021 Why are you here (3)
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On the day of the spring prom.
Now that I think about it, I was too easy on myself.
From 9 in the morning, the imperial tailors, who visited the Juliet Palace, put dozens of clothespins on plain fabric and started a fierce fitting.
It was like watching ＜Project Runway> in front of my eyes.
Even though I am a ‘non-participant’ of the prom.
“The expression that the face is a wing is used in this case.”
I smiled vaguely at the words of the servant who did not know whether it was a typo in the vocal cords or whether he was praising me.
The other servants who helped get the clothes on covered their mouths and rejoiced.
Yes, anyone can be happy.
“Prince Jesse, would you like to stretch your arms out to the sides?”
At the request of the head of the dressing room, no, the imperial tailor, I spread my arms around the tomb.
The bishop’s uniform was the first to be worn.
If it was Prince Jesse before I possessed it, I might have tried it on, but it was a first for me anyway.
“There was no detail missing, and it felt a bit rushed, but fortunately it fits well. And as this friend said, the prince seems to save more of his clothes.”
The head of the department, with thin-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, opened up a thick catalog of Orthodox costumes and showed them to me.
Although the bishop’s costume had little embroidery, it was quite splendid because it was entirely gold.
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Only the clothes worn underneath were white.
“If you look at the next, next page, purple is a color that only the Pope can use.”
“It is.”
This was a fact I knew.
“But the prince already has an amethyst, so it couldn’t be more symbolic. It’s cool!”
It took me about 3 seconds to figure out what that meant.
My eyes were purple, saying that I received ‘God’s blessing’, so it meant that they matched well with my clothes.
Then, the manager cried, saying, ‘It was too hard to get the best gold medal this season.’
It was our first meeting, and we were very friendly.
-smart
“Come on in.”
So I responded to the knock faster than anyone else.
If I continued to listen to this person, I thought I would run out of energy before I even went to confession.
“Prince, it is time to depart.”
It was Benjamin who came to rescue me.
The chief said that this was the last time, and he picked up a large bishop and put it on my head.
Contrary to the clothes, it looked like it had gold decorations on a white background.
“As you are well aware, the conquest of a priest has special magic. You will never feel the heat, the cold, or the heaviness. It also absorbs the shock of hitting a moving wagon. This bishop isn’t going to fall off his head until he takes it off himself.”
Wow, I didn’t know this. I was wondering how to handle this thickness in mid-April, but I was lucky.
“But the inconvenience of the clothes itself is unavoidable. Close your eyes and think of it as being the best hanger for today.”
he exhaled softly.
I was a human until breakfast, but it was a little sad that I had to become an inanimate object from now on.
*
I declared that I would not attend the spring ball and would be faithful to my role as a confessor.
The emperor and the cardinals accepted the opinion. So I just thought it all worked out.
It was believed that while the imperial family and nobles played tanja-taengja, they could enjoy peace alone.
I did.
“I guess I thought it was too easy.”
“Prince······.”
Canael looked at me with sad eyes.
As I washed so lightly in the morning, the scent of my shampoo vibrated in the wagon that was shaking.
Benjamin blamed himself, saying, ‘It’s my fault for not going into more detail.’
There are many nobles who enter the palace in the evening just in time for the start of the ball, but there were also many nobles who would give up on the spring outing course, where they came early to see the flowers of the Imperial Palace and even confessed to the prince of the new country.
The emperor expected all of this, and sent people from the dressing room in the morning to turn me into something worthy to look after.
Indeed, politicians differed from the scope of their thinking.
I was thinking, ‘What should I eat for lunch today?’
“We will arrive at the Imperial Palace soon, Prince.”
“But I can’t see the temple.”
I replied in embarrassment.
At this distance, the main gate of the temple should be clearly visible, but only the top of the building was visible because of the wagons lined up.
Parking was a serious problem.
“In the meantime, there is a guy who parked across the street…….”
I could hear Canael holding back his laughter in my murmuring.
When I got off the carriage with the escort of the coachman, the knights guarding the temple paid their respects to me in turn.
Then the massive front door opened. I took a small breath.
Hundreds and dozens of pairs of eyes that had stayed indoors all fell on me all at once.
*
…wouldn’t it have been better to go to the ball?
No, that’s not it. Calm down. I slowly raised my hand and slapped my cheek once.
No matter how tired I was, it was better than being in the same room with Kristel or Prince.
You can avoid both of them by swearing for just one day, but you shouldn’t think that it’s a little difficult.
“Prince, are you okay? I will prepare you to take a bath as soon as you return to the Imperial Palace.”
“You worked hard, Prince. Go and get some rest.”
“You two did a great job…”
Canael and Benjamin led me out of the temple.
In fact, he was more exhausted mentally than physically.
Even though the sacrament of confession involved more sentences to hear than sentences to speak, even though I ate two full meals in between, my head was pounding.
I didn’t use much ether, so it must be purely because of stress.
“Canael, what time is it?”
“It’s 8:35.”
“thank you.”
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Opposite the temple, the Duchess of Sarnez had an appointment at Struda Palace, where the ball was held, at 9 o’clock.
When I returned to my room around 8:30, I thought that we wouldn’t run into each other by chance, but I’m glad it went as planned.
“Really, from now on, I’ll just use the excuse that I’m sick and leave.”
“Yeah, that would be nice.”
Benjamin patted me. I smiled and walked to the carriage.
My body, which had been tense all day because of inconvenient clothes, was aching.
The confessions of the nobles were carried out without much difference from that for the workers of the imperial palace.
Except that the confessors wear better clothes and use more sophisticated words.
And, except for the fact that there were people looking into my eyes and the fact that the frequency of appearances of the truth was a little high…
The flow itself was similar.
“At the end of the day, there were people who asked for my name.”
The two of them widened their eyes at my words.
“He asked me to name my daughter’s middle name. I don’t have anything to confess, and I came here because I wanted to give my child the name I gave him.”
Canael shook his head. Benjamin sighed.
The four-year-old ‘Sophie’, who is the party, liked the kick kick the most, so I gave him the middle name ‘Zinedine’ so that he could become a bigger person.
The people of the Empire seemed to be a very good choice to use a French name.
“Then I will take you to the Juliet Palace, Prince.”
The Imperial Palace driver approached and opened the carriage door. I nodded and took a step.
No, I was trying to step on it.
“Benjamin, that one…….”
i was poking I was so tired that I wanted to see something in vain.
It was because a situation that had no choice but to be unfolding was unfolding across the street.
Following my fingertips, Benjamin’s eyes widened wide.
Surprisingly, so was Canael.
“········Shinsu-sama?”
A blank question came out of the boy’s mouth.
Towards the left end of the balcony of Struda Palace, thick vines were growing from the floor.
At a glance, it seemed to be about the size of an adult male’s waist.
The sound of its stem breaking through the nearby grass and shrubs could be heard up to here.
“·················ogue.”
Yeah, it’s not in vain, it’s real.
Without hesitation, I got into the carriage.
Red torches and magic lights were lit around Struda Palace, where the ball was in full swing, but it was dark near the temple, so I couldn’t see it.
It had nothing to do with me whether the red panda could not leave the palace or whether a new divine beast appeared.
“Shall we go?”
“Yes Yes.”
Everyone moved quickly at my somewhat cold voice.
As Canael and Benjamin took their seats and sat down, the coachman approached to close the wagon door.
That was then.
– Crumpled . . .
“·················ogue.”
The cry of the miserable red panda penetrated everyone’s ears. I shut my eyes tight.
I had a hard time listening to the confessions of the nobles all year long, and I struggled not to go to that palace, and now I’m out.
If the writer had a conscience, he shouldn’t have scratched me like this.
-Kee!
Whether he was hungry or sick, I didn’t know.
There are imperial families and many nobles, so they will take care of it.
Since it’s a divine beast, of course I won’t kill it, and at best I’ll keep it in a cage and send it to a good place to watch.
“Just leave,”
– Knocking, Kicking, Kicking…
I jumped up from my seat.
If this was a web novel with me as the main character, I might have left a comment right away saying, ‘The story is sweet potato, I’m leaving’.
But in reality, I was getting off the carriage. damn it
*
– Kiyy
“Yes, my brother. Long time no see?”
Suddenly, vines stretched out and wrapped around the railing of the balcony.
Using the thick stems as a stepping stone, I easily reached the front of the site.
I came here because it was the left-most balcony of the Struda Palace, and if it had been the ‘right-most’ balcony that the Duchess had asked to meet, I would have really clenched my teeth and left.
“Are you okay with the prince?”
“The divine beast is not a normal animal, and unless you have an ether, you cannot tame it. You should speak quietly to His Majesty the Cardinal. hurry.”
Below, the guards of the Struda Palace and Benjamin were having a serious conversation.
The soldiers who didn’t have a ‘manual for when a god appeared in the garden’ were also greatly embarrassed.
If it wasn’t for the saying ‘The priest’s conquest absorbs even the shock of a running wagon’, they would never have sent me up.
“My brother has nothing to eat now. Would you like to go with me though?”
I reached out through the railing.
Fortunately, the red panda was the one I took care of.
I remembered it because one of the plump tail stripes was white.
The red panda looked at me and tilted her head.
Beyond the half-open balcony door, I could hear beautiful music and the roar of people.
-talent!
“That’s right. come here. Let’s stay with my brother for just one night.”
As soon as I woke up the next morning, I was thinking of taking this guy with me and looking for Cardinal Bootier.
Then, whether it’s killed or cooked, she’ll take care of it.
I stretched out my arms and unfolded the sanctuary.
Feeling the flow of golden ether, the red panda curled her beard and rubbed the tip of her round nose into my palm.
A smile of relief leaked out. Now that’s it.
-Ttogak
At that moment, a black shoe nose came into my sight, which had been filled with red pandas.
I slowly raised my head.
It was an unfamiliar man who made eye contact.
However, I had no choice but to recognize him.
“What are you doing here?”
At the low-pitched tones I heard somewhere, strangely, I remembered a conversation I had with Eun-seo once.
It was a vivid sound, just like playing with earphones.
‘Jung Eun-seo, why do you always talk about the male lead because you hate him so much? Don’t you really like it?’
‘It’s not… It’s because of his face! Face, face, face!’
At that time, the younger brother’s expression was like that of Mun-hee Na, who was shouting ‘Pumpkin and Sweet Potatoes!’
Although Eun-seo admired the appearance of Nam-joo’s ‘Toegye-gong’, she always maintained a cynical attitude overall.
A typical example was the expression, ‘The face is the Louvre, but the personality is a wild blues’.
But now, I could directly refute her words.
“·················ogue.”
The man who looked at me and the red panda alternately frowned slightly.
“······· Looks like Shinsu has woken up.”
His face was closer to Orsay than to the Louvre in that it harmoniously blended classical and modern beauty.
Black hair like an abyss, and eyes that looked like garnets pierced the space.
The second person I must avoid unconditionally.
The main male lead of ＜I retired and a princess from another world>. It was Cedric Lister.