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He stopped talking for a moment and willfully took the tea in front of Rieta and drank it.
The maid, not understanding their conversation, interjected in anger, but Rieta raised her hand to stop her.
“What’s bothering you?”
“I was a little scared because they were glaring at me like they were going to kill me.”
”…”
“Ohhh, creepy. It was a ‘great’ feeling. And do you have any more questions?”
Rieta sat down slowly, and she stared into his face.
“You seem to know everything I want to know…”
“Um, maybe?”
“Tell me everything.”
Rieta commanded the mercenary with slightly teary eyes.
“…Please.”
The mercenary held out his hand to the girl who looked desperate.
“Well, it depends on how much the Princess can give me.”
“…”
At that moment, Rieta understood why King Liz had called this person ‘money-crazed mercenary.’
Although it was a bit embarrassing that she ever felt the same way as her father.
* * *
Currently, Rieta had no cash at all.
In the first place, the royal family didn’t carry their own money, so Emile didn’t think that gold coins would pop out anytime soon.
“Then one thing.”
He twirled his long outstretched fingers and laughed unpleasantly.
“If Duke Mayer tries to catch me later, protect me.”
Stunned by Emile’s absurd suggestion, Rieta hurriedly opened her mouth.
“How could I do that!”
“You can.”
He cut off Rieta’s words and answered with a sharp tone.
“Because of the characteristics of the men of the Imperial family, famous for being daughter-fools.”
“Because of that characteristic, everyone now knows the story that the Emperor loved Princess Gabriella and the Duke loved Princess Rieta.”
“Besides, everyone liked the story anyway… For those strict looking people to have such a characteristic. Isn’t it cute?”
“Who says the Duke is a fool!!”
“Uh… he’s not a fool, he’s a daughter… fool?”
“How dare you insult the Duke in front of me!”
“No, it only means the Duke loves the Princess so very much!”
Emily quickly changed his words.
For a moment, Rieta felt like she had become a bad ruler who was bewitched by the words of a traitor. She never thought that one word would make her feel so happy.
“Hmph.”
Rieta forcibly suppressed the smile that was trying to come out and answered.
“An, anyway… I can’t promise to protect you. The decision is the Duke’s.”
“Well, then I have nothing to say. I should keep my mouth shut.”
“Instead, I can say that you’ve been of some help to me.”
“Some?”
When Emily pointed it out, this time Rieta held out her hand and smiled.
“If you want, I can say that you were of great help to me. I’ll tell the Duke that too. But…”
“Hmm, would the Maureen couple’s condition be of any help?”
“…How are they?”
“Not good.”
“Ah…”
Rieta’s face distorted slightly at the brief reply.
“They’ll need to recuperate for quite some time. Both of them.”
“Will they be okay… after recuperation?”
“They say it’s miraculous. It’s a relief that their necks didn’t break. And they were only strangled for a few seconds, so they should be fine in that regard.”
Even if it was only a few seconds, it would have felt far too long to them. Because it felt like that for Rieta, too.
Rieta hoped that they would recover as soon as possible. It hurt her heart that the only thing she could do was pray like this…
Emily, who had been watching Rieta’s depressed face, cautiously asked.
“Uh… so, am I helpful now?”
Rieta frowned instead of answering.
“It’s, it’s not?”
He almost started to cry, feeling a little unfair.
“You said you’d protect me if I told you about the Maureen couple!”
“Have I ever promised anything like that?”
“What?! Ridiculous! The Princess is a liar!”
At his insistence, Rieta turned her head in a pout. Like she didn’t even want to hear it.
“Trying to take information without paying! Mercenaries don’t even do that!”
“Don’t you think that the way you’re speaking to a Princess is seriously wrong?”
“Wow, this is where the habit of rulers, who bring up manners whenever they’re at a slight disadvantage, comes out again. It can’t be helped.”
Saying that, Emile corrected his posture and sat down.
“I’ll tell you one more thing. Is that all right?”
At Emile’s question, Rieta unknowingly nodded her head.
“Sir Knox, who protected the Princess even when arrows were pouring down on him. That man…”
Rieta hurriedly nodded her head.
“Yes.”
Rieta, like him, corrected her posture and sat down.
Like it was difficult for him to say anything, only the tips of his lips moved.
No way… Was this a bad story? Rieta’s heart skipped a beat.
“If you want to hear more, you can pay for it, Princess.”
Rieta’s expression crumpled.
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