The principality of Bertino
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Holding a box of tea and a bag of shabby clothes, she walked up the ivory steps with red carpet and saw a row of escorting knights lined up in the second floor corridor.
They showed that this was where the Prince was, with no one to guide her.
He was a prince who always bathed and ate when he arrived at his accommodation.
Panic made Juliet anxious, as she had been very late on the ground floor.
She hurriedly entered the room for fear of being scolded again, and saw the prince and the earl, who were already having dinner under Albert's care.
Sometimes Killian would be attended to by Albert if she was busy with other things, but the event in the carriage weighed heavily on her mind, and she thought that her boss was very angry because she didn't know her position and spoke nonsense.
‘Let’s give my pride to a dog.’
Juliet grumbled about her lifestyle, which she always reflected on, living as an illegitimate daughter without any background in a society with a class system, and once again vowed to beg for forgiveness.
She paused for a moment if there was anything he asked her to do, but she was devastated by the sight of the Prince, who didn't even turn his eyes.
After entering what appeared to be a bedroom and organizing the prince's luggage, Juliet returned to the living room and waited with her head bowed while the prince and the count ate.
When the servants in charge of the meal removed the utensils, the prince and the count went to the terrace.
Killian gave an order without even looking at her while Juliet, who was reading her face, prepared the tea.
“I’m going to the jewelry store after drinking tea, so have a meal in the meantime and come over.”
Killian had been in an unusually bad mood for some time now.
He thought it was because of the maid who had wagged her tongue about his private life to the count.
Ignoring that the Count was a close friend who knew everything about him, he didn't even consider that the moment he felt bad was after he was told that she had a lover, when she didn't.
He purposely acted coldly and ignored her face to punish her, but the sight of her dead from then on was irritating.
He had to leave for the jewelry store soon, but he was very anxious when he saw her standing there without eating.
Killian was angry with Albert and couldn't take it, and ordered the meal from his maid himself.
Adam's expression was distorted.
Like his master, who seemed to have fallen in love with an ugly maiden, Adam had a headache and massaged his temples.
Killian didn't care about Adam at all and was worried about how to handle the prince's scandal over his new lover.
Whether his assistant looked at him with a serious look or not, he was busy waving to the maid since she was supposed to eat before leaving.
Albert, who was looking at him, finally couldn't help it and said: “Your Highness, this time I will take you.
Tell the maid to eat slowly and rest.”
Unlike the villages where they had stayed until now, it was Beopash, the second largest city in the Principality of Bertino.
Albert felt a certain discomfort, both because of the strange phenomenon that the maid's appearance caused today seemed to worsen, and because of the sight of the Prince trying to take care of the ugly maiden.
“Albert, it seems to me that you are the one who needs to rest.
Don't say anything about your back pain and rest until we leave tomorrow.
Juliet, go ahead to eat and come later.”
When Killian, who blocked Albert trying to say something, urged her on, Juliet slowly headed towards the door.
She was relieved to see that the prince let her eat.
Killian, who was looking at the maid's back as she flew out of the room, leaned against the back of a chair and touched the cold cup to his mouth.
Looking at the image as if it was disgusting, Adam looked at Albert who was tilting his head.
Adam offered words of comfort to the old grand chamberlain inwardly, who was alternately looking at the door where the maid had left and Killian, for whatever reason.
‘Sir Albert, I think it’s best if you don’t know anything yet.’
Cautious about her words after wagging her tongue too much in the carriage, Juliet hurried forward so as not to hurt her boss's feelings.When she returned to her room after a meal eaten so hastily that she didn't know whether it went into her mouth or nose, the prince stood up as if he had been waiting for her.
While the count also got up and left the room, Juliet, who calmly followed them, again restrained herself, for everything was going well and she was apparently free from blame.
Adam laughed when he saw Juliet clenching her fist, determined in her heart that she would never do anything to kill herself.
He was worried about his master, who was paying all his attention to someone who didn't fit in, but he thought it would be okay to have some fun.
This emotional play would be a luxury once the political battle for the crown prince's seat begins in earnest.
Adam, who had been deep in thought while looking at the Prince's maid, hurriedly turned his head when he suddenly felt a prickly gaze.
But a shrill voice attacked him, letting him know he was already late.
“Count, do you think you can move after the sun sets?
I don’t know if I’ll be able to get to the jewelry store at the end of the day.”
With Killian expressing his anger with his distorted tone, Adam quickly moved to his side.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness.
I've been thinking about something else for a while now.
Let’s go.”
Looking coldly at Adam, who was smiling and pulling his arm with a bold face, Killian climbed into the waiting carriage.
Juliet and Adam followed, and the unmarked black wagon, surrounded by escort riders, began to drive quickly.
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They arrived on a well-built road, a busy and eye-catching street.
The streets lined with shops displayed their grandeur and style, each decorated in a colorful way.
Photos of what was being sold hung in each store.
The street was as beautiful as a painting.
In the middle of the colorful garden of sunny buildings, the wagon and its group stopped.
Killian left after the guards searched the perimeter, confirmed there was no problem, and opened the carriage door.
Amidst the unusual atmosphere of guards, the two men's brilliant appearance drew admiration from the mouths of the ladies who walked back and forth on the streets.
The ladies, busy speculating about her status thanks to the unmarked carriage, burst into laughter upon seeing the generous maid get out of the carriage after a while.
They paid close attention because he seemed to have no ordinary status, but they were relieved to think that he was a humble nobleman when they looked at the unmarked carriage and the maid.
The ladies and passersby pointed their fingers and laughed, but Julieta wasn't bothered by their reaction.
As she entered the quiet gray building under everyone's eyes, she looked around, thinking about the room without saying anything.
He said he was visiting a jewelry store, but there were just tables, sofas and chairs everywhere, without a single window.
It was as if she had visited a nobleman's reception room.
What she bought for herself after living in the Austern Empire for decades was just a quill pen, and she looked outside, wondering: What the hell is this place?
This interior is completely different from the warehouse that sold all types of items.
Even the arched lattice windows facing the street only had purple curtains, and there was nothing to indicate what this place was selling.
Just as she was at the peak of her curiosity that it wasn't a tea house, the door to the waiting room opened and a man in a red vest and a white shirt with colorful embroidery came out to greet them.
“I welcome you.
What kind of merchandise are you looking for?”
Sa-chan
Sa-chan
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