Chapter 36 of the side story. I got lost
2022.12.17.
The awkward atmosphere continued. Siana changed the topic with a wide smile to break the atmosphere.
“I’ve always been curious about the prince. Do you resemble Her Majesty?”
“Well… I heard that you look exactly like His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Is there any resemblance to Her Majesty the Empress?”
“eye.”
For a moment, a soft smile appeared on Pacifica’s lips.
“Your green eyes resemble me.”
Cyana was surprised to see Pacifica’s face for the first time, but she didn’t show it on the outside.
Soon, she returned to her usual nonchalant face, but it was only after Siana had already peeked into Pacifica’s inner thoughts.
‘The prince really loves His Highness.’
Even though I love my baby so much, what is the unavoidable reason I had to leave Hwangseong? Naturally, as the cause was assumed to be the emperor, the image of the emperor in Siana was further tarnished.
“I really want to see His Highness the Prince someday.”
“Sooner or later there will be an opportunity. I think I will be attending an official event.”
So the two talked about Oscar. The more this happened, the deeper Shiana’s doubts grew.
‘The empress looks fine.’
Pacifica, who thought it might be in crisis, was doing better than expected.
Still, it was something I didn’t know. Cianna looked at Pacifica’s expression and asked.
“Your Majesty the Empress. Is there anything I can do to help?”
Pasifika, who was struggling with something, answered by putting down her teacup.
“There is one thing.”
“What is it?”
“The position of the prince’s nanny has become vacant due to unavoidable circumstances. So, I have to find a successor, but is there anyone who is suitable?”
Since the people Pacifica interacted with were far from married women, it was difficult to choose a good nanny.
Similarly, Shiana didn’t have any married women she interacted with, but she immediately came up with someone who would be okay.
“Among the ladies I am close with, there is a lady named Lupe.”
The daughter of Baron Rupe Demore was the lady of Baron Demore, a vassal of the Gardenia Marquis.
She was not a married woman, but she loved her children more than anyone else and took good care of them.
Since Baron Demore didn’t particularly care what his children did, Lupe lived doing what he wanted to do instead of looking for a marriage partner.
“I am currently working in an orphanage. He is a friend who really likes children.”
“If you had experience, you could take better care of it.”
Cyana smiled brightly at the fact that she was of some help to Pacifica.
Even though I can’t go back to the same relationship as before, I was happy that I could still have a conversation like this.
***
Gustav, the new aide, cried bitterly today. It was a situation that had no choice but to be.
The emperor’s work was very numerous. Especially if it was an emperor who had been enthroned for only a few years.
One of the emperor’s strengths that Gustav picked up was the aspect of getting things done quickly before they were built up, but those were all things of the past.
After going out without notice a while ago, the frequency of entering the office has decreased.
Of course, the share went back to Gustav in its entirety.
‘This beggarly aide position. I’ll beat you up!’
Gustav was determined and worked hard. He could not rest his hands to fill the place of the absent emperor.
For several days already, Esteban had been so-called insane.
For the first few days, he wandered endlessly near the wall of the Gardenia mansion, where he first met Sianna.
Esteban, who did not know that Cyana had been severely scolded by the Marquis of Gardenia for going out without permission and received an enhanced ban on going out, had no choice but to walk in vain.
Then, through one of the escorts, I got some useful information.
“Lady Gardenia is going to Ricabelli Street today.”
It was that she was going to the dressing room to put on the dress she had made for the emperor’s birthday banquet.
“Right.”
The chance to meet again has finally arrived. Esteban immediately prepared to go out.
***
The Marquis of Gardenia stood in front of her daughter and continued to nag her worriedly for thirty minutes.
“Don’t leak anywhere else.”
“yes.”
“You can’t look away.”
“Yes, got it.”
“Siana. If you get into an accident again, this father will not look after you.”
“Yes…”
“But don’t make such a sad face. Doesn’t it hurt your heart?”
The Marquis of Gardenia, whose heart was weakened, stroked her daughter’s head affectionately. Ciana smiled and hugged the Marquis.
“Heh heh heh. A grown up guy.”
It seemed like a pinzan, but the Marquis’s mouth caught on his ears.
“I’ll be careful, Father. Do not worry.”
“okay. Marie, you will be well served.”
The Marquis of Gardenia stared at Syana’s maid, Marie, with a stern gaze. Mari, who was very nervous, nodded her head.
Siana, the maid Marie, and the escort knight, who barely escaped from the nagging, headed to Ricavelli Street.
Dress gabon ended sooner than expected. Marie suggested it, knowing that Ciana had never visited the city since coming up to the capital.
“Wouldn’t it be okay to look around the streets for a while?”
“But my father told me to come back right away.”
“It is still early. If you go back before dark, the master won’t say anything.”
It was an alluring proposal that couldn’t be better for Sianna, who was frustrated with living only in the mansion.
In the end, Siana fell for Marie’s temptation.
“Then let’s look around for a bit.”
“yes! Shall we go from the square? The emperor’s birthday is coming soon, so the streets are buzzing.”
Shiana laughed and followed Marie, who was somehow more excited than herself.
“miss. Please don’t get too far away from me.”
The more that happened, the escort stayed by Siana’s side, being wary of the surroundings.
It was when Siana was in the middle of her tour of the capital. Amidst the unfamiliar, something familiar caught her eye.
‘That man is…’
It was a suspicious man I met while escaping the mansion a few days ago. When he remembered the feel of the large hand holding his hand, he felt his face heat up for some reason.
Shiana, who didn’t want to get involved, looked away and was about to walk away, but their eyes met.
Of course, I thought we would pretend not to know each other, but why?
Isn’t the man smiling brightly at himself?
It’s like meeting someone you’ve been waiting for a long time.
‘Why are you coming to me?’
Shiana wasn’t the only one who saw the man approaching her without hesitation. Marie and the escort knight also looked at the man in bewilderment.
It was so gorgeous that I couldn’t help but look at it. Marie asked in bewilderment.
“miss. Do you know someone?”
“Should I say I know…”
Marie tilted her head.
‘It’s a face that seems like I’ve seen it somewhere…’
Unlike Gingaminga and Mari, the escort knight recognized the man at a glance.
“Lungs of the Emperor of Fire!”
Huh. Howie shut his mouth at Esteban’s menacing gaze. However, Siana had already listened to him.
“Emperor…?”
Esteban calmly introduced himself.
“At that time, there were many examples. My name is Evan, the knight who serves His Majesty.”
Siana’s expression hardened a little at the words that she was the emperor. It was because prejudice against the emperor was piled up layer after layer due to Pacifica.
‘Knight Evan…?’
At Esteban’s deft attitude, Syana’s escort opened their mouths.
what the hell is going on
Whether the escort was surprised or not from behind, Shiana responded with a formal smile.
“Yes, Evan. Um… nice to meet you. Then I’ll just go for it.”
It was the time when Shiana turned around without any regrets.
“Wait lady…!”
When she heard an urgent voice right behind her, she had no choice but to stop.
When I turned around, the man had a troubled face.
“Do you have anything to say to me?”
Esteban nodded for a moment.
‘shit. This isn’t it.’
It must have been after making a plan in my head about what I would say if I met Sianna.
However, as soon as he saw Sianna’s face, his mind went white and all of his plans disappeared.
To make matters worse, he just jumped recklessly as if his whole body had become a heart.
Moreover, Siana seemed to have no interest in him at all.
Today’s meeting pretending to be a coincidence is also an opportunity that was hard earned, but if I let it go like this, I didn’t know when we would meet again.
Esteban struggled to roll his hardened head and squeezed out an excuse.
“Path.”
“yes?”
“I was… lost.”
“…yes?”
The suffocating silence that fell after that.
Esteban, the person who spoke up, was embarrassed, as well as Shiana who heard the words, and the maid and escort who were watching their conversation were also puzzled.
Even the secret escorts who were escorting the emperor from a distance were embarrassed.
A knight of the emperor gets lost in the middle of the capital’s streets in broad daylight?
Shiana looked up at Mia, a grown adult.
‘How did a knight come to be like this…’
Esteban realized that something was wrong with Sianna’s pitying gaze on him, but there was nothing he could do.
just smile lightly
However, it was rather an appropriate strategy for Siana. It was because she hadn’t developed a heartless personality to the point of abandoning a lost person.
“Where is your destination? I will take you there.”
Shiana also didn’t know the geography of the capital, but it was okay because she had an escort, the knight of the capital’s mansion.
Esteban hesitated for a moment before uttering a random address.
“Then let’s go!”
Sianna willingly took the lead. Esteban, suddenly lost, touched his forehead while looking at his back.
‘This isn’t it.’
After all, it was clear that love makes a person an idiot.
***
“The road ends here…”
Cyana scratched her cheek in embarrassment and turned to Esteban. I searched for the address Esteban mentioned, but couldn’t find it.
Because the address did not exist in the first place.
Esteban shifted the responsibility to Siana’s escort.
“Isn’t that where you got the wrong way?”
The escort, who was suddenly reprimanded by the emperor, was nervous and broke into a cold sweat.
“I guess so…!”
Siana, who was looking at the severed road with a serious face, comforted Esteban.
“It’s okay, Evan. Let’s find our way again. You will find it before the end of the day.”
Esteban’s conscience ached at Siana’s warm encouragement.
But even in the midst of that, he was disillusioned with himself, overwhelmed by the fact that he was walking down the road with Sianna.
‘It’s a bad day, and I think it’s better to schedule the next appointment.’
At least, if it is the harvest that Siana’s vigilance toward herself has softened, is it the harvest?
Esteban started thinking hard about how to make an appointment naturally as he watched Sianna eagerly find her way again.
‘At that time, I want to meet alone without an escort or maid.’
Esteban’s gaze scanned the maid and escort that followed. It seemed that there was nothing that could not be avoided.
“if!”
bean! Cyana suddenly stopped walking and her back slightly hit Esteban’s chest, who was following closely.
However, Shiana turned around without even realizing it.
“Couldn’t Evan have the wrong address?”
“That…”
It’s too close. It was a distance that was less than a span left.
Unlike Esteban, who was very nervous, Siana looked up at him.
Her blushing face was reflected in her clear, amber eyes.
“Evan?”
“yes. I may have misremembered the address.”
Esteban answered without breathing properly. Ciana, not noticing the strange feeling at all, became serious alone.
“Is that so? Then what should we do now…”
“Thank you for helping me this far. In that sense, let’s have a meal together soon-”
It was at that moment when Esteban spat out the words he had been thinking about.
“…!”
Wedge liquid!
Suddenly, something rushed in their direction.
something very sharp
Esteban’s body moved first before he even thought it was dangerous.
