Supporting Characters Also Need Some Love

CHAPTER 3: YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO BE THERE (VXIV)

Part 053

Why must it be Tyrellius or Dozern? She still didn’t know what kind of person Princess Remina was, but the teacher made it clear before. He said that the ideal king was her, why was she just a princess? Because she was a woman, she couldn’t be an object of concern at all? And why did she have to quit being an administrator when the young ladies got married? Didn’t they just want female administrators to be able to keep their offices after getting married?

Then, Miss Tina wouldn’t have to hate the young girls who quit right away, and wouldn’t it be okay for her young girls to hear that they’re going on a blind date and taking the administrative exam? Like her, Laurel, Miss Tina, and many other female administrators who wanted to find satisfaction in their hard work!

The fact that it wasn’t set by the rules meant that no one thought it would happen. It was just a matter of course, not even worth regulating. But looking at the teacher’s face, it seemed that she was no longer the only one who had had this thought.

“You really have a knack for surprising people. Why have I never thought about it? When I think about it, it’s a picture that fits so well.”

“Isn’t that very unlikely?”

“I’ll have to look through the law books and history books, but it looks like there’s enough room to squeeze in academically. The book I was writing seems to be delayed.”

The teacher laughed mischievously. It’s not very nonsense, so she felt better too.

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They talked about Princess Remina all the way to the palace in the carriage. After organizing the story with her teacher, it was not something to be optimistic about with excitement. The biggest problem was, of course, that the princess was a woman, and most of Lauren’s other people would never have thought about her ascending the throne. There weren’t many people who could change their thoughts as easily as Mr. Adol. Furthermore, Princess Remina had no power to assist her militarily or politically. Her teacher said that before she passed away, the queen was from the Duke of Galleon, and Princess Remina had kept quiet since her childhood in order not to be politically acceptable to the Duke of Galleon. Her mother’s family was like that, and she didn’t have a husband, and sadly, neither Damian nor Mr. Adol have any political or military power. And finally, actually, this is the most important thing, whether the princess had the heart to ascend the throne. They couldn’t forcibly place someone that didn’t like on the throne.

Damian, a probationary administrator who only knew how to do it, and her teacher, a local historian, looked at each other in frustration and sighed before arriving at the palace. After passing through the castle gate and passing through the outer palace, they got off the carriage at the entrance of the inner palace. Franz had his sword taken away. Franz, who went through a lot of trouble following her around, knew she was always grateful, right? She asked with her eyes, but Franz just laughed while scratching the back of his head.

After walking for a long time after being guided by the guards, they arrived in front of a small and pretty two-story palace with blue flowers in full bloom. It was said that His Majesty gave the palace a special gift to his beloved princess, and it was truly beautiful. When she had seen her before on Tyrellius’s birthday, she seemed to have a very well-groomed personality, and so did the atmosphere in the palace. It’s not big or flashy, but it’s well-organized, and it’s dignified without overflowing. After entering the drawing room and taking a seat, the princess entered the room with the captain of the guard whom she had seen that day.

Her red hair and red eyes weren’t blazing red like Ethan’s, nor was it dark reddish brown like Philia’s. She had an expressionless face, but she didn’t look hard. And she’s tall. Even when she was Mi-hyang, she still envied tall girls like Kira, Princess, and Jennie who were barely over 160. She was tall and slim, so she matched like a picture with the captain of the escort standing next to her.

She must have looked at her too obviously. After a long greeting with the teacher, the princess stared at Damian. She quickly closed her eyes.

“Lady Ethard.”

“Yes? Yes. Princess Remina.”

“You’re cute.”

“Pardon?”

She wondered if she had heard it wrong, so she raised her head and faced her. She thought she really heard it wrong? There was no expression on the princess’ face, and of course there was no smile, and while exuding a force full of dignity, what, what? She wasn’t sure of what she had heard.

As she stared at her with a blank expression, the princess tilted her head slightly, remaining expressionless.

“Did I say something rude? It’s because I don’t know because I don’t interact with young girls, so you understand.”

“Oh, no. Thank you.”

She didn’t have much chance to talk to the royal family personally, and Princess Remina was a character she hadn’t experienced before, so she didn’t know how to react. She said ‘thank you’, but actually she was hoping the princess wasn’t angry.

“So, you’re dating Duke Bigor?”

“Yes, princess.”

“When are you getting married?”

“Pardon?”

Well, let alone marriage, they were still engaged. No, not even a season had passed since they started dating. As she opened her eyes again and looked at her, she tilted her head again.

“Are you not going to marry him?”

“Ah, no. I think we’ll do it, but we haven’t been dating for a while yet, what the heck, we’re not engaged, and we haven’t been proposed to, so I have to ask Adrian too, and that’s…”

Wow, she’d never stuttered like this in her entire life.

“Didn’t the Duke propose? Why?”

Well. Why? Ahaha.

If she opened her mouth, she thought she would stutter more, so she just wanted to cover it up with a smile, but the princess continued to speak with a very serious face.

“He’ll do it soon. He doesn’t look like that, but he looked at you very pretty. Don’t worry.’

She wasn’t worried. Now she was worried in a different way.

“Yes, princess, thank you.”

‘Let’s thank her for now. First of all, don’t laugh, sir.’

Adol giggled and laughed, Remina nodded, wondering what she was thinking, and the captain standing behind the princess turned his gaze to the wall for some reason.

After the tea time she didn’t know what was going on, she went to the princess’s office. She knew that she had to find out if unclear funds had flowed to the queen and the second prince, but the royal financial documents were completely different from what she had seen so far, so she had to wonder where to start. Since Her Majesty was involved with the internal money that the royal family prepared and consumed on their own, they decided to set aside for now and sort out the use of the 30 million gold that came from the national treasury. According to the documents received from Miss Tina last year, out of the 30 million gold that came into the royal family, 25 million gold was spent, and 5 million gold was returned to the reserve. 25 million gold, that’s more than the military budget for a year. The crown prince, the prince, the two princesses, the queen and the queen. Wasn’t that too much money for six people? No, because they’re royals’, do they normally use this much? The allowance her father set aside for her was about a million gold a year. She used it over and over again and she couldn’t use it all, so she kept it in savings, but even if she just divided it up, it’s about 4 million gold per person. Even the royal family received a separate maintenance fee from the royal family’s money regardless of the national treasury. Each of them cost well over 3 million gold, so why spend it like this? The 30 million gold passed over from the national treasure was a concept like a kind of momma’s reserve. It was a structure where the money that was used and surplus was refunded when necessary, but since the money came from the national treasury, people got ridiculed if they spent it recklessly. It was said that it has been mainly used for condescending purposes because the royal treasurer conducts its own investigation, and if caught using it in an erratic way, it would seriously damage their reputation. So, it’s usually like donating to charity, sending relief goods to a certain area, or investing in education or welfare. Wouldn’t it be easy to dig up just by rummaging through the papers?

Looking at only last year’s documents in general, Princess Remina didn’t touch it at all, and the queen was passive in political activities, so it was a very small amount, and except for one or two places greatly appreciated by the crown prince, everything was spent by the second prince and his mother. There were many donations to Midoc Orphanage, common women’s education, and health-related organizations, and they have greatly supported the foundation for disabled soldiers, sent relief goods to the cold northern region, and sent comfort money to the lower region of the Lorraine River, which was flooded in summer. The popularity of the 2nd prince was due to this kind of work, right? The large amount seemed to be about right, but it seemed like a lot of work to check the attached documents. For example, to the Royal Orphanage in Imidoq, out of the 500,000 gold they gave, in addition to the 300,000 gold that went into cash, 100,000 gold for children’s clothes, 100,000 for food, 200,000 gold for the orphanage renovation, and so on.

No, what clothes did they buy worth 100,000 gold? If the total number of children was 290, how much did each person buy? 344 gold? Was it too much to say that it was important to equip children with quality clothing? Where was the top of the purchasing agent?

…t’s her job to keep her eyes open, doubting doubt in this way.

While looking at the documents related to the orphanage, she asked the princess.

“Princess, did the 2nd prince go to the Royal Orphanage often? Has he been donating every year? Didn’t the amount suddenly increase last year?”

“Although Dozern has been working as a poor man since graduating from the academy. I don’t know the exact amount, but it probably wasn’t small.”

“Is that so? Then I’ll skip this for now.”

Next to the orphanage was a document related to a private military foundation, and the amount of donation was enormous.

“Princess, it’s called the ‘Families of Disabled Veterans’ Foundation.’ It says that the head of the organization is Count Joheim. Is this person close to the second queen?”

“Count Joheim is the cousin of Marquis Luther.”

“Oh, I see, then I’ll have to check this one more time later.”

She reviewed the documents one by one and continued to ask Princess Remina questions.

“Princess, princess, these winter relief items sent to the Romanov region. I know this is where the royal family and the Ministry of Home Affairs have supported. Is there any reason why the 2nd prince should send it separately?”

“It’s a border area with the Principality of Taln, so the headquarters of the Defense Forces is there. Since Luther had his eldest son as commander, he must have paid more attention.”

“But why was it sent in cash? The Ministry of Home Affairs documents I saw last week said it was sent as relief supplies, but did it really need to be in cash?”

“It must have been difficult to procure supplies because it was winter, but I wonder if they even carried it in cash.”

“Okay. Then I’ll have to check this out.”

As she was sorting through the documents one by one, she suddenly looked at the princess, and as she was staring at Damian, their eyes met. Did Damian bother her too much by asking so many questions? Because she had no expression, Damian couldn’t read her mood. Wasn’t she angry?

She rolled her eyeballs and rolled around, then she looked at it. Where did you hear that you don’t spit on a smiling face? The princess, who was staring at her smiling face, at some point lifts the corners of her mouth and smiles beautifully. 

‘Uh, looks like Adrian. Oh, it’s her cousin.’

She never thought they looked alike when she saw the Crown Prince, but maybe it’s because her eyes are similar in color. The eyes are slightly alike. She laughed and laughed once more.

“You’re a cute and clever young lady. The Duke got a good companion.”

Oh, not a half yet. He hasn’t gotten it yet. So, they had only dated for one season yet, and they were still far away from being engaged and married… It’s what a high-ranking person was saying, but that’s right.

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