"Uh..."
This senior?
Is there anything that can make people speechless like this?
"Uh..."
“It’s an honor to see you so flustered.”
The senior teased me as if he'd made up his mind, and Shish remained frozen. I wished he'd say something, but his lips were tightly shut, and his gaze was fixed on the table.
“I need to rest, so please go out.”
All I could do was pretend not to know. My composure kept breaking, and I was constantly feeling intimidated by the inability to come up with a plausible answer.
“You didn’t do it?”
The senior smiled brightly as if he had caught the ball, and I avoided eye contact.
“I would have done the same thing even if I had.”
Finally, Shish intervened.
“Because that’s the only way that stupid woman knows how to do it.”
“Is that so?”
The senior's voice became more forceful, as if he was displeased with the third party's interference.
“Yes. With His Excellency the Knight Commander and the Magic Tower in her hands, she used it to drive out Count Groval’s children and concubines.”
"No way?"
But the senior seemed to forget his irritation at the shocking story that came out of Shish's mouth.
"Yes. The story they told me was, 'We're going to kill them.' Apparently, there were actual deaths."
I chose to remain quiet, grateful that the topic had changed.
“There is no method more effective against Count Groval than this.”
“...”
“A city was wiped off the map by the movement of the Magic Tower, so wiping out a family would be as easy as breathing.”
“Wait a minute, didn’t Your Excellency just say that Titian and Groval were stupid?”
“I said stupid because she acted that way towards others, not just Count Groval.”
Shish smiled brightly. It seemed like he already had a plan in mind to trample on Titiana.
“Your Highness, have you decided how to handle this situation?”
"I haven't decided yet. I came here to ask your advice on this matter."
It was kind of funny that he came to the Rose Palace to find Shish, but I just stayed still.
“You said you could send a message to the Knight Commander?”
"Yes."
“Then give him the order to execute the traitorous Tower Master.”
“Will he listen to that story?”
“It instills guilt.”
“Guilt, you say?”
The senior was puzzled by a similar story to the one he had heard just yesterday.
“She stupid woman, huh? Excuse me.”
You already said she was stupid before, so you're pretending to make a mistake.
“I feel that Titiana Groval has a very strong influence on His Excellency the Knight Commander.”
Shish clasped his hands together with a very serious expression.
“I don’t believe in fate, but he acted like he was possessed.”
Even though you read the book, you pretend not to have read it?
“What does Your Highness think?”
“Hmm... I think so too.”
Even though my senior read the latter half of the book, he acts like he knows nothing.
“That woman is the heroine, right? Lady Hayley.”
"Yes yes."
Even throw a fireball at me?
"Also..."
The two men acted as if they had just learned the important truth, but I wasn't fooled.
Even if that's true, my senior is acting like a sly snake. Not only was my previous image of the honest and kind Crown Prince gone, but even my perception of him as a polite and cheerful senior was shattered.
"Your Excellency, the Commander of the Knights, is a man of exceptional loyalty to His Majesty, so I find it puzzling that he resigned like that. That woman seems to have a significant influence."
“Yes. It seems like there’s some kind of hypnosis or coercion going on without the person’s knowledge.”
As if they had made an implicit agreement, the two did not use words like “main character” or “in the book” except to refer to Titiana as the heroine.
This is also the reason why I have been silent all along.
It can't be said that it's natural for the male protagonists, Dietrich and Juno, to become obsessed with Titiana, since she is the female protagonist, even though the two people don't care about her.
It may seem frustrating because it seems like I'm teasing my senior and Shish, but I held back.
“So, we have to make him build up his guilt little by little.”
“Are we supposed to keep fanning his guilt so he can overcome the influence she has on the Knight Commander?”
“Rather than encouraging, it’s about awakening the emotions that should naturally be felt.”
Shish smiled harmlessly, as if to say, “Don’t misunderstand.”
It feels strange to hear the person with the least amount of guilt in the world say something like that.
“Understood. I will send a message to the Knight Commander as the Prime Minister has instructed.”
The next day, the senior sent a message to Dietrich, and as if in retaliation, an urgent report arrived at the palace that another city had been reduced to ruins by magic.
This kept my adoptive father busy, and my adoptive mother, who had been at Rose Palace, withdrew. She never forgot to say, "It would be nice if you came back to the main house."
The Rose Palace was like a camp for the Titiana team, where the seniors and Shish naturally gathered.
“Hello, Lady Hayley.”
My senior, half-shorn of his sense of reason, spoke informally to me, using my newly acquired name. His shoulders slumped, and his silver hair, drooping, looked pitiful.
Meanwhile, Shish, with his hair as smooth as ever and his skin as clean as ever, was neat and tidy as usual. He was holding what appeared to be documents in one hand.
He even wore monocles!
The charm increased, but it didn't suppress the pounding heart.
“Have you both eaten dinner?”
"No."
The senior stuttered as if he was overloaded.
“Just talk comfortably.”
“Is that okay?”
The senior, who looked extremely exhausted, didn't even bother to look at Shish. Of course, from his perspective, he probably wanted to show off his closeness to me.
Suddenly, I realized what my senior was thinking, and although my mouth felt dry, I forced a smile.
Since it was past dinner time, I brought out something to eat instead of a meal.
“Master, may I borrow a pen and ink?”
“Uh, uh, yeah?”
“I asked if I could borrow a pen and ink. What were you thinking that surprised you?”
I think you're really handsome! I think monocles really suit you!
I couldn't say that in such a serious atmosphere, so I gave Shish a pen and ink without answering.
We naturally gathered around the round table in the study. Soon, the maid brought out drinks, pies, sandwiches, and more.
“You destroyed the city again?”
“Yeah. Same method as last time, without saying anything.”
Before my mother left, he told me that the officials were in an uproar, trying to guess why Tower Master, who had been on good terms with the royal family until then, was doing something like this, and were busy coming up with countermeasures.
Seeing that my senior and Shish had been in a meeting until late at night, I thought that the situation was urgent.
For a moment, I wondered if my senior would have surrendered if I hadn't been there. It seemed like he cared deeply for his country.
“I don’t know if you mean to tell me not to provoke you or if you mean revenge.”
My senior quickly devoured a sandwich with cheese, a large chunk of ham, and white bread. It was heartbreaking to see him working so breathlessly that he barely had time to eat.
“I think it might be both.”
“Does that mean you want me to come to you in silence?”
“It could be, or it could be pressure.”
“What is the difference between the two?”
The senior asked, rubbing his temples.
Shish, who had been keeping his eyes on the documents while talking, looked up for a moment.
“If they believe that we heard the story from the Master, then it would be the former.”
The senior nodded as if he understood.
“If they assume that Your Highness and I know nothing, then an accident like this one would be unsettling.”
“If you create anxiety and then ask for what you want, you expect the other person to be more receptive?”
"Yes."
"Usually, that prediction comes true," Shish added, and began to look at the documents again.
“It’s a simple but effective method.”
“Your Highness, what do you think they are judging?”
Seeing him openly flirting with Titiana, it seems like Shish is also very annoyed.
“Then soon Titiana will demand that you come to her.”
“That’s right.”
Shish looked up from the pile of papers and smiled at me.
“If you don’t come, shr’ll threaten to turn this country into ashes.”
Shish's tone was so monotonous that it was as if Titiana had suggested they go on a picnic.
Silence settled in the room, and before midnight, the two left the Rose Palace side by side as if they had made a promise.
The social season was disrupted by the commotion, and parties and balls scheduled to be held at the palace were also canceled.
As if to mock him, on the last day of the founding of the country, a message came to the senior.
To be exact, in the palace, on the day of the meeting, the wizard shouted in front of the palace for all to see.
“If you want peace in the empire, send the Crown Prince and the Duke of Milan to the Tower of Magic!”
Thanks to the wizard repeating his words three times, the maids of the Rose Palace and even the adoptive mother who was present at the Rose Palace were able to hear this absurd request clearly.
“Come to the Magic Tower and serve Lady Titiana Groval.”
Even if the seniors and the Shish refuse, others will push them from behind.
This senior?
Is there anything that can make people speechless like this?
"Uh..."
“It’s an honor to see you so flustered.”
The senior teased me as if he'd made up his mind, and Shish remained frozen. I wished he'd say something, but his lips were tightly shut, and his gaze was fixed on the table.
“I need to rest, so please go out.”
All I could do was pretend not to know. My composure kept breaking, and I was constantly feeling intimidated by the inability to come up with a plausible answer.
“You didn’t do it?”
The senior smiled brightly as if he had caught the ball, and I avoided eye contact.
“I would have done the same thing even if I had.”
Finally, Shish intervened.
“Because that’s the only way that stupid woman knows how to do it.”
“Is that so?”
The senior's voice became more forceful, as if he was displeased with the third party's interference.
“Yes. With His Excellency the Knight Commander and the Magic Tower in her hands, she used it to drive out Count Groval’s children and concubines.”
"No way?"
But the senior seemed to forget his irritation at the shocking story that came out of Shish's mouth.
"Yes. The story they told me was, 'We're going to kill them.' Apparently, there were actual deaths."
I chose to remain quiet, grateful that the topic had changed.
“There is no method more effective against Count Groval than this.”
“...”
“A city was wiped off the map by the movement of the Magic Tower, so wiping out a family would be as easy as breathing.”
“Wait a minute, didn’t Your Excellency just say that Titian and Groval were stupid?”
“I said stupid because she acted that way towards others, not just Count Groval.”
Shish smiled brightly. It seemed like he already had a plan in mind to trample on Titiana.
“Your Highness, have you decided how to handle this situation?”
"I haven't decided yet. I came here to ask your advice on this matter."
It was kind of funny that he came to the Rose Palace to find Shish, but I just stayed still.
“You said you could send a message to the Knight Commander?”
"Yes."
“Then give him the order to execute the traitorous Tower Master.”
“Will he listen to that story?”
“It instills guilt.”
“Guilt, you say?”
The senior was puzzled by a similar story to the one he had heard just yesterday.
“She stupid woman, huh? Excuse me.”
You already said she was stupid before, so you're pretending to make a mistake.
“I feel that Titiana Groval has a very strong influence on His Excellency the Knight Commander.”
Shish clasped his hands together with a very serious expression.
“I don’t believe in fate, but he acted like he was possessed.”
Even though you read the book, you pretend not to have read it?
“What does Your Highness think?”
“Hmm... I think so too.”
Even though my senior read the latter half of the book, he acts like he knows nothing.
“That woman is the heroine, right? Lady Hayley.”
"Yes yes."
Even throw a fireball at me?
"Also..."
The two men acted as if they had just learned the important truth, but I wasn't fooled.
Even if that's true, my senior is acting like a sly snake. Not only was my previous image of the honest and kind Crown Prince gone, but even my perception of him as a polite and cheerful senior was shattered.
"Your Excellency, the Commander of the Knights, is a man of exceptional loyalty to His Majesty, so I find it puzzling that he resigned like that. That woman seems to have a significant influence."
“Yes. It seems like there’s some kind of hypnosis or coercion going on without the person’s knowledge.”
As if they had made an implicit agreement, the two did not use words like “main character” or “in the book” except to refer to Titiana as the heroine.
This is also the reason why I have been silent all along.
It can't be said that it's natural for the male protagonists, Dietrich and Juno, to become obsessed with Titiana, since she is the female protagonist, even though the two people don't care about her.
It may seem frustrating because it seems like I'm teasing my senior and Shish, but I held back.
“So, we have to make him build up his guilt little by little.”
“Are we supposed to keep fanning his guilt so he can overcome the influence she has on the Knight Commander?”
“Rather than encouraging, it’s about awakening the emotions that should naturally be felt.”
Shish smiled harmlessly, as if to say, “Don’t misunderstand.”
It feels strange to hear the person with the least amount of guilt in the world say something like that.
“Understood. I will send a message to the Knight Commander as the Prime Minister has instructed.”
The next day, the senior sent a message to Dietrich, and as if in retaliation, an urgent report arrived at the palace that another city had been reduced to ruins by magic.
This kept my adoptive father busy, and my adoptive mother, who had been at Rose Palace, withdrew. She never forgot to say, "It would be nice if you came back to the main house."
The Rose Palace was like a camp for the Titiana team, where the seniors and Shish naturally gathered.
“Hello, Lady Hayley.”
My senior, half-shorn of his sense of reason, spoke informally to me, using my newly acquired name. His shoulders slumped, and his silver hair, drooping, looked pitiful.
Meanwhile, Shish, with his hair as smooth as ever and his skin as clean as ever, was neat and tidy as usual. He was holding what appeared to be documents in one hand.
He even wore monocles!
The charm increased, but it didn't suppress the pounding heart.
“Have you both eaten dinner?”
"No."
The senior stuttered as if he was overloaded.
“Just talk comfortably.”
“Is that okay?”
The senior, who looked extremely exhausted, didn't even bother to look at Shish. Of course, from his perspective, he probably wanted to show off his closeness to me.
Suddenly, I realized what my senior was thinking, and although my mouth felt dry, I forced a smile.
Since it was past dinner time, I brought out something to eat instead of a meal.
“Master, may I borrow a pen and ink?”
“Uh, uh, yeah?”
“I asked if I could borrow a pen and ink. What were you thinking that surprised you?”
I think you're really handsome! I think monocles really suit you!
I couldn't say that in such a serious atmosphere, so I gave Shish a pen and ink without answering.
We naturally gathered around the round table in the study. Soon, the maid brought out drinks, pies, sandwiches, and more.
“You destroyed the city again?”
“Yeah. Same method as last time, without saying anything.”
Before my mother left, he told me that the officials were in an uproar, trying to guess why Tower Master, who had been on good terms with the royal family until then, was doing something like this, and were busy coming up with countermeasures.
Seeing that my senior and Shish had been in a meeting until late at night, I thought that the situation was urgent.
For a moment, I wondered if my senior would have surrendered if I hadn't been there. It seemed like he cared deeply for his country.
“I don’t know if you mean to tell me not to provoke you or if you mean revenge.”
My senior quickly devoured a sandwich with cheese, a large chunk of ham, and white bread. It was heartbreaking to see him working so breathlessly that he barely had time to eat.
“I think it might be both.”
“Does that mean you want me to come to you in silence?”
“It could be, or it could be pressure.”
“What is the difference between the two?”
The senior asked, rubbing his temples.
Shish, who had been keeping his eyes on the documents while talking, looked up for a moment.
“If they believe that we heard the story from the Master, then it would be the former.”
The senior nodded as if he understood.
“If they assume that Your Highness and I know nothing, then an accident like this one would be unsettling.”
“If you create anxiety and then ask for what you want, you expect the other person to be more receptive?”
"Yes."
"Usually, that prediction comes true," Shish added, and began to look at the documents again.
“It’s a simple but effective method.”
“Your Highness, what do you think they are judging?”
"The Master of the Tower likely doesn't consider you a fool, so you may assume they believe Your Highness and I heard that ridiculous story about Titiana Groval."
“Then soon Titiana will demand that you come to her.”
“That’s right.”
Shish looked up from the pile of papers and smiled at me.
“If you don’t come, shr’ll threaten to turn this country into ashes.”
Shish's tone was so monotonous that it was as if Titiana had suggested they go on a picnic.
Silence settled in the room, and before midnight, the two left the Rose Palace side by side as if they had made a promise.
***
The social season was disrupted by the commotion, and parties and balls scheduled to be held at the palace were also canceled.
As if to mock him, on the last day of the founding of the country, a message came to the senior.
To be exact, in the palace, on the day of the meeting, the wizard shouted in front of the palace for all to see.
“If you want peace in the empire, send the Crown Prince and the Duke of Milan to the Tower of Magic!”
Thanks to the wizard repeating his words three times, the maids of the Rose Palace and even the adoptive mother who was present at the Rose Palace were able to hear this absurd request clearly.
“Come to the Magic Tower and serve Lady Titiana Groval.”
It wasn't that the wizard couldn't enter the imperial palace... but rather something she had orchestrated to force the two men to choose her.
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