MTLNOVEL chapter 206
206 – Scene 206# Pride
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A few days later, I responded to the emperor’s call and headed to the imperial palace in a carriage.
It was a sudden call, but I wasn’t surprised. She must have finally made a decision to recapture the North, Northern Garden.
Not long ago, the emperor asked me to cooperate in recapturing the north.
Currently, the group in the empire with the most experienced fighting monsters is Aslan, who is under my command. In order to easily regain the northern part occupied by monsters and demons, Aslan’s power would have been absolutely necessary.
I could say that the timing was quite good for me.
For future plans, the northern part was a place that must be recaptured.
However, I had no intention of helping for free since I was asked.
What I requested from the emperor was total command of the Northern Expeditionary Force.
You shouldn’t expect my help unless you are prepared to give at least that much.
By the time I arrived at the imperial palace, the sun was setting.
When I got off the carriage, a scarlet sunset was spreading across the sky.
“How… That’s amazing… “Master.”
“I don’t think the new master I’ve seen will be successful enough to meet His Majesty His… “Cynthia was touched.”
Myuri and Cynthia, who accompanied Helga, who was hospitalized, continued to express their admiration.
When the two people who raised me reacted this way, they seemed like polarized parents.
Now that I think about it, there was something I really wanted to point out.
“Muri. Cynthia.”
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
“I am not a master. “It’s the Count.”
They still called me master just like they did when they were alive.
At that time, Milliam was alive, so I was a master, but now I am the full-fledged Count Ruelberta.
“Achachacha…” ” . Sorry. The word ‘young master’ stuck in my mouth…”
“I think we said it out of habit without even realizing it… I’m still not used to being called Count…”
Murie and Cynthia, who said that, somehow seemed to like the title Master rather than Count.
It’s not that I couldn’t understand that feeling.
Their feelings are no different from those of other parents.
These are the two people who personally raised Tristan, who was a newborn baby. No matter how much I grow, I still worry like a child.
However, I couldn’t help but feel burdened.
I understand how worried you are, but when I kept hearing you call me a master, it felt like I was being treated like a child.
After thinking about it this way, the words that came out of my mouth were not harsh words.
“… It doesn’t matter in a mansion or in private, but be careful when you’re outside.”
“Yes. Count. I will be careful.”
“By the way, have you thought about what I said?”
“Ah…”
“I said it back then, but you don’t need to serve me anymore.”
They are victims of the Ruelberta family.
I want to create a happy future for them.
The two exchanged glances with each other.
Then Mu Li opened her mouth.
“Boyeon… No, the Count told us to tell us what life we want…”
“Okay. You are free now. You can live the life you want.”
“But what if we are already living the life we want… ?”
“…”
There was no need to ask what that meant.
I quietly looked at Myuri and Cynthia. What was contained in their calm eyes was their trust in me.
“… “I don’t understand.”
Although it was Milliam who killed them, his son Tristan could never be free from sin.
Just like Blanchet, I was prepared for the hate I would receive from them…
Why are they showing their will to protect me and serve me in the future?
“Is that just the two of you thinking?”
“No. Rika and Beth have the same thoughts as us.”
“We have already made up our minds. “Count.”
“… Think again.”
I could only shake my head at their answers. Because I could not bear to ask those who served the Ruelberta family even after death to serve me.
I entered the imperial palace, leaving behind two people with bitter faces.
There is still time.
Someday, they too will realize that there is a much better life.
Kkeikik-.
As I passed the door opened by the guard, I suddenly heard a voice next to me.
“You’re late. Count.”
When I turned my head, my eyes met eyes like ice flowers wrapped in silver eyelashes.
“… Bella.”
“How are you feeling?”
“I’m fine now. But you…”
“Why are you here?”
Bella smiled mischievously and waved her hand at me.
As if to put your ear her to her her.
Although I didn’t feel like it, I listened to Bella. OK…
“I came because I thought you wanted to see me.”
“…”
“Do you really have to make that disgusting face? “Embarrassingly.”
“I told you to be embarrassed.”
“Then you succeeded… “Hmph.”
Bella turned her head calmly.
It was nice to see her complaining after a long time, but she didn’t bother to show it.
“It looks like the emperor has called you too.”
“Yes? That’s why His Majesty called the heads of the Chilseong clan, right? “Isn’t that why the Count came too?”
Looking at Bella’s reaction of asking what’s new, it seems I wasn’t the only one the emperor called.
Looking at the fact that the heads of the seven noble families, commonly known as the Seven Stars, who devoted themselves to this country were summoned, it seemed like they were planning to give a clear answer today.
“Is Your Majesty trying to say something important? Count. Can you guess anything?”
“Well.”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“Only the emperor who called us today will know that.”
“Be patient… The emperor. “Can His Majesty be your friend his?”
“No. “She is not my friend.”
“… Do you think I asked because I didn’t know that? What I mean is, use honorifics like a subject. Count.”
“I will think about it if she uses an honorific to me first.”
“You know… I haven’t met everyone, but you’re probably the only person in this country who would think that way.”
“It’s all good, but you seem to be bad at praising others.”
“Because it’s not a compliment!”
Bella and I screamed, but in shock, she covered her mouth.
“Eww… I’m embarrassed to death because of you. I’ve been standing there for a long time already…”
“Have you been waiting for me this whole time?”
“Under?! Who was waiting for you? Speak straight. “You came to visit me.”
“Okay… You could see it that way.”
Although she did not hesitate, Bella’s mouth twitched, indicating that she was happy to see me.
While heading to her throne room, Bella opened her mouth.
“Count. “Don’t you have anything to say to me?”
“…”
Same question as last time.
Every time she was asked this question, she was so embarrassed that she was now afraid.
But luckily she knew the answer she wanted this time.
“… “I received the medicine she sent me well.”
“Hehe… That’s good.”
Bella’s expression brightened as if it was the correct answer.
“You didn’t seem to have any energy these days. Did you rest well?”
“Okay…”
“Count. Your complexion has improved a lot. Is it because of the medicine I sent you?”
“I haven’t eaten that yet.”
“What… “What?”
“… ? “I haven’t eaten it yet.”
“Hmm…”
Bella with a subtle smile.
What? I even felt chills as if some kind of magic had been used.
“Okay…”
Bella just covered her mouth and mumbled.
“It was an expensive drug.”
“…”
“I had a hard time finding it.”
“…”
“The Count hasn’t eaten it yet.”
“…”
“Are you ignoring my sincerity?”
I couldn’t look at Bella’s face
I never ignored her sincerity
First of all, it wasn’t me who was sick, it was Wendy.
I said I would take a day off to take care of her, using the excuse of being sick.
I’m not sick or weak, so I don’t need to take medicine.
There was absolutely no reason to take a questionable herbal medicine with energizing effects.
“Count.”
“… Why do you do that?”
“Why didn’t you look at my face earlier?”
I couldn’t help but look down at Bella.
With ‘pride’ as much strength as possible.
If I hadn’t done that, I would probably have been shocked to see her expression.
“Now you see me.”
Bella was smiling coldly.
She didn’t have the personality that I had, but the emotion in her smile was exactly like my ‘anger.’
However, if my’anger’was a feeling that set everything on fire, her anger was a feeling that seemed to freeze everything.
“So…Why didn’t you take the medicine I sent you?”
I had to choose my answers carefully to appease her anger.
And the answer was surprisingly simple.
“Because it was a waste.”
“Yes?”
“I don’t know where he got it from, but it seems like he sent me some pretty valuable medicine.”
I continued speaking in an extremely shameless manner.
“You can’t take such a precious medicine carelessly.”
“But…”
“Besides, when you sent me the medicine through Blanchet, I was already healthy. So I didn’t want to waste the medicine.”
“What… “If that is the reason, there is nothing we can do.”
There was still something I didn’t like, but fortunately Bella seemed to understand.
“… I thought it was strange that he didn’t feel anything when he saw me…”
“Nothing’s wrong?”
“…?!”
At that moment, without realizing it, I grabbed Bella’s shoulders and pushed her against the wall.
“Suddenly, what are you doing… “Is that it?”
“Do I still look like nothing is wrong?”
I was also taken aback by the unexpected situation. And the moment I figured out the identity of the emotions boiling inside me, I realized.
‘This… ‘. ‘Pride’…’
The cause was ‘pride’, which I used with great effort earlier. Some of the things that could not be suppressed with ‘patience’ leaked out.
“It’s always beautiful.”
“… !”
My hand, moved by ‘pride’, gently grasped the long silver hair.
Bella only flinched at my touch, but she didn’t push me away.
My ‘pride’ stirred again.
“But isn’t that too complacent?”
“What… “What?”
“Seeing as how I thought I had no idea that a beautiful woman like you was in front of me.”
“Then…”
Bella turned her head as I brought my face closer to her. And she just turned her eyes and looked up at me and said.
“What are you thinking… Deyo? Every time you see me… ?”
“Do you want to know?”
“Ah… !”
‘Pride’ grabbed Bella’s delicate wrist and pinned it to the wall.
‘Shit… !’
Even at that moment, I was quickly suppressing my ‘pride’ with ‘patience’.
I was caught off guard. Even if you call me ‘arrogant’, there is no doubt that I am. I had no idea that a runaway Kaesong would act so unexpectedly. Maybe I was really suppressing these feelings without realizing it…
It would have been better if Bella had at least punched her.
“… Low quality. “I do whatever I want.”
For some reason, Bella just glared at me.
My hand her her her was tickling Bella’s earlobe as if I loved her. And just as the hand her was gradually moving past her chin her and toward her lips her her her.
“Hmm…”
While I was started by the sudden sound of clearing my throat, I succeeded in completely suppressing my ‘pride’ with ‘patience’.
No. It may no longer be said to be a success.
“At first, I thought we were talking about something important, but… Not only did he touch my daughter her, but now he is even setting his sights her on her her princess her her her…? Count.”
Because the head of Wolfbert, Gale, was standing behind us with a very disgruntled face.