Chapter 2.1

‘Happy ending.’

These were the only words that filled Prillance’s head. And the main character of the happy ending was Ver. Regardless of the reason, those who interfered with the protagonists’ romance lived their own punishment.

Prillance did, and Ver did. Perhaps Ver, who could not move even one step in his heart, had been punished more than Prillance, who had been fiercely rejected.

After seeing him in person, she had a stronger desire to make him happy.

Prillance was one of the important figures in the novel, and she was an influential person within nobility. In addition, her family was the family that made Ver’s life fall to its abyss. She was in the best position to find and move information that might have been invisible to the average eye.

Perhaps she could return Ver’s happiness.

There was something she had to do first until she found a way to reverse Ver’s current situation. First of all, she had to stop Ver from entering the Tonz family’s knights.

Ver, who grew up in a family of knights, inherited the same blood and was well-known in the empire.

Unfortunately, it was Duke Tonz who recognized Ver, who could not enter the Imperial Knights. The Tonz family had been steadily hiring talented knights, and although he did not belong anywhere, Ver still had superior capabilities. Afterwards, when he became one of the Tonz family’s knights, Ver became an escort knight protecting Cecia, who became Duke Tonz’ fiancée. Even then he still lived a life of protecting his beloved, even when she was in love with someone else.

She thought it was the cruelest thing in his life. So, this time, she decided to break his cycle of misery. She will help Ver, who was innocent, rekindle his relationship with Cecia.

The first step was to prevent Ver from becoming one of Duke Tonz’ knights.

“Lady.”

Instead of drinking tea, Ver called out in a low voice with a determined look on his face.

“Ah, the taste of the tea is good.”

Only then did Prillance come to her senses and drink the tea. Lady Weiand, who he had never had interactions with before, had already been visiting his house for days.

He thought he would never see her again after that day. However, it was from that day onward that she came. Except for the first day, she had only been drinking tea before leaving without saying anything.

“You have been drinking the same tea for days. Perhaps by now, the Lady’s house will already have this tea.”

“Ah…”

“So if there is nothing more you wish to tell me, I hope you will stop coming.”

In fact, her visit wasn’t bothersome. She was neither demanding nor loud, as he thought she would be. Moreover, she was the first aristocrat to visit steadily after the incident. Even the ladies who tried to get along with him were quick to fall out due to his polite but indifferent treatment.

Nevertheless, the reason Ver pushed her away first was because of the effect it would have on her future. Now that his family became known as a family who might rebel again, it would not be good to have her entangled with him. So he had to end her visits which had become quite comfortable and familiar.

Conversely, Prillance thought it was an opportunity to implement the plan she had been thinking of for days.

There was one way to keep him out of the Tonz family.

And that was to become a knight in a family other than the Tonz family. Another option was to become a mercenary, but Ver, the successor of a knight’s family who had been loyal to the imperial family, would not make such a choice.

However, it would be strange to suggest that he become a knight of families other than the Weiand family.

Not many of the nobles had knights in the first place, but other than the imperial knights, the knights of Duke Tonz and Marquis Weiand were the only ones that had prestigious ranking and recognition in the empire. So why not become a knight of the Weiand family until his family is cleared of charges and he becomes happy again with Cecia?

“Why don’t you become one of our family’s knights?”

Prillance put the cup down and looked at Ver. He was looking at her as well. Prillance didn’t avoid eye contact to show her resoluteness, and Ver tried to figure out what she was saying.

“I know that your skills are excellent. Use your skills in the house of Marquis Weiand.”

She knew that the knights of Duke Tonz and Marquis Weiand were all highly competent. And she knew it wasn’t a bad offer for him right now.

“So this was the reason you came.”

Ver was displeased and disappointed. The lady who believed in his father eventually came to say this.

Then he said in a lower voice.

“I will refuse.”

Surprised by his strange voice, she made eye contact with Ver’s expressionless face. He hasn’t been impolite till now.

“Wait a minute…”

“I will send you off to your carriage.”

Before the flustered Prillance got to refute his words, he got up and opened the door of the parlour. Ver did not want to hear her excuses.

“Guide Lady Weiand to her carriage.”

“Yes Sir.”

“Please take care.”

In an instant the door closed in front of Prillance, who was pushed out of the drawing room. And until the end, his cold eyes were looking at her. Up until the moment the door closed.

“It was ridiculous in the first place.”

No one could have seriously believed in his family. Left alone in the reception room, Ver’s lips mocked himself. He would have thought about it seriously if she had openly sneered like other noble ladies and told him she would hire him.

Ver also had ears to hear, so he knew the rumors about her. However, he didn’t care about those rumors until he experienced it himself. He tried to judge only by what he saw of her.

More than rumors, he experienced it himself. She was definitely excellent at prying someone’s weakness and shaking their hearts. He had almost thought she was a good person. What’s more, to create a small bud of doubt that her last expression might’ve been real, she was indeed a terrifying person.