That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 149

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Chapter 149

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I had to come here anyway, you know?”

 

“Yeah. Your subordinates finally said they’re returning as an envoy. Fi. Nal. Ly.”

 

The distance between the Spring Continent and Summer Continent was truly immense.

 

It was only after more than a year had passed that Klaus’s subordinates were finally returning to the Briyang Empire as an official envoy.

 

“I have to greet the Emperor too, and it’s not like I came along because I wanted to.”

 

“You have the Lupinus Royal Family seal anyway. Couldn’t you have just shown that and stayed at the Imperial Palace?”

 

Since precious blood from the Summer Continent had come, the Emperor would have personally welcomed and treated you well, so why are you clinging to me in this puppy-like state?

 

“Hey.”

 

Klaus’s tail puffed up.

 

“I’ll die without you, you know? So I have no choice but to stay by your side.”

 

“But Klaus. Isn’t this strange?”

 

“What is?”

 

“If I’m your lifesaver, shouldn’t you treat me more respectfully? Before I tie you to the bed and leave?”

 

“…!”

 

Klaus’s ears perked up. He looked at me with shocked eyes, then.

 

“…?!”

 

He stuck out his tongue and licked my cheek.

 

“Hey, you crazy. Have you lost your mind?”

 

“You said to treat you respectfully. I did.”

 

“How is this treating me respectfully? My makeup smeared, didn’t it? It did! Ah, seriously!”

 

Filled with anger, I hurriedly tucked Klaus under my arm and went outside.

 

Then I called the maids I had brought as my attendants and had them quickly fix my makeup.

 

“Oh my. Klkli must have licked Miss’s cheek.”

 

“He’s so thoughtless.”

 

“But isn’t he so cute? Oh my, look at him thrashing his tail! He must be angry, what should we do!”

 

The maids squealing seemed like they wanted to hug Klaus right away, but they couldn’t actually do it.

 

Klaus was still curled up in a ball in my arms throughout all this.

 

‘This guy, he’s not going to keep doing this even after he becomes human again, is he?’

 

Whatever conversation he had with Grandfather, Klaus hadn’t returned to human form even once since that day.

 

 

 

“Are you actually a dog… no, wolf by nature? Is that why you’re always in that form?”

 

“What nonsense are you talking? Maintaining this form is much more uncomfortable, you know? It gets ridiculously tiring.”

 

“Then stay in human form when we’re in private. Why do you insist on always being in that form?”

 

 

 

When I asked in a puzzled voice, Klaus answered while thrashing his tail.

 

 

 

“If I stay however I’m comfortable, it might cause trouble for your reputation.”

 

 

 

Then he flopped over on his back in the blankets and said.

 

 

 

“And if I’m not in this form, you’ll kick me out of your bed, right? Then I’ll wither away.”

 

“Ah. Saying you’ll wither away, I see you’re indirectly bragging about being a flower.”

 

“In my kingdom, I was often called that.”

 

 

 

A triumphant voice that didn’t match those cute eyes.

 

Sometimes I wondered if it was all a dream that this adorable creature had large hands that could crush a person alive.

 

“Oh my, Lady Tulia.”

 

Later, meeting Lady François again was purely by chance.

 

Another dance for same-sex partners happened to be played, so I ended up dancing with her once more.

 

The beautiful rose-pink fabric I had specially gifted to Lady François seemed to have brought me an unexpected ally.

 

“Ha. Did you see? How was it? I think my dancing skills have improved tremendously, right?”

 

After the dance ended, I asked as I received Klaus back from the court lady.

 

He showed only his fluffy back of the head and answered in a sulky voice.

 

“Well. Just mediocrely terrible.”

 

“Your real thoughts?”

 

“I thought you were drop-dead gorgeous. Annoyingly so. Why do you dress up so beautifully? You’re already pretty as you are. It’s irritating. Other bastards are staring at you.”

 

‘This guy. As expected of one of the male leads.’

 

Every single word he says is quite something.

 

I fiddled with Klaus’s perky ears. He seemed genuinely annoyed and wouldn’t even look back at me, but I didn’t really care.

 

Klaus Rosevar’s affection level toward me was nearly maxed out from the beginning, probably due to the overpowered magic called ‘Submission.’

 

Actually, that was puzzling.

 

‘I thought it would be completely maxed out from the start thanks to Submission.’

 

But being ‘close to max’ and ‘hitting max’ were distinctly different categories.

 

Maybe he was maintaining his pride as one of the male leads… but anyway, that actually gave me a small sense of caution.

 

‘I shouldn’t treat him too carelessly.’

 

…That kind of caution?

 

As a result, we ended up talking a lot more, always eating together.

 

And I also learned this method of making him quickly spill his inner thoughts. And so on.

 

‘But Klaus wasn’t wrong about what he said.’

 

One entire wall of the Imperial Palace’s Grand Banquet Hall was made of mirrors.

 

Along with the effect of making the space look much larger, guests could always easily check their appearance.

 

The same went for me.

 

Since I was sitting not far from the mirror, I could easily examine my face with just a slight turn of my head.

 

‘Tulia really is genuinely pretty.’

 

As Tulia aged, that is, as she got closer to the beginning of , she became dazzlingly beautiful.

 

If Coriko was a modest and neat beauty, Tulia was a beauty like a gorgeous poisonous mushroom that seemed like it would kill you instantly just by brushing against it.

 

“Ahem. Lady Tulia Frazier.”

 

It was then that a young noble with flushed cheeks approached.

 

“If it wouldn’t be rude, would you please dance with me later? I really want to dance with a lady who’s like a fairy of plants and trees.”

 

Before I could answer, the man continued as if making the first move.

 

“The dress you’re wearing today is refreshing, but especially the ring on your hand is the ‘Midsummer Wave’ that Marquis Frazier won at this auction, isn’t it? Surely… Wah!”

 

The young noble who tried to sneakily touch my hand got bitten by Klaus and fell over in surprise.

 

I made a pitying expression and said.

 

“Oh my, I’m sorry. My pet is a wolf, you see.”

 

“A, a wolf? Wasn’t it a dog?”

 

There were often ladies who came carrying small puppies, so he must have thought it was that kind.

 

But Klaus isn’t a dog, you know?

 

“It’s a wolf, you know? Shall I show you the fangs?”

 

Klaus immediately growled and bared his teeth.

 

“Grrrowl.”

 

“Ha, haha… A, a wolf, you say… You brought such a dangerous animal to the Grand Banquet Hall…”

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

“But isn’t that unladylike behavior?”

 

“Of course, I spoke to His Majesty the Emperor first and received permission.”

 

“Aha… Eek!”

 

“Oh my. I’m sorry. My wolf got excited smelling blood. Since blood is flowing so freely, how about you go take a look? He might bite again.”

 

“E-excuse me.”

 

After driving away those panting fools like that.

 

‘Indeed. It would be good to be known as an eccentric noble lady who raises wolves.’

 

The reason I ended up dancing twice with Lady François was, of course, partly to get a feel for how Duke Alsron’s house, Empress Carmi’s closest ally, was beginning to split over that single piece of fabric.

 

‘After all, it’s more comfortable dancing with women than men.’

 

Since I still don’t have a fiancé, and I’m the only direct granddaughter of the Frazier family.

 

Who knows what rumors might spread from just one dance.

 

That noble lord who got bitten by Klaus earlier probably didn’t approach me out of genuine affection, but because he wanted my background.

 

With Kim Ddongbyeol still monitoring me, I couldn’t afford to worry about troublesome matters like marriage or engagement.

 

So it would be best to just dance appropriately with some ladies and then go home.

 

“Who will Lady Tulia Frazier have her first dance with today?”

 

“I wonder. The twin young masters have already had their debutante balls, so it wouldn’t be proper by custom.”

 

“My mother has been watching closely.”

 

“My father too.”

 

“Surely it must be His Highness the Second Prince? He had his own imperial debutante ball this year, and he’s been sending marriage proposals to Lady Frazier several times…”

 

Hearing the ladies’ voices drifting from afar, I checked my shoe heels.

 

That’s right.

 

‘Damn imperial law.’

 

After entering and dancing with the same gender to bless each other, by custom the debutante’s first dance partner could only be someone of the opposite gender who had their debutante ball the same year.

 

Even those men who were fawning over me earlier didn’t ask to be my ‘first dance partner.’

 

They only asked to be my next dance partner.

 

Everyone was somewhat expecting that the Second Prince would be my first dance partner.

 

‘Well, I can dance with him once.’

 

What? I also have expertise in dancing.

 

After checking my heels that were so sharp they were like blades, I waited for the ‘dance marble box’ that the chief attendant would bring with the heart of a warrior going to battle.

 

Like a kind of lottery, that box contained marbles engraved with the surnames of gentlemen who had requested dances with me.

 

Naturally, the fuller the box, the more popular you were in high society, and conversely, if there were few marbles making the box sound empty, you’d become a ‘wallflower of high society.’

 

While other ladies were approached by ordinary attendants (though they were all well-dressed), I had the special status of being the direct granddaughter of Grand Duke Frazier, so the Emperor’s chief attendant came personally.

 

“Lady Tulia Frazier.”

 

“Chief Attendant.”

 

“Congratulations on your debutante ball. Would you honor me by checking together how many marbles are in your box today?”

 

“Of course. Hmm. I hope there aren’t too few.”

 

Since all eyes were already focused on me, I gave a ceremonial response and opened the marble box.

 

“Congratulations, Lady Tulia Frazier. You have received the most marbles today.”

 

“The gentlemen have been thoughtful. How grateful.”

 

Even as I spoke, I quickly checked each marble placed in the compartments one by one.

 

This was why ‘speed reading’ was an essential education for nobles.

 

Of course, just as not everyone could be first place even taking the same classes, not everyone could master the skill of reading text quickly even with speed reading lessons.

 

That’s why the marbles in the marble box were ‘colored.’

 

Knights and baronets’ sons were blue.

 

Barons and viscounts were green.

 

Earls were yellow.

 

Marquises and dukes were white.

 

And the imperial family was red.

 

A red marble shining brightly in the center of countless marbles.

 

I had hoped otherwise, but it was as expected. I had to pretend to deliberate for show before choosing the red marble.

 

What bold lady could choose any color other than the red marble?

 

Especially since he’s the current Empress’s only son for now.

 

The attendant said with a smile.

 

“His Highness the Second Prince and Lady Tulia Frazier – you’ll make such a beautiful pair.”

 

‘Don’t be ridiculous. Only Tulia is beautiful.’

 

Anyway.

 

Since there was about 15 minutes until the next dance – time given for ladies and noble lords who would have their first dance with the opposite gender to prepare – I also hurried to the lounge.

 

The maids began hastily checking my outfit and makeup again.

 

“Huh? Where’s Klkli?”

 

Knowing that the palace servants get frantically busy when the ‘marble drawing’ begins, I had temporarily left Klaus with my maid.

 

But the maid’s arms were empty.

 

And I heard an unexpected story.

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