episode_0137

Cherry blossoms in full bloom attract people’s attention.

If there are people flocking to the place, it will naturally become a place for conversation.

For that reason, nobles also gathered together and talked about various things.

Therefore, a group of nobles gather here as well.

It was likely that the story would be no different from any other group.

What came out of their mouths was a voice of dissatisfaction that wouldn’t be surprising if stale phlegm came out.

“What does that mean now? The tea party leader’s fault lies with me!”

Hemnon got up from the table with an expression of disapproval.

Then one of the ladies who fanned the fan answered indifferently.

“That’s actually true, right? Because you sprinkled ashes on the table prepared by Lady Pitea.”

“Nonsense! I pushed Carcein as hard as I could! It wasn’t the ladies who couldn’t hold the mood and threw me out!”

“Wasn’t it all thanks to you that the atmosphere became cloudy? By lowering the dignity of the nobility to that of the common people!”

“Ah, no… That’s because they deliberately used their own hands to build a carriage in that bastard’s territory…!”

“Even there, we talked about the Eastern Noble Council. Isn’t it your fault for not even being able to manage the drivers that you poured cold water on them again?”

“Well, even if that’s the case…!”

widely.

As Hemnon tried to make an excuse, a young lady folded her fan and cut him off.

“You have to accept what you have to accept. Hemnon Yeongsik. In the end, it was your biggest fault, but you’re not going to admit it?”

“Hey, Lady Heli!”

“Thanks to you, we are almost stranded. Lady Claire is so angry that we are also suffering!”

“That’s right!”

“Besides, didn’t you say you were confident? Ruthmeier says don’t worry, it will fail soon!

As the ladies unanimously agreed, Hemnon began to feel increasingly cornered.

Even if I wanted to make an excuse, I couldn’t.

They are the ones who helped Hemnon become Prime Minister through corruption at the Eastern Noble Council.

In other words, they were people who knew the entirety of this secret.

“So what are you telling me to do?”

Hemnon asks, breaking out in a cold sweat.

“Huh, are you asking us that now?”

“There is no way to undo what has already happened. As Lady Claire found out, the opponent is the Vagrand Duke and I can’t do anything on my own!”

“Do something! You don’t have to take responsibility for your mistakes and fix them!”

“How can Lady Heli be so unreasonable! I won’t die alone because I’m too stubborn!”

“What, what?”

“It’s not just me, you all have something to hide too, right? The plan to feed Kelvia fruits was not only with Viscount Gelgeten but also with you. Also, isn’t it your fault that Lady Claire caught you!”

Both sides raise their voices as if they are going to eat each other like water ghosts.

This place had already been divided into Hemnon’s faction and Heli’s faction.

Right then.

The door creaked open.

What kind of idiot would dare set foot in this place without permission?

Naturally, the gaze of the nobles turned to the visitor who entered without knocking.

I really can’t get out of here!

Either way, those words would have come out.

However, neither of them included a congratulatory message.

“Everyone looks happy. Why don’t you join me too?”

The reactions towards the man who walked calmly were completely mixed.

“Hey, who is that person?”

“This is my first time seeing you…”

“Who was invited? First of all, he’s cute…”

“I don’t know anything else, but I’m tall…?”

Some women are blushing or rolling their eyes excitedly while looking at the man.

The same goes for Heli, who looks at an unknown man and asks who he is.

Judging from his attire, he must be a nobleman, but I have no idea who he is.

And another reaction.

“Huh, are you all crazy?”

“Have you ladies forgotten who that person is?”

“Come to your senses!”

The response was that they did not understand why they did not know that person.

“That man is Karssein!”

“What, what?!”

Only then do the ladies, who had blushed at Hemnon’s words, and the children whose lips were sticking out, come to their senses.

It’s a lot different than before, but it’s still vaguely visible.

Black hair with just a hint of blue.

As time goes by, the eyes turn gray as if they are fading, showing a clear difference from the duke’s wall-shaped eyes.

The person who stood there was no one else but Karssein.

‘Why is he…!’

‘Are you here now?’

No one knows why.

No one here knows.

However, isn’t this an opportunity?

Even if you look around Amman, there is not a single person who came with you.

Karssein is alone. On the other hand, there are several nobles here.

Hemnon lowered his voice to tell Heli that right now was not the time to fight among ourselves.

“…”

But, for some reason, Heli’s eyes are not leaving Karssein.

To the nobles, they are giving a bruise to someone who is a common enemy!

‘Look, look!’

After pressing his shoulder, Helly only then let out a confused voice, saying “ah?”.

‘Right now is not the time to fight among ourselves. ‘Do you understand what I mean?’

‘…’

‘The cause is actually that guy. Whether it’s porridge or rice, let’s start by roasting and boiling it. ‘You know what I mean, right?’

Public opinion can be manipulated from here.

Because this is the den of nobles.

Hemnon starts the engine to use his hands first.

“What’s going on with you? I know you don’t like going out.”

“Ah. I came here to create a new family portrait at the Duke’s residence.”

“Aha. For a portrait? I guess so! Because the weather is nice.”

Hemnon, with a wicked smile in his eyes, glanced at Carcein’s clothes.

Family portrait.

That means there shouldn’t be any problems with those clothes.

Lady Han, noticing this, ordered the maid to bring down the new car.

And soon.

“Oh my.”

Clink! With the sound, the tea dyed Karssein’s clothes.

Dark stains with a fragrant tea scent stuck to the clothes.

It ended up being an unsuitable situation for painting portraits.

“So, I accidentally spilled the teacup? I’m sorry.”

Hemnon, who led the action, appears to be acting disgustingly.

It was an apology that was by no means sincere. So much so that even Carcein easily noticed this.

And a box right next to it.

That caught my eye too.

Isn’t this a perfect target?

No doubt I bought it to get my family’s attention.

Hemnon quietly lowered the box with his elbow with a wry smile on his face.

and.

-Whoosh!

He mercilessly stepped on what was inside and crushed it openly as if to show off.

“Ouch! I made another mistake. I’m really sorry.”

Of course, it was intentional and there were no mistakes.

Nevertheless, Hemnon grins.

This is the den of nobles.

It is a place that Karssein, a low-class citizen, cannot escape no matter how hard he struggles.

Even if he escapes and reports this, Karssein has no allies. Everyone here knows that Karssein, who is only the adopted son of a duke, is ostracized by his two sisters and younger sister.

So he shamelessly did this.

In any case, the power of the dukedom will not extend to them.

‘Hmm. Doesn’t he start running wild right away?’

It would be better to get framed by going on a rampage like before.

If it’s lacking, you’ll need to scrape it some more.

Hemnon began to think in his head about how he could win him over.

“Foot.”

at that time.

Karssein chuckled.

“Huh?”

“It’s a mistake. okay. That’s possible.”

And then he picked up the teapot.

He began pouring the remaining tea onto the top of Hemnon’s head.

-Sigh.

“Apoof…! Hehe! Wow! Hehehe!!!”

A distraught Hemnon stood up and struggled.

A squealing sound came from Hemnon’s mouth, like a pig being boiled in hot water.

“Oh, such a shameful thing!”

“Do you mean to do something like that without any dignity?”

The nobles pointed out his unexpected behavior, but Karssein chuckled and gave a short answer.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Because it was a mistake.”

“What, what?!”

“What a mistake. You clearly did something very intentional!”

“Oops. It’s too much. My actions were very intentional, and Hemnon’s actions were okay!”

“That’s it!”

Hemnon shouted.

After pouring cold water on his head to sufficiently cool his smoking head, his eyes were bloodshot and bloodshot.

“Ha, ha…! You…! OK. It’s going to come out like this!”

Hemnon, who was very excited, bit his teeth.

The nobles who noticed this also began to step forward one by one.

“It should have been set appropriately. On the topic of low-income people.”

“Does this look like your yard because you let it run wild?”

“Let’s take this opportunity to take good care of ourselves!”

The intention was to unilaterally bite a fearless dog that had entered the tiger’s den.

With that confidence.

Hemnon shouts.

“Make me regret coming here!!”

The nobles attack Karssein all at once.

The young ladies are full of ideas to exaggerate this.

however.

“Teuheook?!”

“Wow!”

“Ugh!”

The men began to be crushed by Karssein’s unexpected power.

The smiling women’s complexions became increasingly dull as they watched the men leaving one by one.

Carcein didn’t just change his appearance.

***

Today, for some reason, I feel like things keep going wrong.

Isn’t the atmosphere soured by fighting with my sister before we even leave?

When I tried to have a conversation alone in the carriage, he suddenly got on his horse and ran away first.

When I arrived in the eastern part, I tried to speak up, but the work was postponed again, and as if that wasn’t enough, due to the 4-person limit, I ended up having to leave Karssein alone.

It was a frustrating situation in many ways.

But there was something else that really frustrated Claire.

I can always make time for the conversation with Karssein later, but maybe it started today. No, to be exact, it was when I made plans to go see cherry blossoms during my break.

From then on, I started to feel uneasy, as if I was missing something.

‘…What the hell is it? ‘What did I miss?’

The problem is that it seems difficult to grasp what it is.

That kept turning Claire’s stomach.

“Claire. Claire!”

“Huh? Uh, sister?”

“Why are you like this? Aren’t you concentrating?”

Claire only came to her senses after her older sister shook her shoulder.

‘omg!’

Oops, I was having an audience with His Highness the 2nd Prince!

“Hahaha. Lady Claire seems to have a lot on her mind today.”

“Sorry, sorry. Such rudeness…”

“I’m not saying anything. Because if it were me, I would have done the same.”

“Charge.”

“Ah, why even Lady Arina? Let’s be honest. I came here with my family on a nice day like this, but if I was having a boring audience with the royal family, wouldn’t it be easy to think of something else?”

The 2nd prince laughed it off as if it wasn’t strange that he had a lot of other thoughts.

“But… it’s a bit disappointing. Because of this guy’s stubborn handling of personnel. Tsk.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“I’m saying that because it’s a shame that they can only invite up to four people. Prince Karssein is alone, so you can’t give him a gift. I heard ministers are really hard too?”

uh?

Claire’s shoulders flinched for a moment.

“Charge. What did you just say…?”

“Huh? The ministers said it was hard?”

“Oh, no. Before that…”

“Aha. It’s been a while since I wanted to give Prince Karssein a gift. It’s been a while since I met Confucius. How many years must have passed?”

“…”

To Karssein, who is far away… A gift?

Slowly, my mouth began to gape.

Soon, Claire began to feel the seriousness of the situation.

Why on earth had I not noticed this sense of discomfort?

Nothing is different from then.

“…His Highness the Second Prince. I’m sorry, but can I go out first?”

“Claire? What’s wrong with you today?”

“Is something wrong?”

“I don’t mind. Rather… Looking at your expression, I think you’ve remembered something important, so let’s go.”

“Sorry. And thank you. Your Majesty.”

Claire bowed her head and left the throne room.

After the prince’s gaze disappeared, he began to run hurriedly.

Why didn’t I notice this?

Clearly, situations similar to the present unfolded in the past.

‘no way. I’m sure Karsein won’t get hurt like he did back then… right?’

Karssein returned in complete disrepair and held out a cherry blossom hairpin.

When she thought of that image, Claire’s steps began to become more hurried.