Chapter 179

The Long-Awaited Opera (2) The theater was crowded with people.

While I was briefly greeting a few noble ladies in the middle of the chaos—

“Your Highness.”

Lucion approached from a distance, drawing attention wherever he walked.

Dressed in luxurious Rondoris-style clothing, the prince looked especially radiant today. As expected, the atmosphere became noisy the moment he appeared.

With his charming eyes slightly lifted, Lucion took my hand and kissed the back of it.

“You look dazzlingly beautiful today.”

Since the reading performance, I had tried to avoid meeting Lucion. Most opera discussions went through Samuel, the troupe’s representative, and anything Lucion wanted to say to me was passed along through Alchent.

Lucion was perceptive—he must have realized long ago that I was avoiding him.

Even so, he acted as if nothing had happened.

“Thank you.”

I smiled politely.

“You look very handsome as well, Prince.”

Nearby noblewomen blushed while…