Chapter 78 – The Mess
“The store manager is engaged to the princess! “No way!”
Everyone’s eyes focused on Elena’s courageous cry.
“How dare you interrupt the princess?”
The air became cold at the knight’s words.
He started putting his hands on the waists of the escort knights.
Because you dare stop the princess from speaking?
“What are we doing now?”
I scolded the knights who put their hands on the handles of their swords.
“Just try going further out there. “It doesn’t end with just a warning.”
“…”
No matter how much I am a knight of the princess, I cannot tolerate rudeness to our staff.
And in this day and age, not even being able to express your own opinion is a fart.
“Everyone please calm down.”
As the atmosphere started to get more bloody, Chloe calmed the knights and me down.
“I didn’t make this announcement to start a fight. And Miss Elena’s opinion doesn’t matter either.”
Chloe looked at me.
“What do you think, Lord Dojin?”
An arrow flew at me.
I don’t know what answer I was thinking of when I declared this here.
Should I rather be glad that I didn’t declare it in front of the nobles?
I saw her.
Contrary to her confident voice, Chloe’s cheeks were dyed red.
It must be a confession that brought up all the courage she had.
It was a brave confession, but it wasn’t a good place.
And the situation was not good.
Not because it was a confession made in front of Elena.
‘Hero.’
The problem was that solving the problem between the hero and the devil was the top priority.
Even the opponent is an exhibitionist hero.
“There is absolutely no such thing as an engagement! Right? Store manager?”
I can hear Elena’s voice.
“No matter how much you are the princess, I can’t confess right here…”
Sylvia was also hesitantly wary.
“Originally, I wanted to reveal it in a better place, but it became urgent because there were more competitors than I thought. “You know what I mean, right?”
Chloe urged an answer.
Lila, Robinson, and Dmitry ate handfuls of the popcorn served as snacks and waited for my answer.
There were bigger problems lying around.
Elena.
She kept getting caught in her eyes.
If the engagement is accepted here, what will happen to Elena?
Isn’t she left alone?
There was only me for Elena.
At least this answer is as soon as her future is decided…
‘That’s funny.’
I touched Elena.
But are you going to simply decide your future as soon as it is decided?
That just becomes trash.
‘Did all Alpha Mails worry about this?’
Having to make a decision somehow amidst the attention of many women.
Among those choices, it was difficult to find one that made everyone happy.
It is not easy.
The life of an alpha male.
If you say you’re going to get engaged here, you’re abandoning Elena.
If you say you won’t do it, you’ll be disappointing Chloe.
Which of the two choices will result in less hurt?
The answer was obvious.
“I will put it on hold.”
“Yes?”
I couldn’t bring myself to say no.
Rather, it would be better to definitely quit.
“I can’t give you an answer right now.”
“… “Is it again?”
It was clear that Chloe was embarrassed.
On the other hand, Elena and Sylvia’s expressions brightened.
“Please wait a moment. “I am not in a position to answer right now.”
It means to wait.
Time was needed.
More time was needed to properly control the gap between the two.
So I tried to postpone the answer.
The problem is.
Chloe seemed to take it a little differently.
“Is this a rejection?”
“That’s not it. “It means we need room to think.”
“Food for thought… Is it time to sort it out?”
“I didn’t mean it that way. “I have more urgent matters ahead of me now.”
“Last time, you said it was because of the difference in social status. But this time you say now is not the time.”
The voice was full of crying.
“That’s it. It was something like that.”
Chloe, who had come to her own conclusion, turned to Elena.
“I’m sorry, but I’m a greedy woman. No, everyone in the imperial family is greedy. “It means that I am not the type of person who leaves things alone.”
She spoke while facing Elena.
“Oh my, do you really think I’m the manager’s girlfriend? I’m so happy if you see it that way. Hehe.”
“Profit…”
Chloe stopped Elena before her face turned even redder with shame.
“Elena, you too, calm down. Princess, I’m sorry. Forgive the rudeness…”
I couldn’t finish my sentence.
Because he looked like he was about to burst into tears at any moment.
“I think I ruined the mood. Sorry. Let’s leave.”
“Princess, but now it’s Huyaje…”
“What are you saying?”
Chloe didn’t listen to me.
She continued her words without even looking back.
“Do you think anyone in this empire would dare stop me?”
In her voice, I could feel the power of supremacy that I felt from the emperor.
“Don’t stop me. “Because I want to be alone today.”
“The princess.”
I grabbed her wrist.
“Times are dangerous now. Don’t go. At least tomorrow morning…”
“Let go. “This is an order I give as the princess.”
If you put it that way, there was no way.
I thought as I watched Chloe’s back as she walked away while being escorted by the knights.
Kill the devil as quickly as possible.
So, I go there as soon as possible and come to a conclusion with Chloe.
So what about Elena?
To throw it away?
No.
Not at all.
A man does not abandon a woman who likes him.
To have both?
There’s nothing you can’t do.
Of course, there will be a lot of hardship for that to happen.
“Manager, are you okay?”
“Okay. “Don’t worry too much.”
I stroked Elena’s head.
The atmosphere of the party, which was held to encourage everyone to become friends, suddenly subsided.
It’s going to be quite a struggle to get this back.
Robinson, who was quietly watching this mess, approached cautiously.
“Brother, I already predicted something like this would happen to you.”
“What?”
“Aren’t you a man of great ability? It’s strange that this has only happened now in the first place. Hehe.”
“…”
“How dare Luna even suspect the store manager that she likes people of the same sex?”
“Do you still have those doubts?”
“Not really. “Recently, you’ve been studying more erotic gestures with a betrayed expression.”
“… But why didn’t you come to the party?”
“How do I know? “It’s not the first time he’s acted on his own terms.”
I’m glad I didn’t come.
Because I don’t think it would have looked good.
“Whoa, some people are distressed because they can’t meet women because of work, but some people are attracted to women even if they stay still…” … Envious. “Brother.”
This guy isn’t making fun of me.
“Brother, it’s good that your dating business is doing well, but…”
He smiled darkly as he made a ring with his thumb and index finger and made a gesture of moving the ring back and forth with the index finger of his opposite hand.
“Well, you shouldn’t get caught. For no reason, I become tired in many ways. Haha.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Haha, sorry. I’m worried for no reason. Haha.”
I thought about hitting the honey chestnut hard, but then I decided against it.
Even if I hit it, only my hand hurts.
***
The day after Serin’s death in the crown princess contest, she lay down in a dirty inn and sighed.
“Fuck you.”
After spitting out a thick Korean curse, she sighed again.
She had spent almost all the money she had brought with her when she came to Seoul to rent a dress for the Crown Princess Selection, and was now completely penniless.
Should I return to my hometown?
My dad will hit me a lot.
I wasted my family’s wealth for no reason.
“That can never be done.”
She was tired of living as the boring woodcutter’s daughter.
Now it’s something I don’t want to do again.
So what should we do?
“I don’t know.”
The goal has disappeared.
She originally planned to become a crown princess and join her noble society and live a luxurious life.
The eldest daughter of a great duke’s family was selected as the crown princess.
She later said that when she heard the story, the winner had already been decided.
She was just a clown who made a funny show by herself at a party she was assigned to.
“It wasn’t like this in the past.”
When she winked, her school’s seniors lined up, and when she smiled, her classmates offered.
She knew her own beauty and how powerful her beautiful woman was.
‘If it were my original body.’
Even that arrogant senior of hers would not have dared to criticize her.
Just like before, she would give him everything, liver and gallbladder, as if he were her boyfriend.
“Ha, that’s annoying.”
I thought it was a poor fish in the fishing grounds, so I tried to use it in moderation. Especially for a student, I had a lot of money in my pocket and my grades were good, so I tried to put it to good use.
Rather, I came to this world because of Dojin.
“Damn senior bastard.”
Serin’s feelings couldn’t have been good either.
“Next time I see you, just punch me in the temple!”
She sighed, imagining that it wouldn’t happen.
What do you do when you think of the glory of the past?
Reality is a gutter.
“It’s annoying.”
What should I do now?
And at that time.
Knock.
“Mr. Celer?”
“Yes?”
The name Seler has now become familiar.
She suppressed her irritation and greeted her guest.
I think he’s the inn owner.
What’s going on?
“Do you have anything? “I think I paid for the room up to 15 days.”
“That’s not it, there are people looking for it.”
And in front of Serin.
“Huh?”
A group of humans were standing there, dressed in priestly clothes that were more ornate and shining than anyone else.
“I received a revelation. Please follow us. Hero candidate.”
Dragon… Buy?
I’ve heard it before.
A word that men who were not candidates for her fishing spot used to flirt with each other.
A word that was disgusting and irritating and made her angry without realizing it.
Serin’s face was distorted by the unpleasant sensation of something scratching deep in her chest.
“What is that, you idiot?”
