Life as a Tower Maid: Locked up with the Prince - Chapter 14
Chapter 14
Translator: Yonnee
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Albert looked down at my finger. It was still bleeding after all this time, but I immediately said something about it.
“Ah, it’s fine even if it’s still bleeding. It’ll stop soon…”
“I’ll help you.”
Albert pulled my wrist up gently, and my body naturally leaned forward and went into his arms.
Being in his wide embrace was so warm. I couldn’t believe he was giving off such a cold atmosphere just now.
I placed a hand over his chest to push him away. No, it was more to push myself away from him.
“Ahaha, I lost my balance—sorry.”
“It’s bleeding, so we need to stop it.”
“We can just use a piece of cloth for that or something.”
But then Albert put my finger in his mouth.
It felt as though all my nerves on that finger came alive.
“Uh…”
And this time, I was rendered speechless in a different sense.
Forgetting that I had to push him away, I stared blankly at Albert, who was sucking my finger.
With his head leaned forward, his gray hair cascaded over and touched my shoulder.
He was way too close. I could even see his individual lashes.
The eyes under those lashes slowly looked up. Now, he was staring right into my eyes.
“The blood has stopped now.”
Albert’s eyes curved as he smiled seductively. In a moment’s rapture, I could only stare.
This guy.
It was clear that his specialty was to seduce people unknowingly.
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My stomach got better, but because of a different reason, I still couldn’t sleep. There’s a big problem here.
What the hell is that prince thinking…?
He kissed my lips and my forehead, saying that those were rewards for my hard work. Now, he sucked my finger because it was bleeding. He was being so weird that I think other people would misunderstand his actions as well.
Doesn’t it all point towards liking me?
But considering the situation, that doesn’t make any sense at all.
The only time I’m with him is whenever we’re eating together or whenever I’m not here in the attic.
The conversations we had were usually just me one-sidedly babbling because he rarely answered.
Rosé in the book would have received far saucier actions than this, but I never asked for any of it.
It’s not good to get too close with each other anyway. In the long run, unnecessary contact would only make us uncomfortable with each other.
I realized this yesterday when Albert’s ferocious gaze was on me. As expected, people had to stay within their lanes.
The only man I should have in my life is a modest, common man.
Aristocrats weren’t all that bad, but… Anyway, I’ll continue to feed him, so please just do handsome and nice things.
But still though… What’s wrong with Albert? Isn’t it that he doesn’t like me?
Are we following the flow of the narrative? Was this a cliché case of no matter how much I struggle, the novel’s scenes would still happen? Was he just doing this because he was meant to do this with Rosé?
Even so, it was hard to read Albert’s intentions.
After a long time of agonizing, I finally came to a conclusion.
I’m hungry, so let’s just eat.
Albert didn’t say anything to me, and it wouldn’t make a difference if I just mulled over it alone, so it was better to just feed myself. I’ve been using my head too long, and that wasn’t like me at all.
What difference would it make if Albert likes me? I don’t like him anyway.
In this situation, it’s better to just ignore such emotions.
If it’s a feeling that won’t continue in the future anyway, it’s much wiser to pretend to be tactless and clueless.
I stayed up all night thinking about it.
The night before this, I slept very well, so I wasn’t so fatigued after not sleeping this time. But my belly clock was ringing.
The current time is 7:50 AM.
It was almost time for the knights to come with food and other necessities, and this was the only moment that the gate of the tower opened. It’s hard to get all the ingredients through the small window, but I had no other choice because, of course, I couldn’t go outside.
King Rosteratu had been worried that Rosé would change her mind, so he had cast a spell on this body as well.
“Yeah, I should ask about pets, too.”
Our handsome Albert is a feast for the eyes, but my quality of living was just as important.
I descended the ladder.
Concentrated on his exercise, Albert was currently sweating. Wind blew in from the window he had left open.
Working out without a shirt on, Albert wiped his face with the towel around his neck. He stared at me.
“The knights will arrive soon.”
“Yes.”
An awkward silence stretched between us after I replied curtly.
I thought he was just going to return to exercising, but Albert kept staring at me as though he was waiting for me to say something more.
I’m good at smiling. And I think I know what it was he’s expecting.
“Your Highness is handsome today as well!”
I winked and made some silly comments. Alright. Okay. That was perfect.
Albert smirked. He looked so much different from yesterday now that he’s smiling.
“Then I’ll be on my way.”
After this conversation, I went down to the kitchen.
Obviously, I got used to Albert’s godly face after living with him thus far.
The problem was that now… everyone else looked like squids because I was so used to looking at him.
And I was one of those squids as well. What would happen if my eyes would only keep wanting more?
I approached the door with these worries at the back of my mind.
Two knights could be seen through the window. They looked like they were bickering.
“It followed you!”
“No, it’s you! Why did you give it a sausage earlier?!”
What’s following them? My ears pricked up at their squabbling.
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