My engagement to Kasyan was announced in a very simple and clear way.
Cassian Artiz, the Second Prince, announces his engagement to Miss Roita Salis!
The first report was made of places maintaining good relations with the imperial family and generally using a polite tone.
Therefore, this article was somewhat formal and moderate at the same time, but newspapers that sought even a little sensationalism were different.
Winter Palace Demon Union?!
Is it love or the pursuit of efficiency at work?
The strongest and worst couple is born, Second Prince Cassian and Assistant Salis announce their engagement
They published articles as if I and Kasyan were the craziest people of the century.
Even among the most noisy places...
Check your books and systems!
What are the countermeasures of the Winter Palace Demon Federation?!
Major companies in the capital are on high alert!
Emergency procedures revealed
They published very ridiculous articles.
Whatever the case, isn't that too much to share?
Scandals are usually accompanied by adjectives like “rosy life” or “happy,” right?
The truth is bleak and dark..
Moreover, I am the daughter of a baron.
The word “social ascension,” which appeared frequently in the original novel, was not even mentioned.
The original Roita was heavily criticized for her stature...
Even the maid who brought the newspaper in the morning reacted like this,
“Ma’am, have you been threatened by His Highness the Prince?!”
This reaction was somewhat comforting because she asked out of genuine concern.
At least my maid didn't associate Cassian and me with the demons of the Winter Palace.
Because of that, I had to deal with a commotion in front of my house on my way to work.
“Ms.
Saliss, what is the truth about this engagement?
Is it a declaration of war on the corporations within the empire?”
“It is suspected that the matter has strategic reasons, but are you announcing it as a love story to cover it up?”
“Can you tell us where the next target for scrutiny is, Miss Saliss?”
Seriously, these journalists...
I felt really aggrieved by this flood of confusing questions.
Even while writing the engagement press release myf, I thought no one would believe it, but I didn't think they wouldn't believe it this much...
As expected, the answer appears to be Plan B, Your Highness.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, before the official state meeting, a meeting was held to determine the marriage partner of the princess of the kingdom among the members of the imperial family.
When Cassian and I appeared, the Empress screamed angrily.
“…What outrageous behavior, Prince Cassian!”
“I don’t understand what you mean, Your Majesty.”
“How do you announce the engagement in this way through an article!
Where are the procedures that the prince had to respect!”
The Empress spoke as she pounded on the armrests.
It was like this in the original story too.
‘Of course, originally, even though he constantly asked for permission to get engaged to Roita before the marriage talks with the princess of the kingdom, it was not allowed.’
She never allowed this, because Roita was the daughter of a humble baronial family.
In the original story, the Empress treated Cassian as a neglectful prince, but only resorted to using her imperial authority at times like these.
“Moreover, a Baron’s daughter!
How does the Imperial Family look to you, Prince Cassian!”
Look how predictable her actions are.
The Empress even raised her voice as if she were a member of the kingdom.
“It's not only for the imperial family, it's also an insult to the kingdom!
At a time when good talks are coming out with the kingdom-”
“Empress, enough.”
It was the Emperor who interrupted the Empress's words.
'What do you mean by enough?'
“We can't send Cassian to marry the kingdom, anyway.”
"…What?"
When the Emperor shook his head with a grim face, the Empress was stunned.
“Why, Your Majesty?
Did you misunderstand that I was advising Prince Cassian to do something bad?
I did all this for Prince Cassian.”
Then she raised her handkerchief as if she was about to scream at the injustice.
“It's the position of the heir to the throne, the princess's husband.
It's certainly not a bad position—”
“I do not misunderstand your intentions, Empress!
We cannot send Cassian, and Cassian is not the only prince in the imperial family.”
“…What do you mean, Your Majesty?”
The Emperor sighed deeply and spoke to Cassian and me with a bitter expression.
“Cassian, Roita.
I sincerely congratulate you both on your engagement.”
“Your Majesty!”
“We will send the third prince to the kingdom.”
“Your Majesty!!”
“It has already been agreed, Empress.
Speak no more.”
Even upon hearing the Emperor's words, the Empress looked like she couldn't believe it, and her face became hard.
“Have you forgotten my words of obligation to you, Empress?
Compared to you, who goes ahead with the royal marriage with the kingdom as you wish, Cassian is much better!”
Then he got up and left as if he was upset.
Cassian then offered congratulations to the Empress, who was still in a state of shock and unable to comprehend the situation, with all politeness and logic.
“Congratulations, Your Majesty.
I am so happy that the Third Prince will reach a good position.”
“Cassian..!”
The third prince was the son of the Empress.
As she clenched her teeth and stared at him, Cassian spoke with a relaxed face.
“Then, since we have the Emperor’s blessing, I must leave to have a romantic time with ‘My Beloved Rose’, Your Majesty.”
As if he wanted to tease her, he grabbed me by the waist and even kissed my ring finger.
The beautiful face of the Empress turned into the face of a demon.
The Empress's mistake was not properly taking into account Cassian's cunning nature.
Well, it would be hard to imagine unless you're familiar with it.
Who would have thought that he would threaten the Empress?
But some of Cassian's words were far from reality.
Romantic this guy!
After signing the engagement contract, the dark circles under my eyes increased.
"It's a bit disappointing, isn't it, Rose?
It sounds like it would be fun to spend a romantic holiday with you."
“Don't say things you don't mean.”
“This is sad, I was being honest.”
His eyes were completely joking.
As you sighed deeply, hoping he would hear, and took a step away from Cassian, his laughter became deeper.
Unlike the soft-spoken Cassian in the original story, who wasn't perfect...
“Then we should aim for the head, Rose.”
After signing the engagement contract, Cassian and I stayed up all night writing a document to hand over to the court, and then boldly announced it before the Emperor..
“I love Rose, and I wish to live with her above all else.
However, it is also my duty to prepare to follow Your Majesty’s command.”
We presented the delivery document, which consisted of hundreds of pages, to the Emperor.
“Reducing the gap left by my departure is also my duty, and this is the handover document, Your Majesty.”
At that moment, the Emperor looked a little tired.
However, he still had the expression of someone willing to put up with it until...
And that's all it came to.
“My darling Rose says she sees no reason to stay in the capital without me.”
The Emperor surrendered her extradition documents which were then submitted.
Its thickness was 1.5 times greater than the thickness of Kasyan's extradition documents.
‘Thank you, Master, I have made good use of the skill of writing dozens of pages of reports every two weeks.’
Cassian also provided extra detail in the extradition documents by noting this.
Can you imagine how much care we took to make sure nothing went wrong even in a limited time!
This was Plan B for me and Cassian.
“But, Your Highness.”
“What's wrong, Rose?”
“If you were going to use this method from the beginning, wouldn’t there have been a need for an engagement?”
“Do you reject my love after my engagement?”
When I got serious, Cassian laughed softly and put my hand on his arm as if he was accompanying me.
“Velma.”
"…Yes?"
Cassian looked at him with comforting eyes.
I felt goosebumps running down my body seeing that look.
Why do you say that name while looking at me?
As if I should be surprised by that name?!
“Why that expression, Rose?”
“That is my usual expression, Your Highness.”
I answered him as calmly as possible.
When I tried to move away from him, he wouldn't let go of my hand on his arm.
“Okay, I understand.
So Rose was deliberately not showing me such a nice expression.”
“Your Highness!”
“Why are you so surprised?”
Cassian explained to me again with a smile..
“I wanted to tell you that Wilhelmina Lopez, the young lady of the Lopez Duchy family, will be back soon.”
At these words, I managed to calm my stiff neck and nodded.
“Isn't that reason enough to get engaged?”
I nodded to that question as well.
Wilhelmina Lopez.
The evil character in the original work, one of the characters who tortured Roita mercilessly..
As a teenager, she was captivated by Cassian's improved appearance and pursued him, saying she would marry him, but of course both the Duke's family and the Empress's family were strongly opposed.
They said they could not give the ducal lady to Prince Cassian.
So the Duke sent her to the Kingdom Academy in hopes that her feelings would change, but…
Well, in the original work, that wasn't enough to stop Lady Wilhelmina.
'It will likely be the same this time as well.'
But the reason I was nervous was not because I was afraid of Lady Wilhelmina.
At most, it'll just be me getting slapped lightly, having juice poured on me, and being called out in social circles, which doesn't bother me too much..
Instead...
I looked at
Cassian intently.
"What's wrong, Rose?
Are you hungry?"
His tone was the same as usual, but it gave me goosebumps.
'...Impossible.'
While I was denying it in my head, the doubt kept stubbornly raising my head.
Velma.
It was the nickname I gave to Cassian as a child.