I’ll Be the Heroine’s Competent Divorce Partner - Chapter 51

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Chapter 51

This is why having a clear status as a princess is convenient.

Even if the Crown Prince’s palace inspects all packages collectively, it wouldn’t be immediately filtered out, right?

<To the small sun of the Empire, I pray that infinite glory may dwell upon His Highness the Crown Prince.

I am always deeply grateful in my heart for the grace that His Highness the Crown Prince has bestowed upon me.

Thanks to that grace, I have been able to move forward.

To express my gratitude, I humbly send this gift.

However, I hope you will keep it secret that I sent you a gift.

If my Elder Brother were to learn that I sent a gift to His Highness the Crown Prince, he might not be too pleased about it.

In the same vein, if the gift is not to your liking, you need not return it.

Please dispose of it instead.>

Still, since I didn’t want to leave any room for potential problems, I wrote the letter as vaguely as possible.

Instead of directly mentioning our contract and the compensation the Crown Prince had given me, I expressed it as ‘grace.’

‘Writing this much should be enough for the Crown Prince to understand what I mean.’

He’s quite a smart person, after all.

The cravat I’m sending along is a product from the dress shop, isn’t it?

Well, this much was just the introduction.

Actually, what comes below is the main point.

<Also, I heard that the delegation safely arrived at the Maltz Duchy.

This is thanks to Your Highness’s wise leadership and the delegation’s loyalty.

The long voyage must have been quite arduous.

Is the delegation in good health?>

The delegation needs to be healthy for our contract to take effect.

Hurry up and let me know the results.

<Then I shall conclude this letter here.

The weather has become quite mild before we knew it.

I hope that Your Highness will also spend eventful days like the current pleasant weather.

Elodie von Laventess.>

Not long after sending the package and letter to the Crown Prince.

A letter suddenly arrived.

<Dear Princess Laventess.

I gratefully received the gift you sent.

I like it very much.

So, I would like to meet with you again when you have time, Princess.

Would that be possible?>

No, you could just tell me about the delegation’s health condition in a letter.

Why are you suddenly asking to meet?!

* * *

Currently, I was sitting in my seat feeling quite bewildered.

And across from me, the Crown Prince was smiling brightly.

……No, we actually met?!

“Excuse me, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

I carefully opened my mouth.

“Do you perhaps have something to tell me?”

“Yes, I do.”

What is it?

I became a little nervous.

A matter important enough to arrange a meeting.

Could it be that the delegation’s health has deteriorated? That can’t be possible?!

“How could you tell me to dispose of the gift?”

“I gave you a definite prescription. Surely the delegation should be healthy… What?”

I, who had been speaking urgently, suddenly closed my mouth.

Ah, that wasn’t it?

The Crown Prince put on a serious expression.

“Princess, aren’t you being too cold? To bring up the delegation matter right from the start, how businesslike of you.”

Well, that was my original purpose after all…

Desperately swallowing the retort that was about to slip out of my mouth, I forced my stiffening lips into a smile.

“I simply didn’t want to take up too much of Your Highness’s precious time.”

“It’s not that you just find having a long conversation with me bothersome, is it?”

You caught me.

But the Crown Prince before my eyes had somehow taken on a strangely disappointed expression.

“How could that be?”

I frantically tried to smooth over the situation.

“I truly just didn’t want to burden Your Highness. And when I said to dispose of the gift, it was because there’s no need to keep something you don’t like…”

“If it’s a gift from the Princess, I would treasure it even if it were paper trash.”

No, you don’t need to go that far.

“And to think that we can only meet if there’s a specific matter to discuss.”

Excuse me, but is there really a need to meet without any particular business?

That question rose to the tip of my throat, but I desperately held it back.

But the Crown Prince went even further.

“I thought we had built at least a minimum level of trust. If I haven’t been able to earn the Princess’s trust…”

Ugh.

For such a handsome person to droop his eyebrows and whine like that.

I simply cannot win against that face attack…

“That’s not it!”

I raised both hands and feet in surrender to the Crown Prince.

“I’m sorry if I made you feel hurt. Of course I trust Your Highness the Crown Prince. I was just worried that Your Highness might not need the gift…”

I continued speaking in a fluster.

At the same time, the Crown Prince’s lips twitched.

And then.

“Ahaha!”

Refreshing laughter burst out.

I stared at the Crown Prince with surprised rabbit eyes.

It’s the first time I’ve seen the Crown Prince laugh so loudly.

This went on for quite a while.

“Ah, I’m sorry. Princess, you looked so flustered that it was too amusing, I couldn’t help myself.”

The Crown Prince, who had been giggling, finally managed to stop laughing.

The corners of my eyes shot up sky-high.

Ah, so that means.

You’ve been having a grand time making fun of me this whole time?

But the Crown Prince’s words weren’t finished yet.

“Still, I was a bit hurt when you told me to dispose of the gift. It would have been nice if you’d asked me to treasure it instead.”

Violet eyes looked straight into mine.

A voice as soft as cotton caressed my ears.

“Because I want to continue getting along well with you, Princess.”

……What is this feeling?

Bewildered, I blinked my eyes.

This ticklish sensation, as if someone were rubbing my heart with feathers……

But I didn’t need to dwell on that sensation for long.

Just then, the Crown Prince spoke up in a calm tone.

“In any case, I should tell you about the health of the delegation that you inquired about.”

What?!

I looked at the Crown Prince with sweaty palms.

Then the Crown Prince pretended to be embarrassed, subtly averting his gaze.

“Princess, it’s a bit embarrassing when you stare at me with such passionate eyes.”

He added playfully.

‘This guy?!’

Feeling deflated like a punctured balloon, I glared with triangular eyes.

At the same time, the Crown Prince cheerfully added.

“The delegation is very healthy. The contract we made is also taking effect.”

“Right? They’re healthy, right?”

I asked back in an excited voice.

The Crown Prince nodded readily.

“Also, the reason I wanted to meet like this is actually because I wanted to give you a return gift for the present you gave me.”

“What? That was just something I wanted to give you. You don’t need to give me anything in return.”

“Princess, are you going to coldly reject me again like this?”

Toward me, who stiffened my shoulders with a start.

The Crown Prince curved his lips beautifully.

“I’m joking. I’m just doing this because I want to, so I hope you won’t feel too burdened.”

“……”

Why do you keep making my heart go up and down like this?

The Crown Prince placed a white card envelope in front of me as I struggled to hide my sullen look.

“May I open it?”

“Of course.”

The Crown Prince nodded readily.

I carefully opened the envelope.

Inside was a small card with a brief message written on it.

Elton 12-7.

It’s an address that feels somehow familiar.

Along with that, the Crown Prince dropped a bombshell with a fresh expression.

“It’s my direct contact information. More precisely, it’s an annex I own on Elton Street, and Samuel is my personal secretary.”

“What?”

“If you send a message under Samuel’s name, it will be delivered directly to me.”

“Whaaaat?!”

Shocked, I froze stiff while still holding the card.

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