That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 235
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Chapter 235
“How can you say such things…! That’s not true!”
“But you’re trying to destroy my carriage? Does that make sense? Sir?”
“As I mentioned, Grand Duchess. Let me repeat, there were orders from above.”
Above. From above…
“This carriage I’m riding in isn’t just a means of transportation, and as you can see, it’s an enormously luxurious item. If it’s orders from above, shouldn’t you also search under the nobles’ dresses? Sir? Or are you already doing that?”
The knight’s face turned red and blue at my sarcasm. But compared to my current anger, it would be nothing.
‘Empress Carmi? This crazy woman really does all sorts of things.’
If someone could give such orders to the capital security force, it would be the Emperor, Empress, or a noble in charge of security.
If it were the Emperor, the knight would have used the word “imperial decree,” and if it were a noble in charge of imperial capital security, they wouldn’t have dared to order such outrageous behavior even after seeing the Frazier Grand Duke House’s identification, especially when it’s not wartime.
‘Why are you trying to destroy someone else’s perfectly fine carriage? Are you insane, really?’
As I was blazing with rising anger and irritation.
“We’ll disassemble it as carefully as possible. Excuse us, Grand Duchess. Boys! Escort the Grand Duchess to the side.”
“How dare you try to lay hands on the Grand Duchess!”
“Are you disrespecting Frazier?!”
Right after the coachman and footman furiously blocked the soldiers.
The knight approached me with an unrestrained expression and gesture. Just by his momentum, it looked like he was going to strike me with that great sword.
‘I don’t know about the others, but this knight definitely received direct secret orders from Empress Carmi.’
Otherwise, how could a mere knight dare to go this far?
Right. Today I’ll show you the personality of official setting trash!
‘Let’s go to noble court. I’ll cling to you until you die.’
The footman who received my signal was already running to the Frazier Grand Duke Estate, so the problem would be resolved soon.
I just need to protect the carriage until then!
…or so I thought.
Swoosh!
“Grand Duchess Tulia!”
The coachman’s scream-like voice rang out. I was just as startled.
Because the knight had swung his great sword at me.
Fortunately, I wasn’t cut. But if I had been even slightly forward, I would have definitely been hurt.
“According to national law, those who obstruct inspections can be subdued by force. If you don’t want to get hurt, it would be best to step back…”
The knight couldn’t finish his words.
Clang!
A loud metallic sound that rang in the ears. At the same time, the fierce knight dropped his great sword.
“Who dares!”
The knight roared in anger. But only briefly. The knight’s face turned cold as he looked back.
I was just as surprised.
Because Ferdinand was walking toward us with terrifyingly sunken red eyes.
His characteristic overwhelming presence. A man with the noblest blood flowing in the Empire.
His enormous height that you had to crane your neck up to barely meet his gaze, like an existence born to be worshipped…
“Y-Your Highness the Crown Prince!”
As the knight hurriedly knelt on one knee, the stunned soldiers also followed the same etiquette.
Ferdinand, who quickly walked up to me, looked me up and down with icy eyes.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Uh… No. I’m not.”
It seemed like strength entered his jaw. Ferdinand turned around again and looked down at the knight.
“Briyang’s national laws seem quite loose.”
His voice was so chilling that even I felt a chill.
“Since when has it been acceptable for a mere knight to commit insubordination against a Grand Duchess?”
“…!”
The knight was startled and raised his pale face.
“Y-Your Highness! It’s not insubordination! I was merely following orders handed down from above!”
“So?”
“Pardon?”
“Did you also receive orders that it’s okay to harm the Grand Duchess?”
“That’s not it, the Grand Duchess was obstructing the inspection, so I had no choice but to…”
“No choice?”
“Gack!”
The knight flew and crashed into the wall. Blood flowed steadily, staining the ground, as if his body was broken.
“It’s not wartime, and Frazier isn’t a traitorous house.”
Ferdinand asked as he walked step by step.
“But a mere sir is given the authority to harm a Grand Duchess? Who gave it?”
“Gack, cough…”
“I’m asking who gave it to you.”
The knight coughed incessantly. Ferdinand’s foot lightly kicked the ground.
His voice seemed cool at first glance, but anyone could tell. The fact that Ferdinand was furious to the top of his head.
As evidence, not only the soldiers but even the coachman, who was entirely under my protection, was trembling.
‘Come here. Come here.’
I slightly gestured to the coachman to hide behind me. The coachman quickly came behind me and hid.
“Miss. Are you alright?”
“I’m not hurt.”
“Ah. Thank goodness. Otherwise, Lady Adel would have buried me alive…”
The coachman’s tearful voice was as small as a mosquito’s buzz.
But it seemed to reach Ferdinand’s ears.
Since we were both crouched down as much as possible watching Ferdinand, we both flinched in surprise.
Ferdinand no longer beat the knight. He just grabbed the front of his clothes.
But the knight’s face turned even paler than when he was kicked earlier.
What Ferdinand tore off was the knight’s medal.
A knight whose medal was torn off by royalty, and the Crown Prince at that?
It was the same as no longer being qualified as a knight.
“Y-Your Highness the Crown Prince!”
Ferdinand coldly gave an order.
“Take him away.”
“Yes, sir!”
Ferdinand’s subordinates dragged the knight away. The knight screamed and pleaded, but his mouth was soon gagged.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
As a few remaining subordinates approached, Ferdinand pointed with his chin at the trembling soldiers.
“Investigate which superior gave such insane orders and report back.”
“Yes, sir.”
The surroundings became quiet in an instant.
This was a high-ranking nobles’ residential district, so it was usually quiet, but seeing not a single person…
‘Empress Carmi must have deliberately chosen such a deserted place to destroy the carriage.’
Really, why such resentment toward someone else’s carriage…
“Tulia.”
At Ferdinand’s voice, I suddenly came to my senses. No, rather, I seemed to snap to attention in surprise at his action.
He had suddenly climbed into my carriage.
“Your Highness?”
“Ferdinand.”
“Ferdinand? No, why are you getting into someone else’s carriage without permission?”
“…Ah.”
Ferdinand finally got out of the carriage and extended his hand to me. It was the typical posture of a young lord offering an escort.
“I was rude. I should have helped the lady in first. As you know, there are no ladies in the Imperial Palace.”
“No, I’m telling you that’s my carriage.”
“I used the horse I rode here to drag away that knight. So you want me to walk back?”
“….”
“If you want me to walk, I’ll walk. After all, you almost got cut by a sword because of me.”
“What? You know about that?”
Does he know that Empress Carmi was behind this incident?
“How could I not know? It’s Imperial Family business.”
I scratched my cheek.
‘Well, of course.’
Since they’re in an antagonistic relationship, he must be keeping an eye on Empress Carmi too. Thinking about it that way, it would be strange if Ferdinand didn’t know.
“It’s also related to you.”
However, his additional comment was something I hadn’t expected.
I felt strangely embarrassed and changed the subject.
“Then…. Fine. Get in the carriage. Be careful getting in.”
“So this is that famous carriage.”
I thought Ferdinand wouldn’t be interested in such things, but he examined the carriage more thoroughly than I expected.
It wasn’t that he looked amazed or anything, he was just looking.
“Shall I take you to the Imperial Palace?”
“Just lend me a horse from the Frazier Mansion. I’ll return it later.”
I nodded. I opened the small window connecting to the driver’s seat and told him our destination, and the coachman quickly drove the horses.
Ferdinand didn’t sit across from me but sat beside me. The funny thing was that I wasn’t uncomfortable with that distance.
It was probably because of the time we spent sleeping in each other’s arms at the temple.
Anyway, the atmosphere was much more comfortable than I had thought. At least that’s how it felt to me.
“Tulia.”
“Yes.”
“Are you really not hurt anywhere?”
“I’m not. It seemed like they were just trying to threaten me with the sword. They wouldn’t be stupid enough to actually hurt me.”
Actually, I was more curious about something else.
“By the way, Ferdinand. Are the side effects completely gone now? I mean… will you maintain this grown-up appearance?”
Ferdinand let out a quiet sigh. The subtle emotion in his eyes disappeared before I could figure out what it was.
“Only during the day.”
“What?”
“I turn back into a boy at night.”
“Why?”
“Because you haven’t returned all of my divine power.”
Divine power? No matter how I think about it, it must have been Kim Ddongbyeol who secretly absorbed it, not me.
‘…Should I let Kim Ddongbyeol stay with Ferdinand for a while?’
Just as I frowned.
“Tulia.”
Ferdinand rested his chin lightly on his hand and stared at me intently.
“I won’t ask you to stay with me at night, so won’t you at least stay with me like this during the day?”
“Because of the divine power?”
“Among other things.”
I blinked.
“Among other things?”
Ferdinand smiled lightly while still resting his chin on his hand.
“Can’t we be together if there’s no business to attend to? I told you, Tulia.”
His red eyes stared at me as if trying to see into the depths of my soul.
“I like you.”
For a moment, my heart sank.
I’d heard those words many times, so why did they make me flustered every single time?
Whether he knew how I felt or not, Ferdinand continued speaking without taking his eyes off mine.
“Crown Prince Benjamin gave you this carriage as a coming-of-age gift, right? Wouldn’t it be fair if you told me what you’d like to receive as a gift from me too?”
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