The Grand Duchess of the North Is Obsessed With Me

33 – The Night Before the Storm

“Whoa… It was delicious!”

“I’m glad you feel better.”

“Thanks!”

Illencia, who was chubby until she entered the restaurant, left the restaurant in a good mood.

The knights looked puzzled at Illencia’s mood that had changed in an instant, but I only smiled vaguely.

“But… What are you thinking?”

“What?”

“I am referring to what you asked the owner of the upper house earlier.”

Hmm….

I pondered for a while at his words, which seemed to be the representative of the knights. Do you want to tell the truth?

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t believe the articles. No matter how thoroughly the barbarians prepared, the grand duke’s house was not a place to be ignored.

But aren’t you just prowling around with unclear information… I thought to myself.

“I have to think about it once I get the right information.”

“… All right.”

The knight also nodded without asking further if he noticed my concern.

“Cain!! Come quickly!”

“… Go now.”

I hurriedly followed Ilensia, who was waving her hand in front of me. It would be difficult if I became a lost child again.

The articles are properly attached, but I can’t help but worry.

She sighed, smiled at her, and ran quickly towards her.

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A cold northern night.

Among them, Illencia entered the drawing room of the grand duke’s mansion built on the coldest ground.

Warmth from the fireplace.

A soft sofa and a luxurious carpet on the floor. After staring at the person already sitting on the sofa in the stylishly decorated drawing room, she moved on.

She took her place on the other side of Archduke Atrian with an expressionless face.

If someone unfamiliar saw it, it looked like it was sitting in an important seat, but this was the home of the Grand Duchess and Illencia.

As the cold red eyes gently brushed the surroundings, Atrian couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

Everything was his own fault.

He knew that too, so he didn’t say much, just raised his teacup to cover up the bitter smile on his lips.

After looking around for a while, Illencia quietly looked down at her table without showing anything.

The difference in temperature was so obvious that it made me mistakenly thinking that it was Illencia, who had been messing around in front of Cain until just now.

Illencia and Atrian didn’t say anything.

Illencia only had no interest in her own father, Atrian, and Atrian did not open her mouth as she looked at Ilencia.

And what broke the silence was a small knock.

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Knock—— Knock——.

“I got a call from Evan Sang Sangju.”

That’s fast.

It was something Atrian had already heard, but he muttered once more and opened his mouth.

“Come in.”

Slowly.

The well-oiled door, not even an unpleasant rustle, swung open as it brushed against the luxurious carpet on the floor.

The knight who opened the door and appeared shuddered at the temperature difference in Illencia, which he had always seen but was still unfamiliar with, before moving on calmly.

The knight waited for a while, stopping beside her.

Atrian opened her mouth, setting the teacup she had been holding in her hand so far on the table.

“Tell me.”

“… According to Evan’s words, it seems to be correct to some extent. It seems that there are people who spread the word in each region.”

“I see.”

As expected, there was no agitation in Atrian’s expression.

Similarly, I didn’t feel any agitation from Illencia, which was similar to Atrian, but different.

It was because I felt as if I had no interest in it.

“Doesn’t the sprout of barbarians disappear even if you cut it off… “

Staring at Illencia’s expression, Atrian spat out words as if lamenting.

Ilensia, who was staring at Atrian’s red eyes as if asking what she wanted to do, let out a fine breath and opened her mouth for the first time.

“Even if you cut off the shoots, the roots are alive.”

A voice as cold as ice.

The moment she opened her mouth, it felt like the temperature in her room went down.

Eighteen.

In front of Cain, she was a meek sheep and an aspiring fox, but I couldn’t get the slightest hint of that feeling from Illencia’s current appearance.

The knight looked at Ilensia’s face and let out a small exclamation in her heart.

Ice Queen.

If the ice queen that appears in fairy tales existed in reality, wouldn’t that be talking about Illencia?

Leaning back on the soft sofa and closing her eyes for a moment, Illencia’s eyes lingered with a coldness that had never been seen before.

“Then what should I do?”

“…… It has to be rooted out.”

There was no way that Atrian could not have felt the doubt Cain felt. There was no way that Illencia was unaware of Atrian’s doubts.

“No small amount of blood will flow.”

“If you can stop a lot of blood from flowing in the future with a little sacrifice, then you have to accept that much.”

Hard body language and businesslike attitude. Atrian couldn’t help but put on a subtle expression at the words of Ilencia, who didn’t show even the slightest warmth or emotion from her.

Should I laugh or cry?

Should I laugh at the fact that the next head of the grand duke’s family is suitable for the northern part, or should a child who always smiles in front of him cry in front of others because he is so cool-headed?

If Illencia hadn’t done that in front of the child, if she hadn’t seen it herself, she wouldn’t have to worry about this.

Hiding his thoughts, Atrian nodded his head.

“Sprinkle trackers, all over the North. Tell the merchants to investigate more about their tails.”

“Okay.”

“Tell the Grand Duchy’s informants. Grab the tail.”

“I will handle it according to your command.”

Even as he gave orders, Atrian kept his daughter in her sights.

After she talked for a while, Illensia looked at the table blankly as if she was not interested in this story again.

Looking at her, Atrian spat out a thought that suddenly came to his mind.

“I heard that the second son of Balenciaga had the same thoughts as me.”

“… That’s right. You asked Evan Sanganju to investigate today.”

“I see.”

Feeding.

At the knight’s answer, Atrian couldn’t help but smile bitterly once more.

It was because I noticed without difficulty that a small incontinence was going on in my daughter’s expression, which had never been shaken.

“… You are clever.”

Seeing that, Atrian unknowingly spat out praises of Cain.

And the knight, unaware of the subtle change between Atrian and Illencia, nodded at Atrian’s words and opened his mouth.

“Definitely. It was surprising to be able to infer that far only with fragmentary situational information.”

The corners of Illencia’s mouth twitched at the knight’s sincere praise.

I didn’t like it even when they praised me… To see a child who didn’t even seem to like it in the first place exudes such a happy expression just by praising that child.

Atrian couldn’t help but laugh.

Atrian had no way of knowing what had melted that icy child all at once.

“… Let’s go.”

At Atrian’s banquet, the knight bowed her head and left her seat.

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Kung.

Then the door to the drawing room closed and silence returned to the drawing room, and Atrian raised the teacup again.

Fluff.

Even though fragrant and delicious black tea was worth the price as the tea leaves were expensive, Atrian could not taste the taste.

Obviously, it should have a sweet finish, but today it was too bitter.

Could it be because of some emotion mixed with subtle jealousy, or is it because the taste is bitter today?

Atrian spat out her words to Illencia, who was immersed in her thoughts as she remembered someone.

“How would she feel if she sent that child along with her tracking team?”

Ilensia raised her head and stared at Atrian without saying anything.

Illencia opened her mouth as Atrian’s brow furrowed slightly as she felt a bleak emotion in her red eyes that resembled mine.

“If that is the will of the head of household, then there will be no choice but to do so. However….”

Illencia continued her words with her red, beautiful lips, releasing emotions that she hadn’t seen since she was a child, and that she hadn’t shown to Cain.

“If anything happens to him. If that’s not a good thing….”

Ha.

As Atrian listened to Illencia’s words, he had no choice but to take a deep breath.

Whoever hears that.

“The head of the household will have to bear that responsibility as well.”

Because it was an obvious threat.

It wasn’t something that would come out between her father and her daughter, and it seemed like she was taking care of her husband.

Atrian couldn’t help but frown.

After her words, Illencia stood up from her seat as if she had done what she had to say and left her drawing room without any regrets.

Seeing her cool back in every tone, breath, and hand gesture, Atrian leaned back on the sofa and stared at her ceiling.

“My little one already takes care of my man terribly.”

Atrian, who was muttering with an expression that didn’t know if she was laughing or crying, closed her eyes for a moment.

Of course, he didn’t mean to do that either.

Because I had no intention of living with hatred for the rest of my life by my daughter-in-law, who wouldn’t hurt even if I pushed a single life meaninglessly into her eyes and put it in her eyes.

Nonetheless.

“My heart hurts.”

Her heart ached, she couldn’t help it.