It wasn’t that he couldn’t bring it up it, but…
‘To be precise, I was rejected in a roundabout way.’
Victor coughed and scratched his cheek.
“Actually…”
Contemplating whether to tell the truth, he finally shook his head violently once.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I can’t help you, so please do it yourself.”
“What?”
“Umm, I guessyou could say that I’m a little… you know, sorry? An older brother who doesn’t take good care of you, suddenly visits you and encourages you to think about getting married right away.”
“Suddenly?”
Victor was startled by his sharp eyes.
Lark, who was looking at his expression for a long ti, said with a sigh.
“Listen, sir. That’s not what I asked for. Whether we get married or fight afterwards, we can only do it if we have a point of contact, so just tell her naturally to make ti for .”
Lark stood up from his seat, leaned back against the desk, and glared at Victor with his arms crossed.
“There’s nothing I can do if I get rejected, but you should have tried to get the word out. Sir, you ssed up my plans.”
He said, fluttering through the papers he was holding.
“I devoted two weeks on preliminary research, an hour and a half to finding a place, and six hours and thirty minutes just to co up with a plan. Do you have any idea how much money this ti is worth?”
“… Pardon? What do you an?”
Victor, who approached with puzzled eyes, was handed the docunt in Lark’s hand and began to read it.
Victor’s mouth widened in surprise.
▶ Tangential plan to form a smooth relationship with the target
-Date: 1519. 07. 11, Imperial Calendar
-Location: 896 Deccan Street, Pine Restaurant.
(More than 95% of the survey samples have positive reviews. 95% of all are willing to visit again. Most preferred by noble won between the ages of 15 and 20.)
*Estimated arrival ti: around 6:30pm.
– nu selection
1) Course A, beef steak main.
(Liquor orders are added after asking whether the target is drinking. The default setting is 1405 red wine from Aloeve.)
*After basic pleasantries, identify the target’s personality and reaction, and select the way of speech, questions, etc.
** Quickly beco friendly with the target. The target has a nervous attitude. If you need to induce a comfortable conversation,
Q1. Princess, do you drink? The beef steak here goes well with red wine from Aloeve.
**The target values courtesy. That ans formality. If you need ti to get to know each other,
Q2. Princess, can you drink? If you don’t mind, I’ll recomnd one. The red wine from Aloeve tastes pretty good.
… …
… …
“W-W-Woah…”
What did I just see now?
Lost in words, Victor flipped over the papers with trembling hands.
From the first eting on the restaurant to next place, dessert shop (there were also as many as seven options depending on the target’s response), and last course was divided into a walk or a carriage outing. And until the mont of parting…
‘This is crazy.’
This report, which had even included the post-eting plan, predicted dozens of expected developnts based on the other person’s various reactions, and devised the most efficient way to elivit the most favorable impression, is simply perfect…!
‘… Should it be called perfect?’
This crazy report can only be called as ‘thoroughly calculated’.
‘Is this serious? He seriously planned this? In six and a half hours?’
At Victor’s disgusted expression, Lark raised his eyebrows sharply as if asking him if there was sothing wrong.
“You’re not joking, aren’t you? You’re really serious?”
“Joking? Why would I spend so much ti doing such inefficient things?”
Having put the absurd report on the desk, Victor took a deep breath.
‘This man is really serious.’
Victor Diollus, 17 years old.
He joined the Knights Order at the age of 14, and has been proud that he knows the man nad ‘Lark van Rashmagh Descarde’ better than anyone else after spending ti in his company for three years.
A man who was morbidly obsessed with ‘perfection’ and was impeccable close to ‘perfection’.
It was probably hard for everyone who knew Lark to imagine that he couldn’t do sothing, that it was ‘difficult’ for him, or that he ‘failed’.
But today, Victor learned a very surprising fact. There were things that even this perfect man couldn’t do.
“Excuse , Your Highness.”
“What is it?”
Victor advised seriously.
“This is not how dating works.”
Lark imdiately narrowed his brows.
“What?”
“I an dealing with people, or more specifically, dating the opposite sex is completely different from staying in the office and studying imperialism or taking economics lessons. It’s not sothing that needs to be approached systematically.”
“…? I don’t think it’s a good idea to listen to you who’s never held a woman’s hand, but…”
Lark added, shrugging his shoulders.
“There is nothing in this world that cannot be mastered by learning and analyzing.”
“Wow…”
Victor sighed.
“Who in the world ets a woman this way? Everyone has different preferences, different ways of expressing, and different points of excitent. Don’t you agree?”
“So, by predicting the number of all cases, I have devised the most efficient choices of action that will produce the most efficient outco.”
“Are you studying now? Are you solving a problem?”
“It’s not much different.”
“Huh…”
Looking at Victor in bewildernt, Lark swept his hair with a tired look.
“And I think you’re misunderstanding sothing, but I’m not dating.”
“Then?”
“Princess Rubette is the ideal marriage partner for right now. But it’s not like I can just ask her out of the blue. I should at least know her and marry her with a certain amount of affinity before proposing the marriage. And this is just part of the plan.”
“Your Highness.”
“Hm? I’m listening.”
“I’ve made it clear to you that Rubette liked Kedrick Reiger for seven years. She’s pure.”
“Yes.”
“Rubette is different from you. She’s a kid who thinks that human-to-human feelings and things like that, as a very important value.”
“So?”
“For the sake of the bright future of the Empire, let’s get married, although we don’t love each other! If you said that, do you think she’d say yes?”
“Are you stupid? Do you think I’d say that out loud?”
Lark frowned, added.
“Of course, at first, I have to act like a man who is interested in the princess as the opposite sex. Then as I get closer and know the other person properly, I will beco more like the princess’ taste.”
“… Do you want to be successful in marriage and live acting for the rest of your life?”
“I’m willing to keep up with the princess if she wants to.”
“…”
Victor, who was staring at Lark for a long ti at a loss of words, shook his head firmly.
“If you’re going to do that, find another girl.”
“What’s wrong with you? You used to talk like you were going to help even if it wasn’t a bet. Didn’t you say you’d like anyone but Kedrick Reiger next to the princess?”
“Yes. Of course I did say that, but no. I changed my mind.”
Victor added, his eyes gleaming sharply.
“Is it possible to have a happy marriage with a husband who will pretend to like her for the rest of his life? I’m Ruby’s older brother and I want Ruby to be happy, so I’m going to take the lead in stopping you.”
“Oh.”
Lark raised his hands as if he were surrendering to Victor’s ferocity.
“Don’t get wrong. I’m not trying to… treat the princess with lies.”
“Then what’s the difference?”
“Mm.”
Lark, who was worried while stroking his chin, nodded gently.
“Right, there’s nothing different now that I thought about it.”
“Ugh.”
“However…”
This is hard. Lark rubbed his forehead and fell into his thoughts.
“I’ve never learned anything like dating or love.”
“Look, there! Because that’s not sothing to learn.”
“Yes, I know what you an. But I don’t know right now because I’ve never experienced it, so if I want to understand what it is, shouldn’t I have a teacher to guide ?”
“…”
In front of Victor, who opened his mouth blankly at the incomprehensible logic, Lark grinned.
“So, if you’re worried that I don’t really care about the princess, there’s still a different chance that I’ll be sincere.”
“What…”
“I need to et a girl before I know, right?”
Lark said skillfully. One could tell he was still calculating inside.
Victor chuckled, then shook his head.
“Sure, then. Instead, I can’t help you, so please do it yourself. Either go directly to Ruby and ask her out on a date, or whatever.”
“You’re this uncooperative?”
“Hmm.”
“I heard that the princess loves staying in the house and doesn’t go out very often. If we could have t easily, I wouldn’t have asked you to do it from the beginning.”
“…”
Lark sighed deeply with a tired face and looked a little sad.
In the end, Victor, who was agonizing, spat out, pretending he couldn’t win against him.
“It seems like Ruby goes out every day these days. She works out every evening in a vacant lot of Serburn Street.”
***
Serburn Street.
Serburn, located on the outskirts of the capital, was an area in the midst of developnt, and there were many spacious vacant lots because old buildings were demolished.
A perfect exercise spot for jogging in the morning and evening without being noticed.
As always today, while I was jogging alone in the evening, Wishit spoke to through the sound in my head.
As soon as Victor suddenly ntioned dinner with the crown prince, I rembered that I had forgotten.
‘Yes, that’s right. Victor was supposed to be ho today.’
I wondered why Victor had co ho all of a sudden, but co to think of it, he just ca as planned.
Victor, who ca ho on this day, was…
‘Was going to introduce to soone.’
As I recall, this day was the worst.
“Kedrick, Kedrick, Kedrick! I’m sick and tired of it! An unlucky bastard with only that face and nothing else!”
“Don’t curse Kedrick! And, if you’re going to tell to et soone other than Kedrick, don’t co ho! I’m fat and ugly, who wants to et ?!”
Rubette, who was in love with Kedrick, flatly refused because she had no intention of seeing anyone else.
Eventually, Victor went back angry without being able to say who he was introducing.
‘So the person who was going to be introduced to Rubette was the crown prince.’
Realizing that, I imdiately declined Victor’s dinner offer.
“Please tell His Highness the Crown Prince that we will et next ti when we have the chance.”
Why did I kick this great opportunity while I was trying to et the crown prince?
It could be seen as similar to the marriage of the chaebols.
[T/N: Rich people in modern Korea.]
I’m the only daughter of Duke Diollus. Putting everything else aside and considering only my status, I’m a very attractive party for the current crown prince.
The Descarde Empire boasted a strong imperial power thanks to the existence of spirits.
Since the Diollus wielded the sa power of spirits as the imperial family, the nobles were able to keep the imperial family in check a little bit…
‘If the bloodlines of the divided spirits’ families are tied together, the imperial family will be absolutely invincible.’
I guessed the prince’s plan and said.
Crown princess. When she later beca empress, she beca the most acclaid woman in the empire and took the place of being admired by all.
I smacked my lips.
In many ways, the crown prince is the number one groom.
I don’t really care if the imperial power grows because I marry the crown prince. I’ll be the one who rules with benefits anyway.
However…
“I cannot tolerate polygamy.”
Wishit exclaid and then fell silent.
The emperors of Descarde Empire are obliged to produce as many spirits as possible. They are the only ones allowed to have multiple spouses in this county, where monogamy is the norm.
Surprisingly, this is not an option. It is an imperial law that the emperor must have more than five wives.
So if I were to marry the crown prince, I would have to divide my husband with at least four won.
‘That’s not right.’
Coming from the 21st century, I shook my head.
I’ve been jogging for several days already, but I’ve never had Wishit run this vacant lot with .
Even though he always sticks next to like a chewing gum, when I go out to exercise, he just slips into the fountain of spirits and exchanges only electric tones with .
“Huh, ha.”
I went around the wide vacant lot one more ti, leaving Wishit who seed to have lost interest and had no words.
‘Wishit?’
Without knowing when he had arrived, I found Wishit in a corner of the vacant lot.
“Pfft. You said it was annoying…”
He, who always appeared as the crown prince in uniform, was waiting for in a comfortable outfit that I had never seen before, perhaps even thought of exercising together.
I slowed down my running speed and approached Wishit.
Standing with his arms folded, he smiled and said to .
“Hello.”
A sudden greeting that didn’t suit him.
I looked around and made sure no one was there, and instead of replying with my mind, I answered with my mouth.
“Mm, hello.”
“…”
For so reason, Wishit, who had been smiling, blinked blankly with that expression.
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