My Ex-Fiancée Is the Female Lead in the Romance Novel - Chapter 26

26 – Rosemary (3)

The words of the Arit people were delivered to the imperial palace.

Everyone was aware of the seriousness of the incident, but in fact, no clear conclusion was drawn from the scattered noble meeting.

In the opinion of the imperial aristocrats, the cleanest thing was to raise an army and properly confront the Arit people.

However, the idea was met with fierce opposition from the two.

“No. We have to meet their demands somehow. Or at least cut off support to the South. Otherwise, the budget cannot be raised for armaments. Even if the war is won anyway, what awaits the empire will be ruin.”

But no one agreed to stop supporting Namjoon. It was because the great southern nobles were included in the faction of the 1st prince who took the initiative in the noble meeting.

“It is difficult for the military to pull out any more troops. The priority is to come up with a peaceful solution.”

The Duke of Argenta also declared that it would be difficult to mobilize any more troops.

But none of them were worried about the eastern part of the country, which would become a wild field in a month from now when foreigners would invade.

* * *

“Prince.”

“Why is that? Lady Argenta.”

Seria spoke to the 2nd prince, who was too silent. No matter how much she had no intention of getting along with the second prince, Seria thought that it would be better to have a conversation than to continue to sit awkwardly with each other.

Flowers were blooming all over the place, but instead of the scent of the flowers, a cold air that would freeze them to death emanated from among them.

“You can say anything. You talked well last time, so why are you so quiet?”

Seria fired at the prince with a disgruntled expression.

“Young lady, are you happy to be here right now?”

“No. It can’t be.”

Seria answered the second prince’s question like a knife.

“I also don’t like touching a woman who has an owner.”

As the 2nd prince, she came to this place because she couldn’t resist the urge of her aides to firmly bind the Duke of Argenta, even by marriage.

However, the second prince had some certainty that the Duke of Argenta would not change factions, so the time he was facing Seria felt completely useless.

Since then, silence has remained between the two. At first, Seria, who tried to talk at least with the 2nd prince, was also looking at her garden with a disinterested expression, as if she had lost her will at all.

“Coming to think of it, the young lady must have suffered a lot too.”

“Yes?”

“Isn’t it because of the Duke of Argenta that her fiancé broke off the engagement and came here as well?”

At those words, Seria laughed. She wanted to say that it wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t just pretended to kiss her, that she would have been happily spending time with César, but she had neither the energy nor the courage to say such a thing to Seria.

“That prince looks good these days”

Seria swallowed her afterword, ‘You made me break up’.

When the 2nd Prince teamed up with the Duke of Argenta, it became possible to completely control her army. Originally, the military was composed of the 2nd Prince’s faction, the Duke of Argenta’s faction, and other generals, but now the two factions have become one.

It became possible not to miss her initiative.

“Yes. It’s all thanks to the young lady and the Duke of Argenta.”

At those words, Seria almost instantly threw her fist at the prince. Seria herself fell into her abyss because of it, but she says in a boastful tone that she is good.

It can’t be like this even if you don’t notice. Or pretending not to notice.

Seria closed her eyes in her mind. Then, the conversation after that was not heard in Seria’s head.

Seria mechanically listened to the second prince and answered, but she had no thoughts about him in her head.

She just had the thought in her head that she must come up with a way to be forgiven by Cesar. However, she couldn’t think of a suitable plan at all.

“Young lady. It looks like we’ll have to part ways now. Two hours have already passed since we met.”

“Is that so?”

Seria felt relieved that this boring time was over.

Seria pondered for a moment whether she should go to Cesar’s house today. But she was so tired that she decided to skip the day and immediately ordered the coachman to return to the duke’s house.

* * *

“Young lady, I will go now.”

“No. It’s too fast!”

Rosemary’s story with the two siblings ended faster than expected. It was because the two of them made it clear that they wanted to create a third force with me.

Since her story ended earlier than expected, I stopped her pace and looked at her.

“While you are here, please take a look at our mansion’s garden. It’s a garden that’s not too big of a garden in the imperial palace.”

It is well known that the Duchess of Rosemary is interested in tending her garden. That’s why she was able to know that the garden she saw earlier was also well-organized.

“Not bad. Can you guide me?”

When I said her affirmation to her, she gave her a surprised look as if she hadn’t expected it.

Is it because it is burdensome for me to keep my eyes on hers? Lady Rosemary was only messing with her purple bobbed hair.

“Yeah… Good. I will guide you myself.”

As soon as Lady Rosemary said that, she turned her body away from me. That’s why I could only see her back.

“Follow me.”

Lady Rosemary guided me to the path I had passed earlier.

“Cesar, don’t you know the names of flowers?”

“I don’t know much because I’m not very interested in flowers.”

I answered her question honestly. Then, Lady Rosemary smiled and continued.

“I thought so. Most people who are not interested in cars are not very interested in flowers either.”

“Is that so? But I think there will be a lot of objections.”

“I am in that case. I also don’t go around memorizing the names of flowers.”

I doubted her words. Then, what kind of intention did he mean when he said that he would guide the garden?

Lady Rosemary immediately added an explanation as if she were answering the question in my heart.

“But my mansion has more colors than types of flowers, so I know at least the names of the flowers in my mansion.”

I wanted to confirm her words, so she asked the name of the flower in front of me.

“Then do you know what the name of this flower is?”

“Hyacinth.”

I looked down at the little flower growing on the floor. Then Lady Rosemary asked me a question.

“Do you know the flower language of hyacinth?”

“I don’t know.”

I have seen this situation in various media in my past life. Every time like this, the female lead confessed to the male lead, so I couldn’t help but be a little nervous.

“The flower language of hyacinth is victory. Isn’t that the language of flowers we need the most?”

I nodded my head at her words in my heart, but I felt a little embarrassed because I thought that she was delusional.

I asked Lady Rosemary a question to get rid of that shame. It was also a question about work.

“Come to think of it, why did you tell me so straightforwardly earlier? Were you sure I was going with Rosemary?”

Serene first exposed that she knew that the first prince was running a slave market. And she knew who was in charge of the business, and she began to play all her cards.

So, she did one thing Seren asked me to do.

“We have to confess everything first. She said Cesar would actively help, and she said Seren would do that. After all, bribing an inspector is not such a light matter.”

Seren asked me to move the Inspection Department quickly using the money and connections of the Bereng Merchant. The Inspection Department, which operates separately from the Imperial Family and the Noble Council, is in charge of catching corruption in the empire.

Originally, it is a department that must be honest, but the current situation is not like that. Few people were outright helping one faction, but everyone was taking bribes to get things done.

“Because the matter is such a big one… Wouldn’t the inspectors avoid it because they were afraid to get involved?”

“Don’t worry.”

Of course, what Lady Rosemary said is true. But I know who is the most upright in the Inspection Department, and who has justice at heart.