I Became The Childhood Friend of the Obsessive Second Male Lead

Chapter 116

“Re, really?!”

“Mhm.”

When Rieta nodded her head with a light face, Noel was delighted.

It was probably because he had been struggling with the puzzle problem since last winter.

Now, the problems related to the puzzle were finally over!

Noel gave his generous friend a hug, just like Rieta did a while ago.

“. . . You’re this happy?”

At Rieta’s question, he nodded passionately.

“Silly, I just wish you had been honest from the beginning.”

At the words Rieta muttered, Noel just laughed and said, “I know.”

And he thought about it a little more.

Like how Rieta couldn’t live without him.

He thought that he couldn’t live without Rieta, either.

He wouldn’t be nearly as happy as he was then, without Rieta.

Noel buried his face into the soft blonde hair.

Even though it was summer and he hated the heat, he really liked the warmth.

* * *

And the next day.

Fortunately, Noel and Rieta returned to their usual behaviours.

They fought.

The cause was that Noel completely ruined the liberal arts class.

He didn’t practice the piano at all because Rieta interrupted his practice yesterday, and the professor was terribly disappointed by Noel’s poor performance.

Noel was grumpy, saying, ‘If it’s like this, I’m going to ruin the Princess’s Imperial language class!’

But Rieta was so happy with his annoyance that she didn’t do anything in the end.

And a few days later, the two children together solved the final stage of the wooden puzzle Rieta brought.

The wood had turned a little black, but no one cared.

* * *

The hot summer of the Empire continued.

The sun, which rose from dawn, boiled the earth hot all day, and disappeared for a while in the late hours.

In the meantime, no matter how hard the moon and darkness tried to cool the hot earth, it was of no use.

At dawn, the sun would always rise and the temperature would rise again.

In fact, Princess Rieta, who spent her first summer after crossing from the Kingdom of Liz to the Empire, said the following at the arrival of this heat.

“Noel, I like summer more than winter.”

But less than a week had passed since she had said it, Princess Rieta said this.

“. . . How many months before winter comes?”

Of course, there was still a long way to go before winter arrived.

Because Rieta needed to be 5 centimetres taller in order for it to come.

“It would be faster to wait for the rain than for winter.”

Noel answered that way, and was only wearing a thin shirt and short pants on a wooden chair.

Not long ago, he was bragging that a gentleman must be properly clothed.

“When will it rain?”

Rieta glanced up at the cloudless sky.

“I do not know.”

Noel let out a button near his neck cuff and let out a long sigh.

“Even so, my father was worried about the rain.”

It was time for the rainy season to come, and there were no clouds, let alone rain, so it was a big deal.

When the soil dries up due to the moisture taken by the sun, various problems arose.

Rieta rested her chin against the window, wondering if Liz would be okay.

Even if not, it was clear that if they did not grow even wheat and barley properly due to the poverty, something big would happen.

Moreover, instead of taking care of the work, her father was the one who would drive them in the worst direction.

“I hope nothing happens.”

Rieta sighed heavily.

“What?”

“Nothing.”

Just then, she saw the postal wagon entering the Duke’s residence.

Rieta jumped up from her seat and ran to the front door immediately.

Noel followed Rieta as he had nothing to do.

How come these days, when only the postal wagons come, Rieta would rush like that?

While the butler and the maid handed the letter, Rieta twirled around the space, raising her little toes high.

As if there was a letter she had been waiting for.

“What should I do?”

Was he bothered by Rieta’s appearance?

The postman was fiddling with his hat with a helpless face.

“It seems that there is no letter for the Princess.”

“. . . Ung.”

“If there is a letter, I will bring it a little earlier.”

“Ungg, no.”

Rieta was down, and she stuttered less.

Noel looked at Rieta, who was passing by him helplessly.

What kind of letter was she waiting for like this?

This is no place for the letter to arrive anyway.

There were only two people in this world who would write a letter to Rieta.

Elisha and King of Liz.

It was unlikely that she would wait so eagerly for the King of Liz’s letter, so she was probably waiting for Elisha’s letter.

Why bother waiting for such a letter . . . Shouldn’t she be sick and tired of receiving letters?

Just last week, Rieta sent Elisha a letter . . .

. . . Huh?

Noel just realized one thing.

On the day that Elisha’s letter arrived, Rieta would hug the envelope and she would jump to the front door.