The Lady Only Deals With the Real Ones - Chapter 233

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All the crew members of the cruise were feeling bewildered.

The people who suddenly boarded the cruise in the middle of the sea turned out to be not pirates, but a princess, a duke, and a knight?

But fortunately, they were fully prepared to welcome unexpected VIPs.

“So the people who reserved the entire cruise for today are the princess’s group?”

It was a few days ago.

There had been an anonymous reservation wanting to rent an entire cruise ship for VIPs.

But the details were rather strange. They were told to depart on time and operate according to the route even if the passengers didn’t arrive?

Moreover, they said the passengers would likely board midway – what on earth did that mean…?

“I suppose so. They must have wanted to make the boarding, how should I put it, special…”

“But why were they looking for someone named Theodor?”

“Well. There was a clause in the request asking us to ‘naturally’ place a few fake passengers.”

“Oh my, oh my! Then if they find the fake passenger named Theodor, he’ll hand over a ring or something – it must be that kind of event!”

The reason the crew members were jumping with excitement was because the main customers of this cruise were couples planning to propose.

Was the Duke planning to propose here?

The crew members, who had been feeling pleased even though it wasn’t their own business, suddenly hesitated.

“But why was the Duke searching through the cruise with an expression like he was going to grab someone and beat them up…?”

If the Duke himself had prepared it, there would be no need for that, right?

One puzzled crew member asked quietly.

“Do you happen to know what kind of event this is, Manager?”

“Well. I’m not sure either, but.”

The middle-aged manager gave a subtle look.

“Even if the Duke hasn’t prepared any special event, what does it matter? We’re here to help those shy and clueless types too, aren’t we? So let’s watch the situation and provide appropriate support.”

“Yes, understood!”

The crew members who answered energetically dispersed while whispering.

“But the Duke was really scary. When he asked me if I’d seen someone like this, wow, I hadn’t done anything wrong but I wanted to apologize.”

“Exactly. He seems somewhat hot-tempered… In contrast, the princess was incredibly kind and gentle.”

“There are couples who succeed in proposals, but there are also quite a few couples who fight or fall apart because of proposals. I know the two have already announced their marriage, but somehow I’m worried… Is that why the knight is accompanying them?”

“Hey, what can we do by worrying? Let’s just provide good support so no problems arise, as the manager said.”

“But you know.”

One crew member looked back. The manager who had been organizing brochures had disappeared at some point.

“Did the manager always use formal speech with us?”

Did he?

The puzzled crew members soon scattered to perform their respective duties.

The manager, who had been listening to the crew members’ conversation from the upper atrium railing as they walked away, made a tsk sound.

“Oh dear. I was in such a hurry to prepare that I didn’t properly figure out what kind of person the ‘manager’ was.”

Turning around, he stared at the mirror hanging in the corridor and snapped his fingers.

In an instant, his nearly white hair turned black, and his brown eyes changed to ash gray.

His somewhat plump figure also became slender in a moment, and the manager in the mirror had become ‘Theodor,’ whom the three people had been searching for so desperately.

“Hmm… Well, the three of them wouldn’t know what the original manager was like anyway. Just like they didn’t know what kind of person the hotel manager who gave them the room was.”

Theodor, leaning against the railing, smiled slightly.

Yesterday, he had disguised himself as a hotel manager, just as he had disguised himself as the ship’s manager, and given them the room he had reserved in advance.

He had made the reservation just in case, but he hadn’t expected that bastard Tesagh to really come with no backup plan at all.

He himself could sleep on the street, but Elisha and the knight who came with her had to sleep in a proper place!

“Anyway, I heard that Miss Elisha lost her holy power after visiting the sanctuary… I just need to be careful of the knight named Ailren, right? Since he still has holy power.”

Since disguise magic is dispelled by holy power, he just needed to avoid contact with the knight.

It had bothered him when Elisha stared at him intently when they met at the hotel, but Theodor thought it was probably just his imagination.

Tap, Theodor, who had put on the manager’s appearance again, smiled proudly.

‘I’ve set up the stage this much, so Tesagh will properly propose here, right? He definitely wasn’t in the right state yesterday. Tesagh’s expression was as sullen as usual.’

He naturally knew about Elisha and Tesagh’s marriage announcement.

In fact, it would have been harder not to know while staying in Presrife. The newspapers were full of stories about the two of them.

But newspapers weren’t the only source of information.

When he heard from Belastard that Tesagh hadn’t proposed, he was so shocked.

That crazy bastard who was making a fuss about getting married without even properly proposing to the person he loves was my son!

…That’s why he had secretly prepared this chase that wasn’t quite a chase.

‘It won’t be enough as a wedding gift… but.’

A briefly lonely expression crossed Theodor’s, no, the manager’s face.

Even with disguise magic, the expressions that surface remain the same.

After trying to raise the corners of his mouth a few times, he was about to move for a final check.

“Why are you bringing up such things now…!”

Just then, Tesagh’s loud voice could be heard from beyond the door toward the terrace.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. But…”

Elisha’s tearful voice could also be heard.

What on earth was going on?

It was when Theodor’s thoughts came to a halt.

The door burst open, and

“I, I cannot marry Tesagh-!”

Elisha came running out with those shocking words.

“Elisha!”

“Your Grace, please calm down!”

“Do I look like I’m in a state to calm down!”

The sight of Tesagh trying to follow and Ailren blocking him, struggling with each other, was cut off as the door closed.

Theodor, who had been standing dazed, suddenly came to his senses.

After first sending the crew members who had come out due to the loud noise back inside, he frantically searched for Elisha and stopped at the darkened bow of the ship.

“Princess?”

“Sob, sob…”

Elisha was crying, curled up tightly.

As Theodor stood not knowing what to do, just stamping his feet, the crew members’ conversation echoed in his ears.

“There are couples who succeed in proposals, but there are also quite a few couples who fight or fall apart because of proposals.”

Could it be…?

Theodor, who had taken off his jacket and covered Elisha with it, asked carefully.

“Are you alright? Well, I happened to overhear a bit of your conversation…”

“Sob, what should I do.”

Should he somehow drag Tesagh out and bring him here?

Even in his confusion, Theodor was thinking of solutions, but the moment he saw Elisha’s tears falling drop by drop, he couldn’t go anywhere.

“What on earth happened… If you don’t mind talking to someone like me, I’ll listen to your story.”

“I, I received a proposal today but I rejected it. …Sob, I had no choice but to reject it.”

“Why…? Excuse me, but didn’t you two announce your marriage not long ago?”

“In the meantime, I.”

Elisha, who had been sobbing, hung her head low.

“I found out that I have a chronic illness with very frequent relapses. It’s called multiple and unspecified acute upper respiratory tract infection, *cough*.”

“What?!”

Whatever it was, the long and elaborate disease name sounded extremely serious.

Elisha’s voice, strangely articulate despite crying loudly, pierced Theodor’s shocked ears.

“I was going to tell Tesagh soon too. I was going to slowly confess when I was mentally prepared.”

“P-Princess.”

“Who would have known I’d suddenly receive a proposal today. So without any mental preparation…!”

I think I could guess what had happened.

Tesagh must have found it strange that Elisha, who had even made the marriage announcement, was reluctant to readily accept his actual proposal.

In his frustration, Tesagh must have pressured her, and under the stress and pressure, Elisha eventually….

‘She must have spilled the secret like a bomb going off.’

The stage he had set wasn’t a charming scene for a proposal, but a place of farewell and tears.

Theodor, who had covered his mouth, slumped down heavily.

In his shock, he didn’t notice that Elisha, whose shoulders had been shaking, had quietly lifted her head and was looking at him.

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