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78.

Yuri and Marie, the twin daughters of Vanessa, Duke of Lydrin.

For political reasons, he was ruling the duchy as the successor to Vanessa, who was staying in the royal castle, and the reputation of the twins was quite high among his vassals and subjects, probably due to their good governing skills.

Although she engages in various cultural and artistic activities as a hobby, she is not particularly obsessed with anything and just enjoys them in moderation. She is also much cleaner when it comes to men’s issues compared to her mother, Vanessa, who is very aristocratic and open-minded.

“In the end, personally, there is nothing to criticize…”

When Liana, Rachel, and Lorna shared the results of their research on the twins, Liana fell down on the table and sighed.

“On the surface, it seems that way. Since we are guests and outsiders, we can only come into contact with the superficial things.”

” While interacting with Gong Writer’s knights, I listened to them closely and saw that they didn’t say anything bad on the surface, so it seemed like they were people who took good care of themselves. Even if there is a hidden weakness, I don’t think it will be that easy to catch it.”

“Ugh, then what? If you really don’t have anything you like or have any weaknesses… Should I say that I’ll at least give up the throne? Anyway, we are cousins, and to be honest, as long as we save the warrior, the throne doesn’t matter in any way.”

Seeing Liana lying face down, shaking her head and talking as if she was having a tantrum, Lorna let out a bitter smile with an embarrassed face, and next to her, Rachel opened her mouth with an indifferent expression.

“You know this is nonsense, right? If you are someone who is greedy for something like that, you would have followed Vanessa’s opinion a long time ago. Even if he is not the king, he seems to have quite similar thoughts.”

“Well…. Apart from being angry at my sister, I can’t help but notice that she wants to increase her influence by putting me in front.”

Liana stretched her upper body, which was lying down, straightened up, her relaxed face changed to become a little more serious, and spoke.

“There is no one with separate influence, right?”

“Yes, public opinion within the dukedom is divided… In the end, if Vanessa and the twins decide on one side, they are the only ones who will follow that, so it can be said that the duke family’s control is strong.”

“It may be better to deal with one or two people than to persuade many, but I don’t know where to point. What about the succession issue? Even if they are twins, they can’t share the throne. Can’t you push one side or approach like that?”

“Normally, it would be an effective idea even though it is quite dangerous, but in the case of twins, it seems difficult.”

“Huh? Why?”

Rachel frowned and answered Liana as if she didn’t understand.

“Well… I heard that the two of you are more than just friends, they do everything together as if they were one body. We walk together all day, share everything we eat and wear, and even share a bathroom and bedroom.”

“No, well, I knew they were good friends, but I thought they slept together because they were young, and they still do that?!”

Liana’s eyes widened in surprise. And Rona, who was listening next to me, added a word.

“Now that I think about it, there was a rumor going around among the knights that there was talk about titles once in the past, but no one could tell the difference between the two anyway, so they dismissed it by saying that it doesn’t matter which of the two has the title. I heard it.”

“Yes, among the retainers, in the past, it was accepted as a childish remark, but since they continue to make the same claim even now, they are secretly anticipating that they might see an amazing scene of joint inheritance of the Duke and Duchess. .”

“Then you really can’t stab me even if you inherit the title…”

Liana spoke in a hollow voice. She sat silently for a while, but at some point she suddenly stood up from her seat.

“Liana?”

Liana said to Rachel and Lorna, who were looking at Liana who had suddenly taken action with a puzzled look on their faces.

“I can’t do it. After all, sitting around and thinking about things doesn’t suit me. Just go and try it out. Everyone, just follow me.”

Liana said that and walked confidently, and Rachel and Lorna followed her out of the annex, although they were a little confused.

79.

“So the reason you came to us now is,”

“You just want to play together, princess?”

The twins looked at Liana with a puzzled look and asked, and Liana answered with a shameless smile in front of them.

“Yes! It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, so let’s spend some time together and have fun. What’s wrong?”

“No, princess, we are different from you. As the acting ruler of the duchy, I have work to do.”

“You didn’t come here thinking that this would be a way to persuade you that if you just push on people like this and hang out with them and become friends, they will listen to you, right?”

“We are not just children like in the past…”

“It’s just going to be difficult to look at it like this without deciding the time in advance.”

The twins looked at Liana with puzzled eyes when Liana did not change her smiling face even as the twins shook their heads and spoke. In front of the twins’ gaze, Liana asked in a relaxed voice.

“So, the Dukedom is busy with work right now, so there is no time to hang out with me. That’s what it means. That’s it then. I’ve resolved everything.”

“You solved it?”

“What does that mean?”

“Aunt!”

In front of the twins who were throwing questions mixed with questions, Liana turned her head and shouted, and Vanessa came inside.

“Mother?”

“What’s going on?”

“Since I was away, you had to take over my work, but now that I’m back, there’s no need to do that. There is also a request from the princess, so please don’t worry about the duchy’s business and hang out with the princess. Don’t worry, the handover can be done through your vassals.”

The twins’ faces distorted. Although the twins acted as agents for a long time, the owner of the Duke of Raidrin in the first place was the current duke, Vanessa, and all of the twins’ authority fundamentally came from Vanessa.

“Are you really planning on going ahead with it like this?”

“No matter how much she is a mother, this is too much…”

“If you continue to oppose, I will not force you. I’ve already seen a similar precedent in Wangseong, but I don’t want to do that, even if the position is reversed.”

Liana reacted to Vanessa’s words by flinching slightly, as if she was remembering what happened in the royal castle. Vanessa continued, looking only at the twins, as if she didn’t notice or just didn’t care.

“So don’t worry, just think of it as a vacation and get some rest with the princess.”

Although she spoke softly, to a certain extent, it was closer to a euphemistic order to reveal that Vanessa herself was in a superior position from the beginning and that she respected the twins’ opinions, so instead, hang out with Liana and listen to her persuasion or whatever.

Even if the twins didn’t change their opinions later and were opposed to the end, they couldn’t help but listen to what Vanessa was saying now.

In the end, the twins had no choice but to tell Vanessa that they understood and come out with Liana.

“I didn’t know you would drag your mother in there.”

“You are now doing something called thinking.”

“Hasn’t your attitude changed a lot since I just told you this? They don’t even call me princess anymore.”

“Let’s play with the cousins and sisters.”

“It doesn’t matter because I’m not treating you as Duke Raidlin’s representative right now.”

Liana looked at the twins with narrowed eyes, as if feeling a little uncomfortable. the twins asked, not paying attention to her reaction.

“So what are you going to do now?”

“Even if I ask you to play, what are you going to do?”

“So what do we do now?”

At the sound of Liana chattering calmly, the twins opened their mouths slightly in shock, blinked for a moment, and then finally stuttered out their words.

“No, did you really just call me out to play without thinking?!”

“We are not ordinary kids going to play next door… We are already adults, adults!”

“Ah, then what! I have never been out of the castle in my life, so what do I know about the duchy? When you came to the capital, I took you everywhere! Then you guys should take me with you this time!”

The twins, who had been bickering with Liana for a while and screaming, suddenly saw Rachel and Lorna next to Liana and seemed to have come to their senses, touching their heads and saying at the same time.

“We are not at this level, so what happened…”

“It’s not the kids, I should have known from the moment they asked me to play… I need to come to my senses, phew…”

“Okay, quickly decide where to go. Isn’t there something like a course for entertaining guests from the dukedom?”

“Isn’t the choice of words too classy for a hospitality course?”

“You really intend to persuade us, right…?”

Although the twins were dumbfounded, they quickly came up with a plan to take Liana to the duchy and put it into action.

So they left the Duke’s castle with some attendants and guards.