Chapter 29
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Lady Flynn opened her eyes wide and looked at .
Currently, in the Empire, the fur business was conducted almost exclusively by the Flynn family. However, if I were to join the business, it was going to be a different story.
Now, Lady Flynn raised her head and looked at dumbfoundedly.
It was because she didn’t know what was going on. The Flynn family was no match for the Lillian family in terms of power and money. The Marquis family would suffer a great deal of damage if I intervened their business.
The Flynn family would be deprived of its leadership and might even have to step down.
If the Flynn family suffer a great loss, would Marquis Flynn forgive his daughter?
Even though the Marquis was her parent, the depth of a parent’s affection and that of a sibling were not the sa, so it was impossible to know how Young Master Flynn would treat her after she had ruined his business.
Fortunately, after what I said, Lady Flynn’s turned pale. It seed she understood at once.
“A mont ago, His Majesty said that if there’s anything I want for my birthday, I can just tell him. Currently, when I look at Lady Flynn, I feel that I should have exclusive rights to a certain business.”
“…. !”
So of the nobles around her made a fuss.
“Such careless behavior…….”
Lady Flynn glared at sternly, her teeth clenched.
“What’s wrong?”
The Crown Prince asked with a cold face, as if he was there for soti.
“Your Highness, the Young Lady…”
Upon discovering the Crown Prince, Lady Flynn burst into tears.
That imposing and arrogant figure who had made accusations against earlier had disappeared after a shadow of a second.
The small, cute girl looked so pathetic as she looked at him with a sad expression on her face, her eyes full of tears.
People could tell just from his attitude towards Claire that the Crown Prince was usually calm and gentle.
The Crown Prince was kind to everyone, regardless of their status, and many won adored him. I thought I could keep quiet this ti, but with no Claire, the situation was the sa, only this ti the person had changed.
I felt a little tired, but I didn’t show any sign of it and stood still, when the Crown Prince asked .
“Roxana, your face is red, are you okay?”
He looked concerned as he alternated between the glass of wine in my hand and my face. He acted as if he couldn’t see Lady Flynn who was right in front of him. Seeing it, Lady Flynn’s expression hardened.
“Jeremy, I’m fine.”
I called his na in a gentle voice, not only Lady Flynn, but even the Crown Prince looked perplexed. He stared at with a blank face and imdiately held out his arm to . It was ant to escort .
“You’re not feeling well, so don’t overdo it. Let’s take a walk in the garden for a while until you’re sober. Just like before.”
The Crown Prince spoke softly with a smiling face. Lady Flynn seed to be invisible at this mont.
Lady Flynn who had been watching the scene, fled with painful look on her face.
She turned around to stare at , and before I knew it, heavy tears had fallen down her face. The sight of her reminded what I had heard had heard. That she also loved the Crown Prince for a long ti.
I heard that she was being considered as a candidate for the crown prince’s wife until the engagent between Roxana and the Crown Prince was confird…. Hasn’t she given up on him yet?
It was then that I finally understood the cause of her strong hostility.
“That’s unfortunate.”
I was a little worried about her hurt expression at first, but she was the one who caused the trouble first when I didn’t say anything. She deserved it.
I placed my hand on the Crown Prince’s arm and slowly made my way out of the banquet hall as he escorted .
The Crown Prince’s gait was neither slow nor fast. He seed to be concerned with the speed at which I was walking.
‘Is he being considerate of ?’
Looking sideways, the Crown Prince had a complex face. I admired his side face, which seed lost in thought. In terms of appearance alone, the Crown Prince was definitely close to my ideal type.
However, perhaps it was because of my worst first impression, or perhaps it was because of the way I saw him in Roxana’s mory, now I found the Crown Prince awkward and uncomfortable.
However, when I saw him just now taking by the shoulders and dealing with Lady Flynn, the unpleasant feelings I had felt while watching him were forgotten for a while.
he recent change in the attitude of the Crown Prince may have had a significant impact. It would be perfect if it could remain the sa in the future.
But can I believe that people change so easily?
The minute I stepped out of the banquet hall and reached the entrance to the garden, and there was no gazes from the people, I retreated my hand.
“I’ll take a break by myself and go back. Your Highness, if you are busy, you may go back first.”
“Good, I was just about to go get so cool air too. Let’s go together.
The Crown Prince replied plausibly.
“By the way, what was going on just now? It looked like you two were arguing.”
“It’s nothing.”
“What do you an nothing?”
The Crown Prince wrinkled his brow.
“There was a minor misunderstanding, so there was a small argunt.”
“The way I see it, Lady Flynn was unilaterally picking a fight with you.”
“Since I’ve beco a source of ridicule for all, this level of humiliation is to be expected. Before, they just talked behind my back, but now, they blatantly do it in front of , so I’m just tired.”
“…”
I said in a light tone, like I was joking.
The Crown Prince beca silent again, perhaps because what I said stimulated his guilt.
Eventually he said to with a dark look on his face.
“If it happens again, you can tell .”
“…… Yes, I will.”
As I walked around the garden for a bit, looking around, I saw a servant running this way.
The servant gave a light bow and whispered sothing in the Crown Prince’s ear. I couldn’t quite hear what exactly he was talking about, but by the look on the Crown Prince’s face, it seed that sothing not good had happened.
Gritting his teeth, the Crown Prince mumbled the na of the second Prince and quickly turned his head towards .
“Roxana, I’m sorry, but….”
“I’m fine, go ahead. It seed like sothing urgent has co up.”
“It’s cold, go back to the banquet hall first, I’ll be there soon.”
After the Crown Prince left, I was alone.
I was a little disappointed, but not particularly lonely.
In fact, I thought it went well.
I needed so ti alone to collect my thoughts, and I needed a quiet place to do that, rather than the crowded banquet hall.
A quiet garden was more suitable for that. Besides, the large garden with its colorful flowers was very beautiful unser the white moonlight.
As I quietly gazed at it, I almost forgot how much ti had passed. As I walked alone in this way, I found myself coming to a sowhat remote place. The gorgeous roses that had caught my attention was now out of sight.
Instead, the simple wild flowers blooming on the grass floor made feel comfortable. However, perhaps because it was remote place, no one was seen. It made feel a little chilly.
Feeling a little strange, I couldn’t imdiately turn around, so I stopped.
I felt a strange sense of déjà vu, even though this was my first ti here. As I stood there tracing my mory, I finally rembered.
I rembered that this was the exact spot where I had jumped. I raised my head and looked up at the space that slightly protruding from the wall of the building.
Through the closed windowpanes, I could see the dazzlingly bright lights inside the banquet hall leaking out.
I listened to the sound of a lilting musical lody pouring out from between the laughter of the people.
I felt a jolt of fear.
Even though I was not looking down from above, but up from below.
The distance from the ground to the terrace seed considerable.
In hindsight, I was lucky that I was not seriously injured after jumping from that height. At that mont, I heard soone’s voice.
“Did you see His Highness’ attitude just now? I heard His Highness was ashad and went to apologize to the Princess. When I first heard it, I thought it was outrageous, but now I see it’s not a hoax.
“Why the sudden change in attitude?”
“It seems that he is forced to listen to the Duke’s mood.”
While I was sentintalizing the past for a while, I could hear people’s voices from the upper terrace.
Realizing that they were talking about the Crown Prince, I leaned my head back reflexively and looked up. There stood three familiar n, whom I had t many tis in the banquet hall.
Seeing that they were conversing in a relaxed atmosphere, it seed that they were still unaware of my presence.
“Speaking of which, I don’t see Lady Dana today.”
“It seems that the Crown Prince is tired of her now. I think that’s why he abandoned her. Well, she lasted a year.”
“Well, we don’t know which one will be abandoned yet.”
The terrace was a private space, so it was extrely rude to open the door and co in where it already had a guest.
Besides, the glass doors were quite thick, so the soundproofing was good, and even if you had a secret conversation on the terrace, there was no way others could hear it over the lively music in the back. Was that why people carried on controversy conversations without being afraid. They never thought there would be anyone eavesdropping from below.
“What do you an?”
“Lady Dana has a low status, but she has a pretty face. In addition, she has a talent for attracting people.”
“Isn’t that why the Crown Prince fell for her?”
“You’re right. It’s certainly worth falling for.”
“I’m fine with either. So I would like His Highness to choose as soon as possible.”
I listened to their conversation and found that the request I made for the Hers was carried out successfully.
However, I felt more unpleasant than satisfied when I continued to listen to their low-grade dialogue.
“I seem to recall that you were very interested in Lady Dana. What are you going to do if she is really abandoned? Are you going to propose to her?”
“Are you crazy? I’m not going to marry a woman from such a humble family. Maybe a mistress?”
“That’s right.”
There was a loud laugh and the clinking of cups from above.
“The Princess looks beautiful today. She’s also from a good family, so it’s a bonus. I saw her at the last banquet, I thought their engagent wouldn’t last long. If she breaks off her engagent in disgrace, there should be no place that will accept her any more, so if I can get her, it will be good for both of us.”
They chatted for a while more and soon went inside as they felt the cold. I stayed in my seat and clenched my fist. My long fingernails pierced my palms painfully.
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*This story keeps talking about rumors and rumors, how many more chapters will the author stretch this out? I’m losing my interest to be honest.
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