Chapter 120 – Episode 119. 10 Years Ago (1)
There was an awkward silence in the room.
What made it so was the man and woman who had just come to the point of committing a crime, and really went to the verge of doing so.
If it wasn’t awkward for a man and a woman like that to sit side by side on a bed wearing her clothes, it would be even more strange.
“… That, so.”
“Huh?”
It seemed that Leopold didn’t like this awkward silence either.
As soon as Astrid brings out her words, the answer comes back as if Leopold had been waiting for it too.
Leopold also did it out of the mood, but it’s surprising how he was able to summon up the courage to do so, as he had absolutely no familiarity with women.
“I wonder… There is.”
“That, yes. Don’t answer anything Come to think of it, I also have a question… Asti, tell me first.”
Astrid caught her breath for a moment.
I don’t know if it’s okay to ask in the current situation, but maybe it’s hard to ask if it’s not now.
It could be something that she would never have been able to answer if there was a real Astrid, and that she is now Astrid’s diary, and that she was nowhere to be found.
“… It was 10 years ago, what the hell is it?”
“Ten years ago… That, how do you know?”
Ten years ago, the first time I knew about it was through Astrid’s diary.
Exactly, I could only know what had happened 10 years ago, but I couldn’t figure out what had happened, and starting from that day, Astrid’s diary was filled with tremendous anger toward Leopold.
And what happened after that? Astrid’s affection for Leopold was so excessive that it overflowed, so I can’t understand it with common sense.
“I saw the diary.”
“Diary? Astrid’s diary?”
“Is it so. Astrid’s Diary.”
Dozens of diaries that were tightly packed in a drawer.
As I read through each of the diaries, I could see how Astrid had lived in the past years.
It is an undeniable fact that she helped her a lot, to her.
“Did Astrid write a diary? It is different from what it looks like.”
“… It has a delicate side. Don’t talk like that.”
“Mmm, yes. What do you do?”
“So what happened 10 years ago, hell.”
“… Hmm… Ten years ago, huh?”
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Leopold von Einhafen.
Crown Prince of the Einhafen Empire.
10 years old this year.
Astrid von Mitterien.
The eldest daughter of the Grand Duchy of Mitterien, who blocks the northern part of the Einhafen Empire.
10 years old this year.
Astrid’s looks have been very popular since her childhood.
Along with that silver hair, the mint-colored eyes that shimmer with wisdom, and the somewhat grayish lips that were tightly shut.
When she sat on her sofa in a banquet dress decorated with white frills on a red background, she was really as beautiful as if she had her doll sitting on it.
However, the person involved is just sitting there, unable to move, as the end of her skirt is dragging on the floor because the length of her skirt is too long.
“Asti, are you enjoying the banquet?”
“Father. Yes, I am enjoying it.”
It is a cold voice that is far from soft.
But Wolfgang didn’t seem to care too much about his daughter’s voice.
“Huh, His Highness’ birthday banquet isn’t fun. Wouldn’t it be okay for you to say that?”
“I said I was enjoying it because I was already enjoying it, but is there any problem, Father?”
“No, there is no problem.”
Wolfgang sat down slowly next to his daughter.
Cute Asti.
Her father’s appearance did not resemble her in the slightest, but her mother’s appearance was stripped away and she was as beautiful as an angel.
Fortunately, it was fortunate that he took out Wolfgang as it was and put it in his personality.
“His Highness the Crown Prince will come out soon. Aren’t you waiting for him too?”
“Yeah, that’s right. Aren’t you the one who is the main character of this banquet in the first place?”
Wolfgang gazed at the little mouth chirping as if singing, with a pleased expression.
Astrid von Mitterien.
When he was a toddler, he received two blessings from the stars, and when he realized that they were divine power and divine power, Wolfgang thought the sky was about to collapse.
Not because I’m surprised, but because I love it.
He was overjoyed that such a blessing had been directed to the Grand Duchess of Myterien, and he thought that nothing could be better than this.
And at the age of seven, she went on her first expedition, and seeing her daughter slaughtering barbarians with a calm expression, she had no doubt that she would become the mother of Einhafen and a guardian deity.
And this year, when she turned 10, it was time to finally announce her betrothal to Leopold.
“Asti, do you know what kind of seat we are today?”
“Isn’t it a banquet to celebrate the birthday of His Highness?”
The answer is still broken.
It was the same Astrid-like answer that had been rumored to be clever since childhood.
“Yes, but there is one more… Yeah, let’s make that a surprise. Where… Oh, it looks like His Highness the Crown Prince is about to come out.”
Wolfgang looked at the entrance to the Winter Palace and said.
At the entrance to this banquet hall from the Winter Palace, also known as Taeja Palace, the guards inspected even more thickly, and disputes were pouring out in an orderly manner.
Anyone can expect that someone with a noble status will appear.
“Your Highness, please-!”
The steward raised his voice to announce the arrival of the crown prince, Leopold von Einhafen.
The high officials filling the banquet hall and the large and small conversations between them faded in an instant, and all eyes turned to the entrance.
Hair that sparkles brightly, as if it were spun by melting gold.
Lips filled with a soft, fluffy smile as if there were no worries in the world.
His gaze, curved like a crescent moon and full of a smile, leisurely looked around the crowd in the hall.
“… Leopold, Your Highness… “
Astrid’s eyes were also fixed on him.
The pupils do not waver even an inch as they are directed towards him, and are directed towards him.
Seeing that unwavering gaze, Wolfgang smiled.
‘I don’t even know what this guy will do if the engagement news is announced.’
There is a sad side to me.
Leopold von Einhafen also turned ten this year.
Not the birthdays of ordinary children, but the 10-year-old birthday of Leopold, the future heir of Einhafen, was a more meaningful event, and the atmosphere was even more exciting because there was another event that only the parties themselves did not know.
“Come on, the many high-ranking masters who serve as the main pillars of this Einhafen. Thank you for coming here.”
The banquet was in full swing.
Nobles all came to see Leopold to congratulate him on his birthday, while earnestly praising him, saying that his outstanding appearance was equal to clever wisdom, and that he was the red suit of the Eindhafen Empire.
The current emperor, Creutz von Einhafen, stepped onto the podium.
Even though the voice was never loud, the emperor’s words had a special weight, and everyone in the hall turned to the emperor at once.
Clasping his calloused fists tightly, Kreuz, dressed in a royal robe embroidered with golden dragons, was looking around at the people with a friendly smile.
“Duke Myterien!”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
Sitting on the sofa, Archduke Wolfgang von Mitterien, who was standing up at the same time as the emperor ascended the stage, answered loudly as soon as he was called.
Finally, the announcement begins.
Kreuz pulled the prince next to him, Leopold, to himself and shouted again.
“Let’s take the second main character of the day to this place!”
“That’s right, Your Highness!”
With those words, Wolfgang grabbed Astrid’s hand with his big hand.
I grabbed Astrid’s hand to go to the podium, but somehow she didn’t budge.
“Father, please tell me. What is it?”
Mint-colored eyes were looking at Wolfgang.
Astrid, whose left foot took a step forward and firmly planted on the floor, did not drag me in the slightest as if the force pulling me was ridiculous.
Astrid von Mitterien, who is no match for Wolfgang’s strength.
Possessor of power.
“… Daughter, let’s just go together. It’s a good thing.”
“Before you tell me… Oh?!”
Rather than pulling him, Wolfgang just hugged Astrid and lifted him up.
It happened unexpectedly, and Astrid, unable to respond, struggled with him—
“Ugh, then the dress rips. Wouldn’t that be a big deal then?”
I had no choice but to quietly listen to Wolfgang’s words.
Thus, Kreuz and Leopold, Astrid and Wolfgang finally stood side by side on the podium.
“You must be wondering what this is all of a sudden. Isn’t it?”
I didn’t have any answer,
Most nobles were noticing.
Starting with the composition of Leopold and Astrid standing side by side on a podium, everyone had a rough idea of what it meant.
“Now, we, the Einhafen Imperial Family, have decided to do this.”
Kreuz let go of his luck and put his hand on Leopold’s shoulder.
Then he took a few more steps and put his hand on Astrid’s shoulder.
“For the union with the Einthofen Imperial Family, which conquered this chaotic continent and finally established a unified empire, and the Grand Duchess of Mitterien, who volunteered to serve as the northern shield by resigning from power even though they made great contributions to the unification war. “
And again, by Wolfgang’s side, he put his arm around his shoulder.
“I would like to announce the betrothal of Leopold von Einhafen and Astrid von Mitterien. Engagement on the day of coming of age, and marriage when judged qualified. It’s already been decided, so everyone knows that. Please bless this good day more fervently than now.”
“” “”Waaaaa!””””
Fierce shouts filled the banquet hall.
There can be no disagreement.
As the military exploits of Grand Duke Mitterien were so enormous that they are recorded in history books, even if he had a blood relationship with the imperial family, his liver was not large enough to rebel against it.
“Now, the two of you, go downstairs and look back at the nobles to congratulate them.”
Amid such shouts, Kreuz and Wolfgang gently pushed Astrid and Leopold’s shoulders, respectively.
The two of them, who still have bewildered expressions but do not show any disapproval, take a step forward from Astrid without rejecting the touch.
Then Leopold’s steps—
I stepped on the hem of Astrid’s dress.
Chiiyi profit…
With a loud voice,
Those with good ears may have heard,
Astrid’s dress rips into a long—
The dress, which was already too big, was torn and flowed down from the nape of her neck.
