The Reason I Got Engaged to My Ex-Boyfriend - Chapter 25

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Episode 25

 

Mary turned her head at the calling voice.

 

And immediately hardened her expression.

 

Somehow it was more like looking at something disgusting rather than being afraid… but Louis didn’t care.

 

“What’s your name? How old are you? You’re pretty.”

 

“Ah, yes.”

 

Her reaction was lukewarm.

 

But Louis was a man who had experienced this countless times.

 

Instead of backing down, he fluttered his jacket. Just looking at his clothes, she’d know he was from a noble family that commoners like her could never dream of.

 

“So what’s your name, hm?”

 

“What might your name be?”

 

“Me? Louis.”

 

“I see.”

 

Mary, who strangely avoided revealing her name, passed by Louis.

 

‘Ha, this is really…’

 

Totally my type.

 

Louis licked his lips and followed behind.

 

“You know, that building over there is actually mine.”

 

“Oh, really.”

 

“And I’m pretty famous in the capital?”

 

“Oh, really.”

 

“Have you been to the capital? Where do you live?”

 

“Oh, really.”

 

“…”

 

Eventually, Louis’s face turned sour. He had never experienced this level of boundary-setting before.

 

Mary disappeared without even glancing at Louis.

 

“Wow, that girl really…”

 

If I meet her again, I’ll definitely have her.

 

Definitely.

 

***

 

That evening, at the Arviente Estate.

 

I was resting in Pipi’s room for the first time in a while.

 

As soon as I left Frill’s estate, I encountered that disgusting bastard, so I needed to heal my heart by looking at Pipi.

 

“Abuu, ueu.”

 

Pipi now knew how to roll over.

 

I stroked her chubby cheeks and said.

 

“I haven’t been paying enough attention to you lately, sorry. I’ve been busy.”

 

“Ueh.”

 

It was meaningless babbling, but to me it sounded like she was saying it was okay.

 

I moved closer to Pipi and whispered.

 

“Once everything is resolved, let’s definitely go see mommy then.”

 

I still hadn’t visited Sister’s grave. Because I didn’t have the face to do so.

 

Suddenly I thought this was similar to Frill’s feelings about not being able to meet her former lover.

 

I miss the other person so much, but I’m too sorry to visit them as I am now.

 

Then, I heard a light knock and the door opened.

 

“I’m coming in, Mary.”

 

It was Ransel.

 

‘What’s this about?’

 

I tilted my head. There wasn’t really any reason for him to visit.

 

Ransel, who entered the room naturally, suddenly reached toward the window.

 

“Why is this here?”

 

He must have noticed the chick doll soaked with saliva.

 

I had deliberately placed it on the windowsill.

 

Because Pipi kept putting the eye parts in her mouth, I was worried the loose thread would snap and the button would go down her throat.

 

So.

 

“…”

 

Pop.

 

Roll roll roll…

 

It was natural that the button fell off as soon as Ransel picked up the doll.

 

Even after the button that had been spinning on the floor stopped, the room remained quiet.

 

Especially Ransel was frozen like someone whose time had stopped.

 

‘It’s rare to see him genuinely flustered like that.’

 

He seemed to think he had broken Pipi’s favorite doll.

 

Instead of correcting the misunderstanding, I deliberately spoke curtly.

 

“What are you going to do about it? You take responsibility.”

 

Only then did the man whose time had stopped move again.

 

“…Yeah, I’ll take responsibility.”

 

And so the unexpected major surgery on the chick began.

 

Ransel was surprisingly talented at sewing.

 

He asked the servants for thread, needle, and even cotton, so I wondered how much he’d ruin the doll.

 

I watched as Ransel not only sewed back the fallen button, but also replaced the dead cotton that Pipi had squeezed so much, making it sturdy.

 

“When did you even learn to do this?”

 

“After rolling around at the Military Academy for a year, anyone can do this much.”

 

And so the chick’s major surgery ended successfully.

 

Pipi, who received the now-sturdy chick doll, immediately opened her mouth and bit the doll.

 

“The head maid said you’ll be attending lunch at the Segwede Ducal Residence with mother tomorrow.”

 

While I was removing the button that was going into Pipi’s mouth, Ransel spoke up.

 

“The princess will handle things well on her own, but if there are people from the Clediuz Duchy at the luncheon, don’t get involved with them. I came to tell you this.”

 

It seemed he had come to say this.

 

But suddenly the Clediuz Duchy?

 

“Why?”

 

Even to my question, Ransel gave no answer.

 

He seemed to think for a moment about how to say it, then opened his mouth.

 

“I don’t understand the situation well yet either, but there’s nothing good about getting involved in matters related to His Highness Cael right now. It seems like the Clediuz side is secretly investigating His Highness Cael’s affairs.”

 

Ransel continued.

 

“His Majesty seems to want me to get involved, but I want to live quietly for a while. If you’re a family head, you should know how to protect yourself for your wife and child.”

 

‘Hmm, that’s true.’

 

When Cael died, I was in Ranghilden so I don’t know well, but the atmosphere in the capital must have been quite murderous.

 

Since I also didn’t want to get involved in such matters, I nodded obediently.

 

“I understand not to get involved with people from the Clediuz Duchy, and I actually had something to say too.”

 

Then I suddenly looked up and shot at Ransel.

 

“Why is Louis Chartinez in Semaphelaz?”

 

“Louis?”

 

“I knew the port city project was proceeding, but why is that person there? Don’t you know anything?”

 

Louis’s vicious rumors were famous.

 

‘I’ll have to visit Semaphelaz frequently from now on.’

 

I was worried about how condescendingly he might approach me, thinking I was a commoner.

 

Meanwhile, Ransel, who had been organizing his thoughts in response to my question, spoke cynically.

 

“I did select personnel from the marquis house, but… I never expected the eldest son would take on what’s essentially exile work. He must be quite uncomfortable with me personally.”

 

So, Ransel’s explanation went like this.

 

Long ago, Louis and his cronies had harassed Larientha behind her back. Ransel happened to overhear it while passing by and beat them nearly to death.

 

…Even if they were young, physical fights in noble society.

 

How well must Arviente have covered it up.

 

“Of course, I wasn’t in the right either for charging in without a word.”

 

Ransel spoke in a somewhat reflective tone.

 

“Still, that bastard deserved a beating back then.”

 

…He’s not reflecting on it one bit.

 

“You really care for your sister.”

 

Ransel responded naturally to my words.

 

“I appreciate you seeing us as close siblings, Young-ae. But that’s not the case at all.”

 

“Who was it that constantly pestered to create a spot for the princess on the Boutique roster?”

 

“That was…”

 

Ransel hesitated for a moment, then continued in a nonchalant voice.

 

“Sister pushed me into it. My condition was pretty bad back then.”

 

Ransel playfully wiggled his index finger that Pipi was holding.

 

“My obsession was so severe it was suffocating everyone around me, but when I suddenly let it go, nothing was fun anymore. I was so bored I felt like shooting myself in the head.”

 

I just blinked at his following words.

 

I suddenly became curious.

 

Whether Ransel’s reason for visiting the Boutique every day back then wasn’t just because of Larientha.

 

But instead of continuing the story, Ransel changed the subject.

 

“Anyway, if you’re worried, should I go over there? I can request to be transferred from the admiral.”

 

So I couldn’t ask what I was curious about and shook my head.

 

“No, absolutely not.”

 

In my situation using the transformation stone, even the slightest contact with Ransel would be catastrophic.

 

My ability would cause the magic power in the stone to disappear, revealing my true appearance.

 

“So I have to get you a fake identity, fix your doll, deal with some scoundrel, but I can’t even be together like others? Wow, this is so unfair…”

 

Ransel grumbled as if feeling wronged, then came up with another plan.

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