Chapter 20

The marriage between Corinna and Albert was good.

After that, they would do it every few days. To reassure Corinna, who was worried about his health, Albert laughingly said "I couldn't afford to do this if I was tired". And just as her husband had declared, before she quit her job at the royal palace, the rumours she heard about Albert were that "Vice-minister Heres had become even sharper than before". She secretly smiled at them.

Apparently, Albert, who was less tired, performed well on his duties.

Everyone at the Heres residence was also delighted at the fact that Albert would come back home every night.

Frigga was always kind to Corinna, and Duran, who looked strict and quiet, started to talk to Corinna when he got used to her presence. Actually, it seems he was used to spoiling Albert's younger sisters and according to him, "My father is very gentle towards women."

Corinna, who was worried about the manners of the upper-class nobility, was learning under the guidance of Frigga. The Heres family was considered a bit prudish, so they wouldn't often appear in tea parties and social circles, but Frigga still accompanied Corinna to such events.

At her age, she was experiencing these events for the first time in her life.

She tried her best not to tarnish Frigga's reputation by just standing quietly and dignified but she also worried that people might consider her "an unworthy mediocre lady". Fortunately, there were no such people. Probably because Frigga always stood by her side. Those sorts of ill-intended nobles wouldn't stand a chance against Frigga's sharp and refined glance.

Frigga treated Corinna with great care, and she was a really reliable presence. After all, Albert took after his mother. While watching her back always protecting her, Corinna smiled at how her image overlaped with Albert in her mind.

She seemed to like Corinna sincerely exactly as she was, and their relationship was very good.

Frigga often said, "Corinna doesn't have to pamper Albert that much." From her point of view, it was clearly her son who was deeply infatuated with Corinna. At first, Corinna was at a loss when she heard it, but recently she became aware that it might really look like that for the people around them.

At any rate, the way he expressed himself in front of Corinna was completely different from how he treated others. He was never angry or cold towards her. And she also never had displayed these kind of emotions either.

And whenever he was at home, the first thing he did was always to try to spend more time alone with Corinna. It might be because he wanted to sleep with her as soon as possible, but everyone around them seemed to attribute it to a strong sense of possessiveness. That kind of attitude was so surprising for Frigga that she said "I never knew my son had that side to him."

In the midst of that pleasant everyday life, Corinna was a little concerned about her own hands. She wanted to say something about it to her new family, Duran and Frigga, but when she consulted Albert, he said, "Since it's going to be a hassle, keep it a secret until it's absolutely necessary to inform them." Corinna wondered what he meant with 'a hassle', but when the time came, she understood exactly what he had said