The Inner Palace Tale of a Villainess Noble Girl

Edward Crestor, the eldest son of the present Earl of Crestor.

His two names in the social world are "Beautiful Flowers Seducing Ladies with Sweet Scents".

Soft grins, gentle narratives, gentle treatment, and the moment you forgive your heart, when you fall into his predatory trap, it is a full reputation among the nobles.

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Another melancholy season has arrived this year.

Since it is my duty as a nobleman and a valuable place to gather information, I will not be absent. I will never be absent, but that's not why I like being there, never.

"Social Season" - For the Crestor family of humans, it is an extremely depressing and at the same time important season.

Especially this year.

(Earlier, I felt signs of 'darkness'...)

The eldest son of the Crestor family, Edward, was walking down the hall early. There is no stray in his footsteps as he hurries to his destination and opens the door without even knocking the moment he arrives.

Father.

"Oh, are you here, Ed?"

"Yes. What about 'Darkness' earlier...?

"Mmm, I'm here to deliver this"

What Dualis, now Earl of Crester, my father, who sat in the study chair, showed flickering was a few notes. It looks familiar. Besides, Edward lost his strength from his shoulder.

"Did you just come to deliver a letter from Deanna..."

"Don't worry. But Deanna has both Rita and 'Darkness' on her. He's good at defending himself."

But Dualis dropped his eyes on the note.

"I came out early to King's Capital about Deanna, but it seemed right. What's going on in the backyard is more pressing than I thought"

"It... it would be. In the first place, the fact that there are so many side chambers in the rear palace is, in itself, unprecedented in the past"

"Mm-hmm. If people get together in large numbers, that's all the more rubbing. It's a natural dish…"

"Is there anything more wrong?

Edward asked, and Dualis gave him a note saying yes.

"Read it. That way we'll see."

"Yes."

Nodding, Edward ran his eyes to the letter spelled on the note. There is an undisputed handwriting of my sister, which is written down after entering the rear palace.

At first reading, he held his head down.

"Has Landrose's daughter entered 'Peony'..."

"There's nothing we can do about contemporary times over there, but we're just good at fixing the surface. My daughter seems to be leaking into it."

"If you do think about this situation, you can say that Deanna was given a 'red rose' which helped balance it out. The Marquis of Stresia and the Marquis of Eustre have no ambition, although their qualifications are there. Count Keel, whose character is not that high but has a bright foresight, is highly regarded for his territorial management. Let us say that you are more of an upward thinker than an ambition. And the Marquis Landrose..."

"I don't know because I'm Osama like 'tradition' and 'lineage' and 'fame' walking in clothes. If I tell you, that's all I got."

"Yes. But that's troublesome. That's why they gave you Peony."

"In the" Sleep Lotus "and" Suzuran "that fall beneath it, the princesses of the Stresian and Eustrian families, of which none are extremists, have been placed, albeit the most sublime of the" named ", and the princesses of the Keel family, who will be treated better than their identities, have been placed in the" Suzuran ", which will now be high enough in the rear palace..."

Dualis rubbed her head. What that trick means is, 'How dare you even think about the details'.

Edward nodded as well, smiling bitterly at his father.

"By doing so, you thought both pattern-oriented conservative nobles and performance-oriented emerging nobles would convince each other. I should have actually convinced you.... if Landrose's daughter doesn't even do something extra"

"Totally, it's a hassle"

The balance in the palace was greatly upset by the fact that the Marquis Marquis of Landrose, Liliane, created a conservative aristocratic faction and openly treated the side chambers that entered from the emerging aristocratic house. As it is, it is more obvious than to see fire that dissatisfaction arises from among emerging nobles.

"Deanna's entry into 'Red Rose' isn't weird, is it? In fact, there will have been pressure from your father's surroundings, and he must have done something black to make his daughter a candidate for the righteous queen, just one more thing to add to our rumors, Takeshi."

"But - so I balanced the rear palace"

Deanna's being given the 'Red Rose' is unworthy if you look only at her identity. Thus the daughter of the Earl family becomes a structure that stands above the Marquis.

But it was once and for all the forces in the rear palace that were leaning towards the conservative nobility. Landrose's daughter, too, seems to be hard to get out of Deanna.

"That's been tricky..."

"Right. Even more perplexingly, there is the side chamber that His Majesty adores."

"Oh... Baroness Shayla Carreldo, was it?

On Edward's head comes a piece of information about the Carrerdo family. But I could hardly think of the lady at heart. The impression that she was a quiet princess, who made her social debut last year, remains blurred.

"The Baron Carrerdo family itself, is an emerging nobleman that only a few decades ago aroused. Because your reputation has declined due to recent home disturbances... I'm guessing they treat you as something you're not in. I guess it's a presence that I don't have to bother to kick down for the conservatives' side rooms. If they find out such a princess is His Majesty's spouse..."

"Angry conservatives don't know what to do."

"Oh. Especially since Landrose's daughter seems to have a lot of pride around."

"I'm also concerned about the movement of the innovators' side rooms. Is there anyone who wants Deanna to like it but does something unexpected?

"Uh... with 50 side rooms, it's probably a hassle to investigate"

But there was no way he wouldn't, and Dualis looked at the ceiling.

"Each side room, gather as much information as you can. Can you do that?"

"I'll take care of it. Thanks to Deanna and Lord Rita, it is easier to conduct investigations in the rear palace. '

"I'm sorry, Sirius. I'll give you a hard time, thank you."

Ha ha.

That voice. Finally, the signs behind the ceiling disappeared. Edward sighs and sees Dualis.

Sirius seems to feel responsible.

"It's not about him being sick. The 'Dark' have done well for me."

"Because they are hardly involved in this preliminary investigation. If you can't do it beforehand. But if you're infiltrating... aren't you thinking?

"At a time when Deanna's not in the palace? No matter how good the Darks are, I can't let them do that."

In Dualis' clear response, Edward had a heartfelt grin.

Treat servants as pawns, order unscrupulous work, and if it becomes inconvenient, throw them away. With such aristocracy rotting, his father - his house has always resisted such a tide.

The servants who run the errands of the table are also entrusted with the task of leaping in the shadows, gathering information, escorting, capturing, etc. - the people of the Crestor family are equally treated as' people ', also with regard to the secret forces of the Crestor family, commonly known as' darkness'. I always remember to be grateful that the Crestor family is made up because of them.

Edward was proud from the bottom of his heart to have been born and succeeded by such a father's child.