275 – Cleaning Up (3)
Hilde puffed out her cheeks and grumbled.
“They say a hero attracts a beautiful woman, but in this case, I think he went too far. He makes the monarch he serves fall in love with him. “I believe my lord did not have bad intentions or was driven by lust, but this is still a clear violation of chivalry.”
It was a fairly sharp criticism, but I really had nothing to refute.
That’s because in this world where the caste system clearly exists, it would be the worst thing for me, a vassal and a man, to fall in love with Maria, the female monarch.
Think about it, if I take Mary as my wife, she will come under my influence…
Wouldn’t I actually get her wealth, her power, her fiefdom, and even her vassals?
If that happens, other vassals in the family will rebel because they find it odd that I, who was a fellow vassal, is rising above them…
If things go wrong, a civil war may break out within the faction.
‘This is what power is all about, damn it.’
I put my hand on my forehead because my head was pounding.
“I really didn’t mean to do that. “What I had to do in this operation in the first place was…”
I didn’t mention it further, but Hilde would know if she had heard this far.
According to the orders of Otto, who is now deceased and either in the arms of Deus or has gone to hell, I worked very hard to cover Maria’s eyes.
While I was struggling to win her favor, she suddenly came to her senses and realized that I had saved Maria’s life and that she was in love with me.
‘Regardless of my intentions.’
When Hilde heard those words, she touched the handle of her sword with her hand and released an aura.
“If my lord had truly tried to seduce his lord and cause harm to him, even if it were me, I would have been disappointed.”
Even if I did something bad, Hilde would never abandon me.
However, she, who valued chivalry and the greater good more than Lucia and Karin, must have felt contempt for me, and I must have felt the same way.
If the act of a person who sacrificed his body, mind, and soul for purity is a vulgar act, then honestly, it is legal to kill him.
“But didn’t your master do that as part of an operation? “You can’t turn back now.”
“That’s right.”
Hilde smiled and looked at me.
“And I think it’s okay, too. Isn’t love that transcends the differences in status between a monarch and a knight wonderful? “As a knight and a woman, I definitely admire her.”
Honestly, I think it’s very cool and romantic.
“Furthermore, my lord is a general who surrendered. So, if Her Highness Maria is hated at all, she may be purged at any moment, but if Her Highness is in love with her lord, the Viscountess Cologne family will be safe as long as she does not betray her outright. In that sense, I agree.”
I wonder if Lucia and Karin are getting more women, and she’s getting jealous, so I’m having a hard time trying to appease her, but I’m glad that Hilde recognizes and understands my situation.
If she was jealous of Hilde as well, she would have died to deal with it.
Just as I was trying to reassure myself, Hilde gently pulled the sleeve of my dress and spoke cautiously.
“I always say this as my lord’s knight, and as a woman, I feel jealous and worried that another woman, the princess, is joining my lord’s harem. “I am afraid that the master’s love and attention will only be focused on Her Majesty Maria.”
“That won’t happen.”
I don’t know what will happen later, but right now I’m not in love with Maria.
I just have a certain level of favor with the opposite s*x.
So, naturally, Karin, Lucia, and Hilde have much higher priorities.
“Can you swear?”
“I swear on the honor of the Viscount Cologne family.”
Hilde nodded her head in understanding.
“Chief of maid, please let Your Majesty know that I have come.”
“Yes, I understand. And since I am treated like a baron at best, please call me as you please from now on.”
When I became a Viscount, I became a higher-ranking maid in terms of status and treatment, but the maid is a close associate who stays with Maria 24 hours a day, with the addition of a bit of a manager.
And I heard that she lived like this for about 10 years.
If her Maria gets hated by her, her clique life will end, how dare she do that.
‘If you don’t want to bend down, you should bow down here too.’
“I’m calling you that out of respect for Lady Jang’s personality and abilities, so don’t worry too much.”
Hearing those words, the head maid smiled in satisfaction.
“You can just go in like this. Besides, there are only very foul-mouthed maids inside, so you can rest assured.”
When we entered the room and Hilde and I were about to bow, Maria waved her hand.
“Viscount Cologne, no. “There is no need for such unnecessary formalities between Martin and I in a non-official setting.”
“But my wife is here.”
It is manners among high-ranking people to pretend that the maid here does not exist.
“Martin, there is no need to hide this from your wife. So please feel free to call me. No, I would like you to call me.”
“I understand, Maria.”
I’ve been through several relationships and prenatal struggles, so each of these things feels fresh and new, but I’m not particularly embarrassed.
However, Maria blushed brightly just by hearing her name called.
“Okay, please call me this often from now on. Martin, just the fact that you call me like that makes me feel at ease.”
A fresh love affair in front of her wife. Is this a reward or a shame game?
When I was lost in thought, Maria approached Hilde and she asked.
“Yes, you are Hilde. “I heard a lot of stories from Martin.”
“It is an honor, Your Majesty.”
Maria looked at her Hilde with curious eyes.
“I thought she would have a lot of muscles on her body because she is active on the battlefield, but her muscles are not that big.”
“Muscles do not attach well to a woman’s body. “But she is no less powerful than men.”
When the knights of our family arm wrestle with Hilde, many of them lose in an instant.
Because Hilde’s arm strength is so strong, they can’t hold on.
“Then can you tell me your story? “I’ve heard it from Martin a few times, but I’d like to hear the story of how he and you met in person.”
“I understand. Then, what we met was as an enemy at Villa Hora Castle…”
Over the course of several hours, Hilde told me the story from the time she met me until now.
The story of how I met her enemy in the castle of Villa Hora and fought arm in arm with her, how I saw her Hilde, fell in love with her at first sight, and spent my entire fortune to buy her.
When Maria heard this story, her eyes lit up and she looked at me and Hilde alternately.
“Martin has always been bold. “He said it was love at first sight, but he never thought he would spend all his money to buy you.”
Then, when I heard about Hilde’s process of annihilating over 2,000 enemy troops with 600 men in order to be recognized as a lord worth serving, etc.
“Hilde, you met a man who respects your life as it is. “I’m jealous. I want to be with a man like that.”
Then he looked into my eyes several times and his face turned red like the sunset.
Anyone could see that this was the exact reaction of a girl in love.
After hearing Hilde’s story, the story began about how I met Maria and treated her.
Maria was as excited as a speechless mute and talked eagerly about what a wonderful man I was.
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She told me that unlike other men, she would not ask anything of him and would be loyal to her own happiness.
She said that she had been concerned about a man who sincerely wanted her to be happy, that she missed him when she didn’t see him, and that she suddenly wanted to become this man’s woman.
When the story reached its climax, Maria and Hilde acted as if they were alone here.
“When my brother, the 3rd Prince, tried to assassinate me, Martin held me and ran to the Marquis Schweig’s camp. Then, just when I was relieved that he was alive, an elf assassin suddenly appeared and tried to kill me by shooting an arrow.”
Hilde swallowed her saliva at those words.
“Martin threw himself in and saved me without hesitation. Then he was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground. Then, as soon as he woke up, he was like an idiot and only worried about me…”
“My lord, you are that kind of person.”
“You must be so happy to be loved by a man like this.”
Hilde already knows that Maria has a crush on me.
Most of what Maria says is based on that premise.
“Yes, I am happy.”
After hearing her words, Maria asked her with an expression on her face that strengthened her resolve.
“Can I participate in that happiness someday?”
“That is not a matter for me to interfere, Your Majesty.”
Maria’s expression brightened at her passive approval.
She said as she brought Hilde a sword that was lying in her room.
“This is a token of my affection for you.”
Then Maria looked at me and said.
“Next time, please bring another wife.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
And not long after that, we gathered again for the next war.