Unknowingly Stepping On A Landmine

"Do you now get it? Maisy..." Evelynn asked her calmly.

"Yes..." Maisy was embarrassed for her misunderstanding.

"Prince Davis, do you have another black robe?" Evelynn asked.

"I do have, but for what?"

She didn't answer him but spoke to Maisy.

"Maisy wear that black robe and wander around our Cauldon Emporium for some time. Here, wear this too."

Evelynn removed her amulet and gave it to Maisy.

It had the power to conceal one's aura.

Davis also took an unused black robe and gave it to her now that he had understood her plan.

It was to act like him for a while.

Maisy wore it and went out of the room. She now knew that they were meeting secretly.

"Now Prince Davis, as you requested, we are all alone." Evelynn smiled.

"Alone, seems like it…" Davis probed around with his Soul Sense so he knew that they were absolutely alone.

"But there was no need to send her out too? No?"

"Maisy is talkative, so she will interfere with our conversation which might possibly anger you, your highness..."

"Then you have my thanks," Davis said as he nodded.

"It's my pleasure, please sit down."

Evelynn then sat at a table and he followed suit.

"Now that we are alone, are you not afraid that I will do anything to you?" Davis grinned as he asked.

Since she seemed like the playful type, he teased her.

"Hmm? What can the Prince possibly do to harm me? Maybe you have your guards outside the Cauldon Emporium? No?"

'Oh, this woman thinks that I got here with an entourage. Well, I'm not going to correct her either.'

"Haha, Miss Evelynn sure is perceptive."

"This is only normal," Evelynn said as she poured a cup of tea for Davis.

Davis took the tea and probed it. Seeing that there were nothing harmful in it, he drank. It doesn't hurt him to be cautious after all.

"Why?" She asked suddenly.

*spat*

Davis spat out the tea at the side. He thought that she found out his probing of the tea.

"Why did you say that?" Evelynn had a complex face when she asked that. She didn't mind spitting that action of his.

Now Davis knew what she had asked.

*cough*

"Miss Evelynn, I started liking you, so I am a little serious about this marriage," Davis replied truthfully.

"Leaving aside why I'll ask when... When did you start liking me?" Evelynn had her eyes narrowed, her gaze sharp.

"From the moment I met you..." He said calmly.

"You're lying." She sighed.

"No, that is the truth!" He strongly replied.

'Why does this feel like an interrogation?' Davis had a vague doubt.

"Then why did you ask me to consider our marriage when we first met?" She made a sound of dissatisfaction as she asked.

Davis then said seriously.

"At that time, I felt that you were clearly against this marriage, so I spoke up."

"And now?" She questioned again.

Davis replied with a glint in his eyes, "Now, I realised that I like you very much. So will you accept this proposal?"

"Isn't that selfish?" Evelynn laughed sarcastically.

"Yes, it is. I want you for myself" Davis replied shamelessly.

"You! What if I refuse?" She narrowed her eyes again.

"Then I can only work hard to change your mind. I am sure that I will somehow make you like me" He grinned as he said.

After a few moments of tension and silence. Evelynn unknowingly, visibly relaxed.

'This woman! She's acting tough! Is she treating me as an adult? No, she is treating me as her future! Makes sense that she is this serious about it.' Davis was watching her every expression to find out what she was thinking and he could only rely on his perception to do so.

Davis then sighed, 'If only Clara were here, it would be way easy to hold an advantage in a conversation.'

'But in this case, I can see her ruining this marriage one hundred percent…' He secretly laughed to himself.

"Cough... so, what is your answer? Miss Evelynn..."

"There's no way I can give it so soon, not without knowing much about you." Evelynn glared at his shamelessness, but somehow she liked his straightforwardness.

'Maybe because he is cute?' She thought.

"You have a point, I wish to know more about you as well. If we have the opportunity, then we'll tour around the Royal Capital one day." Davis nodded.

"Hmm..." She never expected him to invite her to take her out, so it kind of came as a surprise for her as she fell silent.

The atmosphere in the room again got silent and awkward.

"Haha, I wonder what cultivation level has Miss Evelynn reached?" Davis randomly asked a question.

"Nothing that can catch your eye." Suddenly, her voice changed to an icy tone.

'Oye, it's not like I asked your weight!' Davis's eye twitched.

Seeing that he chanced upon a bad topic, he tried to say something. He quickly then glanced around to search for a topic and said to her.

"I guess I disturbed Miss Evelynn's Cultivation session, it's no wonder that you are angry with me for asking about your cultivation," Davis said with an all-knowing tone.

But he then later panicked as he realised that this was also a topic concerning her cultivation.

'What perception!' Evelynn thought, her eyes wide.

But he already knew that she was cultivating when he probed around with his soul sense when he first came here.

But hearing his tone, something in Evelynn finally snapped.

"You just want to know my cultivation stage, don't you? In fact, you already know it right? Do you want to make fun of me as well? Alright, I have only reached Peak-Level Copper Stage, Peak Level Energy Condensation Stage! Miserable, right? At my age, with my status, I should've at least reached the third stage in both by now! Go ahead and laugh! Laugh all you want!"

She had tears forming in her eyes. She waved her hands as she said that with a livid expression on her face as if she had been wronged.

"What Young Mistress of the Cauldon Family? What I am blessed to be married to the Prince? Does my opinion even matter in my family? I am just outright being sold off to you!" Tears dropped like a fountain from her eyes as she looked at him with grievance in her eyes.

Davis was extremely dumbfounded.

One moment she acted mischievously, another moment she acted tough, and another moment she cried. He couldn't say if it was acting or not, but seeing her cry, he felt sad for some reason.

He didn't have a deep relationship with her. He felt that any consolation at this point would just feel like a formality.

Davis looked at her with a complex expression and said comfortingly, "You've worked hard..."

Evelynn froze.

He just left her with that sentence as remaining here shamelessly would make her even more embarrassed.

All those years, she tried so hard to cultivate, even though her talent was subpar at best. She would cultivate day and night, sometimes even without resting for a month.

Compared to many geniuses, her talent was trash.

If she wasn't' the Family Head's daughter, then she would not even be a respected member of her family. With her looks, at best she would've been sold off to someone in the name of marriage.

No one! No one had acknowledged her hard work other than Maisy. Almost everyone looked at her like an object, an object to increase the status of their family.

At that moment, she truly felt content and acknowledged as she cried out her grievances.