Supporting Characters Also Need Some Love

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

Part 054

“Your princess should also get a good husband.”

Mr. Adol, who had been pretending to look at the papers and playing around saying that he hated numbers, suddenly interrupted. She noticed that the teacher felt sorry for her old pupil whom he hadn’t seen in a while. She was a disciple he cherished, and since he knew her ability more than anyone else, it must be a pity to rot in the palace. She was also surprised. She had been busy looking at documents and I’ve been asking about anything, but the person who doesn’t even come out of the palace doesn’t know anything.

“I’ve been getting rejected for six years, Professor.”

Princess Remina answered casually with her innocent face. Her answer, which she couldn’t have imagined, made both teacher Adol’s jaw drop.

“Ah, no, the princess. Are you saying that there are people who refuse the marriage proposal of the princess?”

When Adol, who had calmed down her spirit, finally asked, Princess Remina nodded her head. 

‘Who the heck? Why? You’re so beautiful, smart, and even a princess?’

“Six, six years in a row?”

“That’s right, young lady. It seems she doesn’t like this body at all.”

What kind of eyes were on the soles of your feet? No, but why was he like that? The captain standing behind the princess turned red and blue, lowered her head, turned her head, and opened and closed her eyes. As she and the teacher looked at the captain of the escort with her chin still dropping, Princess Remina also glanced back. As the eyes of the three gathered at once, the captain cleared his throat and looked out the window pretending not to know.

“That’s why I’m most suspicious of this ‘Family Foundation for Disabled Veterans’!”

“That’s right, lady. That’s exactly what I thought!”

The banquet between the priests and teachers continued for a while.

* * *

Having had a beneficial time in many ways, and having copied as many documents as possible related to the ‘Disabled Veterans’ Family Foundation’ that bothered them the most, we left the Princess’ Palace. When she arrived at the entrance of the inner palace after a long walk, a familiar smiling face greeted me.

“Adrian! What’s going on?”

“I’ve come to see you.”

Adrian smiled softly as he naturally held my hand. I hear the sound of swallowing in vain beside her. It happened so often that she didn’t even feel embarrassed anymore. Teacher Adol, who saw Adrian’s smiling face, which he had only heard about through rumors, right in front of his nose, was a very, well, difficult face to the extent that it was difficult to express in words.

However, Adrian greeted him casually.

“It’s been a while. Professor.”

“Ad, no, Duke Bigor. It’s been a while, but it’s been a while or it’s the first time I’ve seen you. I’m not sure if the person I know is right.”

Probably not getting used to Adrian’s smiling face, Teacher Adol continued to scan Adrian’s face up, down, left and right and said, Adrian just laughed ‘haha’. Then he spoke to Franz, who was standing behind her.

“Take the professor to your house. Go in, Professor. Me and Lady Damian have somewhere to go.”

Huh? Did they have somewhere to go? Mr. Adol just said that we would meet again on Thursday, and as if he had seen something unseen, he jumped on the carriage and left. She asked, sitting opposite Adrian in the carriage.

“Where were we supposed to go today?”

“Yes.”

“Really? Where are we going?”

“I haven’t decided on that yet.”

He looked like a cunning man. As she rolled her eyes, Adrian laughed ‘haha’. They ate and sat face-to-face at a cafe that had become our regulars. Today, as she looked at Adrian, who was squatting on her hand, she suddenly remembered and asked. “Adrian, why do you like me?” Adrian opened his eyes wide, stared at me without answering, then smiled. He added, embarrassed by the single single grin on his face.

“That’s right. I didn’t show a good side when I first met you, but I was curious because you treated me so well from the time I met you again in the military. I’m not just a startlingly beautiful woman, am I?”

Adrian kissed the back of her hand and said.

“I fell in love with you from the first time we met. And Damian is stunningly beautiful.”

Was it really against her gut feeling to burst the dress? She knew they were only words, but it felt good. Her lover was pretty, but who wouldn’t like it? Unable to hide the rising corners of her mouth, she slightly rolled his eyes, and Adrian gave a nice smile.

“I thought your smile was beautiful. Suddenly, I thought about it, but I didn’t have a chance to ask to see you again. It’s great to know. You’re getting more beautiful every day, and I’m still amazed. I like the way you work seriously, the eyes that look straight at me, and the lips that speak your mind openly and honestly, Damian. “

She asked lightly, but for some reason her whole body felt itchy when he said it this far. The red eyes were perfect and serious. Every time she saw this friendly figure that paints the surroundings with astonishment, she was always grateful to know how hard and cold-hearted this person actually was. They had been spending two seasons together, but she was even more grateful that he always tried to smile in front of her. Because they liked each other, because they were already dating, she knew very well how ridiculous it was to say that they would understand her feelings even if she didn’t tell them. No relationship could survive without effort.

“I like you too, Adrian.”

Adrian, who was supposed to laugh, had a surprisingly serious face. He opened and closed his mouth, then he lowered his head while holding my hand. He sighs lightly as he leans down, then lifts his face. His serious face was getting closer and closer. He held her hand with one hand and the table with the other, and kissed him on the cheek as soon as Adrian approached.

He made short contact, then, with a very sad face in front of his nose, slowly walked away. She sat back down and kissed the back of his hand, which she was holding, and then smiled.

“I like you more, Damian.”

The whole heart tickles.

* * *

On the 27th day of autumn, when the pleasantly cool wind blew, the teacher and she met again in Princess Remina’s office. The overall paperwork was roughly finished, and it was necessary to check individually from today, so she decided to organize the selected parts. Since a lot of external data would be needed, Homer also joined to confirm. Mr. Adol seemed to have been completely engrossed in the issue of ‘who has the right to succeed to the throne’, so he came with several thick books and settled down separately to read books. Was it okay to study the question of whether Princess Remina had the right to succeed to the throne right in front of her nose without her knowledge?

The princess didn’t pay much attention to her, so I decided not to. She shows how focused she was, so unless it’s time to go back and put her face in front of the book, she wouldn’t hear anything anyway. Academics didn’t do anything. She was confident when it came to short-term concentration, but she decided not to say such things anywhere. Among the huge amount of money spent by the 2nd prince and his concubines, the place where the largest amount of money steadily flowed was the ‘Disabled Soldiers’ Family Foundation’, which had been suspicious from the beginning. There were dizzying sources of use like this and that, but this was the most difficult part to confirm with only the documents. No matter how you look at it, it was the same item that went to the foundation, but there were many items that were duplicatively charged to the flood damage restoration fund out of the blue.

In this case, there was no way to know how much money was spent without comparing it with the ledgers prepared internally by the foundation. When I consulted with Queen Remina, she called her Homer and let it go.

“From last year to this summer, the money that went out to this foundation is 12 million. That’s a lot.”

“Among the supplementary materials, there were a lot of things that were organized differently. I haven’t organized all the suspicious things, so the amount could be bigger.”

“It is a foundation that provides support to soldiers returning from the border with injuries and their families, so it has a high level of public support in Laurentian, which is generous to the military. You’ll need it.”

Homer nodded his head, looked at the papers, then looked at her, his face wide open.

“Thank you, young lady. I didn’t know where to start, but this should be enough to get you started. As soon as the outside investigation progresses, I’ll organize it for you, so please ask me a little more in the future.”

Homer gave compliments with his smiling face. Princess Remina also praised me several times, saying she was proud of me. It was good to be recognized and praised, but as the amount of money that the second prince might have stolen and delivered to foreign countries as a war fund grew, the stakes gradually subsided.

“If we investigate all of this and get the evidence, then the war won’t happen, right?”

“Not only our ‘King’s Eye’, but also Duke Bigor’s intelligence agency and Laurentian’s Foreign Ministry are constantly monitoring the situation. Severing the links between the Hubei side and the Principality of Dalle will prevent a terrible event.”

Even as she nodded at Homer’s words, I couldn’t shake off the anxiety I’d felt the last two weeks. Miss Tina worked quietly today as well. Older brother Rootvan went to work today, and Jenny and Ruby are busy preparing my new dress. All the people on Midoc Street who she watched while dating Adrian. She was in the peace of everyday life. Maybe there were people who were preparing for war somewhere, but the confidence to laugh together was gradually disappearing among the people who casually laugh about the day. Besides, she was constantly worried about Eilene, who would be swept away no matter how this went, about the child who had become so far away that she couldn’t even send her correspondence. Did it have the same meaning as Dozern? As long as she could become queen, she didn’t care about war. She wasn’t that kind of kid. Maybe she didn’t know the situation. What if she was just being used? She let her know, and if she didn’t believe it, if she still didn’t care, then what?

She thought I’d seen her for a long time, but I really don’t know Eilene. Have you ever openly talked to each other? The words they exchanged when they came here together last fall were probably more than all the conversations they had together in the other world. Even so, she couldn’t pretend like she didn’t know. For the past two weeks, she felt stuffy as if something was stuck in her throat. No matter how she reacted, she had to do what she could. It could be really dangerous, but if she didn’t know, she should let her know. If she needed help, she should help. If she did something wrong, she could lose her life, but she couldn’t pretend she doesn’t know.

“Homer”

“Yes, young lady”

“I want to meet Eilene, but is there any other way?”

Homer, who answered with a kind smile, blurred his face at my question. She asked with a very unwilling face.

“Are you going to tell her about this? If they find out from the other side, everything you’ve been doing could be in vain.”

“I’ll work harder. If she doesn’t know the situation, if it’s going to be Dozern’s fault, then I want her to avoid that.”

Remina and her escort, who were hesitant to answer, intervened.

“I think I can help.”

“The princess?”

“It seems like you’ve been taking a walk in the inner palace garden lately. You can pretend you stumbled upon it and take some time away.”

“Really? Thank you, Princess.”

“I’ll let you meet the next time you enter the palace.”

When Remina answered plainly, Homer, who was about to say something, shut her mouth. When she looked at him, he nodded, still with an unwilling expression on his face. Rescheduling next Monday, she took today’s papers and left the palace.

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