Became the Son-in-Law of the Traitorous Family

10. April is the cruelest month – 04

“… Marriage?”

A woman sitting in her own room looked at her servants who were adorning her body in a puzzled way.

“This is really funny. You prevented me from having even a mediocre meeting with other men until I was this age, and now, out of the blue, I am not engaged, but married. Is it true that His Majesty is sane?”

It was not the extent of her blasphemy with her thread, but the lines she would have nothing to say even if her throat was cut off for her affront to her royal family, but no one else in her place would turn to her for her insults. I couldn’t ask for guilt.

No, she was, in a sense, she was the only person in the entire empire who could say that.

Her identity is none other than Lumina del Cartesia, the only princess of this empire.

This is because, 10 years ago, she was the only remaining princess in the Empire since Yurika del Cartesia disappeared in a mysterious accident.

“So, who was the lucky man who got married to the imperial princess? I mean who the hell is the identity of the man that His Majesty willingly handed over to me, who had been hiding it like a maiden in custody?”

“That… That is… “

Lumina’s gaze turned to her handmaid who was standing right next to her. Having received the attention and expectations of a figure as big as a princess, she shows signs of not knowing what to do.

“That… That is… It’s not different… “

A loyal lady-in-waiting who would normally have answered her questions without hesitation, is showing hesitation today and can’t give a quick answer.

And at the appearance of her handmaid, Rumina had a strange feeling in her own eyes.

“Why is that? What kind of man are you that you can’t answer so easily? Could it be that he is a man with some kind of flaw?”

Actually, she was saying that, but Rumina herself thought that the possibility was very unlikely.

Her nominal father… So, the emperor is a man who, if he doesn’t know anything else, has a truly useful talent when it comes to discerning others and figuring out their uses.

Although now it is said that it is only a facade, the one who was located at the highest place of the empire and faced numerous talented people and led them.

At the pinnacle of the empire, he was a human who only respected and cherished those with the highest level of talent, so the fact that the emperor paid attention to him was highly likely to be a man with some potential in his own way.

Especially, it would be even more so if the emperor stood in front of her directly to the point of marrying her.

“Deterioration, that is… The person Your Majesty has chosen as your marriage partner is none other than Reiner Kroyze… So, in the world, he is called the Grand Duke of YoRHa.”

“… Reiner Kreuzse? Grand Duke Yohrha?”

At the name she had heard somewhere, Lumina frowned her own eyes.

“… Could it be that he was referring to the man who married the Grand Duchess of YoRHa? That married man?”

“Yes, low.”

In her moment, Rumina couldn’t hide her embarrassment on her own face.

“Surely, Your Majesty has become senile? Are you seriously trying to tie me up with a married man who is already married?”

“… Me, Your Highness. I am sorry to inform you, but from what I hear, Your Highness is not marrying that man, but he… ”

“Not getting married?”

“According to rumors, the man’s second wife… So she might end up as a concubine… “

“…..”

In an instant, Rumina let out a blank laugh, as if the absurdity had disappeared.

But even for a moment, Rumina looked back at the servants around her, clutching at her own temple, which seemed to be throbbing for some reason.

“Bring your street clothes. I guess I need to see the man’s face.”

Even if she were to marry that man, it was impossible to marry her without seeing her face.

Crucially, she wanted to decline the rumor that the princess of the empire was having an affair with her married man.

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Fortunately, it wasn’t too difficult for Lumina to meet Reiner. For, as if Reiner had been waiting for her visit, she hadn’t moved a single step in her abode since the conversation with the Emperor.

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“Meet the only star of the Empire. My name is Reiner von Yohrha of the Principality of Yohrha.”

Upon seeing her Lumina, Reiner bows her respectfully towards her.

It was a sharp contrast to the way he held his head stiffly up as if he had a broken neck when he met the emperor, or the way he shuddered at Earl Bright.

To the extent that the servant who had followed Lumina all this way tilted her head, thinking that the rumors might have been misrepresented at her polite attitude.

However, Rumina, who was receiving a polite gaze from her liner, laughed inwardly.

‘Look at this?’

Although he seemed to be very polite towards himself on the outside, in fact, he couldn’t help but notice how the man was looking at him.

Because, although she was outwardly polite, I was looking at her with her very blatant gaze.

That man was measuring himself, whom he was facing for the first time today.

Like a merchant looks at an item and thinks about its use and value.

Like a con man looks at his victim and thinks about how to trick him.

That man was also looking at her and measuring something in her.

“Hmm… “

Not bad. No, in a way, it’s even fun.

Because it was something that was more to her taste than being friendly with that man, risking something of her cheesy, pure love.

There’s no way that would be the case, but if it had elicited such a reaction from her, considering all of her tastes and temperaments that were hidden from the public… This man must be worth talking to.

“The Grand Duke of YoRHa… Alas, we might become a couple in the future, but calling it this way seems too rigid. Is it okay if I just call you Reiner?”

“I don’t care. We might end up sharing the same bed in the future, but I think it’s not better to use friendly names for each other in advance.”

“… Under.”

Rumina let out a laugh at Reiner’s appearance, similar to a prospective groom, who had already had an engagement ceremony a long time ago and seemed to be waiting for the wedding date.

“… Reiner, aren’t you misunderstanding something? Her Majesty was only hinting at the possibility that you and I might get married, but I don’t think you’ll really pair me with you, who has already married the Grand Duchess of YoRHa.”

“Actually, I am the same as Your Highness. Because I am my current wife… That’s why I have no intention of ever giving up on Grand Duchess YoRHa. If Your Highness really wants to marry me, Your Highness will have to voluntarily give up a lot.”

At those words that were too direct to be said to be spoken to the princess of the empire, Rumina made a mysterious expression on her face.

“Liner you… It seems you love your wife very much.”

“We are a parakeet couple who are recognized even within the original principality. And I am a person who prides myself on being a very romanticist.”

At Reiner’s words, Cirilla, who had been standing quietly behind the scenes, put on an absurd expression.

‘No, but that’s a bit… ‘

She swears, she knew better than anyone else in the world that since her wedding, Reiner spent no more than 10,000 days together in the same space as her grand duchess. !

But how on earth do you dare to use the word “Romantic” From that snout?

Of course, Rumina, who doesn’t know the dirty truth behind her, looks at him with her face as if she admires something of hers.

“Indeed, people called you a man who could stand up to a majesty or an empire out of love, but I don’t think it was an empty rumor.”

“I am a man who lives by love and dies by love.”

Reiner nodded her own head as if it were very obvious at Lumina’s words of admiration.

“But even if His Majesty has chosen you as my mate, wouldn’t the opinion of the person concerned be the most important? I’m a woman who thinks it’s just disgusting to go up on the same bed without knowing anything about a man like you.”

“What do you want to know about me?”

“Everything. If there is no communication between husband and wife from old times, that can be said to be the beginning of all domestic discord.”

Saying that, Rumina accidentally touched the thin sword that was tied around her waist.

“And is there any better way to have a conversation with each other as a body? Let’s listen quietly, since I know you, Reiner, are also a knight who has been holding a sword for quite a long time.”

“Speaking with swords… You’re hotter than you think. And it’s also a conversational tool that suits my taste.”

On the other hand, the liner does not cause any change in the expression, as if it had anticipated all the series of situations in advance.

“Of course, just having a conversation would be a bit boring, so shall we attach a condition? In all struggles, if there is no prize at stake, it can feel a bit flat.”

“Conditions? What do you mean?”

“If I lose to you… Let us unconditionally accept the one thing you want. Even if it means going into your second.”

“So, what if Your Highness wins against me?”

“Make it mine, Reiner. I don’t mean to be yours, I mean you to be mine.”

“… Yes?”

As her liner frowned at those words in her lumina for the first time, lumina looked straight at her liner, her own eyes twinkling.

“Actually, it doesn’t matter if I marry you. If I have to get married anyway, I don’t think living with a good-looking guy like you is such a bad thing.”

“But I don’t think it’s unacceptable to have another girl on top of me. Actually, having you on top of me doesn’t feel too good. However, if you are a stronger man than I am, you have good reason to suffer such humiliation.”

“So let’s decide everything with the sword. Originally, wasn’t it the rule of this world that the loser of the duel had to shut up and follow the words of the winner of the duel?”

“… Under.”

Reiner smiled bitterly at Lumina’s words. In any case, this woman seemed to have not changed at all in her quick-tempered and filthy nature.

“So to put it simply… The two of us play a game and let the winner do as he pleases?”

“Correct answer.”

In the next moment, a beam of light from Lumina’s sword exploded from her waist.