“Hello, Duchess! It’s so nice here. If I knew this would happen, I should have come this way, not Leana.”
“I’m glad you don’t feel uncomfortable here. Umm, Lady Barania.”
“Oh, my. Please call me Lisa comfortably. Duchess.”
“Okay, Lisa.”
“Anyway. How did you know I was there? I ran away and took a lot of detours here and there so my Mother won’t find me.”
“Hmm. That’s… Somehow.”
Even before Agnes’ finish her words, Lisa brought up a new topic.
“That’s right, Duchess. Do you want me to give you a souvenir I bought from Leana? Originally, I bought one at the stands with Max, but later Max takes it off from his crane because he doesn’t like it. Oh? Where is it? I definitely left it here.”
Sigh.
Agnes held her head and sighed secretly.
Next to her is the reason why Lisa is here.
<We have secured Count Barania’s youngest daughter. What should we do with this person now?>
<Duchess. Do I have to keep this person?>>
<I can’t stand it. Can you take this person?>
<If you don’t continue to answer, I’ll send it to you knowing that you agreed.>
<I will really send her there. I’m serious.>
That was the last letter from Roland.
It seems that the first letter came the day after she left for the South.
Lisa arrived in Estar with the last letter from Roland.
It’s only been less than an hour since I talked to Lisa, but I’m already tired.
In good words, she is lively and curious, in bad terms she is distracted,careless and talkative.
She is a unique person who doesn’t mean any harm but makes people around her very difficult.
Agnes said with a smile.
“You should go and take a rest. If you need anything, tell the butler anytime.”
“Oh my, thank you so much for the hospitality. Duchess.”
Lisa smiled broadly.
Agnes said to herself, ”Do you want her back? Count Barania.”
* * *
The next morning, Agnes woke up in surprise.
“No. Why are you all gathered in my bedroom?”
She woke up rubbing her eyes, ten maids, including Ney, stood in a straight line.
When some of the maids confirmed that Agnes had woken, she approached quickly.
“What happened?”
“I’m Rachel and I will be your maid from today.”
“I’m Bay.”
“I’m Lydia.”
She was confused by the series of introductions.
“Ney and Anita are enough for me.”
“I’m sorry. Madam. We were insensitive, we had a lot of shortcomings in taking care of you.”
“I’ve never felt anything lacking.”
“From now on, I will serve the Duchess with all my heart.”
“No, wait a minute. Who made you do this? Is it Niall?
Rachel shook her head.
“The Duke himself gave instructions.”
Agnes was dumbfounded, so she opened her mouth for a while.
“Where’s Laslo now?”
* * *
“You suddenly increased the number of my maids to 10?”
“Tell me if they’re not good enough. I’ll get more maids.”
“Not enough? It’s too much.”
Agnes spoke softly. Laslo spoke more seriously than before.
“It’s because I think I’ve been too indifferent to you.”
“Indifferent? When?”
“I heard that you only had two maids”
“I did. But I didn’t have that many maids when I was still in the palace.”
“Agnes, you’re the owner of Sutmar. Whatever it may be, you should not be lacking anything.”
“Two is enough for me.”
“That’s not good enough.”
Laslo was very determined.
Agnes was embarrassed because he suddenly didn’t know why he came out like this.
“Laslo. Thank you for caring about me, but ten is too much. The Queen doesn’t even carry 10 maids at once.”
“Compared to the Queen, it would be worse if there’s something lacking.”
Laslo was ready to refute whatever Agnes said.
Eventually, Agnes shook her head.
“I see. But there are still too many people. My room is too small for the maids to come in and out at once.”
“Your room is small?”
He muttered.
The impact of that one word was enormous.
After agreeing to only have about seven maids, she returned to her bedroom and found the wall of her bedroom collapsed.
“It’s under construction, so it’ll be hard for you to stay in this bedroom for a few days.”
“What kind of construction are you going to do?”
“The master told me to tear down the walls around it and make a new one because the room you use is small.”
“What? What do you do? My room? You’re going to make it into a bigger room?”
For that reason, Agnes grumbled and knocked on Laslo’s bedroom.
“Duke Arpad!”
“I’m here.”
He opened the bedroom door as if he had waited.
“What’s going on? Why are you suddenly constructing my room that I’ve been using well?”
“Come to think of it, the room is a little small for you to use.”
“What do you mean small? My bedroom is the second largest room in this castle.”
”It’s not the biggest room.”
“Oh?”
Laslo rushed before she brought up her rebuttal.
“Sleep here for a while.”
“Where are you going to sleep?”
“A small bedroom is connected next to it.”
“It’s fine. If you’re going to do that, just sleep with me.”
“Well. That can’t be……”
“If you can’t do it, stop the construction of my room immediately.”
“……..”
He shut his mouth. Agnes smiled proudly.
It’s because she thought Laslo would let her win.
“Alright, let’s do it.”
“What?”
“Go to sleep first. I have something to do, so I’ll be back in a little while.”
He went out first, leaving only that behind. Agnes only blinked her eyes in shock.
“Why is he behaving like that? Ney, in my room first. Ummm? Where is she? where did she go?”
“Ney went to the kitchen for a while. Madam, should I get the bath ready?”
A maid named Rachel came and asked.
“Do that.”
* * *
As Laslo entered the office, A person who was waiting rushed and stood in front of him.
“I heard you called. Master.”
“Okay. How far did you report?”
“On the first day, the count put five maids together to attend the Duchess.”
Ney politely said with her hands together.
“How did they treat Agnes?”
“Hmm. Actually, they treated her without any shortage on the surface.”
“They made her stay in a very fancy room and when she couldn’t sleep well because it was hot at night, they brought a lot of ice and fanned them.”
“Hmm.”
“Every time she went to a banquet, he sent a lot of dresses and diamond accessories.”
Ney said one by one, recalling memories. Laslo listened to the report without any expression.
“I don’t know what happened after that, but later I heard from the Madam that she drank with the count until dawn.”
“All night?”
“Yes. I think they made a bet with alcohol.”
“She stayed up all night drinking with the count.”
Laslo’s face hardened, harder than before. Ney quickly shut her mouth.
He opened his mouth after tapping his finger on the desk for a while.
“Did you hear what she did with the count on the night of roses?”
“Oh, well. I heard she had dinner and danced together with him. By the way, during the meal, the count said something troublesome during the day, so she almost got in trouble.”
“What are you talking about?”
“What is it? It’s a compliment you give when courting a woman in the capital. They say her face turned red because they were making fun of them”
“Is there more?”
“That’s all I know. Master.”
“Good job. You can go now.”
“Yes.”
Laslo sent Ney out and called Niall.
He bowed to Laslo.
“How far is it going with what I ordered?”
“It’s almost the final stage. I think I’ll be ready in a few days.”
“Yeah. I see. But do you remember when Agnes bought clothes?”
“As far as I know, the last time she called a merchant was before going to the capital this spring.”
“Then it’s already months ago.”
“Yes.”
”Call the merchants back to the Castle. No.”
Laslo hurriedly changed his words.
“Call the tailors fro, the capital and tell them to come down here with clothes right away.”
“What? Tailors from the capital city?”
“Choose the most popular tailors and send them down. Oh, and I’ll be ordering all the new accessories right now, so bring a merchant too.”
“Even jewel merchants?”
“Yeah. Diamond necklaces and bracelets. Anyway, tell them to bring everything from head to toe so that she can dress up with diamonds.”
Niall was tempted to ask why he would buy so many diamonds
Laslo’s expression was so serious that he couldn’t dare to bring up a rebuttal.
Niall said yes and left the room.
Laslo got up from his seat while looking at the rest of his work.
When he returned to the bedroom, a maid ran up and said in a small voice.
“She’s sleeping.”
He shook his hand lightly to dismiss the maid.
As he walked to the bed, he saw Agnes sleeping with an even breathing sound.
He sat carefully next to her.
He reached out and tried to sweep Agnes’ hair, but clenched his fist in the middle of the air.
She was right next to him, but he was anxious.
Although they are tied together under the same name, it was a political wedding, and that’s the thing that bothers him the most is,
– Do I love you?
– ……….
– No. It’s more like respect and good faith than that.
“Hello, Duchess! It’s so nice here. If I knew this would happen, I should have come this way, not Leana.”
“I’m glad you don’t feel uncomfortable here. Umm, Lady Barania.”
“Oh, my. Please call me Lisa comfortably. Duchess.”
“Okay, Lisa.”
“Anyway. How did you know I was there? I ran away and took a lot of detours here and there so my Mother won’t find me.”
“Hmm. That’s… Somehow.”
Even before Agnes’ finish her words, Lisa brought up a new topic.
“That’s right, Duchess. Do you want me to give you a souvenir I bought from Leana? Originally, I bought one at the stands with Max, but later Max takes it off from his crane because he doesn’t like it. Oh? Where is it? I definitely left it here.”
Sigh.
Agnes held her head and sighed secretly.
Next to her is the reason why Lisa is here.
<We have secured Count Barania’s youngest daughter. What should we do with this person now?>
<Duchess. Do I have to keep this person?>>
<I can’t stand it. Can you take this person?>
<If you don’t continue to answer, I’ll send it to you knowing that you agreed.>
<I will really send her there. I’m serious.>
That was the last letter from Roland.
It seems that the first letter came the day after she left for the South.
Lisa arrived in Estar with the last letter from Roland.
It’s only been less than an hour since I talked to Lisa, but I’m already tired.
In good words, she is lively and curious, in bad terms she is distracted,careless and talkative.
She is a unique person who doesn’t mean any harm but makes people around her very difficult.
Agnes said with a smile.
“You should go and take a rest. If you need anything, tell the butler anytime.”
“Oh my, thank you so much for the hospitality. Duchess.”
Lisa smiled broadly.
Agnes said to herself, ”Do you want her back? Count Barania.”
* * *
The next morning, Agnes woke up in surprise.
“No. Why are you all gathered in my bedroom?”
She woke up rubbing her eyes, ten maids, including Ney, stood in a straight line.
When some of the maids confirmed that Agnes had woken, she approached quickly.
“What happened?”
“I’m Rachel and I will be your maid from today.”
“I’m Bay.”
“I’m Lydia.”
She was confused by the series of introductions.
“Ney and Anita are enough for me.”
“I’m sorry. Madam. We were insensitive, we had a lot of shortcomings in taking care of you.”
“I’ve never felt anything lacking.”
“From now on, I will serve the Duchess with all my heart.”
“No, wait a minute. Who made you do this? Is it Niall?
Rachel shook her head.
“The Duke himself gave instructions.”
Agnes was dumbfounded, so she opened her mouth for a while.
“Where’s Laslo now?”
* * *
“You suddenly increased the number of my maids to 10?”
“Tell me if they’re not good enough. I’ll get more maids.”
“Not enough? It’s too much.”
Agnes spoke softly. Laslo spoke more seriously than before.
“It’s because I think I’ve been too indifferent to you.”
“Indifferent? When?”
“I heard that you only had two maids”
“I did. But I didn’t have that many maids when I was still in the palace.”
“Agnes, you’re the owner of Sutmar. Whatever it may be, you should not be lacking anything.”
“Two is enough for me.”
“That’s not good enough.”
Laslo was very determined.
Agnes was embarrassed because he suddenly didn’t know why he came out like this.
“Laslo. Thank you for caring about me, but ten is too much. The Queen doesn’t even carry 10 maids at once.”
“Compared to the Queen, it would be worse if there’s something lacking.”
Laslo was ready to refute whatever Agnes said.
Eventually, Agnes shook her head.
“I see. But there are still too many people. My room is too small for the maids to come in and out at once.”
“Your room is small?”
He muttered.
The impact of that one word was enormous.
After agreeing to only have about seven maids, she returned to her bedroom and found the wall of her bedroom collapsed.
“It’s under construction, so it’ll be hard for you to stay in this bedroom for a few days.”
“What kind of construction are you going to do?”
“The master told me to tear down the walls around it and make a new one because the room you use is small.”
“What? What do you do? My room? You’re going to make it into a bigger room?”
For that reason, Agnes grumbled and knocked on Laslo’s bedroom.
“Duke Arpad!”
“I’m here.”
He opened the bedroom door as if he had waited.
“What’s going on? Why are you suddenly constructing my room that I’ve been using well?”
“Come to think of it, the room is a little small for you to use.”
“What do you mean small? My bedroom is the second largest room in this castle.”
”It’s not the biggest room.”
“Oh?”
Laslo rushed before she brought up her rebuttal.
“Sleep here for a while.”
“Where are you going to sleep?”
“A small bedroom is connected next to it.”
“It’s fine. If you’re going to do that, just sleep with me.”
“Well. That can’t be……”
“If you can’t do it, stop the construction of my room immediately.”
“……..”
He shut his mouth. Agnes smiled proudly.
It’s because she thought Laslo would let her win.
“Alright, let’s do it.”
“What?”
“Go to sleep first. I have something to do, so I’ll be back in a little while.”
He went out first, leaving only that behind. Agnes only blinked her eyes in shock.
“Why is he behaving like that? Ney, in my room first. Ummm? Where is she? where did she go?”
“Ney went to the kitchen for a while. Madam, should I get the bath ready?”
A maid named Rachel came and asked.
“Do that.”
* * *
As Laslo entered the office, A person who was waiting rushed and stood in front of him.
“I heard you called. Master.”
“Okay. How far did you report?”
“On the first day, the count put five maids together to attend the Duchess.”
Ney politely said with her hands together.
“How did they treat Agnes?”
“Hmm. Actually, they treated her without any shortage on the surface.”
“They made her stay in a very fancy room and when she couldn’t sleep well because it was hot at night, they brought a lot of ice and fanned them.”
“Hmm.”
“Every time she went to a banquet, he sent a lot of dresses and diamond accessories.”
Ney said one by one, recalling memories. Laslo listened to the report without any expression.
“I don’t know what happened after that, but later I heard from the Madam that she drank with the count until dawn.”
“All night?”
“Yes. I think they made a bet with alcohol.”
“She stayed up all night drinking with the count.”
Laslo’s face hardened, harder than before. Ney quickly shut her mouth.
He opened his mouth after tapping his finger on the desk for a while.
“Did you hear what she did with the count on the night of roses?”
“Oh, well. I heard she had dinner and danced together with him. By the way, during the meal, the count said something troublesome during the day, so she almost got in trouble.”
“What are you talking about?”
“What is it? It’s a compliment you give when courting a woman in the capital. They say her face turned red because they were making fun of them”
“Is there more?”
“That’s all I know. Master.”
“Good job. You can go now.”
“Yes.”
Laslo sent Ney out and called Niall.
He bowed to Laslo.
“How far is it going with what I ordered?”
“It’s almost the final stage. I think I’ll be ready in a few days.”
“Yeah. I see. But do you remember when Agnes bought clothes?”
“As far as I know, the last time she called a merchant was before going to the capital this spring.”
“Then it’s already months ago.”
“Yes.”
”Call the merchants back to the Castle. No.”
Laslo hurriedly changed his words.
“Call the tailors fro, the capital and tell them to come down here with clothes right away.”
“What? Tailors from the capital city?”
“Choose the most popular tailors and send them down. Oh, and I’ll be ordering all the new accessories right now, so bring a merchant too.”
“Even jewel merchants?”
“Yeah. Diamond necklaces and bracelets. Anyway, tell them to bring everything from head to toe so that she can dress up with diamonds.”
Niall was tempted to ask why he would buy so many diamonds
Laslo’s expression was so serious that he couldn’t dare to bring up a rebuttal.
Niall said yes and left the room.
Laslo got up from his seat while looking at the rest of his work.
When he returned to the bedroom, a maid ran up and said in a small voice.
“She’s sleeping.”
He shook his hand lightly to dismiss the maid.
As he walked to the bed, he saw Agnes sleeping with an even breathing sound.
He sat carefully next to her.
He reached out and tried to sweep Agnes’ hair, but clenched his fist in the middle of the air.
She was right next to him, but he was anxious.
Although they are tied together under the same name, it was a political wedding, and that’s the thing that bothers him the most is,
– Do I love you?
– ……….
– No. It’s more like respect and good faith than that.
