It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 67
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It was a trashy gossip article titled [Will the eldest son and youngest daughter of 【Rosemary Family】 become the Emperor’s godson and goddaughter?].
Rosemary’s continuous success?
This is something I absolutely cannot tolerate in my life.
At that moment, Squirrel quietly murmured.
“Serenthia, I’ll also step away for a moment.”
Her voice was strangely weak, making me tilt my head in confusion.
Did she lose strength because we’re far from the Sanctuary?
…Why is she so weak?
“Where are you going? When will you be back?”
The usually energetic Squirrel worried me a bit, so I sent another telepathic message.
“Be careful and come back safely!”
But there was no response.
***
At the same time, inside the Imperial Palace in the Empire’s Capital City.
The atmosphere in the Imperial Palace was quiet and desolate. Time seemed to have stopped for the Emperor since losing his young daughter.
‘There hasn’t been much I could do all this time.’
Wandering around the garden his daughter used to visit frequently, collecting the things she liked one by one…
‘Finding the Divine that child had with her.’
It was because of a thread-thin hope that if he found that Divine, perhaps it might tell him something about My Daughter’s disappearance.
But his expectations were easily shattered.
When the Princess disappeared, the Divine’s power disappeared as well. Moreover, even the doors to the Princess’s Palace wouldn’t open, leaving the Emperor in a state where he could do almost nothing. However…
At this very moment when he was trying to open the closed doors of the Princess’s Palace, he had something new he could do.
After seeing off the High Priest who had briefly visited the Emperor before departing for the Northern Sanctuary, he checked the backlog of reports.
After granting ‘Max Rosemary’ permission to explore the Princess’s Palace.
What he confirmed was a request for a private audience from Grand Duchess ‘Serenthia Kairozen’.
Since a High Nobility member had married, it was natural to visit and greet the Emperor directly.
However, the reason the Emperor’s brow furrowed as he was about to stamp the seal on the documents while granting the private audience was…
‘If my daughter were alive, she would have gotten married too.’
…No, that’s not right.
‘What daughter of mine would marry some random guy? I’d keep her by my side forever!’
For a moment, his grip on the letter tightened before he stopped himself.
‘But my daughter isn’t here…’
He soon let out a sigh and finished stamping the seal.
Thus, the occasion to meet Serenthia arose.
***
The next morning, at the Imperial Palace.
“Wow, amazing. The Imperial Palace really is like another world. To think there are so many beautiful Buildings.”
“Have you never been to the Imperial Palace before?”
Serenthia looked around eagerly, but still answered Raphael’s question quite earnestly.
“Ah, yes. This is my first time at the Imperial Palace!”
Serenthia was excitedly touring the inside of the Imperial Palace, but that was only brief.
Standing before the majestic Imperial Palace, she seemed nervous and trembled slightly.
‘Something feels strange.’
It felt like she had come to a place she shouldn’t have.
Strangely, chills ran through her body too…
‘Is it because I’m just a commoner?’
When my mood became a bit more subdued than usual, Raphael looked at me and asked.
“What’s wrong.”
“No, it’s nothing.”
“It doesn’t seem like nothing.”
Raphael stared at me intently, then extended his hand. Like giving a “paw” command to a dog.
“Escort.”
Raphael’s escort, this is precious!
I grabbed his hand with a light touch and smiled brightly.
“…Hehe.”
“Amazing. Your expression changes in 3 seconds.”
Well, that’s because you’re here beside me, staying with me.
Now I wasn’t afraid of the inexplicably unpleasant atmosphere of the Imperial Palace, or the upcoming private audience with the Emperor.
“Let’s go in quickly, quickly!”
The main gate of the Imperial Palace came into view.
As soon as the doors opened majestically, I straightened my posture.
It was time to go meet the Emperor.
***
“We greet Emperor.”
The aged Emperor’s expression was indifferent. There seemed to be a lingering bitterness as well.
His expression had always been like that since losing My Daughter.
However, there was a subtle warmth in his expression toward the young Grand Duke and Grand Duchess.
“I heard you got married. Congratulations.”
“Yes. I have something to tell you.”
…The Emperor had actually congratulated them on their marriage, but Raphael went straight to the point as usual. However, the Emperor spoke casually as if he was used to it.
“What is it?”
“Please give me Perilde Mine.”
No. This wasn’t just straight to the point, it was way too direct…!
I quickly tried to salvage the situation from beside him.
“May I speak?”
My voice cracked slightly. I could feel Raphael looking at me. The Emperor was doing the same.
His expression was subtle. Even though I said ‘I would like to speak,’ the Emperor just stared at me.
“…What is the Grand Duchess’s age.”
“I am twenty this year.”
“I see, indeed…”
The Emperor tightened his loosely relaxed lips and said.
“The reason Grand Duke Kairozen and the Grand Duchess from Rosemary Family came directly to ask for Perilde Mine. I can guess. Probably for the Northern Reconstruction project. Minerals are assets anyone would covet.”
“Yes. We ask for your favor.”
“However, I’ve already finished discussing Perilde Mine with Viscount Rosemary. …I’ll support the Northern Reconstruction generously, but the mine won’t be possible.”
“But I’m also an Architect, and Rosemary blood flows through me as well.”
“…What?”
“I don’t know exactly what conditions you agreed on, but if you made an agreement with Rosemary Family, then I, who was a ‘Rosemary,’ should also be qualified. And…”
I looked directly at the Emperor and said.
“Perhaps I might be able to achieve what Emperor desires most?”
No, actually I’m certain of it.
The Emperor’s blue eyes met my violet eyes. Not avoiding his piercing gaze and meeting it directly, an unreadable expression appeared on his wrinkled face.
“…You said you’re twenty this year.”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
My throat felt dry at his words whose intention I couldn’t understand. All I could do right now was look into the Emperor’s eyes.
The Emperor quietly murmured.
“Is that so, you’re just like…”
“…Pardon?”
“No, it’s not. Nothing.”
Eventually, the Emperor slowly rose and said.
“Come this way.”
…And the place the Emperor led us to was none other than the Princess’s Palace.
***
The Princess’s Palace was a building with a central courtyard, looking like a quaint villa from the outside.
Located at the highest point in the Imperial Palace, it had an unusual structure where a small lake greeted visitors upon opening the main gate.
Gazing intently around the lake, the Emperor quietly murmured.
“…I told Max Rosemary. If he could find the key to enter the Princess’s Palace, I would give him the entire Perilde Mine.”
Serenthia didn’t look surprised. She already knew. Raphael had no expression as usual.
So only the Emperor, who had been unfolding the situation as if it were a ‘great secret,’ muttered awkwardly.
“Anyway, the reason I’m saying we’ll enter the Princess’s Palace now is…. Because I recently discovered the blueprints of the Princess’s Palace.”
“….”
“It was written there: ‘If you find the key to enter the main palace of the Princess’s Palace, the Princess will return.’ …As you all know, the Princess’s Palace was closed after my child disappeared.”
Only then did Raphael quietly whisper.
“Are the blueprints authentic?”
“I was actually half-doubtful at first too. But….”
His expression, now aged, was visible. The Emperor quietly added.
“…I felt the power of a Divine from those blueprints. As you know, my daughter had the royal family’s Divine.”
The fact that the Princess had a Divine was a well-known secret.
“Are you certain of that?”
The Emperor pressed his eyes down tiredly and muttered.
“…No one knew the identity of that Divine, but it was certain that my daughter had one.”
He had only heard My Daughter chattering ‘I have a Divine!’ but no one knew what kind of animal it was.
However, even the common people felt sacred blessings surrounding the Princess. So….
Perhaps the Princess’s Divine had returned to give hints about the Princess’s disappearance.
“Don’t you think these blueprints are worth believing in?”
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