NovelFinishChapter 304: Beauty and apologies.
East's eyebrows moved up curiously. He had seen the peacock painting, so he was not sure how she would paint
him. Nevertheless, he nodded. His father had told him to make friends with her if he could. If she was unfriendly,
he did not have to force it.
As he sat motionless, watching her silently, he wondered why she had not commented on his looks or looked at
him inappropriately. Was she blind to his beauty or did she simply not care? He was relieved but he was also
feeling out of sorts.
Was he suddenly unattractive?
The more he thought about it, the more insecure he felt. He was at a loss on how to act around her, not just
because she was a crown princess and she was gorgeous but because he had never been around a woman
outside his mother and sisters that treated him as if he was air.
"I have nice eyes." he blurted out.
Confusion visited Sigrid’s green eyes, she raised her head and looked at him. "Is that your way of tellingthat
you wantto paint them clearly?"
East was lost all the more.
"My jawline is very sharp." He said.
Sigrid nodded. "I noticed. It is just like your father’s, | bet he was very good looking in his prime. | would imagine
that he had quite the number of female admirers."
East stood up suddenly, glaring at Sigrid as if she had insulted him. "You...you....do you like my father?"
"Huh!" Sigrid drawled out the surprise. "Which of my words say that I like your father?"
She decided there and then that he was a bit of a fool. No wonder the system had said that he was as innocent
as they came. It was a little adorable but mostly funny. "A person can compliment you on your looks without
harboring other intentions. Your father is a good looking man, that is undeniable. It does not mean that | am
planning to bechis mistress or start plotting against your mother in order to becyou step mother."
His upper body inclined downwards, "I apologize, your highness. | have experienced sthings that have left
Sigrid looked at his face and she scoffed. "Letguess, because of your face, you have encountered many
women that see nothing in you but your beauty."
He nodded as he took a seat again. East touched his face and smiled sadly. "When | was younger, other boys
were often cruel. It did not matter how powerful my father and brothers were, the boys calleda girl. | worked
hard to look as masculine as | do now but it resulted in their jealousy as women started to fawn over me. What
they don’t know is that the fawning can be disgusting in unexpected ways. | guess you can say that there is no
winning for me."
Sigrid gave up on painting and she put down the brush. "You are wrong, you already won by having good looks.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtNobody in the world wants to be ugly, truston that. If it was the case, women’s make up, clothes and jewelry
would not be the biggest business in our empire’s after food.
Think about this way, because you look good, your children will look good. Your entire lineage will benefit from
you. If | were to be born as your daughter, | would be very grateful."
East laughed. For a reason unknown, he found her words both funny and comforting.
Sigrid pointed at the peacock enclosure, "Lord Fluffington is the best example we have. He knows that his beauty
is his advantage so he does whatever it takes to remain the most beautiful creature around. It is not a sin or a
crto be beautiful. Other people’s jealousy and envy is no reason for you to hate yourself."
East was surprised, the rumored cold princess was not as hard to talk to as people assumed. Perhaps, her
rumored ruthless reputation was just like his baseless rake reputation. Empty air. "Do you always give advice to
strangers?"
"Only the pretty ones." She answered.
His face stiffened up quickly. His mind quickly drew the conclusion that he had misjudged her.
Sigrid threw her head back and laughed lightly. "My goodness, you are so easy to tease! Can't you tell from the
humor in my voice that | am making a joke?"
East relaxed. "I have never truly had a conversation at great length with a lady that was not related to me. It
may sound stupid to you because | am five and twenty but..."
"It is not stupid." She jumped in and put an end to his self blame. "Before | married, | never had a conversation
with any man at great length with the exception of my male relatives."
"That cannot be right. | have seen ladies and gentlemen take walks, go on dates in parks and spend one to two
hours in the company of each other. All supervised of course but they talk at great length during courtship."
Sigrid shook her head. "There was no courtship between my husband and I. We were married by a royal decree."
"Permitto say something that is not my business." He requested.
She nodded.
He touched his pocket and revealed a brown wand, shaking it gently twice before putting it back in his pocket. "I
am mage, and | have a little familiar that loves to eavesdrop on the conversations of others. He mentioned your
divorce to me."
Sigrid’s face changed, becoming cold.
East noticed the frigidness and he
started to see where her reputation
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Anyway, | do not understand why you
are having troubles with the crown
prince but my mother encourages all
her sons to court the \@mentthey
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marry. $héthinks that a lack of
courtship makes it hard to begin a
marriage on the basis of friendship
and understanding. Instead, you
marry for need or convenience. Per
her observation, half of such
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Maybe that is where your troubles stem from. You never got the chance to understand each other."
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Your mother has a good head on her
shoulders. Men do tend to value the
women they sought out to marry
actively rather that Reece
prem Sgrcan wered. "That
said, | have no plans to discuss my
marriage with you Mister Ridley. And
| hope that you will be keeping what
you have heard to yourself. | have no
plans to divorce my husband just yet,
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East Ridley nodded. "Of course, | will keep it to myself. You have givensadvice and we have shared our
troubles. Can | take this a sign that we are friends?"
Sigrid nearly whistled. "Friendship between a crown princess of Eldoria and a possible next prince of Medoris. We
are enemy empires, | know speople that would faint if they heard about this."
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