The Abandoned Empress Chapter 123

Chapter 123: Chapter 123

I looked at him for a mont and stroked the spear-shaped badge on my collar once. Suddenly, I smiled in spite of myself. This was my first achievent since I decided to learn fencing.

When I recalled my father’s praise, I couldn’t stop smiling.

After he was done giving the awards, he said, “Let give one month’s salary as a special bonus to all the knights who went through such hard training.”

“Wow!”

“Hooray to the Crown Prince!”

The crown prince continued, “Besides that, let treat you to alcohol and at. Have a great ti today. That’s all.”

After he finished speaking, he looked back at quickly and went down the platform. It seed that my eyes t his deep blue eyes, but as he turned quickly, I was not sure.

When I was looking at his blue hair imrsed in the sunset, a familiar knight ca and greeted .

“Congratulations, Sir Monique.”

“Thank you, Sir Dillon.”

“I heard that you used a hook ladder at the crossroads of Lotus Palace to snipe them, right? There were more than a few squads defeated there. How did you think of that strategy? ”

“Oh, just… ”

I smiled awkwardly, feeling a bit embarrassed.

He smiled, “Did you know? There are more than a few guys looking at you now.”

“Pardon? Why? ”

“Well, I guess they felt sothing. Tut, tut. That’s why I told you that repeatedly…”

I looked around slowly. Like Sir Dillon said, several knights were squinting at .

When my eyes t theirs, they quickly turned their eyes from , which made burst into laughter. Rather than showing a scornful or disrespectful attitude, they seed embarrassed or awkward about what they had done.

‘Are they recognizing a bit now?’

My squad mbers, Sir Giss, my father, and the mbers of the 1st Knights: though their way of reacting differed in degree, I smiled brightly, thinking of their changed attitude.

Today was a very rewarding day for .

Haze rose everywhere under the scorching sun, and the steaming heat made sweat profusely even when I stood still. The pure white roof was dazzlingly lit by the pouring sunlight, and my black jacket ward by heat was so hot that my fingertips would be burnt at the slightest touch.

Breathing in the hot air, I headed for the 2nd Knights building because I received a ssage from my father that as he ca to the palace for urgent matters, he wanted to go back ho with when I was done for the day.

‘By the way, he is off today. Why did he go to the palace?’

As I entered the training field, I saw several knights sitting in small groups under the shade, wiping their sweat with a towel and drinking water.

“Oh, aren’t you Sir Monique who defeated us terribly?”

“Oh, you must be Sir Monique. Please stop by more often. ”

“By the way, how long are you going to stay with the 1st Knights’ Division?”

“Please return to the 2nd Knights before the next training session. You know we were given severe discipline for our defeat that day. My body still aches all over.”

I gently smiled at them as they babbled about their defeat at the recent mock drills.

I heard that unlike the 1st Knights, there were many people here at the 2nd Knights who had good feelings toward from the beginning, but certainly their favorable reaction was more palpable after the drills were over.

“It’s been a long ti. How are you, everyone? It ‘s very hot today. ”

“You bet. I think it will be very hot this year. ”

“Yes, many people have already started complaining about it.”

“By the way, what business has brought you here? Are you here to see the captain?”

I nodded at his question, and said, “Ah yes. I thought he was here around this ti, but I don’t see him.”

“As I understand, he went to see the emperor. As he went there long ago, he should be back here soon. Oh, he is coming here now.”

Looking back, I saw a silver-haired knight walking toward from a distance.

“Oh, you’re here, Tia.”

“Yes, Daddy.”

“Oh, it looks like you had a hard ti working early in the morning. Why didn’t you wait in my office because it’s so hot outside?”

“Well, I thought you were here around this ti, so I ca here. Did your eting with the emperor go well?”

“Oh, yes.”

When I looked up with a smile, my father slightly smiled and lightly stroked my hair.

After saying goodbye to the knights who felt sorry I had to leave, I left the training field with my father as he insisted we should go back ho.

Was it because I was on my back ho with my father after a long day?

I felt I was walking on air, and I kept babbling about what happened today while walking toward the wagon center. Then, I climbed the wagon after appreciating the horseman’s greetings.

The wagon suddenly stopped when I was chatting with him with gentle vibrations. We still had to drive a little more to reach our house. When I looked out the window curiously, I saw the comrcial district, located in the center of the capital.

‘Aren’t we going back ho?’

When I tilted my head a bit, he said with a faint smile, “Well, I felt a bit sorry because I couldn’t spend much ti together with you these days. So, today I’m going to spend ti with you. What do you think?”

“Really?” I smiled brightly. Right after I returned from the past, he was very blunt and clumsy in expressing his emotions, but he has changed enough to suddenly ask for a date.

Of course, he was not still good at expressing his feelings, but his occasional expression of affection like this made very happy.

My father, who got out of the carriage first, reached out to . I grabbed his big hand and carefully got out of the wagon. Although I was already excited when I left the palace, I was even more thrilled when I thought of going on a date with my father. Carried away with excitent, I dared to do sothing that I would not have done normally. I wrapped my arm around his waist.

“Hmm… hmm.”

I laughed uncontrollably because my father didn’t resist, though he cleared his throat.

When I saw the silver-blue tassels on the sword on his waist, I kept smiling.

It was the gift I gave him when he left the capital for relief work due to a bad harvest year.

“Where shall we go first, Dad?”

“Well, do you have anything you want? ”

I visited shops here and there with my father who looked elsewhere as if he felt awkward.

Then I stopped walking in front of Mrs. Rosa’s shop, whose items were very popular among the ladies these days.

‘To the best of my mory, I think they sell n’s clothes.’

Yes, this is it!

“Daddy, why don’t we stop by this shop for a minute?”

“Well, you an this shop?”

My father, who paused for a mont, unexpectedly nodded.

“Co on in, Lady Monique. If you have silver hair … ”

Mrs. Rosa, who ca out hurriedly, slurred. There are only two in the empire who have silver hair, naly my father and I. So, she must know who my father was because she heard lots of things about him from the noble won who frequented her shop, but she seed to think my father’s visit strange because he rarely attended social circles.

But she seed embarrassed only for a mont, and she quickly bowed to my father and said,

“It’s an honor to et you, Marquis Monique.”

Mrs. Rosa was a sensual beauty in her early thirties. Although she was a commoner, she was renowned as the best dressmaker in the capital. Known for her sensual designs, her dresses were loved by many noble won. For that reason, noble n who wanted to look a little stylish and dandy seed to co here for their suits.

“I want to order custom clothes for my father. A couple of formal dresses and as many casual clothes as possible. Can you?”

“Of course. Please co inside, Marquis and Lady Monique.”

When I went in, led by Mrs. Rosa, my father looked back at with a perplexed expression and said, “Why do I need formal clothes all of a sudden? I thought you were here to order your own dress, honey.”

“You only wear uniforms. I would like to see you dressed up with different clothes. ”

“… ”

“Please, Dad.”

“…Okay.”