CH 220

“…… That can’t be true. I was sure there would be quite a few people who would send Mir a courtship letter. Of course I do too.”

But Jake didn’t finish his words.

It was because the nanny who just came to my room with refreshments, spoke.

“You two, were you talking about the courtship letter that came to Miss Mir? If that’s it, it doesn’t mean it didn’t come at all. Maybe they should be in the office.”

“What, is that real?”

At the nanny’s words, I shouted.

‘No, of course! I heard that there are cases where they look for a marriage partner in debutantes, but…….’

I wondered who sent me, no, my family, the courtship letter.

“Nanny, can you bring me those courtship letters? I’m curious.”

“I’ll do that. Of course, Miss, you know that you don’t have to get married right away just because you have a courtship letter? They are often sent just to show goodwill between families with children of marriageable age.”

I nodded my head at the nanny’s words.

I knew it too.

But somehow, when I heard the words ‘courtship’ or ‘marriage’, I felt strange.

As I pondered on how to shake off this bad feeling, I looked at Jake, who was sitting quietly next to me.

“Jay, you were right. I didn’t know there was a courtship letter that had come? I really wonder who would have sent those to me.”

I clasped my hands and muttered in an excited voice.

Jake agreed with me.

“I’m curious too.”

“Oh, come to think of it, did you get something like that? You would have gotten ten times more than I did, Jay if it were you…….”

At the meaningless question, Jake flinched slightly for a moment.

Like there was static electricity.

“What’s the matter?”

“…… No, I didn’t get a courtship letter or anything like that.”

Jake shook his head stubbornly in a somewhat stiffened attitude. Because of that, I was surprised.

It can’t be! I got a courtship letter, so there’s no way Jake wouldn’t have received it.

“What? None? Maybe you also have a courtship letter that came to your family instead, like mine?”

“…… That’s not the case. To be honest, I got it, but as soon as I got it, I burned it all in the fireplace.”

“…… ?!”

Why….? Isn’t that a symbol of goodwill between families?

“…… Did you accidentally burn it?”

“No, I threw it out myself.”

Even with Jake’s answer, I still couldn’t understand him.

Why the hell would you burn it?

“Why?”

“Well, it’s all useless. After all, there is someone else I want to marry. But I didn’t get it from her. That courtship letter.”

As I said that, Jake looked at me.

For a moment, I felt a rush of heat on my face.

“…… !”

I don’t know because I haven’t looked in the mirror, but I think my face is pretty red right now.

‘No, I mean. Jake. You’re not even proposing to me right now…… Why are you talking like that all of a sudden!’

In fact, I already knew. Why Jake said that, also, who is the person he wants to marry.

‘No way, Jake. Are you secretly asking me to propose to you?’

I mean, I’ve never proposed or anything like that! I don’t even know how to write a courtship letter!

‘Of course it would be the same as Jake, but…….’

I quickly turned my head to the other side and closed my eyes.

Somehow, I heard the sound of my heart beating loudly.

Right then.

The nanny came back with an armful of something in her arms.

“Miss, I brought the courtship letters you mentioned! Oh my, what are you two doing?”

“…… We didn’t do anything, nanny. I’ll take a quick look at the courtship letters.”

I tried to ignore Jake’s presence next to me, and the nanny handed me the courtship letters.

Unlike ordinary invitations, there were several luxurious parchment scrolls.

‘Let’s see? Most of them are from Marquisates like our family.’

This is because marriages are often held between families with similar wealth or titles.

Without thinking, I opened the scroll one by one and checked it.

In the meantime, a scroll made of a particularly unique material caught my eye.

‘Which family did this come from?’

And the moment I read the sender written on the scroll, I was frozen.

‘…… Duchy Tuitte?’

For a moment, I thought that there was no such Duchy in the Empire, but then I realized.

It’s Maya’s family!

‘Why, why this to me…… ?’

Even looking at the handwriting, it seems that Maya wrote each letter carefully, rather than someone writing it for him.

‘Why did you have to court me, leaving so many ladies in his kingdom?’

The words in the courtship letter were just ordinary. It was no different from a courtship letter from another family.

So my doubts only grew bigger. But then, something fell from between the scroll.

‘A note?’

When I opened the small folded note, there was a letter from Maya to me.