episode_0061

“I want to tell you once again that you worked hard.”

“Your Majesty, then how about rewarding Lady Marie and her friends for their hard work?”

Queen Anne of Anjou XIV came to the side and spoke.

“What you say is 100% correct.”

King Anjou XIV nodded vigorously.

“If you offer to give me treasure…”

King Anjou XIV looked at us, his words trailing off.

Since we already had a lot of money, we weren’t particularly interested in treasure.

“I don’t think I’ll like it very much.”

“Then how about giving me the skin of that wild boar?”

“You mean the skin of that monster?”

“It is a tough leather that even deflects bullets. Don’t people who always do dangerous work need something to protect themselves?”

“Umm…”

I pondered for a long time whether King Anjou XIV had his eye on that leather as well.

“Your Majesty.”

“Why are you doing that?”

As Anne looked at him with clear eyes, King Anjou XIV took a slight step back.

“Your Majesty’s people. I don’t know why you’re hesitating.”

“Ha…”

Hearing Anne’s words, King Anjou XIV let out a long sigh.

“I will follow your will.”

Anne looked at me with a satisfied smile upon hearing XIV of Anjou’s words.

“I will make coats made from the skin of that monster wild boar and give them to you.”

“Thank you.”

We bowed our heads to King Anjou XIV.

“Hmm…!”

When Anne coughed loudly behind the XIV of Anjou, he bowed his head to her.

She then stepped back with a satisfied expression on her face.

“Long live His Majesty the King!”

Suddenly, Aramis raised his arms upward and shouted, “Hurrah!”

“Long live His Majesty the King!!!”

Then the other nobles also shouted hurray at the same time.

Due to the excessive loyalty of Aramis, which was always overflowing, an untimely shout of hurray rang out in the ruined hunting hall.

#

‘Why do I have to be here…’

I raised my head up and looked at the building in front of me.

Beyond the grand entrance, which looked like the entrance to a cathedral, the gorgeous academy buildings were visible.

“Ha…”

I sighed and looked at the letter the Princess of Flanders sent me.

‘Is this really what you’re calling me for…?’

I wondered if it was normal for people to call me because they didn’t have anyone to go to the Academy Festival with.

When I first received and read this letter from Armand, I could not hide my embarrassment.

‘What’s the problem…’

When you talk about a princess, isn’t it normal for everyone to try to talk to her?

I entered the academy scratching my head.

“Wait!”

When I went inside, the guards stopped me.

“I am on my way at the call of the Princess of Flanders, so please get out of the way.”

“You cannot enter while wearing a weapon.”

At his words, I took out the saber tied to my belt.

“Then where should I leave this?”

“We mainly take care of visitors’ weapons.”

“I understand.”

I handed over my saber to the guard.

“What is your name?”

“Marie de Rohan.”

gulp.

When the guard heard my name, he swallowed dry saliva.

“Take a look.”

When the guards greeted me, I nodded and went inside.

There were buildings erected here and there with beautiful exteriors that rivaled the majestic entrance to the huge academy.

There was a story that a palace that was used hundreds of years ago was renovated and turned into an academy, and that seemed to be true.

“Amazing…”

I looked around the academy and was constantly amazed.

I turned my head and looked at the students walking in the garden, and the clothes they were wearing were also quite flashy.

I headed to the garden where we were supposed to meet.

As I walked along the garden path, I felt the academy students glancing at me.

‘Ah… When are you coming?’

As I was here alone as an outsider and not a student at the Academy, my face felt itchy.

Should I say that I felt like I was alone in a foreign country? I felt like I had become a completely alien being.

I don’t know if it was a look of envy or a look of wariness, but I was a little embarrassed by the way they looked at me, so I stamped my feet slightly and waited for the Princess of Flanders.

I sighed to myself and walked back and forth from side to side, waiting for the Princess of Flanders, but time passed and she did not come.

“You definitely asked me to meet you in the garden…?”

I took out the watch I had placed between my cleavage and checked the time.

Even though 30 minutes had passed since she said she would come out, she did not come out.

‘It’s not like I can go find it myself… and I can’t just grab someone by the collar and ask…’

I sighed and sat down on a nearby bench.

“Why do I have to come here…”

It was so awkward that I felt like I was going crazy.

As I was holding my watch and waiting to see when the Princess of Flanders would arrive, someone approached me.

“Excuse me.”

I slowly turned my head towards where the voice was coming from.

A man with a slightly rough accent spoke to me.

“Can you tell me your name?”

I glanced at him, then ignored him and just looked at the clock.

[As expected, I didn’t think it would be easy to put it together.]

He muttered in Britoum and slid down to sit next to me.

“My name is James. He is the eldest son of the Mainer family of Britum.”

I let out a sigh as James suddenly introduced himself.

‘The people who say they’ll come don’t come, and only the not-so-good guys get caught…’

I thought about punching James, who was talking loudly next to me, but I decided to hold on and move.

[James!]

From afar, a woman ran towards James.

[Oh… Liz…]

When James saw her, he frowned as if he was annoyed.

[Are you falling in love with a woman again and flirting with her?]

“What…?”

I was dumbfounded to see him suddenly pointing at me with a pointer and questioning James.

“Liz, this is Elance. Don’t be rude while speaking in Britoum.”

Liz gritted her teeth at James’ words.

“I understand.”

“I clearly told you to wait at home, but why did you follow me?”

“James, it’s my job as your bedroom friend to make sure you don’t indulge in women and lead a debauched life.”

‘Bedroom friend…?’

I was quietly listening to the two’s sexual drama next to me, and when I heard the word “bedroom friend,” I automatically burst into laughter.

‘I don’t know what it is, but it seems like parents are bringing women to stay with their children to prevent them from going crazy with women.’

Looking at it, it seemed like Liz was faithfully performing her role.

“Liz, you look beautiful and noble just by looking at her. Why did I come to Paris?”

“Making friends and interacting with young nobles from prominent families in Elance?”

“Yes, that’s it. That’s what I’m trying to do, but you always do it because you’re mistaken.”

“Then, how would you explain the prostitute who came to you last time to ask for money?”

[hey…! hey…! How can I say that in Elance!]

James, taken aback by Liz’s words, looked at me in a panic.

“Why? Didn’t I tell you to speak in Elance earlier?”

[it’s okay!]

James shouted at Liz and left.

I reacted indifferently and waited to see when the Princess of Flanders would arrive.

“Hey.”

“Why are you calling me?”

“If you’re thinking of doing something stupid to James, don’t even dream about it.”

“I really…”

I was dumbfounded by Liz’s words, so I sighed and laughed.

“Hey, ignore me now…”

I ignored Liz and approached the Princess of Flanders who was walking from afar.

“Princess.”

“Ugh… Lady Rohan…”

She looked up at me with a tired expression.

“What’s going on?”

“Assignment… The assignment is…!”

“Yes?”

“There are too many assignments…!”

‘Is it because the classes were difficult that you couldn’t make friends?’

“Where is Romel?”

“Rommel is out for a moment…”

“No, so you came alone?”

“I feel like I’m going to die of discomfort when all eyes gather…”

The Princess of Flanders’ condition seemed strange.

“First, let’s go to where the princess is staying.”

The Princess of Flanders nodded at my words.

“Do you live in a dormitory?”

“Everyone stays in the dormitory.”

“Hey… Hey!”

As the Princess of Flanders and I headed toward the dormitory, Liza and I were called from behind.

“I’m not interested in Youngsik, whose name is James, so you can go back too.”

Liz nodded slowly at my words and left.

#

“Wow…”

When I entered the room where the Princess of Flanders lived, I saw mountains of paper piled up everywhere.

“What is this…?”

“The professor… said this was an assignment.”

“Oh my god…”

I gaped and looked at the enormous amount of assignments.

“But I did everything so it’s okay during the festival…”

As she spoke in vain, her golden eyes were lifeless.

‘Academy… It’s a scary place…’

I broke into a cold sweat at the intense amount of studying the academy students had to do.

“Oh, now that I think about it, I came here after seeing the letter…”

“That’s right…”

“The princess has no friends…”

The Princess of Flanders lowered her head at my words.

“Even though you didn’t try to make friends, didn’t you naturally become attracted to the princess?”

“That… that…”

The Princess of Flanders hesitated and was reluctant to answer.

“So… I get a little anxious when there are a lot of people.”

“Do you get anxious when there are a lot of people?”

“Plus, I got stressed because I thought about going to the classroom and having to deal with other people…”

She spoke softly with a sullen expression on her face.

“So that means you haven’t made any friends.”

“No… It’s not like I don’t have any friends at all.”

“Then shouldn’t you at least meet that friend?”

“That friend is busy again, so I feel sorry for meeting him.”

‘Why on earth should I come here and take care of the princess…’

I sighed softly at her answer.

“What happens to life at the academy because of the stress? What about classes?”

“It will be okay if you relieve some stress and go out.”

“That’s a good thing. How did you solve it?”

At my words, the Princess of Flanders put her middle and ring fingers together and pointed a strange finger pointing somewhere.

This princess… what kind of life has she been living in Flanders?