“Your Majesty!”
When I arrived leading the knights, only Leoprick and a few soldiers remained there.
Could it be that Betty hasn’t reached the merchant group yet?
Or were there no mercenaries left with the merchant group?
Seeing him almost alone, I felt my heart pounding anxiously.
What if he’s already injured? What if I came too late?
If the situation was so bad that Leoprick was about to surrender…..
In that brief moment until our eyes met, I really had all sorts of thoughts.
Worried that something bad might have happened to him.
“Amelia. Why did you come back?”
But seeing his surprised expression when he saw me, fortunately he didn’t seem to be injured.
But why are there so few soldiers?
It was then that I looked around with surprised eyes.
“Ah. We’re currently executing an operation.”
“…An operation?”
Leoprick just said that and nodded.
And after looking over the knights who arrived after, he said “Stand by as you are.”
“Pardon? What should we do?”
“Nothing much. Just wait there and help the mercenaries from Jenit’s merchant group when they arrive.”
“Your Majesty, what do you mean……”
Help the mercenaries.
That means Betty did arrive on time and sent soldiers.
While everyone was confused by the sudden order to just wait,
“Help! Help! The knights of Duke Valois are killing people!”
Suddenly there was a commotion and people came running from a distance.
And chasing after them were clearly knights in the knighthood uniform.
“What’s going on? Why are people dying over there?”
“Right. Didn’t they say they were on our side?”
“But now they’re killing over there? Why?”
At that sight, the poor people watching from over there began to stir.
The ripples that started quickly spread far and wide.
The people being chased were clearly dressed like slum dwellers.
And those chasing them were undoubtedly knights.
So the slum dwellers who were with the knights murmured among themselves.
Watching that scene, I realized with an “Ah!”
So this was the ‘operation’ Leoprick had mentioned.
“You weren’t planning to shake the hearts of the poor, were you?”
“And incidentally, to check the military strength of the other side as well.”
Leoprick shrugged with a faint smile.
Watching him, I signaled to the knight commander.
“It would be good to go help, Commander.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
As the fleeing people drew closer, it became clear what we needed to do now.
The commander led some knights forward.
What followed was as Leoprick had predicted.
Knights who clearly seemed to be from the imperial palace saved people and defeated the pursuing knights.
From the poor people’s perspective, the imperial knights looked like heroes at this point.
From then on, the poor started to stir one by one.
The knights standing behind started shouting something, but it seemed insufficient to turn back hearts that had already turned.
“This way, they won’t be able to hold the poor as hostages anymore.”
“That’s right. If they use force here, the poor’s hearts will turn away immediately, and if they keep their mouths shut, they’ll lose trust as it is.”
Leoprick said, watching the mercenaries who had given their all in acting gradually gather.
They kept bowing as if thanking the imperial knights for saving them, and fortunately the knights were playing along with that act well.
And importantly, there were real poor people mixed in among them.
“I told Zero to rescue Arnold and recruit some poor people, it seems he succeeded fortunately.”
“You even considered that?”
“They have eyes too, don’t they? They must have looked to see if there were people they knew or not.”
Leoprick said as if it was obvious.
Seeing him like that, I thought he was really amazing.
To have arranged everything and executed the plan in such a short time.
I uttered a short exclamation of admiration and watched the poor people slowly starting to leave the ranks.
“If it’s fast, everything will be settled by tonight.”
Confident that everything would be settled as Leoprick said.
[This is the timeline separator]That night, many of the poor fled to our side.
It was welcome news for us who were receiving numerous additional troops, including those sent by my father.
And some of them came to Leoprick wanting to talk about a few things related to the troops of the opposing camp.
“They are indeed Duke Valois’ soldiers. I heard them mentioning the names of Duke Valois and Count Felice.”
“As expected.”
I nodded as my prediction was completely accurate.
Besides the fact that no one else would do such a thing if not Duke Valois, I knew that he was quite cornered.
I listened to their story, recalling the contents I had received through Betty’s report.
“Counting the total, it seems to be about three hundred. I couldn’t count the exact number, but……”
“That’s enough. Thank you for telling us.”
When Leoprick treated them courteously, the poor people seemed to relax a bit.
They, who clearly had doubtful faces when entering here, now rolled their eyes awkwardly with much more relaxed expressions than at first.
“At first, we really thought the imperial family had abandoned us.”
One of them cautiously spoke up.
That they really thought they had been abandoned, that they really thought all the poor would be killed.
“But on the way here, this person told us. That all the relief supplies we had been receiving without knowing who sent them were actually sent from the imperial palace.”
They all bowed their heads with grateful and apologetic faces.
“We all realized it too late. We’re sorry.”
All the people who had gathered bowed their heads with one heart.
Seeing that sight, I felt a kind of tightness in my chest, but I straightened my back even more to not show it.
Even after returning, he seemed to always pay attention to things other than what was predicted to happen.
If he had returned, he would naturally know what would happen in the future, and then he could solve those things in a better direction.
But it wasn’t that he didn’t pay attention to such things, but that he paid more attention to things he hadn’t seen before.
In my previous life, I was obsessed with helping Lloyd, and because of me, he couldn’t pay attention to the slums while trying to do other things with insufficient budget.
And now, returning to life again. I was still busy doing my own work, and he was still carefully paying attention to parts that I couldn’t see.
The reason I feel ashamed of myself anew is probably because I know that I myself am not seeing many parts.
I quietly left the place while watching them bowing repeatedly, expressing gratitude to Leoprick and apologizing.
“Your Highness.”
How long had it been since I left?
I heard quiet footsteps approaching from behind.
When I turned my head, Zero was approaching hesitantly.
“What’s the matter?”
“Um, Sister Betty asked me to deliver a message……”
Zero approached, stumbling over his words.
Since when did he become so awkward with me?
When I chuckled, Zero stammered more and avoided my gaze.
“You can be comfortable, Zero. We’ve met before, haven’t we?”
“Well, that’s true. But you’re still Her Highness.”
Zero smiled awkwardly, being uncharacteristically formal.
I waved my hand saying it was okay and asked about the message Betty had asked him to deliver.
“You said Betty asked you to deliver a message?”
“Ah, right. Yes. Here it is. Sister told me to make sure to give it to you, but given the situation, I ended up delivering it too late.”
“No, thank you.”
I received the note Betty had asked to be delivered, and Zero withdrew.
When I unfolded the note, it contained content I hadn’t expected at all.
[Count Felice uses clumsily learned hypnosis.As it’s not properly learned, it wears off over time.
Duke Valois is now locked up in his mansion.
He seems to be trying to claim that the current events are not his responsibility.]
These are contents that Betty investigated on her own without me even asking her to investigate.
With this, we might be able to properly catch evidence, right?
I folded the note and put it in my bosom, then turned around again.
I should show this to Leoprick.
[This is the timeline separator]The matter was resolved more easily than expected.
No, it had to be that way from the beginning.
After the night passed and the next morning came, most of the slum residents had crossed over to our side under the help of the imperial knights, and more than half of the knights who had been holding them hostage were gone.
“We put tails on them last night, so it should be fine.”
When I looked surprised at the suddenly reduced numbers, Leoprick calmly explained that it was okay.
Overnight, word also came from the imperial palace chamberlain that Their Majesties were alright.
It was really time to take action now.
“Have the imperial knights protect the residents here. I will move with the mercenary group from Jenit’s merchant group.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
As we had discussed last night, I was to go to Count Felice’s house, while Leoprick was to go to Duke Valois’ house.
We left this place in the care of the imperial knights just in case.
“Then let’s meet at the palace at noon, Amelia.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Take care.”
And so we set off towards different places.
Towards the end that was now really, really close.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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