“I am a foreigner.”

The princess’ eyes opened wide at the somewhat unexpected start to his response. Her appearance now was reminiscent of when Seon-Hyeok first met her.

“My opinions and values are naturally different from those with their roots here.”

Regardless of whether her age was considered sufficient in this world, he could not feel the same way. Even if he could somehow convince himself otherwise, he would not be able to truly accept it.

For him, the princess was no more than a mature child even now, after she had grown up so much in the preceding months. It was off-putting to even consider whether he liked or disliked such a child.

Hearing his explanation, the princess asked with a subdued expression.

“So you’re saying you don’t like me.”

“That’s not it.”

At first, he had considered her tedious to deal with. However, since then, the princess had helped him both materially and emotionally, and she had never once made an unreasonable demand of him. In that sense, he leaned on the side of liking her.

Nonetheless, this represented his positive opinion of the princess as a human being. It was not suggestive of his attraction to her as a woman.

“Then that’s fine. It seems you can overanalyze matters and be a bit long-win...