BXBX NOVEL Chapter 615 Time With Lilia
After hearing Lilia’s series of events for how she got suspended, Marcus felt a wave of anger and frustration wash over him.
He was honestly not in the mood to deal with something like this since he had just come back home and was looking to relax peacefully.
Unfortunately, this was important, as going to school for Lilia was not just for her education, but also so that she could form deeper bonds with her friends.
“Okay you do not need to worry Lilia. I am not upset, and I am sure that I can have this fixed and find the root of the problem. I am not sure why your combat instructor went so hard on you, but from what you told me he seemed a bit too intent on making you angry. Luckily, I will be talking to the kingdom’s top brass soon so I can ask them to help me smooth this over. After what I just did to help out, I am sure that getting your suspension voided will not be much of a problem.”
With Marcus confidently saying he would deal with the problem and that he was not angry at her, Lilia let out a deep sigh of relief and tears began welling up in her eyes..
This was the first time she had gotten in trouble at school, and Marcus had put an emphasis on how important it was for her to be properly educated, so she was certain he was going to be at least a little mad at her, even if it was not entirely her fault.
“Now that is enough about that topic. What I want to know about is what you have been up to with your friends, and Alaric in particular.” Marcus said with a smirk on his face.
Feeling his eyes boring into her Lilia, suddenly became flush with embarrassment.
Seeing this it became apparent to Marcus that something had been happening, and he quickly pressed her for more details, mostly in an attempt to get her mind off her worries about school.
“Well, um, Alaric actually wrote and played me a song.” Lilia said her face practically as red as a tomato.
As Marcus asked more about this song, he found out that it was actually pretty customary in noble society to play a song expressing your feelings to the person that you were courting, and the highest form was to compose your own song.
‘So that is why I kept getting asked questions about what instruments I was good at and if I had played or composed anything for Mrazivý when I was doing all that socializing as the new honorary prince.’
At this point Lilia honestly understood more about noble society than Marcus did, as he pretty much just had the bare minimum down to get by.
Of course, it was not like Mrazivý really adhered to noble etiquette other than in public, so really it was not a necessity to know every little detail.
‘I am not very good at music so hopefully she will be fine with me not composing a whole song for her.’
Going into detail Marcus asked Lilia what the song was about, but no matter how much he poked and prodded she said that it was private.
‘Oh well I kind of want to know, but it is fine for her to keep it to herself. I am just glad that she does not seem as down now.’
The two of them continued to talk about various things and soon transitioned over to playing a few games that were in the parlor.
This was the relaxing time that Marcus had been looking forward to with his sister, and for at least a few hours they were able to just relax and ignore what was going on in their lives.
Eventually though, around two hours before dinner, Clara came rushing in with an exasperated expression on her face, and said, “Lady Irene, her highness Mrazivý Borealia is here, and says that you are expecting her.”
‘Oops.’
Marcus had meant to tell his staff that Mrazivý was coming over, but he got so caught up with his conversations with Lilia that it completely slipped his mind.
“Ah yes, I am sorry Clara, I forgot to mention she would be coming over. It was an impromptu visit that we only discussed over long-range communication a few hours ago. I know this will be a bit of a burden on you, but could you prepare a room for her and have the others get ready to receive her and her attendants.” Marcus said with an apologetic smile.
Bowing her head, Clara said, “I can have a room prepared for her, but as you only just arrived today, we have not had time to restock the pantries and fridges. I do not think that we have enough food of quality that would be suitable to serve a member of royalty.”
Tapping on his head contemplatively, Marcus thought about what to do about this situation.
‘I am sure that Mraz would be fine with whatever as long as it tasted good, but I suppose it would leave a bad impression on her attendants if we did not serve food fitting of royalty. The last thing I need is for her guardian knight to hate me even more and give me another lecture.’
Thinking quickly, Marcus came up with an idea for how to fix their lack of quality food due to his abrupt return along with Mrazivý’s visit.
“Clara please tell Mrazivý and her attendants that I am in the bath and will be out shortly to greet them. I know it is a little rude, but it is not like we had a time planned so it should be fine if I am only gone for a few minutes. In that time Lilia, if I could ask you to act as the hostess, that would be very helpful. And while you do that I will go out and grab somethings to cook for our meals.”