I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 270

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Why is Kalian, who should be at the Aster Count’s Estate, here?

“Why is Your Majesty….”

“Shh.”

When the flustered Leilah tried to ask, Kalian made a gesture for her to be quiet.

“Let’s discuss the details once we’re on the ship.”

He said this while taking Leilah’s hand with his free hand that wasn’t carrying luggage.

Leilah, who had inadvertently boarded the passenger ship with Kalian, belatedly came to her senses and exclaimed.

“Th-this passenger ship is going to the Kingdom of Natsha!”

Meanwhile, Kalian answered in a light tone as if there was no problem at all.

“I know.”

“You knew and still boarded? Don’t tell me you’re planning to jump off the ship halfway and swim back?”

Kalian burst into laughter.

“Even though I can manipulate water at will, I have no intention of doing such a thing. I also promised you that I wouldn’t use my abilities for useless matters.”

“Then why are you on this ship….”

“Well, it’s to go on a honeymoon to the Kingdom of Natsha with you.”

What did I just hear?

A honeymoon?

So this is….

“A…honeymoon?”

When Leilah asked back, doubting her own ears, Kalian nodded.

Though she received confirmation, Leilah still couldn’t believe it and fired off questions rapidly.

“A honeymoon, what do you mean? I clearly heard that there was a problem on the Kingdom of Natsha’s side and they invited me! Are you perhaps following along to take a honeymoon while we’re at it? What about Leo? If both parents leave when the child is only 4 years old…!”

“Stop.”

Thinking she would chatter all night if left alone, Kalian interrupted her.

Just then, the passenger ship departed, puffing out thick smoke.

Kalian is really going to the Kingdom of Natsha with me?

Leilah’s eyes trembled helplessly at this fact that was hard to believe even seeing it with her own eyes.

“I’m sorry.”

Kalian looked directly into those eyes and spoke in a low, strong voice.

“For unintentionally deceiving you, for making you suffer emotionally because of me all this time, I’m sorry.”

Kalian also desperately wanted to tell her everything openly.

They had even ended up sleeping in separate rooms, so how could he want to hide it?

But then she absolutely wouldn’t have boarded this ship, so he had no choice but to hide it.

“I’ll tell you everything.”

But now there was no need to hide anything anymore.

“How this happened, why you ended up going to the Kingdom of Natsha, I’ll tell you everything.”

* * *

A bright afternoon, in the Imperial Palace garden.

“What?”

Esramel, who was Countess Cloud and the Empire’s only princess, asked Hes back with great bewilderment.

“So Kalian wanted to go on a honeymoon with Count Aster and proposed a scam, and you readily accepted that proposal?”

Hes nodded awkwardly with a smile.

“I was already thinking I should give the Prime Minister a long vacation, and elder brother happened to make a good proposal… Sister, you always said the Prime Minister should rest a bit.”

“That’s true, but I never thought you’d go as far as to commit fraud.”

“Sister.”

Hes glanced at Leo, who was sitting next to him sipping milk, then leaned toward Esramel and spoke in a small voice.

“The child is listening, so could you stop saying that word ‘scam’?”

Esramel also glanced at Leo and shrugged her shoulders.

“I wonder if it’ll be okay though.”

“What will?”

“What do you mean what, I’m talking about Count Aster.”

Esramel crossed her arms and leaned back against the chair.

“What if she finds out she was deceived later and gets furiously angry?”

“Come on, surely. Would the Prime Minister get angry over something like this?”

“Oh my, look at this kid. You deceived someone and sent them to a distant place, and you call it ‘something like this.’ No matter how good the intentions were, she’d be angry, right?”

Is that so? Hes’s expression darkened.

“And originally, gentle and mild people like Count Aster are scary when they’re really angry.”

Esramel continued.

“I heard she was incredibly angry at Kalian too?”

“There’s no way Count Aster would be angry at elder brother….”

“She was.”

When Leo suddenly joined the conversation, Hes turned his head so violently toward him that it made a whooshing sound.

Leo put down his empty milk glass on the table and told an incredible story.

“That’s why Mother and Father have been sleeping in separate rooms.”

“My goodness, separate rooms even!”

“….”

Unlike Esramel, who exclaimed as if finding it very interesting, Hes’s expression grew darker and darker.

Hes asked his sister with a tearful expression.

“Since elder brother proposed it first, he’ll handle it well on his own, right?”

“Well. If it were me, I wouldn’t have trusted Kalian.”

Esramel answered in a light tone while picking up her teacup.

“That guy’s insides are inhabited by about a hundred cunning snakes. He might dump all the responsibility on you and try to slip away like a loach.”

* * *

At the same time Hes and Esramel were having their intimate chat.

In the first-class cabin of the passenger ship heading to the Kingdom of Natsha.

“….”

Leilah, who had heard all the stories Kalian had been hiding until now, had a bewildered expression.

That Hes had readily agreed even though the Kingdom of Natsha hadn’t given any reason.

She had expected something was up when Kalian kept hiding things even after she declared separate rooms, but she never imagined such a secret was hidden.

What was more shocking was that Diane had also participated in this matter.

It was bewildering that she had even sent a letter directly to Kalian to ask for this favor.

Come to think of it, before leaving the manor, when Kalian said goodbye saying he’d see her later.

It wasn’t meant as ‘see you after returning from the Kingdom of Natsha’ but ‘see you on the passenger ship.’

The missing puzzle pieces finally fit together one by one.

“Why on earth would you do such a thing….”

“Countess Diane Andrian wanted to see you.”

Kalian knelt on one knee in front of Leilah and took her hands like a spider web.

“I wanted to go on a honeymoon with you.”

“….”

“And Hes wanted to give you a vacation. It was all for you, so please don’t be too angry.”

Leilah opened her eyes and looked down at Kalian.

She hadn’t noticed at the manor, but Kalian had dark circles under his eyes.

His skin was also more haggard than before.

Leilah reached out with her free hand and gently caressed under his eyes.

“Couldn’t you sleep?”

“How could I sleep when I deceived you?”

“You said it was all for my sake. Then you should be able to sleep soundly without a care.”

“Still, deceiving is deceiving.”

Kalian gently pressed his lips against Leilah’s palm.

“I’m sorry.”

Speaking in that position, his words tickled the inside of her palm like feathers.

“Even if it was for your sake, I shouldn’t have created secrets like that… I was short-sighted. I’m sorry.”

She would have forgiven him with just an apology.

But seeing him look at her with eyes moist as if about to shed tears, pleading with her, all her remaining resentment melted away.

That didn’t mean she could completely embrace everything Kalian had done.

Nor should she.

Leilah unconsciously hardened her softened lips and pulled her hand away from his grasp.

“I understand you wanted to give me rest, but this time you went too far.”

And she spoke firmly and sternly.

“Not just a week, but three weeks. If I’m away for that long, other people will suffer.”

Since you’ve suffered all this time, it would be fine for others to suffer for about three weeks.

Kalian had those words circling in his mouth, but kept quiet knowing he’d face a barrage of scolding if he said them.

“And Leo too. Leaving a four-year-old child alone to go on a honeymoon… It’s ridiculous. Leo would be sad if he knew about this.”

“Not at all.”

Since he had something definite to say about this part, Kalian spoke confidently.

“When I asked Leo if it would be okay for us to go on a honeymoon, he was actually happy and told us to hurry up and go. He said he also wanted his mother to enjoy traveling and rest well.”

“Leo, who’s only four years old, said that?”

When Leilah asked suspiciously, Kalian nodded.

“Really. As you know, our Leo is mature beyond his years.”

That’s true.

Since it was a fact Leilah knew well too, she couldn’t bring herself to deny it.

“And I’ve left Leo with Hes and Countess Cloud, so don’t worry.”

Countess Cloud was also involved in this scheme?

As the number of accomplices kept growing, Leilah was inwardly astounded.

Kalian continued speaking.

“You know very well how much they adore Leo. So you don’t need to worry about Leo.”

“…If I could put my mind at ease just because of that, I wouldn’t be a parent.”

Leilah spoke complainingly while rubbing her face with her hands.

“Really, if Leo later resents us asking why we abandoned him, it’s all your responsibility.”

“That will never happen, so don’t worry.”

Right. As long as you keep your promise.

Kalian recalled when he had brought up the honeymoon topic with Leo.

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