CH 81

In a corner of the imperial palace of the Galleria Empire, there is a building called the "Palace of the Cat."

It is an ordinary building, but a prince lives there.

"Brother Rinaldo... have you seen more cats again?"

"Hm? No?"

Rinaldo is lying on the carpet, stroking the throat of a black cat that has come onto his stomach and squinting at him.

This cat palace has strictly no shoes allowed for the cats.

They always have to take off their shoes at the entrance so Rinaldo can lie down.

"I'd better get going, since my brother Renato's absence is making my office work very difficult."

Rinaldo looked down at Angelo, who looked at him like he was dumbfounded, and he sat up, thinking that it couldn't be helped.

The black cat was startled and jumped up and ran away.

"Oh, no," said Rinaldo, "Noah was so fond of me."

Rinaldo looked at the black cat regretfully and stood up with Angelo's help.

"I'm not sure how many more cats... I'm going to have to add to my collection. That's why it's so hard to find a fiancée."

Angelo, who like Rinaldo has no fiancée, puts his own situation on the shelf, but since he is only seventeen years old, he thinks he should take his time in making a decision.

However, his second brother Rinaldo is already 20 years old, so it is time for him to find someone definite.

And yet, the prospective fiancées run away when they see this cat palace.

No wonder.

Although it is called a palace, the size of the building is only a little bit larger than a mansion, and a number of cats live in it.

The cats are noisy, smelly, and covered in hair during the molting season.

The meowing is usually not so loud, but in spring and fall, when the cats are in heat, it is not so much noisy as it is loud.

The workers in the cat palace also take turns working during these periods.

Under these circumstances, Angelo thinks that Rinaldo is the only one who can sleep happily buried under the cats.

No daughter would be happy to be asked to live with him in such a place.

Until Renato's spouse, the crown prince, was properly chosen, Rinaldo could not decide on a fiancée, so he did not allow any women near him at all.

However, after Renato became engaged to Mariabelle, Rinaldo's engagement was next, and he was very popular.

However, he soon lost his popularity.

The daughters, who had come to the house with the promise of becoming a princess, were first horrified by the sheer number of cats, and after a week of living among them, they gave up.

After a week of living with all the cats, they were so frightened that not even a potential fiancée showed up.

"Don't worry, Angelo. Just like my older brother, my destined partner will surely appear."

Angelo wondered if it was impossible to see his brother laughing so carelessly, but later learned that destiny seems to be everywhere.