People Aren't Meant to Be Fixed! (4 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 180

“Freyrie’s nagging is truly unbearable!”

If you ask me why, I’d say it’s all because of Freyrie.

If her nagging really got so annoying that I couldn’t stand hearing it, I could just send her away—but Freyrie isn’t someone I can easily chase out of the palace simply because I dislike certain behaviors of hers.

Have you even imagined what would happen if I stripped her of her position as my personal maid out of sheer irritation and sent her back to the Vladimir estate?

Not only would Duke Vladimir take offense, but Freyrie herself would turn against us—shifting from ally to enemy—and Sasha, who’s blindly devoted to Freyrie, would follow suit. Politically, things could become incredibly thorny afterward.

When you think about it, the imperial palace truly is a complicated place.

Moreover, while Freyrie may go overboard at times, upon some self-reflection, I realized I’ve often bulldozed right over her whenever she tried to speak kindly to me. There were even moments when she pleaded, “Please just listen for once!” and I pretended not to hear by digging my pinky into my ear.

“But I can’t just avoid her either—if I run away now just because I hate her nagging, it’ll only cause bigger trouble later…”

In other words, if I’m being honest with myself, I bear some responsibility for this situation.

“Agh, forget it! I give up!”

But I couldn’t just stand there forever, so after some deliberation, I quickly opened the door and stepped inside. If I lingered any longer, I might run into Freyrie from behind—and if the room happened to be empty, I could always just change my clothes and pretend to sleep in bed alone.

Creak—!

“Huh. It’s quiet.”

I left the door slightly ajar so Poppy, who’d been struggling to catch up behind me, could enter. Then I turned to look at Poppy, sprawled on the floor catching her breath.

“An origami doll actually sweating?”

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