That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 193
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Chapter 193
‘Then half of it is wrong? What exactly is wrong?’
Ah, I get it!
Schulz Schmidt must be planning to ‘threaten’ Ferdinand rather than make a ‘request’!
After all, there’s a saying that one shouldn’t carelessly step on their teacher’s shadow!
Ferdinand would have no choice!
My eyes sparkled.
Schulz Schmidt continued with his usual composed attitude.
“As you said, miss, even if the Crown Prince can’t become the jewel of high society, he can at least become the bone of high society.”
“Of course, of… course?”
I, who had been nodding enthusiastically, slowly began to stop.
Because something about Schulz Schmidt’s words seemed strange.
“A bone?”
“Yes.”
“An incident serious enough to become a bone… Doesn’t that mean His Highness the Crown Prince would have to cause a scandal of the century?”
“Would it come to that? Hmm.”
Schulz Schmidt tilted his head, then soon agreed.
“You’re right. He would need to be thoroughly chewed up.”
“…Professor?”
I never knew Schulz Schmidt favored me this much.
I would have been happy about it at any other time, but right now the situation was a bit too much to simply rejoice…
“…But His Highness the Crown Prince has to care about his reputation too, doesn’t he?”
Schulz Schmidt firmly countered.
“If he were someone who cared about reputation, he wouldn’t have announced his intention to break off the engagement at the Victory Banquet.”
Listening to this, it sounded strange.
Could it be that Schulz Schmidt was trying to use me as a weapon to punish the Crown Prince?
‘But why would you use me for such a dangerous task?’
“…Professor. Isn’t there quite a big difference between ruining one’s reputation voluntarily versus having it ruined by others?”
“Your concern for your junior is truly admirable.”
“…”
Whether I was confused or not, Schulz Schmidt continued speaking.
“The Crown Prince was born with exceptionally handsome features, and the fatal weakness he once had is now completely gone. Above all, the seat beside the Crown Prince is now vacant, so how many ladies must be eyeing that position…”
“Professor! I’m truly sorry to interrupt you mid-sentence.”
There was a reason I had to cut off Schulz Schmidt’s words.
Because I couldn’t sense even a hint of proactiveness in what Schulz Schmidt was saying.
“You’re not telling me to make that request to ‘become a bone’ myself, are you?”
Haha.
Surely not.
Surely not.
“Correct. How clever of you. Truly worthy of being my favorite student.”
“…”
“Why are you looking at me like that? Between those who share the same teacher, this level of request isn’t even a request.”
“…”
Schulz Schmidt’s voice was quite similar to a devil’s whisper.
He spoke of hope so calmly.
Enough to make me waver, even if just for a moment.
But…
I briefly recalled Ferdinand’s gaze.
Those blood-red eyes were as murderous as if they had swallowed a thousand blades.
“…Professor.”
‘Could he be telling me to die in a roundabout way?’
“Do you truly… sincerely… think that I could dare… make such a request… to His Highness the Crown Prince…?”
When I asked with tears in my eyes, Schulz Schmidt chuckled.
“What’s there that you can’t do? Outside you may be royalty and nobility, but inside you’re senior and junior, aren’t you?”
“…”
The one who was truly insane wasn’t me, but definitely this great scholar Schulz Schmidt. That was certain.
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“You want me to take on the role of being gossiped about in high society?”
Ferdinand turned his head while looking in the mirror and fastening his cuff buttons.
Schulz Schmidt felt newly moved. That small child he always had to look down at had grown so much that he now had to look up at him slightly.
“Do you think just anyone can become a bone? Above all, one must be beautiful for people to enjoy chewing on them. I sincerely congratulate you on having grown to perfection, making you an even more delectable bone to chew on.”
“…Looking at you, Professor, it seems like you were born to mock me.”
“Not at all. I was born to taste winter’s fruit.”
“…?”
Ferdinand looked at Schulz with a puzzled expression.
Speaking of which, Schulz Schmidt, who had entered the palace today, had suddenly ordered a specific tea from the palace attendant.
It was cold tea with winter strawberry pulp floating in it.
Drinking the cold tea made him feel refreshed down to his lungs. Schulz Schmidt continued while holding his teacup.
“A few years ago, you said you wanted to learn a lot from that mysterious senior, didn’t you? Since that senior is having many troubles because of Your Highness’s former fiancée…”
Ferdinand raised one hand out of old habit to interrupt Schulz’s words.
The face of the beautifully grown young man was full of puzzlement.
“You still haven’t told me who this ‘senior’ person is.”
“Because it would be uncomfortable for both parties if you knew.”
“But now you’re going to tell me?”
“Because now it’s a situation where that’s acceptable.”
Ferdinand suddenly grimaced.
The ‘former’ fiancée Schulz Schmidt was referring to was naturally Lady Sophia Frazier.
The fact that this person was having many troubles because of her…
Suddenly he remembered that Schulz Schmidt had stayed at Frazier Castle for a long time.
Could it be.
“Could it be that the great and magnificent senior you acknowledged as your only student.”
His reddish eyes distorted with subtle shock.
“…was Lady Tulia Frazier?”
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“Father. Are all men from the Summer Continent originally so self-centered?”
Marquis Aster, Tulia’s biological father, irritably ran his hand through his hair. Ruk Kelfosher, who was standing across from him, chuckled inwardly.
‘Even so, he absolutely never criticizes women from the Summer Continent.’
It was natural, if you thought about it.
Both the late Grand Duchess and the Marquis’s deceased wife were from the Summer Continent.
The Assis Grand Duke looked out the window without much reaction, then asked Ruk Kelfosher.
“Ruk. Did you give that Wolf Prince the annex?”
“Yes. Since he’s an honored guest, I let him choose the annex directly according to our family customs.”
“Where did you choose?”
“That… the summer annex…”
Marquis Aster finally shot up from his seat. He revealed his anger.
“This wolf-like bastard really doesn’t fear heaven. The summer annex is the annex closest to our Tulia’s bedroom, isn’t it?”
Marquis Aster immediately ordered his advisor to prepare.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to the auction house.”
“Why the auction house all of a sudden?”
Whoosh.
The marquis disappeared without even answering.
His son’s attitude was quite impudent, but Grand Duke Assis wasn’t particularly angry.
Marquis Aster had only recently started calling him ‘Father.’ There was no way he would honestly state his purpose.
Only after sending someone to follow Aster who had left so abruptly could Grand Duke Assis find out what his eldest son had gone to buy at the auction house.
“A necklace?”
Ruk nodded his head.
“Yes. It seems he’s conscious of that beautiful necklace Prince Klaus gave to Lady Tulia.”
Grand Duke Assis clicked his tongue.
“Tsk tsk. Pathetic fool. He still thinks Tulia is his. Even jewels held in one’s hand are bound to slip away like grains of sand…”
Grand Duke Assis rose from his seat and said.
“Ruk. Open the ‘Red Duke’ treasure vault. I should take a look after a long time.”
“I’ll prepare it right away.”
The Red Duke treasure vault was a warehouse that stored only precious jewelry and accessories among the Grand Duke Frazier House’s vaults.
‘To suddenly want to open that place… The two of them are inevitably father and son.’
Ruk Kelfosher chuckled once more.
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“Why did I suddenly receive all these necklaces?”
I picked up the diamond necklace and emerald necklace that were laid out in order.
I could feel their substantial weight. My heart was racing thanks to the jewels sparkling mysteriously under the light.
“Father and Grandfather must have had something good happen. Right, Adel?”
Those two knew very well how to make a materialist happy.
“It seems so. One was won at the highest price at the auction house, and the other is one of the finest pieces from the Frazier vault.”
“I should keep both well preserved. I’ll use them at the next banquet.”
Adel smiled brightly and suggested calling a designer to have dresses made to match the necklaces. I nodded and agreed with a smile.
“Miss. You’ve been busy these past few days, but you came back early today. You’re not going out at dawn again tomorrow, are you?”
“Nope.”
“Then please rest early today.”
Adel and the maids who had helped me bathe locked the bedroom door and left.
Just as I sprawled on the bed with my arms and legs stretched out, looking up at the ceiling.
Knock knock, there was a sound of knocking.
“Adel?”
“Not from here.”
“…?”
A beat later, I realized the knocking sound wasn’t coming from the door but from the opposite side, from the window with the terrace.
Most of all, this familiar voice…
When I opened the window, surprisingly, that prince was standing there.
“Klaus? Why are you coming out here?”
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