Chapter 140. You listen to me well2021.06.05.
‘It failed this time too.’
At Emily’s request, he tried to somehow get Enrique out of the escort position, but there was no way if the person in question refused.
“Don’t push yourself too hard, Enrique.”
“Your Majesty.”
Enrique smiled broadly and nodded. Looking at Enrique’s shiny appearance today, Mabel suddenly remembered one day.
“Come to think of it, I remember that time.”
“If that’s the case…?”
“It was summer. There was a time when Enrique and I talked together under the tree where Renesmee was sitting.”
There was a memory of Enrique’s red cheeks, so he secretly grew a tree to provide shade, fearing that he would eat the heat.
“It was good then.”
Leaving behind that word and a bright smile, Mabel moved towards Aidan. Enrique, who remained in his seat, was momentarily dazed and followed Mabel’s back with his eyes.
Enrique laughed bitterly at the contradictory feelings that he was happy to have such a memory, but at the same time painful on the other hand
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***
As Mabel and Enrique move away from each other, there is an awkward silence between Renesmee and Aidan, who suddenly end up staying together. Of course, Aidan had no feelings, and only Renesmee was awkward. I also heard a lot about Aidan. It was part of the conversation with the ladies who were invited to the tea party, and a personal maid who heard rumors here and there tipped off to Renesmee.
‘They said no one had ever seen him smile.’
Black hair that seems to contain the blackest darkness in the world and red eyes with indifferent eyes created a unique atmosphere. Someone too scary to approach.
‘But I’ve seen you talk a lot with Her Majesty. In fact, he may be a timid and timid person.’
The incident in which Aidan ran out of control had long been forgotten in Renesmee’s mind. Renesmee, intrigued by Aidan, called him cautiously.
“Um… Count Aserad.”
“…”
But Aidan looked away without saying anything, his eyes fixed only on Enrique and Mabel, who were conversing from afar.
‘Was my voice too quiet?’
Renesmee tilted her head, squeezed the hem of her dress, and raised her voice even louder than before.
“Count Aserad?”
“…”
But this time, the only thing that comes back is silence. It was impossible not to hear such a voice even though the distance wasn’t too far and it was right next to it. Only then did Renesmee realize. Not paying attention was obvious disregard.
‘Anyway, I’m still a member of Langard’s royal family…’
The heartbroken Renesmee looked up at Aidan with regretful eyes. Renesmee, who had been staring at him, opened her mouth again.
“The conversation between His Majesty the Emperor and Enrique is getting longer.”
Let Renesmee mention Mabel -.
‘I looked back…!’
Aidan looked down at Renesmee. Renesmee trembled involuntarily at that cool gaze. Renesmee, who managed to draw attention, said a word with a bright smile.
“Come to think of it, I meet the count often, but it’s the first time we’ve talked to each other like this. Isn’t it?”
“….”
“The Count is so reticent!”
“…”
Aidan quickly took his eyes off Renesmee and then turned to Mabel. Renesmee, who tried to somehow lead the conversation, eventually gave up. Renesmee waited for Mabel’s return because the stillness was so terrible.
‘Why on earth does His Majesty keep such a rude person by his side? Of course, he’s one of the most handsome, but…’
As Renesmee glanced at Aidan’s profile in dissatisfaction, Mabel finally returned.
“Did you wait a long time?”
“it’s okay.”
Aidan, who hadn’t once smiled at Renesmee, answered Mabel right away. It was a sight I always saw every time we met, but maybe it was because I had spoken to her right before and was ignored, which made Renesmee feel even more depressed.
‘Following the young ladies, now even the escort knights are ignoring me.’
Mabel sat down in front of Renesmee, who drooped her eyes.
“Renesmee. Can you tell me what happened at the party?”
“Haven’t you already heard from Enrique?”
“Yes, but I still want to hear Renesmee.”
Of course, he thought that he would scold himself after hearing Enrique’s words, but it was not so, Renesmee felt bewildered. Renesmee began to tell Mabel what had happened in a low voice.
“At first it was fine. Everyone listens to my story and asks me various things. But at some point, I started talking about things I didn’t know…”
Renesmee blurted out, crying. It was only then that Mabel knew why this month had come.
“Renesmee. Relationships are not one-sided.”
“What does that mean?”
“Renesmee said that. It was okay when everyone listened to your story.”
Renesmee nodded, and Mabel immediately asked.
“By the way, did Renesmee ever ask to know about them?”
“That’s…”
No. Since it was a party held for him by His Majesty the Emperor, he thought it natural for everyone to talk to him. All the more since it was a tea party held by Renesmee with the goal of making friends with Ermano. Mabel gave advice in a serious voice.
“A relationship in which only one person unilaterally pours energy cannot be maintained. The pendulum of balance will fall.”
“but. Your Majesty is the first person who has ever said such a thing to me. I mean, you’ve been doing well.”
Mabel responded firmly to Renesmee’s excuse.
“That’s because you’re the princess of Langard.”
“yes?”
“Since you’re a princess, everyone seems to be courting you.”
Renesmee was taken aback. Because I never imagined that I would be able to hear the raw words without filtering like this.
“In Langard, you must have been treated well because you belong to the royal family. Everyone couldn’t stand your words. However, in Ermano, the imperial family of other countries has no particular place. That’s why I don’t even have to flirt with you.”
“How could you say that…”
“Renesmee didn’t understand when I said it back and forth.”
“….”
“If you want to have a good relationship when your status and background are not your strength like this time, you should give up your attitude of only wanting to approach Renesmee.”
Mabel’s advice followed.
“What do they like and what do they hate? What family are the children from? What is your personality like? Asking and getting to know those things first is the basis of forming a relationship.”
Renesmee pursed her lips but said nothing. Even Duke Tristan had never said anything like this to me. It felt like something hit my head.
“Of course, I can’t help it if you still think that the ladies ignored you, Renesmee, but-”
“no. I understand Your Majesty.”
Renesmee, suddenly calmed down, answered quietly. I couldn’t help but feel the tears coming from my eyes.
“I will send apology letters to each family.”
“Good idea, Renesmee.”
Mabel smiled broadly and finally comforted Renesmee.
‘thank god. I think you understand what I’m saying.’
The party seemed to have ended well.
***
Renesmee actually wrote letters of apology to the families of the ladies who attended the party. So, of course, I wanted to make new friends again, but the direction got a little… weird. Since that day, Renesmee’s visits have increased dramatically. They came in as soon as my meeting was over, had dinner together, and returned late at night.
‘It’s nice to be close to me, but it would be nice if I could make other friends too.’
It was clear that the vicious remarks I had made at that time had caused some ripples in Renesmee’s mind. Perhaps thanks to this, Renesmee’s stubbornness and crying are significantly less common these days. Hmm. After a long yawn, the sheep stretched and paced over the desk.
[Mabel. Aren’t you going to sleep?]
“I’m just going to sleep with this because I’ve been busy with guild work.”
[Then he doesn’t grow taller.]
The sheep that left a terrible curse jumped down and lay down on my bed in the middle like an owner and fell asleep.
‘Ugh. I want to sleep too!’
She was madly jealous of Yang, but there were too many overdue tasks. During the day, he was busy attending meetings and chatting with Renesmee, so the only time he was able to work in earnest was late at night.
“your majesty.”
Today, Aidan came into my room pretending to go back to his dorm to avoid his father’s eyes.
“Come on. Aidan.”
I didn’t even have time to look at Aidan’s face, so I shook my hand roughly and focused on the paperwork. The magic material distribution business stolen from Devlin was going very smoothly. Thanks to that, my slush fund was growing in abundance day by day. Hehe.
“You have to be rich. I’m going to get rich and lose them all.”
Thinking of the old days when I was poor, I felt like I was becoming rich.
‘I need to invest my surplus funds in culture and arts and increase donations to the orphanage.’
As I wrote in my papers, astronomical amounts came and went. Actually, it didn’t make much sense. I said I had a lot of money, but I hadn’t seen the accumulated gold with my own eyes, and I’d never personally spent the money I earned.
“Franz said that it is money that you can play and eat for the rest of your life.”
In my heart, I want to become an unemployed man with a lot of money, but I have a mission to save the world. It was unfair that I had to work even with this money. As I was resting my chin on my chin and letting out a deep sigh, Aidan, who had come close to me, held out something to me before I knew it.
“It fell to the floor.”
“I must have dropped it by mistake. Thanks Aidan.”
Received a sheet of paper from Aidan and skimmed through the contents with his eyes. year-end tax audit. Does that mean that time has already come? In the Ermano Empire, a large-scale tax investigation was being conducted at the end of the year. Of course, I was paying my taxes regularly.
‘Tax evasion is also funny. I’m the emperor.’
As always, I will pass the tax audit this time without much trouble, so I looked over the documents and put them on the desk. Still, thanks to hard work late into the night, the amount of paperwork left was not much.
“Is there anything I can do to help you?”
“I don’t have anything to help, and I’m eating snacks on the table!”
“….”
I meant to rest in peace, but Aidan headed to the table with a clearly darkened expression.
‘I guess he really wanted to help me.’
I felt proud of myself at the thought that I had kept one of my servants well. I quickly finished processing the paperwork and went to sleep, so I focused on the curly type. Finally the last page! But it wasn’t a document. [miss. A meeting request has come in from Duke Tristan. I think this will be the last trade negotiation opportunity.] The reason I didn’t contact him with the communication magic tool was that the time zone for communication with Casey didn’t match recently. During the day, I was busy attending meetings, working on schedules, and chatting with Renesmee. And at night Casey has to sleep too.
‘Last chance to negotiate trade…’
I stared at Casey’s letter with calm eyes and soon started writing a reply to send via tweet.
***
at that time. The villa where Langard’s delegation stays. The Langard siblings were also unable to sleep late at night. Dylan stopped by the kitchen as if it were a once-a-day ritual, saw the light leaking through the gap in Renesmee’s door, and entered. Renesmee was making perfume with flowers while humming a song.
“sister. sit down?”
“ah. I was making perfume for your majesty. Dylan, if you keep doing that, will Tristan find out about going to the kitchen?”
“If only my sister kept it a secret, it would be a perfect crime.”
“I’ll see what you do and decide.”
Renesmee gave a small smile and looked back at the scented oil. It was the stage of finishing manufacturing and decorating. Dylan just lingered around, watching Renesmee do it. There was no sincerity like this.
‘Is His Majesty that good?’
Of course, Dylan also liked Mabel. Prince Tristan was busy scolding Dylan for anything he said, but Mabel was tolerant of Dylan. Actually, it was because a kid my age was amazing, but Dylan had no way of knowing why. These days, Renesmee used to go to see Mabel so often that it was too much. At that point, he might be angry, but Mabel always welcomed Renesmee and Dylan.
‘It seems that my older sister has changed a bit.’
Not too long ago, Dylan had to be stopped several times because he was harassing his escort Enrique. But these days, I’ve never seen such a scene. Has my sister finally matured?
“sister. Why do you go to His Majesty so often?”
Well well. Dylan asked in passing as he took a mouthful of bread from the kitchen. It wasn’t a meaningful question that I thought about deeply. Renesmee also answered lightly. However, the answer that came back was not light.
“In front of Your Majesty, Enrique listens to me, right?”
“ok?”
“You usually don’t listen to my orders.”
“no-.”
Dylan just rolled his eyes wide.
‘I don’t think that’s a bit…’
Renesmee, who was concentrating on decorating the perfume bottle, didn’t even seem to know what she was talking about. Dylan licked his lips. He felt like he had to say something, but he didn’t know what to say.
