Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With

60. Family Meal (2)

“You are the veil.”

Calm and intelligent voice.

A little taller than Lydia and with a sensual body.

“It is an honor to meet you, Your Majesty.”

On the outside, she is just a beautiful princess from the East.

However, when she hears about her achievements and fame, she cannot let go of tension.

She was strategically married to His Majesty the Emperor.

She is the person who grew the barren eastern part of the capital into the commercial center of the empire.

Later, when she was thirty-five, Vanessa left all her estates to her fifteen-year-old Lydia.

She is and she is a mysterious woman who retreats to her back and says she has not met anyone.

Her hidden empress invited someone to her realm for the first time.

Am I the first glorious protagonist?

“She is just an ordinary woman now, so don’t be nervous and sit back.”

Vanessa smiled sweetly like any other woman in her early 20s. She

She And she made Lydia and her sit me side by side across from her own.

Looking at it this way, it feels more like the princess’s older sister than her mother.

“I have heard of her noble achievements. “She saved my child’s important supporter from an assassin, right?”

“She simply repaid the favor bestowed upon me by the princess.”

I first attributed everything to the princess.

However, the Empress said she already had everything figured out and she continued to dig in persistently.

“But Lydia refused all the rewards offered to her, and she wasn’t even offered to join the Eastern Knights?”

She holds her golden goblet.

She lightly twirled her glass and stared at me with red eyes.

“Then, she never received favor in the first place….”

A word that flies like a dagger.

“For something like that, isn’t the return too much?”

He helps Lydia without following her.

When the Empress saw that, it seemed suspicious.

“I have dedicated myself to the empire. Therefore, I could help her leader, the princess, but I could not enter her belongings.”

She said a regular comment that she used every time she was around.

Anyone who gave this magical excuse disguised as her patriotism had no choice but to fall for it.

But.

The Empress was certainly not an easy opponent.

“If he had dedicated himself to the empire, he would have stayed only at Subangsa Temple. How could he have called himself the guardian of the Southern Grand Duke?”

In the first place, her goal was to reveal my background through the questions she asked.

‘I don’t really need to hide it either.’

Vanessa has an antagonistic relationship with the Crown Prince’s mother and the First Empress. She has no reason to hide her intrigues even from her fellow enemies.

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Rather, it would be better to gain trust by revealing the information I have to such a big man.

“Because I hope that Her Highness Lydia becomes wealthy and strong.”

A princess wearing a school uniform-like outfit was listening silently next to her.

When I told her story, her red eyes opened wide, like the cat she had just met.

“You want my daughter to be wealthy? Why? “She has nothing to do with you.”

However, Vanessa still has many doubts.

She was smiling, but I could feel a cold chill in her smile.

“The current crown prince plans to tear the empire into pieces and revive the annexed countries.”

I took out a copy of the prime minister’s secret letter from my pocket.

And proudly showed it to the two royal family members.

“When His Majesty the Emperor dies, he will purge the existing royal family and dismantle the empire along with those who follow him.”

Lydia and Vanessa checked the handwriting of the imperial chancellor.

When the mother and daughter realized that this was the truth, their expressions gradually became more serious.

“Rosanna…. “I know the ambition, but the ultimate goal is even more outrageous.”

“Perhaps you want to get ‘revenge’ on His Majesty the Emperor, right?”

Vanessa and Lydia seemed to have the same habit of placing their hands on their chins at the same time.

“Yes, Rosanna became his wife in exchange for maintaining her own country. However, the mother country fought until the end, regardless of her opinions, and was eventually forcibly annexed.”

“No matter what the process was, you must have resented your father for destroying his mother country.”

The princess guessed Rosanna’s motives through her empress’s words.

“To prevent this conspiracy, the Imperial Chancellor asked me, the Sword Master, to remain neutral.”

I stretched out my palm.

And he briefly showed golden mana to Vanessa.

“I hope that we can strengthen the power of other royal families together so that we can oppose their power.”

The Empress blankly watches the brilliant golden mana blooming from within my heart.

She swallowed deeply and realized that I was truly a sword master.

Sword Masters are one of only six skilled people in this wide empire.

However, on average, everyone is in their 40s and 50s, so most of them are about to retire.

But now that I have just turned 20, they are quite surprised.

“Do you have any faith now?”

Lydia knew my skills long ago.

While she was listening silently, she looked at me as if something was strange.

“You mean, other than me, other princesses also helped?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

I answered with an expression that seemed obvious.

Immediately, her face distorted.

“Ha.”

The princess pursed her lips tightly, probably because she was offended.

Vanessa asked me on behalf of her daughter.

“Is that why you connected the Grand Duke of the South to our side?”

“That’s right, of course, I only added a spoonful to Her Highness Lydia’s plans.”

Vanessa nodded as if she agreed with the reason why I had helped Lydia so far.

“Then I would like to ask you one last question.”

Soon she took on a calm and serious expression.

“Are you doing this solely because of the Prime Minister’s orders?”

And then he asked me a final question.

“It’s just a puppet that moves under Mosian’s orders.”

I feel like I want to test my ‘vessel’.

If I come out weak here, distrust in the coalition may arise.

“No. “I also participated only because I wanted to protect my country.”

I humbly answered the princess’s question.

However, she thought the answer was too formal and took a deep breath.

“What do you plan to do after protecting the empire?”

Vanessa spread her palms.

And she said, pointing to the mountain and sea delicacies and golden utensils spread out on her table.

“You could live comfortably with the wealth you received as a reward, or you could become a nobleman with a title.”

Vanessa looked at me with a faint smile.

A look in his eyes that tells him to stop making pretense that is no longer the same.

It means that since you have enough courtesy, you should reveal your true feelings.

“There is nothing in particular.”

I turned my head away from the brilliant royal family.

And then I gazed at the peaceful city unfolding beneath the imperial palace.

Now that I know the memories of my past life.

I realized the importance of peace.

A languid morning that I just took for granted.

The sound of children’s laughter.

From the sound of church bells to the smell of baking bread.

When all these lovely things disappeared under the crown prince’s sword.

The sense of desperation I felt was indescribable.

So, my ultimate goal is to live a leisurely life in this friendly atmosphere.

“It is to see the empire as peaceful as it is now forever.”

Lydia and Vanessa looked at me silently.

Vanessa especially wanted to get a glimpse of my desires.

“This is the second time in my life that I see someone like you.”

The Empress, realizing my sincerity, put a smile on her lips.

“In a world where it is difficult to properly protect even one’s own life, you want to protect a great nation….”

She looked at me with her kind eyes.

Then suddenly, the emperor’s clothes I was wearing caught my eye.

“She really looks like him.”

I said this in an attempt to appear as non-greedy as possible.

Rather, I started hearing strange things like that I resembled the emperor.

“He told me that his wish was to create an absolute nation without war.”

Vanessa looked at me and Lydia, who were sitting side by side.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, the 3rd princess was also wearing a dress shirt, just like me.

“Wow, that was the day I wore those clothes.”

Lydia looked up at me blankly.

I was burdened by that gaze and cleared my throat.

“I sincerely apologize for doubting you earlier. “Lydia’s eyesight has improved a lot.”

“I told you, he’s a good talent…” .”

When I made eye contact with the girl who was a year younger than me, Lydia whipped her head away.

She then fiddled with the tie she was wearing.

“I’ll end my questions here. From now on, let’s eat in peace.”

Vanessa finally recognized me as an ally, and she handed me a golden goblet.

“This is a liquor I brewed myself.”

The sweet scent of honey rises from the glass.

I smelled the scent and nodded at her.

“Maybe because Her Majesty the Empress made it, it definitely smells better.”

“hehehe… is it so. “He also really liked the drinks I poured.”

I took a sip of alcohol while smelling the faint scent of flowers.

Sweet first taste and smooth mouthfeel.

It is definitely a taste that His Majesty the Emperor will like.

But….

A pungent artificial scent rose from the tip of something.

“How does the drink taste?”

“It feels sweet and languid.”

“It’s violet liquor. “It has the effect of relieving tense mind and body.”

Vanessa said with a relaxed smile.

“He always came to me whenever he had a hard time. And we drank this wine together.”

“I see.”

I emptied my drink without thinking much.

Vanessa was satisfied with my appearance and filled my cup whenever it was empty.

“No matter how strong a man like the emperor is, he needs at least one place to rely on.”

Vanessa looked at her daughter, Lydia.

And then he closed one eye, as if sending some signal.

“….”

3 The princess pursed her lips as if she was disapproving.

However, she soon began to let down her pigtails, as if following her mother’s orders.

“So, what do you think… ?”

“What do you mean?”

Vanessa got up from her seat.

She and she leisurely came between me and Lydia.

“Right now, you will have a hard time helping various royal family members for the sake of the empire….”

The Empress gently placed her hand on our shoulder.

And at the same time, they turned in the same direction so that they were facing each other.

“It means resting your mind in the eastern part of our country.”

Lydia let down her hair and made eye contact with her.

Now that her hair has grown from pigtails to natural long hair, she has become somewhat more mature.

She looked like a mature, beautiful woman.

“….”

But now, she feels dissatisfied with this artificial situation.

She was dissatisfied with her mother’s way of drinking and subtly setting the mood.

I noticed that and raised the corners of my mouth.

And then, looking at Vanessa, he spoke confidently.

“I’m sorry, but if you want to rest, I’m content on the sofa in my office.”

Office sofa.

Vanessa’s smile hardened at such a trivial excuse.

“Foot….”

In contrast, Lydia smiled, saying she knew that would happen.

She smiled shyly, covering her lips with the back of her hand.

“Even mothers make mistakes sometimes.”

The princess pushed away the luxurious wine glass on the table.

Then she placed a piece of watermelon on the plate next to me and said,

“We at Vale prefer familiar places to the extravagant imperial palaces.”

A natural piece of fruit without any artificial feeling.

I nodded, tasting the piece without question.

He looked at the alcohol he gave me with suspicious eyes.

Vanessa smiled meaningfully as she saw me happily eating the watermelon her daughter gave me.

“Hmm… is it so?”

The Empress approached Lydia.

And she whispered secretly.

The 3rd princess nodded at this.

She looked at me intently and asked politely.

“Bale, could you please leave for a moment?”

“You mean the seat?”

When I asked again, Lydia raised the corner of her mouth and answered.

“Yes, we have a tense story to tell between mother and daughter.”