141 young wife
***[Heroine Oscar]***
Some of the facts the Goddess taught me are still obscure, like a mist.
Some things I came to know just like water seeping into the soil, but others were not connected or were covered with a thin cloth.
It feels similar to a kindergartener accepting college-level knowledge.
Maybe even until I die, there will remain parts that I can’t understand.
They quietly permeated me like bones and flesh.
I don’t know how many threads of fate the goddess had to weave in order to pass it on to me.
But it must have taken a lot more effort than I could have guessed.
In order for me to contact the goddess through the talisman, many conditions must have been really necessary.
Perhaps even before my soul was brought here, the goddess’ efforts continued throughout the many recurring lives.
When I think of that, I feel grateful even though I don’t think God very well.
So I decided to pray sometimes.
“… Hierarch.”
“Yes, Duke.”
“Is it okay if I come here every day like this?”
When I ask if there is a specific way to pray or if there is a prayer text, Benno asks the priest, and from that day on, the priest continues to visit the mansion.
It’s not that I want to pray every day, I just wanted to thank the goddess whenever I remembered it, but it came every day.
He came to see me early in the morning today and smiled like he was so happy when he saw my face.
The head priest smiled and opened his mouth.
“The duke is someone who has personally experienced the miracles of the goddess. He is more like a goddess than a priest. It is very pious for me to be around such a person.”
“…”
No, I think you’ve done your job, so go to your temple.
Haven’t you been away from home for too long?
Besides, Benno was the one who contacted the priest, but he was also the one complaining.
The new priest costs too much money.
He never complained directly to me, but whenever he sees the priest, his eyebrows furrow a little. It’s not frowning, but it’s distorted anyway.
The head of the priest is a person who never refuses to give money, so whenever I give him money, it seems like he accepts it lightly.
The priest overlapped his hands to form a fist and pressed his lips against it.
It looks like it’s praying towards me.
After doing that for about 10 seconds, he raised his head and the priest smiled.
“Thank you, Duke. I think I’ll be able to spend a lively and pious day today.”
The priest seems to sincerely think so.
Although I love money, it must be true that he regards me as a godly being.
But isn’t it strange that you pray while looking at me?
I felt like something was not right.
Benno, who was standing behind the priest, couldn’t help but smile, and I laughed a little too.
“I’m glad it helped the priest.”
“If you have something to say to me, please call me anytime, Duke.”
“Yes, priest.”
“Then I’ll leave now, and I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“…so be it.”
When I laughed, the priest went back with a smile.
“That person seems to be planning to come tomorrow as well. How long is he planning to stay here?”
“Well, I don’t think I’ll be sitting here for the rest of my life, so I’ll go back someday.”
“…”
There is no answer from Benno.
“…no way.”
Benno’s eyes met.
Hopefully not.
Isn’t that the head priest?
A person like that can’t sit here for years.
But perhaps thinking of that possibility, Benno’s eyebrows wrinkled again.
Benno let out a small sigh as if giving up and put the letter on the tray on the desk.
“These are the letters that arrived late last night and early this morning.”
Letters rarely arrive all at once.
When I looked at the seals, wondering why, it was a letter from several families, including the Marquis of Hoven and the Marquis of Patry.
‘at las….’
It would be the answer to supporting Prince Emil.
It seems that they arrived at the same time as they were sending them off after adjusting their opinions to some extent within the family.
Although each family is different, the decision-making process is similar.
The head of the family pondered and came up with an answer, and went through the process of gathering or persuading the opinions of some of his closest aides and members of the Fengshen family.
The head of the family has full authority over the family, and even if the head alone decides everything, everyone inevitably follows, but there were not many single-minded generals like that.
Even the king couldn’t do that.
There could be families that rebelled against the head of the family, and it was necessary to unite and gather everyone’s opinions.
There are few cases where everyone follows me without disagreement as my heart is decided like I am.
He was the head of the same family, but his father couldn’t do that either.
Every time my father said a word, dozens and hundreds of dissenting voices came out.
In the end, that also meant that he was the temporary head of the family, and now no one even acknowledges that his father was the head of the head.
If the father was popular or supported by the vassal family, the result might have been a little different.
‘I am truly a blessed person.’
Maybe that’s because I’m a piece of God.
I put a paper knife between the envelopes and opened them.
My heart was pounding a little.
As I opened and read through the letters one by one, Benno quietly stood next to me.
When I put the letter down, he looks at me quietly.
“The Marquis of Hoven… My grandfather is openly welcome. He wrote it directly without hiding that he should have done it right away.”
“He said that every time he saw the Master. It was expected.”
“The Marquis Patry family is secretly arguing, but they are all in favor, and the Becker family seems to have no disagreement.”
Benno tilted his head.
“I thought you would have a hard time, but it’s surprising. At least I didn’t expect to be the first to contact you like this.”
“I thought so too, but it’s surprising. The Marquis Patry hasn’t had much contact with Prince Emile, and the Count Becker family has the impression that they don’t step foot in trouble.”
“…”
I smiled.
“Perhaps the Countess was trying hard. Even if she didn’t show it on the outside, she seemed to hate Prince Robert very much.”
“Well, it seemed that way when I got closer.”
“Besides that…”
I looked down at the letter on the desk.
It seems that letters came from all the families I cared about the most.
There are a few places where you have to wait longer, but if the atmosphere is like this, other places will be similar.
Moreover, right now the royal family and Prince Robert are in a bad situation because of the Igor issue.
Even families that were neutral were more likely to change their minds.
“I have to go see Prince Emile. Get ready.”
At my words, Benno lightly bowed his head.
“I understand, master.”
Benno, who was about to turn around, opened his mouth as if he remembered.
“Your wife is out at the rose garden.”
“Did you go to see Pooh?”
“yes.”
“Are you still training?”
“No. That’s over now. According to the ladies-in-waiting, she’s depressed that she’s too smart to teach her. Now, she’s…”
Benno stopped talking and sighed lightly.
A small wrinkle formed on Benno’s forehead.
“It seems that the Witchbeast took pleasure in eating the petals of the rose garden.
“… that’s true.”
The rose garden is one of the gardens attached to the mansion.
It is called that because there are many roses, but there are countless types of flowers.
Flowers bloom in all four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter.
There are many flowers that can be seen relatively commonly, but it is still a place where several gardeners take care of, and a lot of effort was put into blooming pretty flowers.
If you eat it, you won’t be the only one who cries.
I laughed, and Benno let out a small sigh.
“Still, it seems that the wife is very happy to see that, and no one is stopping Ppouu.”
Benno shrugged his shoulders a little.
“Well, I can’t stop it, but he’s strong, so he doesn’t budge even if I push him, and he lightly ignores other people’s nagging.”
“Ah… I know what that is like.”
It’s not that he ignores people’s words because he has a bad personality, but even when the other person nags him, he doesn’t seem to know that it means bad things.
I don’t know if I shout out loud and get angry, but I’m just happy to talk to myself.
He seems to know that he just wants to play.
Benno shook his head a little, sighed, and went outside.
I headed to the rose garden to find Catherine.
To meet Prince Emil, you have to go to the border.
I had to vacate this place for a while.
Whenever I go somewhere, Katrin is visibly very heartbroken.
Because he is usually active, the gap was very noticeable, and the family members were very concerned.
That’s probably why Benno bothered to tell him where Katrin was.
It must mean to tell them in advance and read them carefully before listening to them through others.
Thinking she would be depressed made my mood go down a notch.
‘But I can’t take him.’
Prince Emile is currently in the frontier region bordering the steppes.
It was close to the territory where the steppe tribes often plundered.
Unless it’s another time, the current situation of the steppe people is very uneasy.
No matter how much it was moving within the kingdom, it was difficult to take Catherine.
‘The distance is quite far.’
I let out a small sigh.
As I approached the rose garden, I heard the voices of the women making a fuss.
“Kyaa! My hat!”
Someone screamed, followed by shouts.
“No! Boo! You can’t eat the hat’s flower.”
“oh my god!”
“Someone dry me off.”
Someone’s scream was mixed with laughter.
Half of the ladies-in-waiting seemed to be laughing and half screaming.
It seems that Catherine’s laughter is mixed in it.
‘The scream… I think it’s Anne.’
When I got closer to what the hell was going on, Anne and some of the maids were clinging to Puu’s face and trying to get his hat off.
Katrin is laughing as if she is about to fall to the floor.
The lady-in-waiting next to him had just arrived, and was the daughter of the count who had sold me wheat.
I called her here after returning to her parents’ home after the death of her husband.
The count probably expects his mother to introduce him to a new marriage partner, but the lady-in-waiting herself does not seem to have any intention of remarrying at all.
“…”
Seeing the two of them laughing together like that, I think it suits Katrin well.
thank god.
The ladies-in-waiting, laughing and screaming for a while, seem to have finally realized my visit.
When someone screamed that it was the duke, everything went quiet at once.
Everyone’s face is pale.
Well, it was the first time I had seen women screaming and running around or sitting on the floor laughing like this at the duke’s house.
Not too long ago, this was unimaginable.
“It’s okay, everyone rest easy.”
Even after saying that, everyone’s complexion only became paler.
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell my mother.”
“…”
Saying that, the ladies-in-waiting looked relieved enough to feel sorry for them.
I think my mother is a very sweet person, but it might be a little different among women.
Pooh came running, shaking his hips with his hat in his mouth.
Originally, it would be a fairly large hat, but since Pooh is holding it, it looks small like a child.
“Puuu, give it to me. That’s not eating.”
When I held out my hand, Pooh quietly spat his hat on my hand.
“…”
i can’t use this Not only were they covered in saliva, but when they mumbled, their lips were probably made of iron, and the fabric was completely crushed.
“Who is this?”
When I asked, Anne replied with her shoulders drooping.
“It’s mine, my lord.”
this.
Maybe it was a gift from my fiancé.
“I’m sorry, no.”
It seems that the laughter just stopped while I was talking.
Still clutching her stomach, Katrin stood up.
Her hair was a little disheveled, and her cheeks were red, probably from laughing so hard.
For some reason, it seems that she has gone back to when she was a child.
“You look happy, Catherine.”
When I said that, Katrin smiled broadly.
“Yes, Mrs. Oscar. Pooh thought the flower in Anne’s hat was a snack and ate it.”
The ladies-in-waiting quietly disappeared as if they were ashamed of their ugliness.
Anne took the half-missing hat and left, and Pooh sat down next to Catherine with a proud face.
Katrin is smiling happily, so it’s a little easier to say.
It seems that she has become very close not only with Anne but also with the other ladies-in-waiting, and even if I’m gone for a while, she won’t be very lonely.
“I guess I’ll have to leave the house for a while, Catherine. I’m going to the frontier.”
“Then I…”
Catherine glanced at me slightly.
But when I said no, explaining that the place I was going was dangerous, her mouth popped out like a duck’s snout.
It’s kind of similar to how angry I was when I was younger.
I think my heart has become young after laughing and chatting with the ladies-in-waiting.
“If Pooh goes with you.”
“No, Catherine. Please be patient this time.”
“…”
With her mouth pouting, Katrin stared at the ground.
It feels like watching a daughter who has entered a period of rebellion.
For some reason, my mind became a little complicated.
Catherine, rather than trying to seduce me strangely, think about becoming an adult first.