Chapter 139. In fact, Enrique is 2021.06.01.
“Renesmee. Is the meal bad?”
At Mabel’s question, the imperial chef who was waiting in the corner put on a sad expression. Renesmee shook her head vigorously, as if it were out of the question.
“no. I like it so much.”
“what?”
“It’s good when His Majesty Hwang Sang-je takes care of it like this and we all talk and eat together. Nobody talked to me when I was in Langard.”
At Renesmee’s words, the atmosphere at the dinner calmed down solemnly. In particular, the one with the worst expression was Esteban. I only knew that I was doing well, so I had no idea that I was living in such a state of intimidation. I should have paid attention at least once. Later, Mabel was born and Sianna died, so he had no time to take care of his nephew in another country. It’s all excuses, though. Renesmee, who was trying hard to put on a bright smile, looked at Esteban and opened her mouth.
“But it’s okay. You know that there are so many people who care for me in Ermano. Also, the meal is so delicious…”
Tuk. Tears fell from Renesmee’s eyes.
“sorry. Why are you crying again? I’m sorry I didn’t mean to cry…”
“If you want to cry, cry Renesmee.”
As Esteban clumsily consoled her, Renesmee began to shed tears as if pouring out her sorrowful feelings. Mabel, who was looking at Renesmee, stabbed Oscar.
“Do you have an Oscar handkerchief?”
“There is, but.”
“Give me.”
Mabel took the handkerchief from Oscar’s pocket and handed it to Renesmee. Sobbing, Renesmee wiped her messy face with a handkerchief. Perhaps it was embarrassing to cry alone, Renesmee greeted Oscar with blushing cheeks, and Oscar nodded bewildered.
“Thank you, brother. Oh, shouldn’t I call you like this…?”
Renesmee muttered timidly and bowed down. Oscar, who had no idea, shook his head indifferently.
“Call me whatever you want.”
Accepting the name, Renesmee shyly smiled and nodded. So the somewhat tumultuous but not too bad dinner came to an end.
***
I went out of the castle for the first time in a while and headed to ISTY’s mansion as always. I was able to come up to Isti’s bedroom only after finishing the cultivation of overgrown Veneno and solving the problem of overdue wages of the moles. All the so-called guild officials were gathered in the bedroom. Oscar caressed Mabel’s hair.
“Mabel. Aren’t you overdoing it?”
“That’s true, but if I don’t grow it, Ermano’s trade in magic materials will stop altogether. You have to squeeze it.”
If I wasn’t going to take responsibility, I wouldn’t even start. As long as I had a job, I had a mission to fulfill my responsibilities until the end. The final goal was the destruction of Devlin anyway, so if you struggled until then, there was no need to worry about materials from then on. Because you can supply materials in Devlin.
“By the way, lady, why did you summon us like this? I am busy today.”
Casey asked, raising a hand. He seemed curious about why he summoned all the guild executives today, saying that I had something to say. I glanced at Aidan and our eyes met. It’s the same nonchalant look as usual, but somehow it was awkward to look at each other, so I secretly averted my gaze.
“As you all know, the purpose of establishing the guild was to avenge the Emperor Devlin. Do some slush fundraising as well.”
“I know that, Your Majesty. Isn’t it because the Devlin Empire is trying to harm His Majesty?”
I nodded at Franz’s answer.
“That’s my reason, and Aidan also feels deeply sorry for Emperor Devlin. In order to completely lift the ban on Aidan, we must capture Emperor Devlin alive.”
He didn’t bother to reveal the secret of Aidan’s immortality.
“Raw…poyo?”
“huh!”
When I smiled brightly, the three people except Aidan and I looked at me as if they were dumbfounded.
“why? Do you think you can’t?”
When I asked back, Oscar opened his mouth with a serious face.
“It’s not strange. For some reason, I think Mabel can do it.”
As if agreeing with him, Casey and Franz nodded their heads. I suddenly wondered what the image of me was in these people’s heads.
“After that, my goal is to completely annihilate the Devlin family.”
“Following the capture, now the extinction of the imperial family?”
When I nodded, Casey nodded as if giving up, without hiding her absurd expression.
“Then have you thought of a way?”
“As for destroying Devlin, keep the method of disrupting the magic material monopoly as we do now, and we have another plan in place.”
I confided to everyone a plan that I had been contemplating on my own. OK-.
“It’s too dangerous, lady!”
“Your Majesty, no matter what, that is…”
“Think about Mabel again.”
It was immediately opposed by everyone, saying it was a dangerous plan. Chet. I can’t help it.
‘For now, it’s a retreat.’
***
When I returned to the imperial castle after going out, I saw through the window of the carriage a group of ladies from families three to four years older than me gathered in groups.
‘Come to think of it, today is the day.’
It was the day when Dad decided to hold a tea party by inviting the ladies from each family to Renesmee’s request to make new friends at Ermano.
‘Cute guys. I’m in the middle of playing.’
It was the time when I was about to close the carriage window quietly, not wanting to let the children play without notice.
“your majesty!”
As I opened the window for a moment, I heard a girl’s cry, perhaps seeing me. Chet. Having failed in my perfect crime, I had no choice but to get off the carriage. Then the girls all swarmed around me.
“It’s been a while, everyone. But isn’t it tea party time? Are you done already?”
Then the children began to hesitate and look at each other. Something must have happened.
“That’s…”
Someone hesitantly spoke, and the lady next to me said to me with a determined expression.
“your majesty. I never want to speak to the Princess of Langard again.”
“huh?”
“We will go back. Situation, can’t His Majesty the Emperor speak kindly to His Majesty?”
I had an ominous feeling that it would hit like this. What the hell happened at the tea party that made everyone look bad?
“What happened? Let Jim know.”
“The princess suddenly cried because she was ignoring me.”
“We really didn’t do anything, Your Majesty.”
The ladies wept as if they were unfair. Some of them were even angry. Anyway, now that this story has reached my ears, I have no choice but to mediate. I sent the children off one by one in the family wagon and returned to my wagon.
“What’s wrong, Mabel?”
“Something must have happened at the party Dad threw for Renesmee.”
“Ah yes?”
Oscar, as always, was an apathetic response.
“Aren’t you worried that it’s your cousin?”
Oscar stared at me at my question. As I tilted my head to the side, Oscar cupped my cheek with one hand and said,
“You are my only sister, Mabel.”
For a very brief moment, Oscar’s face looked unfamiliar. Before I could even think about why I was thinking that, Oscar reached out to me with a friendly smile as usual.
“Okay, we have arrived. Shall I get off?”
“Yes.”
…is it because of the mood? . . . Together with Aidan, I headed to the backyard of the detached palace where the tea party was held. Maybe Dad was paying attention, but the party hall at the sponsorship was meticulously and cutely decorated. However, the only ones at the tea party were the servants sent by Dad.
“Meet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
I asked straight to them as they greeted me.
“Where is the Princess of Langard?”
“We don’t know… I don’t know either.”
“He went in that direction with his escort, Prince Javier.”
The direction the servant pointed was toward the northern forest.
“Didn’t the other escort go with you?”
“yes. Her Highness said that she would go alone with Prince Javier.”
Due to Enrique’s naive personality, he wouldn’t easily break the two-man escort rule I had ordered, so it seems Renesmee was stubborn. No matter what happened, there is nothing more accurate than hearing from the person concerned, so I headed to the northern forest to check for myself.
***
“Your Highness Princess. You’d better go back to your room.”
“But I want to get some fresh air. And you said you could call me Renesmee, not Her Highness Enrique.”
“How dare I call Your Highness’s name carelessly?”
Renesmee looked up at Enrique and pursed her lips. I was allowed to call Enrique’s name and talk to him somehow, but I couldn’t narrow the distance. Taking out her handkerchief and laying it on the floor, Renesmee sat on it and leaned against the thick tree trunk. Then he glanced at the seat next to him.
“Sit next to Enrique.”
“it’s okay.”
“Oh, yes.”
Renesmee puffed out her cheeks, but Enrique just stayed by her side, one step away. Suddenly, Enrique remembered a summer day when he had talked with Mabel in the tree where Renesmee was leaning. Mabel, who was sitting next to the gentle-eyed deer, spread a handkerchief on Enrique with a serious face and invited him to sit down. It was the first time I had been treated like that, so I felt strange. When I think of that time, even if it is early winter, it feels sweltering as if it is summer. The time of sharing a peaceful moment was a very precious memory to Enrique.
‘Of course His Majesty won’t even remember.’
Enrique smiled bitterly and focused on his mission again. Renesmee, who insisted on not entering, was fiddling with her hands as if they were cold.
“majesty. It is cold.”
“Then can’t Enrique take off his coat?”
At Renesmee’s forced request, Enrique silently took off his coat and handed it over. Renesmee was dissatisfied with not putting it on herself, but without saying anything, she covered her coat over her lap. Raising his head, Enrique froze when he saw Aidan and Mabel walking together. When Renesmee saw Mabel, she looked frightened and sullen.
“Renesmee. It’s cold, but why are you here? What if I catch a cold?”
“…Didn’t you come to scold me?”
“Why do you think so? What did you do wrong?”
Renesmee shook her head slightly.
“I didn’t do anything wrong…”
“Then did the ladies make a mistake with you?”
“First, he ostracized me by talking about things I didn’t know. You obviously ignored me.”
Mabel thought ‘hmm’ and fell into trouble. The girls and Renesmee had different opinions, so I couldn’t make a hasty decision.
“Enrique. Shall we talk for a minute?”
Leaving Aidan next to Renesmee, Mabel took Enrique away from her.
“Can you tell me what the hell happened at the tea party?”
“It seems that Her Highness misunderstood the ladies. I don’t know too well, but while we were talking about the latest trend in decoration at Ermano, Your Highness burst into tears.”
“okay?”
Mabel’s expression became serious.
‘Maybe I like Renesmee?’
It doesn’t seem like he did it with bad intentions, but he tended to make things difficult for the people around him. The most representative example is Enrique right in front of you.
“Enrique. If the escort mission is difficult for you, be sure to tell Jim. I will help you get fired.”
“I’m fine, Your Majesty.”
“No matter how kind Enrique is, you can say that it is difficult when it is difficult.”
Enrique just responded with a smile. I suddenly remembered the conversation I had with Emily this morning.
“Brother, are you a fool? Why are people so foolish?”
“are you okay. It’s a mission, Emily.”
“It’s a job you can’t do. If you get out of the good. Fool. fool. fool.”
Only the words were different, but the content of what Mabel and Emily were saying was the same. But Enrique had no intention of quitting Renesmee’s escort. Enrique’s gaze moved over Mabel’s shoulder to Aidan, who was standing still as Mabel ordered. Enrique could easily notice Mabel as he always followed him with his eyes if he was within his field of vision.
‘That the atmosphere between Count Aserad and His Majesty is different from before.’
Compared to Aidan, who always follows Mabel like a shadow, Enrique had few opportunities to meet Mabel. That’s why. Even if it was forced, it was to carry out the escort job.
‘If I visit the imperial castle often like this, I will be able to see His Majesty the Emperor.’
In fact, that was Enrique’s sincerity.
