[TKOSINM] 289 – Did She Have To Leave?

Noel was taken aback as Irene suddenly came to him on her own, but he calmly wrapped his arms around her shoulder. The gaze of the Great Kristen watching from behind was utterly irrelevant. He was worried that something had happened to her while he was away. Maybe it was a shock that was hard to bear after seeing Undi’s memories.

“Irene, are you okay? What happened?”

“No. It’s not….”

Noel’s caring tone made Irene feel more at ease.

“Seeing you made me feel relieved….”

While waiting for Noel, Irene had a hard time suppressing her nervousness. As she looked at Undi’s memories, she thought that she resembled Rivena. Although her life, environment, and personality were completely different, they loved one man. And they both experienced high-pressure situations.

Just as Rivena lost the man she loved; she was anxious about what she would do if she also lost her Noel herself.

So she waited impatiently for the carriage to arrive. And the moment she saw him, her body moved first instinctively. She hugged him, and it was only after she heard his heartbeat and breathing that she felt relieved.

“Sorry to make you flustered.”

As Irene took a step back with an apologetic expression, Noel shook his head. There was still concern on his face.

“I’m fine. If you are not feeling well, rest in our room….”

“No, it’s okay. More urgently that….”

Irene tilted her head slightly. She had only seen Noel until a while ago, but after calming down, the Great Kristen standing behind him caught her eye. Noticing his presence made Irene’s face turn beet red in embarrassment.

“I’m sorry. I should have greeted you first...”

“Haha, no. Seeing both of you on good terms makes me smile.”

“Thank you.”

As the Great Kristen spoke, a smile spread across his lips. Irene’s face darkened its shade of red.

“Irene, aren’t you tired?”

“I’m okay.”

Irene shook her head and looked up at Noel stiffly.

Coming with the Grand Duke means there is something to see, right?

If one considered the usual awkward relationship between Noel and the Grand Duke, there was no reason to return in a carriage together unless there was an exceptional circumstance. However, the fact that the two of them came together in a carriage meant that there was still something for the two of them to see.

And when Noel asked her about her physical condition again, because she must also be involved.

Perhaps it’s about the former emperor’s wife and my birth.

Irene tightened her fists and looked up at Noel with resolution. Noel, seeing Irene’s determination, turned towards the Grand Duke.

“Grandfather, I want to share the story I told you with Irene.”

“Okay, let’s go straight to my room.”

“Yes.”

The Grand Duke, who was looking at the two of them happily, erased his expression and started walking in the lead. After that, Irene and Noel walked along holding hands.

It was quite a distance from the entrance of the main building to the Grand Duke’s room. Although he had to walk for a long time, Irene felt that the road was exceptionally short these days.

What kind of reaction will the Grand Duke have after hearing the story?

The death of the former emperor and his wife was somewhat vain and even humiliating at first glance. On the surface, it turned out that an assassin murdered them, but no one knew that it was the work of a former Duke and a Duke who became the next emperor.

Nevertheless, the current emperor had few opponents because he had a more pro-nobility policy than anyone else.

The aristocratic tax collected by the former emperor was abolished at once, and the value of the lineage of the aristocracy was increased, greatly widening the relationship with commoners. The people missed the former emperor more than anyone else, but very few people missed the former emperor, at least among the nobles.

It was not that there were no anti-imperial factions. However, they were hostile to the emperor because they missed the former emperor. They wanted to revolt against the current emperor, who was authoritarian and tyrannical. In other words, none of the current nobles missed the former emperor. Maybe it was something that had been completely forgotten in their memories. It was because he loved only the people.

However, if she suddenly said that she was the daughter of the former emperor and his wife and that the current emperor, Duke, and Count are aiming for this Kristen Grand Duchy, will the Great Kristen accept her and her words? Would he, who has lived on the battlefield all his life, be happy with the possibility of a civil war?

Isn’t it more reasonable and convenient to pretend that he is unaware and discard me?