There are no Bad Transcendents in the World

“The woman who would hold flowers and smile before before Daniel Prause in a wedding dress…”

I said that and closed the distance with Evelyn again.

She never flinched even when I stared at her, perhaps because she was raised as a negotiating card for the royal family from a young age.

Instead, she straightened her neck, showing no signs of backing down.

For a while, the well-shaped lips painted in red slowly distorted.

‘I can’t lose the Grand Duke to someone like Frey.’

She seemed to be grinding her teeth whilst thinking that.

“Certainly, the Lady of Count Vliette would make a better bride than me. You even loved Daniel Prause for longer.”

“I’m glad you know that. So, at this point..”

“Yes, Lady Vliette will do it. The role of holding flowers and smiling in front of the Grand Duke in a wedding dress.”

“…?”

Evelyn looked at me with suspicious eyes.

Her head tilted slightly as if she didn’t quite understand what I meant.

“Princess Frey, are you giving up…?”

Give up?

I felt like I would burst into laughter because of the memories of my past life.

There were many times I gave up.

I couldn’t count how many times I gave up for fear of losing something bigger if I said I wanted it.

‘But neither the me in my past life nor the current me ever gave up what I could have.’

I looked at Evelyn with an innocent face and tilted my head.

“Give up…? What are you talking about? I am the one who will be standing before the Grand Duke in the ceremony.”

“…!”

“But since Young lady said you wanted to see the Grand Duke up close, could you act as a maid?”

I showed a warm smile.

Laughing…

It was a useful skill learned from a previous life where I had to deal with the same people.

Of course, there was no way that Evelyn would take the bridesmaid offer lightly.

She trembled with her clenched fists. 

With eyes that want to tear me apart at any moment,

It was just me watching her play at the funeral.

When I thought of that time, I thought my blood would flow backwards, but I kept my composure as much as I could and opened my mouth.

“The daughter of Count Vliette. I will not forget that when my mother passed away the other day, you came to visit me with flowers.”

“…!”

“In return for the flowers, I will send you a bridesmaid’s bouquet to the countess.”

‘If you hadn’t done such a shameless thing first, I wouldn’t have taken the Grand Duke away.’

That was the message behind my words.

If you were Evelyn who had been in the social world for a long time, you would understand the meaning of these words.

“Well then. The wedding will proceed quite quickly, so take care of your health from now on.”

I left a refreshing parting statement and headed to my room.

* * *

That afternoon.

In a word, the imperial palace turned upside down.

‘The Emperor using the right of absolute obedience for his daughter… It’s an eye-popping event!’

‘”‘But her partner, Grand Duke Prause, is actually a dirty man with two children borne out-of-wedlock?’

‘Even if Princess Frey chose her partner…’

Imperial faction officials could not hide their embarrassment.

Members of the royal family faction, led by the Duke of Gelon, went on a rampage.

“Your Majesty! You can’t use your divine right in a place like this!”

“If you don’t take your orders, I’ll protect my absolute right to obey with death as a loyalist!”

‘I will kill myself if you proceed down this path.’ A series of threatening appeals continued.

Of course, the empress, the prince and the couple, and the Duke of Gelon attacked fiercely, saying that they were politically incompetent.

However, the emperor, who had already decided to send Frey to the north, did not blink an eye.

“Keep in mind that if you take your own life, the territory will be returned to me, the emperor.”

I couldn’t tell if they were joking or being serious, so I remained cautious.

Frey was also busy in her own way for two weeks after the right of absolute obedience was invoked, until Grand Duke Prause was forcibly summoned.

Political lessons, cramming in etiquette, and even market research on the North.

What made me endure the difficult learning process was my father’s trust and support, and…

“Emma, bring me some paper. I have to ask how my best friend is doing today.”

To send a letter to Evelyn Vliette every day and mock her.

If she was still the coward in the past, she would not have done this, but her personality in her past life was not so simple.

After recalling her memories, it seemed that when she was beaten, she had a personality that would bite back and hang on like a mad dog, paying back twofold.

The letters I’ve sent so far had been very good.

[To the daughter of Count Vliette,

I heard you got sick. With the wedding just around the corner, I wouldn’t want my ‘bridesmaid’ to get sick, so I’ll send you some medicine.

-The bride-to-be, Frey Obelir]

[To the young lady of Count Vliette,

Young lady, are you feeling better? Today, I was browsing through bouquet designs for my wedding. I’ll also send the catalog to Young Lady as well. Would you like to pick out a bouquet of flowers to stand next to the Grand Duke Prause and hold as a bridesmaid?]

-Frey Obelir, during bridal class.]

Frey deliberately left the sealing of the letter to Emma.

Thanks to this, rumors about Frey’s fiery personality and trickery towards Lady Vliette, which had previously been masked by the title of ‘coward’, quickly spread.

‘My goodness… If Lady Vliette receives this letter, she’ll be absolutely floored.’

‘Princess Frey, after shedding her cowardly image, has become incredibly strong.’

Frey brought the letter and sent Emma back.

‘Will you do it again?’ asked Emma with a wink of her eye.

It was also her plan to spread bad rumors about herself.

‘So Grand Duke Prause will think I want a divorce.’

If you do a good thing that you didn’t even do and do a philanthropist cosplay,

‘That princess who has lost her strings really wants the love of the grand duke, so she even does good deeds that she didn’t want to do!’

There was a possibility of misunderstanding…

It would be even more difficult if the Grand Duke made such an assumption.

So Frey continued to maintain the route of a princess who abandoned her personality.

‘It’s more comfortable this way.’

Of course, only Frey, who drew the big picture, knew all of this.

Because of that, the courtiers and the emperor had no choice but to endure anxious days until Grand Duke Prause arrived.

‘Are you going to such lengths because the Grand Duke revealed the children out of wedlock…?’

‘How did you suppress that temper thus far?’

Around the time when the imperial palace suffered because of exaggerated rumors that spread day by day.

“This is the carriage of His Highness Grand Duke Prause, who has entered the palace under His Majesty’s absolute right of obedience. Please guide us.”

Luke, wearing a knight’s uniform for the first time in a while, had a busy conversation with the knights in the imperial palace.

It was to let the procession of the Grand Duke who had just arrived into the imperial palace.

Thanks to the emperor’s prior instructions to the knights, the carriage procession was able to pass through the front gate on time.

Luke quickly climbed onto the footrest of Daniel’s carriage and grumbled.

“Wow, I feel like a pet monkey for the ladies. You can see everyone looking at us, right?”

“This is the imperial palace, Luke. Set an example. Instead of playing the role of an old friend, I want you to faithfully fulfill your role as the knight commander.”

“Alright. Anyway, I can see these contemptuous gazes. I must have properly damaged His Highness’ honor.”

“…”

Daniel was amazed by Luke’s ability to turn him into an irredeemable, promiscuous man in just a week.

Those children with transcendental powers are my children out of wedlock.

He never got married because he did not know who the mother of the children was.

What was even more surprising was that people were starting to believe that nonsense.

‘Maybe they are more enthusiastic since there have been no rumors of infidelity for generations.’

A small wrinkle formed between his eyebrows.

Even after hearing the rumors, the emperor and princess did not withdraw their absolute right to obey.

So, after paying respects to the emperor as soon as possible, he had to meet with the princess alone and ask for a breakup.

If he seriously admitted to the rumors, Princess Frey would also drop her studies and choose another marriage partner.

‘I don’t know why I didn’t believe the fake rumors spread by Luke until now.’

It was probably because she believed in Prause’s upright personality.

Daniel leaned against the backrest, thinking that he would do his best to betray her expectations.

He still had no intention of doing anything like love.

{Swoop!}

Luke moved to another carriage to avoid disturbing his master’s brief rest.

After entering the imperial palace, the procession was slow, so it wasn’t too much trouble.

He sat down next to the butler, Baron, and stretched.

“Grandfather, how long will it take to break off the engagement and return to the Grand Duke’s residence? Two days?”

“I hope it can be done in two days… But it may be delayed if something unexpected occurs.”

“What could possibly be unexpected?”

Was there anything unexpected about breaking an engagement with a princess who was rumored to be a capricious woman?

Luke showed his curiosity.

Baron smiled bitterly and looked toward the princess’s palace.

“My grandfather used to say that Grand Dukes of Prause always appear cold, but when they meet their partner, they would become a different person.”

“Ah, you know that this Grand Duke is an exception due to his childhood memories.”

“You don’t think there was a story about the former Grand Duke Prause?”

“…?”

“Those with dragon blood have a strong obsession to their companions. Hasn’t there been a case where someone who seemed icy suddenly opened their heart and claimed to have found a partner, or even ran away for love?”

“Well, I suppose so.”

“Luke, please study the records about Grand Duke Prause that have been passed down in the Divine Family.”

“Yes, yes. I get it.”

Luke replied curtly.

Baron kept his gaze on the imperial palace buildings that were drawing closer and closer.

“If you notice any changes in the Grand Duke’s mood, let me know immediately. If we find his companion, we’ll have to handle things differently.”

* * *