Chapter 58

Chapter 58. Heart-Pounding Summer Vacation!

“You don’t want it? So what? You’re pregnant……!!”

“But it’s Brenicke.”

“Ak! Milena, please! You can go after you give birth safely!”

At Milena’s immature words, Henelone just wanted to faint right away. Or maybe she wants to turn back time.

Should she tell Heinz and turn the carriage around right now? Henelone, embarrassed by something completely unexpected, was nervously chewing the tips of her fingernails. But Milena, leaning back on the soft cushion, responded with a peaceful day.

“How can I go to Brenicke once I have a child?”

“Five years is enough! You can go with your child.”

“Whew, lady. It may sound strange, but my heart doesn’t feel the same these days.”

“Huh? What is that….”

Henelone looked at Milena’s gloomy face and pursed her lips. This is because the sight of her playing with the hem of her dress with her head bowed down looked quite unusual. Henelone was about to open the window at any moment, but when she hesitated, she carefully took Milena’s hand.

“I thought I would be incredibly happy if I had a child. But I’m not as happy as I thought.”

“…….”

“I’m just… scared. It’s unfamiliar and a little creepy. It’s really strange, isn’t it? They say other people start to love the child the moment they find out they’re pregnant, but why am I the only one who feels so uncomfortable?”

“Milena….”

“That doesn’t mean I’m not happy. I just keep going back and forth in my mind. I’m happy and then I’m scared. I’m excited and then I’m worried. Moreover, many women die while giving birth. What if the day I give birth is the last day of my life? ”

So, she should be more careful about her behavior… But Milena could not bear to open her mouth as she looked at her sullen face. Henelone tightly grasped Milena’s cold hand and gently closed her eyes.

‘It’s ruined.….’

Henelone tightened her stinging eyes and promised herself that she would immediately search for books about her pregnancy wherever she went.

***

‘Your complexion doesn’t look good.’

Heinz, who was riding the horse next to a carriage other than the one Henelone was riding in, glanced behind her.

With her window wide open and her head half sticking out, Henelone’s complexion looked rather pale. Is she suffering from motion sickness? Heinz stared at the carriage he was escorting for a moment, then pulled the reins of the horse and slowed it down.

“Are you uncomfortable?”

Looking at her up close, her complexion was even more worrying. Cold sweat was beading on her bulging forehead. Henelone, who had closed her eyes and leaned against the window to get some air, slowly opened her eyes and looked at Heinz.

“…No. I just… wanted to get some air.”

“Your complexion is too bad for that.”

“Haha….”

Blue eyes lost focus and turned into the carriage. He followed her gaze into the carriage and saw a red-haired woman sleeping soundly on one side of the seat. She was just asleep, but Henelone’s eyes looked very glassy.

“What’s wrong with Mrs. Pallenberg?”

“No! Nothing!”

Henelone, startled, waved her hand away and denied it. Heinz’s eyebrows narrowed at the excessive surprise. As her suspicious eyes looked at him, Henelone, with a smile on her lips, hurriedly diverted her words.

“Well, who’s riding in that carriage?”

Too many escorts. A carriage with a dark color and plain design, but with lavish use of expensive wood. And Heinz was escorting the carriage.

Being escorted by the Duke of the Empire made her feel like it was no ordinary VIP.

Two days before departure, Heinz, who had snatched her from Adrian, told her with a blank face that the number of people on the trip had changed.

However, he didn’t say much other than that her room would be changed from the outside to the inside of the cruise ship.

“Haa…… I’m sorry.”

Heinz, rubbing under his sunken eyebrows due to the tiring day, sighed deeply and apologized to Henelone.

The room on the cruise ship prepared for Henelone was an outer suite with a terrace facing the sea. But… Heinz thought of the saboteurs who had intervened without notice and gritted his teeth.

Two days before the summer vacation, Emperor Dietrich visited his mansion early in the morning before dawn. It was absurd that he barged into his bedroom as if it was his house, but what was even more absurd was what Dietrich said next.

“The princess of Honfleur. She wants to go to Brenicke.”

“……..”

“I’m curious about that cute plan of hers. The princess, who was rushing around to throw a welcome banquet, suddenly wants to go to Brenicke.”

Tuk, tuk. As Dietrich tapped the armrest of the sofa and was lost in thought, Heinz’s frown gradually narrowed. Princess Honfleur. Brenicke. Two days before summer vacation.

‘No way….’

“You’re taking a cruise to Brenicke for the summer, right? That’s good. You take the princess with you. Keep her by your side and keep an eye on her to make sure she’s not doing anything stupid.”

Crack. The sound of bones colliding came out through tightly clenched hands. Staying next to the princess all summer vacation was something he didn’t want to do.

However, there was no way he could refuse the emperor’s words in a situation where there was an immediate risk of treason. In the end, Heinz let out a short sigh through clenched teeth and nodded.

He thought it would end there…