If Adeline knew what was going through Viloti's little head, she would probably faint directly.
After Viloti left, Adeline turned around, her cheeks slightly flushed.
"What's with that expression? If Viloti really stopped going out, who would I get revenge on?"
Seeing Adeline like this, Felyn couldn't help but smile.
"So, what were you talking about with Viloti just now?"
The topic changed, and the warm atmosphere disappeared.
"Nothing. I just confessed to Viloti that I don't like her anymore because my heart can't hold anyone else."
Felyn wasn't lying—he'd simply stated the facts.
Seeing Felyn's sincere eyes, Adeline became more certain of his feelings.
She hadn't expected Felyn to reject Viloti who was actively throwing herself at him.
He really loves me so much!
"Let's go out. We've been here so long."
Adeline turned to leave but felt Felyn's hand on her shoulder, making her gasp softly.
"Adeline, here—the back ties are messy."
Adeline bit her lip, feeling Felyn's gentle fingertips on her back.
They were very close, like a husband caring for his wife.
Felyn saw a pink flush appear again on Adeline's fair nape.
He just wanted to use this opportunity to confirm whether Adeline was still sulking.
But now it seemed she wasn't angry at all.
This crisis had passed in some inexplicable way?
Though he felt like he hadn't done anything, it was still great.
"Just one request."
Adeline, with her back to him, suddenly spoke.
"What?"
Adeline's ear tips were already red, even her shoulders trembling slightly, yet she still forced herself to speak calmly.
"I'll agree to one request from you. You can ask for anything, but nothing too excessive!"
She nervously gripped her skirt hem, her knuckles turning white.
Adeline repeatedly comforted herself that this was just rewarding an employee—perfectly normal.
"Is that so?"
Felyn placed his hands on Adeline's shoulders and moved slightly closer to her ear.
This action made the girl in his arms gasp softly.
Adeline's world was filled only with her heartbeat.
Just as she realized what was happening and was about to break free from Felyn's hands and refuse such frivolous behavior, she heard what Felyn whispered in her ear.
"I hope Lady Adeline can look past her obsession with winning and losing. Just like what I wrote on that poster I gave you—in my heart, you're already number one in the world. You're already amazing."
Adeline stood there, her arms hanging powerlessly.
If you listened carefully, you could hear the sound of flowers blooming in the girl's heart.
Such a request was too unfair.
...
Crystal chandeliers refracted dreamlike light overhead, while the huge floor-to-ceiling windows showed Seiwa's entire night view.
Silver Moon Valley, top floor suite.
"Miss Daiyi, how is your father doing lately?"
The speaker was Lord Silafiel, who had just been giving speeches on stage.
"Father is doing well. He's been busy recently with Truth Divine Church matters."
Daiyi sat in a soft chair by the window, moonlight and crystal chandelier light interweaving on her.
She wore a black high-collared dress that made her appear even more coldly ethereal.
Silafiel liked to judge people's emotions by looking at their eyes.
But this time he didn't dare meet her gaze.
Those dark green eyes seemed to possess divinity as they looked down on all living beings, incredibly rational and calm.
Over a hundred years ago, the Truth Divine Church invented seals.
With seals, the Truth Divine Church became one of the world's three major divine churches in just fifty years.
All seals in this world, whether offensive or functional, came from the Truth Divine Church.
After hundreds of years, no one knew how much wealth and resources the Truth Divine Church had accumulated.
Daiyi Orellian.
She was the daughter of a Truth Divine Church elder.
But supposedly she was an "exiled" daughter.
However, Silafiel felt that whether Daiyi was exiled or not, she was still from the Truth Divine Church, and he needed to maintain this relationship.
Daiyi gently placed her teacup on the table, her dark green eyes calm as water.
An almost imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Felyn, I came back early.
(End of Chapter)