I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 264

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#6

To be precise, he couldn’t appear.

“Today, Count Delonde went to work somewhere other than the Imperial Palace due to New Year’s festival preparations.”

Because he wasn’t at the Imperial Palace.

Diane thought Ber was deliberately avoiding her, but she felt both relieved and frustrated to learn that wasn’t the case.

Of all days, why did he have to go work somewhere other than the Imperial Palace today?

‘No, wait. If it’s somewhere other than the Imperial Palace, I can easily meet him, right?’

Right, this is another opportunity. Thinking that way, Diane asked the court official.

“Will Count Delonde return to the Imperial Palace today?”

“As far as I know, he won’t be returning and will go straight home from there.”

“I see.”

She had tried to time it with Ber’s return or departure, but that was impossible too.

“Then could you tell me where Count Delonde went to work?”

“I’m sorry, but for security reasons, I cannot tell you that much.”

“I’m not trying to do anything bad. I just want to meet him to talk, but you still can’t tell me?”

“I’m sorry.”

Despite Diane’s request, the court official’s resolve was firm.

“If you have something to say to Count Delonde, please leave a letter. I’ll deliver it to him immediately.”

“If this could be solved with a letter, I wouldn’t be… Wait, you’ll deliver a letter to Count Delonde ‘immediately’?”

Diane, who was about to get irritated in a moment of anger, caught the fact she had missed and asked.

The court official nodded calmly.

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Haha.”

This bastard, he’s at the Imperial Palace.

Otherwise, there’s no way the court official would have answered that he’d deliver a letter to Ber immediately.

She had been happy thinking he wasn’t deliberately avoiding her, but it was a mistake.

‘I’m an idiot for being mistaken.’

Actually, after Diane arrived in the capital, yesterday wasn’t the first time she had sent a letter to Ber.

On the day she arrived in the capital, and the next day too, she had sent letters to Ber’s manor.

Saying she had come to the capital, that she wanted to meet, asking him to meet her. Let’s meet and talk.

But there was no reply, so she had no choice but to ask Leilah, and when even that was refused, she came directly today.

Anyone could see that Ber was avoiding Diane.

That fact hurt her pride terribly, and she was angry because she thought she knew why Ber was avoiding her.

‘Let me calm down first.’

Diane took a deep breath and calmed her rising anger.

Getting angry wouldn’t change anything.

Instead, there was a high possibility that the court official would think she was strange and not even deliver the letter.

‘What should I do?’

Coming again tomorrow would be too much trouble for Leilah.

There was no guarantee that Ber would meet her tomorrow either.

They say there’s no tree that won’t fall after being struck ten times, and she wanted to keep coming until he agreed to meet her, but she couldn’t cause trouble for Leilah because of her own desires.

And Diane had thought of a backup plan in case Ber was deliberately avoiding her.

A secret method that would force Ber to come see her.

‘I have no choice.’

She didn’t want to use that method if possible because it was essentially throwing a tantrum, but since Ber kept avoiding her, there was no other way.

“No. I’ll come back later.”

That court official was under Ber’s influence, so she couldn’t entrust it to him.

So Diane went to find another court official who traveled between the inner and outer palaces and asked him to deliver a letter she had written in advance, along with a small fee.

“Please deliver this directly to Count Delonde.”

This letter was exactly that secret method.

Sending another letter might seem a bit stale, but the contents were completely different from all the letters she had sent so far.

Diane was confident that Ber would have no choice but to come find her after reading those contents.

* * *

The court official who received Diane’s request immediately went to the Emperor’s Advisor’s Office.

The aide’s office was completely empty. No one was visible.

“This is troublesome.”

Diane had asked him to deliver the letter directly to Ber, but not only was Ber not there, no one was there, which was problematic.

Maybe if I wait a little, someone will come. The court official hoped Ber would come quickly and waited, but no one came even after time passed.

Only then did he learn that Ber and the other aides were currently in a meeting with the Emperor about the New Year’s festival.

When an attendant said it would take quite a while, the court official was troubled.

Waiting until Ber returned was impossible for him too, as he had things to do.

The court official, wondering what to do, placed the letter on Ber’s desk where it would be clearly visible.

“This should do.”

This was no different from delivering it directly.

The court official left the office satisfied.

And a few minutes later.

Knock knock-

The office door opened with a knocking sound. The person who entered was an administrator carrying an armful of documents piled up like a mountain.

“No one’s here. Ah, right. They said there was a meeting.”

Then I’ll just leave the documents and go.

The administrator immediately approached Ber’s desk and put down the documents he had brought.

There was quite a lot, so when he put them down, there was a thud sound and the desk shook slightly.

Because of that, the letter that the earlier court official had placed to be clearly visible flew away and went into the gap under the desk.

But the administrator didn’t notice this fact and left the office with light steps.

* * *

I wonder if Diane had a good talk with Count Delonde.

All day long, I couldn’t focus on work due to worrying about Diane.

I wanted to go find Diane in the middle and ask how it went, but I held back because it seemed like unnecessary meddling.

I was going to ask casually when leaving work, but seeing her darkly sunken expression, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

‘It seems it didn’t go well.’

Did she at least get to meet and talk with Count Delonde?

Or couldn’t she even meet him?

Either way, it was equally pitiful.

Diane, who would normally chatter nonstop all the way back to the manor, was quiet today.

Diane, who had kept her mouth shut like a clam, finally spoke when we arrived at the manor.

“I’m a bit tired today, so I’ll skip dinner and go rest in my room.”

“Then shall I bring dinner to your room?”

“No. It’s fine. I don’t have an appetite.”

Still, it would be better to eat something.

I looked worriedly at her back as she trudged toward her room.

Kalian, who had come out to greet me as always, wrapped his arms around my waist, glanced at Diane, then said as if talking to himself.

“It seems things didn’t go well with Ber.”

I looked at Kalian in surprise.

“You knew?”

Kalian smiled mischievously.

“What?”

“…You already know everything.”

When I glared at him, he smiled even deeper and rested his chin on the top of my head.

“If you mean that woman likes Ber, then I know.”

“How did you know?”

“How did I know? We helped push them together during the New Year festival before.”

Ah, now that I think about it, we did.

“I’m realizing anew that woman has quite unique taste. To have her heart set on Ber.”

“Count Delonde is a decent person though.”

“Leilah.”

Kalian tightened his grip on the hand wrapped around my waist as he spoke.

“Don’t praise other men in front of me.”

“You’re jealous of even this?”

“Yes. I’m terribly jealous, so don’t do it.”

At his childish jealousy, I let out a small laugh and placed my hand over his that was wrapped around my waist.

“Seeing how hard you’re helping, it seems you want Viscount Andrian and Ber to work out?”

“My heart does, but my head doesn’t.”

“Something’s bothering you?”

Hmm, since I’ve been caught anyway, should I ask for Kalian’s opinion?

“Well… It’s because of Count Delonde’s background.”

“Ah.”

Kalian nodded as if he understood what I meant.

“Does Viscount Andrian not know about Ber’s background?”

“No. I don’t think she does.”

“Oh dear. She’ll be quite shocked when she finds out.”

So Kalian thinks the same way. My heart grew heavy.

“Kyaa!”

I was wondering if I should stop Diane even now when suddenly Kalian lifted me up in his arms.

“Wh-what are you doing! Put me down!”

I cried out in surprise, but instead of putting me down, he held me even tighter.

“Kal!”

“I’m not trying to do anything strange, just escort you to the bathroom, so please don’t reject my sincerity.”

This isn’t a normal escort though…

It was absurd and embarrassing, but I didn’t dislike it. Rather, I could clearly feel that he loved me, which made me happy.

…Still, it’s embarrassing.

Not confident I could bear the pouring gazes with my eyes open, I squeezed them shut and buried my face in Kalian’s embrace.

Kalian’s laughter spread softly above my head.

* * *

“Please take a simple dinner to Diane’s room. Something easy to digest.”

“Yes, Countess.”

Diane said she wouldn’t eat dinner, but I was still worried, so I asked a maid before heading to the dining hall.

Kalian was already in the dining hall with Leo.

Leo was sitting in the baby high chair that Esramel had given as a gift.

They say other children cry and fuss to be held when put in high chairs, but Leo sat there quietly and well-behaved.

“Our Leo eats so well.”

He ate his baby food well without complaining once, taking whatever was given to him.

“Oh, I promised to go see the circus with Diane tomorrow evening.”

“Circus?”

“Yes. A circus troupe came to the town square.”

“Hmm, a circus. It’s been a while since I’ve heard that.”

“Have you seen a circus before?”

“Yes. Long ago, I snuck out of the Imperial Palace and saw it a few times.”

“Really? Then you must have seen lions walking on two legs?”

Kalian chuckled.

“Leilah, lions are animals that walk on four legs.”

“I know that too. But they say lions in circuses walk on two legs.”

“Then it wouldn’t be a lion, but a monster.”

“…”

He meant no. Not knowing that, I felt embarrassed remembering how I had bragged to Diane about being able to see walking lions, my cheeks burning hot.

What should I explain to Diane?

As I was thinking while covering my burning cheeks, Kalian said playfully with a laugh.

“There might not be lions walking on two legs, but there will be talking parrots and tigers jumping through fire rings, so have fun watching.”

“…Don’t tease me.”

“I’m not teasing, I’m being sincere.”

His expression looks like he’s teasing though. Feeling petty for no reason, I stabbed at my salad with my fork, and Kalian laughed out loud once more.

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