The Archduke’s Gorgeous Wedding Was a Fraud

Pak! I slapped the unknown man’s shoulder hard, creating a tremendous sound. By the way, what was in my hand was an ax handle. No blade, just a handle.

The description card said it was an incorruptible handle.

There’s no description of it being hard but I thought it would be enough to fight bad guys and to think this happened…

I apologized with my mouth, even if I did not feel at all sorry in my heart.

“My goodness, I’m sorry. I was just very surprised”

“It’s alright. It’s my fault for approaching you so suddenly.”

“It’s good to hear that you are someone who knows the cause and effect of incidents”

I smiled and slowly took a step back. There was nobody there until just now.

So when and where did he appear?

‘It feels like he got hit on purpose.’

Something is strange here. I first gathered my fighting spirit and looked straight at my opponent. And I was astonished.

“……!”

Oh, he’s hot?

If Lacius looked like he was carrying all the light of the world, this man was the exact opposite.

If Lacius felt that all the spotlights were pointed at him, the atmosphere of this man is like the growing darkness that exists outside that circle of light. The dark red lips contrasting his pale face were the first thing to attract anybody’s eyes. His deep eyes were reddish and decadent, and his attire was very gentlemanly.

‘Like a nine-tailed fox? Or perhaps more like a vampire.’

Anyway, he is like a vicious man offering a glass of water in front of a well, shrouded in darkness. Well, if it’s a man with this face, even if he sells a glass of plain water for hundreds of gautes, everyone will still buy it.

If Lacius was a handsome good-natured guy, he would be a bad boy that will make you fall for him even after knowing he was evil.

‘Dark sexy is also attractive…’

The lips, which looked so racy that I wondered if they were truly of a human, drew words toward me.

“My name is Aragon, Lady.”

“Mis… ter Aragon?”

“My main job is a sailor, but on land, I was addressed as Sir. I have the title of an honorary knight.”

“Ah, Sir Aragon. Thanks for letting me know.”

Warning, warning.

I widened my eyes so as not to fall for his beauty. Then the man, Sir Aragon, gracefully leaned over and smiled at me.

“That’s a little disappointing.”

“Pardon?”

Usually, if someone says he was an honorary knight, without seeing him actually wielding a sword, people will ask him to prove it. Well, what I wanted to say is… The lady seems to have no interest in me.”

Oh, I know what they call this!

Overinflated ego!

I wasn’t planning to spare words with a man I didn’t know, but I decided to speak just this once.

“Oh my, Sir Aragon seems to have symptoms of an overinflated ego.”

“Isn’t that a mental illness?”

Sir Aragon straightened his back and raised his lips in amusement.

I’m not sure if having an inflated ego is considered an illness here, but I nodded with a very serious face.

“Yes, I think you should go to the hospital right away and get treated. Your condition sounds serious. Perhaps you even have to be hospitalized.”

“Oh, I really appreciate that the lady cares about my mental health.”

“You said you were a sailor, right? You should go to the hospital before you go back to the sea. I’m off then.”

He has that face. A 100% suspicious face. It is not recommended to have a long conversation with someone that you are unsure of being human.

But Sir Aragon seemed unwilling to let me go.

“Looks like you’re here to buy a present.”

“I came here to buy something for myself.”

“I see. It’s not much, but I happen to have many unique things from other countries.”

When I took a step to the right, he also took a step to the right. I tried to evade him and head to the left, but the same thing happened again.

Veins throbbed on my forehead as I was somehow forced to listen to him.

I like pretty men, but I don’t like clingy men.

I stopped, crossed my arms, and stared at Sir Aragon. To be precise, to the eyes beyond the monocle worn by Sir Aragon.

His eyes were deep purple, but they didn’t remind me of ripe grapes. He was rather the fox who swallowed his saliva while waiting to eat the grapes. 

“Please forgive me for wanting to learn more about the lady, even though it’s  pitiful.”

When I finally thought that Lacius had at least some cunningness on him, this guy who is cunning to the tip of his toes suddenly appeared.

His tongue was not oiled, but the level of his oily tongue* was outstanding. 

*(To have an oily tongue means to be very smooth with words.)

I reluctantly accepted the business card that was being pushed in front of my eyes.

“I have far more rare things than the garbage sold here, so I’ll wait for you to find me.”

As soon as I received the business card, purple eyes twinkled eerily. It’s polite to put it in your purse the minute you receive a business card, but I just held it in my hand. For some reason, I kept thinking that he was trying to seduce me.

It may be because of my inflated self-confidence, but I feel like he’s hitting on me.

He keeps on trying to dominate me and eventually pushes me into a corner. It’s nice to see a luscious beauty enough to make someone’s nose bleed, but his actions were very irritating. 

I deliberately crumpled the business card, then snap back at him.

“I’m not sure what items you have, but if you don’t have a smartphone or laptop, get lost.”

“… Pardon?”

“Looks like you don’t have them. You should get lost now.”

For the first time, a crack appeared on his cunning face when I smiled and made a biting remark. 

“Hmm, my pride was hurt. I don’t know what those are, but I don’t think the lady just made it up…”

“Then do you want to look for it?”

“Yes. There’s no place my ship can’t go, so let me look for it.”

“But it’s something you can’t find, so don’t try in vain. It would be better if you spend your time having another meal instead.”

I said it nobly, but inside, I was cursing him. I distanced myself from Sir Aragon and secretly stuck out my tongue.

“Dame Catherine! Sir Wilhelm! Let’s leave now.”

T/N: Sorry for the super late update, I became busy with something last week:/Also, I parted ways with my previous editor. I don’t have any plan on getting a new one though so expect lots of errors and mistakes on my translation~ but rest assured that I’ll try my best to minimize them! That’s all, thank you for understanding~