Close Peers (i)

Aiden entered the room, he was surprised to see someone inside. He knew the maid wouldn't miss it. So the most likely scenario was that the person inside had just entered the room, and the maid on the other side would soon report this to the maid who had brought Aiden.

Aiden stared at the girl in front of him for a moment, unsure of what to say. She had short black hair, a bang that covered her forehead, and brown eyes. Her breasts were small and she had an immature physique. From here he could see that she was young. But since he could tell from her exposed muscles and posture, he was able to understand that she had been trained like him since she was little.

Elanor was standing and staring at the person in front of her in surprise. She looked at him, wondering why he had suddenly come in and was now standing silently. She could also understand from the physique of the person in front of her that he was trained like her. In addition, there was something bothering her, and she did not understand what it was. But one thing she was sure of was that the person in front of her was from the royal family and she was disrespecting him by looking at him like that. Maybe he was waiting for her to bow first or show some respect before he could say anything. So she began to bow in calmly.

Aiden was a little embarrassed to see the girl in front of him bow while still lost in thought, so he hurried. "Wait, please, you don't have to bow down. I was the one who broke into the room, and I'm sorry for that. And I don't want a pretty girl like you bowing down in front of me." he smiled. It was definitely his fault, after all, to enter the room without sayin anyhing, and now he knew he was only making things worse by being quiet.

Elanor stopped the movements and looked at the boy in front of her. She could tell that he was somehow sincere, so she stopped her movement and stood back up. 'Pretty?' She thought about it for a moment, but she didn't know if it was sincere.

Aiden was relieved, "You must be a member of the Duke's family who visited my sister, right?" he asked.

Elanor, "Yes, sorry for the late introduction. I'm Elanor, Elanor Constantine ." she said, doing the bowing gesture shown at the introduction.

Aiden, "So the Constantine family. I learned about you in my Dukes lessons a few years ago. Being familiar with a bat and being able to have that kind of trait, you have a really nice bloodline. Given your being here and your age, you must have done well at the ceremony. Congratulations to you." he said with a friendly smile.

Elanor was surprised that the young boy in front of her actually knew something about her family. Hearing his congratulations, she smiled, "Thank you... ummm " she said

Aiden realized he had made a mistake again. The people he met until now were people who had already known him. It was only natural that someone from the outside didn't know his name. Aiden laughed a little, " Hahaha. Sorry, my name is Aiden. Aiden Crimson. The only son of the Crimson family and sole owner of the princely seat." he said, bowing the same way Elanor had bowed.

Elanor was surprised again to learn that the boy in front of her was the prince. Even her plain facial expression has changed a bit. No duke or aristocratic family knew that a prince was born. That's why she wanted to bow down again as before and give her a formal salute.

But as she was about to bow down again, Aiden said, "Please don't, like I said before, I don't want a pretty girl like you bowing down in front of me. Please raise your head." said. Elanor felt he was serious this time and blushed a little , as she was not used to such words as she had never spoken to her peers, when she was called beautiful twice.

Aiden chuckled at the movements of the girl in front of him. He could understand that she didn't interact much with her peers, either. After Elanor got her feelings in order "Nice to meet you, Prince Aiden. " she said while saluting again.

"Nice too meet you too Elanor. And I'll be happy if you just call me Aiden . I've never met anyone close to my own age." he smiled.

Elanor wanted to argue against it at first, but since she was in this situation herself, she could understand a little. She felt that Aiden was sincere, too, so she said, "If that's what you want, Aiden. I hope we can get along." said. She smiled too. It was a rare day for someone who normally smiles very little.

"Likewise, Elanor." Aiden replied. Then he realized they were still standing. This embarrassed him again, but he didn't say anything. "So, Elanor, do you want a drink something?" he asked.

Elanor, "I think I can have some tea." said. As someone who lived her life calmly and straight, she enjoyed tea.

Aiden nodded, "Okay then." he said and walked to the tea maker. When he got to the tea machine, he noticed a problem and stood by it.

In this world, things worked with magic power. And it wasn't really a big deal, as anyone living could cultivate magic cores. But immature kids like Aiden couldn't use these machines. On the one hand, this was actually good because they also prevented small children from harming themselves.

Aiden blushed again and looked at Elanor, embarrassed a little, "I'm sorry, but I wonder if you can help me? I honestly don't know how to use it, and I don't have the magic power." said.

This time , Elanor laughed too, " Sure, let me show you." she said and started walking towards him. As Aiden pulls out and prepares two glasses and two teas. Elanor stepped in front of the machine. Then Aiden came in and looked at Elanor curiously.

Elanor felt Aiden was ready, she lifted the machine and opened the bottom to reveal the inside. She turned to Aiden and said, "Look, there are runes engraved in them. These runes stay passive until they have magic power on them." After saying that, she hung up. She then poured magic power from the outside into the machine, causing it to start warming up inside. "As you can see, this rune can increase the temperature to a certain extent. The run time of each rune is determined during its initial making. This rune is programmed to run until the water inside boils." said. She was a little surprised at how much she talked as she was normally a quiet person. But since she spoke willingly, she had no problem with that.

Aiden observed everything silently at last when it was finally over, "Thanks for explaining, Elanor. And again, I'm sorry I made you do it. Normally I could call a maid in, but I don't want them to bother us right now." said. Aiden actually knew that the maids would apologize to him if they came in. But he didn't want to deal with it right now. And unlike the maid who brought him in, he was sure that the maid who brought Elanor in was somehow observing the room, so the last part was a phrase specifically meant not to let them in.

Aiden was actually right. The maid who had brought Elanor into the room had left, leaving someone else to take care of the room. When that maid saw Aiden come in, she panicked and immediately informed the maid who had left her. She was come back already and waiting to come in and apologize, but when she heard Aiden say that, she realized that now she could just stand at the door and wait.

Elanor understood the truth of his words or not, but it really didn't matter to her. She just smiled, "You're welcome. You don't need to think any further. It's not too troublesome anyway, I don't seem to be bothered either." said. When the tea was ready, the two of them sat opposite each other on the sofas and began to talk.