Subaru Natsuki, who returned from the new Three Kingdoms

"Mr. Freuger, are you alright?"

Natsuki Subaru's fingers trembled, realizing that something was wrong with his current state.

Is it divine intervention eroding things?

Or is it that our family really...

"Our family is doing very well."

Natsuki Subaru quickly shook his head, released her hand, and took a step back.

"Miss Emilia, if you have nothing else to do, you should go back soon."

"But you look terrible."

Emilia took a step forward and raised her hand, as if to check if he had a fever.

Natsuki Subaru took another step back. He couldn't imagine what would happen if Emilia continued to care about him like this.

I would absolutely be unable to resist prostrating myself in worship.

Then there's no going back...

Subaru Natsuki's gaze shifted back and forth between the silver-haired half-elf and the direction of the Hexin Merchant Guild.

"Our family is really fine."

He was speaking faster and faster.

"Your Majesty need not show such concern; our family cannot accept it."

Emilia stopped in her tracks, her brows furrowing slightly.

"Koma, you've been trembling just now."

Subaru's name slipped out of Emilia's mouth unconsciously, without her even realizing it.

Natsuki Subaru's shoulders stiffened instantly.

No! If this continues, he'll really become a prisoner.

What will happen to Anna's wine fragrance then?

Are we really going to become slaves to two masters?

Now that things have progressed to this point, Parker has stopped pressing for answers from beginning to end.

This is the Natsuki Subaru from its memory.

The person who immediately loses his composure when he encounters Emilia, saying he wants to leave but always reluctant to go.

"Mr. Freuger?"

Emilia called his name again.

Natsuki Subaru seemed to have finally made up his mind. He suddenly stepped back and raised his hands in a fist salute.

"I have important military matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now!"

"But……"

Emilia reached out her hand, as if to call him back.

Subaru's figure had already disappeared from the spot.

Emilia's hand froze in mid-air, while Parker sighed softly.

"They run really fast."

The alleyway fell silent.

After stopping his frantic run, Subaru Natsuki was still in a dazed and confused state.

He walked a few steps down the street, looked down and saw Emilia had just tied her shoelaces, and his steps involuntarily veered in the direction she had left.

But the aroma of wine from the Chamber of Commerce still lingered behind him, further muddling his mind.

Natsuki Subaru abruptly flicked his sleeve and stopped at the side of the street.

"No, this can't happen to our family!"

He immediately turned around and returned to the Chamber of Commerce along the same route.

As long as he gets close to Anastasia again and lets the aroma of the wine suppress the thought of being almost led astray by the Lord, he can still stick to his choice.

So Subaru Natsuki bypassed the accounting office and followed the increasingly strong aroma to Anastasia's office. Just as the scent of sake calmed him down a bit, the conversation inside the door reached his ears.

Julius's conversation with Anastasia was drawing to a close.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Anastasia's slightly low voice came through:

"Julius, why don't you tell me anything? Aren't we friends?"

“I’m sorry, Lady Anna. We are not friends. You are my lord, and I am merely your knight.” Julius’s voice was equally low.

Natsuki Subaru stood outside the door, greedily inhaling the aroma of sake wafting from the crack in the door, without rushing to open it.

Just then, the sound of chair legs scraping the floor came from inside the door.

It was opened from the inside by Rius.

He saw the white-haired youth standing outside and paused in his tracks.

Subaru Natsuki was also looking at him.

Julius's face was even more somber than in the morning, as if he had quarreled with Anna.

Natsuki Subaru wasn't surprised by this.

After all, when Xun Yu was near death, he often argued with Cao Cao.

Natsuki Subaru couldn't help but look at Julius with pity and regret.

Julius, who was already feeling heavy-hearted because he felt that his death was coming soon, was taken aback by Subaru Natsuki's gaze. Did he see through what I was thinking?

Then I thought it was impossible; it was too outrageous.

Julius didn't say much, and walked outside with mixed feelings in his heart.

After Natsuki Subaru entered the office.

Anastasia was sitting alone at her desk, lost in thought.

She rested her head on her hand, and several ledgers lay scattered on the table.

Their attention and thoughts were clearly not on it.

When Rius entered the room, she immediately noticed that something was wrong with him.

Suspecting it was related to the recent situation of the Knights, he became concerned about Julius.

The answer she received always came back to the same thing: leave these matters to him, Lady Anna, you don't need to be distracted.

But every word Rius uttered showed that things were getting worse in an uncontrollable direction.

Even before he left, he advised her to consider giving up the Wang selection.

The door closed very softly, but Anna stared at it for a long time. She raised her hand several times, as if to call her back, but her fingertips touched the edge of the table and then stopped.

Julius treated her as a lord to be served, entrusting his life to her without sharing any of the burden with her.

What does this mean? Is it a lack of trust in her?

Do you think you're untrustworthy because you usually present yourself as a shrewd businessman?

Anna frowned as soon as the thought crossed her mind.

But she knew Julius couldn't possibly think that way, yet she still couldn't help feeling sad about it.

Are all overly shrewd businessmen destined to be like this?

When people interact with you, they all see it as a relationship based on money and interests, rather than a genuine connection between people...

Anna lowered her eyes, her fingertips pressing down on a corner of the ledger that was sticking up, a feeling she couldn't quite describe welling up inside her.

A very light footstep came from outside the door.

Anastasia looked up and realized that the accountant named Flügel was standing at the door again.

Anastasia gave a wry smile.

"Are you here again to spout your traitorous rhetoric to us?"

Upon entering the room, the rich aroma of sake finally brought Subaru Natsuki back to his senses, and he revealed a hint of enjoyment.

"Let's not talk about that today."

Natsuki Subaru waved his hand and said impatiently to the person who shouldn't be there:

"I just wanted to be closer to Lady Anna."

Anna, who had just been worried, was completely dumbfounded.

Huh!?

Huh!?

Huh!?

Anna kept looking up at the impatient expression on Subaru Natsuki's handsome face, then down at her own hands, and then back up at Subaru Natsuki.

Faced with that excessively handsome face, her ears burned first, and she was even a beat late in speaking.

"What...what are you saying?"

Natsuki Subaru didn't answer her question. Instead, he solemnly cupped his hands in greeting, his words filled with genuine emotion, and he even choked up a little as he said:

"Without Lady Anna, our family is really doomed."

confession?

Was that a confession of love?

Anastasia's face flushed red instantly.

I've only met him twice, and he's already said this much?

This person is way too straightforward...

Anna even began to wonder if she had misunderstood.

However, she quickly recalled how Natsuki Subaru had rolled around in her office yesterday, and she suddenly realized that this must be his personality.

They dare to love and hate!

She blushed, looked away, and whispered:

"We've only known each other for two days, isn't it too early for you to say these things?"

"Is it early?"

Natsuki Subaru was very puzzled: "You should express your feelings as soon as possible. I'm telling you the truth, the absolute truth."

He then sighed and said, "Right now, if I were without Lady Anna, my brain would be a complete mess..."

“You…you..…” Anna was completely stunned.

For the first time in her life, she, who was usually good at negotiating, couldn't even speak clearly.

She definitely didn't misunderstand; this man was absolutely there to confess his feelings to her...

Absolutely...

What should I do? What should I do?

Anastasia's mind went blank.

Although she usually presents herself as shrewd and mature, at heart she is still a young girl in her early twenties.

Over the years, I have been dedicated to the development of the Chamber of Commerce.

I still know absolutely nothing about relationships between men and women.

Now, she's suddenly being confessed to so directly by a handsome, white-haired man, and right at this time when she's already feeling unsettled...

What should she do?