Those Who Wear the Crown Must Bear Its Weight

Simmons is a territory with many train lines passing through as a transportation hub.

Therefore, it is a large territory with developed transportation and commerce, and I remember using it for the first time to send a letter from Bernatore to the imperial bank in the capital.

Other than that, it’s a name I’ve often seen in connection with Aiden Guild’s work?

I can’t believe Scarl has a connection with the daughter of such a big shot.

Unfortunately, I have never heard of such a story, nor do I know anything about it.

However, since they are claiming that, and the butler of the mansion is not so easily fooled as to not know the Simmons’ crest. There are more than one or two commoners who try to scam, seeing only the low rank of Baron compared to the size of the mansion.

Scarl took the sulky Luna to the drawing room.

As the door opened, the Simmons’ young lady, who had been sitting demurely, jumped up and approached Scarl.

Yellow hair, blue eyes, and large breasts are the same characteristics as Luna.

However, prominent cheekbones and a square jaw are impressive.

She was also much taller, with incredibly large hips and buttocks, a Westerner with Eastern features that the West would cheer for.

Certainly, she was attractively made, and Scarl would have liked her before I possessed him.

“Simmons’ young lady.”

Suddenly, the woman burst into tears and hugged Scarl tightly.

“I missed you. Scarl.”

‘…?’

Scarl was speechless with embarrassment.

Luna, who was even more surprised next to him, didn’t know what to do and stared at the still Scarl with angry eyes.

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Aware of the gaze, Scarl cleared his throat.

“Ahem. Simmons’ young lady. Let go of this hand.”

When words didn’t work, he forcibly pulled her off.

Simmons’ face was tear-streaked as she looked back and forth between Luna and Scarl, pleading with Scarl.

“You really don’t remember me?”

Scarl had a sullen expression.

“Who are you…”

The following words were shocking.

“I’m your fiancée, Aida. Scarl. This.”

‘That’s a real engagement ring…?’

The butler, who had quietly followed, delivered the final blow.

“That’s why I let her in, Master. She showed me the ring along with those words. The magic inside really had the marks of Bernatore and Simmons…”

Scarl stared blankly at the Simmons’ young lady.

Scarl had a fiancée?

More than that, why is she only showing up now and making a fuss?

“…Fiancée?”

Luna’s fists turned white as she stood out of sight of the two.

In fact, Luna already knew of her existence.

A name that comes up when searching for Scarl’s past, Aida Simmons.

After dying, she didn’t appear, but as Scarl’s reputation gradually increased, she acted as his fiancée, an opportunistic woman.

This was the first time this had happened, and Scarl forgot to manage his expression, freezing with a bewildered look.

‘No… well, this guy is the only one who will inherit the title of Baron, so he must have been useful somewhere. So, while thinking that it could be possible, I don’t know what kind of nonsense this is. He had a fiancée? Really? If there was such a thing in the first place, why is she only showing up now?’

It’s already been half a year since I possessed this body, but this is the first time I’ve heard that he has a fiancée.

Flames rose in Luna’s blue eyes.

“Scarl.”

“Oh my. Who is this? Stop meeting these young kids and live with me.”

Luna muttered lowly.

“Organize?”

She stood with her legs crossed, returning to the fierce appearance she had when she awakened just half a year ago.

I’m angry.

I knew this day would come someday, but I’m still angry.

Luna was as polite as possible because it was a place where Scarl was, but she couldn’t help but lower her voice tone than usual.

“Please go back. Young Lady Aida Simmons.”

Unlike when she looked at Scarl, Aida Simmons’ face changed to a vicious one as she looked at Luna.

Her hands trembled, her eyes gradually tore, she hissed through her mouth, and her hair stood on end.

As if she was dumbfounded, she pointed vigorously at Luna and raised her voice.

“Scarl! Who the hell is she?!”

Although Aida had changed like a fire, Luna, whose mind had become even colder, responded with clear pronunciation.

“It’s not ‘she,’ my name is Luna.”

Aida was taken aback by her confident attitude, but when she realized that she didn’t have a surname, she changed arrogantly.

She crossed her arms and scoffed, looking Luna up and down with an expression that said, ‘How dare you talk back to me?’

“Luna? A commoner? You do look a bit like me… Scarl. Instead of this fake―”

I’ve had enough of watching.

Luna grabbed Scarl’s hand, whether Aida saw it or not.

“Can’t you let go of that hand?! How dare you! In front of me!”

“Simmons’ young lady. Stop it.”

Scarl stepped in to mediate between the two.

At that sight, only one corner of Luna’s mouth went up as she still held Scarl’s hand.

When Luna looked down on herself and laughed at her where Scarl couldn’t see, Aida’s face turned as red as if she had eaten a train’s firebox. She clenched her hands tightly and vented her anger on the floor with her feet, clenching her teeth.

“Scarl! Listen to me! Don’t be fooled by that kind of woman! Look at her! Her face!”

Luna changed her mocking expression to a blank one and looked at Scarl.

Seeing him standing still, she nodded as if it were natural and looked at Aida again.

In that state, she imitated Scarl’s angry tone, voice tone, and even expression.

Anyone who knew him even a little would know who Luna’s actions were imitating.

“Is there a problem?”

Aida became agitated again.

While standing still, she raised the ring even more clearly to show Scarl, who was doubting her, and responded emotionally.

“Ha! A commoner dares― Look at this! Let go! I said let go! Won’t you let go of that hand?!”

Luna physically restrained Scarl, who was about to step in because he couldn’t stand it.

Looking up at him, she sent him a look that said women should handle women’s fights.

The butler, who had been quietly watching this scene from behind, carefully left the drawing room with his 30 years of experience without being noticed by anyone. Then, he took out a handkerchief from his suit pocket and pretended to wipe away tears.

“Master and Madam. I’m sorry… I shouldn’t have let that woman in. Sob.”

As a butler of the Bernatore capital mansion, he could not refuse the identity of the Bernatore master’s fiancée.

As is often the case with nobles, mistresses and legal wives are different.

Anyone who knew even a little about the master’s rumors, including himself, would have thought so 100 out of 100 times.

Ah, what was coming has come.

It was more common than one might think in aristocratic society for people to enjoy luxury and extravagance in the capital and then be caught by their family or dragged away by their betrothed. Now that Master Scarl has a decent job, the fiancée herself must have come to tell him to stop playing around and get married, so he let her in.

With only those involved remaining, Luna couldn’t stand it any longer.

“Hey, lady.”

“Wh-what? What did you just say!”

Luna said what she couldn’t say because she was conscious of the butler.

“Scarl, I’m sorry, but could you please step out for a moment? It seems like a women’s issue.”

“Where do you think you’re going! Look at this! Scarl! Have you been so caught up in this kind of kid that you haven’t come to my arms? This, this!”

Luna’s expression as she looked at Scarl was so serious.

He, too, had come to some conclusions.

‘If it’s an engagement in the first place, can’t you just break it off? Moreover, I’m the only one left in the Bernatore family. Luna is much better than that kind of woman.’

Perhaps it’s just one of the countless events that will happen in the future.

He was a noble, and Luna was a commoner, and until he proved himself as a Hero, the world would continue to demand verification.

‘But the first opponent is a fiancée, isn’t that too strong?’

When Aida took off the engagement ring and activated the magic inside, the Bernatore crest and the Simmons crest were clearly revealed. Seeing that, it was clear that the woman named Aida was not lying.

“I understand. Luna.”

It’s not a problem that can be solved by Scarl stopping it.

This is a gateway that Luna must overcome on her own if she wants to enter Bernatore.

Just as Luna trusted Scarl, Scarl also trusted Luna.

So, he ignored Aida Simmons’ words as she grabbed him from behind and left the drawing room.

As soon as he closed the door, he heard Aida’s curse.

“You bitch!!”

He grabbed the doorknob but was relieved by Luna’s confident words from inside.

“Young Lady Aida Simmons. What were you doing before you appeared in front of Scarl? At best, it’s just a childhood connection… Young Lady Simmons has a history of being divorced once, right? Now? You?!”

That’s right. Aida Simmons’ engagement with Scarl was not her first.

She hadn’t married anyone, but she had been caught by her partner for enjoying a dissolute life similar to Scarl.

There was a reason why a woman from a good family was engaged to a insignificant Baron successor like Scarl.

“Ha! I looked it up and you’re the same?! What’s more, I heard you’re a widowed married woman?!”

What Aida touched was a taboo that Scarl and Luna would never deal with.

A calmer voice is heard.

“…It’s okay. I’m chaste, unlike some people.”

“Ha! Lying! With that body, you sucked and kissed… Do you think I’ve only seen that kind of woman once or twice? It’s obvious?! I heard you have money problems too?”

It’s a truth that only the two of them in the world know, but society’s gaze is ruthless.

Scarl is a scumbag who touched a widow, and Luna is a widow who fell for such a scumbag.