Chapter 16 (2/2)

① It’s a marriage I swore to God, so no.

② I can’t let the emperor be bothered.

③ I can’t because it’s too troublesome.

④ I can’t because I love you (it’s speculation, but it’s ridiculous).

⑤ Whatever, you can do that.

What would the answer be?

‘In this case, it would be nice if a sentence came to mind.’

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Had I been lucky enough to do that, I wouldn’t have fallen here in the first place. You wouldn’t have drowned even in the first place. (she’s saying that to OG Alyssa. It’s the reason why she says ‘you’.)

“I’ll think about it slowly.’

After that, Rashid broke apart after sharing a few more small talks.

He was so busy that he didn’t have much time to face me in the first place. Whenever I had a chance, he had a lot of work to do, such as entering the palace, having meetings with the Privy Council, and taking care of the dukedom’s matters in his office.

When Rashid was gone, Louise made alterations as promised..

“This must be a blessing in disguise, Your Excellency. I’m glad you’re sick.”

“What’s good about that?”

I replied curtly.

“Fortunately. If it’s not a time like this, when will you get his attention? It’s a good thing.”

Louise said with a grin. I almost thought it was a good thing.

Louise was saying, ‘You are nothing to the Duke’. If you don’t get sick, you can’t get a glimpse of him. She was a poor Duchess. It was meant to crumple her pride.

In this situation, if it was the Alyssa Louise knew, she would have laughed together with her(Louise), saying, ‘Uh yeah, really.’ And she must have been overwhelmed by saying that she is only such an existence at best.