Just seeing his face made feel full.
Just the fact that the two MCs were in the sa area made feel relieved.
This must be why people don't like MCs in movies and novels splitting up. This is why the extras say things like, I knew you would co! Whenever the main characters show up.
I snickered toward crown prince Cdric sitting on the other side of the table.
He put his coffee cup down and looked toward Vice Captain lisabeth next to him.
Has the Marquis been drinking?
Of course not Hes just happy that his friend is here.
She had been shocked at her close friend's sudden visit, but had quickly cald down after speaking to David for a bit.
According to David, the Imperial Crown Prince had finished his duties and co down here to cool his head.
I felt an unexplainable sense of pride as I sipped on the sunflower tea.
Christelle is definitely a charming MC you want to see as much as possible. Even Eunseo bought all of the Christelle rch that ca out.
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The musicians that Chantal called played a magnificent serenade this ti.
I opened up my notebook and inspected the things I needed to do as the sun started to set in the salon.
Having the main characters in one place got fired up.
Srnit schedule:
Greet the people of the Lord's Castle
Take care of all sorts of docunts
Territory inspection (Chantal is setting schedule)
Holy stones stability testing (Continuously failing)
Haas rchant guild feast participation
Visit the Haas Auction house!
I had no reason to go to the auction house alone, but it was different now.
Now that a man appeared to shake Christelle and the crown prince has shown up in Srnit, I could not avoid the auction event anymore.
It was the largest and most representative event by the Haas rchant guild, so the Duke's family would obviously attend as well.
That ans that I only had one mission. Co up with a decent excuse to take the crown prince there as well.
Good.
Cruuu.
Squeeeee.
Rhea and Perry reacted to my solemn mumbling.
The two of them, who ca on the crown prince's carriage, were more arrogant than usual as they demanded affection.
I chuckled and patted the two divine beasts on my knees.
Demy was fast asleep while wrapped around the young Countesss shoulder like a piece of laundry and Percy was in the Imperial Prince's hair, chirping loudly every so often.
Second eting with Joanne de Haas.
I stared at the new topic that was added to the end of the list.
Christelle would return before dinner.
I was certain of it because the Duke and his wife urgently sent a ssenger to the city after seeing the crown prince arrive.
That ant that I needed to et with Joanne before then to gather information on Emille and the rchant guild.
Benjamin and Ganael, who were seated on either side of , filled my teacup and gave a pile of ringue cookies as I nodded my head.
I was filled with energy.
I will continue to do my best to film .
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Christelle de Sarnez, no, Ham Ga-in, had never been in sales.
However, she did work part ti in a caf near the train station for all four years of college.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that she saw all sorts of people at that place.
She basically saw the full spectrum of the rainbow in terms of personalities.
She then worked seven or eight years after that in a company, so she was confident that she had experienced pretty much all kinds of crazy bastards that were out there.
However, it was her first ti seeing soone like this. In so ways, it was a fresh experience.
Oh my, to start studying business at the age of nine, you are amazing.
I had no choice because my sister rejected being an heir at that ti. In so ways, my sister is the amazing one. She had chosen her own path when she was barely ten years old.
Emille de Haas smiled as he responded.
Most people would be blanking out at his handso face, but Christelle had no reaction to it.
In her opinion, Prince Jesses smile had much more impact, and, looking only at handsoness, the crown prince had the rchant guild leader overwhelmingly beaten.
She didn't want to admit that latter part, but it was the truth.
Seeing those two n so often made regular handso people seem average to her.
Furthermore, while Emille was young and a smooth talker, it seed increasingly obvious that sothing had been missing as he grew up.
It must have been hard for you to have friends. You must have been very busy.
Christelle warmly comnted as they walked down the path in the rchant guild's rear garden.
This place was pretty as well, but she very much preferred being with her close friends in the garden of Juliette Palace.
Now that she thought about it, she had yet to visit the Imperial Palaces greenhouse with Prince Jesse.
Books were my friends. They taught so much about the world.
That ant that he had no friends. The corners of Christelle's eyes curled up.
Have you read a lot of novels as well? I'm extrely addicted to these days.
Yes maam, novels played a big role in expanding my imagination. Thanks to them, I dreamt of the world beyond the ocean and developed a curiosity for comrce
Hey, dont overdo it. Why are you acting like a twenty year old at their first job interview?
She could only grumble internally.
Emille was indeed in his twenties, and a young twenty three year old at that, but Christelle was annoyed by him.
Did he end up like this because he was so busy studying when he was younger that he only learned about relationships through books?
Is it that his brain is great at selling things but not at getting to people's hearts?
Nonsense. Not all studious people grew up to wrongfully accuse others.
Especially doing it behind said person's back like a lowly fox.
She had no idea how many romance novels he read while growing up, but Christelle had no reason to just go along with whatever Emille said.
She didn't want to do that either. She was not Prince Jesse.
But I dont think there are many novels talking about the stories of commoners. Most are about romance between nobles or politics. The you just ntioned is an adventure story about a wealthy family as well.
That was why she scoped him out with a gentle tone.
It was because she rembered what Vice Captain lisabeth told her before she left the Srnit Lords Castle.
I do not know if this is accurate, but Based on our interrogation of Joanne de Haas, the Haas rchant guild leader has a goal of increasing his status. I just thought you should know.
Based on what Christelle knew, a commoner in the Empire basically had two ways to get an increase in status.
First was to make so revolutionary achievent in any specialty to receive a title.
Maybe that was easy during warti, but it was extrely rare for sothing like that to happen in a peaceful ti like right now.
There was no guarantee that you would be bestowed a title and there was also a chance of an evil noble stealing the credit for a commoner's achievent.
That left just one way to make it happen.
Marriage to a noble.
That is true. That is sothing I have always been disappointed about. I'm glad that we agree.
Emille responded in a sad voice.
Aigoo, it is that.
Christelle clicked her tongue quietly.
Thats right. It is not right for an extraordinary commoner to be rejected for their abilities or not considered for an important task due to their status.
She made a glib comnt before observing Emilles expression.
She also didnt forget to open her eyes wide and slightly tilt her head to the side so that she looked as lovely and harmless as possible.
Emille looked down at her with his lemon-colored eyes shaking, as if he heard sothing unbelievable.
She could see the reaction of a person who had seen his chance.
Do you truly believe that, Da Christelle? No Is it okay for to call an esteed individual as yourself by your na?
Of course. I'm happy because your voice is so wonderful.
Christelle shyly comnted. Prince Jesse was right.
The crown prince's voice was much better than this kind of bastards voice.
That guy had a tendency to be excessive in everything, including his physique.
Thank you very much. Please freely address by my na as well.
I will, Emille.
The rchant guild leader smiled brightly as Christelle easily agreed.
Christelle smiled back and finished her calculations.
She was certain that this bastard was greedy for status and choosing the route of marriage because that was easy.
The way he was flirting with her made it clear that the Dukes House of Sarnez was his target.
Its great to have big dreams but not impossible ones What bullshit.
Oh my!
Ah, whatever!
Christelle purposely pretended to trip on a rock.
She needed to confirm things first.
Da Christelle!
Emille quickly held her by the waist. They instantly ended up in a romantic pose!
Y, young lady! My goodness.
The attendants of the Dukes household, who were following about ten steps behind them, covered their eyes and turned around.
Christelle placed a hand on Emille's chest and slowly raised her head.
The way his light brown cheeks were flushed red made it certain that he was looking at her in that manner.
Christelle acted like a weak little girl and covered her mouth.
No matter how much soone like you acts like a fox
Thank you very much. The Marquis-nim has never helped like this
That makes no sense. How can you not extend a helping hand toward soone as beautiful as you?
You dumbass, do you really think that a Holy Knight would fall like this?
There was, however, a ti when she caught the Prince when he was about to fall though.
That sir Is the type to extend his hand for another reason.
Christelle whispered to Emille in a pitiful voice.
She was talking about how he was struck by the Prince. Emille's face quickly stiffened.
As I expected. The terrible rumors were true. I heard that the Marquis has you, Da Christelle, in one hand and his Royal Highness in the other and is toying with both of you.
Its true.
Who the hell is going around spewing such bullshit?
Christelle seriously thought about the faces of those Bishop bastards she saw during the Annual Prayer eting.
She was basically certain it was those bastards who talked crap about the Prince at the eting.
If they can't say it to his face, they should keep their mouths shut.
My goodness. Da Christelle, I truly
Emille was just about to wipe Christelle's cheek with his large palm.
She had managed to tear up by holding back two yawns.
It was at that mont.
Young miss! The Duke requests you to return imdiately, oh!
She heard the voice of a servant from the House of the Duke in the distance.
Christelle quickly moved away from Emille as if she was caught in an embarrassing mont.
The ssenger, who was escorted by a staff of the rchant guild to co find her, beca flushed as he lowered his head.
He then said the thing he needed to say extrely quickly, almost as if the words were water pouring down a waterfall.
Y, young lady Christelle His Royal Highness has arrived at the Lords Castle. Your parents request you return to greet him.
ck.
Christelle barely managed to keep the first part of that swear word silent.
She was dealing with a weasel pretending to be a fox and a true fire fox showed up.
She scowled and looked up at Emille. He probably thought she looked extrely sad.
My feet hurt and it looks like I will have to make my leave now. My father hates it when I am late.
Please wait a mont, Da Christelle!
Emille grabbed her by the wrist.
Look at this jackass.
She let her long hair flutter as she dramatically turned toward him.
When will we be able to et again? Please tell that we will be able to et again.
I'm not very sure. I do have the invitation to the auction you sent, but my parents do not like to bid on things they are not sure about. They probably will not attend. Although they did seem to have sothing they wanted
Christelle trailed off as if she was sorry.
I cant make you any promises. Goodbye now.
She let her eyelashes flutter as she walked away.
Emille weakly let go of her arm.
Once she was turned around, there was a sparkle in Christelles eyes as she wiped her wrist on her clothes.
The net has been cast properly. All that was left was for him to get caught in it.
It was now ti for her to return to the rabbit-like Prince and her friends.
*
It is okay to rest in a room Are you not tired, your Royal Highness?
I looked up at the crown prince, who was walking next to , and asked.
It would be fine for him to get so rest after coming such a far way, so I didnt understand why he wanted to co with to the underground prison.
His eyebrow twitched once while looking down at and he didn't say anything.
There is no way he took move together literally, is there?
It seed as if he just wanted to see the inside of the castle. Housewarming parties were fun after all.
Claaaaang!
I flinched again. It was because Vice Captain lisabeth kicked the bars of Joannes cell again.
The shocked red panda trio grumbled in my arms.
I patted their backs on behalf of the young Countess and apologized.
Get up. Joanne de Haas. His Royal Highness and the Marquis wish to speak to you.
Ah, tell these things in advance I'm tired after staying up all night doing art.
Joanne pulled up the cloth covering her eyes and grumbled.
She seed to be using the scarf on her head as an eye mask.
I tilted my head and stood in front of her after hearing so unexpected words.
Doing art?
Gasp!
"Wow
Ganael and I both dropped our jaws at the sa ti.
There was a large portrait drawn on one side of her cell.
The face of the young boy she drew with white chalk was so delicate that it looked alive.
I looked back and forth at the wall and at Ganael. They looked exactly the sa.
She was extrely talented. Ganaels cheeks flushed red from shock and embarrassnt.
Ah, umm. Why
Clang!
Vice Captain lisabeth imdiately pulled out her rapier.
Her grey eyes looked extrely cold. I gulped.
The March is beyond anything I expected.
The crown prince calmly comnted.
Dont pour oil on the fla!
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