Nicol is your fiancé, he is the prince of the kingdom Ephapaicaea Empire, you could say he hates you and doesn't want to be with you, but this time he was asked by the king to accompany you around the palace

during the palace tour he didn't look at you at all, he just stared at his book, and looked around

"listen, I'm not at all interested in you and don't care about you, I accompany you because the king asked" he doesn't look at you at all