I Will Become the Queen of the Enemy Country

It was a low-quality threat.

“You…”

Iris’s lips trembled.

“Are you talking about His Highness Chase marrying sister? Yes, I planned it. They are perfectly suited for each other. Does it feel good to hear this from me? I would rather be scared. Because I gave up on His Highness Chase, my sister got to marry him. What will you gain and lose from my next action?”

The color slowly drained from Iris’s face. Even without the color, her face looked like a wax doll.

She’s scared and weak. Yet, she’s greedy.

‘This is the prospective magician? The magic world will be in decline.’

“Take your hand off me now. If you don’t, I won’t leave you alone.”

Iris, who had only been pushed around by Elise, seemed to be on the verge of losing her sanity.

Elise raised an eyebrow. She is a magician. Her words were not a simple threat.

It was a serious crime for a magician to attack a person without the permission of the Ivory Tower and the royal family.

That was why Elise could freely intimidate Iris, who was also a magician.

Iris wouldn’t want to become a criminal.

But looking at her current state, that belief seemed to be shaken.

Should she stop here, or should she provoke more?

For a moment, Elise calculated. What would be advantageous for her?

“I’ll give you back the words you said. What can you do, really? You’re being sold off in a marriage you don’t even want.”

“You’ve really lost it.”

Iris quickly licked her lips.

Soon, a large beam of light formed in her hand.

Elise swung her hand, knocking Iris’s arm away.

The beam of light left a trail in the air, grazing Elise’s neck.

Red blood seeped out from her white neck. Elise clutched her throat.

Elise’s provocation had worked.

‘I didn’t expect Iris to fall for the provocation so easily.’

22-year-old Iris was more naive than 32-year-old Iris.

“Blood, blood… Blood on Miss Elise’s neck… Miss Iris used magic…”

Upon hearing Elise’s bell, all the maids witnessed everything.

Perhaps the sight of attacking someone with magic was shocking, the maid’s legs gave out and she collapsed.

Iris, who had been leaning against the door, jumped up.

Iris, who hadn’t even thought there would be a witness, turned pale.

“Try to clean up this mess, sister.”

‘I hope this keeps things quiet for a while.’

Elise patted Iris’s shoulder and left the room.

It was time for Regina, who had gone to the Orleans’ Baron’s house, to return.

Elise deliberately didn’t wipe off the flowing blood.

****

“Elise, come quick… Elise! What happened to your neck?”

Jasmine, who had been waiting for Elise in the reception room, was shocked.

Jasmine hurried over and offered a handkerchief.

“I’m sorry you had to see such a gruesome sight.”

Elise wrapped Jasmine’s handkerchief around her neck.

To stop the blood that was slowly seeping out, it was better to tie it up than to wipe it off.

“Elise, what happened? Was there an accident? It seems I came at a bad time.”

Jasmine, who had been pouring out questions, closed her mouth after looking into Elise’s deep eyes.

Her eyes, which seemed to have a lot of stories, were hoping not to ask any more.

“It was a good timing, Jasmine. You must have had some time. I thought you wouldn’t be able to come because I contacted you in a hurry.”

“I had to come. There was a big fuss. I haven’t been able to sleep for the past few days.”

Jasmine was sulking, but her face was full of joy.

“What happened?”

Elise feigned ignorance while knowing everything.

Jasmine gave Elise a sharp look.

“What kind of magic did you use? I get about ten contacts a day saying they want to buy my hair clips.”

It will increase more tomorrow. I don’t know if it’s too good to be true.

Elise’s mood, which had hit rock bottom because of Iris, improved when she saw Jasmine.

“I didn’t do anything special. I just used the hair clip that Jasmine made well. People are looking for the hair clip that Jasmine made because it’s so convenient.”

Jasmine knew that Elise was being modest. She also had ears.

When she was puzzled by the inquiries about the hair clip, the maid told her.

About the incident that Elise had with the prince of Tetris at the open-air cafe.

She described it so realistically that Jasmine’s cheeks heated up and she had a hard time cooling down.

Whether it was intentional or not, Elise’s actions gave wings to Jasmine’s hair clips.

And Jasmine thought that Elise had done it intentionally.

‘She put down her pride for me. Is this what friends are like?’

Jasmine felt a tightness in her ribs.

Jasmine had not been able to make a single friend since childhood due to her plump figure and unladylike posture.

It was the same when she debuted in society as she got older.

People treated Jasmine like wallpaper.

They treated her as if she had no ears or eyes, and they even slandered her in front of her.

Jasmine accepted it as a matter of course.

Because she wasn’t pretty, because she wasn’t well-off, because she wasn’t good at anything.

She thought she would live like that for the rest of her life.

Lonely, without recognition from others.

But then Elise appeared. Jasmine received a tea party invitation for the first time, invited a friend to her house, and gave a gift.

To Jasmine, Elise was like a four-leaf clover.

Unexpected luck that came without expectation.

No, it should be called a bluebird.

A bluebird carrying a four-leaf clover in its mouth.

Elise brought another fortune.

And yet, she didn’t show off and attributed everything to Jasmine’s merit.

Such a good person is now bleeding from her neck.

From the faintly heard words, it seemed like Iris had done something.

‘Damn it, Iris!’

Jasmine thought to herself.

She never liked Iris in the first place.

The main person who treated Jasmine like wallpaper was Iris.

The smile slowly disappeared from Jasmine’s face.

“Elise, if you have any worries, tell me. I’ll help you with anything. We’re friends, aren’t we?”

Elise, who had been pondering how to grow a business with Jasmine, was surprised by the unexpected words.

Elise chose Jasmine.

It wasn’t a choice made with the soft word ‘friend’ in mind.

Her talent had the biggest impact on Elise’s choice.

There was another reason.

‘Jasmine was at odds with Iris, who became the crown prince’s wife, until the end.’

Jasmine’s antipathy towards Iris did not show during her single days.

Iris becomes the crown prince’s wife and Jasmine marries a merchant. Later, she succeeds in a beauty-related business, and from then on, her antipathy towards Iris surfaced.

Only then did Iris start to deal with her.

‘Most of it was sneering. She said she was sold to a merchant.’

As far as Elise remembered, Jasmine had refused Iris’s sponsorship request several times.

That memory moved Elise.

‘She told a lady in confidence that she had hated Iris since she was a child.’

It seemed like a deep-rooted hatred. Elise bet on that negative emotion.

But Jasmine wanted to work for her out of pure affection.

‘Sorry.’

So Elise’s wish became stronger.

She wished Jasmine wouldn’t get married and be pointed at by others.

She wanted her to be treated properly in society.

She wanted her items to be sold at their worth.

“Jasmine, don’t you want to make full use of your talent?”

“Ta, talent?”

Jasmine’s eyes widened at the sudden topic.

“Yes. Your talent, Jasmine. I think it’s genius level. No, I’ll correct that. It’s not genius level, it’s genius. I can’t even imitate your sense.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Elise. If you’re talking about the hair clip… your compliment is too much. The reason people are looking for the hair clip now is all thanks to Elise. Elise and that…the prince of Tetris.”

Because of her deep-rooted prejudice against Tetris, Jasmine couldn’t properly call Karan.

And she was sorry for that fact.

Isn’t he the man her friend chose?

Jasmine was greatly disappointed in herself for not being able to fully support the choice of a friend who showed faith in her.

Elise offered a way out of that disappointment.

“His Highness Karan. It’ll be better if you call him by his name. See him as a person. Forget everything else.”

Jasmine understood Elise’s words right away.

Seeing a person as a person.

That was the attitude Elise showed to Jasmine.

“Yes, His Highness Karan. It’s all thanks to Elise and His Highness Karan.”

Elise shook her head firmly. Jasmine, who was about to refute, closed her mouth when Elise waved her hand.

“Listen well, Jasmine. I guarantee that everything you make will be the center of attention. How about trying a business?”

“A business for me?”

“If it’s Jasmine, she can do well.”

“But women can’t run businesses.”

“That’s right. You just have to buy an existing business. So, I prepared in advance.”

Elise looked at Regina standing at the door.

Regina nodded her head, briefly left the reception room, and returned.

In her hand when she returned was a document envelope.

“This is a bribe.”

Elise handed the document envelope to Jasmine, inside of which was a document stating that a small general store in the square was being transferred to Jasmine.

“You’re giving this to me?”

Jasmine gasped for breath.

Jasmine Orleans.

Her name was clearly written on the document.

“Is it too small? I’m sorry. I wanted to buy you a bigger general store, but my pocket wouldn’t allow it.”

Elise had spent all the money she had saved to buy a small general store at the corner of the square.

Elise hoped that Jasmine would steadily increase the opposition to Iris in the Bedrokka social circle.

Honestly, it was also an adventure for Elise.

But there was a reason why she acted that way.