Chapter 86
A boy appeared in the slum.
The boy was dressed in lavish clothes like a child before he ran away.
As a result, the child had no choice but to stare blankly at the boy.
If he hadn’t run away from home, he would have been enjoying his luxury as leisurely as that boy.
The child would look at the boy and remember what happened half a year ago.
People from families who don’t show their emotions.
Parents who don’t pay any attention to them with emotionless eyes.
Normally, I would think it would be unfortunate.
After living in a slum for half a year, I realized how happy I was.
‘mom and dad·····.’
Thinking like that, when the child is crying a little.
“yes? Where are you sick?”
A boy thought to be a noble came up to him and asked in a worried voice.
The boy shook his head at his question.
Then the moment I opened my mouth.
– Knuckle!
A voice calling for food rang out from the boat.
‘Uh… Come to think of it, I haven’t eaten anything all day yesterday.’
The boy in front of him hears the sound and goes through his pockets.
Within. Everyone gives a cookie that looks expensive.
“Ugh. This is all I have, so eat this.”
“Go, thank you.”
The child grabbed the sweets he gave him.
In a hurry, he ate the sweets the boy had given him.
– Omnyok.
The child, who absorbed the sweets like a vacuum cleaner, remembered living in the mansion, and transparent water dripped down from his eyes, which had not been emotional for a while.
The boy was bewildered by the sudden crying of the child in front of him.
“Uh, huh?”
At that time, the boy is struggling not knowing how to deal with it.
Suddenly, I remembered the words of my deceased mother.
‘Kane. When a woman is crying, hand it over and wipe it off.’
The boy remembered his mother’s words and took out a napkin from his jacket pocket.
I approached her, who was dripping with chicken poop-like tears, and carefully wiped it away.
“?!”
The child is startled by the sudden approach of the boy.
Unknowingly, his gaze turned to the boy’s face.
Her eyes are a bit sharp, but she has big eyes, a clear nose bridge, and smooth skin with cheekbones.
Is it because I look at a boy my age so close?
For some reason, my face starts to get hotter.
When the child’s cheeks are getting bigger and bigger.
“yes. It was all cleaned up.”
The boy nodded with satisfaction.
The child let out a sigh of regret for a moment.
“ah····.”
At the same time, the butler, who looks a little scary, rushes towards him.
“Do, lord. You must not go alone.”
“yes? why? Isn’t this your father’s land too?”
In response to that question, the butler changed the topic, thinking that it would be impossible to understand even if he had properly explained it to the child.
“Anyway. The Lord is looking for you.”
“Ugh!”
The boy swallowed up the breeze, thinking he had been caught sneaking out.
“Father, hurry up. Let’s go back.”
“yes. All right.”
The moment the boy is about to return.
He shook his head as if he remembered something.
“I’ll come to play again later!”
As he said those words, the boy smiled brightly.
From that day on, the boy came to play with the child once every two days.
***
Richie is drenched in thoughts.
She closes her eyes and remembers the day she first met Kane.
“What do you think, Richie?”
Cage tilts her head and asks.
Richie, waking up from her thoughts at her question, said with a calm expression.
“just. I was thinking about something from the past.”
“Hmm. I see Anyway, the owner. You will be well prepared.”
“········.”
I can’t quite agree with that statement.
Because I’m not sure about that either.
To be honest, it’s also true that he’s happy when he says he’s going to save him.
But on the other hand, I was also worried.
It’s not like I’m putting myself at risk for nothing.
That thought ran through my mind.
‘young master. Don’t overdo it.’
With that in mind, put your hands on your chest.
– Jerk. jerk.
I heard someone walking.
Richie noticed immediately by presence detection and told Cage.
“Sister. Transform into its original form.”
“yes.”
Cage nodded and turned into a puppy without hesitation.
1 minute after that. knocked on the door.
– Knock. Knock.
“Can I come in?”
“·····yes.”
In response to her answer, Gerard, the head of the Lipford family, opened the door.
She looks at Richie in a pure white dress with unfeeling eyes.
“····· Even if it is a defective product, the appearance is fine.”
“········.”
I wanted to spit out harsh swear words right away, but that wouldn’t change anything, so she just stared at me.
However.
– Wow! Wow!
Unlike Richie, Cage barked with her eyes wide open as if the words were offensive.
Gerard looked at the barking dog with a blank expression on his face, then moved his gaze back to Richie.
“I told you yesterday, but don’t even think about doing nonsense. Now, many nobles, as well as the royal family and the saints have come to the ceremony.”
“Saint…”
Would it be Anje?
Surely it will.
Because Gerard said yesterday that she is a saint of the goddess who sees fate.
‘…is this Kane’s plan?’
I can’t quite guess
Judging by Gerard’s reaction in the first place, he must have sent an invitation from the beginning.
I don’t know if the invitation has my name on it or not, so I don’t know what to expect.
‘Maybe it’s just that the two dukes are engaged.’
Thinking like that, it was when Richie was immersed in thought.
“The time is up. Please come out when called.”
Gerard walked out of the waiting room.
Richie lifted the cage up for a moment and stroked it.
“The master will come to the rescue.”
“Wah.”
Cage nodded and barked a little.
okay. will come to the rescue
***
Lipford Territory.
Cathedral of the Goddess of Destiny.
There, people with the highest ranks of the Leiston Continent had gathered.
“I never imagined that the maiden of the Lipford family would appear now.”
“I mean.”
“What would you like to look like?”
While the nobles were talking to each other with curious faces.
– profit.
Saint Anje opened the door to the church.
The nobles widened their eyes when they saw her as a host.
It’s only because she showed up at the engagement ceremony.
In fact, it would be absurd for her to come to such an event.
Anje’s schedule is literally hell.
So, even if the two dukes are calling, you can’t help but be surprised to be the host of the engagement ceremony.
After the nobles were startled for a moment, Skaya appeared behind them.
She looked around for a moment.
‘…and only one member of the royal family came.”
A royal family that even those with the status of a duke will go down.
One of the beings who are actually the apex of the pyramid.
Rayston von Patrick.
Except for the second prince, not a single member of the royal family came.
Skaya looked at him for a moment.
Shiny golden hair, and the facial features that most women would fall in love with.
A typical prince figure.
‘Hmmm… the imperial family seems to have only sent that person.’
Well, in fact, even people who don’t know the circumstances will surely know earlier that this engagement ceremony is suspicious.
To be honest, it was so sudden that I had no choice but to do that.
The fact that the son of the two dukes is having an engagement ceremony is so outrageous that it feels uncomfortable.
I bet he must have felt something strange among the other nobles as well.
Well, it’s a big incident since Young-ae suddenly appeared in the Lipford family in the first place.
Skaya looked at Marin, who was engaged to Riche this time… or, soon to go to hell.
‘····It looks dirty.’
As a child of the same duke family, I have seen him several times, but nothing has changed.
Every time I look at it, I feel like my stomach is twitching.
‘Rish. Be patient. Kane will save you.’
It was when Skaya was thinking about it for a while.
Saint Anje, who came up on the podium, shouted.
“The youngest of the Lipford family, Lipford von Riche, is here!”
Everyone around her turned their attention to her cry.
Door to the Cathedral of the Goddess who sees fate.
There was Riche in an impeccable white dress.
The nobles in the cathedral looked at her and widened their eyes.
Because it was so incredibly beautiful.
And not only the stranger, but also Skaya showed a slightly surprised reaction.
‘····I thought Richie was pretty. She’s really pretty when she wears makeup and a dress.’
The people around them are looking at Richie and laughing.
“I, that person is the young girl of the Lipford family.”
“Really… it’s beautiful. Why did you only show up now?”
“So… if you looked like that, you would have been able to build your own faction.”
The nobles in the cathedral are buzzing.
Riche walks slowly with the help of the maids.
Richie was standing next to Marine.
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Marin looked at her with lustful eyes and spoke softly so that only her could hear it.
“Yesterday, you said you weren’t going to get engaged, and you’ve come to the best of your ability.”
“Shut up. Before I rip that snout.”
Richie replied with a harsh swear word.
Just talking to Marine gives me goosebumps.
His eyes were so disgusting that he almost vomited for a moment.
‘So what happened to the master?’
I looked around for a while.
The eyes of many aristocrats are caught.
And among them, Skaya, whom they have known for a long time, Patrick, the second prince of the imperial family, her parents Gerard and Mirajen, and members of the Valentina family.
There were quite a few strong people.
But.
‘There is no master….’
Yes. There was no master who trusted and waited.
To be honest, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t expecting much.
Considering the cases he has solved so far, maybe this one will be solved too? I had the hope that
However, even if it was Kane, it seemed unreasonable to solve it in a short time.
When Richie was biting her lower lip for a moment and trembling. Anje opened her mouth.
“Valentina von Marin. Can you swear to the Goddess of Destiny that you will love Lipod von Richie unconditionally, in good times, in sorrows, and in hardships, and that you will do your due diligence?”
“yes. Of course.”
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Marin smiles wryly in reply.
Anje’s gaze turned to Riche, who had a crying face this time.
“Lipod von Riche. Can you swear to the Destiny Goddess that you will always love Valentina von Marin in good times, in sorrows and in hardships, and that you will do your due diligence?”
Richie bowed her head.
I clenched my fist.
Then he mumbled quietly.
“can not.”
“·········?”
The nobles in the church tilted their heads as they could not hear properly.
Immediately, Richie points to Marine with her index finger and shouts.
“I will never be engaged to a man who feels like such a beggar!!”
As soon as her words are finished.
– Whoa!
By some coincidence, a huge screen appeared in the cathedral.
– Andrew. It’s going according to plan.
On the screen, Marine was communicating with someone using a communication ball.
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Marine was attracted to the people in the cathedral.
He suddenly appears on the screen and is bewildered.
People around them focused their eyes on the screen again.
-Right. I was just wondering, but the fiancée probably didn’t find out, right?
-yes. That’s right. She doesn’t even know she’s being taken advantage of.
-okay. i get it. Then, carry out the plan with Gerard.
-yes. Okay. All this for the denomination.