It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 4

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As Raphael was glaring at his watch, the youngest researcher cautiously spoke up.

“Still, His Grace the Grand Duke seemed too cold. Since she’s his wife, shouldn’t he treat her kindly?”

“Right, she’s a wife.”

He said with a slight upturn of his lips.

“An outsider.”

“….”

A moment of silence followed his ambitious joke.

The researchers belatedly clutched their stomachs and laughed.

“Ha, hahaha!”

“His Grace the Grand Duke’s sense of humor is truly something!”

“So funny, Your Grace!”

He had made others laugh again today.

But his lips returned to their motionless state once more.

‘Making one joke each day is all part of the plan too.’

Bringing laughter to the researchers of the 【Kairozen Castle Reconstruction Team】 who worked tirelessly every day shedding blood and sweat.

This too was under his controlling nature.

He wore a faintly satisfied expression as he glanced at the door that had slammed shut.

Then, one researcher cautiously muttered.

“Still, wouldn’t it be better to treat her well?”

“No, absolutely not.”

The researchers glanced pitifully toward the door where Serenthia had left.

But Raphael had reasons why he shouldn’t face such a ‘strange’ woman.

Since all of this was something only he and the chairman of the Council of Elders knew so far, Raphael replied indifferently instead of thinking further.

“Why, do you have an objection?”

His expression looked as if he might kill anyone who objected.

“N-no….”

“Then don’t make any more noise.”

Serenthia Rosemary.

She, an outsider, would also carry out her schedule under his control.

According to the daily schedule, they would meet exactly three times within the next three months.

That was a principle that would never change.

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‘Just wait. Someday, I’ll make sure the day comes when you call me honey!’

…I had resolved this and was ambitiously preparing for a ‘new opportunity’ to meet him!

The next morning, when I was taking a ‘Duke’s Castle building tour’ with Head Maid Melorsi.

Head Maid Melorsi said with a sad expression.

“I’m truly sorry, but since yesterday, the family’s research institute has been completely closed off.”

Standing in front of the research institute, I looked at the sign with a bewildered expression.

[Outsiders Entry Prohibited]

But maybe because the character for ‘out’ was written strangely small. It looked like ‘Wife Entry Prohibited’ rather than outsiders.

The moment I realized that fact….

“Pahahahaha!”

I ended up clutching my stomach and bursting into laughter.

“…Pardon?”

“Ha, he’s really too funny.”

Raphael was truly a ‘funny’ person.

Even before my regression, he used to faithfully crack one joke every day.

‘Ha, he’s really my type!’

As I laughed for a while, Head Maid Melorsi looked at me with a worried expression and cautiously said.

“It seems Your Grace the prospective Grand Duchess has been shocked by the fact that there’s no schedule to meet His Grace the Grand Duke for the next month.”

My laughter stopped abruptly.

“His Grace the Grand Duke specifically told me, ‘If the prospective Grand Duchess comes looking for me inefficiently without any business, I’ll cancel even the scheduled appointments.'”

At her firm words, somehow the strength drained from my body….

‘This man is a complete iron wall, isn’t he?’

…It didn’t.

I mustered up courage and clenched both fists tightly.

‘I can break through Raphael’s iron wall!’

Having made this firm resolution, I left the research institute and recalled the 【(Territory Reconstruction) Enhancement Experiment Materials】 data I had seen yesterday at the research institute, glancing at Melorsi.

“…Well, it must be a very busy time because of the reconstruction project.”

“Yes, that’s probably the case.”

Except for the main castle, most buildings had labels of ‘ruins’ or ‘under restoration’ attached to them.

‘Like in the past, Raphael has to rebuild all of this by himself.’

Come to think of it, there seemed to be some shadow on his wild expression…. (Not really)

“I’m worried….”

…I was about to say that I wanted to help him, even a little.

‘If I could stick close to his side while doing so, that would be even better.’

I have architectural knowledge and know the future too.

Couldn’t I use that to help him?

That day, I pondered while exploring around 【Kairozen Castle】.

But as I continued to look around the collapsed ruins while pondering, right at that moment.

Suddenly, I heard a strangely familiar hallucination in my ears.

“Lady Serenthia, please come to the sanctuary!”

This voice is….

‘Isn’t this the voice that made me regress?’

I muttered quietly as if talking to myself.

“…Sanctuary?”

When I stopped walking, Head Maid Melorsi said brightly.

“Ah, yes. Although it’s all collapsed, it’s a place where a sacred being once dwelled. …Would you like to go inside?”

I gazed quietly at the half-collapsed ruins of the sanctuary before me.

‘Normally, I would be disgusted.’

I just nodded my head.

Somehow, I felt like I had to go.

It seemed like there would be a key there that would help me meet Raphael.

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