Because this is my first life-2
No one objected to sending my father to the periphery.
Originally, there was a place to send those who were culled from Taylor, so they would probably be sent somewhere in the East.
The decision was made quickly, and the office was quickly emptied.
So, I am sitting in the office where my father would normally have been sitting.
I was always in the position to listen to my father in front of this, but now I am sitting here as a duke.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel much for him.
To be honest, I still couldn’t believe that I had become the family head.
Actually, isn’t this the first time I’ve tried to become a family head?
If you ask me if I’m happy, I don’t know.
Rather than being happy about becoming the family head, I was just a little heavy at the thought of starting now.
I was still busy, and there were still people to take care of.
Besides, fundamentally, isn’t the crown prince also still there?
The reason why he wanted to become a family head in the first place was for his future work.
The minimum conditions to approach Keitel. Now that you’ve got all of that, you should be a little nervous.
He gave Arwen more money and ordered him to look into Keitel’s movements in earnest.
I know it’s obviously dangerous, but Arwen’s and my goals coincide in odd ways.
To stop Keitel from trying to use the dragon.
In the worst case, the dead dragon could have been resurrected, so Arwen seemed to want to prevent it somehow.
I was still in a situation where I couldn’t get a good feel for the dragon.
Even if I sensed that there was something in the artifact, I wondered if it would pose a major threat…
Well, maybe I’m just worrying about things that are too far away. That’s what I was concerned about.
Rather than Keitel trying to use the evil dragon, what the masked ones are doing.
Is it not certain that he is directly subordinate to Keitel? Keitel knows that I know them.
What does it mean that there is still nothing to say?
When I saw people wearing masks in the past, I decided to investigate a little more clearly.
If Adele hadn’t died then, I would have investigated it.
So this time I decided to focus on him.
Now that I’ve become the family head, shouldn’t I use the authority I can use to the fullest?
“Are you busy today?”
Perhaps today, if Adrian hadn’t come, he would have been busy.
The reason why Taylor is gradually stabilizing is because of Adrian’s existence.
When a saintess comes in and out of a place that has been unstable for a while, it is natural to think that it has become pretty good now.
Even the previous patriarch was not on good terms with the church, so this patriarch must be different – there is such a consciousness.
I can’t say it’s bad, but I don’t know why Adrian comes often.
…If you ask me if I really don’t know, I’d probably say no.
If they found something new among animals, there were cases where they would bury their body odor and make it their own.
Wouldn’t it be easier to describe it as something you want to keep in mind so that others don’t look at it?
Of course, it’s not that Adrian is an animal.
“You’ve been coming quite often lately.”
“Because I was very worried. It’s Taylor’s family head replacement.”
I can’t say that she doesn’t have selfishness in this appearance that comes exceptionally often.
Smile according to the way you smile softly. It wasn’t that I didn’t like it.
Although my concerns are growing as the expression deepens little by little, as expected, the line was kept firmly.
In the eyes of others, it would be difficult to notice that this relationship was close.
Originally, I should be grateful for the favor of the saintess, but isn’t it not like I am also favored by Adrian alone?
My latest impression was that I had become quite a funny person.
Not just one person, but a person who is worried about the crush of three women.
I had never been in this position in my life, so I was feeling skeptical about this life in many ways.
Although not intentionally. Still, isn’t there a sense of responsibility?
I was thinking a lot about this part. polygamy? It’s not impossible.
It is actually allowed though. It’s a question of whether I’ll come to the end and consider marriage.
“Thank you for your concern, but I think I will be busy today.”
“Are you busy? I heard that today’s schedule is empty.”
When Adrian comes, we’ll talk as usual, but today I had something to do on my own.
Hearing my words, Adrian tilted his head in puzzlement.
There were many things scheduled after becoming the family head, but this was a fairly sudden addition, so she couldn’t have known about it.
“I have been invited by Miragen before. Since I have to go to the imperial family today, I think I should get up first.”
“…Aha.”
I smile bitterly at the slightly cold voice. The person you meet over Adrian is Mirazen.
I also thought that I was a very bad person. However, what can I do?
I heard a scream a few days ago asking why I wasn’t coming, so I had to go visit him this time.
And after summer, back to the North.
“Then, I’ll get up first.”
There was a lot to do. There were many people to meet.
So, let’s move a little busily.
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He always visited the imperial family under the name of Robert Taylor ‘Confucius’, but this time he could not move easily as he became a duke.
Even if you move secretly in your own way, news will spread someday.
What would the nobles think if rumors spread that the duke accepted the princess’s invitation?
Moving in a position like this is different in quite a few ways from before.
When I was just Confucius, I thought I would do that even if I went to the imperial family, but I had the status of a duke.
There were several nobles who made a fuss at the slightest movement.
It wasn’t just the nobles. When I met Adrian often, Berod wrote me a letter in neat handwriting.
A very polite warning.
On the surface, it was meant to congratulate me on becoming the family head, but as I knew him well, I could quickly figure out what it meant.
In short, it was to refrain from meeting Adrian.
It’s not like I’m meeting you, so why bother stopping Adrian from coming?
“Are you here?”
So, I came to the imperial palace a little secretly, so Mirazen still didn’t know that I had come.
Most of the imperial family would know about it anyway, but it was important that there was that gap.
How would you move if everyone knew every time you moved?
As much as I have to work hard outside once the family is stable to some extent, I was thinking of paying a little attention to my movements from now on.
As he followed the soldiers into the imperial palace, he quietly smiled at the appearance of nothing that had changed.
I wonder how Miragen will react.
She was always in a position to wait for me, so it wouldn’t be too bad for me to wait for Miragen this time.
“By the way, is it okay if you don’t inform Her Highness, the princess?”
“Just telling them is enough. Please tell me I’m here. I will be waiting for you in the garden.”
Saying that, the maid serving Mirazen cautiously nodded.
Maybe it was Taylor’s family owner, so he was paying close attention.
It was Taylor’s family heads who were always tyrannical. It was a little understandable that they reacted this way.
It was awkward to follow them to the garden.
In fact, I knew the structure of the imperial palace better than the people who worked here.
Since I had already been to this place dozens of times, I fell in love with the garden that I saw before long.
“Then wait. I will seek answers from Her Highness, the princess.”
“All right.”
Well, if it’s Miragen’s personality, I think he’ll come on his own.
Taking a sip of the tea brought by the ladies-in-waiting, she gazed at the garden, which soon became quiet.
The garden, where the cold of winter had completely lifted, was filled with the scent of spring, and each new flower was slowly in full bloom.
Greenery has come again to the garden, which had only been dyed in a lonely brown color,
Butterflies flying around in the warm wind gently landed on the flowers.
This garden was familiar to me too.
It must have been the same for Mirazen, but it was here that I first confessed to her.
The first time I fell in love with Mirajan was when I realized that Theresia had come to me with a false heart.
He purposely seduced Mirazen, whom he met for the first time in the imperial palace, after deliberately living dissolutely because he did not want to be at home.
It was because I thought of Mirazen as a solution to my death.
Then, it was here that her heart, which was simply a temptation at first, changed her heart and confessed while apologizing for her actions.
Come to think of it, was this the first time I came here in my life?
Since I always met Mirazen briefly on the way back after meeting Keitel, that was all.
I had never had a serious conversation with Mirajen here. I was a bit sorry too.
Mirazen must have known I was in the North or the South.
Still, he didn’t complain about it.
– When the hell are you coming? I know that you have become the head of the family, but it would be too much to come to the imperial palace, right?
When I heard that contact, I replied that it was difficult to go for a while on purpose.
I hoped that Mirajan would be a little surprised when I visited soon after.
I envisioned a bit of a dramatic encounter, but I don’t know if it will turn out the way I thought it would.
It was quite different from what I had when I saw Adrian or Adele.
I don’t know if it’s because we’ve been lovers many times, but even though it’s the same meeting, it’s a bit special.
When the wind blows, it reminds me of the wind we felt together, and when we were in this garden, the memories we had together came to mind.
“Do you want to come now?”
Now it was a very new relationship, a little different from what I knew.
The woman named Mirazen was always the same. Sometimes I was stupid, and sometimes I was more trustworthy than anyone else.
Her feelings for her were always the same.
It’s just that I’m hiding it because it’s a little too much for me to have.
After sitting in a chair and waiting for a while, the sound of urgent footsteps came running from afar.
A familiar woman was approaching me.
Perhaps she couldn’t even finish her makeup properly, she giggled at the dangerous shaking of the decoration hanging from her chest.
After looking at Mirazen like that, I quietly got up.
“Are you here?”
“Uh… so. Didn’t you say it was hard to come? You stopped by for work at the imperial palace and came to see me for a while, right?”
“No.”
“Did Keitel call you? Is that why you called me because you had free time?”
“Not even that.”
“Then why…?”
Mirazen looked at me in confusion and was talking gibberish.
She carefully brushed Mirazen’s hair.
She tidied up her messy hair from running for a long time, put the decoration on her chest back, and pursed her lips.
“I came to see Miragen.”
Can I call you by my first name now?
It was a decision made in an instant, but I smiled at the slightly reddened cheeks.
It was because my mindset changed a little after becoming the family head.
To Adrian, as it was to Adele.
Because I felt sorry for being so hard on Mirazen anymore.
“Do you like it?”
When I asked with a soft smile, Mirazen shook her head slowly.
It wouldn’t be bad to play around like this sometimes.
Today… I just thought of trying to relax a little.
It was the day with Mirazen.
As before. Just the two of you.