'If you don't understand, take her away.'
Yes. If he returns Evangeline to the Duchy, he may at least calm down this bursting feeling.
Rationally, that was a good thing for her as well. Instead of attending to the sick old woman in that collapsing house, they will be able to regain the life that everyone looks up to. If anyone didn't bow their heads to her, Deccarno could have pressed their heads for her.
He was going to say the same to Evangeline. Think again, this is the last chance he can give her.
It's not just a sloppy threat to bargain for a single stall like this.
"..."
Deccarno made a strong impression, his gray eyes reflecting in the glass window. However, he does not regret it. Anyway, his reflection in her red eyes looks like a tired beast, but there's no reason he can't say anything more than that.
If only he could bring her in front of him again, that's about it.
"Your Excellency, it's already midnight."
"..."
However, for Evangeline, who was determined to do anything. It seemed that even that was not worth enduring that. Michael's cautious voice and the midnight bell rang out the window.
Dang, dang.
He knows that she won't come even if he doesn't have to wait any longer. He slowly turned around and pointed his gloved finger over the documents he had prepared.
"Only this is the way to go. I rented an entire hotel overlooking the sea, so it will be quiet for you to stay."
"...Yes."
Can it be quieter here?
He shook his ears excessively and twisted the corners of his mouth. The mayor, who had been worried all the time about the atmosphere where everything was finally sorted out, finally took a breather. He doesn't know what kind of wind is blowing this high-ranking man, who is holding on here, but he was the one who would go back tomorrow anyway. At least that's what he knew.
"Your Excellency. Then I'll take you on the way out."
"I know you have something else to do before that."
"...Yes?"
The mayor raised his head.
Come to think of it, the Duke, who thought he was about to come out of the mayor's office, was still pressing down on the papers on his desk. Roughly understanding what it was, he quickly smiled.
"Alas, don't worry about that at all. It's like arranging seats, because it's already done well."
"Well?"
"Sure. How many people want to take part in the arrival of trade ships tomorrow?"
"I think it's the same with you who wants to play a role."
"..."
The Duke finally took his hand off the paper. Numbers were written next to the densely written names of the merchants. It was hot for a while, but it was the number of the stall, so there was nothing to worry about as a market.
"Haha, it seems that Your Excellency misunderstands that it is a matter of the day. In fact, they are very foolish and have no countermeasures... Of course, I didn't mean to gossip about them."
"It's not wrong."
"Your Excellency."
"There is definitely no countermeasure. Naive, not even covering the front and back."
"That's what I mean!"
"But I'm not a man who can't read the notices written on it."
Tuk, the Duke's hand pointed to the date written on the paper. Finally, the mayor's face, which had been arguing loudly, turned red.
"That, that..."
"Because they are so naive and naive, I don't think that the only thing they know how to do is to follow the set rules completely."
Michael and Deccarno also flipped through the remaining documents one by one. The hand that scattered the papers under the desk one by one gradually became annoying.
"I think I received the application much earlier than the set date. There were no rules for choosing a seat."
That's not the case. The seat is for the convenience of merchants as much as possible.
"Is it money?"
"..."
The Duke's beautiful mouth drew a line. He guessed it from the beginning, but it was so obvious that it wasn't even worth digging further.
"If even one stall is like this, you don't have to look at the rest."
"Your Excellency! Please listen to me. If you listen to my story to the end, you will fully understand our..."
"Do you really have to listen to that now?"
"Yes?"
"Well, I'm not feeling very well right now, so if I ask anything more here, I think what will end in dismissal may end in destruction. Well, that's just the Lord's choice."
"Hmm."
The mayor's bloody choice under the guise of kindness made the mayor barely stand against the wall. Judging from the fact that he was opening his mouth, it seemed that he had decided not to do anything to touch his heart, at least in this place.
"..."
It's not fun.
The Duke, whom he had been expecting in his heart, passed by the slumped market. But he didn't look very sad. It was the first time that he, who had endured in the conference hall for several days, felt as frustrated as it was today. Nevertheless, he did not release the tie until the end, and as the Duke of Theses, he kept everything he had to protect.
Once a day was enough to lose his temper and get distracted.
***
"Haah."
From dawn, Charles' long sigh continued.
"Haaaah."
Then he took another breath. Of course, this was not the end.
"Wook!"
Finally, he jumped up and headed to the railing of the ship. It was hard to bear, and when he bowed his head over the seawater, a soft hand patted his back.
"Are you okay, Charles?"
"This looks good in the eyes of the young lady, woo-wook."
Charles, who was even more upset by Evangeline's kind tone, tried to open his mouth and became contemplative again. It felt like all the organs in his body were mixed up in the seasickness that had been going on since dawn.
"...Is this really the best?"
"I'm sorry. It was okay if Charles didn't follow me."
"Make some sounds!"
Haaa.
In the end, he lost his strength and sat down on the bow of the boat. Evangeline, who left home in the middle of the night, went anywhere, but he didn't expect her to rent a boat. She gathered all the money she had and gave it to the shipowner, so she gathered the crew at the bar and launched the ship herself. When the sun gradually rose and he came to his senses, it was all about her, the pile of flowers, and the mesmerized Charles himself.
I can assure you that there was no better combination, whether you fell to death or starved to death.
"I thought there was something like a secret card that you had hidden because of your expression."
"...There is no such thing."
She was standing against the railing and slowly turned her head. Even though she was smiling, her silver hair fluttering in the sea breeze was infinitely lonely. Charles, who was cool for no reason, ruffled his hair with one hand.
"Uh, no matter what, how do you think about dragging the boat out?"
"It can't be helped. The trade line will come in tomorrow, but all the seats are gone, so shouldn't we find a new place?"
"But why is that?"
"You must have a permit from the authorities to do business in the port, but you don't need a permit to trade between small trading ships from three miles away at sea. Moreover, the height of the sails of this ship is below the regulations, so all goods traded are included in the scope of duty-free."
"..."
What is this young lady?
Charles's face, which had forgotten even motion sickness, and opened his mouth in a daze, was quite worth seeing. After all, since the boat has already been launched, it is an unavoidable problem to consider it now. He stood up on the floor, saying he didn't know everything, and stumbled heavily again.
"Ugh. I guess you decided to catch a very good person."
"I'm doing this to live."
"..."
"I don't want anyone to die anymore."
Her hand grabbed Charles' arm and lifted him up. It was at the level of whining, but it was impressive that she didn't hesitate to stretch out that fine hand anywhere except a handkerchief or fan in her life.
"Whoa, doesn't the young lady have motion sickness?"
"There was, but it's gone."
Even the lie was plausible. It must be hard to see her secretly grab her chest once in a while, but Evangeline ran to check the box with the pile of flowers every time. It seemed that she was probably going to swallow up even motion sickness when she saw them.
"Still, thanks to renting a ship, I can carry other things, and I will be able to meet the ship faster than anyone else."
"Do you really have to wait here? What if I miss it?"
"No. Obviously, they have no choice but to pass by here. If you look at the nautical chart here... Oh boy! Over there!"
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