After the meal, Teresa brought Seol Jihu out of the dining hall. Seol Jihu didn’t refuse as he was uncomfortable during the entire dinner. His face was so flushed that he was too ashamed to look at Prihi.

“I’m terribly sorry.”

Teresa closed the door after entering her room and then bowed with her hands cupped together. Seol Jihu raised his guard, realizing this was Teresa’s bedroom.

“I didn’t think they’d go this far….”

Teresa seemed to be apologizing sincerely, not joking as she usually did. Seeing her being this apologetic, Seol Jihu’s heart softened a bit.

“I thought this might happen, so I didn’t want to send the letter…. But they insisted, saying that having dinner together shouldn’t be a problem…. I shouldn’t have trusted them.”

With this, Seol Jihu gained a new piece of information. That Teresa had not invited him of her own accord. By the sound of it, the Haramark Royal Family… or, to be more precise, Fertina Hussey or Olivia Hussey must have been behind it. It might even have been both of them.

Seol Jihu stared at Teresa, who couldn’t raise her head, and then said.

“Do you know why they did that?”

“Well… probably it was to open my eyes. They were sending me a message.”

“A message?”

“Yes, they were probably trying to say that this is what they would do if I weren’t more forward.”

Seol Jihu’s eyes narrowed.

“What do those two want?”

“That’s….”

Teresa trailed off. When she did not show any signs of answering him, Seol Jihu decided to change the que...