No. 362
After the news of my return spread, the invitations came from all over the world, and there were requests for a banquet by the ministers, but I started taking a break.
After the war with the Pope was over, I had crossed the aisle and had accumulated quite a bit of fatigue.
As I entered the bathtub full of warm water and the foam, I groaned with a hazy look.
“Ugh……”
The tense muscles were relaxed in the warm water, the powdered soap in the bathtub and the scented candles around give off a nice scent, and the lemonade filled with ice that the maid gave to me was sweet and sour.
'Heaven. It’s heaven.’
Seeing me with my mouth completely relaxed, the maids grinned.
“Shall we start the massage?”
"Please……”
Linda and Dahlia's hands were so skillful that the muscles they touched seemed to melt.
“It’s cool……”
Yuni, who was massaging my scalp with perfume oil on my hair, stopped her hand for a moment and said.
“How about a snack?”
"It's good……”
The maids brought the plump jelly in a beautiful crystal bowl.
The jelly with green grapes, peaches and candied cherries inside melted as soon as the maid put them in my mouth.
While I was eating the jelly and moving my spoon, Laura, a maid specializing in rumors, told interesting stories from around the world.
“The Prime Minister of Gahong, Hwang Gyeon Ik, was ousted from power by King Gahong three years ago. His son, Hwang Hyeon, was a garbage that has bad habit more than a dog...… He's a man like a beast.”
"I know. Hwang Hyeon.”
“Yes, that Hwang Hyeon was looking for power even after his father was driven out. It was a way to seduce woman in power from another country. With all his eccentricities he seduced the Countess of Weltrant, and it turns out that the Countess was a marriage scammer!”
People around me say, “Huh.”, “Heo-eok!” There was a sound of breathing.
“Hwang Hyeon had a concubine secretly, and it turns out that the concubine was the Countess!”
Ugh.
“Then, the concubine also was found out that she was a man……!”
Ugh.
“The concubine’s sodomy, the west side of her pillar, turned out to be his servant……!”
Whoops!
“Hwang Hyeon found out that Hwang Gyeon-Ik’s lover had deceived the son of a certain warrior to be Hwang’s son……!”
Heh heh-!
Why is Laura so funny when she was talking about someone else's house affair?
“And I mean. The Empress Dowager of the Empire of Yugentra has fallen in love. That’s unrequited love.”
"What!? You mean the Emperor left it alone?”
“The Empress Dowager was in the back room, completely pushed aside by Goddess Ingrid and Madame Camilla because of the last war with God. Thanks to her, she was able to hide.”
“She said, Empress Dowager is really full of power. She's not just in love, she's in unrequited love. Who is that man?”
“That’s it. The man is..…!”
“Come on, who's he?”
I swallowed my saliva and listened to Yuni's story.
Yuni glanced around and lowered her voice.
“The Marquies of Nuanoke in our country.”
“What-?!!”
You mean the chairman?
The bathroom turned over. All the maids stopped their hands and opened their mouths.
Yuni nodded her head with a solemn expression.
“Three years ago, when the darkness of Neriad swept over the Capital, the Royal Family fled from the Imperial Palace. At that time, the Marquise of Nuannoke must have saved Empress Dowager.”
“That, so?”
“Three years after that. Every week, constantly, the letters from the Empress Dowager write the love poems to him, the Marquise of Nuannoke.”
‘Wow, it’s fun……!’
It's so much fun to hear a stimulating story while being served in a luxurious bath!
After taking a bath, I dried my body and hair dry and sat down on the sofa in comfortable clothes.
The maids grabbed my hands from both sides and sharpened my nails, and one of them shoved grapes into my mouth from behind.
'Ah, it's peaceful. Happy……'
While I was enjoying luxury with a flabby face, a knock was heard.
“This is Reina.”
"Come in."
Reina came in with my maids.
Reina was wearing a blue and gold dress on a white background, with a strange pattern engraved on the belt around her shoulders.
Reina said as I stared at her belts.
“It's Asta flower. The stems were embroidered with gold thread, and the flowers were dyed with purple dye. It's the emblem of the Queen’s palace.”
“Ah, my mom…… But why are my maids still wearing the Dubbleed's maid outfits?”
When I asked, Dahlia, Yuni, and Linda exchanged glances with a smile.
They looked at me and said,
“We waited for our master returned to give us the pattern and clothes together.”
I got a little moved and looked at the maids.
So they were wearing the old maid clothes every day as if praying for me to come back.
"That's great. Then you have to think about the pattern first.”
Reina smiled and said.
“It’s color. Each palace was colored so that the outsiders could easily recognize it. The color of the Queen's Palace was gold, like the Queen's hair, and Blue, like the color of Princes and Princesses' eyes."
“How about my Dad……?”
“Even so, Your Majesty said the same thing.”
A roar of laughter echoed through the room.
I went to the table to think about the pattern.
Perhaps Reina's purpose was also a pattern, and she put the parchment she had brought in advance on the table.
I asked Reina while I was holding the fountain pen.
“Hey, if I decide on a pattern, will all the Princesses of the Dubbleed Royal Family use this pattern from now on?”
"That's right."
“Aww, the responsibility is too heavy.”
I was deep in thought, biting the tip of the fountain pen.
‘It’s a pattern that lets you know who you are……'
Contemplating, I clenched my jaw and smiled.
‘Then, that’s all.’
-Thinking.
* * *
In the evening there was a banquet.
It was not a large banquet to announce my return, but a small dinner with my family and a few guests.
My mother invited people who I would have missed to see at the Castle.
It was the people at the Top of the Hope, my knights, and my friends Emilyn and Trie.
Emilyn and Trie were at the dinner table one step ahead of me, and as soon as Emilyn saw me, she jumped up.
"You you……!”
Seeing Emilyn was pointing at me, I narrowed my shoulders in amazement.
“You, come! This damn girl-!”
As soon as Emilyn shouted, Trie cried and hugged my back.
“Huh, no. Now she's a Princess. Whoops!”
“Leave this! She's a Princess or whatever, I'm going to kill you! Worry about people like this! I haven't slept properly in three years!"
“Uh-huh!”
My father, my brothers, and my mother smiled and looked at Emilyn, who rushed to me without any signs of dislike, and Trie that tried stop Emilyn.
Ishak, who supported the back of his head with his interlocked hands, said, "Hmm."
“You have to get it right once in a while. Don't leave me alone. Baron."
As I was running away from Emilyn, I stood up and stopped.
"Baron?"
Trie groaned and said,
“Juliet, the Princess of Mojas, has fled to your country. And she was given the title of Countess, and Emilyn was Juliet's first vassal.”
As I stopped, Emilyn, who was running towards me, slammed into my back.
She grabbed my nose and said, “What, what!” she shouted.
I come! I screamed and raised my arms.
“You are noble, Emily! The noble what you wanted!”
“…… Okay. I became a noble by my own power. It’s not because of having a father or a child.”
"So cool!"
"It's sarcastic to say that I'm cool because you're a Princess and the one who will become a duke when I get married is like a baron, isn't it?"
I hugged Emilyn tightly whether she stared at me or not.
“You have achieved your dream with your own strength.”
“My dream is no longer to become a nobleman.”
"Then?"
“The leader of the powerful. I'm going to make you a minion by making the Countess, Juliet, into a power woman that will make even the flying birds fall."
“Why aren’t you in power?”
“Because I don’t want to take responsibility. I just want to wield power.”
I pointed my finger at Emily with a click.
“It’s a meanness that suits Dubbleed. Welcome to our country.”
Dad stifled a laugh.
“It is a declaration that you will wield unclean power in front of me. The liver came out of the boat.”
“You are my friend. And you have to go to know if it's an illegitimate power."
I giggled and dragged Emilyn to my seat.
Across from it sat the Viscount Nuanoke, no, the Marquies.
“You said you became a Marquies?”
"Yes. In addition, this time, I am aiming for the position of representative of the Princess's aide."
“Put in the documents first. I am not a baby anymore, but a Princess, so I don’t just pick people for things like personal connections.”
"Oh, no. I’m sorry.”
“By the way, did you say that you were loved even with your white hair? To the Empress Dowager of the Empire.”
Let's do that at the dinner! They burst into laughter.
Seria, who was sitting next to my chair, covered her mouth and sighed, laughing as if she was out of breath.
The chairman looked at Seria with terrifying eyes.
“Stop it.”
“But Father, the Empress Dowager of the Empire might become my mother-in-law. I'm so excited and looking forward to it...…”
I flinched.
"Father? Mother-in-law?"
Then, Seria raised her left hand with a shy expression. There was a ring on her ring finger.
The chairman took a deep breath.
“Who knew that Seria would be eye contact with my son.”
"Huh?!"
At that moment, the door to the banquet hall opened and a man with a warm impression entered.
“It was a wagon accident, because the Temple paid for it. To find out the landfill of spinel from me.”
Somehow, no wonder!
The random wagon accident was weird.
"Oh my gosh…… It's Louis Nuanoke."
“Thanks for giving me a new life. I will repay this gratitude with all my heart, Princess.”
The chairman got up from his chair and bent his knees in front of me.
“The promise of seeing my son again, you finally fulfilled.”
“…… It's a dream world. Is not it?"
I laughed, and there was warmth in the banquet hall.
‘By the way, the chairman and Seria have a relationship between father-in-law and daughter-in-law.’
These are people who muttered like cats and mice, but their families must be so much fun!
I covered my mouth with both hands and grinned.
However……
Bang-!!
A roar was heard outside.
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