That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 98
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Chapter 98
As I stepped down from the carriage, the Imperial Palace’s court attendants and ladies-in-waiting politely greeted me.
Even though this was my first time here, I had this strange feeling of déjà vu, as if it wasn’t my first visit!
The same beautiful Imperial Palace I had seen thousands of times while playing !
“It is an honor to serve such an esteemed guest. Allow me to guide you.”
A court attendant escorted me.
“Her Majesty the Empress has specially granted the ‘Guardian Palace’ for Lady Tulia alone. You may wait here.”
“Wait a moment. Court attendant? I have something I’d like to ask.”
“Yes. Please speak, Lady Tulia Frazier.”
The court attendant, befitting a servant of the Imperial Palace, was extremely taciturn and had an extraordinary bearing as he immediately bowed his head.
“How long do I need to wait?”
“Please wait for about an hour.”
“I see. Understood. You may withdraw.”
Everyone except the two ladies-in-waiting assigned to attend me withdrew in an instant.
I became puzzled.
‘I had a suspicion.’
Inviting someone and then making them wait for a long time was a harassment tactic that nobles loved to use.
How do I know this?
Because it was one of the thousands of methods Tulia used to torment Coriko in .
I thought the Empress might make me wait for a day or two, but it didn’t seem like that was the case.
I decided to look around the palace for now.
Hmm.
Since she specifically designated me alone to enter the palace, I thought she might treat me poorly.
‘She really gave me a nice palace.’
It was a secluded palace with even a beautiful private garden attached, so it seemed like I could easily spend about an hour here.
I walked along the stone path in the garden, thinking I’d organize my thoughts while I was at it.
Architecturally, the Imperial Palace of the Briyang Empire didn’t have each palace built in a closed-off structure.
Rather, it was designed so that all the palace gardens were connected as one.
Thanks to this, if you walked endlessly, you might encounter strangers, and if you were lucky, you might even get the chance to have an audience with much higher-ranking members of the Imperial Family.
You could call it an architectural style that emphasized chance encounters and meetings.
‘Of course, I don’t want to meet any members of the Imperial Family right now.’
I should just not leave this garden at all.
I was slowly wandering around the pond that still had thin ice on it when.
Thwack!
I was startled for a moment.
Did I hear wrong?
…Just then.
Thwack, thwack!
Anyone could tell it was the sound of someone being beaten.
I turned around.
The two ladies-in-waiting who remained to attend me showed little change in expression, befitting servants of the Imperial Palace, but even they looked quite surprised.
‘What’s going on.’
Was there someone else here besides us?
This palace that the Empress had specially granted me was extremely secluded.
Moreover, I didn’t have any friends I knew in the Imperial Capital, and my head was sensitive due to the Quest, so I had been quietly taking a garden stroll without saying a word.
‘I guess they thought it was an empty palace?’
I didn’t need to go check it out myself.
Just by poking my head out a little, I could see clearly who was beating whom.
‘…They’re kids?’
Boys around my age were beating up another boy of similar age who was lying down.
‘They’re all wearing nice clothes though.’
Even the boy who was being beaten.
But if there was something different about the boy being beaten compared to the other boys, it was that he looked extremely thin.
He must not be eating well.
I frowned.
‘Are those bastards bullying him while even stealing his food?’
Child violence in the Imperial Palace, really…
There could be a hierarchy among young servants.
But it wouldn’t be in such a crude manner.
Without taking my eyes off them, I lightly gestured toward the back.
As if understanding my intention, one of the ladies-in-waiting moved as quietly as possible.
I was telling her to bring people who could reasonably stop this.
What if I stupidly got involved there and got beaten up myself.
My body is precious.
Still, if it seemed too severe, I’d have to use the palace lady-in-waiting to stop it.
Just then.
“What are you so proud of, walking around with your head held high when you have such a lowly mother?”
For a moment, I doubted my ears.
“You live by fawning over Father just like your mother, yet you shamelessly smile at the Empire’s nobles too?”
Gasp.
I suddenly drew in a breath.
Lowly mother.
Fawning.
‘No, surely it can’t be…’
The moment the boy who was curled up being beaten by several others raised his head, I froze as if struck by lightning.
Gleaming golden hair.
Similarly gleaming golden eyes.
Blood flowing down from below his mouth, but still a radiant appearance despite it all.
‘Cr-cr-cr-crazy!’
It’s the male lead!
Benjamin Fluas…!
Why is he here getting beaten up like this?!
* * *
The youngest prince of the Sorsen Kingdom, Benjamin Fluas.
He was being beaten by his half-brothers again today.
He had thought that surely they wouldn’t beat him even when he came to another country, especially the Imperial Palace of the Briyang Empire, the strongest on the continent.
But because some ladies had shown interest in him, Benjamin’s half-brothers seemed to be furious to the top of their heads.
“You should sell your body just like your mother! You filthy bastard!”
“Brother. When you ascend to the throne later, shall we sell this guy off to a Briyang Empire noble for a high price?”
“Should we? Hahaha!”
His stomach hurt from being kicked.
His breath caught and when he raised his head, he saw it.
A young lady with pink hair, who seemed to be around his age, was staring at him with terrifyingly wide eyes.
In the kingdom, it was an open secret that he was beaten by his half-brothers.
But no one in the Empire would know about this.
I felt ashamed. That this side of me had been discovered.
Anyone would feel the same. Showing themselves being helplessly beaten.
Just as I curled up my body, gasping for breath from another kick to my solar plexus.
“Wait.”
* * *
“Bastards?”
As soon as I spoke up, the guys who had been excitedly beating Benjamin Fluas turned around with a gasp.
They looked extremely surprised and flustered.
And they quickly scanned my appearance.
It seemed they immediately realized I wasn’t just some court lady.
The way they hesitated and immediately straightened up made it obvious.
‘Anyway. How are all these types exactly the same?’
Strong against the weak, weak against the strong.
I know how to deal with these kinds of people.
“Nice to meet you, bastards. I am Tulia Frazier of the Grand Duke Frazier House.”
You have to crush them with power and status.
“Assis Grand Duke Frazier is my dear grandfather.”
The guys gasped again. They immediately became restless and didn’t know what to do.
The Grand Duke Frazier House had always been more impressive than most kingdoms.
Especially since this generation’s Grand Duke, my grandfather, was ennobled, it was evaluated as surpassing the level of ‘most kingdoms.’ And the concentration of power was actually like that too.
So that’s why they’re staring at me blankly with expressions like they’ve been hit in the back of the head with a hammer.
I swallowed my irritation inwardly while smiling outwardly.
“Aren’t you going to greet me?”
After hurriedly arranging their clothes, they awkwardly gave their greetings.
“Ah, ah! We’re sorry…! I am the 1st Prince of the Sorsen Kingdom, Helsen Plaus…!”
“I, I am the 2nd Prince of the Sorsen Kingdom…!”
When I threw them a smile, their faces instantly turned red.
That’s how ordinary people are.
Once their gaze is captured, their eyes unconsciously follow the gaze of the person who captured them.
In other words, like now.
My gaze still flowed to Benjamin, who was curled up like a caterpillar.
Similarly, the princes’ faces lost all color as they followed my gaze.
“Hurry and get back. You stupid…!”
He was about to shout angrily, but then remembered I was there and hurriedly shut his mouth.
But Benjamin was staggering and couldn’t get up properly.
‘How much did they beat him. This is really too much.’
Benjamin, who barely managed to get up, ended up falling down again.
“Get up quickly! Don’t you know there’s a lady here!”
“Ahem, we’ve shown you an embarrassing sight. Haha…”
While trying to appease me, they roughly grabbed Benjamin’s shoulders and threw him behind them, almost like kicking luggage.
It didn’t seem like they’d only done this once or twice.
The problem was that they treated Benjamin even more brutally because they were watching my reaction.
Crack.
“Ugh…!”
For a moment, Benjamin seemed to stop breathing.
‘Gasp.’
Is he really okay?
His arm is twisted in a bizarre way.
Male lead?
Huh?
Whether I was panicking inwardly or not, the princes seemed satisfied that they had hidden Benjamin behind them like luggage.
They grinned foolishly at me again.
“Haha. It’s an honor to meet a noble of Frazier.”
“We really did well to come all the way to the distant Empire.”
A person is in that condition, and greeting me is their priority right now?
‘Well. If they were the type to worry about such things, they wouldn’t have been beating Benjamin to a pulp in the first place.’
I quickly thought it through.
Right now, these guys are very ashamed that I caught them in this scene.
If I say even one word about it, they’ll pretend to repent in front of me but torment Benjamin even more severely behind my back.
Then he might really become disabled, or perhaps.
‘He won’t die because of me, will he?’
[System] ‘Master of Life’ Benefit: Can revive a dead male protagonist once only (one-time use)
I won’t end up having to use this on him, will I?
The male lead dies because of me?
Then where does my A-grade go…?
‘Absolutely not.’
From now on, I consider any attack on Benjamin as an attack on me.
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Shushu
Stupid jerks, stop beating up the lil guy. Don’t make me use this phoenix down