Chapter 08
No, but that aside, did he just call the Crown Prince a ‘fellow’ just now?
“Uh, so.”
Flustered, I opened and closed my mouth repeatedly, trying to guess the Duke’s intentions.
Does the Duke think the reason I’m behaving quietly unlike before is because I’m suffering from lovesickness, still having an unrequited love for the Crown Prince?
This is driving me crazy.
Meeting another guy for dating, what nonsense! It’s not that, I’m saying I’m going to clean up my past of living recklessly, reflect, and live ordinarily.
To me, who was keeping my mouth shut because my head was too complicated, the Duke smiled broadly while taking a sip of tea.
“Look forward to it. You will definitely be able to forget him. I will prepare firmly.”
“Prepare… you say? Surely it’s not something like a matchmaking interview?”
“Hm. Right, the pretext of a matchmaking interview is also good.”
The Duke smiled contentedly.
Oh my god. As soon as I possessed this body, I’m about to have a matchmaking interview through my father.
No, sure, of course I want to date too, but.
Isn’t it a bit, not the right time now.
First, I have to finish adapting to this world, and I also have to regain magic, so there are too many things to do!
Having had enough of a complicated life in my last life, I didn’t want to create more work.
To break through this crisis, I clenched my fists and confessed my heart truthfully with the calmest voice possible.
“I have forgotten His Highness the Crown Prince.”
“Forgotten, what nonsense, tsk. Your eyes are like that, and your lifestyle too. Do you take me for a fool?”
The Duke clicked his tongue, and the employees around also nodded their heads.
Especially Carol standing far away seemed to nod her head at least ten times in that short moment.
My insides felt frustrated.
‘Wow, it’s true though…! Originally, I didn’t even like the male lead in this novel that much!’
The male lead Crown Prince Adrian’s actions didn’t really make my heart flutter.
However, since Yvonne was famous for having an unrequited love for Crown Prince Adrian for a long time, I thought it was natural that they wouldn’t believe my answer.
First, I had to change the subject.
Looking at the Duke who distrusted my answer, I spoke carefully.
“Not that kind of thing, I have a separate favor to ask, Father.”
The Duke straightened his body immediately from leaning on the chair backrest and his eyes shone.
“Right, what is it.”
“That is…”
“Hurry and speak. I will give you more allowance, so would you like to go shopping or something? Or you can make a bomb right now! I will go with you!”
Watching the Duke answer immediately and welcome it, I felt somewhat despondent for some reason.
‘At first… why was I so scared of him.’
Right now, that Duke felt like an ordinary, slightly doting father who loves his daughter.
Just like when I saw a friend’s affectionate father in the past.
I was so envious back then.
Did I also get such a father…?
The words that he would give me allowance also made my heart flutter.
How envious I was of kids who received allowance from their fathers.
The sorrow settled in the heart isn’t easily forgotten.
Whipping myself not to expect too much, I spoke what I had been thinking about from before.
“Father. I think I have been too negligent in learning all this time.”
“Mm?”
“I am reflecting. So won’t you give me an opportunity to learn again? I will promise absolutely that I won’t torment the teachers from now on.”
“W-Wait. Yvonne, you, said you would study?”
“Yes.”
Although everyone including the Duke was horrified, I sat calmly.
It’s understandable they react like that.
All this time, Yvonne had not even a little interest in any subjects other than magic.
Other than that, she was a woman who only went around exercising to maintain these cool 11-line abs.
Ah. Come to think of it, I lived quite lazily, am I losing my abs?
While I secretly touched my belly slightly worrying about muscle loss, the sound of the Duke muttering was heard.
“To make my daughter make such a resolution. Damn fellow… I won’t leave him be….”
Although I couldn’t hear well, the Duke was angry.
Hm. I don’t know who it is, but it must be a fellow who greatly offended the Duke.
I tilted my head.
The Duke promised to assign teachers to me, and I smiled beamingly in a good mood.
And I picked up a plump sausage that had been tempting me since earlier and put it in my mouth.
Meat is always delicious even eaten from the morning, it’s the best.
The Verdant Palace where the Crown Prince stays within the Belvent Imperial Palace.
A blue-eyed handsome man with sun-like blonde hair swept back neatly frowned and threw a fit.
“So, Duke Argenthose smoothed it over again?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Damn it. The Duke is too much too.”
Crown Prince Adrian slammed the desk nervously, then sprang up from his seat.
That tiresome villainess and mage Yvonne Argenthose who threw a bomb at the Naciel District.
It was a golden opportunity to corner her properly.
Duke Argenthose, who dislikes his daughter’s rude and even violent atrocities but covers everything up in the end, was secretly a doting parent.
‘Yvonne Argenthose.’
Adrian ground his teeth.
He left the capital for a year and returned after finishing the battle with monsters, but Yvonne, who attended the triumphal ceremony party, chased after him again smiling.
And then she asked for a date again. Adrian rejected her request as always.
Although she was the one and only Princess of the Argenthose family, had a splendid appearance, and was a woman with the qualities to become a Grand Mage, Adrian was sick of Yvonne.
He absolutely declines such a vicious and strong-willed woman.
Cordelia, whom he met on the battlefield, was a much more innocent beauty, obedient, and kind.
Although she is an illegitimate child of the King of Mare, she is a mage who unfolds outstanding healing magic.
Because she was a perfect combination with him, a Sword Master, he liked her.
To Adrian who was rubbing his brow in annoyance, his aide spoke again.
“Your Highness. Instead, they say Duke Argenthose ordered the Princess to be on probation. So she seems quiet these days.”
“Is that so? That went well.”
Adrian felt relieved and laughed loudly.
However, the Crown Prince’s aide added cautiously with a worried expression.
“But a slightly strange rumor is circulating. They say teachers for etiquette, history, social skills, dance, and others are coming and going to the Argenthose Townhouse. According to the rumor, they say the Princess started studying.”
“…What? That Princess Yvonne?”
Adrian asked again, finding it hard to believe.
That immature villainess who courted recklessly saying she would become the Crown Princess without learning even basic etiquette, although her magic is strong?
Guessing Yvonne’s intentions, he frowned as if it were terrible and sighed.
“Is it an action meaning she will aim for the Crown Princess position sincerely from now on?”
“Doesn’t it seem like that? I think so too.”
“She is really shameless.”
As the aide agreed, Adrian clicked his tongue.
In the point that her heart for him is truly consistent, Yvonne’s heart was worthy of high regard.
Moreover, trying to learn etiquette suitable for royalty now instead of forcing it was a surprising change.
“Still, since the method has changed, shall we watch for a bit.”
“Surely you don’t intend to accept her courtship? A person’s nature does not change, Your Highness.”
“I know, of course. Could it be possible that I would do that.”
To make Yvonne give up her feelings for him, he had purposely taken Cordelia out on a date to the Naciel District.
And the bomb terror incident of the enraged Yvonne broke out.
Although they say she is self-reflecting now, since Yvonne has such high standards, she will inevitably chase him again.
‘Sigh. She is really a woman who doesn’t know how to give up.’
Adrian, placing his hand on his forehead, shook his head vigorously.
He moved his steps, approached the window, and looked down at the Imperial Palace garden through the glass window.
There was Princess Cordelia Mare taking a walk slowly with her soft light brown hair tied down to one side.
Today as well, the innocent and beautiful, illegitimate Princess.
The Mare Kingdom considers bloodline extremely important, so they do not acknowledge an illegitimate child born from the belly of a woman other than the Queen, the official wife, as royalty.
Cordelia was a woman with such a dishonorable label of illegitimate Princess attached.
Although her birth was not perfect, she was a meritorious retainer who helped Adrian lead the battle with monsters to victory.
And she was also a benefactor who saved him with healing magic when he was injured fighting monsters.
Although there would be various oppositions in the future, Adrian intended to make Cordelia the Crown Princess.
‘Hm.’
Among the opposition groups, perhaps Princess Yvonne would take the lead in tormenting Princess Cordelia.
Guessing so, Adrian strengthened the guard around Cordelia staying in the Imperial Palace.
But a few days later.
The content the aide reported cautiously to Adrian with a serious face was different from what he expected.
“Your Highness. Rumors are widespread that the Argenthose Princess is having a matchmaking interview.”
“A matchmaking interview, you say?”
To the surprised Adrian, the aide reported what he knew about the rumor.
That Princess Yvonne Argenthose, famous for having an unrequited love for Crown Prince Adrian for a long time, decided to end that unrequited love.
So she decided to have a matchmaking interview, and the partner is none other than the famous Guardian of the Northern Gate and the young Duke Iels who recently inherited the title of Duke.
“Duke Ludnine Iels?”
“Yes, that is correct.”
‘If it’s that Duke… the man who inherited the title 2 years ago and disposed of numerous monsters pouring out from the Northern Gate at once?’
Surprised, Crown Prince Adrian’s blue eyes shook wildly.
1 year ago.
Sword Master Crown Prince Adrian stepped up as the person in charge of the war with monsters that broke out in the western part of the Empire.
Duke Ludnine Iels, who is similarly a Sword Master, took charge of the monsters that appeared in large numbers in the North around a similar time.
Unlike Crown Prince Adrian residing in the capital, Duke Ludnine Iels mainly stayed only in the Northern Iels territory since childhood, so there were few who had actually seen him.
However, rumors circulated that he was so outstanding in literary and military arts, especially strong in swordsmanship, and was splendid and had excellent character.
The Duke Iels family has loyally guarded the place called the ‘Northern Gate’ where monsters pour out periodically, receiving the respect of the Empire’s citizens.
A family possessing even wealth due to the many rare minerals and ores buried in the mountains of the Iels territory.
‘Why would such a man have a matchmaking interview with such a villainess?’
Adrian was confused as he couldn’t understand.
This was, in fact, a rumor that the enraged Duke Argenthose, mistaking that Yvonne was still sad, spread to enter the Crown Prince’s ears.
Although it was a rumor that the party involved, Princess Yvonne Argenthose, didn’t know at all.
Imagining Yvonne sitting face to face with Duke Iels and laughing, Adrian felt his mood become uncomfortable for some reason.
That haughty Princess Yvonne should chase only him and smile only at him.
Adrian couldn’t hide the strange emotion fluctuating inside.
