It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 43

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The drawing room of Kairozen Castle.

 

The groom’s expression, who should be happy while preparing for the ceremony, remained as indifferent as ever.

 

He sat on the sofa and briefly gestured with his chin toward his younger brother Valen, who sat across from him, asking.

 

“So, the magical tool for emotion checking?”

 

“Ah, older brother. You’re asking for the magical tool first without even greeting me?”

 

“I’ll give you 3 seconds.”

 

“Here it is.”

 

What was now in Raphael’s hands was a watch-type magical tool that could be worn on the wrist.

 

“Basically, both the hour and minute hands stay at midnight, but when you have emotions, the hour hand moves, and when you have desires, the minute hand moves. Interesting, right?”

 

“No, not interesting at all.”

 

“Ah, yes… Anyway, older brother! Basically, it won’t work at all in situations you can control. And when emotions or desires become excessive, it moves, and then…”

 

Valen lowered his voice and whispered softly.

 

“First, you must distance yourself from whoever triggered those emotions. That is, if you don’t want to annihilate them.”

 

Valen fastened the watch on him while whispering softly.

 

“But, older brother. Speaking as your younger brother, I hope you continue to stay close to that ’emotion and desire trigger.’ So you can live like a human.”

 

“I don’t want to.”

 

…His tone was sulky.

 

As expected, you’re an iron wall, older brother.

 

But Valen smiled faintly.

 

He must have created the watch-type magical tool because there was someone who triggered emotions and lust in him.

 

‘Who on earth could trigger emotions in someone like this?’

 

He was grinning, thinking it was curious, when Raphael whispered lowly.

 

“The one minute I allocated to you is over, so get lost now.”

 

“Yes, I’ll get lost as quickly as possible.”

 

However, Valen, who couldn’t give up his lingering attachment, glanced back as he went outside.

 

Having grown up sharing joys and sorrows with Raphael since childhood, he knew very well how intense the emotions and desires his older brother kept hidden were.

 

Before their father castrated all of Raphael’s desires and gaslighted him.

 

Raphael’s childhood was a bit… extraordinary to say he had no emotions.

 

‘What’s been continuously suppressed will burst someday. When that happens, will it be manageable?’

 

Who would be the person to press the emotion switch of the suppressed Grand Duke Kairozen?

 

‘Even if it’s unmanageable, I hope older brother gets a human-like life.’

 

That’s why he hid an easter egg in the watch too.

 

He wouldn’t tell him about that yet. It would be more fun to keep it secret.

 

Humming as he walked through the corridors of Kairozen Castle, curiosity suddenly appeared in Valen’s eyes.

 

‘The atmosphere of Kairozen Castle seems to have changed somehow, should I dig into what the cause is?’

 

***

 

Unlike the indifferent Raphael, Valen was quick to notice things.

 

In less than an hour, he read the subtle atmosphere pervading the interior of Kairozen Castle.

 

“Did you hear that news? Her Highness the prospective Grand Duchess…”

 

“Lady Serenthia…”

 

“Ah! Right, what Lady Serenthia devised…”

 

Everywhere in the North, there were only stories about Serenthia.

 

So inside this 【Kairozen Castle】, the prospective Grand Duchess named Serenthia Rosemary seemed quite popular.

 

If it had only been up to this point, it wouldn’t have been much of an interesting matter.

 

The ‘really’ interesting part began when he pretended it was coincidence and met Serenthia.

 

Valen keenly grasped Serenthia’s movement pattern and then appeared near the garden where she frequented.

 

But first, her movement pattern was quite suspicious.

 

‘It overlaps quite a bit with older brother Raphael’s schedule.’

 

…It doesn’t seem like the two made appointments, so is she deliberately following him around?

 

‘Did the head maid arrange it this way?’

 

Sitting on a sunny bench in the garden, whistling while waiting for Serenthia.

 

He was finally able to face Serenthia as she entered the garden.

 

Her brilliant silver hair and gentle purple eyes were quite sunny, but still seemed ordinary at first glance.

 

Approaching her, Valen cheerfully began.

 

“Lady Serenthia Rosemary, or should I call you Your Highness the Grand Duchess now? That’s right, isn’t it?”

 

“Ah, yes. Who are you?”

 

“I’m called Valen Kairozen.”

 

“Oh, I know who you are.”

 

…This woman, her eyes seem to be mysteriously sparkling.

 

Valen was always an impulsive type who moved according to his mood and intuition, so he immediately spread out a seat in the garden and sat down, saying.

 

“Come to think of it, it might be nice to have a conversation with my sister-in-law, what do you think?”

 

***

 

The master of the Magic Tower, Valen Kairozen.

 

If I were to talk about him, there would really be no end…

 

‘The most important thing is that he’s Raphael’s younger brother!’

 

But I really, truly had no intention of using this person as a messenger of my love for Raphael like I did with Isidel and Jacob.

 

Because he’s…!

 

‘A crazy bastard.’

 

Of course, I’m probably a crazy bastard to Raphael too.

 

But at least I’m a reasonable person to others, while Valen is a real crazy bastard.

 

He charmingly winked one eye.

 

“I heard the news about older brother getting married quite late. Actually, I was kicked out by older brother. After doing some strange experiments in the Magic Tower.”

 

“What kind of experiments did you do?”

 

“Well, this and that. Modifying people’s minds and bodies a bit…”

 

See, he’s a crazy bastard!

 

“For example, changing the lifestyle patterns of guys in the Magic Tower who have their days and nights reversed, and making them eat only healthy food with exactly the right ratios of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”

 

…Look, look. For someone like me with a messed up lifestyle pattern, this is worse than complete remodeling.

 

At my shocked expression, he smiled mysteriously and asked.

 

“Since you asked something you were curious about, may I now ask something I’m curious about?”

 

“…Go ahead.”

 

Well, is he going to ask why I’m marrying older brother, something like that?

 

I looked at him indifferently.

 

Then Valen smiled with his eyes and asked mischievously.

 

“Would it be okay to ruin the wedding?”

 

Honestly, I couldn’t even guess why he would say such nonsense.

 

But I should answer, right?

 

‘But I still don’t have the courage to firmly refute him.’

 

I smiled gently, did my best to gather courage, worked hard to speak indirectly, and answered.

 

“Then you’ll die.”

 

At my words, Valen smiled brightly and covered his mouth.

 

As if he had heard what he wanted to hear.

 

He still seems like a pervert, and I still shouldn’t get involved with him.

 

“For those who ruin the wedding, there’s only iron punishment…”

 

“Yes.”

 

Just one thing, I remembered something that would have to be ruined that day.

 

Although it was unsettling to ask the lunatic from the Magic Tower, Valen was the right person for that job.

 

“Could I possibly ask you for one favor on the wedding day?”

 

“Oh my. That’s quite out of the blue for something to say to someone who just declared they’d ruin the wedding.”

 

“Would it be as out of the blue as saying you’d ruin the wedding?”

 

“Not quite.”

 

As the tense conversation between Valen and me continued, I spoke to Valen gently.

 

“That day, I want to cause a very small commotion. …If you would help me.”

 

“Oh my. What kind of commotion?”

 

The moment I met his mischievous eyes, I realized.

 

So this was like a test between Valen and me, where we were sizing each other up.

 

***

 

How long had it been since I confirmed the wedding ceremony order, met with Raphael once a day, and practiced coordinating with him? About two weeks now.

 

It had been two weeks since even Squirrel had gone into hibernation, saying he would sleep well for the performance at the sanctuary.

 

A small hall right near the sanctuary where our wedding ceremony would be held.

 

Wearing a pure white wedding dress, I sat in the waiting room and whispered.

 

“Finally, the wedding…”

 

Finally.

 

Finally.

 

Finally…

 

However, I was very angry about the traditional order of this damn wedding ceremony.

 

Because…

 

‘I absolutely have to meet one of the Rosemary Family members right before the wedding.’

 

This was a sacred marriage order directly commanded by the Emperor, something that could never be changed.

 

In the Empire, every bride carries four items on her body when getting married.

 

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and sacred.

 

These were all things that the bride’s family was supposed to prepare.

 

Whether she knew my irritated feelings or not, Evelyn had stubbornly come all the way to the North.

 

Of course, it was good that Father Count Rosemary and brother Max, who were in the Eastern Continent, and Mother, who had announced her absence, didn’t come.

 

“Sister! I’m here!”

 

“Hello, you little bast… No, Evelyn.”

 

She immediately handed me four items.

 

“Mother gave them to me! Take them. They’re yours, she said!”

 

I let out a hollow laugh.

 

Something old, a broken comb with several missing teeth. Something new, a cheap cotton handkerchief. Something borrowed, a maid’s ribbon, and something blue and sacred was… spoiled wine.

 

But would you believe that all of this was the first gift I had ever received from them?

 

I calmly looked Evelyn over.

 

At that moment, a shocking sight caught my eye.

 

“You came wearing a white dress.”

 

As if she were the bride herself.

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