After Duke Dazar slightly moved away from me, who was frozen like a statue, he smiled a picturesque smile.
“Welcome to the Shiaster Duke’s residence. First, please sit this way.”
Then he walked elegantly and sat on the sofa.
‘Graceful and polite?’
The definitions of grace and politeness could not have changed overnight.
‘I cut your friend up, step by step, starting from their ankle. Where should I start for you? From the neck?’
The man’s savage gaze which looked down at me with an aggressive smile is not something I could easily forget.
What grace and politeness. You’ve got to be kidding.
The fact that the crazy guy I met yesterday turned out to be the female lead’s father, Duke Dazar, is shocking enough to blow my mind, but I had to come to my senses.
‘Think of the objective for coming here!’
Money! I have to make money!
I pushed shut my mouth, which had widened without me realizing, with my two hands, and walked briskly.
I’m telling you, if I pass you by on the road…..
With an elegant smile on his lips that makes you think ‘Ah, that person is a noble amongst nobles!’, Duke Dazar opened his mouth:
“Thus far, I’ve heard enough praise about Lady Evanror to wear down my ears. However, they say that because you have such a refined hobby, you have somewhat of a distance from worldly life. I was wondering if I could ever see that precious face, so I’m honored that I can see it in person.”
It was the perfect diss.
In my mind, it was interpreted like this:
‘Ah. You’re that woman who is crazy about farming? Lol.’
I ground my teeth at the image of the Duke I faced yesterday, thrusting his sword at someone he met for the first time, and dangling a newborn baby.
I felt anger rising up from deep within my heart.
However, I had to endure.
‘Endure, endure.’
Although yesterday he was just an unfamiliar crazy guy I met coincidentally on the street who I had no stakes in,
Now it’s different.
Axion’s future rests in the palm of his hands.
Moreover, he was the female lead, Vanilla’s father. In other words, he is going to be my in-law in the future!
‘Oh my goodness.’
Even though I really, really hate it…..!
I had to put aside the bad feelings from yesterday and build a good relationship.
I am a water-like person.
Wherever I go I adapt, and whomever I meet I melt like water, that kind of talented person!
I forcefully yanked up the corners of my mouth as I thought back to the sentence I wrote in my personal statement when I was finding a job before transmigrating.
“Hello, Duke Shiaster. Nice to meet you. My name is Celia Evanror.”
“Meet?”
Then Dazar slightly let out an elegant smile and tilted his head forward.
A sneer clouded up his golden eyes. The words ‘We met yesterday, what do you mean meet?’ seemed to be written in those golden eyes.
“Ahh, for some reason Lady Evanror did not seem unfamiliar to me, it seems you have a strong resemblance to my childhood friend.”
I looked at him with guarded eyes, wondering what other type of weird thing he could be saying.
“…… Friend?”
Then he grinned.
“Yes. It closely resembled Lady’s platinum blond hair and blue eyes…. A very beautiful goldfish.”
“…….”
“One day, the butler had left, and I gave it a lot of food in place of the butler but…. I forgot it was already full, and after eating all the food I gave it, its stomach exploded and it left my side. The memories of a goldfish, truly.”
“Haha. That’s a really sad story.”
Let’s correct this. Isn’t a personal statement originally a self-introduction?
I wasn’t a water-like person. I was a fire-like person.
The corners of my mouth twitched in anger at Duke Dazar who treated me like a goldfish.
If I remain like this, it looks like I’ll put Duke Dazar in a headlock with my strong forearms trained through farming.
I quickly drew the cute Axion in my head.
‘He’s my in-law, in-law. In-law. In-law.’
No, wait. Yes. There’s no law that says you must have a good relationship with your in-law, right?
Even if he becomes my sworn enemy, destined love is destined, right?
And money, can’t I make it with something else? Ha!
After thinking just up to that, I slowly raised up my sleeves to attack him but stopped my movements at the words that fell out of his mouth.
“Yes. He said that Lady Evanror said she could solve my problem…. Isn’t that right, Mr. Elston?”
Elston, who was giggling while nibbling at the cookie that the servant brought, was surprised and answered.
“A, ahem. Yes. Lady said that she had something that could be used as a new food.”
“Ohh.”
Dazar looked at me with an interested expression.
“The lady’s refined hobby shines through like this. I’m quite looking forward to what story it will be.”
“…….”
He must have known the Wizardry Tower Lord, Elston’s, original name, but seeing as he called him by his alias, they must have cross-checked in advance.
Yes. It’s not possible for the Wizardry Tower Lord to give his personal information here.
‘Let’s not forget the purpose for coming here. Relax, relax.’
It’s also easier for me to control Elston if I don’t know his identity, so I pretended not to know and opened my mouth.
“Yes. I heard that Duke Shiaster is looking for something that can be used as a new food.”
I lowered the sleeves that I had slightly rolled up.
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“I happen to have a plant that I brought over from the Eastern Continent, and I think this plant will be helpful.”
“The Eastern Continent…..”
The Eastern Continent is an unknown territory with cultural exchange severed across the huge ocean.
The reason why cultural exchange is severed is not simply because of the ocean, but because of various barriers surrounding the Quizen continent that we are walking on.
The barriers erected to prevent the invasion of the demon world are also hindering cultural exchanges with other continents.
Therefore, when I told him that it was a plant brought in from the Eastern Continent, it was natural that Dazar had a surprised look.
“I heard that Lady graduated from the Imperial Academy at the top of your class, but I don’t think your excellent intellectual ability alone could explain your trip to the Eastern Continent. I’m very curious as to what opportunity led you to visit the Eastern Continent.”
It seems that what people call politeness and grace is the ability to convert short sentences into long sentences.
In short, you wanted to ask, ‘Someone like you and the Eastern Continent?’
Elston, who was listening next to me with crumbs on his mouth, also looked very curious.
Then, Dazar looked at Elston as if he had forgotten.
“Ah, Mr. Elston. Now that I think about it, didn’t you have business to attend to with Vanilla?”
Elston dropped his cookie in surprise.
“What? Me?”
“Yes. There should be.”
“…….”
Elston blinked his eyes. He had an expression like: Oh, did I have that appointment?
Dazar spoke to him with a confident voice:
“Vanilla is waiting.”
Since someone of Dazar’s status said this, even Elston had to stand up with a helpless expression on his face.
He left his seat glancing back, looking very curious about the background of how I came to visit the Eastern Continent.
And then only two of us remained in the living room.
Immediately after, a rude voice was heard.
“Hey, rattle. Your secret backup is a lot better than I thought.”
“…….”
As soon as he left, he crossed his legs and lounged on the sofa, looking really annoying.
That appearance with his lifted-up head and lowered eyes that stared at me, was in the mode of that crazy guy I met yesterday.
I wasn’t really happy to see his true face appear, but I tried to smile and said:
“Secret backup, sir?”
“Ohh. You used to speak informally, but today you speak politely?”
I grinned.
“Omo, informally? Me? Duke, you are really good at telling a joke. If someone heard, they would think I was rude like someone else.”
“I think that someone else couldn’t be me.”
“Of course, of course. Duke really isn’t that type of person.”
“Hm.”
Dazar crossed his arms as if it was funny.
“Maybe it’s because you have a secret backup, you seem very confident?”
“Secret backup?”
“I mean Elston.”
“Aha. That Wizardry Tower Lord?”
“You knew, as expected. I thought you’d know. It seemed like you used an innocent guy to come all the way here. And after getting here you even lied.”
No, this scoundrel. Look at the way he’s talking.
How could you tell the truth in such an annoying way?
You made the person who coaxed the innocent Wizardry Tower Lord to come here feel upset.
I turned my head slightly, revealing a very dumbfounded expression.
“Lie? What do you mean?”
“Yeah right, Eastern Continent. That’s a place where even transcendental beings can’t cross. If you are going to lie you should do it right.”
He smirked.
“Lady Evanror. You’re famous. Thus far you’ve been declining your family’s financial situation, but have you finally come to your senses? Seeing as you came to mention food to pluck something from me.”
This man is talking like I’ve come to scam him.
If I got angry like fire in this situation, it would actually be my loss.
I asked again with a calm expression.
“Your misunderstandings are at a high level. And if I am using Elston, you can openly expose me, why, exactly, do you say this after sending him out?”
Then he lifted a corner of his mouth and answered:
“It’s funny watching a very curious guy going crazy with curiosity wondering how you went to the East Continent.”
“……”
You really have a bad nature, this idio…. no, in-law.
“Your personality seems really like an online identity authentication certificate.”
“Onli…. What?”
It means you are really vicious. Mr. In-law.
Well, his difference in attitude can be described as him simply interacting woth an enemy or an acquaintance
Oh this is gonna be fun!