Chapter 9

Chapter 9:

Of course, the original story depicts various descriptions of the Crown Prince.

Like ‘he has a face so beautiful that anyone can admire’.

A ‘gentle smile that reassures you’.

‘He has tight muscles that can be felt secretly from where they touched’.

‘I swept down his nice jawline with my long fingers.’ Same description.

They’re all useless descriptions. You know, there’s a lack of objectivity because there were things that weren’t appropriate to apply to the Crown Prince, who was a young boy.

So the only thing that’s valid is that his hair is black and he has  green eyes like a gem. There are so many men in the world that have the same features like this.

In the first place, the man in front of her eyes is also a green-eyed pupil with black hair. And so does the librarian who is now working in the library.

A little while ago, there was a black-haired boy among them who spoke behind Benjamin’s back. Though the color of his eyes don’t count.

“….. Are you okay?”

She nodded her head with a crestfallen face.

“Yes, so far.”

Irene sighed heavily without knowing.

“Actually, I want to know more about his Majesty, the Prince, in detail, if possible…but it’s not easy…”

It was almost a murmur. Perhaps no one passing by had heard her. But Elvin, sitting directly in front of her, heard the little voice vividly.

Of course he didn’t forget to question me for a moment. The words in his head were divided into words and syllables and analyzed again.

But there was no change in her clear sentence.

She was curious about Elvin.

“Why are you curious about the Prince……?”

He stuttered a little bit because it was awkward.

He called himself ‘his Highness, the Crown Prince.’

“Oh, did you hear that?”

Irene, who lifted her head up brightly, tilted her head and laughed.

“I just said it to myself. Don’t mind it.”

No, that makes me even more nervous. But I couldn’t ask her any more questions.

In any case, Elvin was able to understand the subtle attitude Benjamin had so far. That’s why every time he asks about Irene, he keeps changing the subject. Probably because many of the articles she scrapes are about Elvin.

“…….Why, that’s a bit.”

Elvin placed his palm over my face for a moment. I was embarrassed that my thoughts rolled towards something shameful, but I was more embarrassed that it felt good.

“Where are you uncomfortable?”

This time, Irene gave him a word of assurance and looked at him.

“I’m alright, just a little surprised.”

Elvin straightened his posture and laughed hard, but he was probably a mess. At first glance, his face was already a little hot.

“Why were you surprised?”

The pure-looking blue eyes flickered towards him.

‘Cute.’

When I thought about that, I just felt like I wanted to tell this kid everything. Anyway, the people of the Weber family already know who he is, so it should be okay if this little kid knows the answer.

“Actually.”

For a brief moment, Elvin was curious of Irene’s reaction to learning his identity.

She seemed to have a lot of questions about him, so he must be pleased to have seen it.

‘This kid, what kind of smile does she have?’

I wanted to see that face.

“Actually,”

I’m Elvin Manuel, the person you are so curious about.

In fact, the confession was an impulse as he was close to revealing.

“That’s right, I am-“

But just three words away, someone pulled his shoulder from behind. Elvin looked back. Without realising it, he had lost his moment. It was the boy, who was gossiping about Benjamin from before.

How dare you interrupt me at such an important moment?

The anger arose even more when the hateful boy did what he hated.

Of course, Elvin couldn’t get angry, so he pretended to be as kind as possible.

“What?”

The problem was that the voice was kind, but the expressions and lines showed unrepressed anger. Thanks to that, it looked even more scary.

The boy’s hand, who was grabbing Elvin’s shoulder, shuddered.

The boy was slightly frightened.

“Well, what, you bastard.”

But he soon came to his senses. He hides his trembling hands with his arms crossed, and raises his chin up and shows off.

“You.”

Clearly, another boy spoke up, dealing with Elvin as if he was looking down on him.

“I didn’t like the fuss before, so I just let it go.”

You let me go?

Elvin recalled the back of a boy running away from the library.

He probably came up with something to refute, and it seems that he came back.

Elvin said, “Let’s hear that great thing.” he shrugged his shoulders with sympathy.

“It’s a good thing that I don’t know you.”

Little by little there was confidence in his voice.

“Since the Duke of Blake’s intelligence is the best in the country. And I’m the successor of the Duke.”

He lifted slightly and pointed at the golden button with his graceful hand gestures, peaking a slight modicum. The button was engraved with a small eagle-shaped pattern as a symbol of the Duke, Irene knew it from the newspaper.

“Roger Blake!”

Roger said in a confident voice. Usually, when he said this, he would get a lot of attention.

The Duke of Blake is a famous person in Terence’s Empire.

“……”

However, this time, the gaze of envy did not come back.

Nevertheless, Roger did not give in.

“Are you the local aristocrat who followed Benjamin at the hunting contest?”

He is from the countryside, where there are no newspapers or books about the capital city.

It was clear to see that even though he heard that it was the Blake family, he didn’t flinch in the slightest.

Roger decided he would give the poor, country boy the right advice.

“It’s better not to think about it. Again, the Duke of Blake’s intelligence is the best in the country.”

Elvin bit his lips for a moment.

The boy held back his laughter, but Roger seemed to have endured humiliation.

“I’ve known it since I’ve been following him, but he’s really a follower of Benjamin Weber.”

The boy laughed theatrically and added an advice.

“I know you admire the famous genius, but it would be better to think carefully. Even an aristocrat like you can’t even compare to his level.”

The boy straightened his chest and laughed briskly.

As if the price of what he said was hung on the jewel button on the jacket.

“I hope this never happens again anyway.”

He smiled contentedly as if he liked what he said.

Irene looked up slightly and complained.

“Since you just came to the capital, how could you accuse-“

It was a small murmur, but it must have been heard by Roger Blake. In fact, I was right when I told you to listen.

“No matter who you are, you’ll regret it!”

Again, the boy finished the villain’s cliche lines nicely and turned around.

His friends, who stood far away, looked at him with their hands clasped, and said, ‘It’s good that you’ve given him a hard time!’

‘Children……’

Irene clicked her tongue and recalled his name.

Roger Blake.

The Duke of Blake……

Then, suddenly, a job advertisement that I read a while ago passed through my head.

「Duke Blake is looking for office assistants. Short-term, high profits and flexible work.」

Indeed, a vicious company. What their workers are doing is no different from the bad businessmen from South Korea.

My face is ripping apart.

“Don’t mind that guy.”

Elvin reassured Irene in a light voice.

“No matter what anyone says, I like Benjamin very much. I want to be with him for as long as possible.”

“For a long time……together?”

He nodded slowly.

“Are you in the capital for that reason?

“Well, that……You’re not wrong.”

‘Don’t tell me this man…’

Irene remembered the original story for a moment.

While Elvin Manuel, a selfless man, was paying a thousand years of affection to his heroine, her poor brother had to do a lot of work as a chief aide.

The Prince’s aide is a fairly high position, so there were a few subordinates under her brother, who struggled with him.

‘…….No, no.’

Irene put her small hand over her mouth.

This man in front of me is likely going to be a man working with poor Benjamin for a long time.

Isn’t it obvious that he came to the province with that as his goal?

Benjamin, who was such a sweet and soft person, would not have been able to avoid this complicated friendship, so he must have offered to work with him.

I never thought that it would be another entry into hell.

Benjamin’s boss wouldn’t get off work, so he couldn’t go home.

In some ways, my situation is worse than my brother’s. Even my name didn’t appear in the original. Ah, how many victims of this vicious company are there in this novel?

Irene is now so sad that she feels like crying. There was too much tyranny.

“…Irene?”

“Cheer up.”