CH 221

‘…… !’

I read the letter slowly.

[To Lady Emir Saeron.

Nice to meet you, Emir.

Did you read the courtship letter I sent you?

I wonder if you are confused.

Sending something like this all of a sudden without saying a word.

But, unless it’s right after the debut, there’s no good excuse to send a courtship letter, right?

At first glance, this courtship letter may seem like a joke, but they are not.

So I mean…… It doesn’t matter if you don’t accept it, but I want you to seriously consider my proposal at least once.

I’m serious.

To Duchy Tuitte, and to me.

I need Lady.

I want you to be with me.

Finally, congratulations on making your first sociali debut.

I’ll send you an invitation to a meeting at Duke Tuitte’s residence soon.

Will you come?]

As I skimmed through the letter, I tilted my head.

‘It looks like this is a real courtship letter.’

What was written on the scroll seemed to have been sent out formally, and the words on this note seemed to be what he really wanted to say to me.

As I looked at the note carefully, Jake asked with a curious face.

“Mir, are you looking at it like that because someone sent you a courtship letter?”

“Yes, Young Duke Tuitte.”

“Young Duke Tuitte…… What?”

Jake pondered my answer once more, and asked again in disbelief.

“Right. Young Duke Tuitte. So Maya.”

I glanced at Jake and shrugged my shoulders.

“Why did he propose to you…….”

Jake’s eyes fluttered when I said that Maya had sent it to me, while he didn’t blink an eye at the courtship letters that others had sent.

“Well, I don’t know either. But when I read the letter, Duchy Tuitte and him needed me by his side.”

Well, it wasn’t a bad feeling at all to say that he needed me.

‘Well, of course. It’s good to have talented people who know the original story like me.’

But somehow, Jake’s reaction was unusual.

“The proposal from Young Duke Tuitte…… You’re not going to accept it? Right?”

Asking me twice, it seems that he got impatient.

‘Shall I tease him a little?’

All of a sudden, my mischief rose so I lied to Jake once.

“Well…… I think I’m a little interested.”

“…… !”

Jake’s expression hardened noticeably.

I added more word.

“Duchy Tuitte is a good place to live. The air and water are clean, and above all, there are many delicious things.”

I could see Jake clenching his teeth as I spoke.

He looked at me as if he had decided something. Then he continued to convince me.

While holding my hand tightly.

“…… Even if it’s not Duchy Tuitte, there are many good places to live. Think again, Mir. If you don’t want to be in the capital, I can look for another place.”

“…….”

But in the silence that followed, Jake’s voice was slightly weeping.

“Don’t go to the kingdom. Please stay here. It’s okay if you’re not by my side, it doesn’t matter if you’re not married to me….”

“…… !”

At first glance, Jake’s words revealed his true intentions. I paused in my silence and asked Jake, skeptically.

“Jake, do you want to marry me?”

“…… !”

Jake stiffened at my question.

He looked bewildered as if he had revealed his secret thoughts.

Obviously, the two cheeks, which had been pale until recently, turned slightly red.

I said with a smile.

“Actually, everything I just said was a joke. Why would I marry Young Duke Maya? Of course, I like Duchy Tuitte, but I like the imperial capital much more, where I was born and raised.”

“…… You teased me, Mir.”

With my words, Jake widened his eyes wide for a moment, then spoke with a relieved look and a despondent voice.

He took a deep breath.

“…… Whoo. I’m glad it’s a joke though. I really thought that you were thinking of marrying the Young Duke.”

“No way. And I have no intention of getting married right away. But if it’s an engagement, I don’t know…….”

As I spoke, I rearranged the courtship letter scrolls.

Then I called the maid and told her to bring it back to Father’s office.

‘Well, it seems that my parents have no intention of getting me married anyway.’

Above all, our family was not in a hurry to get something right away through an arranged marriage.

So, if I ever decided to get married, it must have been according to my will.

“Engagement.”

“Yes.”

“…… An engagement.”

But somehow, Jake seemed to be in deep thought at what I said.

I thought about him and talked to myself.

“Besides, what are you doing today? The meeting starts tomorrow…….”