Chapter 147 - Queen’s Palace

The Queen’s Palace was also busy preparing for the summer festival and the upcoming banquet.

In addition, it was very crowded thanks to the visitors who came all day.

Those who came to sight see before the banquet started, those who came with a strange belief that they had to see what illness the king had encountered, those who came to consult privately, etc.

Recently it felt like a luxury to go out for a short walk.

Rudbeckia smiled wryly, squatting in front of a bush of pansy flowers in the half-finished garden.

It’d been a long time since she stopped making flower wreaths by picking flowers like before.

She was doing it back then because she liked it, but now, it was strange to have such childish impulses.

While she was enjoying the sun while smelling the scent of flowers, she suddenly felt a bout of dizziness.

She suddenly remembered the chocolate she had left back earlier.

Strangely enough, she often thought of chocolate.

Was she becoming more and more like a toddler or something like that?

It was at this moment when she chuckled with such thoughts.

“What are you doing?”

“Oh….”

Even before she stood up, a familiar body quickly wrapped around her back.

As a result, her feet that had been firmly rooted to the ground, stumbled.

She clung to his body instinctively.

“I didn’t hear you–“

“You, I told you to stay inside. So why were you taking a walk alone again?”

“It’s just the garden, you can see everything from the palace anyway.”

“But you can’t be alone.”

“Then you can come, just like now.”

He puffed and let out a breath near her ear.

The king, who had just leaned on his wife, scratched his head sadly for a moment.

“No matter how much I think about it, there are too many obstacles in our marriage….”

“Marriage is supposed to be a series of trials.”

“Is that so?”

Rudbeckia tried to swallow a laugh while Izek, who accepted what she said, looked at her with an intense look.

“You must have been out of your mind since this morning.”

“Sooner or later, I want to exchange my brain with the brain of the pig Popori.”

“What’s wrong with Popo’s brain?”

“He has quite a simple mindset. What about food? Did you eat?”

“I did eat with Ellen earlier. Sir Galar just came in time to join us…”

“Why does that bear keep going in and out of here these days? He’s not doing what I told him to do.”

“It’s because he wants dating advice. I guess he likes that woman quite a bit to get advice from me.”

They’ll take care of their relationship, so why were they holding on to other people’s wives?

Izek’s mood turned very unpleasant, but he didn’t show it.

Instead, he grabbed Rudbeckia’s thin wrist off his shoulder, and stared.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“It’s just that you’re as thin as ever.”

Compared to the first time they met, she had gained weight, but… Izek rubbed his thumb on her wrist and buried his face in her golden hair.

“The festival will be here soon.”

“Yes, it will.”

“Will the two of us be able to see the festival streets someday?”

“Do you feel like you’ve lost your freedom, Your Majesty, the tyrant?”

“A tyrant? Do you know how generous I am! No matter what anyone says, I’m the most generous.”

Meanwhile, outside the garden, where the king and queen were spending time.

Camu really couldn’t stand the sight of his king acting like that.

‘Where did you put your conscience that showed up on the topic of flirting back then?!’

Camu scratched his arms, getting irritated.

“I’m going crazy with goosebumps all over my body.”

“Me too.”

Galar’s pot lid-like hand, which was bulking more than ever, held a bundle of letter paper of some dainty design.

It was the result of a romantic counselling that took place just a while ago.

“But what is that?”

“The queen gave it to me earlier. She said that I need to change the letter paper first to send a letter…”

“…….”

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“…No. I don’t know what else the king is up to, but he has to stop it as soon as possible. The summer festival may turn into a catastrophe.”

It was a very bold remark to make in the presence of the king’ sister, but she did not point out Camu’s rudeness.

Ellenia, who was staring at the garden with eyes not so different from the two paladins, gently clicked her tongue.

“I’m worried about the future of the North with such a king.”

“…….”

“I can’t stand it anymore, so I’ll get going.”

The two paladins stared silently at Ellenia, who turned around.

Ellenia paused for a moment because they seemed surprised and looked like they had something to say.

“Why are you looking at me?”

“… what? No, nothing.”

“I don’t think there’s anything.”

“…….”

“What is it?”

“Actually…”

Camu and Galar exchanged hesitant glances for a moment.

Ellenia, therefore, wondered to herself.

“What is wrong, gentlemen?”

“I’m sorry to say…… Every time I see Ivan with the princess, we feel the same as you do now.”

“…….”

* * *

“Are you crazy?””

Ellenia opened her mouth.

She had a calm, expressionless face as always, but the shaking of her red eyes was obvious.

The red eyes opposite to her were calm.

“Are you joking?”

“No.”

“Why do you always mess up? If you tell me your thoughts beforehand, would it hurt you?”

“…….”

“What do you think of my brother’s idea, Andy?”

Instead of answering immediately, poor Andymon moved his shaking hands and looked at her feet.

This place was more like a decorative building than a separate palace, but it was used as a temporary residence. It was usually closed.

There was no reason why the closed annex itself was shocking.

The scenery of the workers gathering around the main gate and working diligently was not particularly shocking either.

There was no reason for it to be a problem even if a fountain was made with a decorative building as a background for the summer festival.

The only problem was what the king was going to do to the fountain.

Andymion let out a squeak.

“It’s a little….”

“A little?”

“Isn’t that too much? No matter how much the queen likes chocolate…”

“Why? I’m not asking her to eat it all at once, but I’m telling her to enjoy it whenever she wants.”

“But…”

Finally, Andymion looked at Ellenia with an appeal for help.

Ellenia sighed.

“You must have used all your brain to make a garden of water.”

“That’s a bit harsh. In the first place, you didn’t like it when I made the garden either.”

“That’s when I was… No, I’d rather you give her the statue of herself you mentioned last time. I’d rather you quit this…”

“No, I don’t want that.”

“… I guess it wasn’t right for you, either, right?””

“That’s not true, but if I put it up, other men will keep looking at her.”

“…….”

To the two, who were at a loss for words, Izek complained that this was why younger siblings were called enemies of heaven and earth, saying that it was no use raising a younger sibling.

A dark cloud hung over the pale faces of the two staring at his retreating back.

“You have to stop this.”

“You are right. No matter how hard I think about it, I don’t think this is it.”

“I just don’t understand why he has a man with common sense like you as his servant.”

“It seems to me that the king is running out of patience and reason at the same time these days.”

“I think it’s just the heat. Anyway, it’s a big deal if it stays like this.”

“Yes, no matter how much the queen is an angel…”

He felt sorry for Ruby already.

Ellenia was glad she didn’t meet a man like her brother.

Ellenia, who was muttering to herself, suddenly felt AndyMion staring at her, and wriggled her eyebrows.

“What’s wrong?”

“…No, nothing. What should I do with this?”

* * *

Ivan was very excited about the journey, which he wrote as a secret mission from the king and planned it out as a secret southern tour.

The peaceful scenery of the golden castle in the new era, the streets crowded with artists and con artists, and the specialties to be presented as wedding gifts to various mysterious stores.

However, after arriving in Romagna, such idle expectations were blown away early.

It was good to decide to finish the mission quickly first.

However, as their destination, the monastery, was located on the outskirts far from the romantic center, they had to see the hidden side of the sacred city as soon as they arrived.

In addition, he didn’t know why there were so many pickpockets and beggars in the castle theme.

While passing through the maze of suspicious alleys and the ghetto slum, Ivan simply lost his energy.

As in any city, it was hard to see child robbers, at least in Elendale.

The monastery, where he finally arrived, also contributed greatly to further tarnishing the already defiled feeling.

The building itself was unnecessarily magnificent, not matching the surrounding scenery, but rather felt like entering a huge camp rather than being beautiful or cool.

“Wait a moment.”

He never thought he’d see that picture again.

After the investigators who identified the two northerners wiped sweat from their foreheads, Ivan briefly looked at the painting on one wall.

Their Queen defeating the Satan’s spawn…