Chapter 24. what. Are you laughing? 2020.04.25.
The appearance of an unprecedented magic stone mine made the empire go wild. The nobles, tired of Duke Javier’s campaign, were almost in a festive mood. Dispatches between families to share this news were busy running around Jedo. The news soon reached Esteban’s ears as well. He immediately called his former aide.
“Suddenly, there was a mine that I didn’t know existed.”
“…haha. Congratulations.”
“Gustav.”
I tried to get over it, but the situation system was a formidable opponent.
‘shit.’
It’s a good thing in the end, but if you find out that there was a complacency in your work before the result came out, you will definitely be offended. But what can I do? what has already happened.
“That’s what I mean…. Before I knew it, there was one document I had never seen before.”
“what?”
Esteban crumpled his face in an instant. Seeing a reprimanding gaze, Gustaf hurriedly waved his hand and made an excuse.
“Absolutely not on purpose! Doesn’t His Majesty know? I’m kind of a perfectionist. Someone must have done that on purpose!”
Esteban’s expression softened slightly. It was because he admitted very little that the former aide was competent in his own way. Gustav hurriedly added an explanation, fearing Esteban’s mood would drop again.
“It seems that the first handwritten documents were mixed up among the approved documents. It was a document to purchase a large amount of abandoned mines that were not worth much.”
“How did you know it was a magic stone mine?”
“Please wait a moment.”
Gustav hurriedly presented the ‘document’ in question in front of Esteban. Esteban, who had accepted the document insincerely with his chin resting on his chin, skimmed through the types.
“The handwriting is…”
“It seems that he is left-handed.”
“I guess so.”
Otherwise, I couldn’t be so crooked.
‘Tsk.’
Esteban, who clicked his tongue briefly at the text that was rarely seen, focused again on the content. It was an ordinary document with a well-formed form, nothing special except for the handwriting.
“Please take a look at the text in the corner on the next page, Your Majesty.”
Esteban turned over a piece of paper. Just as Gustav had said, small letters were written in the corner. – High probability of magic stone burial.
“It looks like it’s written.”
“It is. Feeling deceived, the magic crystal was mined a week after the mine began to be mined.”
Who would do such a wild thing at a time when Duke Javier was on the rise?
‘The Marquis of Gardenia? …There’s no way that old man would do anything good.’
There was no one who came to mind. In addition, it is ‘Magic Stone Mine’, which is nothing else. Rather than handing it over to the imperial family, it would be natural to take advantage of it. Anyway, just the mere fact that there was an opponent of the mine owned by Duke Javier could dampen the momentum.
“What was in your head, did you hand over the magic crystal mine to someone else?”
“So. Isn’t it just a good thing for the emperor?”
Several candidates were put forward, but all were rejected.
“Let’s count the people who stopped by the emperor’s office at that time.”
“As you know, almost no one goes in and out of my office because I use it mostly alone. Maybe a maid who stops by when serving tea and a maid in charge of cleaning.”
“Check them out. It will have to be thoroughly investigated without leaving anyone out.”
It seemed like he was passing over the magic crystal mine, but Gustav raised his head with an ‘Ah!’
“There is another one.”
“who.”
“His Majesty the Emperor stopped by once.”
Esteban smiled and turned his gaze back to the papers. No matter how genius he is, a baby who can’t read can’t write a document. I suddenly remembered the day I saw Mabel in front of my office.
“Is it that day? The cute Mabel with her hair tied in pigtails gave me a stuffed rabbit.”
“…”
Gustaf was at a loss for words.
‘Do you remember all of that?’
Gustav swallowed the question to himself, fearing that he would hear Hwang Sang-je’s boast about his daughter for 1 night and 2 days if he asked for nothing. If he knew that Esteban had obtained a glass case and even used preservation magic to seal the rabbit doll, Gustav would be stunned.
“Anyway, check out the maids.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Then how can the Emperor…”
“Mabel? what kind of nonsense What does that little thing know?”
It was an age where I couldn’t be bothered by the size of the growth. what are you doing now Although he always missed him, Esteban missed Mabel deeply right now.
“Then stop. Good job, Gustav.”
“yes? Yes…”
Esteban, leaving Gustav with a dying complexion, went straight to Mabel’s bedroom. Upon reaching the door, Lisandro appeared.
“Meet Your Majesty the Situation.”
“What about Mabel?”
“You are probably sleeping.”
It’s a pity that I’m not awake, but maybe it’s a good thing.
‘Because if Mabel is asleep, she won’t tell me to go even if I watch her the whole time.’
The bedroom was silent. A very small breathing sound could be heard in the silence. He approached the bed, killing his presence. On an undeservedly large bed, an incongruously small baby was soundly asleep. It was so small that at first glance you would think it was an empty bed. With her pale pink hair disheveled, Mabel was unwittingly going on a trip to dreamland.
“…Good night.”
Esteban sat down on the edge of the bed and straightened the hair that was tickling the baby’s face. Her pale cheeks were exposed. Suddenly, a laugh came out.
“Gustav is also insane. Asking if this child should be included in the investigation.”
Is it senility? I’m still in my 20’s Esteban, thinking that he should at least give her a paid vacation when her urgent work is over, touched Mabel’s finger out of habit. Perhaps he felt the touch, and his clenched fingers twitched. He looked like a baby angel sleeping soundly with his eyes closed and curled up.
“Sleep well, Mabel.”
Esteban kissed the child’s forehead, hoping that tomorrow, Mabel would make me smile.
“Mum yum yum.”
Mabel, who doesn’t know anything, just ate ice cream in her dreams.
***
Today was the day when the regular meeting was finally held.
‘How I’ve been looking forward to it!’
I was eager to see Duke Javier’s depressed face as soon as possible.
“Hehehe.”
I couldn’t contain my laughter at all. As I was laughing endlessly on the bed, repeating rolling to the left and rolling to the right, people looked at me and said one word at a time.
“Your Majesty, keep smiling. You must be in a good mood!”
Larimar said in a curious way.
“I mean.”
In response to the nanny’s answer, Xavier reached out to me.
“your majesty. What do you like so much about?”
“yes? Gunun… everything!”
Then Larimar’s eyes lit up.
“all?! Then what about me?”
“Joa!”
When I shouted with the feeling of old times, Larima screamed and made a fuss.
‘Oh, how noisy.’
The nanny, who should have scolded her for being noisy, was quiet for some reason. I stopped rolling in wonder and looked at the nanny, and she was staring at me with longing eyes.
‘what? Can’t you stand…?’
“your majesty. What about me?”
No wonder it was!
“Jo Joa.”
The nanny covered her mouth and hurriedly turned around. It seems like he’s trying to keep his cool, but I’ve already seen it.
‘nurse. I’ve already seen the tail of my mouth go up…’
I was able to escape from their clutches only after everyone said yes to Xavier.
“Ehh…”
It’s really hard for adults to play with me. As soon as I finished breakfast to attend the meeting, I diligently prepared to go out. It’s easy to be active, but when I put on a gorgeous and pretty dress and even put a bonnet on my head, everything was ready.
“It’s a big deal. Even if you don’t, you’re lovely, but you keep touching me…”
“Gu-gon Anya…” (That’s not true…)
“Tears are about to fall…”
I left the scolded nanny alone and wandered around went out of the bedroom There was still some time left before the meeting, so we decided to have a snack in the garden.
“Ummmmmm~!”
These days, it was quite enjoyable because the frequency of falling was reduced because I walked a lot.
‘I have to become a human soon.’
I was walking diligently, resolutely, when someone popped out from behind a pillar.
“your majesty!”
“Enni!” (Enrique!)
was Enrique Javier, Oscar’s swordsman classmate. It was nice to see the brilliant and cute Enrique today. However, if Enrique has one weakness, it must be his name….
‘The pronunciation is too difficult. What is Ennike?’
Anyway, Enrique was sunny today too.
“Why are you here?” (Why are you here?)
“I came with my father when he entered the palace today. It’s been a while since I wanted to see Your Majesty.”
hot.
“Oops. I’m sorry…” (Oh, I see…)
The word ‘Father’ that came out of Enrique’s mouth pierced me without even realizing it. I had been happy with the fact that I had given Duke Javier a shot just before. Feeling guilty for some reason, I couldn’t just let Enrique go. I pulled the hem of his clothes.
“Would you like to eat some cake?” (Do you want to eat cake together?)
“Huh. may I?”
“Danyonaji!” (of course!)
“I know it with the honor of the family.”
When I arrived at the garden with Enrique, the snacks were set as if I had waited.
“I think we should prepare more snacks.”
Snacks for Enrique were soon prepared at Nanny’s order.
‘Chocolate cake…!’
The chocolate cake made by a patissier under the direct control of the imperial family boasted a great taste. It was a heavenly taste that could not be compared to any cake I had eaten during Yoon Winter.
‘I’ve never eaten such an expensive cake in the first place.’
I clumsily gripped the blunt-tipped baby fork and took a big bite out of the cake. Pop it in your mouth at once….
“Mysser…” (Delicious…)
The soft chocolate taste blends with the moist sheet. It disappeared in my mouth before I could even admire the sweetness. After moving the fork a few times, the plate quickly became empty.
‘Humanly, the amount is too small.’
Even for a baby, isn’t half of half of a piece from one piece usually eaten too much? As I was bracing myself for the absurdity, a plate popped out in front of me. It was an untouched cake plate.
“Eat it, Your Majesty.”
“Hey. Mogo to Enni.” (No, eat Enrique.)
“I came back after eating and I’m full!”
Enrique patted his stomach exaggeratedly. I stared blankly at the scene.
‘He also has a hard time dealing with a baby…’
That effort was imaginary, so I gladly accepted his cake. It was Enrique’s job, so the amount was much larger than mine. As I was eating the cake in a daze, I suddenly realized that Enrique’s cheeks were red.
“Yogimo?” (What is it here?)
asked, pointing to the cheek, and Enrique smiled lightly.
“ah. This is a mosquito bite. Do you know mosquitoes? It’s a bug.”
“Bulle.”
“bug.”
“yes. Bulle.”
Enrique smiled slightly, as if my pronunciation was funny. But I didn’t smile and stared at the guy’s cheek.
‘No matter how you look at it, it looks like he was hit…’
However, when he looked closely at Enrique’s exposed flesh, there was nothing wrong except that one cheek was swollen.
‘Did I really get bitten by a poisonous mosquito?’
Enrique’s smile was so bright that I didn’t think he was lying. But for a long time my gaze did not leave Enrique.
***
The regular meeting has begun. There was a man who remained silent while all his servants gave their opinions… Duke Javier! I would glance at Duke Javier during his remarks to see if other people felt the same way as I did.
“What do you think, Prince Javier?”
“I agree with you.”
In addition, for some reason, he even conformed to the opinions of others. From the point of view of watching the meeting, the point of observation was quite good. Duke Javier, whose words were noticeably reduced. And the rest of the aristocratic uncles, whose expressions became more comfortable. Also, peaceful is best. May it be peaceful forever. It was a time when I was internally satisfied with the peace I had brought. I met eyes with Duke Javier.
“…?”
I smiled and looked at it once. I won’t spit on a smiling face. however-. what.
‘Smile?’
Isn’t it time to laugh? I’m going to burn my stomach because I’ve been deprived of all the advantages of monopolizing the magic stone mine, but I’m laughing? The smile disappeared from my face in bewilderment, but Duke Javier continued to smile.
‘How anxious.’
I earnestly hoped that this peace would last forever. It was my vain wish…
***
An official letter arrived from the Javier family that night. Inadvertently opening the letter, Gustav’s eyes widened as if their eyeballs would pop out.
“…a madman!”
The letter, thrown out in fright, fluttered down. . . .[I would like to ask His Majesty Emperor Ermano of Mabel Winter Gardenia to marry Enrique Xavier.]
