Chapter 80 – Kang Ha-Eun

I pulled my arm and Kang Ha-eun, who came next to me, was a little stiff, but moved her arm as I gave her strength.

“This…”

“It’s the official seal of the grand duchy.”

A bracelet with the official seal of the Grand Duchess was put on his wrist, and Kang Ha-eun was protected by the Grand Duchess.

“You can do anything you want to do. It is also possible to give back what you have been through.”

“Duke… It’s something I can’t get…”

“No, it’s something you can get.”

Her bracelet recognized Kang Ha-eun as an apprentice maid to the Grand Duchess of Demi Cher.
Gail, the innkeeper’s daughter, and Kang Ha-eun, who belonged to the grand duke’s family, were commoners, but the difference in status became clear.

“If you go back to the grand duke’s house and look closely at the maids, you’ll see they’re wearing small brooches. I couldn’t bring a brooch for you, so I replaced it with a bracelet.”

Naturally, the bracelet had more meaning than the brooch. Even within the grand duke’s family, no one wore a bracelet with an official seal on it, and it was only for Kang Ha-eun.

“Miss Haeun, welcome to the grand duke’s family.”

“Sir Heman… Thank you for the welcome…?”

“Haha! Why are you talking like that?”

Heman received the official seal and greeted Kang Ha-eun, who became a vassal of the grand duke’s family, with a kind smile.

“Ha-eun, what would you like to do with a woman who insulted the grand duke’s maid?”

“Ahh! Archduke, it’s too close…”

I whispered in Kang Ha-eun’s ear so that Gail and her parents wouldn’t hear, and found her erogenous zone against her intentions.

[Add ‘ears’ to Kang Ha-eun’s special erogenous zone.]

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– Name: Kang Ha-eun
– Age : 20
– Role: Apprentice maid of the Grand Duchess of Demicher
– Special erogenous zone: ear
– Preferred Play: None
– In my heart: I’m too close to the Grand Duke…!
– Special Settings: None
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“If you want to talk secretly, this is the only way, so be patient.”

“That…! Archduke, since I’ve made my decision, you don’t have to talk like this…!”

Kang Ha-eun, who was like a white drawing paper, was her first start, dyed in my color. As I removed my lips from her ears, her blushing Kang Ha-eun covered her ears with both of her hands.

“Have you decided what to do?”

“I will follow in the direction Ha-eun wants to go.”

I wondered how Kang Ha-eun, who had gained her strong back, would deal with Gale, who had her head buried in her land.
Power changes people, and Kang Ha-eun will not maintain her nice and naive personality.

“Game.”

“Yes!! I hear you! Speak!!”

Even if Gail was stupid, she wasn’t a woman who couldn’t figure it out. Accepting that her and Kang Ha-eun’s circumstances were reversed, Gail cringed as her author.

“In my mind, I want to take revenge by keeping you by my side for as long as I suffered.”

“Yes!! You can!! I made a hundred mistakes!!”

Gail, who had become extremely servile, neatly admitted all her sins. However, despite Gail’s servitude to ask for her forgiveness, Kang Ha-eun’s heart did not weaken.

“I want to, but time is wasted. I don’t want to see your face…”

“Yes!! If so, I will never appear in front of Haeun from now on!! I promise!!”

“I’m not done talking. Don’t hang up.”

Kang Ha-eun is kind to those who have shown her favor, but she has no mercy to those who have shown her ill will.

“Auntie, uncle.”

“Yes, please tell me…”

Gail’s growing jealousy toward Kang Ha-eun was also influenced by the middle-aged couple.
The middle-aged couple took good care of Ha-eun Kang, and Gail hated Ha-eun Kang monopolizing everything from the men in the village to the attention of her parents.

“I’m only grateful to the auntie and the uncle. So don’t use honorifics.”

“Yes… No, uh… I see.”

“… And will you believe me if I tell you what Gail did to me?”

The middle-aged couple knew Kang Ha-eun’s sincere attitude and her kind personality.
Even Gail herself admitted that she was wrong, so she decided to admit that Kang Ha-eun’s words were not false.

“It’s going to be a long story. Gail, get up and listen.”

Kang Ha-eun, who received a definite answer from the middle-aged couple, brought out all the anecdotes related to Gail.
The occasional assault and unreasonable demands from what happened today were too detailed to be able to make up on the spot.

“I’m sorry… I’m really sorry I didn’t know that and asked you to help me with the inn…”

Kang Ha-eun, a middle-aged couple who experienced firsthand the rise in her sales whenever she was at the inn, often asked for work.
Whenever that happened, I felt sorry for Kang Ha-eun, who must have endured Gail’s harsh words while working.

“No. Thanks to you, she was able to sleep and eat well.”

“What’s important about that… There’s such a thing as the human heart…”

The middle-aged man who held Kang Ha-eun’s hand tightly apologized politely, and her wife also asked for forgiveness.

“In that case. Mister, would you mind thinking about me too?”

“Ha-eun’s heart, I need to think about it right away… Just tell me anything!”

“Yes.. Grand Duke!”

I thought this was the first time Kang Ha-eun had called me with her loud voice. Kang Ha-eun, who approached me with her languid steps, lifted her tiptoe with her bright smile.

“Ah! Is this a bit short?”

“You’re rejecting my whispers and you’re trying to tell me?”

“Yes! I have something I want to ask you!”

He was the most energetic and active since I met Kang Ha-eun. As her tone and behavior became lively, Kang Ha-eun’s charm of her innocence and freshness multiplied.

“Tell me. I’ll listen.”

“It may be an unreasonable request. I want to send them on a trip even for a month because they helped me a lot…”

Kang Ha-eun reciprocated the favor shown by her middle-aged couple and solved her revenge on Gale together.
Kang Ha-eun’s revenge on her was foolish on the one hand, but very wise.

[Kang Ha-eun’s inner thoughts: If Gail runs the inn by herself, she will feel how comfortable she has been living.]

By inflicting pain directly, she created an opportunity for Gail to naturally reflect on what had happened on her own instead of tormenting Gail.

“Aww…! Grand Duke!”

“Haeun whispered to me first.”

“It’s really itchy…”

“When I return to the grand duke’s family, I will officially invite them to the grand ducal family’s estate. Ha-eun also spends time with me from time to time.”

She responded with whispers to whispers, and Kang Ha-eun’s coy reaction, in which her ears became erogenous zones, was what she liked.

“No… I didn’t expect that much…”

Kang Ha-eun, who kept a distance to avoid the whispers, spoke the opposite of her sparkling eyes.

“I’m going to work for the grand duke’s family, but I’ll confirm later whether or not you’re invited. Go and tell me.”

“Grand Duke… Thank you very much. Mister, Mister!”

Kang Ha-eun thanked her by bowing her waist 90 degrees to me, and she approached the middle-aged couple.
The middle-aged couple who showed interest in Kang Ha-eun and showed affection eventually reciprocated.

“I’m going to send you an invitation. Don’t ignore it, do you really have to come?”

“Ignore it… If Ha-eun invites us, we should go right away.”

“Yes! I’m giving you an invitation, so you have to do exactly what it says on the invitation? If you don’t, I’ll be disappointed!”

“Okay. I promise I’ll do exactly what it says in the invitation.”

Kang Ha-eun felt relieved even if she didn’t get revenge on Gail. Gail, who was infinitely servile in front of power, was originally considered that kind of person, and Kang Ha-eun came to my side.

“Grand Duke, I’m done!”

“Can I end it like this? I haven’t done anything to Gail.”

“Yes! Even if I don’t do anything now, it won’t be later!”

Considering Kang Ha-eun’s thoughts, it seemed okay to give him knowledge about administration and finance and even give him his position.

“Ha-eun’s work is over, and by the way, it’s too late.”

“Grand Duke, is it okay if I don’t eat?”

Solving Gail’s case took too much time. If there was further delay here, I could miss not only the date with Kang Ha-eun, but also the solo schedule with Yuna Choi.

“Haeun-ah, it’s getting late, so I’ll have to skip lunch. Is that okay?”

“Yes, I’m fine. Actually, I’m not even hungry.”

“Then let’s go back to the grand duke’s house right now. I’ll leave the money for food here.”

“No!! It’s our mistake and things went wrong, but we can’t even get the money!!”

A middle-aged couple who couldn’t provide a meal tried to return the money, and I nodded behind them.

“Worry about your daughter first rather than money”

“My daughter… Gail…?!”

When the extreme tension disappeared, Gail passed out and a middle-aged couple clung to Gail, wondering if he was a child even though he had done something he hated.
I ended the case by deciding to dispatch a knights here on the day Gale was to run the inn alone.

“Ha-eun, have you ever ridden a horse?”

“No. It’s the first time I’ve seen it…”

“If this is your first time, excuse me.”

I protected Kang Ha-eun’s buttocks with my magical powers and put them on top of Heman’s horse.

“You’re not sick, are you?”

“Yes, strangely it doesn’t hurt at all. Wow…”

“Do you know what it is for?”

“Magic power! Uh…! Archduke…?”

I climbed on her horse behind her, Kang Ha-eun, who responded cheerfully, and took the form of trapping her in her arms.

“Heman, let’s go.”

“Yes, I’ll take the lead.”

Heman took the lead and drove her horse, and out of consideration for Kang Ha-eun, she did not increase her speed.
Kang Ha-eun wriggled in my arms after leaving her rural village and looking around the scenery of the Arkan continent.

“Do you want to look around?”

“Ah…! No! Just go the way you went!”

“Hehman! Slow down and stick to my side!”

The horse ahead of me slowed down and Heman came up beside me.

“Grand Duke, do you have something to say?”

“We’ll go slowly, so let’s go back to the grand duchy first. Shall we go on vacation soon?”

“Haha!! Thank you for worrying about my vacation!”

Heman looked at me and, not responding to my orders, increased his pace. Every time she blinked, she distanced herself from Heman’s words, and Kang Ha-eun turned her head and looked up at me.

“You want to know why I sent Heman in the first place?”

“Yes, I’m curious and want to know…”

“I’m going to have Ha-eun look around slowly. It’s a place with a nice view.”

After getting out of the wooded forest, a wide plain appeared.
Kang Ha-eun, who had only seen tall buildings, overcrowded vehicles, and telephone poles that ruined the aesthetics, was captivated by the scenery around her.

“Isn’t it nice that the day is clear and cool?”

“Yes… I really like it…”

In mid-June, the warm sunlight was covered by clouds and a cool breeze blew through Kang Ha-eun’s hair.