Chapter 82 – The Young Lady Who Wants to Love (5)
A night when the bleak crescent moon is trapped in the clouds.
Leoberg looked at Benelia with his back to the night view as bright as the night sky.
“Um…….”
Resting her chin on her desk, she looked down at her chessboard and her Benelia eyes her narrowed thoughtfully.
Her grayish white hair was bathed in the moonlight, giving it a soft luster, and her eyes her, sharp like those of a beast, were dimly shining with golden eyes.
Seeing her immersed in chess seriously in the world, I am embarrassed in many ways. It’s already the 8th edition, aren’t you tired?
But how long are you planning to play chess? Not knowing the other person’s intentions, Leoberg’s eyebrows twitched naturally.
‘What do you mean….’
After being guided to her room her, Benelia came to her office her and made a proposal to Leo Berg.
—I will not arrest the second son of Count Leoberg.
I will order a search for the rebels, but I will stage a difficult investigation. So help yourself too. For the time being, there is no unification of command, so the count’s enlisted men and the regular army show that they are not cooperating.
─ How are you? It seems to be the best move for both you and me.
It was not wrong. As Fred’s father, Leo Berg couldn’t bear to open his eyes to see his son taken to the island and tortured and imprisoned.
If Venelia launched an extensive search for rebels, Leoberg would take the lead in stopping them. In the meantime, Benelia, who said she came to capture the rebels, said that she herself had no intention of capturing your son, and she reached out a hand of cooperation.
It was unclear what plan he was plotting, but it was too sweet an offer to refuse.
In the end, Count Leoberg nodded his head.
Thus, different orders were given to Leoberg’s privates and Benelia’s soldiers.
Thanks to this, Leoberg’s privates were concentrating only on patrolling and guarding the city as usual, while Benelia’s soldiers carried out wanted badges and carried out a noisy search.
As a result, what kind of return could the princess get? They are reluctant to even ask about unpredictable eccentricities.
“You must have an ultimate motive.”
Widely. Benelia, who had moved her props, put her body her back.
“I don’t think they’re plotting to be disobedient to the gyoza. I can fully understand Count Leoberg’s feelings of his.”
“Your Highness, Princess. I just…….”
“It’s okay. If I were in the Count’s position, I would have thought the same thing. But one thing you should know. Those who call my actions a ruse are from the outside, and from the inside, they are the best.”
He was talking back and forth, but to sum it up, it was a voice telling him to believe in himself and follow him. Leoberg’s brows furrowed at the sound that sounded like he was recommending a political alliance.
“Sorry, but I don’t understand what you mean.”
Did you come here to do politics? For Leoberg, who served His Majesty the Emperor for generations, Benelia’s remarks her were extremely rude and self-righteous.
Benellia knew it too, but she refused to give up. This is because she did not have the courage to bow down to a man who insisted on her loyalty while ignoring the ills of the imperial family.
“Since you don’t understand, I will ask you one thing. Count Leoberg.”
Benelia’s voice drops low. Her Benellia tone her, which regarded her her dominion her as a daily routine, suppressed Leo Berg’s anger.
“Do you think it was my own decision to come to capture the rebels?”
Just like a teacher rebuking his students, it sounds like a word he spits out to remind him of something he has forgotten.
The princess’s question causes ripples in Leoberg’s heart like a stone thrown into a pond.
The ripple did not just end with a calm flow. The heart, which was like the Myungkyung index, encounters unexpected waves and shakes wildly.
The belief that made people doubt that they should not be doubted, and promised not to be shaken, was about to collapse again.
“Count. Remember the world eight years ago. You should reflect on the meaning of the war table that is proudly mounted behind your back in your office. My Father and His Majesty the Emperor, your son-“
“Stop—!”
Screams masquerading as shouts echoed through the room. As Leo Berg involuntarily shouted with magical power, Benellia felt tinnitus ringing in her ears.
Belatedly, a few drops of blood flowed down the pinna of Benelia’s ear in her. However, Venelia did not blink an eye.
A terrible silence settles between the two. As if recalling a fearful past, Leoberg let out a rough breath and grabbed my forehead with a trembling hand.
The eyes, which had always been brilliant, turned cloudy as if they were engulfed in shadows.
“…… I’m sorry, Her Highness her, Princess. I…… He seems to have lost his mind.”
“I understand. My lack of consideration drove me too hard.”
Taking her handkerchief her from her bosom her, Benelia wiped her blood dripping from her ear her with a gentle gesture of hers.
Even though the pain must be considerable, not a single expression on his face he has changed. Benelia folded the handkerchief she had wiped off her blood on her twice and put it back into her arms her.
“Anyway, it would be difficult to justify my actions right now. I wanted the emotional part to fade during the chess game, but I think I evaluated Count Leoberg too rationally.”
“…… Is that why you asked to play chess?”
“It can’t be. If it had been for a rational discussion, I would have visited the count several days apart. The reason I visited the Count from the first day is also to deceive the people.”
“It’s Ganja…… Did you?”
Benelia nodded her head.
“Not many, but definitely there. Those who will become the eyes and ears of the court ministers. In particular, the secretaries of the butler minister, who are bright in their sari, must be lurking here and there. I just use them.”
Interpreters guess. The count’s privates and the princess’s regular army clashed with each other. Since the command authority had not been united, this must have been a fight between the count and the princess.
By spending a long time in Leo Berg’s office, Benelia made the conjectures of the ganja her fait accompli.
“After today, the Ganja will send a secret letter to Jedo. A long time has passed since the princess entered her office her, but she does not come out. It is clear that there will be an argument. In addition, the count’s roar could be heard all over the world. It seems that the relationship between the count and the princess has become severely strained…….”
Leoberg sighed and looked at the princess. Could it be that this side’s shouting was also included in the plan?
“The courtiers will be delighted. Since the relationship between the princess and the count fell apart according to their plan, they would think that they would have eliminated their political opponents. In the future, you will want to unite with the count and lead the princess to her ruin her.”
Leoberg felt as if Venelia’s sharp eyes were piercing his inner self. However, Leoberg could not read Benelia’s inner world her. Because I couldn’t understand the true intentions in those empty eyes.
“The court ministers’ arrogant delusions will buy me time. All I have to do is develop my strength behind the scenes as the ‘incompetent princess’.”
Are you born with royal blood? The horses with their rebellious temperament were putting Leoberg at a loss. Leo Berg, who was drooling, leaned against the back of his chair.
“Therefore…… What do you intend to achieve?”
“Life.”
A reply without the slightest hesitation. Unnecessary words make you think a lot.
After a moment’s pause, Benelia pushed the chair away and stood up from her seat.
“It is late at night. I’d like to talk about it next time. Then I will tell you all I think.”
Benelia nodded her head out of her courtesy her. Leo Berg, who thought that he shouldn’t let her princess go like this, spoke hastily in the confusion.
“If I don’t help Her Highness her, what will you do?”
“What am I not going to do? We must humbly accept her death of her.”
There was no agitation in her cold reply. It was an attitude as if he knew perfectly well that Leoberg would not.
What is his hidden intention, so he blindly believes that this side will help him? I didn’t know, but I didn’t want to know right now.
The heart is already at the bottom. Leo Berg let out a deep sigh and nodded his head.
“All right. Let’s look forward to our next meeting.”
“I look forward to it too.”
Answering in her emotionless tone her, Benelia turns around and leaves her room. Thanks to that, in the office left alone, Leoberg looked down at the chess board for a long time.
With her 7-7 loss of her, Benelia’s side of her was incomprehensibly aggressive.
*
“It’s something I don’t have to guide you to like this.”
In front of the guest room, Theorard handed over his words with an apologetic expression. At that, Esily smiled bashfully. For a moment, Theorard thought it resembled a cute puppy.
“I did it because I wanted to. Rather, stop going in now.”
“Sure. Oh, by the way.”
Theorard tapped Esily on the head her with her fingertips. A hand gesture with affection makes the heart pound for nothing.
“Cancel your last wish. I told you to make a wish for you, so should I make a wish for me?”
“Ah. Still….”
“I will not take any objections. If you can’t think of something, you can tell me later, so just hold on to the right to wish. Can you do something like this?”
“If you say so…….”
“Okay. Then I’ll just go in. You too, go to your room. It’s because His Excellency the Count shouldn’t be worried.”
Seely looked up at Theo Rad and gave her a small nod. It wasn’t until Theorard entered the room with a faint smile on her face that Essilie moved her feet and walked down the hallway.
‘Fool Theorard…….’
She teased that she felt sorry for her. She felt offended by something, but she didn’t hate it too much. Because I knew that Theorard didn’t show any regrets to be considerate of me.
‘No matter how much… ?’
The moment I turned the corner of the hallway, the grumbling thoughts stopped.
‘Uh?’
It was because an elf was walking from the other side of her. Even though her whole body her felt stiff, Essilly exhaled her breath calmly. It would be a mere coincidence. It was something to just pass by.
Essilly feigned her composure and continued her steps. As she got closer and closer, she couldn’t erase the feeling that the elf was approaching her.
That’s how each other reached the middle of the corridor, the intersection.
“Lady Esily.”
The elf stopped walking and let out a chilling voice. Esily, who naturally stood in her place her, faced the elf.
At a distance of only three steps, each other’s gaze is turbulent with some kind of hostility.
“How long are you going to treat me like a fool?”
“…… What are you talking about? I’ve never treated you like a fool-“
“Saw.”
After a moment of silence, the elf calmly moved his lips.
“The engagement ring, taking it off your hand.”
