Lord, he said.
[T/N: I forgot to ntion it in the previous chapter. This Lord' refers to soone who ruled the territory, not the title for n, so yeah, I'm sorry!]
Of course, there were tis when young children mistakenly called Lord', but I was perplexed to hear that in front of Philen.
It was even more so because Philen was looking at with a stiff, rigid face.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not the lord."
I hurriedly explained to the boy, fearing that Philen might misunderstand.
The man behind you is the lord.
It also imprinted the fact that Philen was the lord.
When the boy turned around, Philen smiled softly as if he had beco stiff.
"No, he's not."
The boy shook his head and looked at again.
The Lord is you. You've been taking care of us all these years.
"That's"
If I said Philen had been away and I just acted as a substitute, would this little boy understand?
As I was thinking about how to make it easier for to solve it, a woman ca rushing from afar.
"I, I apologize!"
The woman hugged the boy and hurriedly apologized to Philen.
This boy is still young and doesnt know anything. If he made any mistakes, please be generous!"
"He didn't make any mistakes."
It's better not to say that he mistook the lord.
"More than that, it seems like there is sothing he wants us to solve"
"Stop."
Philen cut off and abruptly interrupted the conversation.
"The Lady must be tired from doing the inspection, so I think it would be better to go back to the carriage and rest."
I'm not that tired.
"I, the Lord, will take care of the rest."
It wasn't my illusion that the word Lord' sounded emphasized.
he must have been pretty upset that I was mistaken to be the lord.
Well, I would've done the sa. I fully understood him and went back to the carriage.
After a while, Philen's expression was still not good when he returned.
"Did things go wrong?"
When I asked out of concern, Philen turned his head curtly.
"It's none of your business."
It was the opposite situation from before.
When we left, I avoided talking to him, and this ti he avoided talking to .
"Okay."
I kept my mouth shut, not feeling the need to continue the conversation with him.
Philen looked at with discontent, but I ignored him.
While we had a silent fight, the carriage also reached its final destination, the riverbank.
"Welco, Duke. My Lady."
We were greeted warmly by the people in charge who had co out in advance.
Philen nodded lightly, then looked back at .
"The Lady must be tired from walking around all day today. You can rest in the carriage for a while."
It sounded like he was thinking of , but he wasn't.
He was afraid that I might interfere with the affairs of the territory, so he wrapped it up with pretentious words and kicked out.
From the look of it, it seed that the riverbank was repaired well, and there's no reason to stay against his will.
"Yes, Duke."
I ekly accepted his suggestion and got back on the carriage.
I was able to spend ti without being bored thanks to the book that I brought in case sothing like this happened.
I started with Chapter 1, and by the ti I was almost finished reading Chapter 2, Philen returned.
I closed the book I was reading and asked him with a smile. There's no one here, so I spoke informally.
"Did it finish well?"
"Of course. They did what I told them to do."
Philen replied with a very proud face.
It looks like he did a great job.
I completely let go of all the remaining anxiety.
"Were you reading a book?"
"Yeah. Because the official test is just around the corner."
At my words, Philen's eyebrows slanted slightly.
"I have sothing to tell you about our wedding preparation."
that story again?
It was inevitable because I had to get married, but I wasn't happy because we had already had this conversation.
I looked at Philen nervously.
"Tell ."
"As you said, asking Cecily doesn't seem like a good thing in many ways, so I won't do it."
For so reason, he listened to .
As soon as the tight tension was loosened a little, Philen spit out another ridiculous remark.
"That's why I called Countess Thebesa."
Countess Thebesa?
It felt like I t another vicious beast while trying to avoid a beast.
Countess Thebesa was better than Cecily, but that's still not a good thing. I hated both.
But unlike Cecily, Countess Thebesa didn't threaten my position, so I think she's better.
However, it was absurd to leave the wedding preparation to Countess Thebesa.
"You don't look good."
As I looked at him with a frown, Philen smiled and leaned against the backrest.
I've left it to Countess Thebesa as you wished, so why are you making that face?
"as I wished?"
"Yeah. You told before that you would rather leave it to Countess Thebesa than Cecily."
I did say that, but I said it just to make it clear that I didn't want to leave it to Cecily.
I didn't really an to leave it to Countess Thebesa.
No matter how tactless Philen was, he wasn't an idiot who didn't notice this.
I could tell just by looking at the slanted corner of his lips. He did it on purpose to pick on .
What a childish joke this is.
It was so ridiculous that I couldn't even laugh.
Apparently, Philen wanted to give in and apologize for what happened that day.
Such a hilarious intention. I didn't even have the slightest thought to go the way he wanted.
"Okay."
That was the last pride I had left with nothing.
"Let's leave it to Countess Thebesa."
The corner of his lips, which had risen gracefully, were hardened as it couldn't regain its original track.
Philen looked at with cold eyes.
Do you think that would scare ?
I wasn't scared at all. I t his gaze with a nonchalant smile.
"Why are you looking at like that?"
"you really don't know why I'm looking at you like this?"
No. I knew it. It's a problem because I knew it too well.
"Yeah. I don't know."
"Ha."
Philen chuckled and raised his eyebrows. Discontent was etched on his face.
He couldn't control his emotions. What was he going to do with his social life in the future?
"Cecily said this before."
Is it about her again?
If I said I didn't like her that much, he wouldn't have said it. But he was really tactless. Or he didn't care about .
"It's not that you're tactless, it's that you're pretending to be tactless."
"So?"
"Other than that, you must have sothing to say to ."
"What do you an? Do you want to give you an excuse if I deny it?"
Judging from the lack of words, it seed that the answer was correct.
That fact was even more ridiculous, so I laughed a little.
"If I give you an excuse, will you believe , not her?"
"We don't know about that."
"No, I know.
I firmly denied Philen's words.
"Because you don't believe since you said that to in the first place. Am I right?"
I said this, but I really wanted him to say no.
Even if he didn't believe in , I just wanted him to confirm that he didn't believe what she said unconditionally.
Rattle, bang-!
Philen rcilessly got out of the carriage without fulfilling my wish.
*****
Since the inspection of the territory was over, there was no reason to remain in the estate anymore.
"Sarah, we're going to the capital as soon as the sun rises tomorrow, so get ready."
"Yes, My Lady."
Sarah left to get ready. I was sitting on the couch reading a book when the butler ca to see .
"My Lady, are you going to the capital tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
At my answer, the butler put on an awkward look.
What's wrong with him?
"What's the matter?"
"Tomorrow, Countess Thebesa will co to prepare for the wedding."
"Count No, mother?"
"Yes. The Duke said he would deliver it to My Lady. Did he not say anything?"
I said yes with a slight nod. The butler let out a low sigh and said politely.
"I'm sorry, but could you postpone your schedule a little bit? Because it's rude not to let anyone co all of a sudden and we don't have much ti."
Well, what do I do?
I didn't have much free ti, but it was difficult to firmly refuse him who spoke so politely.
Moreover, it was my wedding preparation. It didn't make sense to if the party fell out.
Let's hear him first then decide.
"How long should I postpone my schedule?"
"I think two days will be enough."
Only two weeks left until the official test.
Excluding travel ti to the capital, my free ti was about 10 days.
I think it'll be okay if I take about two days.
After completing the calculation in my head, I nodded.
"I'll do that."
*****
Ver and the scholars had to work overti for a week to prepare for the official test.
It's all because of the needlessly picky Kalian.
Without doing it himself, they had to put up with what he wanted over and over again, such as do this, do that, and so on.
When he pointed that out like that, the words You should do it yourself!' had stuck in their throats hundreds of tis.
Still, they felt good because the result ca out well.
Kalian was also satisfied.
Now that they had done all the test questions, they were going to go ho.
"Where are you going?"
Kalian stopped them. Ver stepped forward on behalf of the bewildered scholars.
"We're going ho now that we're done."
"You can't go."
"yes?"
"I said you can't go."
An eerie smile was drawn on Kalian's lips.
The test questions should not be leaked. So, stay in the Palace until the official test is over."
"No, wait"
What kind of bullsh*t is this!
Ver opened his mouth wide in bewildernt. The scholars' reactions weren't very different.
"A soft bed and delicious als are guaranteed."
As Kalian clapped his hands, the servants appeared and grabbed their arms one by one from each side, as if waiting.
At the sa ti, Ver, who was grabbed by the arms by the servants, scread.
"This is confinent! Confinent!"
"Confinent, so disappointing."
Kalian smiled brightly.
"I'm protecting you because I'm afraid that you'll be bribed by other nobles who took the test."
"I don't ne"
"You need it. "
When Kalian clapped again, the servants dragged the scholars away and quickly disappeared.
The scholars, who realized that Kalian's will was firm, were quietly dragged away, but Ver was different.
"I, I want to go ho!"
Ver's scream echoed desperately in the corridor.
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