Episode 118. Rules of Newlywed Life (2)
“Why...”
I wanted to slap my mouth when I suddenly asked. If the royal family is going to be rude, then so be it.
However, I couldn’t help but ask about the inexplicable order. I’m not even a maid anymore, so why are you telling me to come?
His Highness Grayon seemed annoyed and replied with a slightly stiff tone.
“What are you going to do besides flirting with Milliora?”
That would be so?
“You didn’t say with your own mouth that you would serve me.”
Before my brain, which was trying to figure out a way to answer, could explode, Prince Kydel said as if it was a good idea.
“When I’m busy, you can enter the palace instead.”
I turned my head in surprise, and he winked at me. He had absolutely no intention of letting me enter the palace instead of him.
Pretty boy!
I kept my relieved feelings hidden, so I answered with a serious expression.
“I will do that. My reputation is a little bad, so I can’t just come and go from the palace.”
His Highness Grayon also seemed to be taken aback by my words, and his face darkened.
No matter how much he wanted to harass me, he probably didn’t want to hear that the prostitute was seducing the Second Prince this time. His Highness Grayon didn’t say much after that. Prince Kydel chatted for a while and then said,
“Your Highness, then I’ll see you after my wedding leave.”
His Highness Grayon let us go, although he clearly looked displeased.
As we left the reception room, Prince Kydel asked,
“Have you been so nervous every time you’ve seen His Highness?”
Now that I think about it, I only saw His Highness Grayon when he wasn’t around.
“I guess so.”
He didn’t ask any more questions, and we left the Second Prince’s palace together.
“Your Excellency, I want to see Director Royman.”
“Come with me.”
He calmly took my arm and escorted me.
Suddenly, I felt strange as I turned my head and looked up at his perfect jawline.
How could he be so natural?
He had never considered marrying me, and he was so reluctant to me that he ran away on our first night. Seeing that kind of person act like a husband in front of others made me feel quite uncomfortable.
Even though I knew it was a million times better than him being dissatisfied and resentful toward me.
I tried to calm myself down.
'You're so greedy.'
When I pulled his arm slightly and stopped walking, he looked back. His smile was really gentle.
"What does His Highness Grayon want from me?"
"..."
"There's no reason for him to invite me to the palace."
"He's afraid of you."
"Don't joke around."
"Tagar believes that it's his right to have what he likes."
I still couldn't understand what he was saying. Usually, I could tell what he was going to say just by looking at his eyes, but now I felt too uncomfortable.
"Can't you just tell me? Between 'husband and wife'."
He laughed as if he hadn't expected me to make that joke.
"His Highness Grayon abandoned you on the shores of Zebron because you were an illegitimate child. "
"Abandon?"
It was a funny story when I heard it. Who asked you to pick me up?
“But now you are Madame Kydel. Now your ability has been proven... He feels a sense of responsibility towards you.”
“I still don’t understand what you are saying, Your Excellency.”
“Leave it to me. You will not enter the palace.”
But I sighed.
“The academy is about to start. Your Excellency will be very busy from now on, and Tagar never gives up on what he wants.”
Kydel smiled, pinching my cheek very loosely.
“My wife is worried. Trust me a little more.”
I realized that he had been touching me without hesitation for some time, and I wanted to protest. But somehow my mouth wouldn’t open.
He tried to walk again, so I quickly said.
“Speaking of trust...”
I told him what had happened in the Kydel hallway before we left for the palace. His vassal hit me on the shoulder and swore at me, and I swore at him.
As I spoke, his mouth was smiling, but there was a murderous look in his eyes. I couldn't help but recall what Lord Rond had said about him, calling him the leader of a 'pack of beasts'.
I shook my head and spoke heavily.
“I said that because I couldn’t help but listen to you, but now that I’ve done it, I regret it so much. No matter how I think about it, it’s not the behavior of a ‘Madam Kydel’.”
“Is insulting your master’s wife behavior befitting a subordinate?”
“...Your Excellency. I don’t want to be your troublemaker any more than I am now. You’ve never done anything wrong.”
I didn’t intend to say this seriously, but my voice sounded almost gloomy.
However, he simply wrapped his arm around my shoulder and led me forward.
“Let’s go. The director will be happy to see you.”
“Is he really angry?”
I glanced at him, but I couldn’t read his expression because he was walking with his arm around me.
When we arrived at the lab, Director Royman became very excited. Although he was not young, it felt like I was talking to a teenage girl.
“How is your married life? Is it as you dreamed?”
I deliberately closed my eyes and smiled, fearing that I would make an unhappy expression.
“I don’t know yet... Yes. I think so.”
I gave the snack box to the director and left. Prince Kydel also remained silent as he watched me grow gloomy as soon as I got into the carriage.
As soon as we arrived at Kydel’s mansion, the servant came running out with an urgent expression. My heart sank.
“Your Excellency! The vassals are gathering to see you now.”
“Why?”
“That is...”
Prince Kydel sharply said as the servant noticed my expression.
“Tell me the truth.”
“The young lady insulted the vassal, so they wanted to protest...”
“Go ahead.”
I quickly blocked Prince Kydel’s path.
“What are you going to do?”
He looked down at me and smiled broadly. It was the first time in my life that I had ever seen such a creepy smile.
“Lorisha. We are busy. We don’t have time to waste on this.”
He went inside the mansion, and I followed him with long strides.
Duke Kydel’s waiting room was at the end of the hallway. It was filled with men with swords.
I immediately recognized the man standing among them with an excited face. It was the one who had insulted me this morning.
Anyone could tell that he had incited them to bring them here. How shameful it was to be treated by a small woman like me!
I bit my lip in anger.
Before Prince Kydel went inside, he tilted his head slightly and whispered to me.
“I remember that feeling well.”
Prince Kydel stood in the middle of the waiting room and called out to the man who had insulted me.
“Derrickson. What is this?”
Derrickson said in a loud voice, as if he had found the right time.
“Your Excellency! We were already waiting for you. Tell him what happened. How did this happen to our noble Kydel?”
Prince Kydel just glared at him, and Derrickson spoke eloquently to the other knights.
“The Duchess took care of our Order like her own child. Far from being the subject of dirty rumors, she was truly the most noble and dignified person in the Empire.”
“So you hit my wife with your shoulder and hurled abusive language at her in an empty hallway?”
Derrickson flinched but did not back down.
“The abusive language was directed at me by the young lady! The young lady must have a devil in her mouth!”
The air in the room became uncontrollably tense. The knights protesting to Prince Kydel were like a pack of beasts.
Lord Rond’s words rang vividly in my ears.
‘Men with swords are like a pack of beasts. Furthermore, the pride of the Kydel household is so high that they will not easily accept you, maid.’
However, instead of responding, Prince Kydel simply crossed his arms and smiled crookedly.
Derrickson did not dare to confront him, and instead angered the comrades he had brought.
At that moment, Prince Kydel turned and met my gaze. He seemed to be speaking to me with his eyes.
'Do you want to do it?'
It seemed as if he was telling me to go wild. I couldn't believe it, so I asked him with my eyes.
'Are you in your right mind now?'
He smiled. That smile said,
'I think it would be fun for us to go crazy together.'
If I were the real daughter-in-law of this household, I would never have dreamed of this.
But the wife of a vassal, the maid, and the vassal knight. I couldn't let this kind of thing continue.
It was a time when even the Kydel family could not be cracked within itself, with such a powerful enemy outside.
And I had no dignity to defend anyway.
Damn it.
“Derrickson. Sir Derrickson, you say?”
As I spoke loudly, the room became quiet.
He frowned as if he couldn’t believe that I dared to speak to him, and stood with his thick chest thrust out toward me.
“That’s true.”
“You insulted me in the empty hallway today. You thought that if you physically pushed me when I was alone, I would be scared and lose my mind. Do you admit it?”
“Why...”
I wanted to slap my mouth when I suddenly asked. If the royal family is going to be rude, then so be it.
However, I couldn’t help but ask about the inexplicable order. I’m not even a maid anymore, so why are you telling me to come?
His Highness Grayon seemed annoyed and replied with a slightly stiff tone.
“What are you going to do besides flirting with Milliora?”
That would be so?
“You didn’t say with your own mouth that you would serve me.”
Before my brain, which was trying to figure out a way to answer, could explode, Prince Kydel said as if it was a good idea.
“When I’m busy, you can enter the palace instead.”
I turned my head in surprise, and he winked at me. He had absolutely no intention of letting me enter the palace instead of him.
Pretty boy!
I kept my relieved feelings hidden, so I answered with a serious expression.
“I will do that. My reputation is a little bad, so I can’t just come and go from the palace.”
His Highness Grayon also seemed to be taken aback by my words, and his face darkened.
No matter how much he wanted to harass me, he probably didn’t want to hear that the prostitute was seducing the Second Prince this time. His Highness Grayon didn’t say much after that. Prince Kydel chatted for a while and then said,
“Your Highness, then I’ll see you after my wedding leave.”
His Highness Grayon let us go, although he clearly looked displeased.
As we left the reception room, Prince Kydel asked,
“Have you been so nervous every time you’ve seen His Highness?”
Now that I think about it, I only saw His Highness Grayon when he wasn’t around.
“I guess so.”
He didn’t ask any more questions, and we left the Second Prince’s palace together.
“Your Excellency, I want to see Director Royman.”
“Come with me.”
He calmly took my arm and escorted me.
Suddenly, I felt strange as I turned my head and looked up at his perfect jawline.
How could he be so natural?
He had never considered marrying me, and he was so reluctant to me that he ran away on our first night. Seeing that kind of person act like a husband in front of others made me feel quite uncomfortable.
Even though I knew it was a million times better than him being dissatisfied and resentful toward me.
I tried to calm myself down.
'You're so greedy.'
When I pulled his arm slightly and stopped walking, he looked back. His smile was really gentle.
"What does His Highness Grayon want from me?"
"..."
"There's no reason for him to invite me to the palace."
"He's afraid of you."
"Don't joke around."
"Tagar believes that it's his right to have what he likes."
I still couldn't understand what he was saying. Usually, I could tell what he was going to say just by looking at his eyes, but now I felt too uncomfortable.
"Can't you just tell me? Between 'husband and wife'."
He laughed as if he hadn't expected me to make that joke.
"His Highness Grayon abandoned you on the shores of Zebron because you were an illegitimate child. "
"Abandon?"
It was a funny story when I heard it. Who asked you to pick me up?
“But now you are Madame Kydel. Now your ability has been proven... He feels a sense of responsibility towards you.”
“I still don’t understand what you are saying, Your Excellency.”
“Leave it to me. You will not enter the palace.”
But I sighed.
“The academy is about to start. Your Excellency will be very busy from now on, and Tagar never gives up on what he wants.”
Kydel smiled, pinching my cheek very loosely.
“My wife is worried. Trust me a little more.”
I realized that he had been touching me without hesitation for some time, and I wanted to protest. But somehow my mouth wouldn’t open.
He tried to walk again, so I quickly said.
“Speaking of trust...”
I told him what had happened in the Kydel hallway before we left for the palace. His vassal hit me on the shoulder and swore at me, and I swore at him.
As I spoke, his mouth was smiling, but there was a murderous look in his eyes. I couldn't help but recall what Lord Rond had said about him, calling him the leader of a 'pack of beasts'.
I shook my head and spoke heavily.
“I said that because I couldn’t help but listen to you, but now that I’ve done it, I regret it so much. No matter how I think about it, it’s not the behavior of a ‘Madam Kydel’.”
“Is insulting your master’s wife behavior befitting a subordinate?”
“...Your Excellency. I don’t want to be your troublemaker any more than I am now. You’ve never done anything wrong.”
I didn’t intend to say this seriously, but my voice sounded almost gloomy.
However, he simply wrapped his arm around my shoulder and led me forward.
“Let’s go. The director will be happy to see you.”
“Is he really angry?”
I glanced at him, but I couldn’t read his expression because he was walking with his arm around me.
When we arrived at the lab, Director Royman became very excited. Although he was not young, it felt like I was talking to a teenage girl.
“How is your married life? Is it as you dreamed?”
I deliberately closed my eyes and smiled, fearing that I would make an unhappy expression.
“I don’t know yet... Yes. I think so.”
I gave the snack box to the director and left. Prince Kydel also remained silent as he watched me grow gloomy as soon as I got into the carriage.
***
As soon as we arrived at Kydel’s mansion, the servant came running out with an urgent expression. My heart sank.
“Your Excellency! The vassals are gathering to see you now.”
“Why?”
“That is...”
Prince Kydel sharply said as the servant noticed my expression.
“Tell me the truth.”
“The young lady insulted the vassal, so they wanted to protest...”
“Go ahead.”
I quickly blocked Prince Kydel’s path.
“What are you going to do?”
He looked down at me and smiled broadly. It was the first time in my life that I had ever seen such a creepy smile.
“Lorisha. We are busy. We don’t have time to waste on this.”
He went inside the mansion, and I followed him with long strides.
Duke Kydel’s waiting room was at the end of the hallway. It was filled with men with swords.
I immediately recognized the man standing among them with an excited face. It was the one who had insulted me this morning.
Anyone could tell that he had incited them to bring them here. How shameful it was to be treated by a small woman like me!
I bit my lip in anger.
Before Prince Kydel went inside, he tilted his head slightly and whispered to me.
“I remember that feeling well.”
Prince Kydel stood in the middle of the waiting room and called out to the man who had insulted me.
“Derrickson. What is this?”
Derrickson said in a loud voice, as if he had found the right time.
“Your Excellency! We were already waiting for you. Tell him what happened. How did this happen to our noble Kydel?”
Prince Kydel just glared at him, and Derrickson spoke eloquently to the other knights.
“The Duchess took care of our Order like her own child. Far from being the subject of dirty rumors, she was truly the most noble and dignified person in the Empire.”
“So you hit my wife with your shoulder and hurled abusive language at her in an empty hallway?”
Derrickson flinched but did not back down.
“The abusive language was directed at me by the young lady! The young lady must have a devil in her mouth!”
The air in the room became uncontrollably tense. The knights protesting to Prince Kydel were like a pack of beasts.
Lord Rond’s words rang vividly in my ears.
‘Men with swords are like a pack of beasts. Furthermore, the pride of the Kydel household is so high that they will not easily accept you, maid.’
However, instead of responding, Prince Kydel simply crossed his arms and smiled crookedly.
Derrickson did not dare to confront him, and instead angered the comrades he had brought.
At that moment, Prince Kydel turned and met my gaze. He seemed to be speaking to me with his eyes.
'Do you want to do it?'
It seemed as if he was telling me to go wild. I couldn't believe it, so I asked him with my eyes.
'Are you in your right mind now?'
He smiled. That smile said,
'I think it would be fun for us to go crazy together.'
If I were the real daughter-in-law of this household, I would never have dreamed of this.
But the wife of a vassal, the maid, and the vassal knight. I couldn't let this kind of thing continue.
It was a time when even the Kydel family could not be cracked within itself, with such a powerful enemy outside.
And I had no dignity to defend anyway.
Damn it.
“Derrickson. Sir Derrickson, you say?”
As I spoke loudly, the room became quiet.
He frowned as if he couldn’t believe that I dared to speak to him, and stood with his thick chest thrust out toward me.
“That’s true.”
“You insulted me in the empty hallway today. You thought that if you physically pushed me when I was alone, I would be scared and lose my mind. Do you admit it?”
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