Chapter 231 – Later Story: The Warmest Winter in the World (13)
From early morning, the imperial palace was bustling.
When Benelia, the owner of the empire and the sage of eternity, said she would go out, it was because the imperial family’s internal affairs and the guards were naturally busy.
Of course, even though Benelia had spoken to her a few days ago, she had more than one thing to worry about when the emperor went out. Thanks to this, Ellen, a senior professor who was in charge of Benelia’s private lessons, also made her move quickly.
“Did Your Majesty Cough?”
The ceremonial officer who was walking down the aisle by Roylen’s side nodded.
“Yes. Actually, it seems that he woke up at dawn.”
“It’s dawn…….”
It was not a good sign for someone who had a good night’s sleep to stay awake until dawn even on the day of meeting with monarchs from around the world.
“…… Your Majesty seems to be nervous.”
“Are you nervous? It’s unreasonable that His Majesty is nervous.”
She couldn’t be nervous about Benelia, the so-called iron-blooded lord, attending her banquet her. The former officer’s argument seemed reasonable at first glance, but Roylen, who knew what was going on inside her, felt frustrated.
However, she could n’t reveal His Majesty’s secret her to the former officer, so she pretended to agree with a rough nod.
After reaching Grivenelia’s room, Roilen cleared her voice and knocked on her door.
“Your majesty. I am Roylen, the senior professor of the Mage Tower. I visited with the protocol officer to help prepare for going out.”
After waiting for a while, a soft voice is heard from beyond the door.
─ Wait outside, and only the senior professor comes in.
The head of state had a puzzled face, but he did not present a different opinion and withdrew. After receiving permission, Roilen tidied up his clothes one last time before entering Benelia’s room.
Upon entering her room her, the first thing that caught my eye was the pure white curtains adorning both sides of the terrace. The scene of the curtains fluttering in the wind is quite calming.
There was a stand in the center of the curtain, and on top of it was a piece of paper with a portrait drawn on it. Painters were scattered randomly on the floor, which made my tongue feel cold.
“Your majesty. It’s good to draw and contemplate, but it’s better to clean up afterwards…….”
Roylen, who had moved closer to pick up the craters, hesitated. This is because, no matter how you look at it, the figure drawn in oil was Theorard DeHarm.
However, the attire was slightly different. Theorad, who was smiling while looking straight ahead, was wearing the robes worn by the imperial family’s butlers.
“Lauren. Who told you to steal other people’s paintings?”
The tone of scolding is sharp. Startled, Roilen coughed and turned his head in the direction the voice came from.
Then he sees Benelia sitting in front of a luxurious dressing table. There was not the slightest flaw in her appearance as she sat with her back straight, wearing a pure white dress made of pajamas.
If I had to choose a perfect human figure, wouldn’t it be Benelia? As Roilen thought about that, she walked over to Benelia’s side of her. Benellia stars at Ellen in her mirror.
“Hey.”
She was in a bad mood.
“No answer.”
“Yes?”
“I asked why you stole my picture.”
No what… If you put it on the terrace to look at it openly, what kind of case is this again? Roylen, who was hesitant and sweaty, had difficulty grasping Benelia’s intentions her.
She was very subtle, hard to notice, but her Benellia’s face was lightly colored. It was because she was very ashamed to wake up at dawn and find out she had painted Theo Rad.
‘He must have forgotten to clean it up.’
He must have been so nervous that he had forgotten that he had left the painting of Theo Rad on the terrace. Because if it wasn’t for that, there’s no way this kind of reaction would come out.
Benelia, who has always behaved calmly and solemnly, is acting like a girl in love, so I smile without realizing it. Thanks to this, Benelia became even more annoyed.
“Why are you laughing? Do you want to die?”
“No. Huang Gong-Hao, to give an excuse, was simply admiring His Majesty’s drawing skills and only looked at it for a moment. I never stole it, so don’t worry.”
“Sickness…….”
Benelia’s face gets a little redder. The intensity of her shame seemed to increase as she secretly clenched her teeth.
Knowing this, it is not the duty of a servant to continue to refer to the picture. Roylen, who had noticed Benelia, quickly changed the subject to her.
“More than that, Your Majesty. Do you know why she called Sosin?”
Only then does her Benellia’s breathing ease. Blinking her golden eyes, Benelia looked at herself in the mirror and slowly opened her lips.
“Make-up…….”
It’s something she’s never tried before. But on a special day like today, she wanted to do the best she could.
“I want to try on makeup.”
Thanks to this, Roylen’s mouth opens naturally. Benelia basically does n’t pay much attention to her appearance of her. Even if she put on makeup, she was simple. She never uttered her words that she wanted to wear makeup.
“Ah. And….”
As if Benelia had just remembered, she turned to Roylen.
“I want to try on the dress too. It’s been a long time since I’ve been attending a banquet.”
Roylen’s eyes widened. With her mouth open and even her eyes open queerly, she looked pretty ugly.
“You crazy. Did you want to make fun of me that much?”
“Ah. No, I’m not kidding…….”
She really was just amazed. Even at banquets hosted by the imperial family, she was a person who always wore military uniforms, but she suddenly said that she wanted to wear a dress, so she couldn’t help but be amazed.
Anyway, since it was her Imperial Majesty’s order her, Roilen felt obligated to carry it out dutifully. Her Roilen her, calming her startled mind, bowed her head deeply, placing her hand on her chest her.
“I will immediately call the protocol officer and the personnel of the Internal Affairs Department and tell them to carry out His Majesty’s orders.”
“Okay. A meeting with Earl Essilly is promised at noon, so tell him to move as quickly as possible.”
“Yes. Your Majesty the Emperor.”
Responding politely, Roylen hurriedly left her room. Benelia’s eyes widened in pensiveness as she confirmed that her door had been closed again.
“Benelia von Esteban.”
Calling her own name her, Benelia, facing herself in the mirror, quietly pursed her lips.
“If the end of this love is a farewell that only hurts, can you really handle it?”
Naturally, she didn’t get an answer back.
*
Time passed, Deharm Mansion.
Theorard’s office.
“Isn’t your father going?”
“Dad……! Come with us!”
Roselia and Laylin, who barged into the office with Bainen, looked up at Theorad with pleading eyes. Theo Rad also wants to go to the villa with his children, but he is in trouble because he still has work to do.
“Raylin. Roselia.”
Kneeling on one knee, Theorard lightly places his hand on the two children’s heads.
“I’m going to take care of it right away, so you guys should go to the villa first. They’re good kids, so they can do that much, right?”
Roselia and Laylin looked disappointed, but they did not reject Theorard’s words.
“…… I know. Then I’ll go first and wait for you.”
“Me too! Because I’m nicer than my sister!”
“What, what are you saying……!”
The hot Roselia glared at Raylin and grewled. If Esily and Linea had grown up together since childhood, it would probably be like this. It looks like two cute cats arguing, so I smile naturally.
“Don’t fight. We should be friendly with each other.”
Theorard, who lightly stroked the heads of the two children, stood up and looked at Bainen.
“Bennon. Take the children and go to the villa first.”
“Yes. But are you really not going, Bocchan?”
“Okay. Even if it’s my birthday, I shouldn’t neglect my work. Rather, my wives…….”
“Ah. Both of you went to the castle early in the morning.”
“Early in the morning? I understand what’s on the show, but Linea says why did she go to the castle.”
“That is…… His Majesty the Emperor called for a meeting at noon, but I don’t know the details.”
“Your Majesty?”
I heard that Benelia is attending her birthday banquet her. But why did she talk to Essilly and Linea before the banquet even started?
I think I know why, but I don’t know. The more he thought about it, the more he felt like he was sinking into a quagmire, so Theorard nodded his head, retracting his thoughts.
“Okay. Then let’s start. I’ll follow you as soon as I’m done.”
“Yes. Young master.”
A polite Beinan leaves her office with her children her. Theorard, who had been waving to the children until just before the door closed, made his way to the office desk.
‘There isn’t much work left to do, so if I finish it quickly and follow suit, I won’t be late for the banquet.’
Theorard, sitting at his desk, raised his quill in a straight posture and wrote his letter. In the empty room, only the rustle of a quill resonated quietly.
After completing the letter, Theorard folds the paper straight and inserts it into the stationery. Afterwards, he lifted the melting spoon placed over the candle, poured sealing wax into the center of the letter, sealed it, and marked the sender with a family seal.
After repeating similar actions several times, Theorard blew out the candle and got up. He picks up the overcoat he had put on his chair, puts it on, and leaves the office.
Another angle, another angle—
As he walks down a familiar hallway, he takes one look out the window and sees a starlit night sky.
Depending on the day, the toxic starlight brightly illuminates the hallway. The hallway is so bright that the darkness brought by the evening makes it colorless.
Thinking it was a good day for a banquet, Theorard, quickening his steps, reached the front door and turned his handle. As he opened the door, Theorad took a step forward and his feet stopped.
“…….”
In front of the door, a mysterious woman was showing her back her. The black hair of her mixed with gray of her was rolled up in a round shape, so the exposure of the back and waist of her was highlighted.
Even though it was only his back her, Theo Rad seemed to know who the woman in front of him was. After hesitating for a moment, Theorard mustered up the courage to open his mouth.
“…… Your majesty?”
The woman shrugged her shoulders and took a deep breath. And, as if she had waited, she slowly turned her body around.
Eyelashes subtly elongated, and the golden iris beneath them trembled anxiously. The color of her lips her has become darker and her skin tone her has become lighter.
It wasn’t so much different from her usual appearance of her, but I could tell that she was wearing makeup.
It was probably because he had asked the staff of the Internal Affairs Department to apply makeup, but since the disc was so good, there was no place to touch it.
‘By the way…….’
The figure wearing a pure white evening dress is quite heterogeneous. It wasn’t that it didn’t fit.
The luxurious evening dress with the frills that bared her shoulders kept her Benelia’s dignity of her and showed off her voluptuous figure of her.
But it was the first time she had seen Benelia in her dress her, and her mouth her couldn’t move. An awkward silence forms between the two.
Benelia, who didn’t like that, clenched her fists. At the end of her deep breath, Benelia raises her gaze and meets her with Theorard’s eyes in her.
“…… It’s been a while.”
Not hiding her quivering voice Her, Benelia smiled lightly.
“Viscount Theorard.”
