CH 51

The Constellations were in an uproar.

[The Constellations are enthusiastic about Raul’s appearance.]

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘Over Immersed Otaku’ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]

[Daddyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

Even if I had a clearer justification, my opponent was the president of the Wizards Association, and the chairman allowed this ridiculous claim. In this way, the ending could have been fuzzy, and there could have been a situation that forced me to sacrifice again later. So I was full of thoughts about solving it somehow by myself. Until my protector showed up.

The timing is amazing.

Feeling awkward for some reason, I lowered my head, and Raul, perhaps misunderstanding something, completely covered me with the hem of his cloak. It was an action that seemed to protect his child from external danger.

He looks overprotective… Still, people gazed less at my whole body, so my mind was at ease. I thought I had developed resistance to the gaze of others, but it seemed I couldn’t help it at all.

Raul yelled furiously at the people on the side of the Wizards Association. “Confess your sin of trying to harm my daughter to satisfy your heinous self-interest!”

The members of the Wizards Association were completely overwhelmed by Raul’s aura and didn’t know what to do.

I raised my head from behind the hem of his cloak and watched their pathetic actions. At that time, the association’s president, Milo, stepped up brazenly.

“Even if it’s your child’s business, don’t go too far, Duke Squire. We only sought the help of Princess for humanity. Didn’t you misunderstand something?”

Raul snorted at once. “Are you saying something in front of me that even a child wouldn’t believe?”

“I may have gone a little too far with my earnest heart, but it doesn’t feel good to be criticized for the sake of the world.”

Milo, the association’s president, was a man crazy about magic experiments. Reasoning with common sense wouldn’t work for him. He abandoned rationality and logic as much as he wanted for his own purpose, and Raul was well aware of that fact. Beating up by club was the medicine for that crazy man.

Raul proclaimed as if he was too lazy to deal with him more. “I have nothing more to say. If anyone bothers my daughter, I will regard it as an insult or an attack on Squire and declare territory war.”

The whole area turned upside down.

“What do you mean by territory war!” In particular, the chairman reacted most fiercely to the word ‘territory war.’

The chairman, who looked down at everything like an emperor, exclaimed with a reddened face as if he couldn’t stand it. “Duke Squire! You better be careful with your words!”

Raul looked at the chairman with indifferent eyes. “Squire doesn’t tolerate insults. I’m sure Duke Willow knows that too.”

“Duke!”

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘Question Mark Killer’ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]

[Who won the territory war 100 years ago?]

Good question. And the answer to that question was given by a student nearby.

“Come to think of it, isn’t the Squire family unbeatable in the territory war? Didn’t even the Willow family lose in the last territory war?”

“Shh, speak quietly. At that time, Squire killed the Willow head of the family, so the two families became enemies.”

It was customary for the territory war 100 years ago to end with the losing side paying the price with the head of their lord, just like the days in the ancient kingdom. It was because the imperial family sanctioned it.

“There must be pressure from the imperial family. Why did they do that?”

“Don’t you know that? The two families were trying to form a marriage alliance. Still, the eldest son of the Willow family ran away with his lover on the day of the wedding.”

Princess Squire quickly became a laughingstock, and the family head, who was very angry at this, declared territory war and killed the family head of Willow to thoroughly punish them. Since their head family died, the Willow family was also very angry. They secretly attacked in the middle of the night and burned the library containing Squire’s arcane magic. As a result, the two families became enemies.

Raul tilted his head. “Shouldn’t you have prepared that much for touching my child?”

He had no qualms about intimidating the chairman, who was about twice his age.

Uuh, this is so suffocating. However, maybe I was the only one who felt suffocated by the situation, and the reactions around me were somewhat different.

“Wow, he’s so cool…”

“The way he carried the senior on his back was kind and dignified, but today he looks like a berserker!”

“I want to be a father like that when I have a daughter.”

“You’re wrong from the start of the marriage, my friend.”

Surprisingly, there were a lot of favorable eyes on Raul, despite the fact that Valhalla was widely joined by people who were friendly to Duke Willow.

…Well, he looks cool even to me.

Perhaps considering the fact that the reactions around him were favorable to Raul, the chairman made an effort to create a generous expression while gritting his teeth. “I admit my mistake. I should have protected Lady Theresa, a proud student of our school, but I was late in responding.”

The chairman looked at Milo, the association’s president, and said sternly. “President Milo. Today’s work was definitely hasty. Please officially apologize for your mistake through the association’s official letter so there will be no more noise.”

Milo, the association president, smacked his lips as if things were regrettable, then shook his shoulders at the sight of Raul’s blazing eyes. “I have gone too far today, Duke Squire. And Lady Theresa. Please trust me that I didn’t mean any harm. I only value your special talent.”

I nodded. “I’m fully aware of the good intentions of the wise President Milo. So I don’t think this will ever happen again, right?”

Mile, the association president, trembled her eyes at my words. It was an expression that he didn’t expect me to draw a line so that wouldn’t happen again.

“…Of course.”

Rau glared at the association president and the chairman alternately with a cool face, then suddenly turned his gaze to the side. On the other side stood the members of the Wizards Association, who were talking about me being selfish and so on.

“I remembered all the faces of those who didn’t confess. You better be prepared.”

“…! W-wait! Please wait!”

Raul took my hand without looking at me. “Let’s go.”

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘Mad Mania’ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]

[This family is the best.]

At that time, someone showed up at the entrance, bringing the servants with them. I recognized who that person was.

Gordon Willow? He was the second son of the chairman and uncle to Clyde.

Gordon seemed to have hurt his shoulder. He might have used healing magic, but if he wasn’t completely healed, it meant he had a major injury, at least a broken bone.

Gordon stood right in front of us. “It’s been a while, Duke Squire.”

Raul reacted coldly. “I’m not in the mood to say greetings because of your father. Get out of my way.”

“I’m not in the mood to say hello because of your father. Get out of my way.”

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘Cider Pass’ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]

[Wow, this is real madness ㄷㄷ [1] .]

“I’m afraid that’s going to be difficult.”

Gordon’s gaze locked on mine. “Theresa Squire, bow before you receive a personal letter from His Majesty the Emperor.”

Everyone was gasping in vain as if something interesting was about to happen again. I, too, widened my eyes in surprise, and Raul gritted his teeth.

I quickly set my example before Raul flipped over again. As old-fashioned as possible. How I set my example would surely reach the emperor’s ears through the servants lined up on both sides of Gordon. They were the servants of the imperial palace after all.

Gordon opened his mouth. “I invite you to the Sun Palace to congratulate Princess Theresa Squire, who has made the greatest contribution to protecting and rebuilding the village attacked by monsters.”

“I’m so honored.”

An invitation while I had already decided to avoid the emperor. My heart was pounding. Meeting the emperor was also a problem, but the bigger problem was that it was too early.

If you want to meet the emperor, you must learn advanced etiquette. Because that’s the minimum requirement to take the emperor’s route.

However, my etiquette was only intermediate. If I went to the imperial family like this, my mistakes would be criticized and killed by the deception of the emperor.

System, please stock up on a new product in the store!

…Unfortunately, it was not the right time yet, so nothing happened.

Anyway, I needed to receive the invitation, which Gordon handed over with both hands.

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘Rofan-Addicted Young Lady’ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]

[Finally meeting the emperor! I was only looking forward to this moment. Only a man standing at the pinnacle of power is qualified to be the protagonist’s partner.]

Ding!

[The Constellation ‘Face Inspector’ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]

[The main character’s partner qualifications are face, body, and wealth.]

The chairman approached us with a happy expression and deliberately congratulated us. “A private audience with His Majesty the Emperor when you’re only a princess. This is a family honor.”

What an honor it is to have an audience when he was obviously called me to catch my faults. Raul looked at the chairman as if he was going to hit him.

I told the chairman before the second round began. “Mr. Chairman, could you lend me the parlor so I can have a little chat with my father?”

“Of course. You there, take these honored guests to the best parlor room.”

“Thank you.”

Raul glared at the chairman, who behaved disgustingly, then headed to the parlor.