Chapter 231 – 21. The Broad-Minded Mother-in-Law, the Female Knight, and the Sister-in-Law of a Tanning Bully
Rumors of a game-changing successor are circulating in the social circles of the Glazer Empire.
The appearance of the saint Han Si-woo, who completely destroyed the outstanding three-person system of 1st Prince, 2nd Prince, and 1st Princess.
Now that it’s an engagement, it’s only a little bit of a hit, but if I had gotten married right away, the decision would have been made right away.
However, the emperor still has not made up his mind.
And the wedding date of the third princess Helena Glazer and the saint Han Si-woo has not been set.
Because of that, the empire’s successor, Pando, was still in a whirlwind.
However, what is certain is that the faction of the 3 princesses is finding stability.
The evaluation that the change of route may lead to self-destruction has quickly stabilized.
The reason was, without a doubt, the charisma and leadership of the third princess, the head of the faction.
The truth that the move that seemed to enlist Siu as Seohwang was actually a trick was known only to a few core members of the faction. However, even among those who do not know the truth, there are those who object to Helena’s refusal to become emperor.
The 3rd princess met, persuaded, and impressed them one by one.
As a result, the faction of the 3rd princess gained scale, substance, and stability.
All that is left now is to gradually increase the power and destroy other factions.
Of course, the most important thing to be careful about is the leakage of secrets.
And other factions join hands.
It would be absolutely impossible for the three would-be emperors to unite, but it is possible to join forces with the goal of destroying the faction of the three princesses. Even if they were enemies of their parents, it was the nobility of the Glaser Empire and the imperial family that they could join hands if their goals were met.
‘Well, one faction will be blown away before that.’
Helena thought so as she went through the top-secret documents containing information about the second prince’s faction.
The first princess is excited and anxious, but of course her first target is her brother and sister, the second prince.
Calmly thinking, it was the 2nd Prince faction that could absorb the faction the most completely when it destroyed a certain force. Because her mother is the same. Being able to gain the support of a well-established empress was great.
Looking at the party’s interests, it would be the first princess and the S-class warrior Michael, who had similar routes, but Helena’s judgment was that this was a hollow gangjeong.
“Wow, it’s really amazing to see this…”
7th Princess Linda, who was peeking at the documents on her desk beside her, exclaimed in admiration.
Although nominally from the 2nd Prince faction, she is the older sister of her twin siblings who is practically a faction of hers.
So, despite the importance of her papers, Helena didn’t care too much.
“Which one?”
“Both. My brother’s faction and my sister’s faction.”
Helena sighed and laughed.
I knew right away what that meant.
“That’s right. I’m not the empress of the great empire for nothing.”
Helena vigorously shaking the 2nd Prince Wave under the water.
However, even though there were quite a few aristocrats leaving, the faction of the 2nd prince has recently become stronger.
Its size is also not far behind other factions.
And there was no doubt that this was the work of the third empress, who was the second prince’s strong backing.
It might be annoying at times, but she was fine.
“It’s good to think that she must have hurt that man’s pride.”
“Ugh.”
Linda shook her head.
“I don’t have a good personality.”
“Hehe, aren’t I the only one who’s happy?”
“…”
The 7th princess did not answer.
She is also one of those happy people.
Not to mention, she saw the 2nd prince bowing her head to her mother right next to her, and saw her go mad when she returned to her room. She was mentally stressed because of it, but she also had a lot of fun.
“…Honestly, that person is cheap even if he gets hurt.”
“Hehe, right?”
Linda shrugged her shoulders in embarrassment.
She instead snuggled up next to her sister.
To achieve the purpose of today.
Her twin sister, the 8th Princess Leslie, has the goal of confirming the information that was impossible to confirm, which was very embarrassing after hearing about it. She didn’t care because the documents on her desk were leaked anyway, since she was the only culprit.
“Sister.”
“What’s wrong, our lovely Rin?”
“…”
7 The princess lost her words for a moment.
Her older sister’s change is positive, but I wonder if she’s been too bright lately.
To a certain extent, some nobles jokingly said that she should change the nickname of her third princess from iron-blooded princess to smiling princess. It was probably Helena’s fault that the 3rd Princess faction was shaken for a moment.
Linda knows when her transformation happened and knows why.
‘From the day of the engagement. Exactly…’
Glimpse.
‘From the day I received that necklace from my brother-in-law.’
Was it that happy?
Her older sister Helena loves her so much that she is a little jealous.
‘No, this isn’t it.’
“My dear sister, I have a question…”
“Ask me anything.”
“Are you going to answer me?”
“I’ll listen and then judge.”
“Chit.”
“Don’t play around and ask. Unni, I’m busy.”
“Rumors about the hero Han So-young. Is it true?”
“Huh? …Ah. That’s right. You guys don’t know very well.”
A fishy yet strange smile crossed Helena’s lips.
It was so angry that she almost hit her sister at the moment.
Yes, Han Xiu’s legitimate fiancée is Helena, and because of that, he is her brother-in-law to her twin princesses. The expression is strange, but it is right that Helena has priority.
But what a mean expression.
‘Ugh, I want to see my brother-in-law…’
“Whoops, did the second prince ask you to find out?”
“Well, yes. But… I’m curious too.”
Information obtained secretly while working as the 2nd Prince faction.
It is about Han So-yeong, the only SS-class hero in the Glazer Empire.
Rumor has it that her next destination is the Kingdom of Palania, not inside the Empire.
She may have come so far, but it is said that she will stay for quite some time. Several months at the shortest. Yearly if long. No matter how much Palania has adopted sons, this is too long.
Even more so, isn’t the time to return to the warriors approaching?
“Lin.”
“Yes, sister.”
“Do you know how Siwoo and Han Soyoung became close?”
“…? Isn’t it because of the stupid mission entrusted to you by the imperial family? It was given to pressure your brother-in-law, but he succeeded, and he cheered up the retired hero who lived in depression. At that time, he became an adopted son.”
“Yes. But the process is more important than the result. The two… Are closer than you think.”
“Hmm…”
Helena’s words made Linda think.
Even now, she boasts a close friendship as a foster-mother relationship.
Even if his brother-in-law Si-woo doesn’t know, most nobles know that Han So-young always wears him in his mouth, whether it’s a private or public position. To the point where the story spread through her mouth even before it was dealt with by the Imperial Ministry of Justice.
But listening to her sister, it seemed like there was something more.
‘More than that… More than that? Uhm, no, this… Did I go too far?’
The gaze of the 7th princess stabbed Helena.
As if she had said all she had to say, she was concentrating on her papers again.
‘Honestly, it’s strange. But… But if you’re a brother…’
“…Gulp.”
Linda was strangely excited.
It’s not a taboo, but it’s a strange relationship that feels infinitely close to a taboo.
It was just what she liked.
‘It’s real or not, ha, I’ll have to check it later♡’
But Linda didn’t know.
I bet Helena didn’t mean it that way.
She just said that she was excited that she knew more about Siu and that they had a closer relationship. In the end, because of that, she came closer to the correct answer, Linda, but Helena still thought that Han Siu and Han Soyeong were very good adoptive parents.
“…Thanks for letting me know. Sister, I’ll go.”
“Yeah. Ah, but what are you going to tell the second prince? Let me know and go.”
“Hmm. As expected this time, I’ll tell you what I found out. The two of them are very close. They may stay for a long time.”
“Huh… That’s right. Looking at the personality of the second prince, he must be overdoing himself to take advantage of this.”
The sister whose eyes met her laughed at the same time.
Thoughts came through.
Given the recent sluggish situation, he has no choice but to overdo it.
And it will fail or suffer great losses.
“Goodbye, then.”
“Yeah! See you later!”
Linda walked out the door waving her hand.
Left alone in her room, Helena looked at her papers for a moment before putting down her pen.
Heheung~♡”
He hums her and holds her pink necklace in her hand, which hangs around her neck.
El’s heart.
The artifact got its name because her last saint, Kwak Yong, gave it as a gift to her lover El, and she kept it until her death. Not only the symbolism of the saint’s eternal lover, but also the effectiveness of the artifact itself is outstanding.
Artifacts without offensive ability are somewhat undervalued in a tough era where the war with the demons is not over, but the well-painted auxiliary magic and divine power make it possible to fight against an enemy one step ahead in some cases.
I look down at the necklace with soft light.
A necklace that is very beautiful even if you look at the appearance rather than the ability part.
But when Helena saw it, a different emotion came to her than admiration.
‘Ha.’
“I want to see Siwoo…”
“You’re really into it, sister.”
Startle!
“Le, Ren?”
When the hell did you come in?
Helena panicked and shouted at her sister, the 8th Princess.
“De, you have to knock before you come in!”
“I did it. 3 times. There was no escort driver today, but there was no response, so I risked rudeness and came in, sister.”
“Ugh…”
The 3 princess who rolls her eyeballs.
Are Leslie’s words true? She couldn’t possibly have lied.
“Yeah, that could be…”
“…? Who said what? I think it looks good, sister.”
“…Okay?”
“Yes. As you know, me too… And Rin too… I’m in love with my brother-in-law…♡”
Helena looked blankly at her brother.
It was hard to believe that it was Leslie, who was always expressionless, with a young female face full of sexism.
She felt a little strange.
The one who made her twin sister’s face like this was none other than a man, but her fiancé.
I had already heard of it from Siwoo, but it still felt strange.
On the one hand, I thought it was rather funny that my lovely twins were lucky that they didn’t fall for a strange man. Well, intelligent Linda and Leslie would choose a good man on their own. Because she was worried as her sister though.
‘It’s good and it’s also uncomfortable.’
If this is the case, wouldn’t it be difficult to spend time with him even if Siwoo comes back later?
‘Whoa. I’m pissed off for no reason.’
Helena thought.
Also, this isn’t enough.
She somehow worked her hair out and enlisted the help of those around her to gift her fiancé her cosplay wardrobe, but this will only be used later. She needed something to use right away.
Something more direct, helpful, and legitimate.
