020 Why are you here (2)
In any case, I hoped that Benjamin and Canael would never have to disclose such a situation.
Not because I didn’t trust the two, but because I didn’t want anything to happen to them for counseling.
I wanted to live as quietly as possible. Just as a pawn and a priest.
However, there were clear limitations on his own strength.
As soon as Kristel appeared, I was engrossed in her narrative without resisting.
As if attached to a small watch, the sense of the surroundings revolving around the main character’s huge story was acquired.
Today’s position, therefore, was prepared. To reach out to my ‘close associates’.
“If the Duchess of Sarnez is unable to confess to Her Majesty the Cardinal, it is probably because of the marriage issue.”
Benjamin said as he moved his knife gracefully.
I lifted my head while scooping out Blanchette de Beau’s veal.
Me, Benjamin, and Canael were sitting around the same table enjoying dinner.
It was the result of my stubbornness to learn that we must eat together to share important stories.
The compensation for ‘Three Meals a Day with the Prince’ given to Benjamin the last time had been used up, so there was no way to do it.
“Are you talking about the marriage between His Majesty Prince Sedric and Princess Kristel?”
“You know that, Prince. It’s a rumor that hasn’t been widely known yet.”
When I asked, Canael’s eyes widened in surprise. I grabbed the spoon and smiled fervently.
The sound that you will learn a lot if you have a younger brother who reads ropan also gulps down your throat.
Benjamin shook his head and exchanged the sliced Chateaubriand plate for mine.
Middle-aged angel…
“At one time, rumors circulated that the ‘Blessing of the Blue Sea’, protected by the Duchy of Sarnez, would be a wedding gift for the two of them. Cardinal Boutier is the Grandmother of His Majesty the Crown Prince, so you should be aware of that.”
it was an example So the new thing was on the cover of ‘Toegye Gong’.
Even while diligently forking, when I heard the information from Benjamin and Ganael, I stopped in surprise.
It seemed like a wise choice to tell the two of them what happened at the confessional.
Isn’t one question already answered?
“If you use the gift recklessly and confess to the Cardinal, the marriage may go wrong.”
“Yes, the Cardinal His Majesty and His Majesty the Emperor act with one heart and one accord.”
Canael answered my words.
The emperor’s ‘political companion’, Alexandre Gukseo, died when the prince was young.
The emperor discussed the marriage of his son, and the only person to share the wedding stone was Cardinal Butier, her ‘religious companion’.
“And there will be rumors that they will use their future status as in-laws to cover up the mortal sin of using holy things.”
Benjamin said softly.
Christel’s words that the duchess’ meeting with the cardinal would be a ‘political act’ only made sense.
He wanted to confess with pure faith, so he would avoid anyone who would become a relative.
“There are archbishops in the royal capital, and there are many other bishops, but the fact that you want to meet me is…”
Does that mean that foreigners who don’t care about anything are the most comfortable?
“The prince is a priest of the royal family. As sin is a sin, it seems that I will confess to the most noble.”
Canael said with her chest wide open. His golden eyes looked proud for some reason.
It wasn’t something I brought out to hear these words, so I turned the topic around in embarrassment.
“Then I will inform His Majesty the Cardinal of this… You don’t need it, right?”
Benjamin stopped his fork and looked at me.
I sent you a glance asking me to say yes.
I will turn 30 the day after tomorrow, and I have an adult I can rely on, so I naturally sought support.
I had no intention of immersing even my toes in the entanglement of the two main characters.
“I don’t think the prince has to step forward.”
A breath of relief escaped from the tip of his nose.
“It is, after all, the business of two families: the imperial family and the duke. The problem of gifts cannot be hidden forever, so it is only a matter of time before His Majesty and His Majesty the Cardinal find out the truth. Adults from both families will do well.”
Benjamin was kind enough to give me the answer I wanted to hear.
Then Canael’s eyes lit up as if he had remembered something.
“Come to think of it, I heard that His Majesty the Crown Prince was not feeling well three or four days ago. Romero’s court attendants say he may not be able to attend the spring ball. Maybe you have already heard the news of ‘Changhae’s Blessing’?”
“It could be.”
Seeing Benjamin agree, the situation seemed quite plausible.
If the parties were already aware of the situation, there was no reason for me to pretend to know.
First of all, it’s a burden.
“By the way, Princess Kristel is really bold. Infiltrating the shrine to the Imperial Palace to speak directly, it seems like a different person from the princess before she collapsed.”
Canael put a serious spoiler in his mouth with a nonchalant face.
I covered my lower tube with a napkin to hide the trembling corners of my lips.
Yep, that body was possessed by someone else.
Then Benjamin, who had been listening silently, supported the boy’s opinion.
“Princess Christel three years ago was famous for her introverted personality. He didn’t even take a single step outside of Yeongjuseong, and he was very worried about Duke Sarnez because he was not good at self-expression. That’s why I didn’t debut in the social world at the same time as my coming-of-age ceremony.”
This was the first time I ever heard of it.
Eunseo only babbled about Kristel, who was possessed by a ‘resigned office worker’, but never said what kind of person the ‘real’ Kristel was.
Looking back, the personality difference between the two Kristels seemed to be significant.
I took a large bite of Dam Blanche, which was served as dessert, and fell in thought.
The showmanship that showed off his abilities right away when I refused to talk to Hansako, or the appearance of pouring out his words to the end while exposing his sluggishness several times.
At first glance, she looks like the main character…
‘There is also a story about a deity that disappeared from the Temple of the Boundary.’
‘I beg your pardon?’
From https://noblemtl.com
Oh right. That was it.
“He also talked about other new things.”
Two pairs of eyes looked at me at the same time.
“He said he had something to tell me about the gods that disappeared from the ‘Temple of the Boundaries’.”
“·················ogue.”
The atmosphere suddenly darkened.
Canael frowned, and Benjamin had an unpleasant expression on his face.
The first time I saw him, my heart sank at the same time.
“I don’t know what the Duchess is thinking. Your Highness Cardinal himself declared the prince’s innocence, what kind of words are you going to put on it?”
“How long has it been since the prince got out of that predicament, to mention first…”
The two of them groaned one word at a time.
Roughly interpreted, it seemed to mean that it was very rude to try to meet me using the incident as bait.
It was a reaction I never expected.
“I wondered if the Duchess was going to provide any clues about the culprit. Or he was trying to confess that he stole the sick thing.”
At my words, Benjamin picked up the glass.
With a sound of pain, Canael poured him carbonated water.
I didn’t really think much of it, but it looked like only the two of us ate sweet potatoes.
“If it were the former, I would go to the Imperial Guard or the Imperial Army.”
“If it’s the latter, the prince won’t listen to you. Your wife will be punished.”
Two people almost pushed me.
I quietly closed my mouth and moved my hand to the second dessert.
I thought it was a situation I had been through a lot, but sometimes hyung and Eunseo worked together and scolded me like this.
“So, what are you planning to do the day after tomorrow? Are you going to see the Duchess?”
As the warm Charlotte was being cut with a dessert knife, Canael asked directly.
I immediately shook my head.
“I have to go to the spring prom to see the Duchess, but I never want to. I’m curious about the story of the gods stolen from the temple, but it has nothing to do with me anyway.”
I didn’t like the maxim of having fun if you can’t avoid it.
I met the main character because I couldn’t avoid it only once, but I was going to keep avoiding it as long as I could.
If I had been determined to be shaken by just meeting him for a while, I wouldn’t have beaten the sub male from the start.
It was impossible for the main character to show his face in an event that would be the centerpiece.
Benjamin nodded with satisfaction at my determined attitude.
Canael said that he thought it well, and that he would eat meat again since he ate dessert.
It was a decent meal.
*
“I’m dying, I want to go home…”
Elizabeth fell on the sofa and cried out to death.
Even when she took the position of lieutenant colonel last summer, she could not understand the words of the seniors who said, ‘Spring ball is a hell that God brought down on the continent’ and ‘Is spring that good, you stupid nobles’.
However, as the day before the spring ball came, all those sighs were engraved on the bones and flesh and could not be erased.
It was terrifying to have to go through this upheaval again next year. There really was so much to do.
“Sadie, you should have stopped me when I said I was going to join the Guard…”
“It must have been less than two hours since you entered the palace.”
The prince replied coldly. Elizabeth lifted her head, which had been buried in the cushion.
Gray eyes wet from overwork fluttered.
“Do you know the feelings of a public official commuting to and from work? Do you know the feelings of the knights summoned to the national event……”
“Let’s go out when we get some rest.”
“Did I just come?”
She grunted and sat up.
Cedric’s complexion, who was seated across from him, was still a little pale.
It was only natural for the servants to be restless as the prince, who had to stand in front of the aristocrats who were said to be the imperial rulers of the empire tomorrow, was struggling with the etheric tribe for several days.
“Can I go to the prom?”
“okay.”
The prince answered.
I’ve seen him since he was quite young, but Sedric never once said anything about being sick or having a hard time in his face.
Perhaps it was the same in the presence of His Majesty the Emperor or His Majesty the Cardinal.
When she thought about it that far, Elizabeth wanted to tell a different story.
Anyway, this was the gist of it.
“Did you get a reply from the peasant?”
Instead of answering, Cedric gave a light chin.
I looked around and saw an envelope lying on the table.
“What did you say?”
Elisabeth didn’t want to see the shape of letters anymore.
After reviewing too many documents over the past week, she proudly asked the prince for a three-line summary.
Cedric frowned slightly.
“The gods are doing well.”
It seemed a bit condensed, but it was an answer that was not lacking in understanding Duke Sarnez’s position.
“It’s a lie.”
Sedric shook her head at Elizabeth’s assertion.
He remembered the moment five days ago, when he led the divine beasts and approached the edge of the lord’s castle.
The thought of small beasts that could not detect anything hovered under their feet and rolled around in the bushes made me laugh out loud.
The peacock was lying.
Because there were no treasures with ether in that estate.
“You can tell by looking at your face.”
His low-pitched voice was heavy today.
The Duke and Duchess of Sarnez and their one and only daughter at the spring ball.
If you meet the three people tomorrow and ask them directly, you will be able to find out the truth.
He would not have dared to tell a lie in the presence of the Cardinal and the Emperor.
Cedric saw this as their last chance.
-smart
“come in.”
In response to the prince’s response, the drawing room door opened and a servant appeared.
It was David Capusson.
“Your Majesty, Prince Jesse has sent dandelion tea.”
“······What?”
It was a combination of an unexpected name and an unexpected noun.
Elizabeth poked her head out.
“Prince Jesse? Why did you send the car all of a sudden?”
“How did you know that Your Majesty was ill?”
“·················ogue.”
“There was a lack of accreditation. Please forgive me.”
The prince didn’t seem to have forgotten that he had sent Seiji Tea from Romero Palace.
It was not surprising considering the prince’s personality he had personally experienced.
Just because of the dandelion tea, my thoughts were disturbed, but it wasn’t very unpleasant.
“Would you like some tea?”
In response to Capusson’s cautious question, Cedric gave an unspoken affirmation.
The lieutenant colonel let out a small laugh.