Taming Her Highness the Princess

28 – Practical Lesson (6)

“I already knew.”

Ceryl, who tried hard to calm the confusion boiling inside, answered as if nothing was wrong. Her voice trembled and her face reddened, but she was fine anyway.

“I will take the bath myself later, so there is no need to wait. You can go back and take a look.”

“Yes? I’m fine, but are you sure you’re okay?”

“It’s okay. Because it’s okay…… Quickly.”

The servant who heard Seryl’s words tilted her head. It was because Seryl’s appearance now was somehow unnatural.

She’s unfocused, her fists clenched, her face subtly colored and her shoulders quivering slightly.

It didn’t look good to anyone, but the servant decided to stop asking questions. Even though she usually treats her servants in a friendly manner, Seryl is still the daughter of the Malaig family.

It was not good for her to ask the same question twice to the lady of the master gate. So, the servant decided not to bring out her concerns about Seril.

“Then I will go away. I will be waiting for you at the accommodation, so if you need me, call me anytime.”

With her head bowed politely, the servant turns her body and walks away. She waited for a while, and after confirming that the attendant was turning the corner of the hallway, Seryl immediately took her steps.

The destination was Jeniel’s office. She’s been avoiding encounters so far…… Now that Jenial had crossed the line, it was time for the real questioning.

‘Crazy older brother…… !’

Where in the world is the older brother taking her sister’s underwear? Besides, seeing as he didn’t even crack down on the servants, he took it for granted that he took his underwear!

I’ve thought about it several times, but it’s not a category that can be forgiven. She thought it would be a good idea to draw a clear line this time, so Seryl climbed her stairs one after another and arrived at the third floor of her mansion.

As she entered the hallway, she saw Jennie Earle, who had just come out of the office. Seryl, who was being talked to, stopped involuntarily.

‘…… Who is this?’

Because there was a woman he had never seen before in his life. Seryl looked at the woman’s appearance while wondering.

Her long, black hair fell gracefully down to her waist, and her ears were quite pointed for a human being. In addition, her red eyes, like her blood, contained intelligent beauty.

Should I say that I can feel her grace. Seryl couldn’t take her eyes off the woman who was scattering the atmosphere that seemed like her honorific would jump out without realizing it.

“There are many spare rooms in the mansion, so you can use one of them. Meals can be served in the restaurant, or you can eat with us. A few things to note about this…….”

Jenial, who was talking to Ladne, feels a presence and looks away. A question appeared on Jenial’s face after finding Seryl without difficulty.

“…… Seryl? What did you come here for?”

I get annoyed when he talks to me calmly without changing his expression even though he took his underwear on his own. Cheryl glared at Jeniel like a hedgehog with its spines up.

“Am I the kind of person who can come here only when I have business?”

“It’s not like that…… Haven’t you been avoiding me for the past few days?”

“You’re avoiding your brother because he’s doing strange things!”

“Is this strange? You’ve been saying things you don’t know why.”

“…… Good. You’re going to keep pretending, right?”

Seril’s forehead sprouts tendons in a lattice pattern. When Jenny Earle apologized appropriately, she was going to have a quiet talk with just the two of us, but since she came out like that, it seemed like she should be embarrassed.

‘This is my brother’s fault first.’

Seryl strides toward Jeniel and takes a light, deep breath. She had a new girl next to her, but she was okay now. She was embarrassed because it was her brother anyway.

“I heard from the employee. I heard that my brother took my underwear?”

Ceryl launched an attack of conversion, but Jenial did not respond. Rather, Ladne’s shoulders next to Jenial only trembled.

However, Seryl, whose gaze was fixed on Jenny Earl, did not notice the subtle change. Jennie Earl proudly admitted her sister’s guilt to clear up any misunderstandings her sister had.

“Yes. It was me who took your underwear. But the purpose of that underwear is…….”

Pinch. Jenny Earl looked around at the slight pain in his side and could see Radne biting her lip, her ears reddened.

You can see the water seeping into her sharply narrowed eyes. That bashful face seemed to be pleading, “Please don’t tell me.”

To explain why you took her underwear, you have to start with the fact that Radne peed in the cave. Her proud Radne, of course, didn’t want that to be known to others.

“What is the purpose?”

But Seryl wanted an answer. Truly a dilemma. To clear her misunderstanding, you have to give Radne her shame, and to keep her pride, Radne must keep her misunderstanding.

Jeniel, who was seriously considering between the two, eventually decided to take Radne’s side. He went through all kinds of humiliation today, but he didn’t want to embarrass himself.

“I can’t tell you right now. If an opportunity arises someday, I will explain in detail.”

“What? You’re saying you can’t say anything! What the hell did you do with my underwear!?”

“I just wrote it where it should be, so don’t be too angry.”

“Hey! You took my underwear and I can’t tell you where I put it, but you don’t seem angry at me? Oppa, you really want to see me go crazy!?”

“…… Excuse me.”

The last words were Radne’s words. Ladne, who was unintentionally wearing Seryl’s underwear, gave the most awkward smile in the world.

“Cow, can we talk about underwear later?”

Ceryl looked back at Radne. Feeling uncomfortable, Cheryl admitted that he was rude.

“I’m sorry. Unknowingly, inadvertently…….”

Seryl, who felt like she would be a piece of sh*t if she talked more about underwear with her brother, let out a low sigh. He thought it would be a good idea to leave it alone for today.

“By the way, how can I tell where you are from? I haven’t heard anything.”

“Ah. My name is Radne Merharin, and I am attending the Imperial College…….”

I am at a loss as to what and where to start explaining. Moreover, my face was on fire from a while ago because of that bastard’s underwear story, so my head was a mess.

Jenial fully understood Ladne’s feelings. It seemed difficult to look at, so Jenial opened the door in place of Ladne.

“She is a promising talent who has never missed the position of chief since she entered the Imperial Imperial College early. I hired him as my assistant this time because he’s a student I’ve always looked out for. We will be staying at the mansion from now on, so if you run into them, treat them well.”

The simple and clear explanation makes me nod my head. Thinking of putting her brother aside for a moment, Seryl held out her hand to Radne.

“My name is Cheryl Malaig. As you can see, he is his brother’s brother. He runs a detective agency, so if you need any help with that, please let me know.”

After she nodded, Radne grabbed Cheryl’s hand and exchanged brief greetings. Afterwards, Seryl looked up at Jeniel rather calmly.

“…… You know I’m an Imperial Detective, right? I’m going to find out where he put my underwear on, so you’d better tell me the truth before that.”

At Seryl’s threat, Jeniel only smiled coyly as if he was having fun. However, Ladne, who was next to Jenny Earl, broke into a cold sweat and looked down at her.

‘I shouldn’t run into them as much as possible.’

Ladne was afraid of Seryl’s job as a detective more than anything else in the world.

*

A poet said after visiting Seongguk, Seongguk is an eternal white city with no place for darkness.

The assistant priest, Aretan, tended to agree with that expression to some extent. On top of the huge spire installed in the center of the Holy Kingdom, there was a huge life stone that emitted a vast light all year round.

The life stones scattering beams of light from the top of the spire were magnificent enough that you wouldn’t get used to them no matter how many times you see them. Normally, Aretan would have been immersed in the sense of exaltation given by that divinity, but not now.

“The saintess came. Excuse me…… !”

“Ah! Please forgive us our sins.”

“Holy Lady! Please take a look at this!”

A crowd of onlookers rushes around the saintess who has just finished the sacrament. If the paladins escorting her saint hadn’t blocked them with her shield, she would have been ready to attack her at any moment.

To that extent, the saintess was a spiritual support for the people of the Holy Land. Aretan was no different, so he stared at the saintess in awe in the crowd.

Saint, Vellores.

A beautiful halo spreads behind her, wearing a white formal dress and a veil with flower decorations. Her appearance was so holy that even an outsider could tell that the woman in front of her was a saint.

Beautiful blonde hair, visible from under her veil, flowed down her shoulders, and her golden eyes, similar in color to her hair, were tender and sharp, as if they could see through everything at first glance.

If you look down just a little, you can see a cross on her chest. As you can see from the fact that the cross was placed on the chest, the size of the chest was also considerable.

He was the owner of a voluptuous yet divine appearance. I’m not sure if two words can fit where one person can be expressed, but at least Aretan thought so.

Aretan gulped and looked further down, begging God for forgiveness. The robe covered everything that could be covered, but was open at some parts, subtly revealing her saintly skin.

In addition, because she was wearing stockings that showed the outline of her legs, looking at the saintess, I felt that sins were piling up in my heart without realizing it.

Even though I want to criticize her for making her saint’s robe like that, I have a half-hearted idea of Yi Yul-bae, who wants to thank the craftsman who made her saint’s robe like that.

Aretan, who was staring at Vellores in such a state of fascination, belatedly realized his mission and rushed forward. When the paladin tried to stop him from approaching, Aretan shouted proudly.

“I am Aretan, curate at the Holy See! I have something I must say to the Holy Lady, so at the time of her return to the sacrament, I committed her rudeness!”

At the Vatican? Vellores, who was walking lightly in the crowd, reached Aretan. Vellores stopped his pace and raised his hand, perhaps intrigued.

“Open the way. Since I came out of the Vatican, I want to hear what you have to say.”

The paladins nodded and retreated to the sides. Expressing gratitude, Aretan approached Vellores and lightly bowed his head.

“Dawn is the beginning of light.”

“The deepest sins perish with darkness.”

After a brief exchange of greetings, Aretan raised her head.

“Saint Empress. It is truly an honor to meet you.”

“I am very honored to have interfered with the sacramental restoration in the Holy See. What other honors are you looking forward to making me happy?”

Unbeknownst to Aretan, she was sweating. Even though she knew that the saintess’ personality was somewhat mischievous, she didn’t know that she would pressure her people like a fox.

“…… Well, I got a call from the empire, and it said that one of the golems in the castle was destroyed. She said it caused an error during operation, but it seemed strange to us.”

“Huh? It’s not common to cause errors, but I know it happens often.”

“As is the case with other golems, the one destroyed this time was created by the saint herself, so there will be no errors.”

A golem I made? Vellores, who was puzzled, immediately let out a small exclamation. Come to think of it, he had made several golems himself as a hobby a few years ago and provided them to the empire.

If it was made by a saintess, she thought that there would be an uproar, so she ordered to hide who made it and provided it.

Since the golem was made by hand and contained the holy power of a saintess, there was no way that she would fail. But she got a call saying that it was broken, so she deserved to be embarrassed at the Vatican.

“I don’t know who it is, but I should give you a prize for making the Vatican in trouble.”

“Seo, the saint’s eminence.”

“Whoops. I’m kidding. But I’m curious. Who broke my golem?”

It was not easy to match the rhythm of Vellores. Aretan, who raised his hand and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, answered the question.

“My name is Jenial Malaig of House Malaig. First of all, the Vatican dispatched a skilled heretic judge to investigate the case closely.”

“I wonder if this is going to be that much of a fuss…… There’s nothing wrong with being careful. Rather, Jeniel Malaig?”

Jeniel Malaig was a celebrity that Vellores knew well. He is the son of the only great wizard on the continent, so he can’t know even if he wants to know.

If such a Genial destroyed the Golem of the Holy Kingdom, there must have been a reason for that. Bellores, pondering what it was, looked at Aretan.

“Come to think of it, I have no business stopping by the Imperial Cathedral, right? When was that?”

“Ah, when it comes to visiting the Empire, it is known as summer.”

“It’s summer.”

Velores gave a small giggle and raised his sleeve to cover his mouth.

“I hope you come soon, summer.”

A joyous expression spread across Vellores’ face as she smiled.