The Cooking Princess - Chapter 104

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The Emperor conveyed his opposition to the marriage between the Northern Continent’s princess and Claude as quickly as possible.

‘So they were planning to proceed with the wedding on their own without even getting consent, fearing opposition.’

If Chloe hadn’t spoken up, their secret marriage would have almost gone through.

Of course, Claude would likely have ignored the Emperor’s words and pushed forward with the marriage anyway.

But since the justification that the Emperor knew and opposed it was more important than him being unaware, Chloe felt relieved inside.

However, the Emperor’s expression rapidly worsened upon hearing some news.

“Hmm.”

The Emperor hesitated briefly before speaking to Chloe.

“I hear monsters have been rampaging unusually lately. Especially in the North, but they seem to be causing trouble in other places as well.”

“Yes? Yes. I see.”

Chloe tilted her head, wondering why he was telling her this.

Realizing that she didn’t understand his words, the Emperor sighed and added,

“And the Garnet Estate is overflowing with monsters that the Duchess brought back.”

“…What?”

Chloe momentarily couldn’t understand those words.

No, she didn’t want to understand them.

It was a situation where monsters were going berserk.

Unlike Chloe who was currently at the Imperial Palace, her parents were confined at the Garnet Estate.

Then right now, her parents confined at the estate were…

“No!”

Even the Ministers didn’t blame Chloe for shouting at that moment.

She hurriedly tried to leave, but stopped, feeling she absolutely had to say this.

“How strange. The Garnet Family supposedly joined hands with foreign nobility to lead a rebellion, yet it’s Cloud, Duke who wants to marry a foreign princess.”

She gritted her teeth and added again,

“The monster rampage is happening more intensely ‘coincidentally’ in the North that Cloud, Duke is in charge of.”

Speaking coldly, Chloe made eye contact with each Minister one by one as she added,

“Moreover, when the Garnet Family members are confined under the pretext of treason, the monsters at the Garnet Estate went berserk en masse.”

Chloe even clenched her fists as she spoke.

“It seems like the most effective way to massacre the Count’s family. Could all of this really be just coincidence?”

Though everyone secretly thought Chloe’s words were correct, the Ministers didn’t want to accept the reality that a young Duchess’s words were right and theirs were wrong, so they coldly dismissed her words.

“Don’t speculate, Duchess.”

She didn’t answer further and strode toward leaving the Imperial Palace, but the Emperor stopped her.

“If you’re thinking of going to the estate, give it up. There’s no point in you going there. That place is already a den of monsters.”

It meant not to go there and meet a pointless death, but Chloe couldn’t suppress her emotions and answered with a trembling voice.

“That’s where my mother and father are.”

Chloe quickly called Eshir using the returned magical communication device.

“Eshir! I still have a wish left, don’t I? I’ll use it right now. Please, please help my parents. They should be at the estate.”

[I don’t think that’ll be necessary.]

Chloe was momentarily angry at Eshir’s incredibly nonchalant words but quickly added,

“What do you mean? Not necessary?”

[Your father is amazing. At that age…]

“Anyway, I’m in an urgent situation right now and need to go to the estate, so I’m hanging up!”

Chloe ended the communication and quickly headed to the Garnet Estate.

And what she saw upon arriving at the Garnet Estate was…

Her father and his Knights, slightly disheveled but in perfectly fine condition, confronting the monsters.

Everyone was in good condition while fighting against the monsters.

Her frail mother was safely protected in their midst.

There were injured, but none were seriously wounded.

Upon seeing this, tears of relief immediately flowed from Chloe’s eyes.

“I’m, I’m sorry…”

Not knowing what to do, she drew a sword she had brought in advance and defeated monsters alongside the Knights.

Everyone told her it was dangerous, but Chloe didn’t listen.

‘In the end, I’m the one who brought these monsters here.’

Tears wouldn’t stop flowing from Chloe’s eyes at the fact that those who should have been furthest from monsters had suffered great damage because of her.

‘Even the manor got destroyed.’

The Garnet couple in the ‘original story’ may have been executed in the end, but they never experienced such a crisis.

The Duchess, flustered by Chloe’s tears flowing endlessly like a faucet, whispered to the Count while looking at him.

“Our daughter must have been very frightened, dear.”

“Indeed. I’d like you to comfort her.”

The two looked into each other’s eyes and smiled briefly before gently calling their daughter.

“Our daughter. Everyone is safe, don’t worry so much. Why are you crying like that?”

At her mother’s gentle tone, Chloe sobbed and didn’t know what to do before finally answering.

“I brought the monsters… and I was alone safe at the Imperial Palace.”

Chloe couldn’t swallow her emotions and ended up wailing even louder.

Even while wailing, her hands mercilessly defeated small monsters she could handle.

The Duchess, watching her daughter’s condition, gently hugged her and answered,

“Do you know what our first thought was when we learned that almost all those many monsters confined in our house had gone berserk?”

“*Sniff*, no.”

Pinching her daughter’s lovely cheek who couldn’t calm down at all, the Duchess smiled brightly and said,

“Ah, but our daughter is safe at the Imperial Palace. That’s truly fortunate.”

At words she never expected, Chloe looked at the Duchess with blank eyes.

“Don’t blame yourself. This happening isn’t your fault, and we can just rebuild this manor.”

“Right. And since you’re not a skilled Knight, retreat inside. It would be terrible if you got hurt.”

Despite her parents’ gentle encouragement, Chloe could only cry endlessly.

‘All this time… while cooking and building connections with other people, I relatively neglected the time with my truly precious parents.’

Feeling once again in her heart how precious her parents were, Chloe came inside the defensive line as her father had said.

Because she understood her parents’ hearts wanting her to stay safely inside rather than her defeating monsters.

It took some time, but the people of the Garnet Estate ultimately succeeded in defeating the monsters by joining forces.

This was possible because the monsters Chloe had brought were relatively small in size.

‘If I had been greedy for something like a Kraken, it would have been a real disaster.’

She wiped her tears and reported that His Majesty the Emperor had recognized the Garnet Family’s innocence, and due to the urgent situation, rather than helping with her explanation, he had used his pardon to restore the Garnet Family’s freedom.

“Oh, His Majesty the Emperor…”

The Duchess had a face purely grateful to His Majesty the Emperor, but the Count’s face was full of suspicion.

To her father who had an expression saying ‘That’s not like him?’, she also informed him about the ‘suspicious’ matters related to Claude.

“The Duke’s behavior is truly reckless.”

Though the fight had ended not long ago, the Count was indignant again, ready to grab Claude by the collar immediately.

Seeing this, Chloe wiped her tears, smiled, and said,

“*Ahem*. Anyway. His Highness the Prince is currently at the frontline, so it will take time for him to return.”

So Chloe resolved to have time for her parents during that period at least.

“So, let’s have a party during that time. A pardon commemoration party. I’ll prepare it very lavishly.”

Chloe barely wiped away the tears that kept forming and added spiritedly,

“I’m planning to prepare amazing health-boosting food, so look forward to it!”

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