After that, her father wrote down the details on several pages. Ines carefully reviewed them and organized the letters well.
If Ines’ memory is not wrong, Count Grandel eventually became the father of the Crown Princess. When the Crown Prince died, he moved quickly to marry the Wmpress’s second son to her daughter.
Since there were signs of civil war, it was clear that he would move his private army to protect the Empress and her son.
The most important thing for the war was money.
Ines used Lord Mondray of the Mondray Bank.
Since he did not exist, everything was replaced with letters and documents. However, Count Grandel did not doubt the perfect preparation. It was a deal that he would not lose anything from, and the Mondray Bank was already well-established in Landhill.
She began to write a reply to her father.
The content about her well-being was not long, but she did not forget to ask for her mother and Susan.
Ines will tell his father once again that he must never lend banknotes or gold directly.
Please obtain only the necessary items and receive the payment in the form of the royal money Sanbate.
Never hand over the items all at once.
And buy all the military supplies that come out on the market.
The more the better.
The war is never short. It will continue for a while even after the new Crown Prince ascends the throne.
The Empress will continue to print money to obtain what she needs. And Ines planned to make the Empress owe a lot of debt to whom she would not even know.
After that, the request to her father continued. After carefully checking the contents, Ines sealed the letter well. If she gave it to Noah, he would send it by the fastest method.
After finishing writing the reply, Ines immediately opened Hansen's letter. It was the first letter she had received from him, and it was also the first time she had seen his handwriting.
The calm and gentle handwriting that resembled his personality put the reader's heart at ease.
However, the content was not like that.
He wrote a long story about the war situation from the time he went on a campaign to the day he sent this letter. If it hadn’t been for what had happened to him, it would have been as exciting as reading an interesting novel.
Hansen had a knack for writing very entertaining stories.
However, the sad parts were even more heartbreaking. Perhaps it was because there were so many things that were so burdensome that he couldn’t bear them if he didn’t tell someone about what he had experienced. Contrary to his fears, he said that the passage from the secret room he had escaped through was still there. He also added that Hansen’s father probably never imagined that such a small and insignificant child would come looking for him with a knife.
If Ines’ memory is not wrong, Count Grandel eventually became the father of the Crown Princess. When the Crown Prince died, he moved quickly to marry the Wmpress’s second son to her daughter.
Since there were signs of civil war, it was clear that he would move his private army to protect the Empress and her son.
The most important thing for the war was money.
Ines used Lord Mondray of the Mondray Bank.
Since he did not exist, everything was replaced with letters and documents. However, Count Grandel did not doubt the perfect preparation. It was a deal that he would not lose anything from, and the Mondray Bank was already well-established in Landhill.
She began to write a reply to her father.
The content about her well-being was not long, but she did not forget to ask for her mother and Susan.
Ines will tell his father once again that he must never lend banknotes or gold directly.
Please obtain only the necessary items and receive the payment in the form of the royal money Sanbate.
Never hand over the items all at once.
And buy all the military supplies that come out on the market.
The more the better.
The war is never short. It will continue for a while even after the new Crown Prince ascends the throne.
The Empress will continue to print money to obtain what she needs. And Ines planned to make the Empress owe a lot of debt to whom she would not even know.
After that, the request to her father continued. After carefully checking the contents, Ines sealed the letter well. If she gave it to Noah, he would send it by the fastest method.
After finishing writing the reply, Ines immediately opened Hansen's letter. It was the first letter she had received from him, and it was also the first time she had seen his handwriting.
The calm and gentle handwriting that resembled his personality put the reader's heart at ease.
However, the content was not like that.
He wrote a long story about the war situation from the time he went on a campaign to the day he sent this letter. If it hadn’t been for what had happened to him, it would have been as exciting as reading an interesting novel.
Hansen had a knack for writing very entertaining stories.
However, the sad parts were even more heartbreaking. Perhaps it was because there were so many things that were so burdensome that he couldn’t bear them if he didn’t tell someone about what he had experienced. Contrary to his fears, he said that the passage from the secret room he had escaped through was still there. He also added that Hansen’s father probably never imagined that such a small and insignificant child would come looking for him with a knife.
The bitter ending to his words was filled with an unavoidable sense of guilt. The only good thing was that the King recognized Hansen at first glance. The King he saw again was old and ugly. It was hard to believe that the King had made Hansen fearful and brought misfortune to my family...
Ines nodded as if Hansen was right in front of her. His feelings were no different when she saw Zemern. In a way, it was painful that the person who had driven her into such terrible fear was not as great as she had thought.
But Hansen couldn’t bring himself to cut off his father’s head. This is his weakest part and he can’t tell anyone. Of course, Hansen's mind that he had to kill him didn’t change. So the method he chose was to lock the door to the room where his father was and set it on fire.
Hansen took revenge on his father in the same way that his beloved family had abandoned their lives. For a moment, Hansen wondered if he should be engulfed in the flames and die. He thought that was the only way to complete this revenge. However, the Lord stopped him. He made him realize how foolish that choice was.
The letter that Hansen had written calmly from beginning to end actually rippled Ines’ heart. The pain and dilemma he had experienced were fully conveyed to her. However, Ines’ whole body and heart froze in an instant at the content that followed.
The Lord is truly an amazing person. Hansen never imagined that he would ever see such a sight with his own eyes in his life. Hansen praised Carson all along. How fast he had sneaked into the palace of the Prince of Puldufin, how he had run ahead of everyone and annihilated many enemies, how he had been like a wild beast rather than a human, his expressions were more detailed and specific than ever before.
Ines's hand that held the paper trembled. Carson had definitely promised. He would never enter the battlefield. No, he had not promised. But he had said that he did not even like hunting. Even if he had not broken his promise, he had certainly lied to her.
Ines’s body suddenly lost its strength and she braced herself with her hands on the bed. It was Ines who planned this war strategy to sneak into the enemy’s camp and assassinate them.
However, if she had known that Carson would personally take the lead, she would never have chosen to invade in this way.
“Ah...”
Moreover, she had even given him a gun and told him to go forward.
Suddenly, her breathing became heavy and she took a moment to catch her breath. Just assuming that he had been in some kind of dangerous situation, she felt the blood in her body quickly cooling down.
However, Ines tried to remain calm. Even after the fiercest battle, he was safe. So it would be okay.
She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, focusing her gaze on the remaining letter.
The people believed that Hansen suddenly appeared and forced the Count of Monstera to leave the palace.
However, in reality, during the five days that the King died and spent there, the lord called the nobles of Pulderfin to the palace one by one, trying to persuade and sometimes threaten them.
According to him, Carson, who had completely taken over the palace, sent letters with the King's seal and summoned the heads of the most powerful families and their successors one by one.
The nobles, who did not know that the King was dead, came to the palace on their own, and Carson took their successors as hostages.
A few days later, Hansen was crowned King and was the first to gain military power.
He wore a ring that was given only to the King's direct descendants, stood in front of the people, and made a speech that he would defeat Monstera. And then, as if it were a lie, Carson disappeared from the palace.
After that, Hansen fought a large-scale battle against the Monstera army that had advanced to the Progon Mountains.
Of course, only the final clearing remained in the mountain range where the battle was said to have taken place.
Hansen's letter ended with a message asking Charlotte to say hello. He also wrote that he wanted to send her a letter directly, but he could not forget the last expression he had seen on the day he left, so he did not have the courage to send her a letter.
Ines eventually collapsed on the bed with the letter in her hand. Then she covered her face with the letter.
When she covered her eyes, she could clearly see Carson plotting against the enemy in the palace of Puldufin. Just imagining it made her heart pound. But on the other hand, she didn’t even want to imagine how he would have felt at home in that dangerous place.
A long sigh escaped her lips. And in that moment, Ines realized that what she was feeling toward him right now was resentment.
Resentment...
How could she resent him?
Ines jumped out of bed, put the letter away in one place, and hurried to do the laundry. Perhaps she would be able to wash more bedsheets today than usual.
Ines was sure that she would spend many sleepless days until Carson appeared before her in full form a month later.
Finally, one day in November, after three full months had passed, Carson returned to Monstera. On a long winter night when the bitter wind kept hitting the window, the horse carrying him galloped without an escort from afar.
Those three months were extremely long for Carson.
The knights hurried their horses to chase him from behind, but they were not enough to catch up.
No one expected him to return with a loud victory report, but they also did not expect him to storm the castle like a raging storm in the middle of the night.
After word spread that Carson had crossed the drawbridge connected to the castle, lights came up all over the dark castle. Noah also quickly changed his clothes and hurried to greet him.
The servants of the castle moved neatly like the knights, forming a line as if making a path in the main castle garden.
Ines also straightened her posture and joined the line of maids.
The iron gate of the main castle opened with a loud noise, and Carson rode inside on a pitch-black horse. The people bowed to him as if they were chanting.
“Light of Monstera, congratulations on your safe return.”
Soon, the war hero who had tripled the territory of the territory got off his horse and approached the people.
He scanned the servants as if he was watching the enemy’s movements. Then, at one point, his golden eyes seemed to sparkle, and he walked briskly to stand in the middle of the maids. When the pitch-black shoe tips stopped in front of her, Ines raised her head. She lowered her head as soon as their eyes met, but his wrist was already caught.
“Let’s go.”
Before she could say anything, his arm was pulled and she followed him.
Until then, Carson had been very careful with Ines. Since she had been living as a maid for a long time, he thought that if he couldn’t protect her completely, he should at least not interfere with her life.
However, he irresponsibly revealed his feelings right before leaving for the battlefield. It was a completely different behavior from his usual personality of moving everything according to plan. Even in his own opinion, it was an extremely childish behavior.
It was no different from openly declaring that he thought of Ines as special at the water festival, so maybe she would get into trouble because of him.
So he left Noah, who was like a limb to him. Of course, there were many things to deal with here, but the most important of them was the problem of Ines.
According to Noah, fortunately, people accepted his relationship with her as a matter of course. And no one looked at Ines with any ill will.
Ines’s body suddenly lost its strength and she braced herself with her hands on the bed. It was Ines who planned this war strategy to sneak into the enemy’s camp and assassinate them.
However, if she had known that Carson would personally take the lead, she would never have chosen to invade in this way.
“Ah...”
Moreover, she had even given him a gun and told him to go forward.
Suddenly, her breathing became heavy and she took a moment to catch her breath. Just assuming that he had been in some kind of dangerous situation, she felt the blood in her body quickly cooling down.
However, Ines tried to remain calm. Even after the fiercest battle, he was safe. So it would be okay.
She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, focusing her gaze on the remaining letter.
The people believed that Hansen suddenly appeared and forced the Count of Monstera to leave the palace.
However, in reality, during the five days that the King died and spent there, the lord called the nobles of Pulderfin to the palace one by one, trying to persuade and sometimes threaten them.
According to him, Carson, who had completely taken over the palace, sent letters with the King's seal and summoned the heads of the most powerful families and their successors one by one.
The nobles, who did not know that the King was dead, came to the palace on their own, and Carson took their successors as hostages.
A few days later, Hansen was crowned King and was the first to gain military power.
He wore a ring that was given only to the King's direct descendants, stood in front of the people, and made a speech that he would defeat Monstera. And then, as if it were a lie, Carson disappeared from the palace.
After that, Hansen fought a large-scale battle against the Monstera army that had advanced to the Progon Mountains.
Of course, only the final clearing remained in the mountain range where the battle was said to have taken place.
Hansen's letter ended with a message asking Charlotte to say hello. He also wrote that he wanted to send her a letter directly, but he could not forget the last expression he had seen on the day he left, so he did not have the courage to send her a letter.
Ines eventually collapsed on the bed with the letter in her hand. Then she covered her face with the letter.
When she covered her eyes, she could clearly see Carson plotting against the enemy in the palace of Puldufin. Just imagining it made her heart pound. But on the other hand, she didn’t even want to imagine how he would have felt at home in that dangerous place.
A long sigh escaped her lips. And in that moment, Ines realized that what she was feeling toward him right now was resentment.
Resentment...
How could she resent him?
Ines jumped out of bed, put the letter away in one place, and hurried to do the laundry. Perhaps she would be able to wash more bedsheets today than usual.
Ines was sure that she would spend many sleepless days until Carson appeared before her in full form a month later.
***
Finally, one day in November, after three full months had passed, Carson returned to Monstera. On a long winter night when the bitter wind kept hitting the window, the horse carrying him galloped without an escort from afar.
Those three months were extremely long for Carson.
The knights hurried their horses to chase him from behind, but they were not enough to catch up.
No one expected him to return with a loud victory report, but they also did not expect him to storm the castle like a raging storm in the middle of the night.
After word spread that Carson had crossed the drawbridge connected to the castle, lights came up all over the dark castle. Noah also quickly changed his clothes and hurried to greet him.
The servants of the castle moved neatly like the knights, forming a line as if making a path in the main castle garden.
Ines also straightened her posture and joined the line of maids.
The iron gate of the main castle opened with a loud noise, and Carson rode inside on a pitch-black horse. The people bowed to him as if they were chanting.
“Light of Monstera, congratulations on your safe return.”
Soon, the war hero who had tripled the territory of the territory got off his horse and approached the people.
He scanned the servants as if he was watching the enemy’s movements. Then, at one point, his golden eyes seemed to sparkle, and he walked briskly to stand in the middle of the maids. When the pitch-black shoe tips stopped in front of her, Ines raised her head. She lowered her head as soon as their eyes met, but his wrist was already caught.
“Let’s go.”
Before she could say anything, his arm was pulled and she followed him.
Until then, Carson had been very careful with Ines. Since she had been living as a maid for a long time, he thought that if he couldn’t protect her completely, he should at least not interfere with her life.
However, he irresponsibly revealed his feelings right before leaving for the battlefield. It was a completely different behavior from his usual personality of moving everything according to plan. Even in his own opinion, it was an extremely childish behavior.
It was no different from openly declaring that he thought of Ines as special at the water festival, so maybe she would get into trouble because of him.
So he left Noah, who was like a limb to him. Of course, there were many things to deal with here, but the most important of them was the problem of Ines.
According to Noah, fortunately, people accepted his relationship with her as a matter of course. And no one looked at Ines with any ill will.
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