Chapter 205. Unexpected vacation2022.01.18.
It has been quite a while since Renesmee won the award. Due to territorial disputes, there were many suspicious things from the moment Langard’s delegation first set foot in Ermano.
‘Because I didn’t have to come all the way to Renesmee.’
If he wanted to gain an advantage in the name of Gojong’s cousin, Dylan would have been enough. There was no need to go through the hassle of bringing the two together. Had I been in the position of Duke Tristan, I would have only brought Dylan rather than the emotional Renesmee. Renesmee’s personality is somewhat impulsive, so the possibility of loss was greater than gain. Even after that, there were quite a few uneasy parts in the situation. Like the incident in which Aidan went out of his way after being attacked on the day of the festival that Renesmee insisted on going out. Like Renesmee hanging around when Duke Javier was imprisoned. Lastly, the contact between Renesmee and the priest that I heard from the tweeter who asked for reconnaissance. It was also noteworthy that the next step of claiming to be the ‘seed of God’ was remarkable. Renesmee quickly looked at the ribbon with a calm expression.
“Mmm.”
After a while, Renesmee replied with a smile.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. What is your purpose? And… Maybe I was mistaken. This is not my ribbon.”
“okay? Isn’t that Renesmee?”
“yes. I was mistaken because there were so many ribbons. I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
“I see.”
Renesmee’s excuses would be hard to come by if she persisted and fell, but I just let it go. At first glance, I saw the relief reflected on Renesmee’s face.
“Renesmee. I have another question, can I ask you?”
“yes. What is it?”
Renesmee’s smiling face stiffened a little, but she didn’t seem to notice it. I asked Renesmee in a plain tone.
“Then what did you go to the Marquis of Gardenia for?”
“…yes?”
“The day after the Marquis Gardenia’s birthday banquet, I heard that there were things you left behind.”
The reason I went out in the morning was to visit the mansion of the Marquis of Gardenia.
‘Because it’s comfortable to check directly.’
There I learned that Renesmee had paid another visit to the Marquis of Gardenia the day after the banquet. Surprisingly, Renesmee met the conditions perfectly. Although he was a guest of the Ermano Empire, he was a relative of the emperor, so he was not subject to surveillance. It would not have been suspicious to visit one more time.
‘Until I check, of course.’
When I visited the Gardenia Mansion, my grandfather ran to greet me within a month. I asked my grandfather
“grandfather. Can you guess who has visited this mansion recently?”
“Hehe, whatever. Can I show you the visitor list?”
“yes. please!”
“If it’s Your Majesty’s request, I’ll even give you an organ. Ah yes.”
There was one name that stood out in the list I checked after receiving it from my grandfather, who never asked or argued. Renesmee Schlangard. No one else was suspicious. not even one.
“…”
I thought about it before, but Renesmee was bad at managing her expression. He tried hard to pretend nothing was wrong, but he couldn’t hide his nervousness.
“I left something behind.”
“What did you leave behind?”
“That… debt…”
“But Renesmee. You weren’t carrying a fan on the day of the banquet.”
“It’s because I lost it before I met Your Majesty.”
“What kind of debt was it?”
“I can’t remember all of them. Because there are so many debts.”
“hmm. It’s strange. Did you go to Gardenia Mansion to retrieve a fan you don’t even remember? Why?”
Renesmee, who was speechless for a moment, kept her mouth shut. I calmly told Renesmee with a serious face.
“Tell me the truth, Renesmee.”
“Are you suspicious of me now?”
Renesmee’s eyes turned red. I felt as if I had become a bad person with an expression that looked like she would burst into tears at any moment. I let out a small sigh. The time has come to put an end to this idle pursuit.
“Then why did you go into your mother’s room? There’s no way your debt is there.”
“…!”
“Don’t say you never did. Someone has seen it come in and out.”
“That’s…”
“Mom’s diary. Did Renesmee steal it and show it to Dad on purpose?”
“…”
Renesmee was so shaken that she couldn’t hide it at all. With the mention of witnesses, it would be impossible to escape further.
‘Actually, no one has seen it.’
But the important thing is that Renesmee was fooled by my lie, not whether there was a witness or not.
“why? Because you want your dad to reject Aidan? So what are your gains?”
“It’s not like that.”
“Tell me why, Renesmee.”
“I can’t tell…”
“Renesmee Sch Langard.”
Renesmee shuddered and lowered her head. It seemed that Renesmee’s mouth wouldn’t open by pushing her. I called out to Renesmee in a soft voice, as if admonishing.
“Renesmee. I don’t think you did it for no reason. So tell me and I will help you. huh?”
“… is it?”
“huh? what?”
“How can Your Majesty help?”
I saw Renesmee on the table clenching her fists so hard that her hands turned white. I looked at the fist and looked up to see Renesmee’s watery eyes staring at me.
“Can you give me your father? Can Oscar’s brother be my brother? Can you make Enrique like me instead of your majesty? Even His Majesty can’t do that.”
“I can’t.”
Renesmee made a shocked expression at my firm answer, then looked at me resentfully.
“He said he’d help…”
“You’ll have to ask for something that makes sense, Renesmee.”
“….”
“How do you give your family?”
pop. Tears fell from Renesmee’s big eyes.
“I did it because I was envious of His Majesty.”
“what?”
“Because I envy Your Majesty. I did it because I wanted to be like Your Majesty.”
drip drip Tears began to wet the hem of his clothes. Renesmee continued to speak her mind.
“Your Majesty was loved by her family just because she was the princess of Ermano. He was chosen by the gods and became the seed of the gods, so His Holiness the God King also trusts you.”
“…”
“I didn’t want to be born in Langard either. If I could choose where I was born…”
I didn’t know in detail how Renesmee was being treated in Langard. I also have painful memories of meeting poor parents, so I couldn’t blame Renesmee entirely. It was a thought I had thousands of times in my previous life. I wish my parents were kind like my friend’s parents. If only our house had a lot of money. No, if I hadn’t been born in this house. But imagination was only imagination and could not become reality. So while understanding Renesmee, I couldn’t respect her.
‘At least I’ve never tried to steal someone else’s.’
Even though he suffered from hunger, he never coveted the things of others. I mumbled despondently looking at Renesmee, who was finally exposed.
“That’s why you took Elder Elliot’s hand.”
“…that person did. That I could have the same power as His Majesty. As long as you endure the experiment well-.”
“Experiment?”
For a moment, Renesmee’s face went blank as she closed her mouth.
“I can’t tell you more details. He said he would die if he said it.”
Renesmee’s body trembled.
“Could it be that it’s prohibited by age?”
The prohibition of the spirit was similar to the curse Veron placed on the guild members in the past when they betrayed them. If you try to utter certain restricted words, you will die a terrible death. In order to protect them from Veron, a double prohibition was made in the slave contract.
“I can’t… I can’t.”
“There must be Veron behind it.”
Renesmee closed her eyes tightly.
“I can’t tell you.”
Renesmee was bad at hiding her emotions. So even if you say ‘I can’t say it’ over and over again like a parrot, it’s not difficult to tell the truth from the lie with your facial expression.
“That experiment must have been an experiment to create a divine power that didn’t exist.”
“…”
“As expected, Elder Elliott was also Devlin’s helper.”
Renesmee was speechless, holding only the hem of her dress. As long as Renesmee couldn’t open her mouth, there was a limit to the information she could find out. Renesmee’s complexion was not good for further questioning. First, he reassured her.
“It’s okay, Renesmee. Veron will protect you from contact. This conversation is a story that only Jim and you know. got it?”
“But what I did is high treason.”
“No matter what you may think, Renesmee, you are my relative’s older sister. I’ll cover it for as long as I can. … They are family.”
I don’t think Renesmee’s actions are right. Clearly, he had to be paid for his work. No matter how young you were, how hungry you were for affection, and even if you were fooled by tricks, there are things you can’t forgive. But more important than that was taking care of everything behind the scenes. The garbage that even young Renesmee would have used for her own purposes.
‘…Maybe he killed my mother.’
My heart sank wonderfully, and a quiet rage boiled over. Renesmee smiled bitterly and opened her mouth.
“I know, actually. Even if His Majesty was born as me, I would have been loved in the end. Because His Majesty is that kind of person.”
Renesmee’s voice grew quieter as she choked up.
“But… if I had died, would I have been loved?”
That was the moment. cry. My stomach groaned unbearably, and soon my throat felt as if it were burning. He tried to grab his neck with one hand, but his hand was powerless.
“Rene…zumi.”
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty. It’s already too late. … I wish I had realized sooner.”
Renesmee’s weeping face blurred. I tried to see properly, but my eyes were getting blurry. A sobbing voice came from far away.
“I wanted to be loved too.”
My eyes darkened. Darkness came.
***
An uncomfortable sensation flooded me from head to toe, as if something was clamping me down.
‘stuffy.’
After a while, what caught my eyes was the scenery of the drawing room.
‘what?’
He tried to raise his arm, but it hardly moved. Tried several times, still persisted. Then the arm moved when I didn’t want to.
“It’s useless, Your Majesty.”
Surprisingly, what I heard in my ears was my own voice. not what i said
‘Renesmee. You had an accident after all.’
I remembered Renesmee’s face as she looked at me while crying before passing out.
‘It’s me who wants to cry!’
Renesmee kindly explained to me who was silently screaming.
“I now have control of His Majesty’s body.”
Occupying the body It wasn’t that difficult to predict how. Just as I share my senses with other beings by the power of assimilation, Renesmee used a similar method. However, Renesmee’s method was only forced.
‘Renesmee!’
But no matter how many times I called her name, Renesmee didn’t answer. My thoughts didn’t seem to reach Renesmee.
‘Where did Renesmee’s body go?’
Scared to question, Renesmee told me.
“His Majesty’s consciousness will gradually assimilate with mine and disappear. Still curious, so let me tell you. With this body, even the ban won’t work.”
Renesmee’s monologue continued.
“You might be wondering how I took control. The medium is ‘incense’. You’re addicted to it because you smelled my sachet every day. The source is Devlin, so of course there would be no way Ermano knew the ingredients.”
Since Renesmee first set foot in Ermano, she used to present scented items here and there. Maybe it was from then?
“What else are you curious about…”
Then a knocking sound came from the door.
“This is Gustav.”
“come in.”
Upon Renesmee’s answer, Gustaf came inside and started nagging.
“your majesty. The work is piled up like a mountain. When are you coming back? Oh, has Her Highness the Princess of Langard gone?”
“Oh sorry. Gustav. I was going to go now And Renesmee just went back.”
“aha. okay. no wait This is not the time for you. You have to go to the office.”
“Okay…”
I got goosebumps at the moment. It’s my face and my voice, but the tone and attitude of answering Gustav are surprisingly the same as my original one.
‘Let’s watch first.’
It wouldn’t hurt to observe what Renesmee was up to.
‘It’s absolutely not because I don’t like paperwork.’
never…!
