The Reason I Got Engaged to My Ex-Boyfriend - Chapter 48
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Episode 48
It was because my eyes met with Yenika, who was sitting at a distance.
She smiled brightly and pointed somewhere, and after hesitating, I told Sophia.
“I’ll just go greet Lady Clediuz and come back.”
When I went near the party table that Yenika had pointed to, Yenika approached with a bright smile.
“Young-ae!”
“I wasn’t able to greet you properly earlier, Lady.”
At my words, Yenika’s eyebrows drooped.
“That’s right. I went to the booth earlier but you weren’t there, so I was so disappointed. Well, Chris Moore took good care of me though.”
“I briefly stopped by the booth and then kept going around to other places.”
“With the Colonel?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
After all, he’s my fiancé and partner.
When I answered calmly, Yenika’s eyes widened, and then a resentful voice flowed out.
“Ah, the Colonel is really too much. How could he monopolize you for all that time!”
“Well, he is my partner.”
“I’m someone who knew you long before the Colonel met you, and I’m a Gold-tier customer too!”
“…”
As a boutique owner, facing a customer who was asserting the authority of Gold-tier status, I had nothing to say.
Yenika, who had put on a bright smile again, changed the subject.
“Anyway, I called you because I was disappointed we couldn’t meet. Oh, right. Chris Moore recommended a perfume to me at the booth earlier.”
Perfume.
At the mention of perfume launch, one of the main purposes of the Founding Festival, I immediately focused.
Yenika cleared her throat and said triumphantly.
“It seemed to suit me so well that I bought it right away! I’ll use it myself and give it as gifts to my family too. It seems like you’re trying to expand into perfumes, so I’ll help you.”
“Ah, yes. I’m glad you liked it.”
But that’s a women’s perfume, so it would be a bit burdensome for men to use…
As far as I knew, all of Clediuz’s siblings except Yenika were male, so I glanced over at the Clediuz ducal family’s seats.
Then…
‘What is he looking at like that?’
Where my gaze landed was none other than Crown Prince Enrif Roon Obern.
It was an exceptional case that the Second Prince, whose mother was a concubine of commoner origin, became the Crown Prince.
It was possible because his fiancée’s family, the Marquess Chartinez family, was influential.
‘Well, that aside.’
Enrif was staring intently at the lighting fixture hanging above the high table reserved for royalty.
Doesn’t his eyes hurt doing that for such a long time, I wondered.
‘…Those people who were near the lakeside earlier seemed to belong to the Crown Prince’s Palace.’
Suddenly, the conversation I had overheard earlier came to mind.
“…Crown Prince… Your Highness… said…”
“…destroying it is too much…”
The lighting that Enrif was watching was hanging right above the Crown Prince himself. He would have no reason to destroy it.
Nevertheless, I felt that it wouldn’t be good to get close to Enrif today. It was speculation, but…
“Then I’ll be going, Young-ae. His Highness the Fifth Prince asked me to watch the event together.”
At that moment, Yenika said with a bright smile.
I was about to turn my gaze away from Enrif and say goodbye when,
“Wait a moment, Lady.”
I impulsively grabbed Yenika.
‘Ransel said that last time.’
That Clediuz’s heir was secretly investigating the death of the former Crown Prince.
If that was the case, naturally, the relationship between Enrif and the Clediuz ducal family wouldn’t be good.
‘Of course, it’s not strange for His Highness the Fifth Prince to call for the Lady…’
It was a well-known fact that the Fifth Prince had been eyeing Yenika as a potential partner lately.
But…
“I have something to tell you.”
Right now, I didn’t have time to think so carefully.
And my principle is to prevent anything if I’m anxious about it.
“Yes? What is it?”
“Well, this is something I’m telling only you specially, Lady.”
I frantically racked my brain.
This was something I was really planning to reveal later…
“Actually, there’s an event negligee that the boutique is preparing to sell only to Gold-tier customers.”
“…”
“It’s very sexy.”
At my words added in a small voice, Yenika’s face flushed red.
“Ah, I, I…”
Yenika frantically fanned herself with her hand while glancing at the high table.
Her slightly flushed eyes turned toward the Fifth Prince sitting at the high table.
“…Really? When will it go on sale?”
Then she whispered with a very serious face.
Somehow I felt like I had become a drug dealer…
I shared detailed schedules with Yenika while secretly observing the high table.
Enrif, who had been staring intently at the lighting, was now sitting there looking perfectly normal.
‘…Did I worry for nothing?’
Maybe I became sensitive because the atmosphere in the capital has been so ominous lately.
It was when I was finishing my conversation with Yenika and about to return to my seat.
Crack.
Following the sound of the ceiling splitting behind me,
Crash.
A huge explosive sound erupted.
“…”
I was so shocked that my body froze.
I opened my eyes wide and barely managed to move my stiff body.
Dust spread thickly.
“…Your Highness!”
“Are you all right…!”
“Quickly… now!”
My ears felt muffled, probably because of the loud noise.
‘The lighting… fixture.’
It had fallen.
Onto the high table where the royalty had been sitting.
“…”
What on earth is this.
A lighting fixture falling accident had occurred at the Founding Festival event, targeting the royalty.
This wasn’t something that could be ended by roughly punishing the person responsible.
“Mary.”
I snapped back to my senses at the sound of someone calling me while I was standing there dazed. It was Ransel.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“…I’m fine.”
I was just a bit startled, that’s all.
I shook my head and looked around.
The knights were slowly helping the royalty to their feet.
The noble heirs seemed busy handling the situation, while the noble ladies including myself were in a panic.
‘Fortunately… it doesn’t seem like anyone was seriously injured.’
I said to Ransel with relief.
“You should go too, quickly. I’m fine.”
Ransel would naturally need to check on the royalty’s safety and participate in handling the incident.
Then Ransel hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Mother said she’s going back first, so come with us.”
“No, I’ll wait outside.”
I wanted to understand the situation here. The Viscount’s knights would be enough to protect me alone.
Ransel seemed to have the same thought, and instead of saying more, he gestured to the guard knight Lebein beside him and nodded.
“Let’s go, my betrothed.”
I left the observation tower with the guards.
***
The news must have spread quickly, as the atmosphere on the lower floors was serious too.
The nobles on the lower floors chose to return to their estates rather than investigate the incident.
‘Still, I’m glad I sent Pipi back first.’
I nodded, feeling relieved just by that.
At least no one from the Arviente Duchy was hurt.
While waiting for Ransel, I sat in a spot prepared outside the observation tower.
The commoners had all left an hour ago when the booths ended, and most of the nobles had also departed in their carriages.
Though the ducal knights were by my side, the empty Town Square scenery felt a bit eerie. Even more so compared to the festival scene that had been bustling with people.
‘…If this was something the Crown Prince orchestrated.’
I slowly caught my breath.
If this was Enrif’s doing, it would have been intended to threaten Chad Clediuos.
Since Chad was the general supervisor for this Founding Festival preparations.
‘And if I hadn’t caught her, the princess would have been injured too.’
It also seemed suspicious that Yenika was called to the upper seats only when the event was almost over.
Perhaps…
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