IDMH - Chapter 44
I Decided My Husband
"Nothing."
It's not. I think there's something there.
"The food is getting cold. Let's eat quickly."
As I stared at him, Perdes evaded his words and ate a large spoonful of potato stew.
"It's good."
Soon the pupils got bigger and an exclamation of exclamation came out of the parted lips.
I was worried that it wouldn't suit his taste, but I was glad.
"Yes? It's this store's special stew. The pie tastes better."
Perdes ate the pie and shook his head loudly.
"I see. This is really delicious too."
"Ohhohoho, thank you for the compliment. His Royal Highness."
Amber, who was passing by, heard his compliment and winked in gratitude.
Perdes was startled by this and spoke in a voice so low that only I could hear.
"Everyone found out that I am the 4th Prince, so shouldn't I act like an idiot?"
"This is okay."
"Really?"
"Yes. So don't worry and eat it."
Perdes seemed relieved at last, his stiff face relaxed, and he ate the potato stew.
As if the food was really to his taste, Perdes quickly finished it off and ate another bowl.
Amber, who saw that, laughed heartily, saying that she was happy because he was a good eater.
After finishing the meal, I gave him a tour of the territory as promised.
There wasn't enough time to go into detail about everything, so I only guided him to important places like the square.
Still, there wasn't enough time.
We had only walked halfway around the territory, but it was already getting dark.
"Shall we call it a day and head back?"
"Wait for a second."
Perdes looked around and entered a nearby flower shop.
Why are you suddenly going into a flower shop?
“Ah.”
I was curious, but I figured it out when I saw the bunch of pure white chrysanthemums that Perdes was holding when he came out of the flower shop.
As I couldn't take my eyes off the bunch of chrysanthemums, Perdes said with a slightly embarrassed expression.
"Now that I think about it, it's been over a week since I came to the estate, and I haven't said hello to Duke Leopold yet."
I felt like something was boiling in the corner of my chest.
"I'm trying to say hello right now... Is it too late?"
"It can't be."
My throat was so sore that the words couldn't come out properly, but I tried to get them out and tightly held his hand holding the bunch of chrysanthemums.
"Father..... I'm sure he'll like it very much."
Then Perdes smiled as if he was relieved, and I responded with a smile too.
I thought once again that I had made a good choice in choosing him as my assistant.
***
"I wasn't going to use it...."
After returning to the mansion, Perdes sighed deeply and looked down at the leather pouch given to him by Jack, who had become thinneг.
Jack didn't want to spend the money he had worked hard to save, but he had no choice but to spend it when he was trying to buy a bouquet of flowers to place on Duke Leopold's grave.
Because he can't ask Adele for that money.
When he was in the imperial palace, he didn't have to buy anything with money, so he didn't really need money.
But when he left the imperial palace, he needed money.
If he thinks about it, money goes into everything he does in his life, including what he eats, what he wears, and where he sleeps.
That's Adele's money too.
When he didn't know that fact, he didn't think anything of it, but when he realized it, he felt like it was a huge inconvenience.
Perdes became desperate to make money.
'But how?'
What ability does he have to make money? He wanted to do simple chores like Jack, but there was no way they would allow him to do such a thing.
'Now that I think about it, I understand that the royal family is paid a monthly maintenance fee.'
Although he is a member of the royal family, he has not been treated at all as a member of the royal family and has never received any maintenance fees until now.
He didn't even dare to think about receiving it.
But wouldn't it be possible to get it now?
As his thoughts reached that point, Perdes looked for Garrett, the servant who had followed him to the guard station.
Garrett, who did nothing but watch, and even did it poorly, was lazily rolling around on the bed in his room, reading a book.
"What's going on, Your Highness?"
Then, when Perdes came to see him, he asked as if he was very annoyed.
Perdes also had no intention of interacting with him for a long time, so he got straight to the point.
"I heard that money is coming from the Imperial family every month. Can I receive that?"
"Money.... What?"
Although it was only a moment, the area under Garrett's eyes trembled.
Perdes saw it and recognized it right away.
This bastard stole the money to maintain his dignity.
If he think about it, there was no way the Empress, who provided clothes and jewelry, would not have taken care of expenses for maintaining his dignity.
Even if she didn't provide everything properly. She would have given it to some extent.
But it was stolen.
"I've never heard of it. I'll look into it."
That's right and even pretended to be silly.
Perdes laughed to himself.
He thinks Garrett just walked out thinking Perdes was an idiot, but he was wrong.
He already didn't like what he was doing, but now is the time to get revenge.
"Yeah, really? Then, I will ask the Lady. I want you to contact His Majesty the Emperor right away."
"Wait!"
When Perdes acted as if he was going straight to Adele, Garrett hurriedly blocked his path.
"Now that I think about it, there is some money that Her Majesty the Empress gave me before we left the imperial palace!"
Just a little.
"I'll get it now, just wait a moment!"
Garrett hurriedly searched the room and brought back a fine leather pouch.
"Here you are!"
There were quite a few gold coins in the pocket, but Perdes didn't think that was all.
He can guarantee that it will not amount to even half of the money the Empress gave him.
There's no way he spent all that money in just a few days. He must have saved it somewhere else.
"Well, from what I heard. I think it was more than this..."
If he hadn't known that fact, he would have known it, but he had no intention of just letting it go.
"Please ask the Young Lady what happened...."
"Now that I think about it, I shared it in case I forgot. Check my mind!"
Garrett brought another leather pouch, saying he had forgotten.
Inside were as many gold coins as were in the leather pouch Perdes first received.
"This is it. No more."
He didn't say anything. Perdes laughed at Garrett in his heart.
It seems he doesn't know the famous saying that a thief makes his own feet go numb.
"Yeah, yeah. Thank you for telling me now."
“Nо.”
Garrett seemed visibly relieved and smiled as if he thought Perdes was going over it.
'Smile a lot now. Because you won't be able to laugh later.'
"I-I'll just go now."
Perdes left the place, hiding his sinister intentions.
And while Garrett was gone for dinner, Perdes went back to his room.
Garrett meticulously locked the door, but was unable to block Perdes' path.
Perdes easily opened the door with a sharp, thin pin and entered.
When he was in the imperial palace, mischievous Princes often imprisoned him and locked the door, so it was a skill he learned while trying to survive.
Garrett's room was as clean as any other guest's room. Perdes looked around the room and then checked under the bed.
"Bingo."
There was a box under the bed that looked suspicious to anyone. There was a lock on the box, but this did not stop Perdes.
Perdes easily unlocked the lock and opened the box.
The box contained two platinum coins and a gold coin.
One platinum coin is 100 gold, so if he adds up everything he received earlier, it is about 250 gold.
'As expected, he didn't even give me half of my money."
Perdes twisted his lips.
His original plan was to just steal the money, but he changed his mind.
Perdes put the brooch that the maids had given him yesterday deep in Garrett's closet. Then, he took the box containing the money and returned to the room.
He wanted to scold him right away, but he wanted to see Garrett suffer so he waited for two days.
For those two days, Garrett ran around whining like a dog that had to poop.
"What's the matter?"
When asked why, Garrett gaped as if he wanted to say something, but was unable to say anything.
There was no way he could tell because the money he had secretly saved was gone.
Perdes laughed because it was clearly visible that he was just grumbling on the inside.
'I guess this is enough, right?'
Perdes wanted to tease him more, but more than that, he wanted to quickly get that unlucky kid out of his sight.
"Young lady."
After coming to a conclusion, Perdes went to see Adele.
“Perdes?”
Adele, who had been looking at documents in the office, stood up in confusion.
"What's going on?"
Ferdes silently walked over and placed the box he had brought on the desk.
Adele's eyes widened slightly when she saw the gold coins in the box.
"Did you steal it?"
Perdes said, twisting his lips as if it was absurd.
"I always feel this, but my Lady's thoughts tend to wander to strange places."
"Perdes, who was broke, suddenly brought such a large amount of money. What should we think?"
"It could be that the imperial family came up with money to maintain dignity."
"Ah, the cost of maintaining dignity."
There was something like that.
Adele muttered to herself, looked at the money in the box, and asked Perdes.
"So why did you bring this to me?"
"The servant who followed me to the guard station secretly kept the money."
"Wow, he also had bad hand habits."
"So, do you remember the brooch I wore when I went out to see the estate with the Lady before?"
"A brooch?"
Adele, who was recalling her memories, nodded.
"Yes, I remember. Are you talking about a brooch with a blue gem?"
Ah, she remembers.
Perdes felt better for no reason, so he smiled and nodded.
"That's right. But the brooch suddenly disappeared... Can you find it for me?"
Although he didn't explain anything, Adele immediately realized what he wanted and laughed.
"Sure. A person with bad hand habits needs to be scolded, so of course we need to find him. Like a criminal."
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