In fact, up until this point, Agnes did not have high expectations for Adrienne.
Considering Adrienne’s record so far, it was understandable.
Agnes spoke plainly.
– Have you tried it?
After that, She forgot for a while, but like a lie, Adrienne kept what she said.
She brought a piece of soap with a triumphant face and showed it to Agnes.
– This is soap? That’s amazing.
– Yes, it’s a mixture of ash and oil, and above all, it doesn’t cost much to make it.….
– No. Rather, you’ve created something that matches its original purpose. I thought you’d make something like hair growth pills this time.
– ……..
– You worked hard.
Andrassy was, of course, the second to be delighted with the news that Adrienne made soap.
He ran like an arrow with his eyes shining brightly.
– Madam, I heard that Miss Adrienne made soap.
– Yes. Take a look.
– How effective is it? How is it compared to whale oil soap? What ingredients did you use? How long does it take to harden it?
Andrassy looked around, smelled, and patted the soap shards that Agnes had given him, and expressed his delight with his whole body.
– Ask Adrienne for the details. Apparently, it doesn’t cost much to make.
– Then with this… …!
– You can’t.
Agnes shook her head firmly even before he finished speaking.
Perhaps because they’ve been together for a long time, now she can roughly guess what he would say just by looking at his face.
– I’ll give it to the soldiers first. Filling military supplies comes first, and sales come second.
– ……Okay. Let’s adjust the production schedule.
Andrassy wanted to sell the soap at any moment and rake in gold coins, so it seemed like his body was burning up with excitement, but he quickly regained his composure.
“Send the finished soap to Andrassy.”
“Oh, Madam. The portrait artist asks me when he can work on the painting again. What should I say?”
“Portrait? Oh.”
It was a busy period so she forgot about the painting, but Laslo suddenly came to her mind.
She hesitated for a moment, holding a pen.
She could say ‘I’ll do it next time’ on the pretext of being busy, but somehow, she couldn’t talk easily.
“Tell them to get ready to work on the portrait again tomorrow at noon.”
“Yes, Madam.”
Ron nodded and left. Since then, Zoltan, Andrassy, and several other administrators have visited the office numerous times.
Tok- Tok Tok –
As she was concentrating on her work for a while, she heard an annoying noise.
She looked around and saw a pigeon knocking on the window with its beak.
It’s a carrier pigeon.
She opened the window. The bird came familiarly over Agnes’ hand.
[Returning to Sutmar.]
It contained one short line. Agnes touched it with her fingertips. Both cheeks turned red.
The longing she was holding back suddenly hit her. It’s been almost a month since they saw each other’s face.
It was the first time they’d been apart for such a long time, so she didn’t know what to do.
So, she was more immersed in my work. To be able to forget for a moment that Laslo is not in the castle.
Agnes grabbed the small note that day and went to bed.
The next day.
After a day, Laslo arrived at the castle gates.
* * *
“Now?”
“Yes! I saw it!”
Ney was the first to run to announce Laslo’s return. Agnes jumped out of the chair.
“Clothes, no, makeup, wait, hair, looks a little…….”
“Oh my. You’re beautiful. Madam. Go out now. By now, he must have arrived at the gate.”
Ney pushed Agnes’ back, who was fixing her clothes in a hurry.
She opened the door and walked down the hallway. She felt like the way to the gate was so long and complicated today.
In addition, going down from the 3rd floor of the castle felt even more distant.
‘Why is it so far away?’
“Go slowly. Madam.”
Ney shouted something behind him, but he couldn’t hear properly. Her heart was getting more and more anxious.
When she went down to the first floor, the attendants looked at her with puzzled faces.
“Madam?”
“What about Laslo?”
She couldn’t control her panting and had to stop once.
“The lord?”
“Yeah. At the gate, hoo, they said he arrived at the gate.”
Just then, the door opened from outside.
Agnes walked step by step carefully, like a deer learning to walk.
Unlike before, she didn’t even run. She doesn’t know why her heart is beating so fast.
And when his face was fully visible, she couldn’t stand it and rushed to him.
“Laslo!”
As soon as she flew like a bird, he spread his arms and hugged her tightly.
The smell of soil, wind, and most of all, Laslo’s body flocked like low tide.
“Why are you so late?”
“What about your body?”
“Don’t worry. I’m fine.”
Agnes rubbed her face against his chest. He whispered in a low voice that he was dirty, but she didn’t care.
For some reason, her eyes turned red. Even though their body is touching like this, she can’t get rid of her longing.
There were like a mountain of things I wanted to say when we met, but what came out was a childish complaint.
“Why didn’t you reply?”
As soon as she woke up, she sent a carrier pigeon to the capital.
She waited day by day and wrote all the trivial stories hoping for an answer to come.
But he never replied, not even once.
He responded calmly to the resentful question.
“I’m sorry. I have a busy schedule.”
Somehow his voice cracked like a winter wind. Laslo grabbed her both shoulders and pushed them back.
Agnes then lifted her head and looked at his face.
“Did you get hurt?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“You don’t look so happy.”
“…….”
The two made eye contact.
He is a person who shows his emotions openly, but the dark green eyes she saw after a long time were difficult to read.
“I’m just tired from traveling for a long time.”
“Is that so? Let’s go up quickly.”
It wasn’t the reaction she had expected, she was disappointed.
However, she was worried about how tight and tired the schedule would be soon.
“Prepare a bath for the duke to wash, and tell the chef to prepare dinner.”
“Yes, Madam.”
“I’ll go up first.”
Laslo spoke quietly and went upstairs alone.
Agnes looked at his leaving back for a long time.
For some unknown reasons, she felt uneasy. She pretended not to know and turned her head.
Agnes wasn’t the only one who found his behavior strange.
“What’s wrong with him?”
It was around the time they finished dinner with the returning knights. Zoltan slowly approached Agnes.
“Why do you ask?”
“No, I thought he’d jump up and down when he sees the princess in good shape, but he’s so calm.”
“He must be tired after a long journey.”
“Hey, fighting a beast is his daily routine, above all he’s been riding a horse like that for so long.”
Zoltan grunted. Agnes agreed with him, but didn’t show it outwardly.
The night was deep.
When she heard that Laslo had entered his bedroom, she wandered in front of his door.
“Should I tell the duke you’re here?”
The servant who was near the door naturally asked. Normally, there was no need to worry, but somehow, she hesitated.
“Okay.”
Soon the door opened. Her stomach, which had been okay, was nauseous again.
Laslo was standing in front of the bed, as if he was about to go to bed.
“What’s going on?”
“Oh, well. Are you about to go to bed?”
“No. It’s okay. You must have come because you had something to say.”
“That’s it, um.”
Agnes hesitated. She can’t adapt to Laslo’s overly calm atmosphere.
“Adrianne’s fever reducer. It doesn’t seem to work very well for wheat. Still, the number of farmlands has increased a lot compared to last year, and the yield is three times higher.”
“That’s good.”
“We’ve left out what we’re going to use in Military supplies in advance, and the armor production is almost done.”
“Good job.”
“Hey, I’ve been redrawing my portrait for a while now, and I asked him to put it on a necklace and make it in a format that I could take with me. So, will we be able to see each other more often even after we go to war?”
“Well, I see.”
Laslo looked elsewhere and swept his head down. It was obvious he was avoiding her.
The moment she realized that, her heart sank. The unfamiliar attitude made her feel scared.
‘Why all of a sudden?’
No matter how hard she tries, she can’t tell why he’s showing this attitude.
“What happened in the capital?”
“Nothing. I’m just tired.”
He turned to the bed. It was an obvious order.
Agnes’s mouth was dry. She didn’t know what to say.
“Okay. I was holding on to a tired man.”
“…….”
“I should get going.”
Agnes grabbed the doorknob. She opened the door very slowly and walked outside slower than that.
Agnes could not easily leave the door in case he changed his mind.
What the hell happened in the capital?
What did Sebastian say?
She couldn’t sleep all night thinking about it.
In fact, up until this point, Agnes did not have high expectations for Adrienne.
Considering Adrienne’s record so far, it was understandable.
Agnes spoke plainly.
– Have you tried it?
After that, She forgot for a while, but like a lie, Adrienne kept what she said.
She brought a piece of soap with a triumphant face and showed it to Agnes.
– This is soap? That’s amazing.
– Yes, it’s a mixture of ash and oil, and above all, it doesn’t cost much to make it.….
– No. Rather, you’ve created something that matches its original purpose. I thought you’d make something like hair growth pills this time.
– ……..
– You worked hard.
Andrassy was, of course, the second to be delighted with the news that Adrienne made soap.
He ran like an arrow with his eyes shining brightly.
– Madam, I heard that Miss Adrienne made soap.
– Yes. Take a look.
– How effective is it? How is it compared to whale oil soap? What ingredients did you use? How long does it take to harden it?
Andrassy looked around, smelled, and patted the soap shards that Agnes had given him, and expressed his delight with his whole body.
– Ask Adrienne for the details. Apparently, it doesn’t cost much to make.
– Then with this… …!
– You can’t.
Agnes shook her head firmly even before he finished speaking.
Perhaps because they’ve been together for a long time, now she can roughly guess what he would say just by looking at his face.
– I’ll give it to the soldiers first. Filling military supplies comes first, and sales come second.
– ……Okay. Let’s adjust the production schedule.
Andrassy wanted to sell the soap at any moment and rake in gold coins, so it seemed like his body was burning up with excitement, but he quickly regained his composure.
“Send the finished soap to Andrassy.”
“Oh, Madam. The portrait artist asks me when he can work on the painting again. What should I say?”
“Portrait? Oh.”
It was a busy period so she forgot about the painting, but Laslo suddenly came to her mind.
She hesitated for a moment, holding a pen.
She could say ‘I’ll do it next time’ on the pretext of being busy, but somehow, she couldn’t talk easily.
“Tell them to get ready to work on the portrait again tomorrow at noon.”
“Yes, Madam.”
Ron nodded and left. Since then, Zoltan, Andrassy, and several other administrators have visited the office numerous times.
Tok- Tok Tok –
As she was concentrating on her work for a while, she heard an annoying noise.
She looked around and saw a pigeon knocking on the window with its beak.
It’s a carrier pigeon.
She opened the window. The bird came familiarly over Agnes’ hand.
[Returning to Sutmar.]
It contained one short line. Agnes touched it with her fingertips. Both cheeks turned red.
The longing she was holding back suddenly hit her. It’s been almost a month since they saw each other’s face.
It was the first time they’d been apart for such a long time, so she didn’t know what to do.
So, she was more immersed in my work. To be able to forget for a moment that Laslo is not in the castle.
Agnes grabbed the small note that day and went to bed.
The next day.
After a day, Laslo arrived at the castle gates.
* * *
“Now?”
“Yes! I saw it!”
Ney was the first to run to announce Laslo’s return. Agnes jumped out of the chair.
“Clothes, no, makeup, wait, hair, looks a little…….”
“Oh my. You’re beautiful. Madam. Go out now. By now, he must have arrived at the gate.”
Ney pushed Agnes’ back, who was fixing her clothes in a hurry.
She opened the door and walked down the hallway. She felt like the way to the gate was so long and complicated today.
In addition, going down from the 3rd floor of the castle felt even more distant.
‘Why is it so far away?’
“Go slowly. Madam.”
Ney shouted something behind him, but he couldn’t hear properly. Her heart was getting more and more anxious.
When she went down to the first floor, the attendants looked at her with puzzled faces.
“Madam?”
“What about Laslo?”
She couldn’t control her panting and had to stop once.
“The lord?”
“Yeah. At the gate, hoo, they said he arrived at the gate.”
Just then, the door opened from outside.
Agnes walked step by step carefully, like a deer learning to walk.
Unlike before, she didn’t even run. She doesn’t know why her heart is beating so fast.
And when his face was fully visible, she couldn’t stand it and rushed to him.
“Laslo!”
As soon as she flew like a bird, he spread his arms and hugged her tightly.
The smell of soil, wind, and most of all, Laslo’s body flocked like low tide.
“Why are you so late?”
“What about your body?”
“Don’t worry. I’m fine.”
Agnes rubbed her face against his chest. He whispered in a low voice that he was dirty, but she didn’t care.
For some reason, her eyes turned red. Even though their body is touching like this, she can’t get rid of her longing.
There were like a mountain of things I wanted to say when we met, but what came out was a childish complaint.
“Why didn’t you reply?”
As soon as she woke up, she sent a carrier pigeon to the capital.
She waited day by day and wrote all the trivial stories hoping for an answer to come.
But he never replied, not even once.
He responded calmly to the resentful question.
“I’m sorry. I have a busy schedule.”
Somehow his voice cracked like a winter wind. Laslo grabbed her both shoulders and pushed them back.
Agnes then lifted her head and looked at his face.
“Did you get hurt?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“You don’t look so happy.”
“…….”
The two made eye contact.
He is a person who shows his emotions openly, but the dark green eyes she saw after a long time were difficult to read.
“I’m just tired from traveling for a long time.”
“Is that so? Let’s go up quickly.”
It wasn’t the reaction she had expected, she was disappointed.
However, she was worried about how tight and tired the schedule would be soon.
“Prepare a bath for the duke to wash, and tell the chef to prepare dinner.”
“Yes, Madam.”
“I’ll go up first.”
Laslo spoke quietly and went upstairs alone.
Agnes looked at his leaving back for a long time.
For some unknown reasons, she felt uneasy. She pretended not to know and turned her head.
Agnes wasn’t the only one who found his behavior strange.
“What’s wrong with him?”
It was around the time they finished dinner with the returning knights. Zoltan slowly approached Agnes.
“Why do you ask?”
“No, I thought he’d jump up and down when he sees the princess in good shape, but he’s so calm.”
“He must be tired after a long journey.”
“Hey, fighting a beast is his daily routine, above all he’s been riding a horse like that for so long.”
Zoltan grunted. Agnes agreed with him, but didn’t show it outwardly.
The night was deep.
When she heard that Laslo had entered his bedroom, she wandered in front of his door.
“Should I tell the duke you’re here?”
The servant who was near the door naturally asked. Normally, there was no need to worry, but somehow, she hesitated.
“Okay.”
Soon the door opened. Her stomach, which had been okay, was nauseous again.
Laslo was standing in front of the bed, as if he was about to go to bed.
“What’s going on?”
“Oh, well. Are you about to go to bed?”
“No. It’s okay. You must have come because you had something to say.”
“That’s it, um.”
Agnes hesitated. She can’t adapt to Laslo’s overly calm atmosphere.
“Adrianne’s fever reducer. It doesn’t seem to work very well for wheat. Still, the number of farmlands has increased a lot compared to last year, and the yield is three times higher.”
“That’s good.”
“We’ve left out what we’re going to use in Military supplies in advance, and the armor production is almost done.”
“Good job.”
“Hey, I’ve been redrawing my portrait for a while now, and I asked him to put it on a necklace and make it in a format that I could take with me. So, will we be able to see each other more often even after we go to war?”
“Well, I see.”
Laslo looked elsewhere and swept his head down. It was obvious he was avoiding her.
The moment she realized that, her heart sank. The unfamiliar attitude made her feel scared.
‘Why all of a sudden?’
No matter how hard she tries, she can’t tell why he’s showing this attitude.
“What happened in the capital?”
“Nothing. I’m just tired.”
He turned to the bed. It was an obvious order.
Agnes’s mouth was dry. She didn’t know what to say.
“Okay. I was holding on to a tired man.”
“…….”
“I should get going.”
Agnes grabbed the doorknob. She opened the door very slowly and walked outside slower than that.
Agnes could not easily leave the door in case he changed his mind.
What the hell happened in the capital?
What did Sebastian say?
She couldn’t sleep all night thinking about it.
