"You let go of me first, let go." Eve covered her face, not wanting to discuss the issue.

Alan was unhappy that the soft little hands were out of his grasp, and his big hands wrapped tightly around Eve's little hands and pressed them against his knees, and kissed her on the face that was shrinking to avoid it.

"What are you hiding?" Alan frowned, trapping Eve, who was struggling more and more, in his arms, so sleepy that she couldn't move. Bow your head and kiss her forehead, nose and cheek.

"I brought you a gift, you let me down, hurry, let me down." Eve blinked wide, with a hint of flattery. She was really embarrassed by Winnie's gaze at the guinea pig, she was thin-skinned, not as thick as Alan.

Eren was relieved of her hand, and Eve immediately ran to the door like a rabbit jumping into the grass, but no matter how she pushed the enchanted door, it was like pressing a huge stone, and she couldn't push it open with all her strength. When Alan tore at the top that had been thrown on the side and walked to her with the buttons on, Eve stopped pushing the door and stood there stunned, blushing inexplicably.

"Allen...... You open the door. Eve pulled the doorknob and whispered to him, "I can't open it, Lloyd is still waiting outside." ”

Alan approached her little by little, so close that Eve almost reached the door, and she looked at Alan with her eyes open, and the small movements of grasping the doorknob continued. In the end, I could only use words to divert my attention, "The door can't be opened, you can help me open it." ”

"I'm not going to do things for you for nothing." Alan didn't like her mentioning Royd's name, and she wouldn't be told to do things casually, "Well, you tie the button for me first, and I'll open the door for you." ”

Eve refused, and her face turned red. How can you just help someone tie a button?

"Then I won't open the door." Alan was obviously more fearless than she was, and he slowly buttoned it up, not at all considerate.

"If I help you fasten the buttons, you're really going to open the door?" Eve hung her head slightly, her face flushed, but her bright blue eyes stole a glance at Alan.

"Hmm."

"You can't talk." Eve bit her lip and emphasized it again, and walked up to Eren like a turtle, she buttoned the black buttons one by one, and Eren quietly unbuttoned all the buttons she had just fastened.

During the whole process, Eve's head seemed to be filled with heavy lead water, and she couldn't lift it. After all, the buttons are made by wives for their husbands, and she and Alan are like this...... Combined with his previous words and deeds, Eve couldn't help but wonder if he was ...... What is being hinted at?

Alan obviously didn't have any worries, he just enjoyed the feeling of Eve's white and tender little hands helping him button them one by one, he was well-behaved and obedient, which made people feel comfortable looking at it.

By the way...... While Eve was not paying attention, Alan opened the door very badly, and Lloyd outside the door was holding a gift and was slapped hard by this unexpected scene.

His favorite Highness Eve, blushing and helping Alan unbutton his clothes one by one, like all wives. And Allen's upper body is still bare with a piece of skin.

They...... They just closed the door, didn't they send something? The little loyal dog seemed to have suffered a bolt from the blue, and his hand holding the gifts almost got into the box, and almost broke the gifts.

"Your Highness?" Lloyd spoke in disbelief.

Eve had just stood on tiptoe to fasten the button at Alan's neckline, and Eren kissed the tip of her nose as she tilted her head. After hearing Lloyd's voice, Eve immediately separated from Allen, turned her back like a rose that was about to bloom with shame, and saw Lloyd's sadness.

More sad than when His Royal Highness Brandt told him in his study that the person His Highness Eve liked was Alan.

Lloyd struggled to straighten his back to look less lost, at least not noticeable.

"Your Highness, your things."

Eve took the exquisitely packaged box from Lloyd's hand, and handed it to Alan timidly, just like entering a new environment and constantly looking at the small animals around, carefully observing Alan's expression, "This, this is prepared by my brother for the female officer, I want to thank you for taking care of me for so long, and asking Dick to send me back to Gary." ”

It wasn't sent by Eve, and Alan was a little bored.

He took it from Eve with great interest, not even interested in opening it.

"Y-Won't you take a look?" Eve's curled eyelashes blinked slightly, and she just looked at him, and a thick sense of guilt immediately came over her, as if he had done something sorry for Eve if he didn't look at it. Alan could only open the box, and there was a belt inlaid with many precious stones, folded out of various colors, and it was extremely heavy to look at.

He didn't like to wear such a heavy thing on his body, it was not only troublesome, but also uncomfortable. These are tied to only some alchemists.

"Is it pretty?" Eve carefully followed the female officer's notice to her and Allen, "These gems are not only beautiful, but the female officials say that they are very helpful to those who practice magic." ”

Alan was still uninterested.

Winnie had just finished writing a long strip of parchment, and she put down her quill pen and stroked the glittering rubies on it, "I think this belt is very good, and it is a little bit of Eve's heart anyway." Alan, you quickly take it and put it on later. ”

"Okay." Alan put the lid on the box and put it on the table to the side as if he had accepted it.

Eve saw that his interest was mediocre, and the enthusiasm she had been full of was gone, and she withdrew her hand from the box, "Then I'll go back first, and I'll have dinner with my brother in the evening." ”

As she spoke, she left with Lloyd. Only Alan was a little confused, he didn't know much about men and women, but he vaguely felt that Eve was not very happy, and Jona was not there, so he asked Winnie, "What's wrong with her?" ”

"I'm upset by you." Winnie was more interested in the belt than Alan's love life, and she took out the belt from the box and looked at it carefully in the sunlight.

"Not happy?" Alan asked again, "Why aren't you happy?" ”

"Why? Probably because you didn't surprise and like the gift she gave. Winnie put the heavy jewel belt back into the box, "Didn't Her Royal Highness mention in Her Royal Highness's 'How to Deceive the Girls' Hearts' that even if you don't like it, you should show a certain interest and affection for the gifts given by the other party?" This is not only a woman's respect, but also a good opportunity to further enhance the relationship between each other. If you had just discussed the role of gems with Eve, she might have stayed a little longer. ”

Alan pursed his lips, as if he regretted it.

However, Winnie leaned on her glasses and said, "Does Eve know something?" ”

"You mean?" Alan looked at her and suddenly became stern.

"This chain is finely made, and it looks no different from the chain that alchemists use to condense their magic." Winnie stroked an aqua blue gem on it, "There seems to be something wrong with this gem, though." ”

Alan was seldom interested in the sparkling gems, so he did not pay close attention to the chain and the gems on it, and only listened to Winnie's words before taking a closer look.

"It's a rare gemstone, and I happen to have seen some of it. According to the book, it was created by an alchemist with mediocre qualifications and a reluctance to work hard, specifically to absorb the magic of other magicians for his own use. ”

"Eve said that this was prepared by her brother for the female officer, and the brother she said should be Prince Brandt, who is visiting Otto." Winnie closed the lid, "That's why I asked you, didn't you bother to say anything in front of Eve, and she inadvertently told Brant, so His Royal Highness Brant, like the two Elders of Ruth, took a fancy to your piece of fat?" ”

Alan fell into deep thought. He didn't think he mentioned anything related to blood removal in front of Eve, Eve didn't understand magic, so naturally he couldn't see anything, so what was the problem?

****

After Lloyd and Eve left, Eve went to the study as she had agreed to have dinner with Brandt. It turned out that he met Bill Ruth at the door of the study.

"Good evening, my beautiful Highness Eve." Ruth held Eve's hand and wanted to drop a kiss, and when he looked down, he noticed that Eve's low-hanging skirt was stained with several drops of blood, "Oh my God, my Highness, are you hurt?" Ruth looked particularly concerned, and he pointed to the few inconspicuous drops of blood on Eve's big skirt, "Lloyd, didn't you take good care of Your Highness and let her be attacked?" ”

Eve's skirt was already stacked layer by layer, and the decorations on it were so complicated that it was generally difficult to notice the blood stains on it. Lloyd didn't ignore this, and he was a little flustered, "Your Highness, are you injured?" Isn't it ......"

"I'm not hurt." Eve interrupted him.

"And what is this blood?" Ruth asked tentatively.

Eve didn't want to talk to Ruth, whether it was his flirtation at the banquet when she first arrived in Otto, or the sudden attack afterwards, which made her impression of Ruth fall to the bottom. But her consistent upbringing did not allow her to speak ill of other people's "concerns", "This blood is not mine." ”

"Oh?" Ruth was obviously interested, "Whose is that, I heard His Highness Brant say that you just went to visit His Highness Allen." This blood can't be his, right? ”

"Elder Ruth." Although Eve didn't know about Otto's court, she still knew that he wanted to trouble Allen, "These are not in your jurisdiction, are they?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness, please forgive me for my faux pas." Ruth was very sincerely afraid, "I'm just worried about Your Highness, for fear that you have suffered some bad attack in Otto, which will not only make His Highness Brandt sad, but also damage the friendship between the two countries." I hope you will forgive me for my mistakes for the sake of my original intentions. ”

"It's okay, I'm not accusing you." Eve didn't talk to Rose again, but she felt that the blood on her skirt was unsightly. You should go back to your room and get a clean dress and come back to dinner with Brandt.

Eve was about to go back to her room, but she didn't notice the calculation flashing in Ruth's dark eyes.