Chapter 316
King Friedrich No, the mansion became very busy with the news that Frederick, now the secretary of state, was visiting. It stands out more than at the time of Queen Maria’s visit.
The employees have been busy cleaning every corner of the mansion since this morning, and this is also true for me. I got up early in the morning and was not able to do anything properly because I was dressing up.
No matter how much he handed over the throne, Friedrich was still a king. Since the handover has not been properly carried out yet, the authority will be fully maintained.
Because of this, I am also myself, but Adelia was the most embarrassing, and she is my exclusive maid and Friedrich’s hidden illegitimate child. This is a fact that everyone learned through the letter.
My mother also suggested that we decorate something like this before, but Adelia stubbornly refused. Even if it’s okay to wear a maid outfit, I’ll never wear a dress or something.
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Even Nicole said that when I asked why she didn’t like wearing a dress to a formal event, it reminded me of the past and made me feel repulsed.
As for the story, I heard a back story about Banpoon pretending to be royalty in the subject while wearing a dress inside the royal palace.
Since then, she has stayed away from dresses and confessed that it was one of the decisive reasons for becoming a knight.
In her past, where only waves and waves of bad stories came out, her mother had no choice but to back down. Instead, she was given a simple make-up.
In fact, because the original version was so pretty, I didn’t even need makeup. Just apply a simple cream to make your skin glow and you’re done.
She doesn’t have a strong impression like Cecil or Lina, and she’s modest like a puppy, so even this suited her well.
“Are you nervous?”
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous, would I?”
After everything was ready, Adelia and I waited in the bedroom for a while. Currently, Friedrich and Hiriya are talking to Lara, who was a foodie at home.
There seems to be some serious talk coming and going, so I plan to end their conversation first and go in the middle.
Queen Maria No, Lara didn’t do anything wrong like she was now a queen. To be honest, the fact that this happened in itself is an unfair thing for Lara.
“What do you think Friedrich will say to you?”
“Well… I don’t know either.”
About 20 minutes have passed since Friedrich and Hiriya arrived at our mansion. Me and Adelia were discussing the future in the bedroom.
The most important point to consider is why Friedrich came to the mansion. And why did he hand over the throne to Queen Maria?
I wondered why Laos didn’t come, but I wasn’t interested in it compared to others. Lara is also in our mansion, but if you come to Laos, there is no one in Ters Kingdom.
The handover hasn’t been fully completed yet, so it must have been too early to leave Maria alone. This is something she has to take into account.
“Why the hell did you come? It’s okay to stay still…”
Adelia wiggled her clasped hands and muttered in a timid voice. All of her unique self-confidence has disappeared.
Friedrich is a source of trauma for her. I remembered her meeting her family a year ago.
Adelia was sweating and showing extreme anxiety just by looking at each other. Her brothers are like that, but Friedrich must have been stunned.
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Even at the time of the trial, Friedrich denied Adelia’s existence head-on. I expected it in advance, but a big wound must have been etched in Adelia’s heart.
‘Honestly, I’m a bit skeptical.’
Friedrich’s position is understandable. If your honor and prestige as a king are tarnished, hidden hyenas will attack you like Deukdal.
However, if I had given up my honor for a moment and meekly admitted my mistake, the situation would have been slightly different.
He made mistakes because he couldn’t overcome the blood of the past, but at least as a person who knows how to take responsibility.
Moreover, ‘responsibility’ is very important to a high-ranking noble like Friedrich. There are countless people who end up taking them to the end and ruining them.
In that sense, Friedrich immersed his feet in the puddle of ruin and managed to get out, but the sad thing doesn’t change.
If I hadn’t been for Zeno, the situation would have turned to Friedrich’s favor, and I wouldn’t have even acknowledged Adelia’s existence.
It means that the situation is not good in many ways.
“Why come now…….. It’s worse than not coming, so why……”
Adelia also muttered mischievously to see if she was thinking the same thing as me. I looked at her with her troubled expression on her face and grabbed her hand without saying a word.
Adelia flinched as I grabbed her hand, then slowly lifted her head from her head and looked at me.
When she smiled as if not to worry about it, Adelia also smiled shyly.
“Now that the situation has been reversed, you can say whatever you want, okay?”
“I know that, but I don’t think my mouth will fall when we meet. Haha…”
Adelia let out a suffocating sigh. The depth of water is cast in the sky blue eyes.
I gently wrapped my arms around her shoulders so she could be calm. It’s a bonus to say it’s okay.
Adelia said to me with a gasp as if she had noticed my consolation.
“Are you comforting me?”
“Or what? Can you do something else if you really want?”
“Really… it’s different from my first impression, but it’s very different. I didn’t know you were so sneaky. Do you know Nicole?”
“Would you rather say it’s warm rather than sly?”
“I don’t hate it if I can’t even speak. Thank you though.”
At the same time, Adelia sneakily moves her butt. That’s what she said, but she’s the one I prefer the most to her emotional connection with me.
Then, he moved the arm that was wrapped around his shoulder to grab his head, and then slowly pulled him back and bumped his forehead and forehead.
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Even if it wasn’t intense physical contact such as night work or kissing, Adelia was satisfied. For her, the most important thing is to wipe away the stained wounds of her past.
We, who had our foreheads pressed against each other for a while, removed them at the same time, regardless of who came first. Then, he opened his mouth to meet his sky blue eyes.
“Shall we go now?”
“yes.”
They held each other’s hands until they got out of bed, but fell apart as soon as they came out of the bedroom.
A deep regret was etched on Adelia’s face for a moment, but she soon entered her main job as a maid. A business expression with a characteristic calm and slight smile.
How much training did you receive from the maid to make that expression? There was a time when she complained that she was fine with physical work, but that it was difficult because she suffered mentally.
That, too, is a thing of the past. Now, I am performing the duties of a maid perfectly, and I work as a strong shield that protects me when I go out.
It does not end here, and she is constantly honing martial arts from her father, and as the days go by, her abilities are on the rise.
‘I’m glad Adelia is my escort knight.’
After revealing that I am Xenon, there will be escort knights running next to me, but one Adelaide is enough. If it was someone else, it would have been very awkward.
I glanced at Adelia, who was following me cautiously from behind, and then approached the drawing room where Friedrich and Hyriya were waiting.
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Eventually, he stood proudly in front of the door of the parlor where he and Queen Maria had shared, and after a moment of steaming, he knocked carefully.
smart-
“My name is Isaac Ducker Michelle. May I come in?”
He spoke in a voice that was neither too small nor too loud, so it would have been enough to hear even the inside. Maybe soon Lara will welcome us.
quiver-
“Oh. Are you both here?”
As expected, as soon as the door opened, Lara greeted us with a bright face. I always greeted her innocent-looking girl with her smile.
Then she turned once more and opened the door wide, allowing us to come in.
Originally, this was supposed to be done by the employee, not Lara, but she did it because they had to have a secret conversation.
“Then I’ll see you soon. Abamama and Hiriya unnie. I’ll just go with you!”
Lara just said a brief greeting and disappeared in a flash. I looked at the tightly closed door and shifted my gaze.
As expected, Friedrich and Hiriya were seated side by side on the side where they shifted their gaze.
Frederick accepted my gaze calmly, while Hiriya met my gaze and immediately threw it down as if he had committed a crime.
‘But the state is a little…’
Friedrich also looked a bit tired, but compared to Hiriya, he was decent. Hiriya was literally following the path of a bad man.
Dark circles, which could not be covered with makeup, came down as if they were jumping rope, and the noble and unobtrusive dignity disappeared.
The shoulders, which had been proudly stretched, were also greatly atrophied. It looks as if Adelia, who was suffering from anxiety symptoms a year ago, was transferred as it is.
I expected it to be like this to some extent, but when I actually checked it myself, I thought it was a bit harsh.
‘I’ll have to sit down first.’
that’s it and this is this I looked at Adelia after making eye contact with them.
Adelia also noticed the meaning of my gaze and moved cautiously. As she moved, I moved her steps toward the distinguished guests who visited her mansion.
As we got closer, Hiriya’s trembling grew stronger. But when Friedrich said it was okay and took his hand, he calmed down a little.
“Nice to meet you, Friedrich Lung… No, Kuk-seo. As you may know, my name is Isaac Ducker Michel. I am the author of Zenon’s biography.”
“My name is the master’s exclusive maid, Adelia Cross.”
Don’t forget to say hello politely before sitting down. She almost accidentally called her Majesty, but barely managed to change her name.
“My name is Friedrich Duckerd von Kutchers. It’s an honor to meet that Xenon.”
“Te, this is the second princess of the Kingdom of Teres, Hi, this is Hyriya Ducard von Kutchers…”
Unlike Friedrich, who introduced himself plainly, Hiriya stuttered and barely managed to say hello.
I didn’t know it from afar, but maybe it was because of tension, not only was she sweating in a cold sweat, but even her complexion was pale.
Her condition was not good enough to say that she would faint if she went on like this.
“How have you been?”
They couldn’t lead the conversation, so I brought up the topic first. It’s a bit of a pulsing question, but it’s true.
My favorability has already fallen to the ground, and no good words can come out of my mouth. I can’t seem to get a different response from the other side either.
Friedrich only smiled bitterly at the question that was difficult to answer whether he was aware of this as well.
“A lot of things happened as you said. I realized once again the power of the people, and realized how small an honor is. Thousands of thoughts ran through my head in one day.”
“·······”
Friedrich began to put out complaints, not complaints, like a Dao who had awakened to the Tao. I glanced at Adelia, who was sitting next to me, as I listened to him.
Although she pretends to be calm on the outside, her fists on her knees are clenched. You’re probably thinking that you’re not the same.
As I said before, if I hadn’t been Zeno, I might have become like the jealousy in Zeno’s biography.
Squeezed by the enormous force of power, the man he loved was taken away in front of his eyes, and he couldn’t even struggle.
Of course, Maria is protected by a strong support force, but the situation must have been more complicated than it is now.
“·············· into-she told me. People risk their lives for just one name. Sometimes you have to put that honor down.”
“·······”
“That’s why I handed over the throne. If I can’t let go of my honor as a king, I’d rather give up the throne. Thanks to that, I’ve learned a lot…”
“I’m sorry, but I’ll stop talking.”
I don’t think I’ll ever see them making excuses all over again. Friedrich has definitely grown. This is an undeniable fact.
Wouldn’t this have happened if I wasn’t Xenon? This is literally an assumption and is meaningless.
What matters now is the present. Friedrich realized his own mistake and had completely laid aside his honor.
However, he is not able to make a ‘knot’ until the end. I didn’t send Friedrich and Hiriya in just to hear that.
“Friedrich Gukser. Then why did you visit our mansion? It’s not like you’re going to recognize Adelia as a family member or anything like that, right?”
“Absolutely not. Even if that’s the case, it’s questionable whether that child… would accept it.”
“I’m never going back. Whatever the offer.”
As Friedrich spoke carefully, Adelia responded in a voice that seemed to contain her anger.
Hiriya, who had been quiet in her subtle anger, trembled.
“I’m Isaac’s exclusive maid, Adelia Cross. Don’t even think about passing on such a modest surname.”
“Did you hear me?”
“······Yes.”
At Adelia’s resolute will, Friedrich nodded with a bitter face.
“I’m just saying, if you’re thinking of using her…”
“I have no intention of doing that. The reason I handed over the throne to my wife in the first place was to prevent that.
“Even those guys were nice to me, but you guys…!”
Adelia, who had accumulated a lot of resentment, reached the point of explosion. Her eyes widened and her clenched fists trembled in her tremors.
Although she could not burst, her heart must have been fully conveyed. I grabbed her arm to keep her emotions in check.
On the other hand, Friedrich, who received her bitter gaze directly, reacted calmly, not Hiriya. She let out a shriek and shook her body violently.
“Sorry, I’m sorry! I don’t want any mercy, so please save my life…!”
“No. Who is taking your life?”
It seems that the revolution was terrifying. I replied with an absurd expression and turned my gaze back to Friedrich.
He blinked slowly and opened his mouth quietly as soon as our eyes met.
“So, I’m here to tell you at least.”
Drooling-
With those words, Friedrich pulled the chair back and slowly got up from his seat. As he stood up, the gazes of me and Adelia also turned to him.
After a while, I moved to the side of Adelia, not me, and looked at her face for a while. Adelia also stared fiercely at him with her face full of her complex emotions.
For a while, when a strange current was flowing between the women-
ugh-
Friedrich slowly knelt down.
“sorry.”
Soon, he bowed his head and delivered the words of apology in a calm voice. No matter how much he handed over the throne, it was an act of taking away all of his pride as a king.
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Even just kneeling down, his honor was torn to pieces, but he brought his forehead to the ground.
“I couldn’t give up that one honor, so I created Satan. I want to sincerely apologize.”
“·······”
“And······”
Frederick, who offered the apology, slowly lifted his face.
thud!!
“I’m sorry.”
He apologized by slamming his forehead hard to make the sound echo in the parlor.
If the previous apology was from the position of the ‘king’, this is the apology from Adelia’s ‘real father’.
Moreover, he even had a strong slap on the forehead, so the apology as a biological father was meaningful.
“To protect his honor, he treated you harshly. And for not acknowledging you as a child until the end. I’m sorry for everything.”
“·······”
“Don’t ask me to forgive you. But, if I keep going like this, I don’t think I’ll ever get this chance, so I came to you without any excuses.”
Adelia looked silently at Friedrich, who had her head down in front of her. She wanted to see the expression, but she was turning her head so she has no way of checking.
However, seeing his body trembling, it is presumed that he cannot control his overwhelming emotions. To be honest, I would have done the same.
After that, only a heavy silence settled down for a long time. It felt like an hour had passed, but only 10 minutes had passed.
But for those ten minutes, Friedrich kept his head down and waited for Adelia’s mouth to open.
About 5 minutes passed after that.
“It’s too late…”
Adelia’s heavily closed mouth opened. A voice that seemed to cry, yet filled with anger.
Still, Friedrich did not raise his head.
“I just wanted something ordinary. Even if I couldn’t call her a daughter directly, I wanted to live a normal life. I wanted to laugh and talk like any other children, and to be loved by adults.”
“·······”
“But you didn’t. You didn’t even do it until the end. You couldn’t let go of that honor? No. You wouldn’t have recognized me until the end without that honor. Because I can’t tolerate you.”
Cracked emotions can be relieved. However, if the core hardens, it is impossible unless the emotions are completely crushed.
Adelia is just that. I was taking care of her now, but the hardened wound is tormenting her heart to the end.
The hardened corners brutally burrow into the heart, and another wound is engraved in the ripped-up place.
Friedrich’s apology only hurt Adelia’s heart. You can make knots, but you can’t break cores.
However, it is perfectly perfect to reduce ‘remorse’.
“Now that you have tied the knot, disappear before my eyes. Don’t come to me anymore, and don’t even think about approaching Isaac. I’ll live as Adelia Cross for the rest of my life. I will live as an exclusive maid.”
“·······”
“And if, really, if you harm Isaac…”
Adelia clenched her fists and muttered a small chorus of all the resentment she had inside.
“It will become a sword of revenge, and it will rip your hearts out.”
“·······”
“Like the jealousy in Xenon’s biography, I will beheaded and the kingdom to ashes no matter what. So…”
She paused for a moment as if she was strangled, then barely vomited.
“Please…don’t show up in front of me. Father.”
“·······”
“Even if it’s a relationship worse than anyone else, even if it’s the one who made my terrible past, I don’t want to kill my blood. Then…”
The regret that was tormenting Adelia.
“Go. Now.”
As of today, it’s completely gone.