I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 41
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#41
A familiar voice came through the half-closed door, sounding desperate.
“Please wait just a moment!”
This voice is….
Kalian, who was about to turn back, stopped abruptly in place. His head turned involuntarily.
Ber, confirming Kalian’s reaction, gestured with his hand.
“Open the door again.”
The massive stone gate that had been half-closed opened once more.
Shortly after, a woman in a somewhat disheveled dress came rushing through the stone gate.
Her unkempt hair was a complete mess, and her clothes looked shabby.
“Haa, haa.”
Having apparently run here in great haste, the woman stood in place catching her breath for a moment.
“Thank you.”
Even in the midst of this, it was amusing that she didn’t forget to thank the attendants.
Everyone in the exam hall, including Kalian, turned their gaze toward the woman.
Except for Kalian and Ber, most simply thought she was a woman who had come on some business.
They didn’t think she was an examinee taking the management exam like themselves.
That was understandable since there had never been a precedent of a woman becoming an imperial administrator.
Moreover, this wasn’t even a low-level position but the Emperor’s aide.
A woman taking on such an important post?
It was absurd. It was also impossible.
Amid everyone’s murmuring, Kalian sent a look to Ber.
Understanding what Kalian wanted, Ber let out a small sigh and approached the woman.
The woman, who had been catching her breath with her upper body slightly bent, straightened her back as Ber approached.
Though her appearance was somewhat shabby and disheveled, an undeniable elegance flowed from the woman.
Just making eye contact made one think that she shouldn’t be treated carelessly.
A noble is indeed a noble, after all.
Ber placed his hand on his chest and bowed politely.
“I am Ber Delonde. You are Princess Leilah Tebesa, correct?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
When the woman, Leilah, answered, people stirred once again.
Fillen Williot’s fiancée.
The woman who would soon become Duchess Williot.
The princess of Tebesa County.
…And Count Tebesa’s illegitimate daughter.
Bang-
“…!”
The people who had been murmuring while looking at Leilah were startled and turned to look at him when Kalian struck the table hard.
“How noisy.”
Kalian, who had taken his place at the highest seat, swept the assembly with a gaze as sharp as a well-honed blade.
People hurriedly lowered their eyes, afraid they might meet Kalian’s gaze.
“The exam start time has passed, so everyone shut your mouths.”
At Kalian’s words, everyone fell silent as if cold water had been poured on them.
Even the supervisors stood quietly with their mouths shut, while only two people were moving.
“Um, I’m not unable to take the exam because I’m late, am I?”
One person was Leilah.
“Of course not.”
The other person was Ber.
“You’re number 172.”
He smiled brightly and handed the exam ticket to Leilah Tebesa.
“We need to start the exam now, so please take your seat quickly, Princess Leilah Tebesa.”
* * *
The fact that Leilah had taken the management exam spread widely through people’s mouths even before the exam ended.
Everyone said different things, but the context was the same.
They thought it was absurd that Leilah had applied for the management exam in the first place.
Moreover, she’s a princess who will soon become a duchess?
But why is she taking the management exam?
She won’t pass anyway.
There was no way a princess who hadn’t received proper education could pass the management exam.
Moreover, this exam was said to be the most difficult in history.
Even Raymond Logan, who was rumored to be a genius, shook his head after seeing the exam questions.
So people were certain that Leilah wouldn’t pass the exam.
No one expected that Leilah would pass the exam with the highest score.
Not even Kalian.
* * *
“First place?”
Kalian asked Ber as if bewildered.
“Princess Tebesa really came in first?”
Ber expressed his affirmation through silence. He too was in a state of complete confusion.
Ber had thought Raymond Logan would come in first from the moment he heard Logan was applying for the management exam.
Kalian felt the same way.
Though they had opened the management exam to officially select Leilah, Raymond Logan’s application was unexpected.
They had never anticipated that Logan would apply for an administrative position, even throwing away his resignation letter.
So they had been inwardly worried about what to do, but Leilah defeated Raymond Logan and took first place.
“Isn’t something wrong?”
“This is that princess’s answer sheet.”
Rather than explaining at length, it was better to show directly.
Ber showed Kalian the answer sheet that the scholars had praised to the skies.
Just how well had she written her answers for the scholars to rate her higher than Raymond Logan?
He was very curious. Kalian silently read through the answer sheet carefully.
After a while.
“…Well written.”
Kalian, having finished his careful reading, briefly stated his impression.
Others might have clicked their tongues at such an indifferent evaluation, but this was the highest praise Kalian could give.
Even Ber, who had worked by his side for a long time, had rarely heard praise with “well” attached to it.
Most of the time it ended with “good work.”
“Extremely well written.”
But such praise came not once but twice, even with “extremely” attached, yet Ber nodded calmly without any surprise.
In his view too, Leilah’s answers were perfect.
When writing long passages in a short time, the latter part usually falls apart due to urgency, but Leilah’s answers had a clean beginning, development, climax, and conclusion throughout.
All seven answers.
If she completes answer sheets this perfectly, she’ll probably be good at document preparation too.
Ber’s eyes sparkled as if stars had been embedded in them.
Ber placed his hands on Kalian’s desk and leaned his upper body toward Kalian.
“Give her to me.”
“What?”
At the sudden remark, Kalian’s eyebrow tilted at an angle.
“Princess Tebesa isn’t an object.”
“I didn’t mean it that way, but rather that you should quickly select her as your aide. I’m eager to see Princess Tebesa’s work skills.”
“It’s not that, you just want to quickly hand over your work.”
When Kalian chuckled and pointed out his true intentions, Ber answered with an innocent smile.
“It’s killing two birds with one stone. Your Majesty was planning to select Princess Tebesa anyway.”
“That’s true, but… would it be alright?”
“What would?”
“The person in question is Princess Tebesa.”
So what’s the issue with that?
At the incomprehensible words, Ber blinked and looked at Kalian.
Kalian spoke in more detail with a subtle expression.
“Princess Tebesa is a woman.”
Ber replied indifferently.
“She didn’t look like a man to me.”
“Until now, no woman has ever become an official of the Empire.”
Ah, so that was the reason.
Finally understanding what Kalian was trying to say, Ber smiled slightly and answered.
“That’s right. It’s not even prohibited by law, so why hasn’t there been a single one until now?”
It was an answer showing he didn’t care at all about Leilah becoming an aide.
As expected, it was good to keep that guy by my side.
Kalian smiled contentedly and stood up from his seat.
“Where is Princess Tebesa?”
“She’s waiting in the Outer Palace.”
Of course, Leilah wasn’t waiting there of her own accord.
Having seen her answer sheet, Ber knew this would happen and immediately detained her.
“His Majesty said he wants to see you separately. Please wait just a moment, Princess Tebesa.”
To do so, he didn’t hesitate to use Kalian’s name.
Well, what of it? It would become true in the near future anyway.
“I want to see her separately.”
See, it became true.
Ber smiled and bowed his head.
“Yes.”
* * *
My body trembled slightly as the cold air touched my exposed shoulders and nape.
The voluminous skirt was densely studded with expensive jewels.
Surely they won’t fall off.
I looked at the jewels with anxious eyes.
If it were my own clothes, I would just feel sorry about losing the jewels, but since it was a dress the Emperor lent me, I was concerned.
The clothes I was originally wearing were changed to this dress according to the maids’ opinion that they were inappropriate for an audience with the Emperor.
Before that, I had washed thoroughly and tidied my disheveled hair.
I walked carefully, holding up my skirt hem lest something dirty get on the clothes.
“Welcome, Princess Tebesa.”
The man who came out to greet me was someone I had seen at the exam hall.
His name was definitely Ber Delonde. His rank was Baron.
The fact that he was the Emperor’s aide was something even a three-year-old child would know.
As such, Ber Delonde, the Emperor’s only aide, was famous in many ways.
Whether in good ways or bad ways.
The most famous thing was ‘that incident.’
“His Majesty is waiting. This way.”
From the Emperor’s Palace onward, Ber personally guided me instead of Silvia.
We passed through a long hallway decorated both splendidly and elegantly and entered the drawing room.
Kalian was sitting on a sofa made of red velvet.
“Leilah Tebesa greets the Sun of the Empire.”
“Come here and sit.”
When I sat across from Kalian, a maid set refreshments on the table.
After the maid withdrew, Kalian finally opened his mouth.
“Your appearance has become neat.”
“Ah.”
I bowed my head with reddened earlobes.
“I apologize. I hadn’t intended to come to the exam hall looking like that, but somehow…”
“Well, it’s not like you smelled or anything, so it doesn’t matter.”
Kalian smiled mischievously.
“But seeing how you appeared in such a state, it seems something happened.”
I affirmed with silence.
Kalian leaned back comfortably on the sofa and asked.
“May I ask what happened?”
What should I do? Should I tell him?
Since it wasn’t a particularly pleasant story, I hesitated before slowly opening my mouth.
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