Chapter 177: Her Move (3)
“You can keep sleeping,” Uriel’s gentle voice interrupted Apollonia, who struggled to open her eyes.
“…What about you?”
“As your bodyguard, I can’t completely relax. Besides, just watching you sleep relaxes me, Your Majesty,” he replied.
Apollonia chuckled and playfully nudged Uriel, although in their tangled state, it was hard to tell if she had touched his shoulder, waist, or somewhere else.
They lay in the guest bedroom of the Imperial Palace.
Normally, they should have used the emperor’s bedroom, but hesitated due to the traces left by Gaius.
In the end, among the twenty-one guest bedrooms in the palace, only twenty were suitable for their use.
“Your job is to sleep until Princess Evangelin arrives. And I know you spend your nights reading medical books instead of sleeping,” he said, half-covering Apollonia’s eyes with his hand.
“…I have a lot to ask you as well.”
