Chapter 77 More to worry about
Chapter 77 More to worry about
The Marquis of Marlborough sent a reply to the Duke of Montersen via telegram.
Then I sat down in my desk chair.
“Hmm… ….”
He let out a low moan as he sat cross-legged.
‘I’ll have to check the letter one more time.’
Marlboro picked up the letter from his desk. There it was written:
[The Marquis of Marlborough.
Recently, it seems that the empress is doing something to make an achievement. However, at the moment, it is not revealed well, perhaps because it is going on behind the scenes.
There is no particular trend on the Duke of Kailos’ side either.
If I go out myself, I will be noticed, so you can do a secret background investigation.]
After checking the letter, the Marquis of Marlborough let out a sigh.
Recently, the Marquis had no separate contact with the Duke of Montersen.
The Marquis made this judgment about this.
He said he was taken because of several mistakes he made.
But this time the opportunity came.
If you do it right, it’s an opportunity to make up for your previous mistakes.
‘I’ll have to do it as perfectly as possible.’
The Marquis made that decision. Now, to put this into practice, he had to come up with his own strategy.
He thought, his thumb pressing lightly on his temple.
Investigating Cecilia directly was risky.
‘I think I need to dig around there… ….’
Where is the easiest way to obtain information?
Would it be good for the employees who have relatively frequent contact with Cecilia?
‘Or the secretary?’
Since Luke is Cecilia’s direct secretary, he must know a lot of information.
But…… The fact that Cecilia cared for him was already a widespread rumor among the nobles.
At the banquet celebrating her defeat of the monster, Cecilia even danced her own dance with her own secretary.
Marlboro decided to take a slightly different approach.
Thought after thought, he made a choice.
It is to find out the employees who have frequent contact with Cecilia through the employees of the imperial family.
However, this was something the Marquis of Marlborough was not supposed to do.
If he moved himself, the risk of being discovered would be very high, just like Duke Montersen.
Marlboro called ‘Malek’, who belonged to the Marquis’ knights, to his room through a servant in his mansion.
“Meet the Marquis.”
Malek saluted him.
The Marquis accepted the greeting with a nod of his head.
“I’m going to give you a mission.”
“Which one?”
The Marquis told Malek his plan.
“Gathering information is my specialty, so hold on to your worries.”
“Yes. I will only believe you When the list is roughly complete, report it to me right away.”
“Yes, Marquis.”
“Infiltrate the imperial palace right now.”
Malek saluted Marlboro. Marlborough waved his hand, telling him to go away.
All he had to do now was wait for Malek to bring the list.
* * *
A day has passed since the interview with Duke Kailos and Count Clusio.
Today, work didn’t end until it was time to go home. It was because Flora and Mulia were busy with work that they hadn’t been able to complete yesterday.
Well, the workload is too much for just the two of us.
‘Anyway, isn’t that why you’re late for class from the first day?’
At the time when worry creeped in, Cecilia gave me instructions.
“Luke. You should leave work here.”
As soon as she heard that, she jerked her head towards the grandfather clock.
The time the clock hands point to is 5:55 PM.
Sergel’s consideration for the Kingdom language class.
“I will, Your Majesty.”
The moment you say hello and stand up,
“Are you the only one who leaves first, Luke?”
Flora immediately raised her question. Mullia, in the seat next to her, stared at me.
The two ladies-in-waiting had feelings of envy in their eyes.
“Ah. I haven’t been able to explain it to you yet.”
Then Cecilia stepped out.
“From now on, Luke plans to take a Sergel Kingdom language class from 6:00 PM.”
“Are you doing that every day?”
Flora threw her question mark with a positive attitude, and Cecilia answered yes.
“Until Luke masters the Kingdom language perfectly.”
“I will do my best to learn it as quickly as possible, Your Majesty.”
Anyway, in this case, I have no choice but to notice.
Even if the highest person in the empire gave permission.
That’s why I’m paying lip service to ease Flora and Mulia’s feelings even a little bit.
Well, it has to contain a lot of my sincerity to dismiss it as lip service, but…….
“Then, I’ll be back.”
I left the office while being seen off by three women.
Time is running out, so we have no choice but to run to the drawing room.
You can’t leave a bad image by being late from the first day of class.
Fortunately, I didn’t see anyone taller than me in the hallway other than the imperial employees. Thanks to that, I was able to run to the parlor on the first floor without paying attention.
When I arrived, there was a maid standing at the door of the parlor.
She recognized me and immediately greeted me.
“Count Marsene Clusio has been waiting for you for a while.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
I knocked on her after sending her maid back.
“Count. This is Luke Nedville.”
“Come in.”
A gruff, low voice came through the door clearly.
It sounds like you’ve become more demanding than the voice I heard yesterday?
‘Ah, that’s not important right now.’
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I went into the drawing room. Count Clusio was sitting on a single-person sofa, his arms crossed.
“Count. I hope to go along well.”
“Draw.”
After saying hello, I raised my head again.
Only then did the count get up from the sofa with a groan.
“What about books?”
“You mean the book about Sergel Kingdom?”
Couldn’t it be that there isn’t even a single textbook?
“No?”
“No. I am in my room.”
“Good job. Bring it.”
Looks like you didn’t bring it at all.
I brought the 「Language of Sergel Kingdom」 As the Count ordered.
“Hey… …. I never thought I’d see this again…….”
The count’s eyes suddenly became lively.
It’s like eyes wet with memories of the old days.
He flipped through his books, opened the pages, and examined them very carefully. Then, he nodded his head once more.
“Hmm. This should be enough to teach you.”
“I’m glad then.”
The Count opened the frontmost page and set it down on the desk.
Why are you reopening this place?
I already memorized all the spellings used in Sergel Kingdom, right?
“Sit here.”
You must have an idea.
I sat down on the chair as he ordered.
“You must have learned all the basic letters of the kingdom language.”
“Yes.”
“But as I pointed out yesterday, you haven’t studied pronunciation at all yet.”
Of course, I agree with that point to some extent. Even if you practice pronunciation as written in the imperial language, there will be limits.
But even so, one question remained.
“Count. So, are you saying that all these phonetic transcriptions are wrong?”
“Yes!”
As soon as I heard the high voice, my shoulders trembled.
No, why are you suddenly shouting without warning?
“Now, from now on you just have to repeat what I pronounce.”
“Yes.”
The Count brought a chair next to me and sat down. Then he pointed to the topmost letter on the page.
“The imperial phonetic transcription of this letter is ‘e’, but it is not actually. It’s closer to ‘Ea’.”
The count, who gave a brief explanation, told me the actual pronunciation of the kingdom language.
It was definitely different from the pronunciation I knew.
“Try it.”
“Ah.”
The Count immediately shook his head.
“Southern guys have stronger accents than we do. Harder!”
“Ah!”
“Too strong! Weaker than that!”
What kind of rhythm is this supposed to match…….
Besides, I didn’t expect that the pronunciation would be difficult.
‘If it were in Korean, this pronunciation would have been written correctly… ….’
Because of the Count’s Spartan pronunciation training, I really missed Korea in my previous life after a long time.
* * *
Is it because he took Count Clusio’s pronunciation class without missing a single day for three days?
“It sounds like a kingdom person is talking now.”
For the first time, praise came out of the earl’s mouth!
“Really?”
“Yes. You learn faster than I expected.”
“Thank you, Count.”
“Where, say thank you in the kingdom language.”
According to the Count’s order, I thanked him in the Kingdom language.
“Hmm. I’m sure you’re fine.”
Fortunately, this also passed.
At this level, I might be able to teach Cecilia properly.
I decided to ask the count just in case.
“Count. Will I be good enough to teach someone the Kingdom language?”
“Who are you trying to teach?”
“Your Majesty Empress Cecilia.”
“Hmm… ….”
The Count, who showed signs of hesitation for a moment, soon
“Do as you please.”
Permission granted.
“Yes. I will.”
“I’ll finish today’s class like this.”
The Count stood up first.
I stood up at the same time and threw my eyes at the grandfather clock.
7:40 P.M.
It felt like time passed quickly, probably because I had fun learning the kingdom language these days.
“See you tomorrow, Count.”
“Always review properly what you have learned. Got it?”
“Of course.”
After seeing Count Clusio off, I walked quickly towards my room.
It was to have dinner after quickly getting the book.
After supper and resting for a while, it will be time to go straight to Cecilia’s room.
‘I have to move even a little faster to have my free time!’
I arrived at the room.
I put the Kingdom language book down on the desk, and was about to head straight for the dining room.
At that time, Ilaina suddenly appeared and blocked my path!
“Ilayna?”
“It’s been a while, secretary.”
What’s wrong with him?
I usually don’t show myself first…….
“Has something big happened that I don’t know about?”
“No big deal.”
“Then what?”
After a very brief pause, Ileina opened her mouth.
“A suspicious-looking person entered the imperial palace from two or three days ago.”
“To the imperial palace? How?”
“You seem to be good at disguise and hiding your presence.”
“You don’t know the purpose yet?”
“Yes.”
Then Ilayna told me that Luna’s leader was also keeping an eye on her.
“Have you told His Majesty?”
“Our captain will report to you.”
“I see. I’ll be aware of it.”
“Yes. Then.”
After Ileina’s ignorance, she immediately hid herself with an invisibility cloak.
‘She is good at disguising herself and hiding her presence… ….’
Did you try to sneak in to find out something?
Who and for what purpose?
“There are more things to worry about…….”
I let out a deep sigh while resting my forehead on my forehead.
I can only hope that it’s not a big deal.
-Continued