Chapter 155. Princess Enrique2021.07.27.
Next, I opened the letter from Langard. The sender was Dylan. After looking at the signature on the surface of Dylan Levy Langard written in elegant handwriting as if it were ghostwritten, I opened the letter. [To His Majesty the Emperor of Ermano. This is Dylan Levy Langard. Are you safe and sound, Your Majesty? Quite a bit of time has passed since I visited for His Majesty’s birthday banquet.] Due to Dylan’s personality, he couldn’t write a letter so calmly, so it seemed that Duke Tristan had taken care of the opening part. Afterwards, the contents of the letter were about Dylan’s current situation. [your majesty. Ermano was truly heaven. After all, Langard food is really the worst. This is the collapse of food culture! (Omitted) …So these days, I have no appetite. I’m hungry every day.] It was truly a Dylan-esque letter. The spelling of this part was messed up, probably because Duke Tristan gave up on it. After going through all the gossip about the food of the Langard Empire, the story about Renesmee was written next. [Ah, since she returned to Langard, for some reason, she seems more active than before. They do a lot of social activities and go to the shrine inside the imperial castle every day to pray. Isn’t it strange that he suddenly became faithful?] I tilted my head.
‘Is Renesmee in the temple?’
Anyway, the letter ended with the fact that they were both doing well. Suddenly, I remembered what Renesmee had said to me in a tweet she posted before she left Ermano.
[Long-haired, white-headed human. I was talking to a guy with water dripping from my eyes. Chirp.]
“Hmm.”
I folded the letter back and put it in the drawer.
***
“Why would a lady as pretty as a flower want to assume the position of head of the household when there is still a sense of succession?”
“you’re right. We’ll do all the hard work, so Miss Emily is looking for a good groom at the prom…
” All the vassals told Emily that she did not have to take on the harsh headship, and that she should yield to Enrique. I didn’t even hear that Enrique gave up being the head of the household. Even if Enrique himself participated in the meeting and expressed his will, it was useless. The vassals who observed Kietro’s trial hesitated at first, afraid of the contents of the ledger Emily was holding, but returned to normal when nothing happened.
“Old old men with no answer…!”
Emily suppressed her growing anger and glared at the ledger where the secrets of the retainers were written.
‘I really didn’t want to write this much…’
I wanted to be recognized for my ability. Don’t hold on to your weak point and shake it.
“I didn’t want to be mean.”
Whatever the intentions, from a very young age Emily was brought up with the love of Chietro Javier, the former Duke of Javier. Chietro favored Emily over Enrique, who was weak and timid. Among the reasons, there was a reason that Emily’s personality was instinctively similar to her own. Emily hated that fact to the point of shaking her teeth. While naturally making the situation advantageous, he never tried to lose money with pretense. Emily thought it was the kind of personality that could be called selfish. To think that he was the same kind as his father whom he loathed so terribly…
‘Can I not be acknowledged by myself?’
Of course, what came to mind at this moment was Mabel’s face. Even though he is an emperor, he is still young, but for some reason he came to depend on him.
‘I’m sure he’s still at Ponce Castle, right?’
Since the news of the emperor’s return had not yet been announced to the capital, Emily was unaware that Mabel had already returned to the imperial castle. I sent a letter saying that I wanted to kill my vassals in anger, but it was a time when I was regretting that I had done something useless.
“Lady lady!”
Emily’s personal maid entered the room making a fuss.
“Why is there such a fuss?”
“Lady May is here!”
“Lady May?”
“If I said that, you would know…”
May. There was only one person Emily knew who had that name or nickname.
‘…Mabel?!’
I don’t know why Mabel, who should be in Ponce Castle, is here, but Emily spurts out of her bedroom without thinking about it and runs out.
“Miss, you have to keep your body shape… Lady!”
The maid’s nagging did not go into his ears. Grabbing the hem of her profuse skirt and running through the hallway, the servants of the mansion looked back at Emily with their eyes wide open.
“Are you Miss Emily?”
“I don’t think it’s the first time I’ve seen a young lady run so quickly…”
It was a different behavior from Emily, who usually behaves like an adult. Emily turned the landing and looked down the stairs to see a little customer waiting at the door. It was Mabel. Maybe he was disguised for something else, but he was wearing a thick cloak. The only escort he brought was Aidan, who was also wearing a cape. The rest of the escort was on standby within the grounds of Javier’s mansion on Mabel’s orders. Emily smiled brightly and went down the stairs at once.
“what. What’s up? When did you arrive in the capital?”
“I came back yesterday. I had a trip confiscated by my dad because something happened.”
“Travel Confiscation? No, it’s not like this, let’s go in and talk.”
It was rare for Mabel to stop by Javier’s mansion, mainly because Emily used to go to the imperial palace to see Mabel. Emily brought Mabel up to the bedroom, not hiding her delight. After all the servants were bitten, the only two people left in the bedroom were the escort, Aidan.
“It’s been a while, Count Aserad.”
At Emily’s greeting, Aidan responded with a slight nod of his head. Aidan’s presence was so familiar that neither Mabel nor Emily cared.
“So Mabel. Why are you here so early? You liked seeing the sea.”
“It’s the sea. I did…”
Recalling the memory of destroying a cave, Mabel laughed embarrassingly.
“I had an accident there and just came back. Come on.”
“A bee…”
Emily patted Mabel on the shoulder feeling sorry for her. However, Mabel, who was not a bee, became even more embarrassed and quickly changed the topic of conversation.
“Actually, I came to see the letter. Why are the vassals against it? Aren’t you supposed to be stuck with your sister?”
To that extent, the contents of the ledger that Emily had were amazing. If it was revealed, it would be natural not to be able to show your face in the social world, and it would have been a trial and a big price to pay. Mabel, who was pondering, asked slightly surprised.
“Couldn’t it be that you didn’t disclose the denunciation plan?”
“that’s right.”
“why? It’s your sister’s most powerful weapon.”
Emily, who was holding a teacup, bowed her head.
“I didn’t want to exploit other people’s weaknesses.”
Even if it’s hypocritical, Emily persevered because she didn’t want to be a human being like her father. However, the results of keeping the faith were disappointing.
“Why is it bad to grab a weakness and wield it as you please?”
Emily was a little taken aback by Mabel’s question.
“Because that’s not right.”
“Who said it wasn’t right?”
“It’s not morally right.”
Upon hearing Emily’s answer, Mabel’s eyes changed.
“If you have to apply a moral standard, the one who committed the corruption in the first place is worse. Rather than using it as a weakness.”
“That’s…”
“Don’t lose Emily.”
Emily had no answer. Because I couldn’t refute Mabel’s words from beginning to end. I tried to be a good person, but I didn’t have to. In fact, I didn’t even know that I needed someone to push me like that.
“I don’t know if the position of head of household that I got that way is justified.”
Mabel answered Emily’s words, tired of the constant opposition from her vassals.
“Originally yes. You can’t become a family head just by being kind.”
Whether it was the family head or the emperor, ‘absolute goodness’ could not be maintained in a position of dominion. If you are generous to someone, you have no choice but to be cruel to someone else in return.
“So there’s no point in arguing whether you’re good or not. Fight somehow to get the position you want. Because I think it’s like Emily!”
Then Mabel smiled brightly. Emily looked at her and nodded quietly. It was such a trivial worry that I wondered why I was struggling so much, but I realized it only now.
“…Thanks Mabel.”
My mind, which had been troubled all along, was cleared. Mabel shrugged and replied.
“It was nothing. In that sense, I will send you a present soon.”
“gift? Did you buy it after you went on this trip?”
“It’s different, but similar!”
Mabel smiled meaningfully.
‘I’ll probably be surprised.’
***
After talking with Emily, I came out. The escort deliberately told us to wait at the stable, so we headed there.
“Shouldn’t Aidan go to the manor at least once? Because I can’t leave you alone forever.”
“But I cannot leave Your Majesty’s side.”
“but. Then I’ll join you too. Daddy won’t allow it.”
The winter sea trip was canceled as soon as I went, so if I told you that I was going to visit the Aidan estate together, I would send it. Having neatly put an end to my dream of inspecting, I became an evil guild master and inspected my work while going to the stable.
“As a result of gathering information through animal friends, Viscount Russell Lee is so opposed to Emily becoming the head of the household. Besides, he must be thinking of hooking up with his son and Emily sometime soon.”
“Should I handle it?”
“Oh no. Leave that…”
I looked at Aidan with narrow eyes.
‘It seems like Aidan and Emily would get along well.’
especially on the extreme side. But since Aidan didn’t want to talk to anyone other than me, it seemed wrong to be friendly. Today, in order to improve Aidan’s sociability, he brought in Oscar, who used to talk at least, and made a hard proposal.
“Aidan. Shall we go on a picnic to the lake with Oscar later?”
“Oscar will be busy.”
“Is that so?”
Even that failed spectacularly. As I walked side by side with Aidan, I glanced at their profile.
‘Actually, sometimes it’s scary.’
To treat Aidan’s world as if it were only me. So it makes me feel like a special person. Just as Aidan was not confident in himself, so was I. I couldn’t be Aidan’s everything.
‘It’s all because of my ability anyway.’
If I hadn’t had the ability to loosen the restraints, Aidan wouldn’t be around. When I think about it, I feel a bit strange. I’m afraid Aidan will leave if I become useless. Suddenly feeling my gaze, Aidan looked down at me at an angle. When our eyes met, I smiled and averted my gaze. It was then.
“uh?”
At the end of my gaze, Enrique was caught. He silently brandished his sword in the middle of the desolate gymnasium. It was like training for the knight appointing exam. It was time to pass by the gymnasium, obliterating as much of my presence as possible to pass quietly without deliberately interfering.
“…what?”
Enrique, who lowered his sword, staggered for a moment. Full-! suddenly fell to the floor.
“Enrique!”
Immediately, he set off to check Enrique’s condition, but all he could do was move one step. I turned my head and looked down at an angle to see Aidan’s hand holding my hand.
“Aidan. This…”
“Ah.”
The grip on the hand holding me loosened. Aidan’s expression was somewhat dazed. It’s like he didn’t know that either. To think deeply, a person fell in front of my eyes. I left Aidan behind and ran straight to Enrique.
“Enrique! Come to your senses.”
I put my hand on Enrique’s forehead. It was like a fireball. Seeing that I couldn’t wake up even with my voice, my condition was serious. In the first place, I came to the training ground in a bad state and practiced, so it seemed that my body couldn’t hold on.
‘Though I’ve never properly healed something that wasn’t traumatic.’
Still, since he made Debbie comfortable for a moment, he should be able to heal the accumulation with Enrique’s blood. I wiped Enrique’s sweaty forehead with a handkerchief and breathed divine power into it.
‘Is it because it has a core?’
Certainly, the amount of divine power consumed has decreased compared to before. In addition, it was scary to use it, and it even filled up little by little. Enrique’s frowning expression eased to see if he had healed properly. I was relieved only after confirming that my breathing was more even than before.
“Why do you live so hard?”
I rested my chin and stared at Enrique’s face. When I heard that he had decided to give up the family head competition and become a knight, I thought he had just given up because he didn’t like being tired. But as I saw today, Enrique was working harder than I expected.
‘Even if I became the head of the household with this kind of effort, I would have done well.’
In any case, it was Enrique’s decision, so he had no intention of interfering.
“I have to move Enrique now…”
I wanted to move it by blowing up the wind, but I couldn’t recklessly try it because I was afraid that I might make a mistake and hurt Enrique due to my inexperienced skills. It was the moment when I reached out my hand, wondering if I could help him and take him.
“…!”
Aidan picked up Enrique and hugged him. Wow… to hold the princess!
‘Princess Enrique!’
I covered my mouth with both hands.
