The Rejection
Penelope
I still don't get it why you insisted on buying a new nightdress...
Raymond
Woman.
:sighs:
You are in your work clothes!
Penelope
:mumbles:
Yeah, but like... It's embarrassing... We aren't even dating...
Penelope
What am I supposed to tell my friends or if anyone asks!?
Raymond
:shrugs:
I don't know! Tell them I'm your... sugar daddy...???
Penelope
:flustered:
Mr. Murphy!
Raymond
:embarrassed:
Okay, that was weird. I'm sorry.
They both walk back to his car, and he drives to a neat and tidy neighborhood.
Penelope
:looking outside:
This is one of the most expensive neighborhoods...
Raymond
:hums back in agreement:
He slowed in front of a tall building and went underground to park the car.
Raymond
This is like a spare space I have for when I feel like homesick but need to work.
Raymond
:opens the apartment door:
Penelope
:gawking:
Wow... This is like luxury—
Penelope
Wait— You have two floors—
Penelope
Inside your APARTMENT!?
Raymond
:chuckles:
Wait till you see the view.
He sided the curtains that hid the huge glass wall behind it.
It was a distant beachside horizon behind the city lights.
Penelope
This is beautiful.
Penelope
I'm rethinking if I want the mansion or this apartment.
Raymond
:laughs and moves closer to her:
Everything used for the interior of this place is quality material. I'd expect the residents to be top quality too.
Penelope
:chuckles and turns around:
Say princess, wouldn't you like to know the method to get your soul back?
Raymond
:staring into her eyes:
I was thinking of purification, but I think you have some fun ideas?
Penelope
:blushing:
The person who actually helped me realize about the connection of pure mana was a one-night stand.
Raymond
:frowns slightly:
One-night stand?
Penelope
I don't think we both understand that this may have become a commitment that we'll have to take on in every lifetime.
Penelope
Do you also remember that you rejected me as Philipe proposing to you?
Penelope
:suddenly teary-eyed:
Why?
Penelope
I thought we loved each other.
Raymond
Furthermore, I was... not ready then. I was sure that if I was married off to a Duke's son who was also a knight, the emperor would have done everything in his might to kill you.
Penelope
How does that even make sense? Everyone knew that you were the most beloved lady in the entire continent! The emperor and empress doted on you!
Raymond
That's a lie! A blatant lie!
Raymond
They sold my soul to obtain the winter heart!
Raymond
They wanted me to be excellent both in internal and external administration and affairs of court— yet— yet when I surpassed their eldest son— I was blamed to be preposterous!
Penelope
What does that have anything to do with how we loved each other!?
Raymond
They killed you! They tried to kill you many times! And you didn't care!
Raymond
They threatened me to kill those I held dear!
He was panting by this point. What was a flirtatious evening turned into an angered night.
Raymond
"A duke's son and the empire's beloved lady." It may sound all the more perfect, but the reality was, "The drunkard duke's neglected son and the oppressed imperial princess."
Penelope fell silent. She didn't think much of why Philipe was rejected and thought it was an Imperial Princess' little rendezvous.
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