14 – Princess’ stubbornness
***
An hour later, the temple in the royal capital.
Maru was waiting in front of the hospital room.
Even after taking the poison out of his mouth, there was no sign of improvement, so he hurriedly rode a horse and ran to the temple in a month.
The priestesses with good skills in the temple were immediately put in, and now they have some spare time.
boring waiting time.
Audrit continued to linger in the mind of Maru, who was staring blankly at one place.
‘Hey. What are you doing with the child?’
‘I guess it was a joke? A liar and a liar. A brat.’
‘You came just in time. Aren’t you a person who keeps promises?’
Maru smiled without realizing it.
I wanted to be a bright and cheerful woman.
Take care of this and that, listen to what you want… It was fresh because it felt different from Kiera, who always reacted only when she approached.
She is a woman who reacts in a variety of ways even if you don’t approach her first.
For some reason, I am interested.
I want to prick to see what kind of reaction will come out next.
Since I declared that I would never date a woman again, I shouldn’t be like this…
clap.
Suddenly, the door to the hospital room opened.
Priestesses poured out in droves.
Since the princess was injured, even the high-ranking priests of the temple were mobilized.
“How is the princess?”
The middle-aged priestess, who seemed to have the highest position, smiled brightly.
“Healing went well and he was restored to health. He is fine now.”
“That’s fortunate. thank you Is it okay if I visit you?”
“Yes, go in.”
When I opened the door to the hospital room and entered, the princess was smiling lively as if she had been sick.
“Welcome. Please wait for me to put on my shoes.”
She got out of bed, put her feet in, and started tying her shoelaces.
I glanced at my thighs and saw that there were still two small holes in the white pants, but the skin had completely regenerated.
The skin exposed through the small holes was white and beautiful.
“Shinjeonbap is delicious, do you want to eat together? I want to eat. How about that?”
Unlike her friendly attitude, Maru’s expression was hardened.
“I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me.”
“I want you to never disturb me and the prince again.”
“… ?”
Audrit got up from her seat without tying her shoelaces and looked at the floor.
I was a little taken aback by the serious atmosphere.
“Due to the princess’s unreasonable behavior, the prince’s schedule was disrupted and the princess was almost put in danger. From now on, I hope nothing like today will happen. Princess spend the princess’s schedule. We will take care of our business.”
“Hey.”
“Then let’s go first.”
“Hey Maru!”
The princess shouted, but Maru didn’t care and politely bowed her head and left the hospital room.
Left alone in the room, the princess leaned her butt against the edge of the bed.
“When he came here, he cared about me and was kind… What is it all of a sudden, I’m not even a psychopath.”
She was deeply troubled.
“Are you trying to use Edward to get ahead? ?”
***
two days later.
The king called Maru.
The old white-bearded king was watching the moonlit pond alone with his hands behind his back.
“Did you call?”
“Oh, you’re here.”
When the king saw Maru, he smiled happily and patted his shoulder.
“You’ve been working hard these days.”
“no.”
“Thanks to you, our prince’s prestige is growing day by day. thank you.”
“Thanks to Your Highness’ grace.”
“What did Jim do? chuckle.”
The king turned his head and looked at the pond.
After admiring the scenery for a while, I slowly opened my mouth.
“The princess came to visit us during the day. He wants to go out of the palace with the prince tomorrow and inspect the lives of the people. Well, it seems like they want to kill the villains and hunt the beasts that ruin the people’s fields.”
“Did you give me permission?”
The king answered lightly.
“I allowed it.”
A sigh flowed from Maru’s mouth.
his speech sped up.
“The princess is suspicious of me. People’s livelihood inspections probably have impure intentions. What would you do if the prince’s skills were to be revealed to the whole world?”
“You have to do it without knowing.”
“Impossible. There must be hundreds of eyes looking at it, right?”
The king patted Maru on the shoulder.
“Aren’t you the one who makes the impossible possible? If you succeed in this task, Jim will reward you with a very honorable position. please my You can’t catch only thieves every day. Sometimes you have to savor other dishes so that the servants don’t have any doubts.”
Maru, who returned to the room after a while, shook his head and sat down in a chair.
“What is a place of honor? Isn’t that the only place where the king is enthroned?”
It’s a pain in the ass anyway.
I can’t directly step in for Edward, and I’m telling you what to do.
This is a truly impossible mission.
“Even if the level of the coach is good, the players have limitations, so you have to be moderately greedy.”
He threw his head back and looked up at the ceiling in a daze, thinking of the king.
Maru took off his top and put his fist straight into the king’s abdomen.
“You can’t do it!”
“Aww!”
The king went round and round and flew far into the atmosphere.
“Revenge for what happened in the hospital room… ”
Maru laughed at the thought of the princess.
“Your male scent is stronger than before.”
“Who are you?”
Maru got up and looked at the curtains on the window.
There were only candles in the room, so the window side was a bit dark.
I realized later that it was a familiar voice.
“Luciela?”
The curtain was pulled to one side and a woman in a black robe appeared.
She has a gentle smile like a lady in her 30s.
She walked out into the light and greeted me politely.
“Nari, did you miss me?”
“You’re safe.”
Maru smiled brightly.
“Are you the one who saved me from the sea? And I heard that you were chased by a wyvern.”
“At that time, I was seriously injured and had to concentrate on recovering for a long time.”
“I am in debt again. Oh, wait. I bought a present for you.”
Maru hurriedly pulled out a thick sack and a black dress from the closet.
“I don’t know if you like it.”
Luciella pulled back the hood that was covering her face and inspected the gift, reacting coldly.
“Why did you buy potions?”
“Eat you.”
“It’s a waste of money.”
“… … ”
“Why did you buy the dress?”
“You wear it.”
“The design is bad. It’s tacky.”
Maru clicked his tongue.
“Anyway, demons don’t know how to appreciate it.”
“I want to receive a bigger gift than this trivial one.”
Luciella slowly sucked up her index finger and stared at Maru’s lower body with a sensual gaze.
“I want to eat Nari’s spirit.”
Maru suddenly turned around and went to the chair and sat down.
“Don’t talk nonsense. So, are you not going to bring a gift?”
“I do not need it. I don’t like sex except for the spirit of the ruler.”
“I should write. Give the dress to a woman you know.”
“Would you like to dress that hero?”
“You Mr. Lee.”
“Oh, I can’t.”
Luciella smiles wickedly.
“By the way… What the hell have you been doing?”
She came and swept Maru’s broad shoulders and then touched his firm chest.
And he whispered softly into my ear.
“Why do you give off such a strong male scent when you haven’t seen it? I think I am going to die of ecstasy.”
“I got strength. That’s all.”
“You still haven’t erased the mark?”
Luciella chuckled and laughed.
Maru was embarrassed.
“Don’t make the atmosphere weird, stop going if you have nothing to do.”
“To do this to Nari’s benefactor? Please treat your benefactor with kindness.”
“Then stop groping my body and bring a chair over there and sit down.”
“Will you deal with me?”
“That is strange. just want to talk Hurry up and get a chair.”
Maru talked a lot with Luciella that night until dawn.
Perhaps because she knew deeply about her story, the conversation flowed smoothly.
We drank together, talked openly, and listened to advice without hesitation.
It was a really fun time.
When Luciella left and the day dawned, Maru’s heart was much lighter.
***
“I’m doing my job because I didn’t want to disturb you.”
morning.
Audrit, wearing a uniform-like inspector uniform, was approaching her.
Unlike the day before, she had long, straight hair and smiled like she was a teacher.
“Since it’s an inspection of the livelihood of the prince and princess, the officer should get behind the scenes. Our assistants will be taken care of by other people, so you just have to watch.”
“all right.”
Maru, who was riding a horse, fell back without saying anything.
Presently, attendants, as well as several servants, and even the Royal Guard were dispatched to inspect the livelihood of the prince and princess.
Amid the overflow of high-ranking people around, there was no room for a single official like Maru.
“Let’s go!”
Soon after, a party of up to a hundred princes and princesses rushed out of the palace.
Today, the prince and princess set out with the intention of inspecting people’s livelihood all day long and solving all the complaints that had come into the royal family.
Of course, the prince had to step up and solve the complaints that needed to be done.
But Edward was scared.
He hurriedly rode his horse to Maru at the rear while the procession was walking.
“Hey, Maru. What do you mean? My bow misses the target 100 times out of 100 shots. I’m worried that I’ll be beaten even if I raise a sword.”
While worrying, Maru was relaxed enough to yawn.
“My advice is, ‘Just do it for now.’”
“Do you just do it? If I did, I’d get caught, but are you saying it’s okay?”
“Believe me. I have everything prepared.”
“I-really?”
Edward’s complexion brightened.
“Hoo.”
He clenched his fists.
“Good. I’ll do as you say!”
He was a simple guy, so it was easy to deal with.
If you just give a compliment, your thoughts will change quickly.
Edward rode briskly and joined the lead of the procession.
“Well, every night the wolves come over the fence and bite the sheep. Aigoo my sheep! If you go over the hill you see there, there is a forest where they live! Hurry up and give me the harpoon!”
The first complaint was the subjugation of the pack of wolves.
The prince and princess party stopped by the private house for a while and headed straight over the hill.
Upon discovering a pack of wolves soon after, the Royal Guard quickly formed a siege and began driving them into one place.
“Secure it tightly so that no one can escape!”
“Yes!”
Next, it was time for Edward to step up and show off his princely dignity.
It was over when he shot the wolves rampaging here and there with a bow one by one within the encirclement of the Royal Guard.
In the meantime, the princess smiled and approached Maru.
“I came to see your expression in the hopes of giving you a sweet smile.”
“Is that really going to happen?”
“If my guess is correct, Edward’s skills are fake. People don’t know that invisible knights exist.”
Audrit smiled as she brushed her hair behind her ear.
“That’s you, and I thought Edward wouldn’t come today on the pretext of being sick. But I didn’t expect it to come out. I’m really curious. why did you bring it out? I could have easily avoided it. It seems like you and I are going to try to the end, so it’s become a game we can’t back down from.”
“Edward is a brilliant man and I am just an ordinary secretary.”
“The truth will come out in a moment.”
“Did you come here to spy on me? What are you doing?”
The princess was already smiling a victor.
“If we had quietly eaten at the temple and parted ways, the day wouldn’t have stood still like it is now.”
“… … ”
Maru stayed silent and smiled and looked away.
“Now, let’s see.”
He raised his hand and pointed away.
Edward was pulling the bowstring taut on his horse.
An arrow was soon fired.
Blood Yuyung!
I wondered if the arrow’s trajectory was going in the wrong direction, but it naturally changed its direction.
Knock!
It landed a direct hit on the forehead of the fleeing wolf.
The running wolf plummeted and rolled across the floor.
After struggling for a moment, the movement stopped.
“Ahahaha! Did everyone see it! Did you feel it! My greatness!”
Edward screamed in excitement.
The servants who were watching applauded in admiration.
“Oh, that’s great, Prince!”
Amidst all the cheers, only Audrey couldn’t help but smile.
Her face was full of question marks.
“Oh, what happened… ?”
“Can I just laugh bitterly?”
Maru smiled brightly in front of her who seemed lost.
Can’t blame Audrey tho. If an idiot (let’s be honest, Edward is an idiot) becomes a King, what would happen to the kingdom? Smh.