Chapter 591 – Ep.589 Tullius Empire
“Come in.”
It wasn’t something I welcomed at all that the 1st Prince’s person came to visit me, but I was quite thankful that the fight between Irina and Lord Melbourne had naturally come to an end, so I decided to let the guy standing in front of the door in first.
‘I mean… ‘It seems okay to let it go.’
Even so, Irina seems to be just an ordinary servant, as Lord Melbourne, who came to visit in the morning and was worried about me, just stayed silent and said nothing.
Sweet.
As I quickly rolled my eyes and finished roughly assessing the atmosphere, the door to the office opened and a guy who looked a little younger than the boy who had been dragged in at that time came in with a frown on his face.
The guy who opened the door made a confident noise, but as soon as he saw Irina and Lord Melbourne sitting across from me, he froze.
“We’ll stop by. “Lord Smith.”
“Ugh… ?!”
Lord Melbourne naturally straightened her body, and Irina let out a short moan after being struck in the side by Lord Melbourne’s elbow.
“Lord Irina.”
“Ugh… !! See you later…”
Irina, who was glaring at her Lord Melbourne while holding her side after being hit by her elbow, finally let out a short sigh of her own, turned to me with a very regretful look on her face, said that, and placed her body together with Lord Melbourne. I turned it.
“Oh…”
The servant, an unknown boy who opened the door and froze in front of them, trembled as the two approached and quickly stepped aside.
Sweet.
The two of them left the office past the attendant and even showed good manners by closing the door.
“So?”
“… Yes?”
Yes? Yes now? Did you say that?
If I had been at an age where dark hair would have grown instead of fluffy hair, I would have gone back to being an old man named Seo Min-su and started conquering the baseline as if I was longing for our Roan.
‘Brother Lee took a look.’
If you harass a guy who is just entering middle school, that’s just unmanly behavior.
To be exact, the servant’s youthful face, who still couldn’t come to his senses, and his small figure, which required him to raise his tiptoes to touch the top of his head to my solid fourth abdominal muscle, made my heart weak.
‘Okay. There’s no benefit in making enemies for no reason.’
I opened the box Lord Melbourne gave me as a gift and took out a round donut that was easy to eat in one bite.
“Come here.”
Her hair was shiny and orange, and light freckles around her nose. And when I saw the gentle-looking eyes, I felt uncomfortable using a stiff tone of voice, so I ended up speaking comfortably without even realizing it.
“Ah, yes, yes…”
Fortunately, our boy servant didn’t seem to notice anything strange, so he walked towards me and stood in front, his eyes fixed on the donut in my hand.
“Eat.”
“… Thank you?”
I wanted to eat it, and I gave it to him, so I took it, but he glanced down at me with a questioning look as to why I was giving it to him, and shoved the donut into his mouth.
“… !!”
After chewing the donut in his mouth a few times, he opened his eyes wide and swallowed everything inside.
“Name is?”
“Oh, well, I…” … “My name is Oren.”
“Orange?”
“Yes? Oh no. Oren… No see?”
“Uh, okay. Oren.”
Orange.
No matter how you look at it, orange suits you better than oren.
“So. Oren?”
“Yes.”
“Yes. Instead, I should tell you why I came from the White Jade Palace.”
“… Ah!!”
His mouth clicked as if he had just realized a huge fact! Just by looking at his face with his mouth wide open in surprise, I immediately realized that Oren, our orange, was a very poor match.
“Well, Prince Marvicus invited the Commander of the Knights of the Blue Rose to lunch.”
“Luncheon? Lunch?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“Now?”
“Now.”
“I’m speaking informally now.”
“Oh… Sorry, sorry… !!”
I just pointed it out to tell him to go somewhere else and be careful, but he seemed to have completely misunderstood something and bowed down to apologize to me.
“Done. Be careful next time.”
“Ugh… Okay, thank you…”
What I was doing was stupid, so I stroked his head without realizing it, but he couldn’t overcome my strength and started to sway his body back and forth according to the direction I was stroking his head.
‘I was already feeling a little hungry.’
I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to go and fill your stomach.
It’s not the kind of invitation you can refuse in the first place.
“Okay. Let’s go.”
“I will guide you.”
“Uh, wait a minute.”
I got up from the sofa, opened the box, and checked the number of donuts and bread inside.
Gulp.
Then, hearing the sound of drooling next to me, I took out another small item that I had taken out earlier and closed the box.
“Now, eat.”
“Go, thank you!!”
It’s just so delicious, but is it really that good?
‘I thought that being the prince’s attendant meant eating a lot of delicious food, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.’
Otherwise, Oren, who matches our orange, may be discriminated against because he is from a commoner background, or may be ostracized among the servants.
Just looking at Irina, she said that she was from the desert. She was struggling with a manpower shortage and her leader was on the scene, so her servants who were inferior to her were worse than her. I will never do less.
“If you’ve finished eating, let’s go.”
“Ah, yes, yes!!”
She nodded her head towards me with a twinkle in her eye that would make anyone see her think I was her boss. She opened the door to her office and walked out with bold steps.
And then I followed him down and went down.
Kwaang──!!
“Ahh?!”
“W-what!!”
“Useup… ?”
I kicked the door to the second floor lounge and went inside.
‘They look very nice.’
A sofa is basic, a hammock on the bed, and… What are dolls?
Anyway, I pointed my finger at Roan, who was lying half-up in a nice, sunny spot among the members who froze when they saw me suddenly come in.
“W-what’s going on… ?”
“Does the leader really need a reason to call the vice-captain?”
“… Yes?”
What kind of obvious thing is that? … I said this to the person looking up at me.
“I have been invited to the First Prince’s luncheon, so I have to leave for a moment. So, Sir Roan will have to take care of the afternoon work as well.”
“… All right.”
Frown up, dude.
There is nothing to sell anyway.
“Oh, and there’s a box of bread and donuts in my office?”
“… Thank you very much. I will eat well.”
“Are you crazy?”
“… Yes?”
“No no.”
Without realizing it, I got so excited that the old man Seo Min-soo came out.
“Because I received it as a gift. Please leave it where you left it. When I come back and check, if even one is empty… Know?”
“… Yes.”
“Okay.”
“Ugh, ugh… !!”
I patted Roan on the shoulder and then turned around, leaving the pained guy behind.
Startle!
Our Oren, who was watching with interest, started shaking when our eyes met hers, and quickly lowered her head to avoid eye contact.
‘… I feel like I’ve lost all the goodwill I’ve built up.’
Let’s come back later and try rolling Roan a little more.
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“Your mother is also a servant?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
After leaving the building, Oren seemed frightened for a while, keeping her mouth shut and concentrating only on the guidance, but when I started talking to her first, she quickly perked up and started talking about various things.
And an amazing thing I just learned.
The fact is that her mother was a servant who served the second princess.
Additionally, in addition to Oren, children born to servants serving the princess and the emperor are receiving education and working as servants.
“Right.”
“… “Did Lord Smith really come from far away in the desert?”
“Uh? Ah, well. Yes.”
“What kind of place is the desert?”
The distance that seemed at first had long since disappeared.
Maybe it was because I listened to her and answered her questions with some sincerity, but Oren asked me various things with her eyes sparkling as if she were really my subordinate.
I responded appropriately and thought a little about what I heard just a moment ago.
‘In a place where men are precious, servants have children…’ …’
No matter how much I think about it, that’s the only thing that comes to mind.
Men who commit serious crimes or higher are transported to the empire without a single exception. And I heard that they were treated like male bastards, with their semen being exploited for the rest of their lives.
And some of them are secretly sent away as commodities in order to maintain relationships with other races.
In fact, Susukkang No. 1, who had hunted me in the Elven Forest in the past, was sent to the Elven Forest by the Empire and was living as a servant slave.
‘… ‘I’m more reluctant than I thought.’
It is good to even provide seeds to women who want to have children.
I don’t object to that part either.
However, educating children born that way from infancy and raising them as servants was a story that was bound to cause resistance.
More than anything.
“You’ve never been outside the imperial castle?”
“Yes… I, I am the prince’s servant… “I don’t know when the prince will ask me to do something, so I always have to be on standby by his side.”
An orange that casually tells an incredible story… No, I was momentarily speechless when I saw Oren’s appearance.
He even said that the only snacks he had were leftover fruit or sugar-coated bread.
‘This kid…’
I’ll say that sooner.
If that were the case, I would have fed him a lot of bread and brought him out.
“S-Lord Smith…” … ? “Did you get some dust in your eyes?”
“Hehe… !! Okay…”
Shit.
Perhaps because of Winter, who will soon be born from Kernax’s ship, Oren’s story greatly shook the heart of the expectant father, Smith.
“Ah! “That place is the White Jade Palace!!”
Seeing this guy proudly pointing at a large, ornate palace without knowing what his situation was, I snorted and nodded at him.
“It’s orange.”
“… “It’s Oren.”
“Okay. Orange.”
“… “If Lord Smith wants to call you that, then call me that.”
A good guy at heart.
I said while ruffling the hair of a guy who was a little taller than Kalm.
“Brother Lee will take you out of the palace later.”
“… “Really?”
The guy who was shaking his head back and forth as he was led by my hand asked me back with a happy expression on his face.
“Okay.”
Why is going out so difficult?
“Now that the word is out, it went well. During working hours, I mean, this weekend…”
“Weekend… ?”
He tilts his head slightly and waits for me to finish speaking.
But I couldn’t finish my sentence easily.
Because I noticed something very important.
‘Even on weekends… Going to work… ?’
Of course, there’s nothing to do, but that’s not the point.
The only thing that matters is that you have to go to work even on weekends.
‘It seems like a crazy black company…’ …’
