035 New Kingdom’s Reveler (1)
“An interview, what…”
“Is it ＜Biweekly Lister>?”
Instead of panicking me, Sir Elizabeth brought up the question.
Benjamin’s serious face seemed to spread a little to her as well.
＜Biweekly Lister> was the most diligent socialite magazine I read since I came here.
The publication that half the nobles of the Empire subscribe to, and the other half read with a subscribing friend.
“That’s right. The editor-in-chief, Sir Sarah Beliard, has formally asked His Majesty for an interview with Prince Jesse, and it is said that His Majesty has approved it.”
Benjamin calmly explained and served the coconut cake on the tea table.
As I picked up my fork, I couldn’t shake the many questions that filled my head.
“I don’t know what happened all of a sudden. Have you been quiet until now?”
“Actually, it wasn’t quiet.”
At my words, Benjamin carefully opened his mouth.
I looked at him without taking a bite of the fluffy cake.
“As you are well aware, all personal correspondence from nobles to the prince is filtered out at the Imperial Palace. The gift is also kept in the imperial vault for some reason.”
“Yes, it is.”
“The same goes for the media. In particular, ＜Biweekly Lister> has been asking for an exclusive interview since the day the prince entered the palace. Until recently, Your Majesty has all been bitten.”
I did too. Well, the farther away from my interest, the better, so I was grateful.
“I wonder why you changed your attitude.”
I answered.
It was a bit embarrassing, but there was nothing I couldn’t do in an interview.
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Of course, it’s a job I’ve never done before in my life, but I wanted to be able to respond well to what I was told and be consistent without knowing what was difficult.
If there was anything the Imperial Palace wanted from me, I was ready to obey unless it was too much.
I eat three meals a day and spend money in a warm place, but if the person holding my lifeline needs to be taken off, shouldn’t it be?
However, I was curious about the background of the sudden interview.
“In conclusion, it is because of Marquis François Duhem.”
Benjamin sighed in reply.
Sir Elizabeth, who was listening quietly, shook her head and said, ‘That’s how it happened.’
I looked back at her and Benjamin one by one.
If it was the Marquis of François Duhem, he was the elder brother of the commander of the Duheme Guard and the organizer of the ‘Great Subjugation of Witch Beasts’.
The cardinal upset the cardinal by declaring that he would put up the new item ‘Hwaseong’s sword’ as the winning prize of this competition.
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Oh
“Did you allow me to interview you instead of delaying the report on Hwasong’s Hyegum?”
“you’re right.”
I nodded my head at the answer that came back immediately.
In this regard, I had heard the cardinal’s explanation.
I was reminded of Sir Sarah Beliard, who wanted to announce the announcement of the Marquis Duheme even by publishing a supplementary edition of the magazine.
Even if the Marquis had already talked about winning the prize, it would have been the difference between being in the media with the greatest influence in the empire and being just a rumor.
“Usually, Your Majesty tends to let the nobles loose. Because you think it’s less annoying. Even nobles, to some extent, enjoy freedom as long as they do not offend His Majesty.”
“You are saying that this press control is a special case.”
“Yes. There are very few cases like this, so it seems that he decided that it was neater to give a reward.”
And the reward was me.
Rather than leaving room for him to be bothered, it was his will to give him a piece of rice cake he wanted and make Sir Beliard quiet.
“When is the interview date?”
I asked.
“It will be held at the Imperial Palace tomorrow at 2 PM.”
it’s fast I diligently melted the yellow-colored, sweet cake in my mouth.
Seriously, I wondered if I would use the white-beasted hostage at times like this or when.
The Great Subjugation of Beast Beasts was also something I was going to go to, so I carefully excluded it from my mind.
“Prince, beware Sir Beliard.”
Sir Elizabeth, who was sitting across from him, said meaningfully.
I stopped the hand attacking the cake and looked at her.
“I almost robbed him a few months ago.”
Saying that, the commander of the neighborhood guard raised his left hand.
The ring placed on the fourth finger shone brightly in the sunlight.
It was an ornament I had seen on the day I first met Sir Elizabeth, and in the center was a gorgeous jewel.
“It’s a yellow diamond.”
“How amazing.”
It is a gem that a real Prince Jesse might have come across often in his life, but it was my first time.
She laughed out loud at my reaction.
“Even though the engagement is private to the end, he wanted to somehow find out because I am the heir to Count Mutte. He is never easy to deal with.”
It was also an engagement ring.
I wondered who he was, but it was also a little bit like asking what Sir Elizabeth didn’t say first.
Anyway, it seems that the attitude of the media pursuing celebrities, no matter where I live or here, is not much different.
At first, I wondered if it was natural because the author of ‘Toegye-gong’ was Korean.
I remembered Sadie who spoke to me with sharp eyes a few days ago at the confessional in the temple.
‘You mustn’t take another person’s confession. It’s a secret.’
‘Sarah Beliard doesn’t deserve that kind of consideration.’
What did that mean?
The kid’s strong reaction, Benjamin who said the interview was ‘bad news’, and the story that Sir Elizabeth suffered.
Does it just mean that Sir Beliard is a common ‘giregi’?
‘······thank you.’
The old woman’s voice was still vivid in my ears.
She had a sick grandson, and because of that, she was a person who had separated from her daughter and wife.
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Of course, other faults should not be covered just because there is a story…
Yes, you shouldn’t meet someone with your mind tilted to either side.
I chewed the cake tightly so as not to forget that fact.
“I will dismiss difficult questions as not knowing, and answer easy questions with as short an answer as possible. Then it will be.”
I said with a smile.
Sir Elizabeth said, ‘That’s exactly how it is’, and lifted me up.
Benjamin silently nodded his head, but his expression was somewhat concerned.
– quiver
About that time, Demi rose from among the shrubs in the garden.
He seemed to feel hungry after running around happily.
I gave him a slice of mango and cleared his head.
Yesterday, I caught five beasts, and when I returned to the palace, I studied all the time, but I wanted to leave tomorrow’s work to myself.
*
Yesterday I was a really easygoing guy. why do you only think of yourself
“It’s not a face that really needs makeup. He is good at digesting colorful colors.”
“That’s right, your skin is so clean.”
The head of the imperial palace dressing room, who had a large brush in his hand, and the manager of the dressing room, whom I had met at the spring ball, sat me on a high chair and started discussing this and that.
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One of the many empty rooms in the Imperial Palace was full of my attendants.
It’s really embarrassing…
The people of the Imperial Palace, who had rushed to the Juliet Palace from the morning breeze, put me in the bathtub and turned on the lights to do laundry.
The news that a media celebrity named Sarah Beliard had been interviewed by a member of the imperial family seemed to have caused a far greater impact than I had expected.
After I said, ‘If you don’t let me wash by myself, I will starve all day,’ and then I experienced the miracle of all servants falling from me.
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Of course, I didn’t mean to be hungry, but I was lucky that the threat worked.
“Prince Jesse’s skin is just that. Summer cool tone.”
Christel, who was sitting on the sofa watching the chaos, made a sound that no one could understand.
This seems to have been mentioned several times by Eunseo, but I can’t remember what it meant.
Roughly, it seemed to be ‘cool skin even in summer’ or ‘skin that looks better in summer’.
Anyway, since this is a common phrase on Earth, I pretended not to know and changed the topic.
“Can I not go home?”
Why are you killing time here, go home.
It was the words that came out in that sense, but Kristel did not push away even the slightest bit.
“Anything other than the original class is fun.”
It was true, so I couldn’t resist.
She smiled at me with my mouth shut and looked at my clothes from the dressing room with interest.
If it was an interview at 2pm, I thought of course we started eating lunch.
I couldn’t have imagined that everyone was going to play Yunan in the morning, and this time, Benjamin and Ganael looked quite surprised.
In the future, it seemed that if the emperor intervened, it would have to be assumed that there would be an unconditional scolding.
Friday’s class with the Cardinals was canceled, nevertheless, it was one of the minor misfortunes of the day that Kristel came to play.
“When I’m in the mansion, my mother worries a lot.”
“·················ogue.”
The main character exhaled abruptly. I couldn’t find anything to say.
“It’s not easy to see someone who is kind to me hurts. Even though I don’t have many memories of my mother.”
‘So if you can come out, I’m here,’ she concluded.
The Duchess of Isabelle de Sarnez still seemed unable to let go of her concern for her daughter.
What parent can do that…
From those words, I could see a little bit of Kristel’s personality.
As Eun-seo had told her, she had a lot of affection, and it seemed that she was weak against “sister-like” characters.
Considering that the possessed person was an office worker in her twenties, it was not unreasonable to feel the Duchess in her thirties as her older sister.
“I have straight hair that listens well, so I just need to comb it.”
As I was quietly contemplating, the head of the dressing room, who carefully turned my head, declared as if he had made a great discovery.
No, not any idol… Okay, where are you without makeup?
Eunseo was very bothered by the fact that it was also a job to delete it.
*
“It’s my first time coming here, and it’s really gorgeous.”
Kristel looked up at the ceiling mural and said admiringly.
By some chance, she had lunch with me at the Imperial Palace and accompanied me to the interview site, and she seemed very happy.
He had a dark complexion while talking about his mother, but he couldn’t congratulate him anymore.
“okay.”
I also don’t go to anything other than the cardinal’s office and the dining room, so today was the first time I’ve been near the emperor’s office.
We walked slowly through the spacious corridors of the Imperial Palace, with one of the Imperial Palace attendants guiding the road ahead, and Benjamin and Canael in the back.
“this person is······.”
While Kristel was paying close attention to the pattern on the wallpaper, my eyes met the huge portrait in front of the emperor’s office.
It was someone I didn’t know, but it was a face I couldn’t recognize.
“Your Majesty Alexandre.”
Benjamin answered my question.
Alexandre Lister. A man who gave up the duke and chose love.
The deceased emperor’s husband now remained only as a painting in front of his spouse’s room.
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Overall, he looked exactly like Prince Sedric, but the difference was that his black hair fell down to his waist and his eyes were deep blue like the deep sea.
‘The trembling archmage’…
“majesty.”
At that moment, Canael’s hurried voice was heard.
I turned around, wondering if the Cardinal had appeared in Bootie.
I did not say that I would attend the interview.
“·················ogue.”
“·················ogue.”
However, it was not the cardinal who appeared before his eyes.
“I see you, Prince.”
Christel, who was standing next to me, greeted me first.
The servants, who had been perplexed for a moment, also set up politely in a hurry.
Unlike the portrait that looked at us quietly, his eyes as he walked slowly were the bright sunset light.
I calmly greeted Prince Sedric and the woman who was making noises from behind him.
“Hello, Prince. Sir Beliard.”