CH 229

“The result was neck to neck, the difference wasn’t that much. Anyway, Noel got the lead role.”

“It was a very undeserved result. Of course, I couldn’t beat the Lord.”

Hugh McLean responded humbly, Rieta smiled at him.

He really was the same person.

“Oh, what was Noel’s reaction when he heard the results?”

“How do you think it was?”

“Well.”

Rieta imagined Noel’s reaction when he was pushed into the main lead role by the raucous method of voting.

“First of all, he must have received the script with a red face.”

Because he was a shy person. Rieta nodded her head.

“Then he must have muttered bad things and complained that troublesome things had increased, right?”

Hearing Rieta’s answer, the two men clapped their hands together. It seems to be the correct answer.

“The Princess really knows everything about Noel.”

“We are just childhood friends.”

Everett smiled meaningfully at Rieta’s usual answer.

“You mean your childhood friend who you’ve seen everything?”

“Did Noel say that?”

“Who else could be?”

“Indeed, it is. It’s not wrong.”

Rieta once said the same thing to Princess Gabriella.

To emphasize the fact that she had no other feelings for Noel.

‘Noel said the same thing about me…….’

Was he in a similar situation to Rieta? Being misunderstood, or such an embarrassing situation.

‘It can’t be.’

It’s clear from their status that Noel and Rieta can’t have a special relationship.

Noel is the Emperor’s nephew. The nephew whom the Emperor cherishes and loves.

There was no one who would want to connect such a man with a Princess from a small country.

“Ah, right.”

Rieta looked back at Everett, just remembering it.

“What can I help you with?”

In the letter Rieta received, there was no specific story other than, ‘Please help with the play.’

“It’s simple. Show me the Princess’ acting.”

“What? My…… acting?”

Of course Rieta was bewildered.

Because she wasn’t an actress.

At least she had no acting experience, and she had never narrated a fairy tale to anyone.

“I think you are looking for the wrong person to help you. My acting is not…….”

“It’s okay. It’s my first time too.”

He gave Rieta his script.

The lines of the female lead were underlined in blue.

“I just want to imitate the Princess.”

“That…….”

Recalling the story she heard at the last party, Rieta cautiously asked the question.

“Is it because you want to look good to Princess Gabriella?”

“Yes.”

He answered without hesitation.

“Imperial painters also come to record events at the Academy. Maybe my performance will reach the Princess.”

“But Everett.”

“I know. That my actions are a bit excessive. It crossed the line a bit.”

He fiddled with his long, flowing hair for a moment.

“Even my family doesn’t like it. Of course, there are many other people who don’t like it.”

He remembered all the gazes following him at the banquet not too long ago.

At times, his shoulder hurt so much that he shrank.

Asking Noel for a partner must have been a way to never back down.

At least Noel Mayer didn’t really laugh at Everett.

“Still, Princess Gabriella was happy.”

“Everett, is that the most important thing?”

“I can never yield.”

There was not the slightest hint of playfulness in his solemn reply.

Rieta felt sorry for him.

In fact, according to the original story, he seems to have risen to the ranks of quite popular men after training his body and following Princess Gabriella.

It’s only when he gets prettier like this that he won’t be as popular as the original story.

Of course, if he could get the attention of the Princess, he would consider training in swordsmanship or dressing as a woman the same.

“I see.”

Rieta decided to accept his offer.

“But I won’t help much. I’ve never done anything like acting before.”

“I know. Even if you just read it aloud, it would be of great help to me.”

“Do you want to start right now?”

“I would appreciate it if you would do that. I can’t take up too much of the Princess’s time.”

“…… You can’t laugh at me saying I can’t act.”

“Don’t worry. Princess.”

Hugh McLean, who happened to be by her side, opened the script together.

“It’s my first time doing something like this. We won’t be able to compare being good and not being good”

And the script reading time started.

Rieta and Hugh McLean each played the lead role, with Everett providing decent reading for the other roles.

Reading the story aloud was somewhat embarrassing, but as time passed, they naturally entrusted their emotions to the story.

The first encounter led by fate.

The second encounter, which was almost coincidental, increased tension between the two.

The time to draw closer comes, but a predestined doom awakens everything.

The main leads who are troubled by the precious and the only one thing on the scales.

They can’t say I love you, so they have to overlap several layers of words to express their feelings.