episode_0265

After leaving the party, the time spent alone was truly sweet.

No need to worry about anyone’s birthday.

There’s no need to worry about what your family thinks.

You’re probably going to gossip about me, but I don’t hear anything like that.

This time of watching the moon rise alone in a quiet place was truly sweet.

You can let your brain work freely while being entrusted to the night breeze and feeling the cold air.

“Inferiority complex.”

It was truly ridiculous.

It’s none other than Karsine.

He is a Karsain who was picked up outside and has no orthodoxy, no bloodline, or anything.

In a society of nobles, Karsain is still labeled as a commoner and is pointed at as vulgar.

Even in the duke’s house, Karsain was not treated like a master and was only treated badly by the maids.

To the person who has nothing.

It was said that he had an inferiority complex.

That appearance overlapped exactly with the first situation.

“Why didn’t I notice it? I’ve already experienced that in real life.”

The eldest son, who had helped his mother with company affairs at an early age, would have been a strong candidate to inherit the company.

I’ve been helping out at the company since I was young.

It was met with rave reviews and praise from those around it.

Moreover, the situation is not much different, as he had already secured a full-time position while taking charge of the project on his own.

I felt that a child I picked up from somewhere was threatening my position.

So I won’t react as complacently as I did then.

“I’ve had the same experience twice, so why should I let you hold me back again?”

Finally, in this episode, no, even in Chapter 3, which was difficult to clear, there is no longer a clear direction to go with the choices.

Thanks to you first and foremost.

-Ouch.

I took out my notebook.

I’m going to draw two lines through all the plans I had previously written and withdraw them.

What I’m going to do from now on is very simple.

Reputation is all about lowering reputation.

You just have to be a loser so that things like the qualities of a successor never come to mind.

If you make it so that Arina doesn’t feel any sense of crisis or inferiority, then all threats will disappear.

Of course, your Noblesse Points will be deducted and the progress of Another Plan will be slow, but at least you won’t reach the Dead Flag.

If you keep bringing up incidents like that, you can just disappear without a sound.

[ July 1 ]

Suddenly, I saw the date in the notebook and I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“The date is also fantastic.”

July 1st.

It’s Arina’s birthday, and also her first birthday.

I really liked it from the start date.

Starting with Arina’s birthday.

Starting from the first birthday.

Let’s put all these plans into action before the year ends.

-Wow.

“…”

The Jewel of Oath in the inner pocket begins to glow.

The fact that it shines like this means that the power of the jewel imposes one limitation on me.

Normally, the power of the jewel doesn’t manifest very often. I tend to keep my promise to Harnie without forgetting it.

But, I am not like that now.

The current time is the time when the night passes and dawn rushes on. By holding on to the documents here, I have broken my promise to sleep as much as I had previously promised.

“What was possible with this… was it the suppression of my actions?”

If a promise is broken, there may be a clause that restricts the other party’s actions.

It would be natural from Harnie’s point of view.

You never know. If I harbor evil intentions and attack her, there’s nothing I can do.

There are physical methods of inflicting pain, and magical methods of restraining. Of course, depending on the situation, forced restraint is possible, so it is dangerous…

There is still no reaction in my body.

This means that the opposing side that specifies the strength did not use that function.

“It’s just a light. What this reveals is… my location.”

Perhaps, she will soon notice my location and come looking for me.

I decided to sit quietly and wait.

I have something to say to her too.

***

The jewel’s light begins to fade.

The light of this jewel, which only had the function of simple location tracking, is going out…

I guess the time of waiting is over.

It didn’t take her long to figure out that she had come to Lilpetten with Talphon’s help.

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Let’s enhance our hearing with Mana. We can hear the sound of horses galloping from afar.

However, Harni cannot ride a horse.

That means other people came along too.

-Hehehe!

“Your Majesty!”

“Carcein!”

…Is the person who came with you Radiel?

Then there won’t be any big problem.

She got out of the carriage with Radiel’s help and approached me, holding the hem of her dress.

What should I say as soon as I get here?

Why did you suddenly do something like this?

Or are you going to nag me about how you can do something unexpected at a birthday party?

Or else, would you get angry and say that I came all this way and didn’t even rest?

…I’m not sure about that.

-width.

She looked at me silently for a moment, then grabbed my hand and asked,

“Since no one is here, tell me now. What on earth happened to make you do this? Why did you do something that hurt you again?”

…it was an unexpected answer.

I thought you would at least get angry or nag at least if you couldn’t do it.

But I have something to say.

I gently let go of Harnie’s hand and answered.

“Because there are people who want that.”

“Yes?”

“Following the symposium, there was a martial arts competition. Well, it did build up a good result in a short period of time. That’s why rumors spread. But, there are people who don’t like this.”

Then, Harnie’s purple eyes began to fill with doubt, and then they widened as if they had realized something.

Yeah, if you’re smart you’ll notice.

Harnie blinked in disbelief and asked me cautiously.

“Seo, by any chance… is that Princess Arina?”

You will know exactly who the plan I prepared is aimed at.

She is the only one who remembers the conversation where they tried to calm the rumors by talking about the successor.

Finally, it was none other than Harnie who warned us to be careful about rumors.

It was enough even if I didn’t necessarily affirm it.

“How…How could that happen…”

I don’t think any other explanation is necessary.

Let’s be blunt.

“So what I’m saying is, from now on, please don’t tell me to take breaks and sleep.”

“Carcein…”

“To me, time is more important than ever. I want to get out of this workshop, saving every minute and every second. So, please don’t stop me from staying up all night to prepare.”

“…”

At any other time, she would have narrowed her eyes and said no, but now she didn’t stop me.

I think this will suffice.

I took a deep breath and said what I really wanted to say.

“The jewel will continue to activate in the future. Because I will break my promise every time. Regarding that, if you have any wishes, I will grant them. What do you wish?”

“…No, it’s okay.”

She answered sharply.

“Why did you make that decision? Why are you being chased like this? I know that. If that’s why… I can understand. I won’t stop you.”

Is this the end?

It would be easy to shake off the position of a successor without any thought.

However, unlike the existing methods, the calculations on how to raise money will be quite different.

Since we cannot ignore that error, we have to overturn the entire plan we were working on.

We also need to make major changes to the management of the land we currently own, and we also need to change the target consumer base and the way we handle products.

I guess I’ll have to stay up all night and sort that out.

There was a lot to do.

“Carcein.”

The moment I was about to enter the room.

Harnie’s hand grabbed my arm again.

It’s not like I’m trying to force myself or hold back my steps.

but.

I feel a strange sense of familiarity.

“Instead, can you grant me this request?”

“What is it?”

“Just adjust your body so that it doesn’t hurt too much.”

…Even though I say this, you’re worried about my body.

But I wasn’t confident I could keep that request.

“I’ll try.”

That’s something I was worried about.

As expected, I fell for this woman because she was too kind.

Seo Ji-eun.

Just like her.

***

Carcein is trying to destroy my body again.

He’ll probably be asleep, engrossed in his work.

I will reduce my sleep time and hold on to my paperwork, putting aside my break time.

It’s such an obvious future.

However, Harnier could not break Carcein’s will.

‘How… how could I stop that?’

She was the one who wanted to escape from Marquis Teresia more than anyone else.

She was more obsessed with money and business than anyone else, and even reduced her sleep time to try to break through the writer’s net.

In order to break the chains of family, I had to make an effort, no matter what.

Yes, that’s right.

It wasn’t much different from today’s Karsine.

Because I know that feeling.

Because we share the same experience.

Because I know Carcein’s feelings better than anyone else.

I couldn’t stop it.

Had to be respected.

but…

I hope he doesn’t get ruined.

-dripping.

“If you’re hungry, just tell me! I’ll bring you something to eat!”

You can’t open the door and go in.

But, I can’t leave him alone.

“Also, if you need anything, let me know! If you have any documents to help with, that would be even better!”

I didn’t know it before I met Karsine, but I learned it after I met him.

If you try to shoulder everything by yourself, you are bound to fall.

Because people can’t be that perfect.

So Harnie also fell.

The next time I almost fell even harder.

But because I met Karsine, I was able to stand up again without falling.

‘You caught me, so now it’s my turn to catch you, right?’

Be prepared.

Because I will never leave your side.

Harnie decided to wait only for Karsain to come out, only when he needed something.

Several hours passed like that.

The long-awaited time has come.

-Click.

The door opened.

It was the moment when Karcein came out.

If it were now, the party would have run out.

If you use your head, you’ll be more attracted to it.

It’s time to give them a sandwich that you made with your arms rolled up all night.

Also, you can give them small cookies that you learned from the children of Lilpetten.

You can just put it in his mouth without taking his hand off…

“Um…”

Unfortunately.

Harnie couldn’t hold back his drowsiness and ended up falling asleep.

But her heart seemed to have been touched.

“…sigh.”

-Ugh.

He sighed faintly and carefully lifted Harnie up onto the bed so that she wouldn’t wake up.

-Tiring!

▶??? has risen.◀

[ Current figure: 76% ]

***

“Hoo.”

Arina, the birthday girl, sat on the sofa with her hand on her forehead.

It was already dawn.

Even though I cleared up the mess and quickly finished the original schedule, this much time has passed.

Just thinking about my birthday makes my head spin.

It’s always been like this. Whenever Karsene comes, whenever he comes on his family’s birthdays, he ruins the mood by doing things like this.

But today he did something even more annoying.

“As expected, you never change.”

He took the gift I gave him and threw it away like that, as if telling me to eat some taffy, and then he left.

Even the birthday mood was turned upside down in an instant.

The commotion caused by Carcein spread like wildfire.

Everyone, without exception, brought up Karsine and rebuked him, asking if such a person was a noble.

He also coldly said that no matter how good his appearance was so far, he had no material to be a successor.

Although I was able to persuade them and get things under control, I couldn’t deny that the ending was quite unpleasant.

“Since you came out like that, I won’t stay still either. Karcein.”

This martial arts tournament will properly correct that rotten mind.