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[Episode 46] – Marriage with love and marriage without love.

‘The Prince’s Visit’ was a summer sub-event in the game.

In the game ‘Snow White’, it was a ‘branching point’ where the princess’s ending changed depending on how these sub-events ended. ‘Snow White’ was a game in which the ending of the princess was determined by the overlapping of such turning points.

In this ‘Prince’s Visit’, when the princess became engaged to the ‘third prince’ of a neighboring country, the third prince, who did not have the right to inherit the throne from that country, came over as Korea’s ‘son-in-law’ and became an NPC to support the princess.

If the confrontation with the prince ends in failure, the neighboring country’s envoy simply leaves our country without any incident. The next opportunity for engagement arises when the princess enters the ‘Academy’.

It was just such a simple ‘sub-event’…

In the game, I skipped over things like diplomacy and politics and didn’t pay much attention to them, but when it became reality, it was so complicated and difficult that I felt like I was going crazy.

‘How many meetings have we had on this issue…’

Now, two months have passed since I received the first report from the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Lately I haven’t been able to sleep properly. As they prepared to welcome the delegation, their eyes turned red and dark circles spread down to their cheeks. I managed to continue preparing, but it wasn’t that easy.

And what is making this difficult situation even more difficult is…

“…Titania. Let’s talk for a moment. huh?”

“……joy!”

The princess was very angry.

As soon as I told the princess that there would be a meeting soon, she called me a liar and screamed at me and refused to come see me or even talk to me.

The princess hummed her nose at my call, as if she didn’t even want to talk to me! He exhaled, turned his head, and went into his room.

I could only sigh as I looked at the princess, who was clearly avoiding me. Fortunately, they don’t lock the door or do anything like they did in the past, like they used to do.

It was heartbreaking to see the princess avoiding me for two whole months. I tried to call Ainsel and ask him how the princess was doing these days, but he also followed the princess and avoided me, so there was no response when I called him.

“Now you like Titania more than me… Ha… Really, you’re like an ungrateful mirror. “Who was it that worked so hard to treat me?”

Even though I patted Ainsel’s body and grumbled, it was no use. Only the irritated ‘my face’ was reflected in the mirror, and the angel next to the princess seemed to have no intention of returning to the main body anymore.

I wanted to go into the princess’s room right away and talk to her, but there was no time for that right now. I looked at the pile of papers on my bed and sighed.

Today is the day to talk with the Queen Mother about the ‘Third Prince’.

I shakily got up from the bed, grabbed the documents, and headed out of the room. This document, written together with Vinchot and other ministers, must be to the Queen Mother’s liking…

*

smart-

“Please come in.”

“Excuse me, Your Highness.”

I bowed my head politely and entered the Queen Mother’s office. The Queen Mother, perhaps taking a break, sipped the tea served by her maid, and then looked at me and rolled her eyes.

“I heard you fought Titania.”

“It’s more like a fight…”

The Queen Mother already knew everything, so she motioned to me to stop making excuses and hand over the documents. I smiled shyly at the gesture and handed the queen queen an envelope of documents.

The Queen Mother glanced at the document and threw it on the desk as if she had no interest in it. The documents that the ministers and I had worked so hard to prepare seemed to be read so half-heartedly that my lips pouted without my knowledge.

The Queen Mother looked at my pouting lips and burst into laughter.

“You’re paying too much attention to the ‘Third Prince’ that was sent without much meaning from over there.”

I nodded slightly when the Queen Mother said, ‘It doesn’t mean much.’ The third prince without the right to inherit the throne. The reason the country over there sent the third prince on a mission probably doesn’t really mean much.

Neither the first nor the second have the right to succeed to the throne. Sending the third prince, who did not have the right to inherit the throne, meant that he was not particularly interested in whether or not the third prince succeeded in betrothing the princess.

During the meeting, the ministers unanimously criticized the neighboring country, saying that it was okay to do it, and that it did not matter if they did not, so they sent the third prince. How dare you confront the princess with such thoughts?

“If it were me in the past, I would have set up an engagement ceremony first. No matter how ugly the third prince over there may be, it is an engagement between countries. It would be easy to break off an ambiguous engagement like this, so it would be easier to at least put one foot on the line…”

The Queen Mother, who had been staring blankly at the teacup, raised her head and looked at me. He lowered his eyebrows slightly, looked at me with a tired expression, and smiled.

“Now I don’t know what the right answer is.”

“……”

“Queen, do you think ‘love’ is necessary for a royal marriage?”

The queen glanced up at me and asked me. Is ‘love’ necessary for a royal marriage? After hearing this question, I was able to understand how the Queen Mother was currently feeling when she asked me this question.

“I got married without ‘love’ and am still here, and my child who got married out of ‘love’ is not here, so I think that if we only look at the outcome, ‘love’ is not necessary for a royal marriage.”

“…So, do you think princesses should also marry without love?”

“…If I were to tell you my thoughts on remaining here after marrying without love…”

The Queen Mother smiled bitterly and looked at me.

“I can’t say my life has been happy.”

As if looking back on her life, the queen raised her head and sighed. Then he blinked his eyes several times and let out a sigh as long as his life.

“I always want Titania to be happy, just like you do. I don’t want to see my sweet granddaughter sad anymore. “It’s enough to see him cry like that only when he was young…”

Did the princess’ confrontation remind him of the Queen Mother’s past?

The queen mother was a person who married the previous king through what is commonly called an ‘engagement’ between her parents. I don’t know about the late king, but I had no love or affection in the marriage itself.

I just got married because I was engaged to him.

He said that no matter how much time passed, he could not find anything like ‘love’ in the process. So, he allowed her to ‘love’ her children and marry the person she liked, but the results were disastrous, to say the least.

So, this is probably what the Queen Mother said.

I don’t know what the right answer is.

Even though I made different choices in my life and my children’s life, the results were not good. The Queen Mother seemed at a loss as to what choice to make for her beloved granddaughter.

I was also like the Queen Mother.

If making this choice were a game…

I said, ‘Because this is for the princess. Because this choice will allow the princess to see a better ending.’ With that in mind, it was clear that he had established the engagement between the third prince and the princess without any doubt.

‘But… what you’re playing now isn’t a game.’

I shouldn’t be able to establish the princess’s engagement on my own. And, for some reason, the thought of the princess getting engaged made me feel bad. To think that the daughter I raised with love is engaged to a stranger…

I also smiled bitterly and looked at the Queen Mother.

“Then, shall we leave this matter to Titania? Even if this meeting is canceled anyway, isn’t there a problem? Even if the meeting is cancelled, the other side can’t say anything.”

“…Why don’t you just say you have no intention of getting engaged?”

The Queen Mother frowned and looked at me, but there was a hint of laughter in her voice. I also giggled and answered the Queen Mother.

“That is Titania’s choice. No matter what Titania chooses, I plan to respect that choice. Even if you really want to get engaged.”

“…Yeah, I don’t think that’s going to happen. Even so, wasn’t the reason you fought Titania now because of ‘confrontation’?”

“To say we fought…”

“Yes, rather than fighting, you would be hated alone. You know what? The fact that Titania came to me a few days ago and played with me. “I guess you didn’t know?”

“yes?”

When I asked in surprise at hearing this for the first time, the Queen Mother looked at me with a wicked smile. So, Titania visited the Queen Mother without me knowing and the two of them played together here? Without me knowing?

“He said that to me back then. I don’t want to see you again. “He was so angry that he puffed out his cheeks and complained to me, saying that he didn’t want to even see your face.”

“……Is that true?”

“Why should I lie to you? The princess sat on my lap and grumbled all day. “He said he cut down on snacks and now wants to abandon himself to another country.”

“You’re trying to throw it away…”

When I was so shocked that I couldn’t say anything, the queen clicked her tongue and glared at me as if she thought I was pathetic. Then he waved his hand and urged me to quickly leave the room.

“Why don’t you go quickly? “It will soon be time for the princess to go to bed.”

“…Then, please excuse me first.”

I quickly left the room, leaving the Queen Mother behind, and headed to the princess’s room. He only said that he would confront the princess, but he never dreamed that she would think that he would ‘abandon her’ just by saying those words.

“Who on earth would abandon you…!”

For some reason, with the irritation boiling inside me, I headed towards the princess’s room at a fast pace, almost as if I was running. I wanted to look at his face right now and yell at him to never think like that again…

“Titania. Please, let’s talk for a moment. huh? “Please do me a favor…”

“……”

No matter how long I waited in front of the room or how much I tried to meet the princess, she would not meet me. I was even moved to tears as I watched the princess disappear before my eyes as if she was constantly avoiding and running away.

The princess avoided me and ran away with such stubbornness that I wondered who she resembled with such stubbornness, and that she really had the blood of a human who sits in the corner of the room and doesn’t listen to what other people say.

So… I guess I’m a little tired of the princess who just can’t listen to me. I guess she needs time too. I thought about this.

The princess also needs some time to gather her thoughts.

Because I am also busy preparing for the delegation.

After a while, the princess will listen to me.

With that reason in mind, I thought about getting away from the princess for a while. No, it wasn’t a reason, it was an excuse and excuse.

The excuse is that there is nothing I can do because the princess won’t meet me.

The excuse is that I am busy preparing for the mission, so there is nothing I can do.

Using those excuses and excuses, I stayed away from the princess for a while. Knowing better than anyone else that lack of communication is the most dangerous.

So, it was natural for me to regret it.

After this, I regret this. I somehow had to talk to the princess then. saying.

Just like that, time passed helplessly and the morning of the day the delegation was scheduled to visit dawned.