That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 176

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Chapter 176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What kind of deranged monarch decided on the etiquette that one must receive an escort from their first dance partner?

 

Thanks to this Imperial protocol, today I had to enter with that damned Dave from the very beginning.

 

The moment he first saw my outfit, his eyes widened in surprise, then he smiled with even more greed than I had.

 

In short, he was utterly disgusting.

 

“Lady, luxurious attire suits you so well. You carry those large jewels beautifully too.”

 

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

 

“You’ll be bringing all those as part of your dowry later, right?”

 

‘Damn, crazy bastard.’

 

“Pardon? Well…”

 

“Oh my. ‘Well’?”

 

“As Your Highness the Second Prince knows, my dowry will be decided by my grandfather and father. It’s still far in the future.”

 

“Hmm…”

 

When I smiled and mentioned my backing, Dave hesitated slightly. But it was truly just slightly.

 

Dave lowered his voice and spoke with an arrogant expression.

 

“But it’s not good for a woman to be too extravagant. A woman who devotes herself to her husband and sons is more beautiful than one who adorns herself.”

 

“Yes, yes. You’re absolutely right.”

 

I answered soullessly while thinking.

 

‘If you like that kind of woman, go marry Aubrey.’

 

It was a passing thought, but soon I found myself tilting my head.

 

‘Huh, but wouldn’t that actually be pretty good? Dave and Aubrey getting married seems like a good match?’

 

When it comes to ‘women who devote themselves to their husbands and sons,’ you absolutely can’t leave out Aubrey.

 

Of course, if you look closely inside, she’s a woman who abandons her husband like trash and devotes herself to her son…

 

It was suddenly regrettable that Dave was royalty.

 

‘No wait. He’ll fall to rock bottom anyway once Ferdinand ascends the throne.’

 

Their combination.

 

Not bad at all.

 

By escaping into other thoughts, I could momentarily forget that this bastard in front of me kept fondling my hand.

 

When I met his gaze, Dave was the one who flinched in surprise.

 

“Why are you suddenly staring at me?”

 

“Because you keep talking by yourself?”

 

Just as Dave was about to open his mouth to say something.

 

A resounding voice filled the hall.

 

“Lady Sophia Frazier is entering!”

 

Instantly, the bustling crowd turned their gazes toward the entrance in unison.

 

When I entered, the attendant didn’t announce me like that.

 

It was natural. No matter how much of a Grand Ducal House lady I was, I was still just a noble.

 

But Sophia was the prospective Crown Princess.

 

It meant she held the position of receiving more respect than anyone at the Crown Prince’s triumph banquet.

 

Of course, the Crown Prince had declared the engagement broken, but no official decree had come down yet.

 

Perhaps she might receive the annulment decree at this very gathering…

 

‘Nah, surely not…’

 

If this were purely someone else’s business, I could fully enjoy this dopamine party. But remembering how the Crown Prince had dragged me along while talking about breaking his engagement with Sophia made me strangely anxious.

 

While I was making various speculations, the nobles murmured as they looked at Sophia.

 

“Oh my. Was Lady Sophia always this beautiful?”

 

Sophia, entering with an escort from the Imperial Knight Commander, was indeed strikingly beautiful.

 

“It’s the Royal Designer’s handiwork. Look at that golden silk.”

 

“Her Majesty the Empress has taken great care of her. She’s such a caring person.”

 

If not for the blue diamond necklace I wore today, Sophia would have been the lady wearing the most eye-catching jewelry.

 

She was adorned with such high-quality ruby and diamond accessories hanging all over her.

 

Anyway, Empress Carmi.

 

While pretending to care for the prospective Crown Princess, she was ultimately advertising that Sophia Frazier, merely the ‘daughter of an adopted retainer,’ was Ferdinand’s fiancée.

 

The skill of acting kind while comprehensively destroying someone.

 

Was this what palace intrigue was all about?

 

In a way, it was quite impressive.

 

“Your Highness the Second Prince.”

 

“Lady Sophia Frazier.”

 

Sophia, who had been looking around before approaching me, lightly bowed her head to Dave.

 

I simply exchanged appropriate eye greetings with her without saying much.

 

“His Majesty the Emperor enters!”

 

“Her Majesty the Empress enters!”

 

It was then that the Chief Attendant’s resounding voice, along with powerful trumpet sounds, filled the hall.

 

People who had been chatting with each other quickly turned toward the entrance.

 

Emperor Alessandro and Empress Carmi were entering side by side.

 

The Emperor and Empress were dressed entirely in golden attire.

 

Under the chandelier light, they shone like the sun.

 

As the Emperor and Empress, they walked up to the high platform prepared in advance. Behind them was a platform with three thrones placed side by side, for the Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince respectively.

 

‘But why isn’t the Crown Prince coming out?’

 

I only moved my eyes to glance at the entrance. I wasn’t the only one with such questions. Others kept glancing at the entrance too.

 

The protagonist of this triumph ceremony was clearly the Crown Prince, yet he was nowhere to be seen.

 

Emperor Alessandro, standing at the highest point, must have read all the nobles’ glances and bewilderment, yet he showed not even the slightest disturbance.

 

Rather, with an attitude that was almost carefree, he gave a short congratulatory speech and made his eyes shine meaningfully.

 

“I am very pleased to present two special honored guests to you today.”

 

“Two honored guests?”

 

“Who could he be referring to?”

 

“Who knows?”

 

“You never know. Perhaps His Highness the Crown Prince kidnapped two beauties from the battlefield?”

 

The last comment was quite mocking in tone. Several people giggled quietly.

 

What good would kidnapping beauties do?

 

Ferdinand was nothing but a boy who wouldn’t grow.

 

The closer the families were to Empress Carmi’s faction, the more they tended to shun Ferdinand like this.

 

I glanced at them sideways.

 

‘Those bastards should see the grown Ferdinand and think, ah, not siding with him earlier was crazy.’

 

Tsk, tsk.

 

Even if not for that, was it good to mock him like that?

 

Despite all their talk about noble dignity and whatnot, acting all high and mighty, their actions were nothing but vulgar.

 

In any case, the gentle melody playing throughout adequately covered their mockery and ridicule.

 

“First, Prince. No, Crown Prince? Come forward.”

 

“Crown Prince?”

 

“Did he say Crown Prince?”

 

Instantly, people murmured.

 

I also perked up my ears at this story I was hearing for the first time and looked ahead.

 

But that was only momentary.

 

Soon my eyes widened greatly.

 

‘Huh?’

 

That appearance, as if the sun god had descended.

 

A stunning handsome man that makes your jaw drop just by looking at him!

 

‘It’s Benjamin!’

 

But why is he a special guest?

 

Besides Benjamin, there were tons of royalty from other countries in attendance here.

 

I could only wonder why he alone was receiving special guest treatment and sitting up there.

 

‘Is he a special guest because he’s too beautiful?’

 

Emperor Alessandro cleared his throat and spoke in a leisurely voice.

 

“Prince Benjamin Fluas of the Sorsen Kingdom. Just a few days ago, there was the joyous news that he was appointed as Crown Prince.”

 

“Oh my!”

 

“If it’s Benjamin, whose son is he….”

 

“As far as I know, he’s the youngest prince!”

 

“But he was appointed as Crown Prince?!”

 

It became noisy in an instant.

 

I was just as surprised.

 

‘Why is he already Crown Prince?’

 

I had played thousands, no, tens of thousands of times, but I had never seen a route where Benjamin was appointed Crown Prince this quickly.

 

Why?

 

‘Is it because I raised his affection level?’

 

But is the affection level between us really that high?

 

‘It would be better if I could see the affection level in numbers.’

 

Right now I can only guess from colors and actions.

 

It’s confusing.

 

I stared up at Benjamin on the platform.

 

Crown Prince.

 

Benjamin had tremendous desire for revenge against the brothers and father who had abused him.

 

Even so, he wasn’t always appointed as Crown Prince.

 

That guy Benjamin was secretly organizing a merchant guild, so there were many cases where he ended up as a secret guild master instead.

 

But when he was paired with Coriko, he was always appointed Crown Prince first, then became King of the Sorsen Kingdom and welcomed her as Queen.

 

The Sorsen Kingdom was the second most powerful country throughout the Spring Continent, after the Briyang Empire.

 

Especially since their technology for developing art and accessories was advanced, there was even a saying: ‘If you want to see all the beautiful things in the world, go to Sorsen.’

 

In other words, it was an extremely wealthy country, and becoming Queen of such a country was similar to becoming the mistress of the greatest tycoon of all tycoons.

 

‘Plus he’s incredibly handsome.’

 

He’s like a sculpture, a sculpture.

 

The reason everyone was so quiet was probably because they were enchanted by Benjamin’s beauty.

 

Only Dave was grumbling with annoyance, and it was regrettable that I couldn’t smack him.

 

“Let the other guest come up as well.”

 

At the Emperor’s words, everyone finally snapped out of it as if a spell had been broken.

 

And I….

 

‘Wow, crazy.’

 

I unconsciously screamed internally.

 

But not everyone could swallow their screams like I did. Low screams and sighs erupted simultaneously from here and there.

 

If there was a characteristic, it would be that the reactions of the ladies and noble ladies were overwhelming?

 

‘I understand, I understand.’

 

“You must all be meeting for the first time. This prince is….”

 

“Your Majesty Briyang.”

 

“Hmm?”

 

The young man who cut off his words with that strange title suddenly asked.

 

“May I introduce myself?”

 

“Ah. Is that the custom of the Summer Continent? That’s fine too.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

The young man, no, Klaus, who bowed lightly, stepped forward.

 

He quickly scanned those who were staring at him blankly, then when his eyes met with one person, he smiled mischievously like a boy.

 

‘Hmm, that… somehow looks like Klkli’s eyes before causing trouble.’

 

The person whose eyes met his?

 

Of course it was me.

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