The Male Lead Is Trying To Tame Me With Money - Chapter 113

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113.

Inside the carriage, Casian spoke lightly.

“Rose, can I speak honestly?”

“What is it?”

“Lately, it’s not easy to guess His Majesty the Emperor’s true intentions.”

I nodded as if I agreed with his words.

“If it had been an order to go subjugate monsters or something, I would have thought it was ordinary harassment.”

We were heading to the former Riedern County as the Emperor had commanded.

What made it even more chilling was that His Majesty the Emperor, who always rushed us, had given us a very leisurely schedule this time.

“It seems like he’s been strangely pretending to be caring lately.”

I really agree.

If he wanted to deal a blow to the Zamoti Duchy, or rather the Marquis family, there would be other ways to take away their territories, but he specifically brought up Riedern County.

It was also strange that he entrusted the investigation to Casian, who was a descendant of that family.

Of course, it was true that the county was the land that became the greatest motivation for the Zamoti family to rise to a ducal house.

“Well, thanks to that, the Ashwood aide was relieved.”

“Mm, that’s right.”

A teacup purchase receipt came up from the Rose Palace, which had been quiet until now.

Scaletti Zamotti was someone who found the fact that she was a marquis’s daughter absolutely terrible.

Moreover, it seemed she disliked Gillard even more than expected.

She, who had been restraining herself and watching for opportunities, was said to have shuddered more at the nonsense he spouted than at being demoted to a marquis family.

True to Scaletti’s thorough personality, she might be showing more through actions to prepare for any possible rumors.

Anyway, because of that, we could leave the Rose Palace alone for a while.

There was another reliable reason for that.

“It’s fortunate that the aide recruitment was completed well too.”

Our Winter Palace finally became a palace where people could have decent quitting times.

Not only were aides and administrators hired for other palaces, but since they were selected through exams rather than simple interviews, filtering them out first, the quality of personnel was definitely better than usual.

Of course, my friend Wilhelmina Lopez proudly became an aide to the Winter Palace.

‘I did think about it a lot, wondering if it would be better to learn work at another palace first. But what I wanted to help most was you, Rose.’

She also specifically mentioned the part she no longer worried about.

‘I’m just saying this in case, but I really came to the Winter Palace because I wanted to help you, Rose. Even my father agreed to it.’

I hadn’t doubted it at all.

Rather, I was worried that seeing me work like crazy at the Winter Palace might make her lose affection for me.

‘I’ve come to understand well which places are eating away at the Winter Palace, especially the Second Princess’s Palace seems to be causing the most trouble lately. Don’t worry about this.’

She actually started solving our concerns.

Whatever she said to her brother, the work cooperation requests coming from the Second Princess’s Palace to our palace decreased considerably afterward.

Originally, her brother, Lopez Prince, had aimed for the Winter Palace, but he changed his aim to the Second Princess’s Palace and passed, saying he wanted to prevent the terrible prospect of working with Wilma.

Anyway, thanks to having many aides and administrators supplemented like that, we were also able to be away from the Imperial Palace for quite a long time.

We were also confident that no one would dare to mess with the Winter Palace now that Lopez Princess and Ashwood Prince were holding it down.

Of course, Francis Ashwood was someone with quite good work sense.

‘I’ve prepared in various ways like during the last expedition and train investigation. Please go and return with peace of mind.’

As if to reassure me, he also handed over documents written based on his experiences so far.

So even though the new employee training wasn’t completely finished, we could decide to go to Riedern County according to schedule.

Riedern County was a vast region located in the northern part of the Empire.

Being in the north, much of it was covered in snowfields where few people lived, but the Riedern ducal family had cultivated it well for generations, so many private homes were located in the southern part of the territory.

“If we have time left, it might be good to visit the Clupea Border Barony.”

“That’s right, we could make a round trip in about three days by carriage.”

“Yeah.”

It was quite close, with only one county in between my territory of Clupea region.

“The reason for giving us plenty of time must be to see the Clupea Border Barony as well, right?”

Casian smiled slightly at my question.

“Well, I don’t think that’s it.”

“Then what?”

“Maybe he wanted Rose to rest a bit.”

At those words, my head unconsciously tilted to the side.

“…His Majesty the Emperor wanted me to rest, why?”

Someone who was only interested in grinding people even more than Casian to keep state affairs running smoothly would make a diligent worker like me rest?

“They say you can’t see your own work well.”

Casian firmly grasped my hand.

“I got a lot of nagging, Rose.”

“From whom?”

“Empress Trisha, the First Consort, my siblings, even His Majesty the Emperor.”

“Because of me?”

“Yes, thanks to you.”

Casian lifted our joined hands and kissed the back of my hand.

“I know, Rose. Why you acted so desperately.”

“…That I work too much?”

“Even when it wasn’t time to work that much.”

At Casian’s words, I thought it wasn’t that bad, but soon agreed.

Honestly, I had worked as if being chased.

“Even during the aide exam, though Empress Trisha and the Fourth Prince helped quite a lot, you worked as if all the responsibility for those tasks belonged to the Winter Palace.”

“Yes.”

“This time too, the First Consort really seemed to want to give you some leisure. Knowing that intention, His Majesty officially entrusted it to you rather than me.”

Casian squeezed the hand he was holding.

When I looked up and met his gaze, he made a bitter expression.

“But you did plenty of additional investigation saying you had time left. Of course, His Majesty said it was praiseworthy. But he also told me to keep a good eye on you.”

“But I did it voluntarily?”

“Yeah. I’m your superior.”

So he had a duty to stop me when I focused too much on work.

Of course, Casian knew my personality too well, so he let me do as much as I wanted.

He had helped a lot during the investigation process, so he could have felt wronged about hearing such complaints, but he just acted as if he was only worried about me.

“Rose, so you can take a breather. This Riedern County inspection won’t be that difficult.”

Casian looked at the notebook spread on my lap and the half-open document folder and laughed softly.

“Sometimes experiencing boredom isn’t bad either.”

“…That’s really difficult for me.”

“I know.”

Casian smiled and whispered to me.

“Actually, my hands feel empty and anxious too.”

“Because there are no documents to hold?”

“Yeah.”

Those silly words were strangely comforting.

“…Will it really be okay?”

I lifted up the scroll.

Of course, it was true that we had gained some time thanks to solving the last trial.

I could also visually confirm the changes that had occurred in the scroll.

So as Casian said, we could afford to have a little leisure.

The remaining time display was even given as a reward for solving the ‘Trial of Kidnapping.’

“Of course, I understand your feelings well. Our Winter Palace does have a lot of work.”

I nodded in agreement at his words.

No matter how much I tried to take it easy, the Winter Palace was a workplace where work would explode somewhere and pile up.

So the thought that I had to prepare in advance inevitably came to mind first.

“So we have no choice but to practice. You should trust the people you work with a little more.”

“…You’re right.”

It was true that not only Francis and Wilma, but also many people who could be called allies had increased.

The Sun Palace also had more well-trained advisors and administrators, so we no longer needed to rush through work.

“And the most important thing is Rose.”

“Yes?”

“Remember that we’re not only good at preparation, but also quite good at responding.”

He pulled me toward him with a mischievous expression.

Coincidentally, the carriage swayed at just the right timing, and I ended up in Casian’s arms.

“…And as a bonus, pay some attention to me now too.”

“I thought I was always looking at you.”

“You spent more time talking with Gillard Basmach and Duke Lopez.”

He grumbled.

“When you were in the office with me, we barely talked about work, and we hardly had time for even that, so I had to steal glances at your profile while you worked.”

“You weren’t looking openly?”

“That’s true too, but still.”

Casian took a deep breath like someone who had been out of breath.

That movement made me feel like I was breathing together with Casian.

“I can’t help feeling lonely. So shouldn’t you give me a reward for waiting so well?”

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