Thelma's eyes opened slightly, and she took the delicate box in surprise.

She first looked at Thales who was smiling doubtfully, and then opened it gently.

"This is……"

Thelma saw clearly what was in the box and raised her head in surprise.

"When I wrote a letter to China last year, I asked Gilbert and the others to have it made by someone else. It was brought here by Putilai today," Thales winked proudly and grabbed the contents of the box:

"You know, the level of craftsmen in Xingchen is relatively good... I followed their requirements and measured the curvature and thickness of the lenses. I hope there won't be any big mistakes, and I also prepared several pairs of spare lenses..."

"If there is a mistake, I have to re-grind the lenses. Hand-polishing is very expensive..."

Thelma took a breath and looked at the obviously finely crafted item in Thales' hand.

"Introducing... pince-nez!"

Thales smiled and picked up the new pair of glasses in his hand that were completely different from the one on the girl's face.

This pair of glasses is very strange. It has no ear frames at all, and only has a chain attached to one side of the frame. The frame is very slender, and the nose pads are also slightly strange.

Thales skillfully stretched out his left hand, stroked one side of Thelma's forehead, and removed the big and heavy black-rimmed eyes from her face.

It's like I've practiced it hundreds of times.

But Thelma just stared at him blankly and allowed the prince to take off her glasses without any resistance. She didn't even care that her vision was greatly affected.

It felt like I had experienced it hundreds of times.

Thales excitedly played with the new glasses in his hand, pressed them on the bridge of the girl's nose, and lightly touched the soft skin on her face with his fingers: "Like this, using a little air pressure, clamping the nose, it can stabilize it

Glasses, no need to put on your ears!”

"Then put this chain in..." Thales grabbed the thin chain at one end of the glasses, lowered his head, and tried to find a pocket on Selma's body to put it in.

But he discovered to his embarrassment: there were no pockets on the girl's body, and the only open space was on her chest, which was tightly bound by the coat and corset...

"It's okay if you don't let it go." The second prince looked away awkwardly and put the chain into the other person's hand.

Putting on glasses without ear frames for the first time, Thelma reacted and opened her mouth in surprise.

She carefully held the small new frame, shook her head, as if she was afraid it would fall, then raised her head and looked around.

Thales observed the new image of the Grand Duchess: the nearly transparent pince-nez freed Thelma's face from the torture of black-framed glasses. At this moment, the girl blinked with confused eyes, losing her former rigidity and seriousness.

She looks quite cute and cute.

Thales blew out a sigh of satisfaction, picked up Selma's old pair of much-worn glasses, and smiled.

After a few seconds, the girl finally got used to her new glasses.

"Thank you." Thelma lowered her head, seeming a little embarrassed.

"You're welcome, I've wanted to say it for a long time," the prince said with a smile: "As the leader of this land, wearing those black-rimmed glasses always looks a little unserious and looks like a frog, haha."

To his expectation, Selma's performance was very calm, with neither excitement nor excitement, nor curiosity and doubt.

But...

"Hey, Thales." The girl held her glasses blankly and stared into the distance.

Thales raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"

Thelma raised her head slightly.

Thales noticed that there was some redness around her eyes.

No way.

It's just a gift, are you so moved?

Thales, who was most afraid of seeing people cry, felt his heart skip a beat.

"Tiles," Thelma said softly: "Do you still remember that day six years ago?"

Thales narrowed his eyes in confusion.

"The day we first met."

"That night, that early morning, that morning."

Her voice was ethereal and vague, as if coming from afar.

Thales frowned, remembering the past.

That night.

Nun, Rumba, the bloody crown, the newborn Grand Duchess.

"Of course," his words became serious unconsciously, and he looked directly at the girl in front of him: "How could you forget that kind of experience?"

"Because of you, Thales," Thelma looked at him seriously: "I became the Grand Duchess."

"Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Thales was slightly startled and was about to speak, but Thelma just shook her head, and her red eyes made Thales speechless for a while.

He only felt a heaviness in his chest.

only……

Why mention this?

"You said," Thelma sniffed, with a faint nasal voice, and a slightly sad look from behind her new glasses: "You will always be by my side, and you will face it with me.

You can……"

Thales' lips slightly opened.

"Ah," the prince took a deep breath, remembered his previous words, and subconsciously showed a reassuring smile: "I will always protect you."

Thelma said nothing.

She just looked at the prince quietly.

The emotions surging in his eyes made Thales quite uneasy.

The two just looked at each other quietly.

After a long while, the dull atmosphere was finally broken by the girl's laughter.

However, this laughter did not seem so happy to Thales.

"Thank you."

"I'm sorry," the girl said with a touch of disappointment, "It obviously has nothing to do with you... I shouldn't have kicked you today."

ah?

Thales opened his eyes wide at first, and then touched his head in confusion.

Today's Selma was beyond his expectations.

The prince could only smile awkwardly with doubts.

"It doesn't matter," Thales sighed softly and shook his head helplessly: "Who told us to be friends."

"Like you said: life and death."

Speaking of this, Thelma trembled slightly!

The Grand Duchess raised her head suddenly, as if she had made up her mind.

"Tiles!" Thelma exhaled, her words stagnant: "Today's political hearing... that..."

Thales felt something: "Huh? What?"

But at this moment, Thelma's eyes suddenly dimmed as she looked directly at Thales.

It's like letting go of something.

Thales looked at her doubtfully.

What on earth is this...

The next second, Selma's tone and rhythm returned to calmness.

"Um... the letter crow came to Qiyuan City," she tilted her head and said without seeming to care: "Ronnie and his allies, the three princes from the north, want to invite me, invite Longxiao City to fight against the king's decree.

Sign the declaration to support their protest."

"Oh, that's a good thing," Thales, who was full of doubts, thought of the major events in Exeter in the past few months. The new ennoblement decree implemented by King Charman in the Black Sand Territory was almost unanimously opposed and condemned by the whole country.

, I’m probably feeling very anxious and gloating about my misfortune right now:

"Give Rumba some color."

"Yeah," Thelma chuckled, but her tone was a little low: "It's a good thing."

Thales frowned and looked at the unhappy girl in front of him.

"Speaking of this, did you know that we will have a new teacher soon," the prince asked tentatively: "Putilai invited him from the Principality of Anrenzo. He said that he was a highly respected person...

"

But the next moment, Thelma stood up extremely abruptly.

"I'm full, you can continue." The Grand Duchess replied with a calm and calm expression.

Thales was shocked.

ah?

But she just...

"Tomorrow, old time, in the library," Thelma showed a pale smile: "A batch of new books have arrived. Don't forget, let's read them together."

Thales nodded subconsciously.
To be continued...