Episode 32. From Commoner to Royal Family
Meanwhile, the woman who thought Noah was doing very well, unfortunately, was not.
When Ansen first heard the news that Olivia had become a contract professor, he clenched his fists in anger.
Herrington College, where Marguerite was holding out, was beyond his influence, so there was no way to stop her from holding office.
But as soon as the semester started, he smiled.
He didn't need to interfere with her tenure because the students came forward and cast a dark cloud over her tenure.
Olivia was twenty-one years old this year, similar in age to the students.
None of the snobbish Herrington College students wanted to take her class, and Olivia's first class was cancelled.
“If the class is canceled next quarter, the contract will be terminated.”
Olivia nodded with a heavy heart at the office staff's explanation.
“Yes, I know.”
"But you'll still be paid during the contract period. Just come to the office. Well... I don't know exactly what you'll be doing, though."
“...”
She got a temporary professorship thanks to her overwhelming test results, but what good is that? She doesn't have any students.
The office worker clicked his tongue briefly as he watched the small back recede.
The short spring semester is over, and the summer semester is just around the corner.
Olivia took a deep breath as she entered the classroom assigned to her.
This is the last time. If the course is canceled again, she'll have to leave this job.
“But... what else should I do?”
Olivia's eyes, looking at the empty classroom, were also empty and hollow.
She began to carefully look over the course plan she had written, trying to compose herself.
Like a person constantly pouring water into a broken glass.
Around that time, the person who had secretly investigated Olivia on Leonard's orders returned. Leonard received a short document from him and quickly read it through.
"It seems she won't be able to last the summer semester and will have to step down from her professorship. Furthermore, as you were concerned, I've confirmed that there are no scandals or male engagements. However, the issue with Ansen Wilhelm is a bit more concerning."
“Ansen Wilhelm? The one who created the Magic Dome?”
“Yes, that’s right. But Princess Marguerite knows both of them, so I asked her about it, and she firmly denied that there was such a relationship.”
“Did Margot say that firmly?”
"Yes. Of course... She was a bit annoyed that he was following Miss Liberty around. Anyway, considering the various circumstances, I concluded that Princess Marguerite's words carry weight."
Leonard nodded and set the papers aside.
“So what about Noah and Isabelle Seymour’s relationship?”
"I don't think he has marriage in mind. The rumors were circulating within the polo club, but I heard they haven't even been heard in the last month."
"I see. That's good. You've worked hard. You can go now. I'll give you a month's vacation, so get some rest and come back."
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
As soon as he left, Leonard immediately called his servant and gave him an order.
“Bring the Queen now. And Noah, too.”
Beatrix listened to Leonard's explanation silently and then sorted it out.
“So, you want to win national support by marrying Olivia to Noah?”
"Yes."
Beatrix immediately condemned him strongly.
"Did you even ask Noah? How far do you plan to push him? I told you to leave the marriage alone!"
“No, Trixie.”
"Noah, it seems he's dating Lady Isabelle Seymour. And Olivia, too. She's a professor at Harrington College!"
“Oh, that’s not it!”
“What is it not?!”
"Noah wasn't dating Isabelle Seymour. And Olivia's first class was canceled due to a lack of students. They said if the summer semester was canceled, her contract would be terminated! I think it will be canceled."
“...”
As Beatrix's gaze grew colder, Leonard fidgeted.
She was lamenting what to do with this selfish person, but something even more lamentable happened.
A servant knocked on the door, announcing Noah's arrival. Beatrix glared at her husband, her eyes wide, while Leonard coughed and muttered an excuse.
“Ha, there’s no time limit. The situation is... the sooner the better... Oh, and I called you because I wanted to ask you something. To ask you something.”
“You’re not trying to push me?”
"Of course!"
But for some reason, Usher was there with Noah.
“Usher, what brings you here?”
“Do any of you three, excluding me, have anything to say?”
Usher, who had already come to the study to speak to the King, smiled and accepted. When Leonard hesitated, Beatrix beckoned them over with a friendly wave.
“No way. Sit down.”
As the two Princes sat down side by side in front of the couple, Beatrix sank into the sofa and stared intently at Leonard.
Leonard, who had been hesitating under that burdensome gaze, finally looked at Noah as if he had made up his mind.
“...”
Noah, who was sitting in perfect posture, sensed his father's blatant gaze.
Now, there is something his father wants from him.
“Hmm. You’re both of marriageable age, so why haven’t I heard from you yet?”
At those words, both Noah and Usher remained silent, waiting for their father's next words.
Leonard glanced back and forth between them, then, true to his nature, got straight to the point.
"You know that the Polia Incident has many royal families on the Norfolk Continent in jeopardy of their survival. Indeed, several royal families, lacking the support of their citizens, are already faltering. It's impossible to know how many more royal families will disintegrate within the next ten years."
How did this world come to be?
Leonard sighed deeply, paused for a moment, and then spoke bluntly.
“So, I would like to bring a family of commoner origin into the Astrid royal family.”
“...!!”
“...!!”
At the startling announcement, both Usher and Noah held their breath and looked at Leonard. And he was looking only at Noah, blatantly.
“You must aim for second place.”
Noah finally closed his eyes and burst into laughter at the sound of his father's voice echoing in his ears.
Beatrix quickly got up from her seat at that empty laugh.
"Noah, you don't have to if you don't want to. I'll stop you, so you can just go. Usher, the same goes for you."
But as always, Leonard didn't back down.
"It's no laughing matter. It wasn't easy for me to make this suggestion either. But, as the world changes, so must the royal family. Noah Astrid, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty!!!"
"Your Majesty! Don't make light of the Polia affair! Queen Polia, the Princes, and the Princesses have all been stripped of their titles and scattered! The Queen and Princesses have been confined to monasteries, the Princes to castles!"
Noah, who had been languishingly closing his eyes until then, opened them and looked at the King.
"Well, what do you think? Indeed... I think it's a marriage befitting a magnificent alternative to royalty."
“What the?!!”
“Noah! Get out there, get out there!!!”
It was truly a chaotic scene.
The King, enraged by Noah's rude words, slammed the table hard in his rage, and the Queen also shouted, her face flushed.
Noah rose from his seat and strode briskly across the office, leaving the enraged King behind. Then, suddenly stopping, he turned and asked his grumbling father.
“So, Your Majesty, who do you think my commoner wife is?”
Then Usher jumped up from his seat and said to him,
“Noah, calm down, I can do it.”
"Then you summoned me as well, Your Majesty. You summoned only me, didn't you? Isn't that right, Your Majesty?"
“Noah, stop it and get out.”
The Queen spoke, touching her head, but Noah stood still and looked at the King.
Leonard took a deep breath as if trying to calm his anger, then ran his hand through his disheveled hair.
Then he said her name as if he was sighing.
“Olivia Liberty.”
Usher, who had been looking at Noah, suddenly turned his head and looked at his father, and at the same time, Noah's eyes widened slightly.
Even the King, who usually refrained from smoking in front of the Queen, who was in poor health, could not resist this time and finally took out a cigarette.
Noah, who was momentarily taken aback by the unexpected name, frowned and opened his mouth.
"Did she agree? I heard she was offered a professorship at Herrington College. Did she just accept the offer?"
“That’s something the guy who proposes will have to deal with.”
"Ha...!"
Finally, Noah could no longer bear it and stormed out of the office.
Noah darted swiftly through the sunlight-drenched hallway. His presence was so formidable that the attendants approaching from the opposite direction hurriedly stepped aside.
Trauma makes people more immature and pushes them into an irrational state.
Noah understood his position in the royal family intellectually, but he could not accept it in his heart.
Regardless of who he married, the King's treatment of him was a cruel trampling on his dignity and pride.
Olivia Liberty.
At the same time, faced with the unexpected name, he rocked like a boat tossed by rough waves.
He couldn't tell if this running away from the place was a rebellion against the King or something else.
“Noah!”
His brother's voice was heard from behind him, but Noah pretended not to hear and turned the corner.
“Noah Astrid!!!”
At the same time, Usher rushed over and blocked his path. Breathing heavily, his chest heaving, Usher grabbed his arm and pulled him towards him.
“Talk to me.”
“I have nothing to talk to you about, Usher.”
“No, you need to talk to me now.”
Then, he led Noah, his face pierced by a cold rage as cold as lead, to the terrace. After carefully checking that no one was there, Usher finally released Noah's arm and steadied his ragged breathing.
Both brothers looked dumbfounded, as if they had been struck by lightning.
Noah roughly ran his hand over her face and opened his mouth with a hot breath.
"Say it."
Meanwhile, the woman who thought Noah was doing very well, unfortunately, was not.
When Ansen first heard the news that Olivia had become a contract professor, he clenched his fists in anger.
Herrington College, where Marguerite was holding out, was beyond his influence, so there was no way to stop her from holding office.
But as soon as the semester started, he smiled.
He didn't need to interfere with her tenure because the students came forward and cast a dark cloud over her tenure.
Olivia was twenty-one years old this year, similar in age to the students.
None of the snobbish Herrington College students wanted to take her class, and Olivia's first class was cancelled.
“If the class is canceled next quarter, the contract will be terminated.”
Olivia nodded with a heavy heart at the office staff's explanation.
“Yes, I know.”
"But you'll still be paid during the contract period. Just come to the office. Well... I don't know exactly what you'll be doing, though."
“...”
She got a temporary professorship thanks to her overwhelming test results, but what good is that? She doesn't have any students.
The office worker clicked his tongue briefly as he watched the small back recede.
The short spring semester is over, and the summer semester is just around the corner.
Olivia took a deep breath as she entered the classroom assigned to her.
This is the last time. If the course is canceled again, she'll have to leave this job.
“But... what else should I do?”
Olivia's eyes, looking at the empty classroom, were also empty and hollow.
She began to carefully look over the course plan she had written, trying to compose herself.
Like a person constantly pouring water into a broken glass.
***
Around that time, the person who had secretly investigated Olivia on Leonard's orders returned. Leonard received a short document from him and quickly read it through.
"It seems she won't be able to last the summer semester and will have to step down from her professorship. Furthermore, as you were concerned, I've confirmed that there are no scandals or male engagements. However, the issue with Ansen Wilhelm is a bit more concerning."
“Ansen Wilhelm? The one who created the Magic Dome?”
“Yes, that’s right. But Princess Marguerite knows both of them, so I asked her about it, and she firmly denied that there was such a relationship.”
“Did Margot say that firmly?”
"Yes. Of course... She was a bit annoyed that he was following Miss Liberty around. Anyway, considering the various circumstances, I concluded that Princess Marguerite's words carry weight."
Leonard nodded and set the papers aside.
“So what about Noah and Isabelle Seymour’s relationship?”
"I don't think he has marriage in mind. The rumors were circulating within the polo club, but I heard they haven't even been heard in the last month."
"I see. That's good. You've worked hard. You can go now. I'll give you a month's vacation, so get some rest and come back."
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
As soon as he left, Leonard immediately called his servant and gave him an order.
“Bring the Queen now. And Noah, too.”
Beatrix listened to Leonard's explanation silently and then sorted it out.
“So, you want to win national support by marrying Olivia to Noah?”
"Yes."
Beatrix immediately condemned him strongly.
"Did you even ask Noah? How far do you plan to push him? I told you to leave the marriage alone!"
“No, Trixie.”
"Noah, it seems he's dating Lady Isabelle Seymour. And Olivia, too. She's a professor at Harrington College!"
“Oh, that’s not it!”
“What is it not?!”
"Noah wasn't dating Isabelle Seymour. And Olivia's first class was canceled due to a lack of students. They said if the summer semester was canceled, her contract would be terminated! I think it will be canceled."
“...”
As Beatrix's gaze grew colder, Leonard fidgeted.
She was lamenting what to do with this selfish person, but something even more lamentable happened.
A servant knocked on the door, announcing Noah's arrival. Beatrix glared at her husband, her eyes wide, while Leonard coughed and muttered an excuse.
“Ha, there’s no time limit. The situation is... the sooner the better... Oh, and I called you because I wanted to ask you something. To ask you something.”
“You’re not trying to push me?”
"Of course!"
But for some reason, Usher was there with Noah.
“Usher, what brings you here?”
“Do any of you three, excluding me, have anything to say?”
Usher, who had already come to the study to speak to the King, smiled and accepted. When Leonard hesitated, Beatrix beckoned them over with a friendly wave.
“No way. Sit down.”
As the two Princes sat down side by side in front of the couple, Beatrix sank into the sofa and stared intently at Leonard.
Leonard, who had been hesitating under that burdensome gaze, finally looked at Noah as if he had made up his mind.
“...”
Noah, who was sitting in perfect posture, sensed his father's blatant gaze.
Now, there is something his father wants from him.
“Hmm. You’re both of marriageable age, so why haven’t I heard from you yet?”
At those words, both Noah and Usher remained silent, waiting for their father's next words.
Leonard glanced back and forth between them, then, true to his nature, got straight to the point.
"You know that the Polia Incident has many royal families on the Norfolk Continent in jeopardy of their survival. Indeed, several royal families, lacking the support of their citizens, are already faltering. It's impossible to know how many more royal families will disintegrate within the next ten years."
How did this world come to be?
Leonard sighed deeply, paused for a moment, and then spoke bluntly.
“So, I would like to bring a family of commoner origin into the Astrid royal family.”
“...!!”
“...!!”
At the startling announcement, both Usher and Noah held their breath and looked at Leonard. And he was looking only at Noah, blatantly.
“You must aim for second place.”
Noah finally closed his eyes and burst into laughter at the sound of his father's voice echoing in his ears.
Beatrix quickly got up from her seat at that empty laugh.
"Noah, you don't have to if you don't want to. I'll stop you, so you can just go. Usher, the same goes for you."
But as always, Leonard didn't back down.
"It's no laughing matter. It wasn't easy for me to make this suggestion either. But, as the world changes, so must the royal family. Noah Astrid, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty!!!"
"Your Majesty! Don't make light of the Polia affair! Queen Polia, the Princes, and the Princesses have all been stripped of their titles and scattered! The Queen and Princesses have been confined to monasteries, the Princes to castles!"
Noah, who had been languishingly closing his eyes until then, opened them and looked at the King.
"Well, what do you think? Indeed... I think it's a marriage befitting a magnificent alternative to royalty."
“What the?!!”
“Noah! Get out there, get out there!!!”
It was truly a chaotic scene.
The King, enraged by Noah's rude words, slammed the table hard in his rage, and the Queen also shouted, her face flushed.
Noah rose from his seat and strode briskly across the office, leaving the enraged King behind. Then, suddenly stopping, he turned and asked his grumbling father.
“So, Your Majesty, who do you think my commoner wife is?”
Then Usher jumped up from his seat and said to him,
“Noah, calm down, I can do it.”
"Then you summoned me as well, Your Majesty. You summoned only me, didn't you? Isn't that right, Your Majesty?"
“Noah, stop it and get out.”
The Queen spoke, touching her head, but Noah stood still and looked at the King.
Leonard took a deep breath as if trying to calm his anger, then ran his hand through his disheveled hair.
Then he said her name as if he was sighing.
“Olivia Liberty.”
Usher, who had been looking at Noah, suddenly turned his head and looked at his father, and at the same time, Noah's eyes widened slightly.
Even the King, who usually refrained from smoking in front of the Queen, who was in poor health, could not resist this time and finally took out a cigarette.
Noah, who was momentarily taken aback by the unexpected name, frowned and opened his mouth.
"Did she agree? I heard she was offered a professorship at Herrington College. Did she just accept the offer?"
“That’s something the guy who proposes will have to deal with.”
"Ha...!"
Finally, Noah could no longer bear it and stormed out of the office.
Noah darted swiftly through the sunlight-drenched hallway. His presence was so formidable that the attendants approaching from the opposite direction hurriedly stepped aside.
Trauma makes people more immature and pushes them into an irrational state.
Noah understood his position in the royal family intellectually, but he could not accept it in his heart.
Regardless of who he married, the King's treatment of him was a cruel trampling on his dignity and pride.
Olivia Liberty.
At the same time, faced with the unexpected name, he rocked like a boat tossed by rough waves.
He couldn't tell if this running away from the place was a rebellion against the King or something else.
“Noah!”
His brother's voice was heard from behind him, but Noah pretended not to hear and turned the corner.
“Noah Astrid!!!”
At the same time, Usher rushed over and blocked his path. Breathing heavily, his chest heaving, Usher grabbed his arm and pulled him towards him.
“Talk to me.”
“I have nothing to talk to you about, Usher.”
“No, you need to talk to me now.”
Then, he led Noah, his face pierced by a cold rage as cold as lead, to the terrace. After carefully checking that no one was there, Usher finally released Noah's arm and steadied his ragged breathing.
Both brothers looked dumbfounded, as if they had been struck by lightning.
Noah roughly ran his hand over her face and opened his mouth with a hot breath.
"Say it."
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