The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 162

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Chapter 162

Leopold stared at me intently and said.

“So I can’t guess who you sent the letter to. At least it doesn’t seem to be me.”

It meant he was dying of curiosity.

I shrugged my shoulders and replied arrogantly.

“Well, it’s just a precaution, so there’s no need to waste time explaining.”

It meant I didn’t want to tell him.

Leopold understood immediately and narrowed his eyes.

“Well, I can’t force you to tell me.”

And he said in a clearly sarcastic tone.

“I just hope it ends as mere preparation. I don’t want to encounter any more of your unexpected male connections like the Second Prince.”

“Right, you were screening my next fiancé candidates, weren’t you?”

So I was equally sarcastic in return.

“It’s a tremendously useless task that helps no one, so I’ll spare you some futile effort. To be honest, I wrote exactly two letters as ‘contingency’ preparations, and both recipients are women.”

But Leopold seemed to be in an even worse mood.

“What’s wrong?”

When I tilted my head and asked, he said.

“Because I’ve reached the conclusion that your only ‘unexpected man’ is the Second Prince. But I really think His Highness doesn’t suit you as a match.”

Leopold really disliked Maximus.

But since Maximus also cursed the wolf-dog as a ‘cunning mongrel’ behind his back whenever he had the chance, perhaps they were in an equal relationship.

“Idiot, the Second Prince is already of age.”

I shrugged and replied.

“Remove him from your screening list for seven years at least. And don’t think about antagonizing the Second Prince over such things.”

“Why would I bother to antagonize him unnecessarily?”

Leopold replied wisely.

“I’d just need to tell Marquis Sears that the Second Prince once proposed to you.”

“Ha.”

I shuddered at Leopold’s cunning and cruelty.

“You’re really too much. Even if it’s just imagination, did you have to devise such a cruel plan?”

“I’m just making preparations too.”

Leopold shrugged.

“Unlike you, who keeps your preparation methods tightly hidden, I trust you completely, so I’m revealing everything.”

“Don’t try to trick me. I still won’t tell you.”

I answered curtly and then started walking.

“Let’s go. If we’re away too long, Alpheus will cause another ruckus.”

Behind me, Leopold shrugged once.

* * *

That night.

Even though it had grown dark, the Imperial Palace was extremely busy with banquet preparations.

“It’s really been a long time since such a grand banquet.”

The Second Empress, Anais, muttered while looking at the bustling Imperial Palace.

Beside her, a maid said sullenly.

“It seems a bit unfair. Both our Second Prince’s victory banquet and His Majesty the Emperor’s birthday banquet were handled simply.”

“But it can’t be helped.”

Anais answered gently.

“It’s the Empress Dowager’s opinion that we must grandly welcome the return of the Backhun ducal family.”

“No, we can hold a banquet. But… is there a reason to make it this grand?”

The maid continued complaining.

“They sent invitations to most of the nobles. All of them, regardless of age or gender. I don’t know if the knights will be able to stand guard properly… The Imperial Palace will obviously be packed.”

Anais quietly looked up at the sky. And slowly muttered.

“Anyway, there’s no one in this Imperial Palace I can understand.”

It was true.

She was tired of all this. Being a commoner knight captain was much more comfortable than being an empress. The battlefield was better.

But her son stood at the center of this storm. So she had to endure.

That’s when it happened. Another maid quietly approached her.

“Second Empress.”

“Hmm?”

“A letter.”

Anais took the letter. The sender was Brisa Sears.

‘…The young lady of the Sears family?’

If she had sent a letter this officially, the contents would have already been inspected.

She opened the letter with worry.

The letter’s sentences were written with perfect courtesy.

Contrary to her tension, the content was simple.

The neatly folded letter paper said she was grateful for the support funds sent last time and sorry for the late greeting.

Since she had come to the capital, she was sending this as a greeting.

It was a public statement that wouldn’t be problematic to anyone.

But… she had already received an official thank-you letter from Sears before.

Was that support fund significant enough for Brisa to send her another letter?

They had even saved Maximus’s life. Rather, the thanks should have come from this side.

Puzzled, Anais examined the letter again and her eyes widened.

Her maternal grandfather who raised her was from the Kingdom of Hessen.

Familiar with Hessen language and Hessen-style codes, Anais read the first letters of each line vertically.

A sentence in Hessen language appeared.

After confirming that sentence, Anais’s face hardened stiffly.

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