Chapter 99 – Preparation Time

Kang Ha-eun abandoned Kang Haru and stayed with the grand duke’s family, and I decided to spread the newspaper prepared in advance to the grand duke’s estate.

“Have you been?”

“Yeah! Shushu was doing well too?”

Kang Ha-eun, who found peace surrounded by Winter, Mary, Freya, and Choi Yuna, returned to the dormitory where Shushu was staying.
When Chou Shu entered Kang Ha-eun’s room, he made a space for her to lie down by attaching her body to the wall.

“Ha Eun-ah, I received a newspaper from the grand duke’s family. Let’s see!”

The grand duke’s press does not deal with events across the continent, but deals with incidents occurring in the grand duke’s estate.

“Haeun has this article too!”

“Do you have my writing?”

Events in the grand duke’s family were occasionally published, and even Kang Ha-eun was featured in the newspaper as an interview with her apprentice maid.
It was Kang Ha-eun who heard that Winter was publishing her newspaper about her, but she awkwardly pretended to be surprised.

“It’s an article related to the Grand Duke.”

“Shushu, where are my writings…?”

“It’s not there, but where the picture is at its largest.”

Kang Ha-eun thought her article would be small, and because she looked for and read the corner of the newspaper, she missed what she could easily find.
Shushu turned the newspaper over to the other side to show the picture of Winter and Kang Ha-eun on the first page.

“Shushu… I must have misunderstood…?”

“No, I saw it correctly. Ha-eun was featured as the biggest topic in the newspaper!”

Kang Ha-eun’s picture filled one side, and an introductory text was written next to her picture.
A dumbfounded sound came out of Kang Ha-eun’s mouth as she read the words written in her newspaper.

“Uh…? Shushu, did you read the newspaper…?”

“Yeah! I’ve already read it!”

“Haa… I’m ashamed…!”

“I’m happy that Ha-eun’s worries were resolved.”

Even when Kang Ha-eun became Winter’s new lover, Chou-shu treated her as usual.
Kang Ha-eun said that she gradually liked Sasha, who did not become awkward even when reading the newspaper and sent support and congratulations.

“It’s a pity that I can’t work with Ha-eun as an apprentice maid anymore…”

“I’m sorry too…”

Even if the Grand Duchess does not publish a newspaper, Aria will soon print a newspaper proving her relationship with Kang Haru and Kang Ha-eun.
Whether it was revealed that she was Winter’s lover or Haru Kang and her siblings, there was no reason for Kang Ha-eun to work as an apprentice maid for the grand duke’s family.

“But hey! I can become a maid so Ha-eun can wait on me!”

“I like being with Shushu too…!”

Shushu hugged Haeun Kang and rolled over her bed. Kang Ha-eun never wanted to leave the Grand Duchess’s family full of people who healed her wounds.

The next day, Kang Ha-eun quit her apprentice maid job, and she was trained by Mary to take charge of the Grand Duchess’ duties.

“Mary, take a break.”

Before she leaves to retrieve the item, she says goodbye to Mary, but her steps do not fall.

“Don’t worry, come back quickly. There are many things I couldn’t do last night…”

Mary opened her lips even though Freya, Yuna Choi, and Haeun Kang were behind her, and she raised her hand in front of them.

“I’ll definitely be back before 5pm.”

“Are you sure?”

Even if she couldn’t find the item by pretending to be a lascivious fellatio, she decided to return to the Grand Duchess within 5 o’clock.
Mary held out her cheeks and stimulated the three women from behind her who were teaching and learning her business.

“Mary, was she going to get it all by herself?”

“It’s mean! Haeun-unnie, say something!”

“… Sister Mary, I’m fine…!”

When Mary, receiving her scolding, kisses her first, she kisses Freya and Yuna Choi too, clinging to me and kissing her on the lips.
Even Kang Ha-eun, who had her eyes fixed on the paperwork in the midst of the chaos, bit her lip as I approached.

“Haa… Grand Duke, come on…”

“I will be back.”

Since they were sent off by their lovers, they moved to the huge lake in the eastern part of the continent where the item was located.
The name of the huge lake was Lake Baikaldar, and he used all the teleport coordinates in his memory.

“Wow… That’s a long way.”

[Asshole, why did you put the item in the mountains, the sea, or a remote place like this?]

As Rune said, the items necessary for attacking Aria existed only in places where people could not reach.

“It shouldn’t be possible for anyone to find out.”

[Even if I find it, I don’t know the effect. Should I take it?]

“It’s human psychology to take it once it looks expensive.”

Because it was a worldview with an ending, there was nothing to say no matter when and to whom the items that were solved as rice cakes in the novel were returned.
To prevent valuable items from being stolen, I had to hide them in remote places where ordinary people couldn’t come, and because of that, I couldn’t find them either.

[Hey… How long will it only go around the lake! Not funny!]

“I’m not having fun either, bitch… Stop talking.”

[I told you my name, but what year is it! Call me Rune!]

“It doesn’t catch my mouth… Lunyeon? Yournyeon? Ah… Everything is not good.”

It took three hours to look around the lake under the scorching sun.
Even after searching all the grass around the lake to find a blue stone, no blue stone was found.

[Lune! That her mother built it! Call me Rune!]

“You’re 4 years old because you’re Luna. How is it?”

[Don’t do it because it’s a fucking bad idea…]

“Hey, you should also chime in. I went because you said it was intuition, but I didn’t get a single hit!”

Rune’s intuition was that her first step was a bitch, so nothing was right.
There were two times when I left the lake, saying that the grass, not the lake, was suspicious.

[No! It doesn’t come out around the lake, so let’s try it!]

“Haa… Should I go into the lake…”

Since the item is a small stone, there is a possibility that it fell into the lake due to wind or rain.

[Kyaaak!! Winter takes off her clothes!!]

“Don’t scream while watching all the sex. My ears hurt.”

She took off her clothes and changed into a swimsuit to move a little more comfortably in the water.

[Hey… Are you thoroughly prepared?]

“It’s troublesome to use mana.”

It was possible to breathe in water and keep clothes from getting wet if mana was finely adjusted, but
I decided to use it to find stones by increasing my eyesight rather than breathing by adjusting my mana.

‘Do you look good too?’

[Yeah, I can see it clearly because I’m looking at it with your own eyes.]

‘Let’s focus and search.’

[Hey, how nice it would be if we spoke kindly to each other… I’ll focus and look for it!]

It was also a job to improve eyesight and look at stones that looked blue, and there were mysteriously many blue stones at the bottom of the lake.

‘Isn’t it strange?’

[I think the stone you are looking for may have influenced other stones as well?]

Rune’s guess was also valid. I dug up the area where the blue stones were clumped, and a status window popped up out of nowhere at the fourth pile of stones.

—————–
Item: Puras Rock
Effect: Doubles the sexual pleasure of the body part where the rock is raised.
Duration: 1 hour
Restriction: Can only be used by one person.
—————–

‘Lune’s intuition has also died a lot.’

[Ah! Why does it come out from the place you chose!!]

Rune’s intuition for finding the pologin herb did nothing to help him find the Puras Rock.
It was my decision to enter the lake, and I was the one who suspected the area where the blue stones were clustered and found where the item was.

“Whoa! We decided to find them one by one, so let’s go back.”

[It just became fun…]

“If you enjoy it just because it’s fun, you’ll get bored quickly.”

The blue stone tomb I picked and the blue stone tomb he picked, soothed Rune’s disappointment as she was anxious about where the item would come from.

[You promised! I’ll be looking for items tomorrow too!]

“Okay, I’ll look for it tomorrow too, so please wait patiently.”

[Yep! Call me before you go pick it up tomorrow!! Great job!]

“You suffered too.”

After saying goodbye warmly, I returned to the grand duke’s house.
On the day I warmly collected the items with Rune, Aria, the subject of the item, also faced a difficult schedule in the imperial palace.

“Empress Arya, Kaltus Arkan and the Duke of Veronia have visited!”

“Haa… The aide, go and call Haru Kang.”

Kang Haru, who had been deprived of Choi Yuna and Kang Ha-eun, gave up her duties and was wielding only a sword in the gymnasium.

“Aria, why did you call me?”

“My father and the Duke of Veronia came to visit the imperial family, so wash up and come to the drawing room.”

“Oh, I’ll prepare quickly and go.”

When Kang Haru, who was at the gymnasium, smelled of sweat, Aria sent him to the shower room and arrived at the drawing room alone.

“Meet Empress Aria.”

“My daughter! Long time no see!!”

“Nice to meet you, Duke of Veronia. It’s been a while since my father.”

Arya also reacted coldly to her father, Caltus Arkhan, but she was already resistant to Caltus.

“Father… Where is the daughter who used to sing ‘Dad’…”

“Dad, how long are we going to talk about that?”

“When my daughter calls me father, she will always go on.”

Carl Tus easily got the title of her father he wanted from Arya, unlike anyone else.
Arya could feel the sharp shining eyes even in the mischievous atmosphere created by Carltus.

“Looks like you have something to say.”

“You should know that my daughter is smart. Let’s talk about it when Kang Haru comes.”

“Brother, wouldn’t it be nice to show you in advance?”

Caltus liked the wise Duke of Veronia, and when he resigned his position as emperor, he proposed a friendly relationship.

‘The relationship between the Duke of Veronia and his father…’

Arya quickly rolled her head when the Duke of Veronia called Caltus her big brother.

“Yes. Dad, I want to see you first too. Can’t I?”

Arya concluded that it would be to her advantage for her imperial family as Veronia became friendly with Caltus, who was completely on her side.

“Keuheum! My daughter wants to see it, so I have to show it.”

“Thank you, Dad!”

“Hmmmm! Show me Veronia.”

“Yes, Empress Aria, this is the corruption of Duke Manox that I have investigated and the business plan that is being pursued.”

“Daughter, that guy has been yellow for a long time, so he’s doing something like this.”

At the same time that Arya carefully checked her documents, she also checked the expressions of Veroni, the duke, and Caltus.
That’s not going to happen, but it wasn’t enough to check several times to see if those two were going to use him.

“Duke, is this true?”

“Yes, it is true.”

Although the theory is perfect, Arya, who lacks experience, could not grasp the intentions of the serpents.
Arya held a discussion about the corruption of Duke Manox, believing that it was Carlthus and the Duke of Veronia.

“Forgive me for being late.”

“Oh! Welcome to the day.”

“Haru, sit next to me and check the paperwork first.”

Aria and Kang Haru canceled all their schedules and continued the discussion over the evening with the content of punishing Duke Manox.

“Yuna, if you punish her for treason, it won’t be easy.”

“That’s the easiest way… But it’s not a simple thing.”

Arya thought about the disposal of Duke Manox and calculated how to make the most profit.

If Duke Manox is charged with rebellion, a reward must be given to those who report signs of rebellion to the imperial family.
Of course, the Duke of Veronia announced signs of rebellion, and he was also the owner of the family that suffered the most damage from the Duke of Manox.

“I’d like to think about this a little more.”

“You mustn’t be late.”

“Yes, he’s a threat to my daughter, should I even talk to Winter?”

“No. Don’t do that. I’d rather leave this to my dad and the Duke of Veronia.”

When Kalthus talked about Winter, Arya gave up the property of the Duke of Manox and reduced the number of tasks she had to handle.