Chapter 79

"Jayden."

"Yes?"

"...He came to me and asked me to teach him swordsmanship. Himself."

"...!"

Viola's light-green eyes went wide in an instant.

Her big eyes, so large they looked ready to spill over, filled entirely with joy.

"Goodness! Congratulations, Your Grace! What wonderful news!"

She smiled brightly, genuinely delighted, as though it were her own personal victory.

Getting exactly the reaction he'd expected didn't feel bad at all.

Is she really this happy about it?

Well.

It had been her, more than anyone, who'd worked so hard to close the distance between Jayden and himself.

It was only right that news like this reach her first.

Though the outcome had been guided by his own unconscious impulse, Cain was thinking it had been worth coming here after all, when—

As though she could see straight through Cain's thoughts, Viola narrowed her eyes playfully.

"So this, this is why you…