121 – Happy Wedding
The next day.
Priscilla was naturally drawn to the imperial castle, and was now forced to attend a tea party held by her mother, whom she was quite familiar with.
“So we have to set a date, what do you think?”
“Well, that’s…” .”
“Isn’t it difficult because May is Max’s birthday? However, it is difficult to do so in June because there is a meeting with a princely country….”
She did tell me to think about her marriage.
But it happened only a day ago.
Priscilla couldn’t fully accept those words yet, and she must have felt like she was walking on clouds.
At most, she would have rolled around in her bed, hugging her pillow as she slept.
The sight of Priscilla smiling brightly, with her mouth wide open, saying that she was finally marrying me was pleasing to her eyes.
She was so drunk in her dream that suddenly a carriage arrived from the imperial castle.
She will be out of her mind.
“… “It happened yesterday, mother.”
“It happened yesterday, but from this mother’s perspective, it looks like preparations have been made a long time ago.”
Her mother looked at Priscilla blankly as she said this.
“Just talk comfortably, Sir.”
She had become so close to her mother that she called Priscilla by her nickname. She urged her to answer in a natural tone, as if she were asking her friend’s intentions.
Even so, there will be no answer─
“Since she is becoming a member of the royal family, I thought the wedding would be held in the imperial castle.”
Priscilla suddenly took on a serious expression and began to pour out her words while placing her hand on her chest.
“Since it is being held in the imperial castle, we will send invitations to as many people as possible, and accordingly, we will use magic tools to reveal the interior of the imperial castle so that the people can see it, right?”
This is a story my parents told me when they called me late at night.
I didn’t tell this story to Priscilla, so how could she….
“I think you should check the dress and matching makeup for her wedding by looking at the Hwangseong structure. But if I had a personal wish, it would be because she would like to wear a dress that matches this necklace.”
Priscilla said this and stroked the necklace I gave her as a gift.
“Hmm, maybe this is something Max gave me as a gift?”
“Yes! “This is the first gift Maximilian gave me.”
As Priscilla said this, she stroked her necklace with a loving expression.
Her mother looked at Priscilla blankly, then she began to look at me with a happy expression.
She looked as if she was praising me, asking when she showed such wit.
“If it’s a dress that matches blue-toned jewels… “
As if my mother was thinking of respecting Priscilla’s wishes, she began to think about her wedding dress that would match the jewelry I gave her as a gift.
I’m embarrassed.
She thought Priscilla would look quite embarrassed since her mother had called her here right away.
But the embarrassment was only for a very short period of time, less than a minute.
Priscilla naturally began to babble as if she were a doctor in marriage, as if she had been considering her marriage from the beginning.
─ I’ve been dreaming of this day.
It seems that what Priscilla said wasn’t a lie.
With such expectations, I don’t think I can prepare in vain.
I also felt like I would be in trouble if I didn’t come to my senses.
“I think I know what you’re thinking, but there’s no need to be so nervous, Max.”
As I was thinking about how to prepare for the wedding, my mother called me and smiled softly as if she knew everything.
“A wedding is an event for women who will become future hostesses. “Max has to do the outside owner’s work.”
The outside owner is doing the work… ?
“He has high expectations for Max, right?”
“I have just reached the age where I will have my coming-of-age ceremony, mother.”
No matter what, isn’t the throne being handed over too quickly?
“Is this disobedience?”
My mother asked that question with a slightly playful expression.
It was clearly a playful expression, but his words were mixed with a firmness that did not question my opinion.
It seemed like my father was planning on handing over the throne to me soon, once this wedding was over safely.
Isn’t it too early…? .
In the empire, the emperor is represented as the sun.
So, succeeding to the throne carries many meanings.
For example, when a new sun rises, the previous sun sets and does not rise again.
In order to personally express this, previous emperors no longer engage in external activities.
It is an act of preventing harm to the newly risen sun.
I can’t believe two people who aren’t even 40 yet are leaving so early….
I think I need to talk to my father for a moment.
“If it’s not rude, may I come visit your Majesty for a moment?”
“Yes, please do so. “She will be in her office.”
“Thank you for your permission.”
I gave Priscilla a quick glance, then headed to the office where her father was working.
Knock knock.
“Your Majesty, this is Maximilian. “Can you excuse me for a moment?”
─ Come in.
“It looks like you heard everything from Alicia and came here.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Then the story is fast. “When you graduate from Soleil, you will inherit the throne, Maximilian.”
He was resolute.
It seemed like no matter what I said, he would definitely succeed to the throne.
My father looked at me blankly and then stood up.
“I will do it.”
“It is done. “You are the guest today, so please sit there.”
It was very rare for my father to give me tea.
What are you trying to say?
Dalgak.
“Recently, there was a major incident that resulted in casualties. Flood damage in the southern region and infectious diseases that resulted from it.”
My father said that and looked at me blankly.
“It was definitely something that could have resulted in significant casualties. “But the damage was only insignificant.”
“I was lucky.”
“No, I don’t think I was lucky.”
My father said that and looked at me with a somewhat satisfied expression.
“I believe that everything was fate.”
“Destiny…. “You speak like a mother.”
“I’m thinking of telling an embarrassing story for a moment. This is a story just for the two of us. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
My father closed his eyes for a moment as if he was lost in thought, but then opened his mouth with a very distressed expression.
“It was 7 years ago. “The moment I suddenly made eye contact with Alicia, tears flowed.”
My father seemed very embarrassed to bring up this story in front of his son.
I saw a faint blush appear on my face, which had not turned red even after drinking alcohol.
“I felt like there was a hole in my chest. “I couldn’t stop crying.”
His father said this and placed his hand on his heart.
“It was an unfamiliar but familiar feeling. “It felt like I lost something precious and got it back.”
As my father said this, he looked into my eyes.
“As expected, it was like that.”
“Your Majesty?”
“It is done. “I already got the answer.”
My father said that and looked at me with a happy expression.
“I will respect the opinion of the next emperor. But I want to tell you this one thing.”
My father said that and bowed his head to me.
“Thank you, Seventh Dawn of the Empire.”
My father is called the Wise King.
I felt like I was noticing something from a subtle sense of discomfort.
And it seems like he believes there is meaning in me hiding that fact, so he doesn’t bother to delve into it too deeply.
“… I will follow Your Majesty’s wishes. “I will do my best to become the sun that protects the empire.”
“Yes, I look forward to future results.”
Father has already made up his mind.
If that’s the case, then we should respect that wish.
***
The year has changed.
Under my mother’s leadership, rumors about Priscilla and I’s marriage began to spread throughout the empire.
Our wedding was scheduled for mid-April.
It was a considerate choice for Priscilla, who wanted to have her wedding in the spring if possible.
“Congratulations on your wedding, Chairman!”
“Congratulations on your wedding, Your Highness.”
In March, Kyle and Ludwig, who entered Soleil, gave me an early congratulations.
“There is still one month left.”
When I said that and shrugged my shoulders, the two people joked that there was only one month left.
Unlike the previous world, perhaps because we had been friends since childhood, it was truly a soulless, light celebration.
“Honestly, weren’t we a couple from the start?”
Kyle looked at Ludwig as he said that, and Ludwig adjusted his glasses and nodded.
Dior and his personal maid, Cynthia, also nodded in response to the two people’s words.
… At Soleil, I tried not to show it off as much as possible.
I turned my gaze toward Priscilla and her drill head, who were talking about marriage in the corner of the student council room.
The drill head was covering her mouth and smiling, and Priscilla was acting calm, but her ears were bright red.
The eyes of everyone gathered in the student council room were focused on the two of us.
I don’t know.
I think I have been living my life with a good distinction between public and private life.
Why is it said that they were a couple right away?
As I was thinking about that and trying to look at the work brought from the Imperial Castle, Kyle and other people started talking about us.
“The human eye contains surprisingly much information. “What if our eyes meet like this?”
Kyle said that and looked at Ludwig with wide eyes.
Was it the gaze…? .
When I think about it, it seems like I spent more time looking at Priscilla than others.
When I stretch while working and lose concentration, I always feel like I’m making eye contact with Priscilla.
I wasn’t really conscious of it until now because it was part of my daily life, but in other words, Priscilla was always looking at me.
To control the corners of my mouth that kept twitching, I lifted the teacup and drank the tea more leisurely than usual.
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I wonder if they added sugar to the tea, and it felt really sweet today.