episode_0187

Four more days passed after that.

Of course, as time went by, I had more and more work to do. It was because it was summer and there were banquets overlapping, so there was already a lot more work to do.

Thanks to this, these days, the time spent inside the office is longer than outside the office. I even did everything in the office except go to the bathroom, wash, and sleep, so at this point, the office just became my room.

I wanted to get the job done as quickly as possible, so I thought about putting up a bed in the office because I was wasting my time wandering around, but it was aborted due to Liev and the other knights’ fierce opposition, saying that no matter how busy the work was, it wouldn’t be possible.

“Seup… … .”

Anyway, thanks to living in the office like that, I have a new hobby――or should I say? One more thing to enjoy.

This is the green tangerine white tea that Riev bought just recently. Actually, I don’t like cars that much. The whole reason I drank black tea or anything like that was to gaslight Sarah, I didn’t drink it because I wanted to.

As proof of that, after entering an academy where I could drink coffee, I left tea behind and only drank coffee. what… … . Even though I can’t drink that coffee these days.

Anyway, originally I had no intention of drinking it because it was just green tangerine white tea, but the green tangerine white tea I bought as a gift turned out to be more than I expected, so I started drinking it, and before I knew it, it became a tea I drink at least once a day.

‘――Try to bring a box full of it.’

I had no idea that the box would fit into a ship that would fit up to my chest.

After thinking about it, my mouth felt sour for no reason, so I took a sip of tea. Perhaps because it had already been brewed three times, the subtle citrus scent disappeared and only the refreshing taste and scent of white tea remained.

No, only the slight sourness that followed showed that there was green tangerine in it. I looked at the tea leaves in the teacup for a moment, then put down the teacup and picked up a pen.

“Phew… … .”

I guess I could take a short break. Just when I was about to go back to work, I felt a presence outside my office.

They asked me to rest and rest, but in the end, I didn’t rest, so they put a guard in my room. How come things like this come to me just because I want to work? … .

I sighed and put the pen in the ink bottle, decided to just take it easy, and brought the teacup in front of me.

smart–

[My name is Charlotte. Knight Balderich, I have come to visit you on business.]

Knight Balderich. The knight who guided me to the dungeon according to my mother’s orders.

If it were ordinary people, even if it was something they had no choice about to do, they would have taken it to heart and punished me or demoted me to another place, but I didn’t do that.

Rather, I decided to keep it by my side.

“Please come in.”

Because Balderich’s abilities are outstanding? Because there is no one to replace him? No, even though she is a knight, she is still third-rate.

Yes, if you play it well, your skills are only second-rate. This naturally leads to the following, but since it is only a second-rate article, there are naturally plenty of replacements.

Then why bother keeping it by your side?

“Excuse me… … . I will.”

It was so fun to see him suffer from guilt every time he came to see me. Even though you think you did what you had to do, you blame yourself for the guilt and it shows on the outside… … .

I felt like I must have failed in this life and look like that.

There it is. When I see things like that, I think I shouldn’t do that and I also use it as a teacher, so isn’t that enough of a reason to keep me around?

“What brought you here?”

“Prince Arsien――”

“Knight Balderich.”

I cut Balderich off and looked at her intently. She opened her only eye wide, then lowered her head in a cold sweat.

“Sorry. How dare I make a mistake… … .”

iced coffee. Have fun!

I looked at her with half-hearted eyes, letting out a completely soulless sentiment inside.

“The criminal is no longer the legitimate heir of the Rochelle family. It has no name anymore. This was done under the name of Charlotte La Rochelle. So, pay attention to your words. Knight Balderich.”

“Yes, ah, I understand.”

As I watched him tremble and struggle to answer, I quietly picked up the pen and turned my attention to the document.

“Keep talking.”

“… … yes. It is said that his execution date has been set. I heard that a week from today, he will be guillotined at the Royal Plaza.”

A week later… … . If you go by horseback rather than carriage, it will take about three days. Six days round trip. Assuming you only see the face for a brief moment… … .

No, there is no need for that. I didn’t reply to what Balderich said, but took out a new piece of paper and quickly started writing the letter.

Well, it wasn’t that big of a deal, so I was able to finish the letter quickly. After melting down the shilling and stamping the letter with the family head’s seal, I pushed it towards Balderich.

“Lord Balderich.”

“Yes.”

“Take this letter to the royal judge right now and hand it to him. Whatever happens, try to deliver it within a week. If I successfully complete the work, I will skip today’s slip of the tongue.”

“I will accept you.”

She took the letter I gave her and lowered her head, and I took the documents I had put away for a while and started processing them.

“Then please leave now.”

Balderich quietly greeted my guest and left the office.

After she left, the person who came in after her was none other than Liev, dragging a tray with him.

What is there really? Before I thought about that for a moment, I looked at the sun rising outside the window and realized that it was time to eat.

“Has it already been so long?”

“Hehe. I thought you had forgotten because you were so focused on work, but you guessed it correctly.”

Riev said that and placed some light food down in front of me.

“It’s a sandwich. I cut it into small pieces so you can eat it while doing your work, so I hope you can eat it while you work.”

“It’s Liev’s request, so I guess I should put it down for a while and eat in peace.”

Perhaps because he was surprised by what I said, Liev blinked and looked at me, then smiled.

I left Liev behind and started eating the sandwich quietly, and I was enjoying the sandwich to the fullest. I turned my head to the faint citrus scent.

“You seem to like the scent of green tangerines, so I got a new car.”

“You speak as if you read my mind.”

“Hehehe. I don’t have that talent. This is something I can only know thanks to long experience. More than anything… … . When I gave you the first drink, you always smiled when you smelled the scent of green tangerine.”

“You laughed? I am?

I said that and looked at Liev, and she smiled happily at me.

“Yes. Don’t laugh. It was very subtle, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.”

“… … under. Is that so.”

I laughed bitterly and shook my head. I still have a long way to go.

I drank tea, feeling the faint scent rising from the teacup, and ate my sandwich with that thought in mind.

As I was eating food quietly, Riev, who had been standing still, opened his mouth.

“By the way, Duke. I saw Sir Balderich heading somewhere in a hurry. Did something happen?”

“It wasn’t a big deal. The execution date of the criminal has only been set.”

“… … .”

Liev nodded his head, murmuring at my words.

It’s too heavy a topic to bring up so simply.

I closed my eyes for a moment, took a sip of tea, and opened my eyes.

“Of course, if that were all she did, she wouldn’t have had to move so quickly.”

“You ordered me to do something.”

I nodded and answered those words.

“I entrusted and sent the petition to the judge.”

“You sent a petition?”

“Yes. I wrote and sent a request to cancel the death penalty. Since he has already lost his family name and name, I decided that there was no need to kill him.”

Of course, there was a lot of content that said to just release it. He simply asked to be imprisoned in a nameless tower for eternity.

Hoping to lose his family name and name, and to be forgotten without being remembered by anyone. I hope you go crazy from the extreme loneliness.

“Sometimes being alive is more painful than being dead.”

As I said that, I put down the teacup and picked up the pen again.

Now just write this last sentence and the letter is over. Then there will be no need to worry about the banquet for a while.

“The Duke… … . You are truly a distant person. Thoughts and mindset.”

What did Liev mean when he said that?

Whether intentional or unintentional, those words accurately described me.

“It may be so far away.”

I chuckled and finished the last line of the letter.

This time, I finished the letter with the head of the family’s seal, and handed the letter to Liev along with the written invitation from under the desk and said,

“Here, here is the invitation. Please make sure to send everything to fit the banquet.”

“Yes, I understand. But this letter… … ?”

Riev carefully held up the letter and asked.

“There is someone I would like to invite personally. Please post this letter right now and send it to the academy before the end of the semester.”

“I will follow your instructions. By the way, who should I forward it to?”

“I forgot to tell you.”

Seria.

Send it to a commoner named Seria.