The Marquis’ Daughter Acts As A Pawn

The betrayal of Cardia led me to meet Master Edward in the lower town of Wang Capital, and I came to the liquor store where the two of us had lunch seven years ago.

Though I really wanted to escape immediately, Master Edward never tried to let go of my arm and smiled and intimidated me whenever I showed him the sleigh to escape.

I gave up resisting.

"Welcome ~. Take your available seats -!

When I entered the store, I was greeted with the same greeting as before.

The waitress woman who saw us looks surprised only for a moment and immediately returns to smile.

"Surprised! Not your brother and sister then!! Long time no see. Glad you're back."

Seriously, when I saw a waitress woman, she was just a little fuzzy, but she was the sister who took our order seven years ago.

"It's been a while. Your sister doesn't seem to change."

Then I responded as Julianna.

But your sister doesn't look particularly concerned either.

"Hey! Speak like a nobleman. You've grown. And your brother, he's getting better and better!

"Thank you. You're as beautiful as ever."

To Edward smiling at his sister, for some reason I felt chilly.

"Yay!! Praise you, Atashi has a husband!! But your brother's in trouble, too. Aren't you worried that when your sister is so cute, bad guys will make you laugh at her?

"Bad guys, it's okay because it's me. She's not my sister."

"Hmmm. I mean for a reason...... don't worry!! Because your sister is on our two sides to love each other!! Ha ha, it's love romance!!

It's like your sister just said something she shouldn't listen to...?

"Ha!? Love each other......? Love romance......? Oh, no! We 're-"

"It's annoying to be standing at the entrance forever. Shall we go?"

Dear Edward, I let go of the arm I was grasping and re-restrained it in a way that entangled me and my fingers.

I don't care what you think of this... it's a lover connection...

Seeing us holding hands, your sister sparkled her eyes like a girl.

"Hey, misunderstandings... I need to figure out the misunderstandings...!!

"Two of you!!

I desperately try to explain to my sister, who would have further deepened the misunderstanding, but I have been erased by the words of her guide.

I don't care anymore...

Fortunately, this is the lower town of Wangdu.

It's not like the social world.

No matter how misunderstood you are here, it doesn't matter.

... I can't do it unless I think so.

With a seat, Nico-faced sister gives us a menu chart.

"What will you do with your order?

I looked through the menu table, but I had no appetite.

When I looked at Mr. Edward, I looked at him.

"Julianna, what do we do with the order?

I was surprised that you called my name, not Leah, but soon restore calm.

"... I'm not hungry, can I have some fruit water"

"Well, I'll have the lemonade"

"Fruit water and lemonade. I'll make it in Sokko, so I'll stay a while."

The sister, skipping to the kitchen, came back with a drink without standing for five minutes.

"Yes, sir. Fruit water and lemonade. Now, take your time -"

I felt that the slow part was accentuated slightly, but I will try not to care.

Then too, Master Edward, who smiles all the time and stares at this one.

Having taken fruit water in my hand, I moistened my dry throat with tension and confusion.

"... yummy"

The refreshing orange fragrance heals me.

"That's good"

To Dear Edward, who still does not break his smile, I finally question.

"Why... did you bring me to this tavern?

Master Edward removes the outward mask he was dealing with his sister.

And he looks at me with a frightened eye, with his cheek cane on.

"Because I wanted to talk to you, Julianna."

"Then you don't have to be here, do you?

"It doesn't work that way. Both Marquis Lewis and Vincent want to hide you from me. No one says anything because Vincent has always been, but it's unusual to drown Julianna, the Marquis of Lewis, these days. The Lewis Parent-Child Misconduct theory has disappeared... although another rumor is circulating. That's why I was being obstructed from seeing Julianna, and I wasn't likely to see her by normal means. So I am grateful to the woman who gave me useful information."

"Oh, really..."

What are your father and Vee doing in the royal palace!!

What's another rumor!!

Imagine a different curious gaze that would be directed at the nobles in the social world from now on, and I was drooled.

"Don't be so depressed. I don't have much time for Julianna to be with Marquis Lewis and Vincent. Forgive him."

"Is that... because I'm about to get engaged...?

When asked that, Master Edward laughs eerily.

"Some of them would be separated from their parents as soon as they got engaged, wouldn't they?

"... I understand"

I finally became a family, us, but it also separates me in the form of my marriage.

... but if Vee gets married, it'll be a new form of family.

"But if you marry me, you won't be able to live with me, but you'll be able to meet the two of us at the royal palace. Plus the engagement period will be at the Marquis Lewis Mansion."

To the words of Lord Edward, my heart goes swiftly cold.

"Do you still want me to be your queen? Not so long ago... No, it's only natural that you want my blood as the next king."

To my prickly words, Lord Edward frowned.

Naturally. Such a cute woman, I refuse even to be Edward.

"Are you... dull or stupid? I told you before. I don't care about blood muscles or anything, but I'm just in the way of a good queen or something. The queen I want is a competent queen who can keep her back from each other and protect her country. And... she just wishes I was the woman she loved."

"For revenge, I'm not the woman I tend to dream about so much that I think I still like the woman who used me back, etc. What am I worth to you other than blood muscles?

Lady Edward exhales deeply and stares at me with his urchin eyes.

"Ha... You're more of an asshole than I ever imagined, Julianna."

"Ah, asshole!?

"Pfft... you, too, have told me before." Are you an asshole? 'and "

"Wow, forget it!

"I don't forget every word I've spoken to Julianna. You... are my beloved woman."

"Ahhh!?

Unexpectedly, the lady screamed in a voiceless voice.

When I immediately put my hand on my mouth and looked around, it was for a moment that I was noticed, and the liquor store, which was originally busy, didn't seem like a big deal.

Good... that's not good. Not good at all.

What did Master Edward say now?

Aisle onna......?

It must be some kind of code. Yes cryptography. Help, Vee!!

"Julianna, I love you"

Lord Edward spins the Word of Love as he stares at me, the wolf.

"Ugh, it's a lie!!

"It's a fact. He says so, no doubt about it."

"My only value for use is the education and acting skills I have received as a blood and lady. And I am the woman who used you back. It's not cute either. Master Edward should know that fact. So...... if you see the true me, you can't love me. It's impossible."

"'The True Me', etc., I wouldn't have even shown it to my family, Julianna"

"That's not..."

"There will be. Come on, take off that mask of multiple layers of acting. Julianna Lewis, what do you really want?"

Mask of overlapping acts......?

It was what I suffered because I was me and to protect my family.

At first, it was the mask of the sister of the Firm, worn to protect her sick and weak brother.

Next up is the mask of the IKO, who wore it against his father, who wished to be loved.

And the mask of the brilliant Marquis Marquis of Lewis, who wore it when he learned of his blood muscles and noble duties.

Keep wearing those masks, and I will also put a mask on my heart and become false.

"I have decided to marry someone my father has decided to marry."

Failure to do so will annoy a lot of people - especially my family.

From the chains of blood, you cannot escape.

"I've decided to love my own child."

Otherwise my heart will not be protected.

But the truth is...

"The truth is... I want you to marry someone you love and... love me. That's funny, isn't it? Such a thing, even though a noble lady whose political marriage is the norm should not ask for it. Well, the blood that runs through me does not set me free. So I kept looking away and falsifying my mind so I didn't expect anything that couldn't possibly be fulfilled. There is no such thing as a" perfect lady. "

Parents die faster than themselves, and children travel sooner or later.

The brothers make separate families and go away.

So I wanted to love someone who would be my husband for the rest of my life, and I wanted to be loved.

I am sure… hungry for love.

"What I loved wasn't The Perfect Lady. Losery, flirting with people with unmatched acting skills, but dull to be loved... the fruit of it, lonely Julianna. The blood that runs through you... has helped make it easier to get married."

I was born for Lord Edward.

If you're a man, stay close. If it's a woman, it's for the Lady.

Your father and your mother, Elizabeth, loved me, but that fact remains the same.

So that's how you look at me around you.

So did His Majesty and Lady Dahlia the other day.

Maybe it's natural to be born into the upper class.

Still, I wanted - not as a tool, but to see myself.

Except inside, he won't look at me like that.

That's why I gave up. I gave up.

"What is it, that? If they told you that... you'd be happy, wouldn't you?

I can't believe someone appears who understands me and loves me myself...

It is also the man that caused me to be born a tool.

Sarcasm would be great.

But still... I'm glad it doesn't change.

"Sounds like I've had it with the princess, and I'm glad to hear it"

Mr. Edward's playful tone unwittingly leaks a bitter laugh.

"Heh heh, bad taste. Hey, Master Edward. How did you know I was wearing many masks of acting?

"Like you, I know someone who was crushing my heart and behaving the way I wanted around me. The person and Julianna looked overlapping..."

With that said, Master Edward laid his eyes down just a little sad.

"Is that... a woman?

"No. What, Julianna, are you jealous?

"What do you think? I'm not sure myself."

I answered without even realizing that it would never be the same as before.

"Well, the reaction seems to be good"

But I still don't love you.

"What is' not yet ', Julianna? A little more, be honest."

Dear Edward, who sees me with a mean eye.

I turn away from my face to hide my cheeks, which gradually began to have heat.

"... I want to love you,"

It was my word that squeezed out gradually, but there was no response from Mr. Edward.

Having cut off my paralysis, I turn my face again to Master Edward with a little anger.

Then in front of him was given a ring scattered with blue and purple gems.

"Marrying me means being a queen by force... but I'm not going to stop being royal. I don't know what to say instead, but I'll take care of you when you're hard, when you're sad. And for the rest of my life, I swear I'll love you alone. I love you, Julianna. Please... marry me."

Always confident, Master Edward sees me with a nervous face.

When I saw the hand holding the ring, it was slightly trembling.

You won't be willing to let them get away with it from the start. There's got to be another place to propose. I thought a lot of things like that, but I have myself convinced that it seems like Edwardian.

A warm tear conveyed his cheek as he thought about what to do with the reply.

You've decided what to answer.

The body seems more honest with itself than with my heart.

"I'll take it. When you are hard, when you are sad, let me support you. And... tell me of a love that will not cool me down for life, Dear Edward"

I smiled and slowly offered my left hand to Master Edward-