Princess Altrelia
60: Altrelia

“ Alrescha was silent when Altrelia was already standing in front of him.

Alstrelia clenched her mouth as if she wanted to talk but didn't. After that both hands raised and continued to stretch out toward Alrescha. 

Alrescha glanced down, precisely looking at Altrelia who was teasing her collar. 

Without pinching, Altrelia actually did something to Alrescha's collar. 

The breath of Alstrelia had time to greet his chin, until Alrescha finally felt the fragrant aroma that spread to meet his sense of smell. 

‘Wister. Does he like this scent?’ For Alrescha himself, he also agreed that the aroma of the Wisteria flower does feel soothing, as well as alluring.

It was the first time for Alrescha to stand that close to Alstrelia. As if paying more attention to him, who would have thought that it would happen this time?

When Alrescha actually saw his successor's sister who was often assertive, with a rude mouth that could offend others that very second, it was now like there was magic behind his appearance. 

‘She can look like this. More than that incident back then.’ Alrescha of course still remembers when Altrelia asked for her help to zip her dress. 

The gaze of his eyes, which were usually sharp, now even softened like a calm woman.

The actions that Altrelia was doing to him had really managed to attract her attention. 

With Altrelia's height which is now limited to her chin, it makes Alrescha can see clearly the face of Altrelia who turned out to be pure not wearing makeup or lipstick.

“If it is like this, it will not be empty anymore.” Alstrelia said, managed to disperse all the reverie Alrescha at that time. 

Altrelia took a few steps back and noticed Alrescha a little from a distance.

Alrescha glanced down. It turned out that Alstrelia had just given him a chain pin mounted on two sides of his collar.

“It matches according to your status.” Imbuh Alstrelia, giving a judgment in the form of a little praise. 

Pin mounted on the collar of Alrescha shirt turned out to have the emblem of Duke Fisher, so the question in the mind of Alrescha's heart at this time is, ‘Since when did he make this?’

Honestly speaking, Alrescha had not once had the thought of making a pin like a badge carved based on the emblem of his status which was a Duke Fisher, but this time Altrelia suddenly gave it away?

‘The way to make an impression on a man is to give him something he never once thought of. Well~ This is for the sake of provoking a little emotion belonging to the woman, if not, I'm actually lazy to do it.’ Pikir Alstrelia turned to Arsela who was silent. “Bert, let's go.” Altrelia's orders to Elbert.

Elbert himself realized at first glance, that he already has the shortest nickname after his name that does not have any clan.

“Good Miss.” Elbert followed the departure of Altrelia. He still received all the calls that came from the mouth of Alstrelia that could be cruel at any time.

As for Arsela, he harbored a little bit of his emotions. ‘Why does he suddenly have the initiative to do things he never did? Altrelia, has she really changed?’ 

“Arm.” Call Alrescha to Arsela who looks dreamy earlier.

“Come to leave.” Arsela is back in his position to look good in the eyes of Alrescha. 

Alrescha immediately received an embrace from Arsela, then walked out. 

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In the horse-drawn carriage.

“Nona, do you not mind your dress which is the same as that of Miss Arsela?” Finally, after entering each horse carriage, Elbert could ask the question that had been bothering him, because he saw that Altrelia seemed to agree with what Arsela said about the twin dresses, then it looks like a sister-in-law who got along.

“Of course the problem. Anyone would feel hate if there are people who have the same clothes to wear at a big party like this.” Answer Altrelia.

“Do you suspect Madam Luna who made the same dress as you?” Ask Elbert again. “I actually know that madam Luna also went to visit Miss Arsela for her party dress as well. Must be because of that, right?”

“Itu-” Altrelia hung up her sentence while glancing the other way. “Just the opposite.”

“Ya?” Elbert asked puzzled by that short, puzzling answer.

“No. But-” Alstrelia looked back at Elbert and said again: “Why are you so worried about what I'm wearing?”

“You're a good knight.” Said Altrelia suddenly. He closed his eyes and remained calm. “You don't have to worry. I've solved the problem you're worried about. So, lift your ass.”

“What?!” Elbert's reaction was actually really funny, he was surprised not to play when Altrelia plainly said ass.

“Do not draw any sensitive conclusions, you sit in front of me, then I tell you to stand.” Imbuh Alstrelia, clarifying the purpose of his first speech earlier. 

“I warn not to use profanity like that.” Elbert said, standing up from his chair.

“Save that chair and take out the contents.” Command again.

“ Elbert inevitably had to obey his super trivial orders. Elbert then opened the cushion of the chair he was sitting on, and took out a large gift box. “What is this?”

“Aren't you worried that I'd be the hot topic of conversation across the empire if I wore the same dress as a stranger? Whatever will be done, even if going to war, instead of having to have a backup plan? That's my spare dress made by madam Luna.” Tell Altrelia.  

“But this dress-” the curious Elbert immediately pierced another dress belonging to Alstrelia. Her ears were reddened because Elbert had imagined many things, when the Miss in front of her was wearing the blue dress.

“I will understand your normalcy as a man, Elbert. But would you really be able to stand by me, if your ears had turned red just for holding my dress?” Alstrelia looked at Elbert with a calm expression, but her tone and manner of speech were full of deceit that tempted Elbert beyond just words that came out of her mouth.

“.................!” Elbert was flabbergasted as he alternately stared at the dress he was holding with the person who was about to wear the dress himself. “Do not-don't, want to change here?” Elbert asked carefully.

“What's the problem?” Alstrelia looked back at Elbert who was holding his own shame. 

Altrelia then took out something from behind her dress that actually had two pockets on the right and left. After that he stood up and positioned his body to slightly bow before Elbert.

“You just need to sit still.” Alstrelia said, giving a black ribbon to cover Elbert's eyes. “That's it.” Its effects.

'Harum.' The moment Elbert's heart felt the fragrance coming out so clearly when Altrelia's hand was completely between her sides, and coupled with the falling strands of hair, the splinter swept across her face for a moment.

Alstrelia also managed to put a blindfold on Elbert. 

Afterwards, Altrelia pulled all the window curtains to close. 

SREK.

Alstrelia slowly took off her own dress.

The silent atmosphere was filled only by the sound of the footsteps of the horse, and the sound of the wheels of the horse carriage. But from there too, Elbert encountered more atmosphere than that. 

SRUK.

The voice grew one more time as one of her legs felt a light pile of dresses that were already lying on the floor of the carriage.

Elbert swallowed his own saliva as he began to imagine the thing that was going on in front of him was something quite tempting. ‘Did she take off her dress?’ thought Elbert.

Elbert began to feel an inner pressure when what Elbert was thinking was indeed going on. 

Alstrelia had indeed completely removed the dress that had been attached to her body, until now she was actually half naked.

But besides all that, in fact, Altrelia was secretly behind her dress earlier she was still wearing her uniform. More precisely the skirt that is still coiled on his waist increases with the clothes of his actual boss in the belt at the waist he also still carries.

She was not a person who would not explicitly wear only a dress, because all this time Alstrelia had often found many things beyond her expectations, so just in case the uniform in particular still he brought and used behind his dress.

“Sini.” Pinta Altrelia's.

Elbert suddenly stretched out her hand holding her dress to the front, until Elbert accidentally touched something.

DUKES.

“....................!” Elbert did not dare to move after the tip of his hand suddenly touched something soft. ‘A-what was that?’ Thought Elbert. It was just that his mind was leading to one other thing. ‘Do not-don't I touch it.’ 

His ears are back.

“ Altrelia stared flat at Elbert as the tip of her right hand actually touched her stomach. ‘I did realize, he was still a normal guy. But if she had just peeked a little, I would have already kicked her out of here.’ Inner Altrelia. She immediately picked up her new dress, and went back to wearing it.