I Ended Up Snatching a Marriage With the Male Lead! - Chapter 31

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I’d ended up in a shotgun marriage with the male lead.
Episode 31

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The reason Emilia hadn’t voiced her concerns even after spotting the issue in the Archive was simple enough.
She wasn’t Academy-educated like Herald, and as a commoner who’d never received a proper education, she worried he might take offense to her input.
She’d feared his displeasure at her offering an opinion.
Fortunately, though, Herald hadn’t seemed bothered by her observations at all.
That relief had made it easier for Emilia to express herself more freely.
“When you’re drafting an Official Document meant to be distributed, I think you need to start by putting yourself in the position of the person receiving it.”
She pointed out several words in the document as she spoke.
The vocabulary itself was visibly difficult and abstract.
Herald had interacted with similarly educated people while working at the Duke’s Residence, so he’d never noticed any particular problem with the language.
Kaiden, who reviewed most of his reports, probably found such technical terminology even more natural.
But for something like an Official Document distributed to unspecified numbers of people, broader considerations were necessary.
“To put it to an extreme—it’s better to write it at a level where even children like Iban, just learning to read, could understand it.”
“I see.”
Herald then mentioned that they’d been flooded with inquiries about the content and format.
Even slight simplification of the language would likely slash those inquiries significantly.
“Miss Emilia.”
“Yes?”
After a moment’s thought, Herald turned to her.
“Would you be willing to help me revise the Official Document? It seems I’ll be needing this sort of thing regularly going forward.”
“Of course.”
Emilia smiled softly and nodded.
The two began rewriting the document from scratch, starting with the format itself.
“And this document structure here too, you see…”
Just as they were deep in discussion, a plate was set down on the table.
Clink.
Emilia’s eyes went wide at the sight of genuinely twelve different colors of vibrant Macarons.
“Thank you.”
She offered her thanks to Robert and popped one into her mouth.
Each Macaron, shaped adorably, had a crisp exterior and chewy interior.
‘Delicious.’
Emilia’s eyes widened slightly.
The sugar boost meant she could easily work for hours to come.
Meanwhile, Robert, watching her—
“Ahem!”
—suddenly caught himself wearing a pleased smile and cleared his throat awkwardly.
Emilia turned to him with concern.
He’d been clearing his throat constantly all this time.
‘Does he have a sore throat?’

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That night.
Returning to the Mansion late, Kaiden headed not to the Bedroom but to the Office.
He’d carelessly thrown his outer coat onto the sofa and walked to the desk with his sleeves rolled up.
Robert was already there in the Office.
“Something on your mind?”
But Robert merely bent slightly at the waist and denied it.
“No, sir.”
“Right.”
Kaiden withdrew his attention from the butler and sat at the desk.
Yet the butler remained standing, not leaving the Office.
Kaiden raised an eyebrow at the butler’s unusual behavior.
Robert normally reported his business and disappeared—he wouldn’t have lingered.
Then Kaiden noticed papers on the desk he hadn’t seen before.
At that same moment, he heard Robert clear his throat.
Kaiden lifted the papers, his gaze shifting to the butler.
“It’s nothing, sir.”
Robert repeated himself, his expression stern.
Kaiden turned his attention back to the papers, finding the butler’s behavior odd today.
The documents concerned the Support Project his house was running.
Official Documents, distributed formats, and the like.
Yet something had changed.
The Official Document used terminology simple as a children’s book.
Moreover, it had a natural flow that made understanding effortless as you read.
“Do you know what this is?”
Kaiden asked the butler while reviewing the papers, and he answered as if he’d been waiting for the question.
“Miss Emilia drafted it today together with Herald, sir.”
At the mention of Emilia’s name, Kaiden’s eyebrow twitched slightly.
The butler launched into an account of today’s events as though he’d rehearsed it.
Hearing this, Kaiden let out a quiet laugh.
The more he thought about it, the woman was far too valuable to be merely Iban’s tutor.
And another thought crossed his mind.
‘If Herald had had the chance to create something like this…’
But the rest of that thought never came.
The revised Official Document was simply too groundbreaking and flawless for him to complain about.
Kaiden’s expression soured, and he set the papers carefully back on the desk.

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The Ardel Marquis Mansion.
A lean man paced anxiously through his room, waiting for someone.
“Sigh…”
“Brother, sighing won’t make Grandfather change his mind about where he’s headed.”
Samuel froze at the voice that suddenly filled the room.
His younger sister had entered his room at some point and was now watching him with pity.
She yawned widely as she settled onto the sofa.
“You know Grandfather’s stubborn as a mule.”
“Don’t talk about Grandfather like that.”
“Why, you think the same thing, don’t you?”
“He’s just… a bit set in his ways.”
“Isn’t that what makes it worse?”
“…”
“Whatever. Just sit down and stop fussing—it’s getting on my nerves.”
At Flora’s words, Samuel walked over and sat on the sofa.
But he still felt troubled and heaved a weary sigh.
Their grandfather had suddenly vanished from the Mansion this morning, leaving nothing but a brief note.

[I’m off to meet Duke Valen today. I’ll be back soon.]

The moment Samuel saw the note, he’d gone pale.
He’d realized their grandfather must have rushed to the Duke’s Residence because of his rejected business proposal.
Truth be told, Samuel had been quite confident in his technology.
He’d even harbored hopes of being selected as a supported entrepreneur by the Duke’s house.
But what could he do about it?
He’d failed the First Round Document Review. There was nothing for it.
Refusing to accept the result and going to cause a scene would only make them look foolish.
“Would it be too late if we went now?”
“I doubt it. You know how early Grandfather wakes up. Maybe he’s already been and is on his way back?”
“Hmm…”
“Just hope he doesn’t make a bad impression on the Duke, I suppose.”
Even as she said it, Flora clearly shared Samuel’s worry about their grandfather.
Of course she did.
After their parents passed when they were young, their grandfather had raised them both, and their affection for him ran deep.
Despite his gruff ways, their grandfather had a warm heart.
You could tell just by how the estate’s people treated him like a kindly old man despite his lord’s status.
But that understanding belonged only to those who lived with him—outsiders might think differently.
“No, I can’t just sit here. Let’s go to the Duke’s Residence now.”
Samuel jumped to his feet as he spoke.
Flora’s lips pouted slightly.
“Ugh? That’s such a hassle.”
Yet even as she complained, Flora rose from her seat and began preparing to leave.
Then it happened.
“Samuel! Flora! Your old Grandfather’s here!”
Their grandfather strode into the Mansion in high spirits.

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