Chapter 774 – #96. Jinhaesol (78)
“Please call me Bianca, Empress.”
“…Anyway. Nice to meet you.”
A very tragic situation unfolded for me, who wanted to postpone the meeting of the two as long as possible.
He had to convey to Bianca her good news that her empress had refused her help, and at the same time convey her word that her empress wished to see her.
Bianca, sullen at her empress’ refusal, was overjoyed that she could go there, even if only for a moment.
And she didn’t bother to postpone anything, so she immediately packed her things.
The empress also wanted to see her Bianca quickly, so I, unable to bear the weight of her back, had to take her and cross her dimension.
She said, “I have heard that she has a trustworthy subject who is loyal to His Majesty, and she is glad to see this.”
“Did my master really compliment me? He’s not the kind of person…? Well, I’m grateful that he looked at me favorably.”
The atmosphere when we first met was better than I thought.
Actually, I think it might be the night before the storm, but…
The gazes of the two as they looked at each other were sharp.
‘Are you exploring?’
My heart felt petty, as if I had become a herbivore sandwiched between two carnivores.
‘I want to run away.’
What can I do though?
If she left Bianca completely to the empress and ran away, the aftermath would be enormous.
“My master doesn’t give compliments very often. It’s just too much.”
The empress looked at me at Bianca’s words.
Bianca also turned her gaze and looked at me, but her chest felt heavy for no reason.
Wasn’t it because I didn’t want to praise you?
“Even if you want to give a compliment, it’s because you make it impossible.”
Aren’t you the kind of person who does whatever he’s told to do by changing it into a way he can enjoy?
If you look at the result, you can give praise, but if you look at the process, praise doesn’t come out.
“Heungheung~ It’s okay. Master’s compliments always make me hungry, but I’m not so weak that I become sullen just because I didn’t hear them.”
“You know I’m not particularly interested in receiving compliments, right?”
When Bianca keeps tripping on me, she freaks out.
“Why am I not interested? I need your attention and praise.”
“Are you really paying attention?”
“Ho Ho.”
“To move on to laughter again.”
“…You seem to call His Majesty Master.
She was so used to being called master by Bianca that she didn’t think the empress would take issue with it.
“That’s right…Because you’re the master?”
If you are pointed out, you can just correct it and call it Your Majesty.
It was Bianca who dared to add a word.
I glared at Bianca with my eyes.
It means not to act rudely.
‘Ahh, I got it. Is it because he restrains himself?’
If he makes a mistake, he can bounce off to another dimension, but aren’t the circumstances different for me, who has to remain here?
I was brought into the imperial palace after proving my identity, so I was entirely responsible for her mistakes.
She seems to be controlling herself because she told her in advance, but I don’t think Bianca’s bad heart is out of control.
So now I am here.
Even if you want to run away right away.
“Before you are your master, you are His Majesty. Wouldn’t it be better to call His Majesty the Emperor who rules the empire with respect rather than the title of Master? If you are going to visit the Imperial Palace in the future.”
The empress’ words had a cause and a reason.
If Bianca really did happen to go in and out of the imperial palace in the future.
“I don’t know how it used to be, but now I have to pay attention to how others see me.”
“Because I think that the title ‘Master’ alone is enough respect.”
“Hmm…You don’t seem to want to change even if I point out something wrong.”
“In the first place, even before Master became His Majesty, he served as Master. It stuck to his lips, and he didn’t feel the need to change his title. As you can see, the Master has never been uncomfortable with it.”
At first, he spoke politely, but then his attitude gradually became crooked.
If there’s a complaint, don’t you respond by telling me to change your posture and sit down?
He said it with a warning to keep his promise to me.
“Bianca, should you be polite to the empress? I’m sorry. I’m not used to being polite, so I’m immature.”
“It’s not your Majesty’s job to apologize. Would an apology not being received from the person involved have any meaning?”
“I’m sorry. If it’s inconvenient, I’ll fix it. What am I going to insist on?”
As if she had never rebelled, she changed her attitude in an instant and said sullenly as if she had become a heroine of tragedy.
And.
“Yes, well thought out. Wrong habits should be corrected.”
“…”
The empress accepted Bianca’s words without changing her expression.
Bianca looked a bit taken aback, as she hadn’t expected her to take her own words so casually.
‘I saw how Bianca suffered. After all, people live a long time and see. Certainly the empress is not an easygoing person.’
The empress was not swayed by Bianca’s words and held her balance better than she thought.
‘Because the empress comes from a powerful family no less than Bianca.’
From the time she was born, Bianca was born into a conglomerate family and has been treated with dignity.
However, compared to the empress who has lived as an aristocratic daughter of a noble ducal family in a world where the caste system exists, she must be lacking.
How many of her courtiers sacrificed their own lives for her wholly hers?
Also, considering the difference in status, it was true that the empress held a higher rank than the head of a conglomerate family.
‘She has nothing to do with Bianca.’
Maybe I’ve found the only one who can deal with Bianca.
On the other hand, as her Empress showed her different attitude from her own expectations, Bianca, who had been watching her, also began to talk to her amicably again, as if catching her breath slightly.
She said, “She’s helping His Majesty’s business and operating in another country.”
“Yes, I am helping Your Majesty by doing various things.”
The empress did not ask in detail what she was doing.
It seemed that she didn’t even want to know the details of Bianca’s work.
“By the way, she said, why did you suddenly want to help me when you were doing your job for Your Majesty?”
The questions he asks while leisurely drinking tea are quite sharp and bloody.
It was quite embarrassing, as it was clear that she was wary of Bianca.
She said, ‘She thought she was interested in Bianca, but she must have been the less interested.’
Bianca answered her empress’ sharp question without losing her composure.
“I can’t go around the outside forever, right? To be precise, I showed some greed because I wanted to live by His Majesty’s side. It seemed like there were things I could do well while I was here.”
Bianca took care of the empress’s question and gave her answer.
“If you can do it, you’re talking about managing the concubines, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. But she heard that Her Majesty rejected it. She felt very sorry for her, but when she heard that Her Majesty wanted to see me, she came running with a single step.”
“You must have thought that I would change my mind when I met you.”
“Yes, I thought so, but it seems it was my one-sided wish.”
“Good to see you. In the first place, His Majesty was reluctant to let you meet me.”
“Your Majesty is the one who worries a lot.”
At least looking at the current situation, I don’t think it’s useless to worry.
“Meeting you in person, I realized that His Majesty did not worry unnecessarily.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. The Empress doesn’t seem to like me. I came today wearing pretty clothes and paying attention to impress the Empress.”
“They told me to be careful of you. After meeting them, I can see that they wield a grayling tongue.”
How long has she seen Bianca, she sees through her essence.
She was amazed, and from this point on she watched with her mind a little relieved.
At least she came to believe that the empress was not someone who would be unilaterally beaten by her Bianca.
“Is that why you said you don’t need my help?
“No, it has nothing to do with that. There’s no way that someone who isn’t even the empress can manage her concubine in the first place? That’s not something you can do. It means that you can’t do it and you shouldn’t do it.”
She said the Empress was stinging her Bianca.
She dared to help her empress, and she seemed presumptuous from her point of view for thinking that she would rule her concubine herself.
She only thought about helping the empress, but it occurred to her that she hadn’t thought deeply about how she would accept my offer.
‘This is something I should reflect on.’
Bianca pursed her lips.
It seems that her heart was broken when she found out that the person she thought she could wield wasn’t formidable.
I remembered how hard she had suffered because of her Bianca, and I felt her stomach pierce.
‘If I don’t come forward, I’ll frown later saying I’m sad, so let’s just do this.’
She could not bear the empress’s terrifying wrath on her own, so she stopped watching silently, and she stepped forward.
“It seems that Jim made a mistake. Bianca did it because he thought it might be helpful to the empress, but the result is not very good. Bianca will scold her Jim separately.”
“…Yes, since Your Majesty said so, I will stop here as well.”
The empress regretted that she still had a lot to say, but when I said that I would deal with her separately, she couldn’t go any further.
Since we don’t live in the same world in the first place, we knew that it wouldn’t be easy for the two of us to get along.
However, I found out that the gap is much bigger than I thought.
It also occurred to her that since she had been properly scolded by the empress today, she would not beg Bianca any more.
It’s hard once, isn’t it easy the second time?
I was wondering what to do if he kept asking me to take him, but I didn’t think I would have to worry about that today.
“I will take Bianca with me.”
In fact, Bianca had been licking her lips since earlier and was patiently enduring something of hers.
It’s probably because she’s holding back from flirting with the empress because of an order I’ve given her.
I didn’t know how long that patience would last, so I was thinking of taking him out in a hurry.
“Your Majesty? Is the author unable to move alone?”
The empress looked disapprovingly at me for taking care of Bianca until the end.
She knew that she was upset with me, but if she didn’t take care of him, she begged the empress for forgiveness, wondering who would take care of her.
“Isn’t she a stranger to the imperial palace? It’s because she can’t be left alone.”
“…I understand. You should keep in mind what you heard today. If you don’t want to go outside, it wouldn’t hurt to ask His Majesty to make you your concubine.”
“…”
