The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress
Chapter 78: The apology out of nowhere.

Chapter 78: The apology out of nowhere.

When she returned to the Vale, Sigrid took a bath and settled down in the living room, preparing to watch the latest episodes of Lady Blanche like everyone else.

In order to create the perfect environment, Lama closed the thick drapes, Lanai turned the mystic viewing TV crystal on while Sigrid laid down on the sofa and reached her hand out to pick up a slice of gooseberry from a very beautiful mahogany coffee table that was sitting on the softest rug which covered the floor of the entire room.

Just as the berry reached Sigrid’s mouth and highlights from the previous episode started to play, a voice interrupted her.

"The king and queen are expecting us for dinner." Roland’s voice boomed through the room.

It was filled with energy, just as he was when he strode in elegantly and sat down in the chair opposite hers. He seemed to dislike the big distance between them, so he moved over to where she was.

Sigrid moved her legs to make room for him to seat down.

"Do you mind if I have one of those?" he pointed to the fruit platter.

"Help yourself." she answered, he had asked politely after all.

He reached for the apple slices first, picking five slices at once and gobbling them up quickly, nodding his head with a look of satisfaction on his face. Most of the fruits at the vale were acquired from the mage farms, the volume was small but the taste was scrumptious.

"What is this about dinner with your parents?" she asked him.

He picked a handful of gooseberries. "My father sent a messenger while you were out starting war with princess Livia." Roland’s eyebrows slowly moved up and his eyes which contained humor settled on her. "What in the name of heaven possessed you to do such a thing? I am not complaining because I cannot stand Livia or anyone from that family for that matter but slapping a princess in public is not the way to settle your differences."

Sigrid kept her eyes on the television, it was much more interesting that anything about Livia. "Calling it war is quite an exaggeration, I simply taught her how to behave in public. An unmarried princess talked about bedroom affairs in full view of other young impressionable mostly unmarried young women. I was protecting her reputation, the arch duke should should be rewarding me for my services."

"Did it occur to you to perhaps slap her inside the house?" he asked in response.

Sigrid turned her head to him and cleverly responded, "Who said I slapped her? Ask anyone, I never laid one hand on her. Is that why we are having dinner with your parents?"

"If I know, they know. I cannot speak with absolute certainty that it has or has not played a role in securing us the invitation. Frankly, I am more surprised by the fact that the two of them are willing to sit at the same table." he let out a small snort and ate up the last of the gooseberries.

He set his eyes on the pastries which Lanai was just setting down, part of the stash which Cosmos had brought back.

"Lanai, did Cosmos approve you touching his pastries?" she asked.

Lanai nodded.

"Mmm, these are good." Roland mumbled out after biting into a dragonfire cake. "You should give the pastry chef a raise, this is better than the cakes they make usually."

"It is not your pastry chef, these were made by Mauve Rosewood, she is my first choice for lady-in-waiting, she will be moving here in two days. That should not be a problem for you, right?" Sigrid paused the series and gave Roland all of her focus.

"Aha! you made a decision on your own without asking me first, how is this any different from my decision to send your horse away?" He had a very satisfied smile on his face as if he had just seen the light after spending months in darkness.

Sigrid twisted her mouth unhappily, a new wave of frustration swept over her, dealing with new to dating life Roland was challenging. She made a new discovery about her husband, he liked to win apparently, at everything.

"Do you really want to go there because I can raise you one and bring up Emma."

Roland grimaced, "You know what, I was wrong and I apologize for what I just said."

Sigrid’s jaw almost hit the ground, an apology from the crown prince who hated her, now this was something worthy of being recorded in the history books.

"It has also been brought to my attention that I could have handled the transfer of your horse away from here in a different way, it is your horse. It was not my place to decide what’s best for it and next time, should I come up with such a plan I will be sure to bring it to you first." he further added.

Sigrid hesitated to respond, the surprise apology caught her off guard even more than she could have ever thought. Her eyes met his, a mixture of that same surprise and guarded doubt.

"Are you seriously apologizing to me?"

He did not respond either and for a moment, an uncomfortable silence stretched between them. Roland shifted uncomfortable, the awkwardness made him poke at the fruits with a toothpick. Never before had he apologized to anyone except for his mother and father for his childhood and youthful misgivings.

"I did not mean to cause you distress," he said, his voice barely a whisper. "Seeing your tears made me feel rather discomfited."

Sigrid’s expression softened, and she answered, "I hear your apology and I will accept it for now. However, going forward you must let your actions speak for you. I trust actions more than words."

"I understand." he nodded and then leaned back in the chair. "Bring in some wine." he looked back and ordered a servant. Then, he looked at Sigrid and the TV, "Well, now that we have come to a consensus, might I request that you turn that crystal TV back on and we can watch the stupid show."

"Stupid!!" Sigrid exclaimed.

As a contributor to the show, she was not very happy with the review. "What makes it stupid?"

"It’s too dramatic." he answered with a shrug. "You have this unknown woman come into the kingdom with the crown prince, neither he nor the king and queen realize she is their sister or daughter.

The prince has a beautiful wife from a powerful background and yet he is willing to risk it all just for an opportunity to fu...sleep with this strange woman that is obviously flirting with other men and leading them on.

Everyone is acting either blind or stupid which allows her get away with scheming. I know for sure that if it was me, I would have seen through the trickery right from the start."

Sigrid smiled to hide her skepticism, she still couldn’t help mumbling, ’right.’

She turned back to the TV and restarted the episode, she thought that perhaps the more Roland watched, the more he would see some similarities between the crown prince in the show and himself.

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