I Ended Up Snatching a Marriage With the Male Lead! - Chapter 59

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I’d run off and married the male lead in a whirlwind.
Episode 59

Emilia bit her lip as she recalled that day.
Of course she was grateful that he’d bought her all those dresses, but she did wonder if she should have said something about it.
Laura, too, looked at the mountain of garments piling up in the Dressing Room and regretted her careless words.

“I shouldn’t have spoken so thoughtlessly. I’ve given up that dream now, truly.”

And so she had to spend such an exhausting amount of time organizing the clothes that filled the Dressing Room—her arms practically fell off.
“How was I supposed to stop this? I’m just a mere aide!”
It was then that Herald voiced his grievance with an aggrieved expression.

“Do you know which dressmaker is popular with the young ladies these days?”
“Asking me won’t help you…….”
“Pathetic.”

What’s more, he’d been chastised that very day.
“More importantly, shouldn’t you be reviewing those invitations instead of reading the newspaper?”
Herald shot back, pointing toward the desk.
There lay a towering stack of invitations.
“Hmm.”
Emilia let out a sigh.
Even if she combined all the correspondence she’d received in her entire life, it wouldn’t come close to this mountain.
As Emilia deliberately averted her gaze, wanting nothing more than to ignore the matter, Robert found her.
“Madam, you have a visitor in the Reception Room.”
“A visitor?”

* * *

Inside the Imperial Palace quarters.
“Ugh.”
Alex scratched his tousled hair as he opened the letter that had arrived.
“Why is it so thick?”
He furrowed his brow, pulling out a hefty stack of pages from the envelope.
“Reads like a petition.”
It hadn’t been long since he’d written to his mother in their distant hometown asking for news about Emilia, yet her reply had arrived quickly.
As Alex read through the letter’s contents, his expression darkened rapidly.
“That crazy bastard.”
Not only had Cedric split from Emilia, he’d brought a pregnant woman back with him.
“Mom must be absolutely furious.”
She’d already lamented how Emilia was wasted on such a man.

[If you meet that scoundrel, beat him senseless. I’ll cover any settlement fees however I can.]

Alex laughed quietly at the passage he found midway through.
Here was his mother, dutifully encouraging violence—truly the mark of an excellent parent.
“But what’s Emilia been doing all this time?”
The moment that thought crossed his mind, the next line caught his eye.

[At least she’s working for some Duke’s House, or so I hear. Our Emilia really is sharp.]

‘What? The Duke’s House?’
Alex was taken aback somewhat.
Not just any noble house—the Duke’s House itself.
‘She must be working as a servant.’
Still, it was a relief that she seemed to be settling well in the Capital.
Then, unexpectedly, he recalled an article he’d seen not long ago.
Alex paused, glancing back and forth between the newspapers scattered haphazardly on the table and his mother’s letter.
“Surely not……?”
But then Alex shook his head firmly.
‘Come on. What on earth am I thinking?’
He clearly hadn’t fully woken up yet.

* * *

Emilia hurried to the Reception Room.
Flora, who had been waiting, greeted her with unbridled joy.
“Emilia!”
She grasped Emilia’s hand tightly, her eyes sparkling.
“I rushed over the moment I saw the article!”
Flora glanced around the empty Reception Room once, then leaned in close to Emilia and whispered.
“You’re the woman who married His Grace, aren’t you? It must be you!”
“Well, yes.”
Emilia answered with an awkward smile.
“I knew it!”
Emilia had been maintaining regular correspondence with Flora separately from Samuel’s duties.
And she’d come to realize that Flora was far more genuinely passionate about plant research than she’d initially thought.
Just then, Flora murmured dejectedly.
“Of course I’m happy for you, but I’m so disappointed.”
“I beg your pardon?”
At her bewildered expression, Flora swallowed hard.
She’d already decided in her heart that Emilia would become her sister-in-law!
Well, her brother—that blockhead—probably hadn’t even noticed his own interest in Emilia.
‘Ugh.’
She twisted her face at the thought of her hopeless brother.
‘Even if they only exchange letters about work, shouldn’t he at least occasionally ask what her favorite foods are, or where she’d like to visit?’
That’s what any normal person would do.
Emilia was commoner-born, sure, but her own family wasn’t so distinguished a noble house anyway.
Grandfather had even taken quite a liking to her, so there wouldn’t have been any real obstacle—or so Flora had been happily imagining.
‘I’m so disappointed I could die.’
Of course the Duke had the eye to appreciate Emilia and snatch her away entirely.
“In any case, I’m so glad you came, Flora. I was actually thinking of asking you to visit in my letters.”
“Me? Whatever for?”
This time Flora looked confused at her words.
“It’s about that research you mentioned wanting to pursue last time.”
“Oh, yes.”
Flora blinked as she answered.
“Have you thought about taking it on seriously?”
“Pardon?”
Flora’s face registered surprise, then immediately her eyes shifted awkwardly.
“Of course I’d like to, but as I mentioned before, my circumstances…….”
“Your circumstances—you mean financial ones?”
“Yes, well, that’s the main thing. Ha.”
Flora laughed while scratching her head.
“How much would you need to proceed without worry?”
“Hmm.”
Flora’s expression turned somewhat troubled at the question, but she named an approximate sum.
“Just shortening the Growth Period alone requires an enormous investment.”
The sum was staggering enough to make ordinary people faint, yet Emilia didn’t even blink at such an enormous amount.
Rather, she nodded calmly and opened her mouth.
“The truth is, I’ve somehow come into a considerable sum of money.”
“…… Really?”
Flora searched for the connection between the question Emilia had just asked her and what she’d just said.
“Wait……could it be……?”
“That’s right. I mean, of course the Duke’s House isn’t funding this, but I wanted to support your research personally.”
“What?!”
Flora’s eyes widened at words she couldn’t quite believe.
“You’re serious? Even if you did come into money, giving it to me…….”
But Emilia simply shrugged as if it were nothing.
The amount was more than she could spend in a lifetime anyway.
Above all, she’d seen such cases before in her past life.
Fields that clearly needed support, yet had to have funding cut simply because results weren’t immediate—she’d witnessed such unfortunate situations.
But lack of immediate visible results didn’t mean something had no value.
And from what she could see, Flora’s research was the sort that would one day bring great benefit to people.
Flora stared at her, a bit dazed.
“So research as much as you want—”
Emilia continued, a smile playing at her lips.
“—and fail to your heart’s content.”

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