Chapitre 3: CHAPTER 3 : [if that's the diffrent, you should just kill it and come back]
Arne: "Thank you for today."
The evening when the sun goes down. Arne thanked Cassian for taking her back to the Granseos mansion. It was her first time going on a date, but it was more fun than she thought.
'Above all, there is income.'
If the rumors spread that she was with another man instead of going to the meeting, this marriage will automatically fail. Arne smiled contentedly.
"I'm glad that I was helpful."[cassian]
"It was an unfair request, but thank you for your help. I will repay this favor later."[arne]
"You have a lot of favors to pay me back."[cassian]
Cassian's smile deepened. Arne was internally surprised that he had been helpful both times when she met him. Because it was a life where she never been reveived a help by someone in the first place. Cassian, who had already heard everything, asked back.
"You don't want to get married like that? I heard you haven't even looked at the person yet." [cassian]
"Yes. It's annoying." [arne]
Arne answered immediately without much thought. Cassian's expression changed strangely. It was the first time in my life that I was treated as a nuisance.
"Honestly, I'm not interested..... My parents were impatient, so I just adjusted it."
"....."
"And I don't think the person who accepted me as a marriage partner will be fine."
"..."
There are all kinds of rumors going around the Western Empire, but he proposes to me? At this point, I couldn't longer consider him as an ordinary person. Moreover, the one and only sister who heard this news of the marriage meeting will be a decisive blow.
"If it was me at your age, i have been already marriage once. But you've never been married? Then something is wrong. Even if there are no flaws, there are possibilities that you have an unforgettable first love!"
Arne completely trusted Prine, who was already married. However, the decisive reason why this marriage bothered her was that she had to leave the Western Empire and live in the North Empire. Cassian's smile twisted a little as he saw Arne, who vowed never to go.
"I hope your wishes come true." (Cassian)
****
As it turns out, Arne's plan was half successful and half unsuccessful. The rumors spread quickly. Arne actually had an incredibly handsome boyfriend with platinum hair! the rumors turned the Duchess and even the Emperor upside down, and Arne thought the marriage would be called off. Nobles value dignity and honor, so of course, this was going to happen. by the way….
"...why."
Arne was frustrated. the Duchess was equally nervous. In the best of all possible worlds, Archduke Terneuzen didn't show up for the confrontation. Even the rumors of Arne's overgrowth didn't seem to bother him, and he expressed a strong desire to continue this marriage.
"Arne, I admire your courage."
"Isn't he really a crazy person?"
Arne hates it, but it was good news for the duchess. A son-in-law who can't be shaken by rumors like this! That was a true sense of son-in-law that could not be found anywhere else.
"He's a really nice person. let's hold on tight."
"No, I don't see where it's okay."
"It's because you don't know how to see people yet. Or are you really hiding your platinum hair lover? If you love that person, you can marry him. I'm fine with anyone as long as you get married."
"...."
Arne kept her mouth shut. A lover, there's no way such a thing really exists. As Arne is silent, the Duchess realizes that now is the right time to continues persuade her.
"Arne. this mom isn't asking for much. I want my lovely, precious daughter to meet the right person, perfect man, find true love, and live happily ever after."
A story she has heard over and over again. Arne found his parents' loving, long-winded pleas surprisingly refreshingly annoying. when Arne didn't respond, the Duchess used a last resort.
"If so, just endure it for 3 months. Get married and live there for 3 months, and if you really don't like your partner, you can get a divorce and come back."
"divorce?"
Arne's ears perked up at the sound of divorce. the Duchess didn't miss this golden opportunity.
"But you have to last three months, and in exchange, you have to keep your temper under control and not use a sword. If you don't like it after all that effort, I'll never ask you to marry again."
She doesn't even hear the other conditions. As her mother said, if she did, when she returned, her mother would never ask her to marry again. That was what her mother promised. This is the only way to be freed from this sluggish nagging!
'Is it worth only for three months?'
Not three years, just for three months. knowing Arne's patience, the Duchess suggested an appropriate time frame. Eventually, Arne nodded, but the Duchess asked again.
"In the three months, if you come back before then, I won't recognize you."
"Okay."
"You can't kill, You can't hit people, and you can't blow them up, okay?"
"I'm not sure, but i'll try ."
Arne accepted it. But the Duchess looked anxiously at Arne's meek demeanor.
"Then you really should act like a normal lady."
I've never been a normal lady even one second in my life, but suddenly, she expected to be one. Although she was not confident, Arne nodded, saying that she understood. and she secretly hides her dark heart.
'If it's necessary, I'll just need to kill it and come back.'
Divorce was also annoying.
****
The news of Arne's marriage literally shook the Western Empire. Married suddenly?! with the foreign noble?!
"No, Arne belongs to all of us!"
"Ugh!, i can't believe our Arne getting married...!"
Great resistance from the young girls continued. And that wasn't all. Even the Knights of the Golden Dragon, the strongest knights in the Western Roman Empire, for which Arne was the captain of the knights, faced tremendous opposition.
"It's a huge military loss if Arne goes to the abroad!"
"What the hell is You Majesty thinking! Even if Arne goes, grab her by the crotch of her pants and don't let her go, and she will put her hat on the table!"
"That's ridiculous! I'm against this marriage!"
But no matter what they said, the elderly in the family, who thought, "When will they going to get married?" were relieved and heartbroken. Especially the royal family. The marriage was welcomed with open arms by the elders of the family, who had been murmuring the precious daughter of the Emperor's brother, Archduke Brillhit, and the member of the royal family, would be loosing their face if she never married. In particular, the reaction of Syclion IV was explosive. The Emperor Syclion IV is Arne leader at work and in private he was her great uncle and like a father to Arne. Syclion IV declared.
"I will specially seal Arne as the princess and treat her with the highest respect possible in the Western Empire."
"?!"
He doesn't want to marry her off as a princess of the Grand Duke's family,
"Arne. if the Northern Empire gives you a hard time, you can always come back!"
"No, Your Majesty. That's a bit..…"
He even told her to come back if she wanted to. Whether the nobles were in trouble or the elders of the imperial family were in trouble, Syclion IV was serious. Arne, who is getting married to a foreign country, wrapped up all kinds of rare things and sent them to me in case if she would die. Everyone was impressed by the emperor's sincerity, but Arne felt differently.
"That too much...."
That was too much. Even if the real princess gets married, it won't be like this.
"Arne! You are the future of this country!"
The nobles shook their heads at the sight of the emperor, showing his generous affection for Arne. Arne was the same. Her feelings for her great uncle , the emperor, have been the same since her childhood.
'it's annoying.'
• • • meanwhile, the Northern Empire. it wasn't just the Western Empire that was shaken by the news of the marriage. the Northern Empire was also in an uproar.
"Who's getting married?"
"The Archduke Ternyuzen?!"
"With whom?!"
The son of the emperor, and the second in the succession of the current imperial throne. Currently, Cassian's popularity was so great that he even surpassed Prince Edward. The number 1 man who gets married, chosen by the social circle, number 1 man I'd like to have as a son-in-law. The dream of becoming the Grand Duchess of Ternuzen, which all the young ladies had longed for, it's gone in vain. Although the news of the marriage is causing a huge sensation, Cassian, the person in charge, was calm.
"So. anything else?"
"Yes, it is."
Cassian's fingers tapped the papers.
'Syclion IV's attitude is bothering me, Was it simply because of his mood.'
Even though he responded to Cassian's request as if he couldn't help it, the hesitation that Syclion IV showed from time to time was bothering him. I wondered if there was something in the way he felt sorry for others, but as a result of the investigation, I couldn't find anything.
"But there was one thing that bothered me."
"What is it?"
Alan struggled to rhyme with facial expressions, not knowing what to say.
"They say the Duke of Brillheat has a big trouble child."
"Trouble child?"
"Yes. His nickname is the Mad Dog of the Empire..."
Unaware of the fact that the mad dog of the empire is the Grand Duchess he should serve, Alan continued with an expression of 'is there a person like that?'
"It seems that it is all because of this man called a mad dog that it is difficult to find out information about the Duke of Brillheat. Everyone says they don't want their lives to end because of one misstep."
"What the heck?"
"From what I hear, he beats people to death."
"Why?"
"I'm not sure about that. But the people who get beaten up don't mind, but they're famous for that. You should never touch it no matter what happens.…"
He couldn't believe that Arne and that such violent behavior man are from the same family. Cassian smirked, remembering Arne's impassive face.
"Is that why she has such a calm personality?"
Cassian smirked as he thought of Arne, who seemed to have no problem even if there was a war breaking out next to him. Cassian returned first from the Western Empire to prepare for his marriage. He had plenty of time to get back into position, but he didn't. He put it off for today on purpose.
"Your Highness. they say the airship will be here soon."
Hearing Alan's words, Cassian nodded. He was already looking forward to it.
"When she sees me again, she will make a funny face."
Cassian laughed softly . Not realizing that the person called "MAD DOG" was actually a woman, not a man, and he was also not unaware that she was the one he was going to marry....
"Lady Arne, airship is about to land."
Arne nodded at the calm voice of her nanny. It's time to get off the airship. Her body was so tired from the long trip. As Arne stretched, her nanny, Eva, who watched her from the sidelines, gave her final instructions.
"No killing."
". . . . . .?"
At the sudden warning, Arne turned and glared at Eva. Eva once more again repeated the words she has been saying so many times already . She was brainwashed during her way to the Northern Empire.
"You must not hit people if you don't like them, You shouldn't glare at them, and especially not with a sword! Never use a sword! Always put a smile on your lips, a gentle way of speaking, always dignified and elegant. Just like you practiced! You know 6?"
". . . . ."
Arne was silent for a moment.
'What does the nanny think I am?.'
Arne wonder if they thought her as a living killing machine or something like that? Off cause she beat people up around and kills the sometimes, but there was a good reason for that. She killed a killer, or it was a battlefield. In any case, Arne never attacked first. While Arne felt resentment, a knight in shining armor approached.
"We've arrived, Your Highness the Princess."
When Arne heard that they had finally reached the Northern Empire, Arne stood up from her seat. It's was my first time meeting with my husband, whom i hadn't seen before because due to the match had once been in trouble.
'I finally get to see your precious face.'
The airship door was opened, and the royal guard escorted Arne went down. The moment Arne appeared, everyone held their breath. Her silver hair sparkled like stars, and the white sunlight revealed Arne's face. In the silence, impassive gazes scanned the crowd. At that moment, a man stepped in front of Arne.
"Welcome, Your Highness Princess Arne. I've been waiting for you."
A man dressed in a uniform had a friendly smile that seemed to melt.
"I am Cassian, Archduke of Ternugen."
Arne's gaze met with Cassian eyes at the moment. A beautiful and cool blue eyes like a winter at night. As their gazes met, Arne paused for a moment.
'This is the Grand Duke of Terneuzen?'
No one told me you're this handsome, did they? and he didn't even say it was a face that i knew.
"...You."
The masked man she met at the party, and he was the man who she reunited again in the carriage. Arne, who recognized it at once, pointed her finger at him without realizing it. Pointing her finger at their first meeting. Everyone in the place was freaked out, but only one person laughed leisurely.
"So here we are again."
Cassian, who had come close to me, smiled brightly. Her cool silver hair, which seemed to be melted, sparkled. Arne's crumpled her face once as she realized what was happening.
'I was tricked.'
Despite his smile, which was sweeter than spring sunshine, Arne glared at him coldly. My fist cried, but I wasn't stupid enough to cause bloodshed here. Arne clenched her fists and turned away.
"I want to go back. nanny, get back in."
"Lady Arne!"
What is this all of a sudden? The people of Western Empire panicked, not knowing what to do. Arne really had the intention of going back. Arne, who had just turned away, Cassian gently grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms. At the sudden actions, Arne wide her eyes bigger.
"I missed you so much, but I guess you're not my stray cat." [Cassian]
"When the heck did you.….." [arne]
"Are you really sure you didn't want to see me?"
"Ugh."
Arne hesitated when Cassian made a sullen expression as if he were sad. It was his trick to someone who knew how handsome he was. While Arne paused at Cassian's beauty for a moment, Cassian whispered very sweetly.
"Don't you also owe me a favor?"
". . . . ."
That's what it looks like. Arne glared at Cassian with a frown. It's just the moment when something seems to happen! Suddenly, Eva, Arne's nanny, comes between them.
"Please, be careful. Your Highness the Archduke!"
The nanny was genuinely worried that Arne would be blown away by the unusual air current flowing between the two. So she doesn't have a choice but to pull out the trick that she had been secretly prepared. In an incredibly serious tone, Eva, the nanny, asked Kassian.
"Our princess is very weak! Please treat her like glass!"
''. . . . . .?"
Arne's expression crumpled once again at the unexpected words of her nanny.
'What nonsense are you talking about?'
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