600 – Be Happy, My Junior – 2

When I saw Eri blinking, I thought about hitting her on the back of the head. When someone says thank you, you just understand it that way, but why do you react as if you heard something you couldn’t hear?

It’s a shame. What on earth do you think of the princess of the Duke of Nuren and the mother of this country? Even though I did some unusual things during my time at the academy, it was just the energy of my youth. Besides, it wasn’t just me, it was something I did together with Eri.

Of course, before Eri entered the school, I went around the academy alone.

‘Let’s be patient.’

I took a deep breath and calmed down my anger. This event was prepared to boast about the birth of her second child and to celebrate Eri’s upcoming marriage her.

And this is an opportunity to express my gratitude to Eri, who almost exclusively congratulated me on her Majesty’s marriage to her.

“Congratulations, senior!” Marrying the person you love is the best!”

A marriage that even her family and vassals were told to reconsider. Since it was the marriage of a prince and a princess, it was a marriage that was minimalistic but not very flashy.

At that wedding, Eri smiled brighter than us and clapped. The child who followed me like an older sister throughout her time at the academy was happy with me as if she were really my younger sister.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t happy. If you’re not moved, you don’t have a heart. She pushed for marriage because she thought that I and His Majesty were the people I would spend the rest of my life with her, but she gave up on giving me heartfelt congratulations and blessings. That’s something she can receive at any time once Her Majesty becomes the crown prince.

‘I was fooling myself.’

However, the moment I received Eri’s congratulations, I realized it. I really haven’t given up on congratulations and blessings. Since I couldn’t receive it, I tried to console myself like that.

That’s why her heart she was touched by Eri’s words her her her. I was able to hear what I wanted from her close brother.

“I made a good relationship, Rain.”

Even His Majesty smiled at Eri’s congratulatory message her her her her. He is a guest who purely congratulates her regardless of political ties and is a close friend of her wife. As her husband her her her, it is natural to be happy.

From that day on, Eri became our couple’s benefactor rather than just a benefactor. She promised that if Eri asked her who she would marry, she would actively support her and throw a wedding worthy of anyone else’s her.

… She never imagined that it would be a difficult time from the moment she was asked who she would marry, but she could not turn away because she had made a promise to herself. She still gets upset when she thinks about how embarrassed Eri was before she could even confess to her minister.

‘It’s a shame it worked out well.’

She smiled as she watched Eri sipping wine carefully.

“Why, why are you smiling?”

“I thought she was going to applaud in the audience, but I was surprised to hear that she was going to be the bride.”

At those words, Eri cried for a moment and then quietly lowered her head.

Yes, if you have a conscience, you cannot refute it. I can’t do that when I think of all the hardships I went through because of you.

“Eri.”

“Neng…”

“Congratulations. With this, have you paid off your debt?”

When she mentioned the word debt, Eri’s eyes widened and she burst into laughter.

“It was a few years ago, so a lot of interest had accumulated—”

As soon as her unimaginable nonsense she came out, she strangled Eri with her head her under her arm her her her her.

I’ve been patient as long as I can, but I can’t stand this.

“Ughhhhh!”

“Our master also needs to get married, so can you have it coincide with your wedding date?”

“Mi, miaan…!”

In response to my subtle threat, Eri waved her arms and apologized.

Of course, this is a playful threat. I’m thinking of the master’s wedding for next year, so no matter how much we hurry, it won’t be possible until the fall of this year.

“I am a white-haired beast that knows no grace. Bokchang.”

“I am a white-haired beast that knows no grace…!”

“Are you making fun of my hair color now?”

“Seo, my senior told me to do it!”

I ignored Eri’s words as if she was being treated unfairly and urged me even harder.

How dare you insult the silver hair that is the symbol of the Nuren duchy? Our Crown Princess and her now deceased mother-in-law also have silver hair.

‘A shameful thing.’

I hope the minister turns this immature guy into a human being.

***

The wedding with Eri is scheduled to be held in the Marquis of Iones.

My daughter’s wedding as she approached 30. It was truly an auspicious event and one that should be celebrated, so all of Marquis Massallo’s capabilities were mobilized to prepare for the wedding. To put it bluntly, more budget was invested than the wedding of Sogaju, who is scheduled to inherit the marquess’ title, to his father-in-law his, the current marquis.

However, none of the Marquis de Massallo showed any jealousy or displeasure. Rather, she gave off the impression that if she could just use this money to get Eri married, she could spend three times as much.

“You too were quite an unfilial woman.”

I smiled bitterly while checking the list of materials and manpower used in the wedding.

Thanks to the Empress’ consideration, a considerable amount of the imperial family’s wealth was also invested, but Marquis Massallo did not spare his own money in exchange for receiving the imperial family’s wealth. He just invests more and more money. It was a receipt that showed how much my father-in-law and mother-in-law must have been upset.

“Is it because you got married slowly that you found a groom like you?”

However, Eri puffed out her chest as if there was something wrong

She was not just an unfilial daughter, but an inferno dutiful daughter. How many tears of the Masalo family are contained in that short word, slowly. She is like a filial piety that drinks tears.

“Now that I think about it, it’s Eri.”

“Neng?”

“How long are you going to call me Minister?”

Eri tilted her head at those words.

Her response was that she did not know what the problem was, so she was confused. For a moment, I seriously wondered if I had said something strange.

“… Does it make sense for a bride-to-be to call her her husband-to-be by his title her her her?”

After a short silence she finally opened her mouth. At the very least, she called Rize and Rin with soft and fresh words, such as ‘Obi-chan’ and ‘Her her brother her her’. Minister is too official a title.

“But isn’t this nice because it seems like a nickname?”

“She said her name was Hergé Bet, and that’s not something someone who cried profusely would say.”

Eri’s face instantly turned red when she mentioned her incident on the streets of Jedo Island a few years ago. As expected, even for Eri, who has a strong mentality, this is a dark event.

‘Thank goodness.’

She was worried what would happen if Eri was a monster who didn’t know emotion or shame.

“Hey, I have a good idea.”

Eri, whose face was red, soon spoke again with her normal face.

“I think it would be perfect if I called you Minister by name and you called me Sister.”

“I don’t call anyone weaker than me sister.”

I shook my head resolutely because it didn’t even sound like a word. She is older than me, but I can’t bear to call her my sister.

It’s not a matter of reason. This is a matter of emotions and instincts.

“If you want to be called ‘older sister,’ try harder when you’re newlywed.”

However, if this goes on, Eri’s lips will be pouting all day long. She mentioned the very faint possibility that Eri would win.

Strength and weakness are not necessarily determined by force. You can share your strengths and weaknesses in any place and in any way.

‘I will win even when we are newlyweds.’

Still, there is a difference between a possibility of 0 and a possibility of even 0.001. Eri seemed to understand my deep meaning as her eyes began to sparkle.

“Then, before you do it with me, take a few steps out—”

“Maw!”

In the end, I ended up pulling Eri’s lips again today.

It was just recently that I liked this guy for having emotions and shame, but I guess I was mistaken.

There was a little commotion, but somehow the wedding day dawned.

“The day is coming when subordinates marry subordinates.”

And the minister also attended this wedding at an open-run level.

It almost occurred to me that the Minister had nothing to do, but I held back. If you had to choose the more leisurely person in this empire between the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Inspector General, it would definitely be the latter.

“In a few days, will we have another Peddie younger brother?”

“Well, only heaven knows.”

This time, when asked if I was a honeymoon baby, I just shyly scratched my head. Why would someone who knows everything bother driving it?

“Dong-saeng?”

Unlike her her shy father her her her, Peddie, who was in the minister’s arms her her, responded to being told that he was her her younger brother her her her.

Peddie is familiar with the term her younger brother thanks to her royal daughter. Perhaps she is the most frequently heard or spoken word after titi, mom, dad, and godfather? Peddie is someone’s younger sister, and she is also the eldest child with four younger siblings.

“Yes, little brother. Our Peddie will have a new little brother.”

“Doong-saeng!”

Peddie burst into laughter at the minister’s assurance.

It feels a little strange. Peddie, who already has many younger siblings, is excited to hear that she will have a new sibling. If Pedi is like this, how much will the Crown Princess pester her younger brother to the Emperor and Empress?

‘…It’s good if the imperial family prospers.’

It is a shrunken imperial family whose only members are the Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Princess, and Ainter. As the head of the imperial family, the emperor has an obligation to look after many children, so if the crown princess takes care of her younger brother her, it is truly a blessing to the empire.

Our emperor Sooner or later, I will have to send you Artini eel, which Golden Ball also enjoys eating.

“Hmm.”

“Why are you doing that?”

While calculating how many eels were piled up in the mansion, the minister sighed as if he was thinking about something.

“Chief of Department 1 was 28 years old, right?”

“I’m 29 now. It’s been a year.”

“Then you are 25 years old.”

“Yeah, well, right?”

Then the minister looked at me with even more complicated eyes.

No, what is it? What are you thinking?

“…Why do you look older than me?”

The following words cleared up my doubts. The feelings I feel while looking at Eri and the feelings the minister feels similar.

“What does it matter if you’re older or younger? As long as you get along, that’s fine.”

“Isn’t the problem that we are so compatible?”

“That’s right.”

I couldn’t deny it, so I nodded obediently.

It’s a problem because I’m so close to Eri and we get along so well. Because of that, there was a time when I didn’t recognize Eri as the opposite sex.

“Well, congratulations on your first wife.”

“Chu-ha-“

As the minister patted my shoulder, Fedi also stretched out his hand toward me and fluttered it in the air.

Seeing that, both the minister and I burst out laughing.