Why Are You So Disinterested In Affection?
Chapter 12

Liana looked at Aaron with a puff, it had already been 3 hours and this person was still hugging him! He's getting hungry now.

"Dad, how about we eat first? It's getting late in the afternoon, and even I haven't had a bath" Liana joked.

Aaron chuckled then slightly distanced his body from hugging Liana, he gently rubbed Liana's hair.

"Then Liana takes a bath, let me prepare dinner for us" Aaron intends to leave.

"Daddy can cook?" liana's question stopped Aaron's steps, she turned around and looked at the youngest daughter with a rare smile on her face.

"Look at it" Aaron left Liana in his room.

Without doing anything else, Liana took a bath in the bathroom that was in the Emperor's room, it didn't take long, Liana came back out fresh and clean.

The dress she was wearing had also changed to another clean dress.

Liana lay herself on the Emperor's big soft mattress, staring at the ceiling.

"You're finally here, don't tell me you got lost?" Liana sat herself down, she stared at the open window, and Felix and Leonel entered.

"Uncle El is lost too?" Liana tilted her head.

Leonel snorted, he then landed right on one of Liana's shoulders.

[Y-yes, who would have thought in a few years this palace would change so much]

Leonel threw his face away, not wanting to be embarrassed because he got lost.

[Say that you've forgotten the way because you've been asleep for too long]

Felix replied to Leonel with a grunt, at first he got lost, but when Leonel came back and led the way, they got lost.

Well, things have changed inside the palace in recent years, also, the great imperial palace is not playful, it is more than half the area of the imperial capital, just imagine the area of the capital that reaches 1,056 km².

No wonder, there are still many vacant land in the palace.

Leonel scratching his head, he chose to float back, approaching the bookshelf inside the room.

[Son, did you read that from here?]

Liana turned her head, and she nodded without hesitation.

"Yes, I originally read out of boredom, who knew that it was all there and still remains? I was really surprised" Liana turned back her body.

The sound of footsteps rang out outside the room, Leonel lowered his body right beside Liana who was laying down.

As Liana sat down, she looked at Felix, and vice versa.

"[Truly an incredible bond, you're even more talented than Rafaela, son]"

Leonel made a squirrel's distinctive plain look, popped berries in his hands, and he ate them as if he were a normal squirrel.

Crick...

The door opened, revealing Aaron who was seen pushing into a trolley with various foods on it.

Aaron had in an instant finished putting the food on the table.

"Come, eat" Liana was forced to sit herself in a chair, staring at the food that was in line with the meal portions for two people.

Gazing doubtfully at the food that looked appetizing, Liana took a spoonful of mushroom soup and ate it.

Aaron smiled, he sat himself down and started eating the food he was cooking.

"Enak" Liana muttered softly, returning to pick up the mushroom soup in her bowl.

I don't know what I'm explaining right now.

...

For a week, Liana just ate her bed and accompanied Aaron in the room, I don't know, she just didn't want to get out of Aaron's room which she already claimed to be hers.

Aaron just agreed, he even brought a stack of his work into his room, making Sean as his best friend and assistant feel astonished.

"Dad, where's Elena? You didn't tell him to go to the battlefield and kill himself there, did you?" instantly Liana found a pinch on her cheek.

"What do you think of Dad hm? Dad didn't send him there, at least not yet" Aaron replied, ending in a slow mutter.

Liana turned her eyes panted, she got down from the chair and headed towards the bookshelf, picking up one of the books she had not read yet.

During this week, their relationship got a little better, remember just a little.

Sometimes Liana still acts cold to Aaron, and well, Aaron tells her, after all, it's also his fault.

Aaron refocused on the files he had placed on the reading table in his room, he initially occasionally glanced at Liana who looked serious reading the book.

But seeing what book Liana was reading, Aaron stopped his busy hand flipping through the file.

Aaron got up from his seat, and approached Liana. Sure enough Aaron guessed, the book Liana was reading was a book with an ancient language written there.

The new Liana feels the air of Aaron's existence immediately closes the book, though it is too late.

Sensing that he would soon be interrogated by the man in front of him, that is, his father, he then stood up and looked at Aaron.

"I'm going to go to the bathroom" Liana went as fast as lightning from the room.

Aaron sighed, he picked up the book lying on the floor, returning it to its original place.

Liana who escaped out of the main castle, she then accidentally bumped into someone.

"Sorry, I didn't notice my steps" Liana lowered her head.

The person he hit just kept silent, the crimson-colored eye bead the person looked at Liana coldly.

Not getting a response back, Liana raised her head, instantly she pecked on the spot.

"Damn! Why should this stiff-faced elder?!" Liana cursed the fate in her heart.

"What are you doing here, huh?" aldrich's annoyed voice rang out in his ears, Liana was silent, choosing what word to say.

"... Ah right, I'm lost, then I go first" Liana left just like that, her face looking annoying to Aldrich.

"Truly two-faced" Aldrich had a cold face, he then stepped his feet back to the main castle, where his father lived.

Liana stopped at a large tree, she looked around, not realizing that she had walked almost to where the knights were staying.

A grin appeared on Liana's face, her face looking rather sinister at the moment.

Southern palace, training ground.

It appears that Albert, our blonde knight, was giving instructions in training to other knights.

His gaze was suddenly fixated on a female knight he had never seen in line.

"Ah, maybe it's an apprentice knight" he thought.

Albert had the knights stop, and he made a new arrangement.

"Alright, it looks like we've made a new friend today, you can go ahead and introduce yourself" Albert looked at the female knight.

The person who felt called forward to Albert, he silently formed a grin on his face.

"It's really fun!!" the woman's mind.

Having violet-colored hair, which was in harmony with the color of her sharp-looking eyes, she advanced forward.

"Ah captain, it turns out you know" the woman gave a smile.

Albert felt strange, this smile he had seen once somewhere, not wanting to think about it any longer, he opened his mouth.

"Alright, introduce yourself" Albert patted the woman on the shoulder gently, the woman nodded, then he turned around and looked at the crowd of knights.

"Hello, introduce my name to Viana Linslay, I just arrived today and forgot to meet the captain first because I was too excited when I saw the training arena, I hope the captain will forgive me"

The woman's smile– Viana was again seen, some male knights had faces met and fascinated, Albert suddenly felt dizzy.

For some reason, the feeling was not good.

"Ah so, I could have forgiven you and given no punishment, but it was against the restrictions, so, as a punishment, Viana would have a duel with the 5 knights I chose"

Everyone gasped to hear that, except for Viana who looked ordinary, well, it was good for her, but not for the 5 unlucky ones.

"Captain! Isn't that too heavy? He must be an apprentice knight who has not received any training!" a male knight was against it.

Viana looked at him, looking at the light grey mane of her hair with violet beads, Viana grinned inwardly.

"Meet" Viana looked at the knight without any interest, Zack, the knight's name, she felt his back cold for some reason.

"It's okay, I want to test his abilities, after all the duel will end when one of them points the wooden sword towards his opponent's vital point"

Albert ignored the knight completely now, he looked around and chose whomever he was going to point at.

"Aurora, Becky, Julian, Asrahan, Helios, you guys are going forward to duel with Viana" things around became increasingly noisy.

The knights felt sorry for Viana, as they were 5 strong men among the 10 strongest knights.

Viana put on an excited face, and it could be caught by Albert's eyes.

"Actually, where did this madman come from? I'm sure there's no acceptance of the apprentice knight this Sunday" Albert ignored his thoughts for a moment.

Five people were called forward, two women, and three men.

Albert threw 6 pieces of wooden swords at each of them, Viana picked up the wooden sword lying down, she inspected it for a moment.

"It'll hold up when I put it in, won't it?" Viana looked back to the front, her gaze gradually burning, impatient with the duel she was about to face.

"The first time Viana will fight Asrahan, even though Viana may lose this duel, she will continue to fight with the other four" Albert's statement made everyone drop their jaws.

Except for Viana, everyone looked on in disbelief at Albert, the captain and personal knight of the Emperor.

"Understanding, captain" Viana went to the dueling arena with a burning gaze and aura, she was already impatient, she wanted to know, if a tier 7 knight was indeed that strong.

Asrahan also went to the dueling arena, he had amerald-colored hair, with Lilac-colored eye beads.

"Begging for her help, senior" Viana prepared the horses, the few people who were paying close attention realized that it was not a posture that an apprentice knight could have.

Asrahan just kept quiet and nodded, he put up the horses, clasping tightly to his sword.

"Alright, get ready ... get started!" gusts of wind gushed across everyone's skin, Asrahan darted and pointed the sword towards Viana quickly.

Viana quickly fended off the sword thrust, she pushed the Asrahan sword away, she jumped back three times and stared at Asrahan.

"This child ..he intends to observe the opponent, but Asrahan does not like to waste time and prefers to beat the opponent in a short time" Albert commented inwardly.

Asrahan launched a slash, Viana repelled it, the sound of clashing two wooden swords rang out, the movements of the two of them gradually became faster.

"This is an intern? I'm sure he's even already a level 5 knight, no, this is level 6!" Asrahan was getting desperate, if he continued this duel longer, it was certain that he would lose.

Before Asrahan could take action, suddenly his sword came off, and was thrown back.

"I won" Viana's state was fine, with no trace of fatigue visible on her face, while Asrahan had a hunting breath.

Asrahan had a satisfied smile on his face, although he lost to a person who was likely one level below him, he looked not angry, but had a happy face.

"I lost, it was a tense duel, Viana" Viana smiled, she extended her hand to Asrahan.

The atmosphere was silent, some knights were processing the events that were happening, some were staring in disbelief.

"Ekhem, alright, next Viana will fight Aurora" the duel again continued, Viana can easily win against them.

After Aurora is Julian's turn, then Becky, and last is Helios. Viana still has a fresh and fit body after the 4 duels she did.

Other knights looked at him with envy and horror, Helios was the 3rd strongest knight among the other 10 people.

Helios has a handsome face that seems cold with sharp eyebrows, Maroon-colored mane with matching eye beads.

The duel resumed again, their duel continued fiercely, Viana was seen several times pressed, however Helios was a mid-level 8 knight.

Viana could see a gap in Helios' stomach area and was intent on launching an attack, sure enough, Helios was pushed back by holding her stomach.

Viana then pointed her wooden sword at Helios' neck.

"I won" Viana lowered her wooden sword from Helios' neck.

He walked out of the dueling arena casually, standing in front of Albert.

"Well, I'm done, I've had enough fun today, see you at Uncle Albert's main castle, I hope it's a secret between us" Viana smiled at Albert.

He then disappeared from there, the Knights around him displaying a dazed face, except for Albert and Zack, the knights who were lyricized by Viana.

"Why are we here? and why do I feel so tired as if I just finished a duel?" Julian asked in confusion.

Albert laughed tiredly, oh good, he was now stuck with a child similar to the Emperor he served.