This Emperor Is Running a Marriage Scam - Chapter 75

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Chapter 75

“Just looking at you, it seems like you’re out incognito trying to secretly find someone. Should I greet you loudly here, saying ‘Hello, Your Highness, Princess’?”

Only then did the Principal’s Wife’s complexion change. And Baron took a deep breath as if he was about to give a loud greeting right away.

Nelloa waved her hand dismissively as if annoyed.

“You’re right that I came out incognito, so keep it quiet. But since you were here, you might have seen him.”

Nelloa looked down at me and Baron with arrogant eyes.

“A young man with black hair and red eyes. Have you seen him around here?”

“How would I know that, ugh… mmph…”

I blocked Baron’s mouth as he flared up and smiled sweetly.

Though I didn’t like it, Nelloa was a princess by status. There was no benefit in getting on her bad side.

But I couldn’t just take it lying down.

“Ah, I think I saw someone similar…”

I recalled the original story’s description.

The description of the male lead was quite lengthy. But since it’s been a while since I read it, now I only remember that he was a handsome man who was 190 centimeters tall with black hair and red eyes.

“He was wearing a robe pulled way down, so I’m not sure if he’s the person you’re looking for. He was about 190 tall, and his shoulders looked very broad?”

“Gasp!”

Nelloa’s, the Principal’s Wife’s, and Baron’s eyes became very wide.

“Wh-where did you see him! Tell me right now.”

Following Nelloa’s urgent question, Baron also looked at me bewildered.

“Huh? Nuna? You’ve seen such a person?”

Well, all romance novel male leads have long limbs and broad shoulders and backs. What male lead doesn’t? Since I said he wore a robe, it would be strange to mention long limbs.

I checked the clock in the town square.

5:20 PM.

Ship boarding usually ends 20 minutes before departure…

After finishing my travel time calculations, I pointed toward the port.

“I saw him at the port. There was another man in a robe next to him. From what I heard them talking, it seemed like they were taking the 6 o’clock ship to Aer Domain?”

“He’s with Lord Aner.”

Nelloa, who seemed to have caught on, quickly checked her pocket watch.

“Get a carriage right now!”

At Nelloa’s command, the Principal’s Wife ran off in a hurry.

‘Finding an empty carriage here won’t be easy.’

But the Principal’s Wife did something unexpected. She blocked the path of a hired carriage that was passing by with a passenger.

“Whoa! Whoa!”

The coachman, startled and quickly stopping the carriage, scowled at the Principal’s Wife.

“What are you doing, woman? Do you want to get trampled by horses and die?”

“Tsk tsk, even if you’re crazy, you should be crazy gracefully.”

The male passenger in the carriage also seemed dumbfounded as he pointed fingers at the Principal’s Wife.

At that moment, seeing the carriage had stopped, Nelloa rushed over and spoke to the passenger and coachman.

“I have urgent business right now and need to use this carriage immediately. You get off and use another carriage.”

“What?”

“What?”

Both the coachman and passenger looked dumbfounded. But the moment Nelloa handed each of them a gold coin, the atmosphere completely reversed.

“Oh my! Since you’re in a hurry, I should gladly yield!”

The passenger jumped down from the carriage, and the coachman, unable to hide his grin that showed even his gums, spoke very kindly.

“Oh dear, since the passenger has yielded first, I have no choice. Please get on. Where shall I take you?”

Nelloa and the Principal’s Wife hurriedly boarded the carriage and said.

“To the port. Take us to the ship bound for Aer Domain.”

“There are only 20 minutes left until boarding time, so it might be difficult to make it to boarding.”

“If you can get us there in time to board, I’ll add another gold coin.”

“!”

The coachman’s eyes flashed.

“Hiya! Let’s go!”

“Neighhhhhh!”

The coachman cracked his whip, and the horse began to run. The hired carriage that gained speed in an instant shook roughly as it gradually disappeared into the distance.

Seeing the two people completely disappear from view, I stuck out my tongue and took Baron’s hand.

“Let’s go, Baron.”

Baron, with a bewildered expression, held my hand and walked alongside me.

Going to the shop, I bought a wheelbarrow, rice, and peppers.

I was growing peppers in the garden. But thanks to Ben and Raven, money accumulated faster than expected. This being the case, it seemed better to buy them rather than wait for the peppers to fully grow.

After buying lots of rice and peppers and loading the wheelbarrow full, Baron clicked his tongue.

“You’re buying more than I thought.”

“I’m coming to buy more tomorrow.”

“…Huh?”

“I’m planning to make as much as possible when I do.”

Gripping the wheelbarrow handle firmly, I headed home.

“Nuna, let me do it.”

I shook my head.

“No, I’ll push it.”

“It looks heavy. If you tilt it wrong, it looks like everything will spill. Let me push it.”

Ah, why is our Baron so kind? He just can’t stand to see his sister carrying heavy things.

I smiled brightly at Baron.

“I’m good at handling this.”

I used it often in the countryside too.

“So I’ll just accept the thought.”

In the end, Baron nodded as if he had no choice and walked alongside me.

Then, when we left the city and it became less populated, he asked me.

“But Nuna. That man the princess is looking for, you haven’t actually seen him, right?”

“Of course not. We never even went to the port today.”

“But the way you spoke, it seemed like you got his appearance exactly right. How did you know?”

“I guessed.”

I made an appropriate excuse and grinned.

“She said he was handsome. If a princess would say that, naturally he’d be tall and manly-looking.”

“What if she thinks you deceived her and gets upset? How would you handle the consequences?”

“Even if she thinks that, there’s no evidence. I said from the beginning that I wasn’t sure if it was the right person.”

“That’s true.”

Then a long ship horn sounded from the port direction. It must have been the sound announcing the 6 o’clock departure.

‘It would be nice if she followed Bloden and got on the ship, so I wouldn’t have to see her for a while.’

Since the kidnapping incident went wrong, the original story might start in Aer Domain.

Then the feeling of the ground changed. We had entered the beach.

Pushing a wheelbarrow on sand wouldn’t be easy, but the distance wasn’t very far, so I just needed to work a little harder.

That’s when I was thinking that.

“Oh, are you on your way back from the city?”

Kimarise poked his head out from behind a nearby tree and quickly ran over.

“Ah, what did you buy so much of? The volume is considerable, so let me carry it for you.”

“Ah, it’s fine… Huh?”

I was startled mid-sentence.

“Someone strong like me should do this kind of thing.”

Kimarise lifted the entire wheelbarrow and walked with big strides.

“No, I know you’re strong, but I feel like I’m imposing on you too much every time.”

At my words, Kimarise turned around and smiled gently.

“When I eat food that Hailey-nim has made, I strangely feel more energized. If it’s inconvenient for you, please think of it as repayment for that.”

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Today too, the sun was setting and deep darkness was approaching.

The first-floor lobby of Raven’s Mansion was piled high with wisteria vines.

With these in the center, Raven, Kimarise, and the clones Kimarise had summoned sat around roughly in a circle, scraping off the bark of the wisteria vines with specialized knives.

In the quiet atmosphere, Raven, who had been cutting with his knife, let out a deep sigh.

“Kimarise, are you sharing vision with His Majesty right now?”

Kimarise shook his head.

Originally, he would read and think directly from his master Bloden’s mind and move accordingly. So from the moment he was summoned, he shared all time with his master.

But this time was different. Unless it was an absolutely necessary situation, Baron would consume more mana to block Kimarise’s mental connection.

However, perhaps because of his role as Raven’s guard, his summoning was never canceled. Thanks to this, he was comfortably sightseeing the world and enjoying various human foods.

Since spirits are affected by their master’s emotions, he occasionally found himself missing Hailey too.

So he also knew why Bloden deliberately blocked the connection. It was definitely because he didn’t want to show anyone the time he spent with Hailey.

In other words, it was for privacy protection. Additionally, it had the effect of suppressing his strangely accelerated physical recovery speed through mana consumption.

Even knowing such thoughts, Kimarise had doubts.

‘If he likes it that much, wouldn’t it be better to just cancel my summoning, recover quickly, and then properly date Hailey-nim?’

Just then, Raven’s voice suddenly broke into Kimarise’s contemplation.

“Even if I say everything I want to say, you won’t tattle, right?”

Raven was gradually testing the waters with him. Kimarise snorted and asked back.

“What are you trying to say?”

Officially, Kimarise was the guard of merchant Raven. Therefore, when there were watching eyes like Hailey or Kyle, he used respectful language toward Raven.

But when they were alone, it wasn’t the case. Originally, the two weren’t in a superior-subordinate relationship.

“Phew. Isn’t His Majesty really going too far?”

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