Chapter 45

Surprised, she hugged her neck again. Eckart took her to the table and dropped her safely on a flat carpet. She quickly released her arms tightly wrapped around him like shackles.

She adjusted her entangled dress finally and said, "I'm sorry."

She didn't know how to cope with the situation. She finally apologized and pressed her dishevelled hair with her hand. It seemed that she could hardly trim her tangled hair properly as Poibe pecked all of it.

"Fool."

Poibe, who was sitting down at the window, chirped up again as if to annoy her.

Marianne stared at Poibe with an annoyed look. Poibe's uttering 'fool' came right at the moment, which made her even think her previous owner might be the emperor.

"Don't you like it?"

"Well, I hate the way Phebe acts."

"Since Phebe offended you, do I you kill her and bring you another bird?"

Marianne jumped at his suggestion.

"Don't do that!"