After being attended to during her bath, Lina returned to her room, breathing heavily.

As the door closed and she was about to scream out in frustration, she was startled to see Reinhold waiting for her.

“Morgan?”

Reinhold brought his nose close to her still-damp hair and whispered, “Your Highness looks as pure as ever, having just finished your bath.”

“Ugh...!”

“Am I being impudent for saying such things?”

Lina quickly shook her head, her face turning red. The audacious woman, who usually had no trouble controlling herself, became flustered only in his presence.

Reinhold found this contrast irresistibly appealing.

“But you must have had a reason to wait for me until this hour.”

“Of course, Your Highness.”

As the shield knight straightened his posture, the Crown Princess also stood tall. From this moment, they were no longer lovers but lord and servant.

“The reins on the Saintess and the Archer have loosened. Our failure to achieve our goal has made it difficult to delay fulfilling the contract any longer.”

“That was a reward for the contract. Because of their incompetence, we couldn't secure the Hero, and everything went awry. Do we really need to give them anything? Regardless of their complaints, the contract must be executed as stated in the documents. They must give something to receive something.”@@novelbin@@

“Not everything proceeds by logic alone. Trust and suspicion fall within the realm of emotion. And emotion can suppress logic depending on the actions shown to the other party.”

“Can you give me an example?”

Reinhold smiled leisurely. It was time to teach the Crown Princess, this time by showing her firsthand.

At dawn, Arsil arrived at the capital's walls, summoned by Lina. The sun had barely risen, casting a bluish hue over the walls, where she found Lina and Reinhold waiting for her.

“Alone again without any guards, I see.”

“If I'm with Morgan, I don't need any other protection.”

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