Chapter 37 – Preparation for Attacking Yuna Choi

Mary and Freya stood next to each other, and the moment the two Yeoyeons were about to kiss my cheeks, they pulled back.

“Ah…!”

“Freya-sama?”

“Mary, don’t tell me…!”

In the end, Freya and Mary kissed, and the problem was that Mary made fun of Freya too much for kissing her.

“Freya-nim doesn’t even look at my face…”

“I teased him like that, but that kind of reaction is natural.”

In the carriage returning to the Grand Duchess, Freya crossed his arms and turned his head away. Seeing her not wanting to even have a conversation, Mary couldn’t speak easily.

“The grass is pretending to be dead.”

“Winter, why are you telling me to pretend the grass is dead?”

I whispered advice to Mary, but Freya was paying attention to our conversation.

“You say stealing is a bad thing?”

“What Winter and Mary did was worse…”

I overheard the quiet conversation between Mary and Freya, and I tried what Freya had told me about, but it didn’t work.

“Freya, Mary said she’s sorry.”

“Freya-sama, I’m sorry. Your reaction was so cute…”

“I won’t go over this time! I should have finished teasing you once or twice!”

Mary, who responded to my words, croaked pitifully, but since she had used it once, it also failed.
After that, when various methods failed, Mary moved to beside Freya.

“Freya, what can I do to relieve your anger?”

“Don’t look at me like that…”

Mary held her tiny hand and stared at Freya with her weeping eyes.
Freya tried her best to ignore her weeping eyes, but she couldn’t help but look at Mary.

“Haa…! I should at least promise not to make fun of me from now on.”

“That’s kind of hard.”

Mary, who had approached to appease Freya, took a hard line, and Mary was reveling in her fun teasing Freya.

“If it’s hard…”

“I hope Freya-nim will also throw a joke or prank on me.”

Mary cut her off, closing the gap at once, and she expressed her desire to get acquainted with Freya as soon as possible.
Mary enjoyed teasing Freya, but she needed Freya to support my sex drive and stamina.

“Ugh…! It’s still too early for that kind of relationship!”

Freya, who swung her head away, held back her laughter. In fact, Freya was on the narrow side of human relationships, and liked people who were active and wanted to be friends first.

“Can’t you really?”

Freya couldn’t hold back her laughter at the sound of Mary’s dead voice.

“Hey! Doesn’t Mary fall more easily than I thought?”

Mary was easily fooled by her prank, and Freya gave Mary a unique eye smile.

‘I’m glad the two got along well.’

Thanks to Mary’s no-nonsense affinity and Freya’s sweet personality, the two women decided to have a chat tonight.

“Winter, I’m sorry, but sleep well and see you tomorrow?”

“I’m supposed to be sleeping alone today… But I’ll be friends with Freya-nim.”

When she returned to the Grand Duchess, Freya greeted her cheerfully and Mary entered the same room hinting at the 3P.

‘It’s empty because I’m sleeping alone.’

Having spent the night with Mary and Freya over the past few days, even though being alone was awkward, fatigue came over me as I lay in bed.
Although alone, he fell asleep deeply, and the next day, the Grand Duke’s family was rather busy welcoming the two dukes.

“Manox, did the Veronia family’s carriage arrive?”

“Yes, I just arrived and they say they are taking me to the drawing room.”

When she was at work, she was a formal Mary, and she personally arranged meetings with the two dukes.
The room furnished with only the finest of hers and the presence of Mary, who waited on her, were evidence of her care in welcoming the two dukes.
Around the time of the appointment, the Duke of Manox and the Duke of Veronia opened the door and came in.

“This is the first time since the inauguration ceremony. Congratulations once again on becoming a grand duke.”

“Congratulations.”

Even in the midst of a massive generational change, the two middle-aged men were firmly holding their positions.

“It took a lot of work to get here.”

Since neither side had an overwhelming advantage, the comic conversation that started with mutual respect did not last long.

“This is enough to say our regards, so please tell us why you invited us here.”

Duke Mannox, who had a strong appetite for power, narrowed his already thin eyes even more and flicked his tongue like a snake preying on his prey.

“The person sitting on the throne will change soon.”

“The thing promised five years ago has come. When is the exact date?”

When I was looking for food, I threw the food, and at my words, the Duke of Veronia answered calmly, hiding his true intentions.
In the first place, Manox and Veronia were the people who voted against Kang Haru’s rise to the throne.

So, the two dukes thought that I had prepared a meeting to appease them.
As much as I had been on an adventure for 5 years, I was making a somewhat complacent assumption that I would be on Kang Haru’s side.

“The exact date is May 24th. Didn’t you know that too?”

Informing the two dukes of the day of the ordination ceremony would obviously only interrupt them, and the emperor was conducting the ordination ceremony in secret.
Of course, the Emperor informed me of the entire schedule, as I was receiving enormous trust.

“Tsk! I’m in the position to oppose Sir Kang Haru’s ascension to the emperor, so I have no way of knowing.”

“I am the same. But why are you telling me so easily?”

“That’s because I’m the same, right?”

The two dukes’ eyes lit up when he answered the Duke of Veronia’s words without hesitation. The two old foxes noticed that I wasn’t arranging a meeting just to placate them.

“Could it be that you are trying to prevent Kang Haru from sitting as emperor?”

“Hmm… If you’re faking it, I’ll have to work on the mining business again.”

The Duke of Veroina found meaning in my words, and the Duke of Manox showed interest by mentioning communist projects.

“Why does Duke Manox fix a mine that is doing well?”

“Ah… I said it as a safety check.”

Externally, the Grand Duchess of Demicher, who is known to support Kang Haru, made a choice with the aristocratic faction.

“Since the princess is deeply in love with Haru Kang, that’s practically impossible.”

Duke Manox clearly revealed his true intentions as the power to keep Haru Kang in check strengthened.
The Duke of Veronia was wary of the existence of her princess and distinguished between concrete plans and feasible things.

“Duke Demicher, answer me…”

“I have no intention of stopping you from becoming emperor. Instead, you just need to be an emperor to be swung around.”

There were only two things that had to be done to make Kang Haru and her princess into scarecrows.
Hana has to send Haru Kang and the princess away from the imperial family by sending them on a trip under the pretext of looking at the continent.

“Would you readily accept the offer?”

“Since Choi Yuna is here, there is nothing she cannot do if she seduces the princess.”

The princess has a considerable obsession with Kang Haru and she is jealous of Choi Yuna as much as she is, so she can use this well.

“If it’s just the two of us on a trip with Haru Kang, I’ll try to go at any cost.”

“Haa… You know better than we do, so I don’t really have anything to say.”

Even if the Dukes of Veronia and Manox were distrustful, if the plan succeeded, the benefits would be considerable, such as weakening the emperor’s power.

“Duke of Veronia, do I need to be skeptical already? Archduke Demicher, is there anything else I need to do?”

“A week after the commissioning ceremony. All we have to do is hold a meeting with the emperor and empress including us.”

The emperor doesn’t like the river one day, so in a week he’ll stop caring about it.
So, for just one week, you have to help Kang Haru so that the emperor can safely step down.

“That’s it… Nothing difficult. Do you have any other plans?”

In response to Duke Manox’s question, what I would suggest was to set up a private meeting with the representative of the imperial family once a week.
The two dukes were able to directly express their demands, and I had a purpose in itself to have a private meeting with Yuna Choi, who would become the representative of the imperial family.

“If possible, it would be a very good opportunity for us.”

“I’ll make it happen somehow.”

Duke Veronia, who was introverted, also joined in with a different attitude, and it is easy for the two dukes to boil and boil Choi Yuna, who is ignorant of the world.

“Let’s share the exact plan and schedule using communication phrases.”

This morning, I made two telecommunication devices, and when I activated the beeping device, Mary appeared with the telecommunication devices.

“Was it Viscount Luani who just entered?”

“Yes, but why did you ask?”

Duke Manox was a man with excessive greed. He was satisfied with the communication tool and was going to finish it, but he got too greedy by seeing Mary up close.
I hated NTR extremely, and it seemed good to dispose of the Duke of Manox while targeting Yuna Choi.
If Yuna Choi comes over to me anyway, the value of the Duke of Manox will be insignificant.

“No. Do you have more to share?”

“I don’t have anything special to say either.”

“If you have nothing to say, let’s end it here.”

The meeting was concluded with the proposal of the two dukes, and the Duke of Manox was sent off on the way so that he would not do anything stupid. As expected, Duke Manox, who was aiming for Mary, showed regret, albeit briefly.

“I hope you return safely.”

“I enjoyed our conversation today, I look forward to seeing you again later.”

Unlike the Duke of Veronia, who greeted them politely and left, the Duke of Manox kept his mouth shut and climbed into the carriage.

‘I didn’t make you that stupid, so why are you doing that?’

Within two months of the new emperor, the power of the Duke of Manox would be unprecedentedly weakened.
In the process, I could gain new trust from Haru Kang and the princess, so it was definitely better to dispose of the Duke Manox family.

“Mary, you’ve had a hard time serving.”

“I had no choice but to pass the communication phrase.”

While I was talking to Mary and doing her work, Freya came into her office, and Freya, wearing a light blue dress, sprinted towards Mary.

“Mary, is there anything I can help you with?”

“You arrived at the exact time I told you.”

Mary taught Freya about her budget management and staffing.
No matter what we talked about last night, Freya was learning her job by taking notes.

“Freya, why are you suddenly learning work?”

“Huh? Curious?”

“Uh. I’m curious, so let me know.”

“Mary told me. She must be able to do this to marry Winter…”

I had already talked about her marriage with Mary, and I didn’t know that Freya was thinking about her marriage to me.

“Mary, how far did you say Freya is like that?”

“I just relayed that the Grand Duke is thinking about getting married.”

“All of that?”

“I said everything because there was nothing to hide.”

Mary was sure of her work and quickly resolved my concerns about when to tell Freya.