Life as a Tower Maid: Locked up with the Prince - Chapter 27
Chapter 27
Translator: Yonnee
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I didn’t know he would laugh this much, so I concluded my proud swearing with a dry cough.
“It’s because of work.”
“Your workplace is the palace… Is there anyone in the palace who uses those words?”
“Outward appearances aren’t everything, Your Highness.”
I had no memories of who Rosé worked with at the palace, but I thought that it would be the same in this world anyway.
Life was difficult everywhere, then people would talk behind each other’s backs. Especially if there’s an unreasonable boss up top.
“Do you feel better now, Prince?”
“…Yes, thanks to you, Rosé.”
“Shall we eat, then? I made a lot of food today. It’s not the usual stuff.”
“Sure. And I’m sorry that frightened you, the meeting went on longer than usual.”
Albert apologized to me.
A prince, apologizing to a maid.
It’s weird.
Instead of answering him with words, I placed the most scrumptious chicken leg on his plate.
“Oho, let’s stop apologizing now. Here, Your Highness. I’ll give you the most delicious part.”
“Are you saying that a chicken leg is the most delicious food? But for some reason, it’s not colored red. It’s not like you to cook this.”
…While living with me, Albert had gotten to know me too well.
Later when Seo Ina appears, Albert might be surprised that Korean food didn’t only consist of red-colored food.
But I was proud of it anyway. I continued talking.
“Yes, Prince. You know, giving someone else a chicken leg is like proclaiming how much you lo… No, it means I really like you. You know how much I think about you, right, Your Highness?”
There was a saying that giving up a chicken leg was a sign of true love. Because it meant giving up what one likes the most for the other person.
I was jokingly going to say ‘love’, but I changed the word because I didn’t want the atmosphere to get awkward.
I dunno know why I was feeling self-conscious for no reason, but I thought I shouldn’t say it.
“After tasting it, if you like it, then please give me more land.”
“It wouldn’t make sense that I’d give you more land just for a single dish.”
“Right? That’s also what I think.”
I changed my tune right away as I introduced the fries to him.
“This is a dish where potatoes are fried in oil. It’s called french fries… It’s one of my most favorites ever.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen you eat food that you don’t like.”
Albert smiled, his chin propped up on the back of his hand. He knew me too well. I protested timidly.
“Urk, there’s no reason to cook food I don’t like, right?”
“That’s right, because you didn’t even ask me for my taste in food.”
“I’m the one who cooks, Prince.”
I answered in a prickly manner at Albert’s words.
“And once we leave the tower later, you’ll be able to hire as many chefs that you want. There’ll be a lot of people who can cook better than me.”
“But there won’t be anyone who can cook like you.”
“You don’t know that either. Maybe there’ll be another person who’ll come up suddenly, who can cheer you right up and will cook food like me.”
“That’s a big assumption.”
Haha. I’m telling the truth though.
But at that time, it’d be unlikely that Albert would be as shocked to see this kind of food when he’d see it again.
Or would the story be different because I was making the same food?
I got curious again. Would they fall in love?
Ah, it’s not like I had the same thoughts as the female leads in other transmigration novels, like, ‘I appeared, but you’ll still fall in love with the original female lead!’
Since I was already here, I knew that the contents of the novel had already begun to change.
Even so, Seo Ina was wise and beautiful. And above all, she was a good match for Albert.
So I could be counted out.
There must be a valid reason as to why the stories of the two got intertwined.
That’s exactly why there was a male lead and a female lead.
Even if it wasn’t Seo Ina, there would be a lot of women who could end up with Albert if he liked one enough. And who would reject his beauty?
If there’s anything that’s disappointing though, it was that I wouldn’t be able to see the scenes by the sidelines.
I was going on a trip with Blanc, so it would be harder to see Albert in the future than to pick a star out of the sky.
It’s a bit unfortunate. Dating was usually the most interesting conversation topic.
Would the day come when this noble, elegant prince would fall in love?
Would that love be reciprocated? Or would it be an unrequited love?
Has he even ever gotten a crush on someone before?
“Your Highness, do you have a first love?”
“We’re eating. I don’t think that’s a good question to ask during mealtime.”
“Ah, then I’ll go first. It happened a long time ago for me… my first love.”
I said this with a serious face.
“Compared to Your Highness… I mean, he’s no match for your looks… but he was still handsome.”
Yes, my first love was an actor I saw on TV. He was someone who had features that could almost be comparable to Albert’s beauty.
He narrowed his eyes.
“It’ll be difficult to find someone as handsome as me.”
“That’s true.”
“Why are you curious about my first love?”
“It just crossed my mind. If Your Highness doesn’t want to answer, you don’t have to.”
It was a meaningless question anyway, and I wasn’t expecting an answer.
But then Albert, who was quiet until then, answered.
“I have one.”
I gasped.
“Really?”
This is really surprising though? Albert’s first love wasn’t mentioned in the novel!
As the opportunity to hear another person’s love story presented itself, my eyes twinkled.
Perhaps noticing my change in disposition, Albert smiled, too.
“All I can tell you is that she’s a person I met when I was young, and that she has a warm gaze.”
But unfortunately, Albert’s story was short.
There’s a lot of people who could have a warm gaze, but just who exactly was Albert’s first love?
“Let’s eat now.”
But since Albert changed the subject, I didn’t want to push him.
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