The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 114

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Chapter 114

At those words, Alpheus became indignant while holding his fork.

“To forcibly demand a precious family member as a concubine… That’s something I absolutely cannot tolerate.”

I whispered quickly.

“Tolerate it a little.”

“This is absolutely unforgivable, without even needing to see the outcome!”

“At least see the outcome.”

But my education didn’t work on Alpheus.

“Absolutely not, Brisa. There are certain types of things you shouldn’t compromise on even one step.”

He sometimes showed this kind of unwavering conviction.

“This is about creating a new family, so how could there be room for compromise? Besides, Delmia was a minor at that time!”

Alpheus said while swiftly stabbing a strawberry with his fork.

“If I were in that position, I absolutely wouldn’t have stayed still!”

It was exactly the reaction I had expected.

I asked bluntly.

“If you don’t stay still, then what? Do you know how many guards are around His Highness the Crown Prince? Weapons are also prohibited at events like banquets.”

“Brisa, you know, right? I caught a crow that was going to give Wolf-dog with just a fork. There are forks at banquet halls too… Ahhh!”

I stepped hard on Alpheus’s foot before the next words could come out. At this rate, he would definitely have mentioned assassinating royalty.

It seemed Alpheus didn’t yet know Imperial Law clauses like ‘harming the Crown Prince in public places is punishable by death at most.’

‘Of course, Alpheus could probably rupture the Crown Prince’s groin with a fork from 300 meters away.’

I glanced at the Former Marquis Naisar.

“Heh heh heh.”

The Former Marquis Naisar tactfully pretended not to have heard.

I shrugged my shoulders once and said with a bright smile.

“Then excuse me, but I’ll stay in the Southern Region for a few days. It seems we’ve had all the conversations I wanted.”

That was true.

I couldn’t hide my satisfaction and stood up abruptly.

My business here was now finished.

“Right now I want to check the site briefly, so I’ll go see the Second Prince.”

Then Alpheus also quickly stood up to follow me.

“Huh? Then I’ll also…”

I said decisively.

“You hurry to Warp and bring Langsi. We need to write the Vinyl Trees contract. You can write the contract well with Langsi even without me, right?”

Even if I couldn’t trust Alpheus, I could trust Langsi.

Since he would have already seen the vinyl tree leaves that arrived at Sears Marquis Territory, he could probably guess their purpose just from an explanation.

“While I’m at it, I should give Wolf-dog some strawberries too.”

Taking a few good strawberries, I headed toward Maximus with only my guards.

Since the conversation with the Former Marquis Naisar had gone well, I had something to threaten him with right now.

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Maximus was taking a brief rest next to Wolf-dog after working hard.

No, actually he was observing Wolf-dog.

“No matter how I look at it, it’s a bizarre creature unlike anything I’ve seen anywhere.”

He muttered with his experience of encountering many monsters.

“Tsk… It doesn’t feel benevolent.”

Then Wolf-dog growled and bared his fangs.

“Ah, you don’t need to confirm my hypothesis so immediately.”

Maximus raised both hands toward Wolf-dog and quietly looked into Wolf-dog’s golden eyes.

It naturally reminded him of the Prince of Nogen who had eyes of the same color.

“Young Lady Brisa and the Western Region never really suited each other from the beginning.”

Maximus chuckled and muttered.

“How could a child who could barely survive only through desperate effort naturally blend in as family among those without deprivation?”

Then Wolf-dog bared his teeth again.

Maximus raised his eyebrows and shook his head.

“Whoa, if you bite me, Young Lady Brisa will be in big trouble. I’m royalty, after all.”

Surprisingly, Wolf-dog seemed to understand and only bared his teeth without attacking.

Maximus shrugged and said.

“It even seems like I’m destined to die if I don’t become Emperor. So I have to try.”

“Grrrrrrr…”

Wolf-dog growled as if annoyed.

“You don’t seem to believe it. Actually, I’m not sure either, but…”

Maximus muttered while looking at the sky where the sunset was beginning.

“If I’m on the protagonist’s side, won’t I eventually win? Even though the only thing I know in this world is just the protagonist, things have gone well so far.”

Then Wolf-dog stared at him with an incredulous expression.

“Sometimes having a conversation with an animal isn’t bad either.”

Maximus said with a grin.

“Because I don’t have to hear that I’m crazy. Thanks to that, I’m in a good mood, so I’ve promoted you Wolf-dog to animal status.”

That’s when it happened.

Wolf-dog suddenly started grooming his fur. He went to nearby water to look at his reflection and even wiped the dirt from his face with his front paws.

After that, he suddenly began very elegantly trimming vinyl tree leaves with his teeth.

“Hmm?”

And not long after.

Brisa appeared with her guards.

Brisa’s pale blue eyes alternately looked at Wolf-dog who was working and Maximus who was sitting and resting.

“…Huh?”

“I greet Your Highness.”

Brisa said nothing, but slowly surveyed the work site with her eyes and then said to Wolf-dog.

“Wolf-dog, why don’t you rest a bit? His Highness is also taking breaks.”

It was criticism.

Completely obvious criticism!

“I, I, I was just resting briefly! Very briefly! With Wolf-dog, very briefly!”

However, Wolf-dog just tilted his head and continued trimming the vinyl tree leaves.

Maximus glared at Wolf-dog with a sense of betrayal and muttered.

“Wolf-dog, you… animal promotion canceled.”

Meanwhile, Brisa walked straight up to him and asked.

“May I have the surroundings cleared for a moment?”

“Well, if Young Lady wishes.”

When Maximus gestured once, all the knights in the vicinity, including the guards Brisa had brought, withdrew.

At the same time, Wolf-dog spat out the vinyl tree leaves with a “ptui” and approached Brisa’s side.

Brisa gave Wolf-dog strawberries, then lowered her voice and asked.

“Your Highness. Earlier you suggested packaging the situation well to Alpheus and getting engaged to me, didn’t you?”

“Hmm? It wasn’t packaging… I just suggested we explore a peaceful path that the other party could easily accept.”

“I see.”

Brisa stared at him intently and said.

“I’ll admit that Your Highness was one step ahead of me. I almost fell for it, didn’t I?”

“Uh, huh? What do you mean by that?”

“Anyway, then you’d have to explain that His Highness the Crown Prince could demand me as a concubine… and at the same time, His Highness the Crown Prince would lose his life and Alpheus would be arrested on the spot and executed. You calculated that and proposed engagement to me, didn’t you?”

“What?”

Maximus jumped up.

“That can’t be! Absolutely not!”

“That seems like the best way to ‘use’ Alpheus. This was quite new. I only just realized it now.”

Brisa shrugged her shoulders.

“To think you would use my engagement with Alpheus as bait to try to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“Young lady!”

He opened his eyes wide as if he was dumbfounded.

“No matter how much Alpheus cares for you, how could he possibly assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince, who is the second most powerful person in the Empire!”

Maximus was so bewildered that his head felt dizzy.

Surely Alpheus wouldn’t go that far…

If Brisa and he persuaded him well, they could join forces and cooperate to solve things politically…

“I thought so too, but I just heard Alpheus say with his own mouth that if such a situation arose, he would kill His Highness the Crown Prince with a fork at the banquet without thinking twice.”

“What?”

“He said he’d done something similar before and that it was possible.”

“Ah, no… it might be possible, but such an outrageous thing…”

“The former Marquis Naisar was also present, so if you find it hard to believe my words, please confirm it with him.”

It was truly chilling news.

Even a third party had heard those words?

“Since Your Highness has spent more time with Alpheus than I have, you must have known that Alpheus was so reckless, right?”

“This is ridiculous!”

Maximus felt wronged.

“Who in the world would seriously think about killing the Crown Prince in a public place?”

“That’s exactly what Alpheus accomplished.”

Brisa said coldly.

“I’ll weave these facts together nicely and report them to Her Majesty the Empress. If I ask, the former Marquis Naisar will step forward as a witness.”

When the Empress was mentioned, Maximus’s mouth fell wide open.

“Her Majesty the Empress would be very pleased. Her Majesty has never officially spoken of bringing me in as His Highness the Crown Prince’s concubine. So it would be convenient for her to frame this as Your Highness’s fabrication to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince.”

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