Chapter 66 Is it because you’re jealous?
Chapter 66 Is it because you’re jealous?
Duke Wilton Kyle Roth was relaxing in a room at his mansion in Delerson.
He was originally the lord of the Duchy of Kailos, located in the southeast of the Eckhart Empire. However, he received a call from the previous emperor, Holland, and was appointed as a servant of the Imperial Palace.
That was already 15 years ago.
For this reason, his relative took over the management of the Kailos Duchy. Since last year, his eldest son, George, has been learning about the management of the estate one by one.
The family of the Duke of Kailos has had a rather close relationship with the imperial family since ancient times.
To be precise, it was closer to the side where each of us took care of ourselves.
But now that he has become a servant of the imperial family, the relationship has developed into a tighter relationship than before.
Even after the rebellion initiated by Duke Hundrey, the former head of the noble faction. Even when Olivia, the empress on behalf of Holland, rules the empire as a deputy.
And now, he also promised to actively support Cecilia, who was his princess.
It’s still insignificant, but she’s showing signs of growing little by little as the empress who rules the empire.
‘Luke Nedville. It must have been since she accepted him as her secretary.’
Cecilia is too young and inexperienced to be her emperor.
Her two ladies-in-waiting were attached to assist her, but it was the same that she was still lacking in power. Moreover, the families of the two ladies-in-waiting did not have strong political influence.
And right after she tapped Luke Nedville as her new personal secretary, it looked precarious in Kyloth’s eyes.
But that wasn’t the case now.
Luke has shown extraordinary skills many times that a 19-year-old would not have thought of, and filled in what Cecilia lacked.
To the extent that he moved his heart, which he did not expect much from Cecilia.
‘People don’t know what to do.’
The Duke raised the teacup in a leisurely manner. Just as I had just taken a sip of hot tea, a knock rang through the room.
“Duke. This is Ron, the butler.”
“What is it?”
“An imperial chamberlain just asked me to deliver a letter to the duke.”
What kind of letter is this all of a sudden?
“Come in.”
The butler handed over a letter to the duke.
As soon as the Duke saw the envelope decorated with gold thread, he recognized that it was a letter from Cecilia.
This envelope could only be used by the royal family.
“Hmm.”
The Duke, who had sent the butler out, stared intently at the envelope. Then he took out a paper knife and ripped open the seal on the envelope.
“Why did His Majesty…….”
The Duke opened the letter while muttering in a low voice.
The summary of what was written in it was as follows.
I want to have a separate conversation about the achievement I talked about last time, so come to the drawing room in the imperial palace at 3:00 pm, two days later.
“Oh my god… ….”
Kaylos fixed his gaze on the letter and touched his beard-covered lower jaw.
Given Cecilia’s personality, she would never have sent a letter to herself first.
In other words, this letter was sent based on someone’s advice.
There was only one person in the empire he knew who would give him such advice.
“So you took the advice of Secretary Luke Nedville?”
The more the Duke looked at Luke, the more he thought it was strange.
What on earth does he possess, so that the obstinate empress shows trust?
The former secretary was good at handling her work, but she did not take any action on the secret quarrel between the empress and the nobles.
Should I say that he was a rather dull secretary who was only faithful to his duties.
But Luke Nedville was different.
Even against Montersen, the head of the aristocratic faction, and his right-hand man, the Marquis of Marlborough, he never gave up.
Sometimes, they showed the uniqueness of judging the situation from a completely different perspective.
‘If I go to the drawing room the day after tomorrow, the secretary will be there too.’
The Duke looked out the window.
It was overcast, but the sky was still blue.
It was like foretelling the future of Cecilia and Luke, the Duke thought.
“I have to reply.”
The Duke got up from bed and sat down in front of his desk to write a letter promising to meet him.
After that, he immediately instructed me to deliver the letter through the butler.
* * *
Busy moving his hands and taking care of the morning work, it was almost time for lunch.
“Huh.”
Flora let out a strange moan and stretched him.
Then, as soon as our eyes met, he smiled.
“Hmm? Are you still looking at me?”
“Because I’m sitting across from you.”
I deliberately shrugged. Still, Flora had a funny face.
“Lately, there are more days when Flora smiles.”
“Your Majesty. I am a person who laughs a lot.”
Flora’s voice overflowed with cheerful energy as she answered Cecilia.
“No. It’s true that there are more smiles than before.”
This time, they went all the way to Mulia.
“Really? Then I guess so.”
Flora, as expected, didn’t take it seriously.
“Enough with the small talk, let’s go to the dining room.”
At that time, someone knocked on the door of the office. It was the butler of the imperial palace.
“What happened?”
Cecilia asked the butler who came up to me and greeted me.
“Duke Kailos has sent a letter to His Majesty.”
Cecilia accepted the letter from the butler. She bit her butler and opened her letter from her seat.
‘Looks like you wrote a letter right after you finished talking to me yesterday.’
And he must have sent a letter to Duke Kailos before he left for work this morning.
I like that she puts into practice the advice I gave, but on the other hand, she came to me as a burden. It means that you have to keep doing this in order to spend the rest of the period safely.
Why is living as a secretary so hard…….
Or maybe I’m getting karma from overdoing my work without even realizing it.
The three of us remained silent while Cecilia focused on her letter.
After a while, Cecilia took her eyes off her letter, a thin smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.
I guess you can see that the answer you wanted came back.
“Your Majesty. Do you have any good news?”
“Ah. I think it will energize what I am trying to do.”
Flora tilted her head.
After taking a look at Cecilia’s expression, I answered instead.
“Your Majesty wants to create an achievement. For this, we need the active support of the emperor faction, Duke Kailos.”
“Aha! It was like that.”
No details yet.
Even if the meeting is successful, it may not go well there.
“Good job.”
“That’s how it is.”
Cecilia nodded her head once towards Mullia, who looked at her.
“Let the two of you go to the dining room first. I need to talk to Luke for a moment.”
Her two maids paid her respects and left her office.
I immediately got up from my seat and headed towards Cecilia.
“Fortunately, Duke Kylos accepted the meeting request.”
“I thought he would definitely respond.”
As if my answer was satisfactory, a satisfied expression appeared on Cecilia’s face.
“I thought about it in many ways last night.”
“Which one?”
“I felt like I was too inflexible.”
“… ….”
It’s only right to deny it…….
It was a bit hard to deny because it was true to some extent.
“You seem to think so of me too.”
“Not so, Your Majesty.”
“The reply was very late.”
“…… I apologize.”
As soon as her words of apology were put into her mouth, Cecilia smiled lightly.
Fortunately, my reaction didn’t upset you.
“Anyway, thanks to you, I have a feeling that things might work out if I do my best.”
“It will definitely happen.”
“I’ll have to think about what I’m going to talk about with the Duke after today’s work is over. I will seek your opinion if necessary.”
Now you’re openly saying that you’re going to ask me for advice…….
I definitely felt that the attitude towards me has changed a lot.
‘Isn’t this all because I wrote my name with my butt?’
Even though I knew it wasn’t so, those thoughts kept cramming into my head.
“Yes, Your Majesty. I will think about it too.”
“I like it.”
Cecilia then raised herself from her throne.
“Go to the dining room. Her ladies-in-waiting will be waiting for you.”
* * *
After lunch, we were given a break until 2:00 PM.
Mulia did not go to her own room, she followed Flora.
“What? Why are you following me?”
“Because I have a question.”
“Really? Then come to my room.”
Flora took her Mulia into her own room. The two women sat facing each other at a round table.
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“What are you curious about?”
Flora, holding her chin with her hands, stared at her Mullia.
“Did something happen with the secretary at Lake Hennessy, by any chance?”
“Oh, that bothered me.”
“Rather than being concerned… ….”
Mulia couldn’t help but blurt out her words.
Because Flora’s eyes were filled with a cute looking light.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Huh? Am I no different from usual?”
But Mulia could tell. She tells her that Flora is only thinking of making fun of herself.
“All right. I won’t ask.”
“A. She wonders and pretends not to.”
“… ….”
Hit her head, Mullia pushed her lips forward with her chubby face. Seeing this, Flora burst out laughing in her gear.
“Stop laughing.”
“Yes. Because this is enough for her to laugh at.”
She tried to have a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of She didn’t even eat her seed.
“It was nothing special. She was talking at the lake and she just said you can call her by her first name.”
“Really?”
I don’t think Mr. Luke will call you by name so easily…….
Mulia still felt that Flora hadn’t told her everything.
“Yes. Is that sweet?”
She observed Flora’s expression closely. She felt as if she had something more to her that she didn’t say. She
She did, but she didn’t even seem like she would give an answer if I asked.
‘Anyway, it’s certain that something happened between the two of them.’
“Um, yes. I believe you say so.”
“But why was our Mulia curious about that?”
This time Flora counterattacked her with a sinister smile on her lips.
“I just care about you as a friend.”
Mulia responded in a calm tone, but
“Doesn’t that seem like the only reason?”
Flora continued to attack in a teasing manner.
After Mulia was silent for a while, Flora asked more directly this time.
“Is it because you’re jealous that I’m closer to Luke?”
“That’s not like that!”
Mulia screamed and jumped up from her chair.
‘Whoever sees it, he looks like a person who has been stabbed in the face.’
But Flora didn’t bother pointing it out. It was also fun in its own way to leisurely watch her bewildered friend’s expression.
“Anyway, I was just asking out of curiosity, so don’t take it as strange.”
“Yes, yes.”
Mullia said she would rest and headed to her room.
But from the moment she found out that Flora and Luke called each other by their first names, she felt envy. She
She herself wanted to get acquainted with the secretary now. Even if she’s not quite as good as Flora.
But why am I so wrapped up in these emotions?
‘I don’t even know my heart… ….’
Mullia let out her soft sigh as she gently placed her hand on her chest.
-Continued