That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 211
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Chapter 211
‘Hundred billion gold… is just that much?’
There wasn’t even a trace of pretense in Benjamin’s words.
He was truly sincere.
He was probably the only person in the world who would say something like that.
‘Or does he really think I have greater value than such enormous gold?’
If that were the case, it would be quite…
A strange thing indeed.
“Lady Tulia. Would you show me more of the back garden?”
Benjamin gestured slightly to the right with his handsome chin.
“There’s a pond over there that looked quite pretty.”
‘Ha. Is it finally starting now?’
The part where the unavoidable guide’s curse descends…!
“Then shall we… go take a look together?”
“That sounds good.”
The sound of insects could be heard clearly. The wind blew, bringing a slightly chilly scent.
Unlike the tranquil scenery, the landscape in my heart as I walked through this place was nothing short of hellish…
‘As expected, the Male Leads are all extraordinary.’
The man who offered me hundred billion gold.
The beautiful blonde Prince who proposed according to his homeland’s traditions, not with money.
‘Are Benjamin’s feelings for me genuine, or a transformation of his lust for power?’
In fact, I was deeply suspicious of Benjamin.
Because Benjamin had the most subtle mastermind aura even inside the game.
Power over love.
Money over love.
Revenge over love.
Due to wounds suffered in childhood being too great, he became unable to believe in love or people.
He was a Male Lead with quite a hard conquest difficulty…
As I walked slowly, waiting for the damned guide from the Quest window to appear.
“Young Lady.”
Benjamin asked in his characteristic low voice.
“Was my marriage proposal gift insufficient?”
In that moment, my steps naturally stopped.
As the owner of the salon, I had been walking half a step ahead of Benjamin, and not knowing what expression to make, I turned around.
“Lady Tulia.”
In the beautifully landscaped back garden, Benjamin wore his usual gentle smile.
“Didn’t His Grace the Grand Duke criticize my courtship method as pathetic and crude?”
“…Grandfather didn’t say anything like that.”
Benjamin was smiling but seemed not to believe it much.
“It’s true.”
“I see.”
‘It really is true though.’
“Tulia! Take that hundred billion gold and throw it in that Prince’s mansion trash can!”
“Throw it in the trash can?”
“Yes, cut off all relations with that bastard!”
“But Grandfather. Sorsen Kingdom is an enormous business partner that could increase my salon’s profits by more than 10 times…”
“I should discuss with the Emperor about severing diplomatic relations with Sorsen Kingdom, which thinks money is everything!”
“Pardon?”
It’s fine since Benjamin has no way of knowing he said such things.
“Lady Tulia. Do you know this?”
Benjamin suddenly broke my reverie.
“If I were His Grace the Grand Duke and had a granddaughter like you, I would have wanted to gouge out the eyes of all the men hovering around.”
Benjamin’s face was so radiant as he said this with a smile that for a moment I fell into the illusion of facing a sculpture.
Like an artwork carved from gold that emanated a subtle radiance, decorated by precisely embedding hundreds of thousands of diamonds one by one.
He was a man born to be far too splendid.
If not for the loneliness that occasionally dwelt in his honey-colored eyes, he would have appeared like nothing but a brilliant sun.
‘Whew. A beauty that makes you lose your mind.’
Just as I was coming to my senses and trying to brush it off with an appropriate joke.
[System] A limited special benefit ‘Guide’ linked to the inevitable Quest appears!
[System] Guide: Please respond to ‘Male Protagonist’ Benjamin with the following sentence.
[System] Guide Content 1
-You wouldn’t have done that.
Text suddenly appeared before my eyes.
‘Huh? It’s more moderate than I thought?’
Klaus was completely merciless in trampling.
‘Ah! Was the guide difficulty so high for Klaus because he’s a hidden Male Lead?’
If that were the case, the guides for Benjamin or Ferdinand might not be so harsh.
That was naturally good news for me.
“You wouldn’t have done that.”
[System] Guide Content 2
-I’m planning to return all the money Your Highness sent.
“The money Your Highness… sent will all be…”
Holding back tears and clenching my teeth tightly, I carefully continued speaking to avoid slurring my pronunciation.
“I’m planning to return it all…”
Even as I spoke, it felt like my heart was being torn to shreds.
It’s 100 billion gold!
An enormous amount!
‘Think positively. Right now the guide is being lenient with just my heart being torn to shreds…!’
Right, money isn’t the issue. This is a matter of my survival!
‘…But why am I tearing up?’
Benjamin’s smile slowly faded, but at least there was no sign of displeasure.
“Lady Tulia.”
Since I had already gently refused his marriage proposal, he seemed to have somewhat expected this kind of reaction.
“You don’t have to accept my feelings, but please at least accept the gift.”
Benjamin’s smile was fainter than before, but still maintained as gently as ripples on a lake’s surface.
“That way I can propose to you again, and again, and keep proposing to you, Tulia.”
‘No, how can such an angel descend to earth? No, even in heaven there wouldn’t exist an angel like Benjamin…’
I was so moved I almost cried. Just as I was naturally wiping away the tears that had gathered in my eyes.
[System] Guide Content 3
-No, I don’t want to receive it. Because the gift you gave is too vulgar.
My hand froze right at my eyes. Being unable to move either way seemed to represent my current feelings.
As expected, it never fails to meet my expectations.
That crazy system bastard…!
“Lady Tulia?”
As I remained frozen with my hand covering my eyes, Benjamin lightly furrowed his brow.
He approached closer to me. Benjamin, who stopped at exactly the proper etiquette distance, asked.
“Are your eyes uncomfortable?”
How gentle those words sounded in that moment.
I rolled the tears that had gathered with all my strength back into my eyeballs, feeling like a sprout that must dare refuse sunlight.
This was one of Han Ina’s minor skills. Never cry in front of others even if tears come!
“Benjamin.”
I had already tasted enough of what penalties were like.
I didn’t know what kind of penalty I might face this time, and if I made a mistake, I could fail the Quest itself.
So I…
“No, I don’t want to receive it.”
Had no choice but to follow the guide exactly.
“The gift you gave…”
“…”
“Is too… vulgar.”
“…”
I checked the Quest window like grasping a lifeline, or like someone who had found a legitimate excuse to avoid Benjamin’s gaze.
‘It’s exactly the same as when I spoke to Leon. I said it exactly as the guide without changing a single thing.’
So Benjamin too…
[System] Seriously wound Male Lead ‘Benjamin’ (Incomplete)
‘I’m going crazy, stars…’
* * *
“Your Highness the Crown Prince. I apologize, but you’ll need to cancel your afternoon schedule.”
Ferdinand, who had been sitting at his desk handling the court duties assigned to the Crown Prince, raised his head.
“Why so suddenly.”
“His Majesty the Emperor, well…”
Ferdinand’s Chief Attendant said with an embarrassed expression.
“He sent an attendant saying he wants to visit the Temple of Rest.”
“How ridiculous.”
The Chief Attendant couldn’t show any reaction and only broke out in cold sweat.
The Temple of Rest had been a beautiful tomb where the Royal Family of the Briyang Imperial Palace were laid to rest when they died since ancient times.
Since the Briyang Empire had no etiquette of offering prayers to ancestors, the Emperor’s suggestion to go to the Temple of Rest now meant going to see only one person.
“Now that I’ve grown up, he must be thinking of Mother. Is he planning to embrace a corpse and wail?”
“…”
“Or has His Majesty the Emperor of this Empire become a corpse enthusiast?”
“…”
At the naked cynicism, the Chief Attendant could only sink deeper into silence. Of course, his back was soaked with cold sweat.
Not just him, but any servant standing in this position would have been at a loss.
“I have a prior engagement, so tell him I decline to visit the temple.”
“Your Highness the Crown Prince. They say the procession is already being formed. The entire 3rd Imperial Knights have dressed in ceremonial attire, so shouldn’t Your Highness also go…”
“Ha.”
Ferdinand finally stood up with an extremely irritated expression. The Chief Attendant unconsciously stepped back.
He was still not accustomed to seeing this Crown Prince, who had always looked like a boy, grown up like this.
“How leisurely it must be to be the ruler of a nation. Forming processions to go to tombs and all.”
“Your Highness… His Majesty the Emperor has also summoned the High Priest.”
“Is today Her Majesty the Empress’s memorial day or something?”
For Ferdinand, the only Empress was his mother Olivia.
So he didn’t use terms like former Empress or deceased Empress.
Just Empress.
He only called her Empress.
And that woman who had been merely a Court Lady to Empress Olivia was now…
Ferdinand, who had been sneering, suddenly thought this entire situation was absurd.
“All the porcelain in the Empress Palace will be completely shattered again.”
“…There are widespread rumors that the relationship between Empress Carmi and His Majesty the Emperor isn’t what it used to be.”
“From today, there will also be rumors that the Empress is planning treason.”
“Your Highness the Crown Prince…!”
Ferdinand, who had casually said something that would stop the hearts of everyone in the Imperial Palace, walked out of the study.
“Your Highness? Are you going to His Majesty the Emperor?”
“No.”
Ferdinand gauged the time while looking at the brilliantly scattered sun.
“I need to meet someone I was supposed to meet in the afternoon earlier. Prepare to go to Baektul Salon.”
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