It’s Trouble Because Unrequited Love Is So Fun - Chapter 70

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“…What?”

“I hardly drink coffee, so I’m not interested in bean varieties. Let’s go with that.”

I became a little flustered.

Raphael during the time when we were getting close seemed to know a lot about coffee.

Puzzled, I showed him the coffee I ordered and opened my mouth.

“Rastea Mountain beans are cultivated at high altitude, so you can taste the acidity and the aroma is good. Here, smell the aroma.”

He casually pretended to smell it.

“…I see.”

“Yes! How is it?”

Raphael looked down and muttered.

“The aroma…. It’s fragrant.”

…What, that’s it?

It was a different attitude from the Raphael of the past.

‘Then, he must come to like coffee in the more distant future. …I was trying to seduce him with the same tastes, but it’s a bit disappointing.’

After thinking that, I looked around the coffee house.

Lifting my coffee cup, I spoke like a Zen riddle.

“This coffee house has a perfectly proportional structure, just like the lake’s proportions.”

“That’s right. They had a particular preference for square structures.”

This is probably the Princess’s unique design style.

Up to this point, it’s reasoning anyone could easily do. However, after putting down my coffee cup, I looked around the surroundings carefully.

Taking note of how the cafe’s wall and floor tile patterns were in perfect symmetry with the main gate of the Princess’s Palace, I lightly sketched the blueprint.

‘Good. It’s accurate.’

Next, I called over the server who had handed me the menu and asked.

“Has anything changed recently at the coffee house?”

When the server tilted their head with a puzzled expression, I said emphatically.

“Even trivial things are fine.”

“Ah, yes! How did you know? That’s why we’re under repair right now.”

“Under repair….”

“Well, um, it’s nothing major, but the hinge position changed strangely. We think maybe a bird crashed into it and twisted it.”

After saying this much, the server made an ‘oops’ expression as if wondering whether they had talked too much and said.

“It’s nothing for distinguished guests to worry about at all! The hinge will be repaired quickly.”

“Right, the hinge would be easy to repair.”

…What’s not easy to repair is something else entirely.

While drinking coffee at this coffee house, I became certain of the Princess’s secret.

Even this seemingly insignificant coffee house had secrets hidden within it.

‘I’d need to ask Squirrel about this part to be more certain.’

…Since that squirrel is nowhere to be seen these days, I have no choice but to solve it with my own power!

Then, Raphael, who had been listening to my conversation with the server, asked.

“You have some scheme.”

“Yes, I have a very tremendous scheme.”

“I won’t ask. I’ll choose the surprise option.”

I nodded. If Raphael wants a surprise, it’s only natural to give him one. And right now, rather than work talk….

“Let’s talk about dating! Things like Raphael’s preferences.”

Naturally, I’m 100% willing to accommodate them. He, who had been staring at me intently, turned his gaze to his coffee cup.

“Do you like coffee?”

“Yes, I like it.”

I originally disliked it, but I came to like it because you taught me about it before the regression.

Now, only I have memories of the past, but hiding the bitter aftertaste, I spoke cheerfully for no reason.

“Shall I tell you all my other preferences too?”

But while he would normally have blocked me with a sharp ‘no,’ Raphael gave no answer.

He just stared at me quietly.

I know it’s wishful thinking. I know, but….

The moment Raphael’s Adam’s apple moved, I realized.

“Yes, I want to know.”

“…What?”

“I said I’m curious.”

“Uh….”

“Because you’re peculiar.”

With those words, Raphael lifted his coffee cup as if smelling the coffee aroma.

“How strange. …That you don’t have ability outbursts even like this.”

…I couldn’t understand the additional comment, but nevertheless, my eyes widened.

‘This, this, this is definitely a green light, right?’

My heart pounded as if breath had risen up to my chin.

***

…No, was the ‘green light’ at the coffee house really just my delusion after all?

The next morning.

While entering the Imperial Palace for the purpose of an ‘interim inspection,’ I looked at Raphael with doubt.

“Why are you staring like that. Are you ready.”

…Because you suddenly became too distant again?

‘Hmm, but I’ll give you +10 more points for not being easily caught.’

After forcing myself to claim a mental victory, I entered the Princess’s Palace together with Raphael.

Inside the Princess’s Palace, Max Rosemary had already lined up numerous people.

Rosemary’s technicians holding surveying tools, soldiers gripping shovels, and even….

‘He even brought a scribe who’s supposedly writing Max’s biography.’

…Legendary excessive self-consciousness.

In contrast, I was like a gloomy shadow.

I merely occupied the space next to the Emperor like a borrowed barley sack.

Max Rosemary had literally made this place his stage.

‘I didn’t know he had prepared this enthusiastically.’

While I was lying around lazily and resting, Max seemed to have completed all preparations to become the protagonist.

However, I calmly approached the Emperor’s side.

The Emperor already seemed half-overwhelmed and convinced by Max’s attitude.

‘…This might get a bit troublesome.’

While I was thinking that, Raphael spoke seriously beside me.

“Straighten your expression. Act as usual.”

“…?”

“Step forward and make noise.”

What exactly does this man think I am….

“This is the Imperial Palace.”

Raphael made an expression like someone who had seen a kitten he was temporarily protecting stand on two legs.

I fully realized that his expectations of me had hit rock bottom.

“Let’s watch Max’s stage for now.”

But as soon as I finished speaking, Max began his presentation with a pleased expression.

“This building was constructed in Romanesque style. The key to this architectural style is that all structures are symmetrical from the central axis of the courtyard.”

He unfolded a blueprint he had prepared in advance. The blueprint contained numerous formulas and designs.

“According to this design blueprint, there’s a space presumed to be a storage room at the very center of the building’s interior. I will project the symmetrical point of this space to the exterior.”

When Max gestured, the technicians set up surveying instruments and pulled strings.

With such a remarkably precise attitude and tremendous momentum that I couldn’t interject a single word.

And the end of the surveying string the technician pulled pointed exactly beneath the third tree by the lakeside.

“The key will be right there.”

The Emperor, who had been listening to Max’s lengthy presentation, stroked his chin and asked.

“Hmm, is that so? But we’ve already searched the entire lakeside area….”

At the Emperor’s skeptical reaction, Max immediately added.

“That’s why we need to calculate the exact measurements and dig the ground. There can’t be even a 1mm margin of error.”

It wasn’t about guessing and getting lucky, but being certain based on solid data.

…Though I had no idea how he knew.

The Emperor solemnly gestured toward the soldiers with his chin.

“Then let’s check that spot once.”

Following the Emperor’s orders, servants carrying shovels headed toward the trees by the lakeside.

I watched the scene while hiding my trembling hands in my pockets.

‘What if Max’s shovel digs up something at the exact location?’

…The risk I would face was greater than expected. There would be a high probability that I couldn’t properly organize the ‘Research Institute,’ and if that happened, all the rewards and everything else would fall apart.

But according to my reasoning, there was one thing Max had overlooked.

I looked ahead with a trembling expression.

But right at that moment.

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