Chapter 331

“Then, I’ll see you on that day.”

Rieta grabbed at BB, who was about to climb through the window again.

“BB.”

“Yes?”

“Be careful. You shouldn’t get hurt.”

“Don’t worry. Even if I do get hurt, I will definitely be able to bring the Princess back. I have a pretty expensive contract.”

BB smiled brightly at Rieta’s anxious appearance.

“No, that’s not it…”

Rieta shook her head quickly.

“I just meant that I don’t want BB to get hurt. It has nothing to do with the operation or the contract… just that.”

“…”

BB looked at Rieta with round eyes and immediately said “heey,” laughing all the while.

“Don’t say that, Princess.”

“You don’t like me worrying about you?”

“It’s not like that, but when I hear those words full of trust, it makes me not want to be paid.”

“I don’t mean to stop BB’s economic activities…”

“Still, when I see someone who seems to trust me, it’s human nature to want to live up to it. I want to be acknowledged.”

“Of course I trust BB.”

As Rieta looked at him earnestly, BB quickly put his hands together as though praying.

“Ugh, I said don’t do this. It makes me want to be nice to you. For… free.”

Speaking the word ‘free’ outloud was so terrible that BB’s shoulders trembled.

It was so cute that Rieta laughed again.

“Don’t laugh, I’m just worried I won’t be paid right now.”

“What?”

“I saw that.”

BB pointed to Rieta’s white dress.

“. . .?”

“If I report that the princess was wearing a wedding dress, Lord Darrel would urge me on without even paying for the labor.”

“Why would he? Darrel isn’t like that.”

“The Princess will never understand.”

“Then, talk to the Duke or Noel. They’re fair people, so they’ll all be on BB’s side.”

BB shook his head even more fiercely at Rieta’s words, a bashful smile on his face.

To put it bluntly, that was never going to happen.

BB’s head might be cut off and hung from the walls of the Duchy for speaking frankly to the Duke or Noel about this.

Witnessing the Princess’ beauty first was an unconditional crime, punishable with the death penalty in Duchy Meyer!

“Anyway!”

He quickly stopped talking and jumped out the window.

“I’m going to get paid. Definitely.”

“Yes, earn a lot.”

Rieta answered, waving her hand at him.

“Of course,” replied BB, who quickly ducked through the garden.

Rieta gazed at the place where he had disappeared and recalled the faces she missed one by one.

The Duke, Darrel and… Noel.

But she soon shook her head and struggled to push the thoughts away.

There were things she had to do first. She could miss them later.

Rieta called the maids to change her dress again.

***

Ask the three maids who work at Rieta’s palace ‘what they liked about the job’, and they wouldn’t hesitate to answer ‘a plentiful meal’.

It was thanks to the King’s orders to pay special attention to Rieta’s meals.

On the other hand, if they were asked ‘what they didn’t like’, it would probably be wiping countless picture frames.

Besides, it wasn’t something that could be done carelessly.

The portraits of the loyal subjects hanging along the hallway were something that Princess Rieta valued very much, and she took the time to look at each frame one by one every morning.

They thought that if they didn’t take good care of what the Princess cared about, they might end up sent away from this palace where the meals were plenty.

This morning too, Rieta came out into the hallway in her nightgown.

Agnes, who was guarding the door, got up and followed her.

Shouldn’t it be better to talk to Agnes?

Thinking of that, she took a few more steps and saw the maid on duty for the evening squatting in front of a small fireplace.

It was a cold autumn night, so she seemed to have wanted to light a fire in the fireplace. Rieta felt a bit sorry.

“Shall I wake her up?”

With Agnes’ question, Rieta shook her head.

“It’s okay. You don’t have to do anything. I’m just walking down the hallway.”

The two walked, careful not to disturb the maid’s slumber.

Soon, she saw the portraits of the subjects she met every day.

Rieta used to walk especially slowly in front of them. Of course, today was no different.

As she walked like that, there were times when she stopped walking for a moment.

Today she stopped in front of the portrait of Elisha Maureen.

Not Rieta’s Elisha, but the portrait of his grandfather.

However, even while looking at the portrait, Rieta still thought of her Elisha. So maybe she should say she stopped in front of the Elisha who she left behind in the Empire?

“…I’m worried.”

Rieta murmured.

She was simply talking to herself, but surprisingly, there was an answer.

“I hear he’s in the Empire.”

Agnes said that.

Rieta thought that it was a little strange for Agnes to speak first, but she didn’t show it.

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