Chapter 53 – Emperor’s Commissioning Ceremony (Mary’s Plan) (Complete)

When the situation turned very fast, Mary tried to take her ring, but Haru Kang grabbed her delicate wrist.

“Ha! What is this doing?”

“You’re the same as before… What the hell are you trying to do with the action you just took?”

Haru Kang dragged Mary into her room and grabbed her by the wrist and pushed her against the wall.

“Ugh! Calm down and let go of her wrist.”

“I’ll start by answering what I asked.”

Haru Kang’s dirty eyes, where her ugly instincts remained, tried to swallow Mary at once.

“Sir Haru Kang, I hate rough men.”

“Ah…”

Despite the pain in her wrists and the glittering eyes of hers, Mary calmly maintained her gaze and spoke softly.
Haru Kang lost strength in Haru’s grip, but Mary pulled out her wrist, and her white skin went red and bruised.

“Sir Haru Kang, can you see your wrist?”

“… I mis-controlled my power. I’m sorry.”

“If I go to the banquet hall looking like this, I will also have a bad reputation with Kang Ha-ra, so could you get me a coat?”

“No. I’ll get the clothes for you later…”

When Mary turned her back and secretly tried to take out her ring, Haru Kang raised her hand as if he didn’t want to give her a chance.

“I don’t like to rush things… If you’re going to do it, please do it on the sofa.”

“As expected… Melina was also looking forward to it…”

Mary suppressed her shame and showed her room, but Haru Kang stretched out her arms. If, at that time, the door hadn’t been opened, Mary was thinking of kicking Haru Kang’s testicles.

“What were you expecting…”

“Who wants… Uh…?”

Even though Freya was easily fooled, she was an assassin and was sensitive to preparations in advance. She handed over the artifact she had won at the auction house to her Mary, and her hair ornament that her Mary had dropped was the artifact.

“Hands down.”

“Uh…? Uh…”

The artifact that responded to Mary’s heartbeat sent a signal to Freya, and Haru Kang’s atrocities were caught by Freya and Yuna Choi.

“Hey Kang Haru…”

“… Yuna, I can explain everything…”

People say that when a person is maximally angry, she becomes less talkative and cold-hearted, but Choi Yuna was just like that.

“Haa… Ah… Ah!!”

“Mary, what happened to your wrist…?”

Her relaxed Mary sat down and Freya pulled out her ring as soon as her delicate wrist turned blue.
The rings on Mary and Freya’s fingers fell off at the same time, sending a signal to Winter.

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As the emperor did not readily accept my request, the conversation lengthened and impatience filled my head.

“Does it make sense not to be bothered?”

“I’m going to give you two plans, but you’ll have to do those troublesome things.”

“What bothers you so much about increasing the amount of regulated trade with this species?”

“Gather the nobles. Also call the representatives of this tribe. Isn’t it weird to say that it’s not bothersome?”

I was slowly preparing to capture the last heroine, the elf. However, it was not easy to meet the heroine, the elf, who lives next to the World Tree, the heart of the elves.

“Then… No, I see. I’ll take care of it.”

“Hmm? Why are you suddenly changing your words?”

The emperor would have listened to it even if he got tired of it if he bit it further, but a signal came from Merry and Freya.
Without being polite, he left the reception room and moved to a place where he could feel the presence of Mary and Freya.

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The first scene I saw in front of the room was Yuna Choi staring at Haru Kang and Haru Kang bowing his head.
Nearby was Mary, who was sitting on the floor, and Freya, who was examining her wrists that had turned blue.

“Mary, just tell me if you’re okay or not.”

“Oops! I’m still patient… And please take this first…”

When Haru Kang let Choi Yuna deal with her and looked at Mary’s wrist, Mary looked at the brooch despite her bluish wrist and trembling voice.

“I said there would be no danger… Stay with Freya in the medical room. I’ll go right after I’m done.”

“Mary, even if it hurts, bear with it.”

“Ugh! Winter… Do you have to finish it quickly and come back?”

Mary put her arms around Freya’s waist, enduring the excruciating pain, and I forcibly transferred Mary and Freya to the medical room.
When Mary showed weakness, she grabbed the brooch, or her ode, in her hand.
Mary’s brooch was a small decorated ode, and it contained all of the conversations between Haru Kang and Mary, and Haru Kang’s atrocities.

“What have you done to Mary?”

Kang Haru, who had been daunted by Choi Yuna by grabbing her by the collar, shook my hand, as if it was unfair that she was suffering.

“That woman was the problem…”

“Haru Kang, be careful with your words.”

When Kang Haru made an obscene excuse, Choi Yuna, who had been staring at her, let out a cool voice.

“Yuna, you don’t listen to me either. She said she seduced her first!”

Kang Haru’s excuse was a trashy excuse like that of a sex offender, and I immediately turned on the OD.

“Choi Yuna.”

I called Yuna Choi as affectionately as possible.

“Why…”

Choi Yuna saw a video that floated next to me, and in the first scene of the video, Mary was following Kang Haru.

“Kang Haru, if you are proud of yourself, watch until the end.”

As I sat on the sofa, Yuna Choi came and sat next to me, as if she didn’t want to be with Haru Kang.
Haru Kang, who had mistaken that Mary had seduced him, also took a seat on the sofa.

– Isn’t that a step too fast?

As the video progressed, several scenes were shown, and Kang Haru, who was confident, her face hardened from a certain point.

“Haa! Did Mary put up with that gaze because of me?”

“Crazy… Bastard…”

From the moment Mary and Haru Kang sat face to face, Haru Kang peeked obscenely at Mary’s breasts.

“No! Both of you watch until the end…!!”

However, there was nothing wrong with Mary’s words and actions that Kang Haru felt were strange.
Mary just relayed my words through small conversation, and when Haru Kang refused, all she did was leave her room.

“What went wrong where? Fuck, stop thinking and say something right now…”

“No…! That! The video is still left!”

As the situation turned unfavorable, Haru Kang pinned a tiny bit of hope when he escorted Mary.
In the video Kang Haru went back to with a glimmer of hope, there was a scene where Mary asked for her escort.

“Hey, how much did you insult Mary?”

“You didn’t even know that etiquette…?”

Mary’s request for her escort was a shame in itself. Choi Yuna could not hide her astonishment at Haru Kang’s atrocities that continued to appear.

“That! Trying to touch my chest with my arm! Why aren’t you talking about that? It’s flirting!”

Her chest trying to touch her arm wasn’t an official sign that she wanted to be in a relationship, but Haru Kang’s own guess.

“If you reach me, say something. I didn’t even reach you… Ha! Fuck… I’m going crazy.”

“Hey, accidentally touching your chest… You knew it from when I crossed my arms to you.”

When I got angry, Yuna Choi also vomited the resentment she had been enduring. After the double date I went on, she wanted to enjoy her date alone with Yuna Choi and Haru Kang.
However, Haru Kang was drugged on her double date and she was more obsessed with physical relationships than before.

“I was wondering if I could be more disappointed in you. But did you find out today?”

“Yuna, listen to me again… It didn’t come out well in the video, but Viscount Melina…”

“You fall for everything when a woman seduces you? Yes, Viscount Luani seduced you. Does that make your actions justified?”

In fact, if Haru Kang felt that her Mary was tempting her, she should have avoided the spot or distanced herself.

“Choi Yuna, even if you feel offended, don’t say that.”

“Ah… Oppa, I’m sorry… I was so excited… I’m sorry!!”

“Hey, I’m never going to delete the video, talk to you later.”

The moment I talked to Kang Haru again was when he returned from a trip with the princess, and at that time Choi Yuna would be by my side.

“Brother, if you’re going to Viscount Luani, I want to go too…”

“Hold your hand.”

Choi Yuna, who felt severe guilt and pity for her Mary, held my hand and did not look anywhere else.

“Yuna…!!”

Even when Haru Kang put her hand on her shoulder, Yuna Choi didn’t even look at Haru Kang and brushed her hand away as if asking for something dirty.

“Shut up. You, don’t even think about seeing my face…”

Over the past month, Yuna Choi has often sent me messages related to wine. In fact, she promised to visit the grand duke’s family, and she thought of entrusting herself to me for a while.

“Where is Viscount Luany?”

“Viscount Luani was placed in a special room on the far right.”

Seeing my urgency, the clerk at the window informed me of Mary’s location, omitting greetings. With the good judgment of the staff, she was able to get into Mary’s room early.

“Ha… Mary, how’s her wrist?

“The priest came. But they still say you have to be careful.”

Like the princess, unless she was at the level of a saint, her priest’s healing ability was not omnipotent. Even if small wounds were treated without sequelae, if her nerves were injured like Mary, she had to be managed by specialized medical staff.

“By the way, Winter, did you come with Choi Yu-na and Kyung-do?”

“She said Choi Yuna wanted to come with her first.”

“Looking like you’re about to cry?”

“Oh, he cries better than I thought.”

“Huh…! Viscount Luani, I can’t even call you Minister, but… I came here to apologize…”

Choi Yuna, who had been in frequent contact with the Grand Duchess, was also acquainted with Mary. She liked Choi Yuna’s graceful Mary, and her Mary also took good care of her polite Choi Yuna.

“Choi Yuna-ssi, don’t cry and tell me.”

“Eup! Yes… Your wrist is very serious..?”

“Isn’t it serious because you can’t use your hands for a week and you have to keep an eye on the progress?”

“Whoops…! I’m really… Really sorry…”

“What did Kyung-Yuna Choi do wrong? It’s my fault that she behaved badly…”

As Yuna Choi couldn’t find a single fault with her Mary in her video, her tears welled up when Mary blamed herself.

“Ugh! Don’t say that..! I… I saw it all on video…!”

“Ah… Winter, have you seen the video already?”

“Yeah, I was late because I had to show everything in front of Kang Haru.”

“There was nothing wrong with the Viscount in the video…! So don’t beat yourself up…”

Mary often had conversations with Yuna Choi whenever she contacted the Grand Duchess, and Haru Kang, who was not interested in those around her, was unaware of the bond formed between Yuna Choi and Mary.

“Sir Yuna Choi…?”

“Choi Yuna, please come closer to Mary because she has something to say.”

“Yes, please close your ears.”

“Sigh! Can you hear me…?”

When I spoke instead, Yuna Choi put her ear close and blew into her ear, just like Mary had done with Freya.

“Aww!!”

“Will you forgive me if you call me sister and wait on me for a week?”

“… Sister?”

Mary even hatched lascivious plans to help me take away her Yuna Choi.
As Yuna Choi accepted Mary’s offer, she came to live with the grand duke’s family for only one week.