I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 191



191 – Looking Back at the Past

Since the garden tends to attract other people’s attention, Beatria prepared a separate table and invited the two people.

From there, the garden scenery was visible at a glance, and the relatively calm atmosphere was very suitable for conversation.

“Anyway, you seem to have found a wonderful lover. Archduke.”

Beatria, who was unloading the car without anyone, glanced at Edgar and gave her congratulations with a polite smile.

I’ve heard rumors a few times, but they are definitely a very good pair.

Her mischievous appearance her her, the calmness in her eyes showed that she was a deep and despite serious person on the inside.

She was somewhat sentimental, as it was at odds with the feelings she felt when she first met her husband.

“Thank you. Her Majesty the Empress. Well, we’re better than that…”

Edgar, who expressed his gratitude on behalf of Ariel, expressed his disapproval and approached Beatria.

It was quite awkward to see a woman who was the empress of a country unloading tea by hand without using a guide, but more than that, it was truly embarrassing that she was also unloading a car for two people.

“Can you order a customer to do that? Even though it’s like this, the car gets off pretty well, so don’t worry.”

However, Beatria smiled softly and declined, as if her help was not needed.

In the first place, unloading the car herself is part of her hobby.

For her, watching others enjoy the tea she served and smiling happily was the joy in her daily life.

“Sit comfortably over there.” Her maid will soon return with her snacks.”

“Then, Your Majesty, please excuse me.”

“Excuse me.”

As the two sat down, speaking at the same time as if singing in chorus, a smile appeared on Beatria’s lips hers.

Ariel was a little better, but Edgar seemed to have a hard time with people in positions of authority.

Still, since she had seen so many sly ministers, she was glad that her man seemed fresher with that side of her. She is quite attractive.

“More than that, the reason you called us two… ?”

“There is no particular reason. “Because I only stay in the imperial palace, I don’t have much time to meet and talk to people outside.”

In other words, it means that he was brought here as a companion.

“Your Majesty must be lonely.”

“Well. Are you feeling lonely? …”

Edgar made a joke to lighten the mood, but her reaction was a bit strange.

Could it be said to be the tone of a wife who is disillusioned with a marital relationship that has entered a period of boredom?

At that reaction, Edgar was momentarily shocked, wondering if he had said something unreasonable, but Beatria, who noticed this, struck him in advance.

As if it never had that meaning.

“Don’t misunderstand. Even though my husband is busy with construction, he is very attentive to me no matter what.”

“Is that so? “I apologize for saying something unnecessary.”

“Hehe, it’s okay. Besides, your imagination may not be so wrong.”

“… Yes?”

The bodies of Edgar, who was nodding and lowering his head, and Ariel, who was leisurely tilting her teacup, suddenly stopped.

This is because I felt that Beatria’s words had some substance.

No, it would be more correct to say that she openly revealed her truth, rather than saying that she had a bone.

“He was quite a close person until he ascended the throne. But now, as her wife, it feels too distant to me.”

“For whatever reason… ?”

“Well. From that day on, the psychological distance gradually widened. I think it was probably after marriage… At first, I thought it was just common boredom.”

Even though it was our first time meeting today, Beatria even brought up quite a trivial story.

She didn’t seem like the kind of person who would go anywhere and spread rumors, and she had a trustworthy person by her side, so she thought it would be okay.

“But contrary to what I thought, my husband always cared for me. But on the other hand, I was busy pushing it away.”

“It’s a little hard to understand.”

“I know, right. Even I don’t know what it means… Anyway, that’s the only way I can express it.”

They said they cared for me but pushed me away.

Thinking that this was a truly strange expression, Edgar placed his hand on his chin and thought for a moment.

If they were truly distant, she wouldn’t have even bothered to show any signs of caring.

‘Is there some reason?’

Although she did not want to meddle in other people’s family affairs or even the most trivial details of marital relationships, her curiosity arose.

Originally, I was more curious about stories that you would hear everywhere than about serious issues.

This may also be the reason why women in the countryside can’t stop talking.

“Maybe you misunderstand each other.”

“… Ariel?”

Edgar, who was lost in his thoughts of her, turned his head when he suddenly heard a voice next to her.

It was surprising that Ariel, who usually just listened to her story in silence in situations like this, stepped forward in an unusual way for her.

“Although, unlike Her Highness the Empress, I was dealing with her father… I think that sometimes one or two words that are lacking to each other can cause conflict.”

Certainly the examples may be different.

In Ariel’s case, she acted intentionally to get hated by Yulken, and in the case of the emperor, it was unclear what the connection was.

However, even to her third party, it did not occur to her that the emperor did not care about the empress.

I can’t be sure because I only heard fragments of her story, but if he really tried to push her away, would it have been possible for the Empress to feel like she was being cherished?

Maybe there is a reason that cannot be said, just like what she went through.

The reason she took such an exception to not interfering in other people’s affairs was because I suddenly had that intuition.

“I don’t think there was a particular lack of conversation between us.”

“Rather than a conversation, it may have been insufficient to reveal one’s true intentions. When she sensed that a change had come in your Majesty, did she ever try to find out?”

“… There isn’t any. “Unfortunately.”

Beatria had a fairly gentle personality.

It means that you have a personality that cannot easily express dissatisfaction even when other people’s attitudes change, their tone of voice changes, and their behavior becomes harsh.

This was also the case when dealing with Bartheus, so although she had doubts about his actions, she did not try to express them.

She just turned her back forlornly, looking at her husband who seemed to be slowly moving away from her.

Rather than saying that she was quick to understand reality, it was more accurate to say that she was just a passive personality who didn’t try to figure things out about herself.

“My father once said something like that when he was talking to me to resolve all misunderstandings.”

“What is it?”

“He said the mistake he made against me was so great that he didn’t even dare to approach me. But she still cared, and she stamped her feet, wanting to express it in some way…”

Phew.

Beatria, who didn’t know that Yulken of the World had such a side, couldn’t help but laugh.

And on the other hand, she thought there might be a hint in those words.

That’s because, after her marriage, she felt a strange darkness and guilt in her husband’s eyes.

‘There may be something I don’t know.’

In a way, although she tried to understand and be considerate of her husband as much as possible, she did not make an effort to find out his true feelings of her.

It may be perfect for building a peaceful relationship, but eventually, festering wounds will appear in places you couldn’t see.

Beatria didn’t want that.

“Thank you, Archduke. As you said, it may be a little late… I guess I should approach her husband now.”

“Yes, I am praying that your wishes come true. Her Majesty the Empress.”

The Empress felt mixed emotions as she saw Ariel bowing her head in front of her and becoming a proper woman.

It seems like it was just yesterday when I first met her, when she was a young girl who barely reached her waist.

At what point did she grow up to become a mature woman who would make eye contact with her and give her advice?

She was truly impressed.

“Thanks to you, I feel a lot lighter today. “Do you have any plans for tomorrow?”

“Ah, I’m planning to return to my hometown by carriage tomorrow morning…”

Since it was a pre-determined schedule, it was a bit difficult to change.

In the first place, Ariel was not a great person who could easily change her schedule even if the Empress asked her to do so.

Her fate today was her fate, and she still had work left to do upon returning to her home.

“Is that so. It’s a shame. If you come next time, would you please share your story with me? “Jeong-in there too.”

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Edgar was taken aback by the Empress’s hand suddenly pointing towards him and turned her head.

Ariel then glances at him as if asking what he is doing and steps on her foot.

Although he was in quite a bit of pain, he hurriedly expressed his approval without even letting out a scream.

“Well, I’m so sad. Her Majesty the Empress.”

“Thank goodness.”

With a soft smile, Beatria left the place.

She originally wanted to talk like this until dinner, but hearing Ariel’s words made her miss her husband somehow.

No matter how much time passes, is a couple still a couple as long as their love does not fade?

In the end, it was Jeongin’s face that came to mind when I was happiest, happiest, and saddest.

If I add one thing to that, my son’s face looks a little immature.

Dalkak.

The two people quietly closed the door and left the room.

Edgar couldn’t hold back the curiosity that suddenly occurred to him and asked his lover a question.

“What happened? He even gives me advice without hesitation.”

“Just. “I felt sad at first because I thought it might be something similar to me.”

It’s like sharing the same illness.

Normally, people hate people with similar personality types, but they tend to sympathize with people who are in similar situations.

She didn’t deviate too much from that, and that’s why she gave advice.

That was just the story.

“You did that before too. “If only I had talked to my father earlier, things might have been different.”

“That’s right.”

“I just conveyed that. In a way, it’s you who helped me, not me.”

Ariel calmly passed the ball to him and carefully held his hand hers.

Even now that I think about it, what Edgar gave her and, by extension, her Loveheim family, was such a great gift.

Even if you spend your whole life paying off the debt, it would probably be difficult to pay it all.

It wasn’t just her thoughts, it was also the words that Yulken and Helen said together as a habit.

“Let’s take a look at our garden one more time. There is still some time.”

“A garden? What’s going on?”

When she, who did n’t seem to be very interested, led her hand, Edgar’s eyes were filled with surprise.

Ariel responded softly, with an uncharacteristically shy smile on her face and trying not to meet her eyes.

“Just. I feel like I want to be alone a little more.”

His warmth, she was still lacking

It would probably be difficult to fill it all in one lifetime.