Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

“B-Beatrice. The knife is dangerous, so how about putting it down? I’ll do the cutting…”

Shamal hesitantly approached Louis. Then Louis turned to look at Shamal and soon chuckled before saying.

“You’re the one who should stay far away. You might get hurt fooling around trying to cut things. This hyung, no, this noona will show you what proper knife work looks like.”

Louis said that and then firmly grabbed Shamal’s hand. Surprised, Shamal’s eyes widened.

“And what kind of cutting are you going to do with these delicate hands? You just go boil potatoes over there. I’ll handle the knife work.”

Suddenly, the favorability rating floating above Shamal’s head began to flicker.

Could it be…?

I looked at Shamal’s favorability with expectant eyes, and soon the favorability became…

[Favorability 90%]

It went up by a whole 5%!

At this rate, reaching 100% would happen in no time.

I jumped for joy inwardly.

Shamal glanced at Louis with a shy expression.

* * *

I was worried, but the food Louis made was reasonably edible.

The children enjoyed eating the food Louis prepared.

After that, we played with the children who had finished eating for quite a while before leaving the orphanage when it got dark.

“Take care!”

The children giggled and waved their hands.

Shamal had to go to the Magic Tower, so he disappeared first using teleportation.

Louis and I, who had to take the carriage, headed to where the carriage was.

Louis got into the carriage first, and I was about to board the carriage next.

The escort knight extended his hand for me to hold.

Suddenly, I found myself hesitating without realizing it.

It felt awkward to hold the hand of an escort knight who wasn’t Kaisis.

But then, someone grabbed the hem of my dress.

“Hazel?”

When I turned around, I saw Hazel looking up at me nervously.

“What’s wrong?”

When I bent my knees to match her eye level, Hazel took something out of her pocket.

“This is a gift.”

What Hazel took out was a bluish stone.

“It’s my treasure.”

“You’re giving me your treasure?”

“Yes. I picked it up while walking by the riverside because it was round and pretty.”

Hazel nodded and held out the stone.

“Thank you. I’ll treasure it.”

“I’m grateful too.”

“Hm? For what?”

“For comforting me today.”

Hazel smiled shyly and hugged me tightly.

She was such a cute child.

I hugged Hazel back tightly and received the stone.

“Take care, Hazel.”

When I smiled and waved at her, Hazel beamed and waved back.

Then.

[Congratulations! You have obtained the 【Saint’s Stone】.]

Suddenly, fanfare played and a system window appeared before my eyes.

Saint’s Stone? What’s that?

As I stared at the system window in confusion, the text in the window began to change.

[The 【Saint’s Stone】 is a national treasure of the Holy Kingdom that has the power to reduce damage from black magic. It is currently listed as lost.]

A little kid could just pick up something this precious while taking a walk?

As I looked at the system window with an incredulous expression, Louis stuck his head out of the carriage and said.

“Aren’t you getting in?”

I hurriedly climbed into the carriage.

Well, since it reduces damage from black magic, it would be good to have it for now.

Before long, the carriage started moving smoothly.

“Louis, what do you think of Shamal?”

As soon as the carriage started, I immediately asked Louis with sparkling eyes.

“He seems like a good kid, but… I feel more pity than love.”

I felt disappointed by Louis’s words.

It would have been better if it was love rather than pity.

As I openly showed my disappointed expression, Louis ruffled his hair and sighed.

“No matter how hard I try, I just can’t figure out how to love a man.”

“That’s understandable. I get it.”

After all, from Louis’s perspective, he suddenly had to like another man.

It was understandable that it would be difficult.

“Let’s take it slowly.”

* * *

The maids’ hands moved busily.

I sighed at the grooming that had been going on for hours.

Honestly, I don’t think there’s any need for such excessive grooming…

The reason I was receiving such elaborate grooming was because a banquet was scheduled to be held for me today.

An invitation had come from the Imperial Court.

The content was asking everyone to attend and grace the occasion as they wanted to honor me for my performance in the hunting competition.

Moreover, the Magic Tower and the Holy Kingdom would also attend to learn about the special power I possessed and congratulate me.

But in fact, there was nothing to investigate about the nature of my power.

The Magic Tower would claim it was holy magic, and the Holy Kingdom would call it divine power.

Ultimately, it was the same power, but the name would only differ according to their interests.

Nevertheless, the reason the Emperor deliberately invited both factions was clear.

He wanted to firmly establish before both factions that I, who possessed special powers, was a person of the Empire.

The Magic Tower was an independent academic institution where mages from across the continent gathered, representing magical research and the authority of mages.

On the other hand, the Holy Kingdom was a nation built around priests who served God, exercising influence across the continent based on divine power and religious authority.

Magic power and divine power had long been in conflict over each other’s legitimacy due to their different origins, which naturally made the Magic Tower and the Holy Kingdom competitors.

The Empire, as the central nation of the continent, maintained neutrality without favoring either faction, but it was also a political stage that neither the Magic Tower nor the Holy Kingdom could ignore.

In the end, three factions with different interests would gather at this banquet.

And that meant…

“It’s going to be a mess.”

I opened the system window to check the gauge remaining until the world’s destruction.

[79% until world destruction]

The gauge had risen.

It was natural. This banquet didn’t exist in the original story, but it suddenly appeared.

As I sighed, the maids removed their hands from my face and hair.

“It’s finished.”

Having completed all the grooming, I held the escort knight’s hand and headed to the first floor entrance.

Count Sauver and Louis had already arrived on the first floor.

“You look truly beautiful today, Rene.”

Count Sauver made flattering remarks upon seeing me, and I nodded indifferently.

I got into the carriage with a troubled expression.

Whether it was due to Count’s orders, Louis was quietly watching both me and the Count.

I was thinking it served him right when the Count spoke to me.

“For His Majesty the Emperor to personally commend you, this is a great honor for our family.”

The Count spoke to me in an affectionate tone.

But I just nodded indifferently. Louis’s eyes narrowed seeing this, but I didn’t care.

“Rene, I’m truly proud of you.”

I was too lazy to respond and just kept nodding, and each time Louis saw this, his fists clenched with tension.

He probably wanted to say something about what kind of rude reaction that was to father.

But perhaps because he’d been scolded by the Count, Louis just glared at me quietly.

Hah, serves him right.

I looked out at the scenery flowing past the window.

How peaceful.

It would be nice if the banquet could just flow along like this too. Though that’s just my wishful thinking.

* * *

When we arrived at the Imperial Palace, I could see carriages lined up in rows.

But the carriage I was in passed through the main gate like a free pass. Probably because it carried the main character of tonight’s banquet.

I looked out at the Imperial Palace scenery with an expressionless face.

It really is beautiful.

How much money must they be pouring into maintaining this landscaping.

As I got off the carriage, newly feeling the extravagance of the imperial family, I could feel the gazes of nobles who had arrived earlier piercing into me.

Since this was a banquet for me, I understood receiving this kind of attention.

But honestly speaking, it was burdensome.

Well, this is awkward.

As I was receiving all the nobles’ gazes, the Count approached and extended his hand to me.

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