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Siret got off the train and took a deep breath. She felt relief in her heart as soon as she felt Mushili's air.
“Despite everything, the homeland remains the best.”
Hana, standing next to Seret, smiled contentedly. It seems that no matter how much she sings of the beauty of the capital, there is no place that comforts her as much as her home.
“Hanna, if you really want to stay in Mushili...”
"No, miss! I'd rather stay by your side."
Hannah waved her hand before Syrit could finish her sentence. Seret looked at her carefully.
'You only have one year to endure.'
Seret whispered deep in her heart.
In order to prevent Hannah's terrible death, Seret decided to take her with her upon marriage. Hana immediately agreed, and Yuan agreed as well.
Saving Hannah was as important as getting divorced. Syrett was determined to prevent Hannah's death.
At that moment, Yuan approached Seret and extended his hand. Sereret took his hand and climbed into the carriage.
The closer the carriage got to the house, the more Seret's face brightened. She missed her father very much.
In her previous life, she never saw her father once after her marriage. The short meeting after she returned in time was not enough to calm her longing for him.
The carriage finally stopped in front of the house, and Siret got out. When she saw Viscount Enohater standing in front of the entrance, she let go of Yuan's hand and rushed towards her father.
"my dad!"
“Seret, was your flight comfortable?”
Viscount Enohater warmly welcomed Siret and then exchanged greetings with Yuan.
Seret looked around the house and smiled with relief. It was a feeling like returning to a warm place after a long journey.
Returning home, Seret exchanged friendly greetings with the few servants in the palace, and drank tea with Viscount Enohater.
“You look tired, Seret.”
“I think the jet lag has built up.”
Seret smiled sweetly in response to her father's question.
“You'll feel better once you rest after you get home.”
“The word ‘home’ is really warm.”
Seret felt a warmth in her chest at the mention of the word home. Yes, her home was here in Moseley. The Duke's Palace was never her home.
“Seret.”
Viscount Enohatir called her name with a serious face.
“Yes, Dad.”
Seret put down the teacup she was holding and looked at Viscount Enohater.
“I thought about it while you were gone.”
"In what?"
“By breaking off your engagement.”
“Ah, that's it.”
It seems he called me to convince me. Seret opened her mouth to tell him not to worry, but Viscount Enohater's words were quicker.
“If you want it so badly, break off the engagement.”
"What?"
Seret blinked her eyes in surprise at her father's words.
She didn't expect her father to tell her to break off the engagement. She thought he would keep trying to convince her to marry until the end.
“Even though I reluctantly agreed to the Duke’s insistent request and because you agreed, a corner in my heart was upset. I was always worried whether you could handle this position.”
"my dad."
“It is a very difficult position for a child like you who smiles so much. The position of Duchess of Frecktwister.”
"…I know."
Seret replied with a calm smile.
It was not just Yuan and Lydia's problem that troubled Siret. As her father had said, the position of Duchess of Frecktwister was too much for her to bear.
Managing a fractwister bed requires a lot of energy. She had to invite guests regularly and throw parties, and she also had to put in effort in managing the servants.
She could not speak a word freely, nor laugh comfortably. Busy Yuan was always on the go, and Seret was lost, alone, trying hard among the servants who were secretly mocking her.
“I'm afraid you'll lose that smile.”
"my dad."
Seret felt her nose tingle with her father's worry. She once again felt that her father was her eternal support.
“I will try to convince His Highness the Duke.”
“Hmm… Father, I want to hurry up and marry His Highness the Duke.”
Seret spoke with a shy face.
“Are you in a hurry to get married?”
Viscount Enohater had a puzzled expression at Seret's words.
He seemed to be appalled that she had been insisting on breaking off the engagement a few days before, and suddenly wanted to rush into marriage. Seret continued with an embarrassed face.
“I'm sorry to worry you. ...I was just acting a little angry. Because I felt that His Highness the Duke doesn't like me very much.”
“Seret.”
Viscount Enohatir called to his daughter with a sad face at her words.
Her father also seemed to notice that Yuan's heart was occupied with another woman.
Seret felt hurt that she had caused that expression to appear on her father's face.
“As you know, I love His Highness the Duke very much.”
Even though the matter was in the past, Seret pretended that she still loved Yuan to comfort her father.
She couldn't tell him she was getting married because of the deed to the house Jeremy sold, so she had to lie.
"Right. That's how it was. What do you like about it, Siret?"
Viscount Enohater asked jokingly.
“Because he is handsome.”
Seret replied jokingly.
“I never liked the Duke's very handsome face.”
Viscount Enohater laughed loudly. Seret laughed with him.
“Don't worry about me.”
“You are my child forever. How can I not worry about my child, Siret.”
Viscount Enohater said as he took Seret's hand.
Seret smiled with eyes shining from the love she felt from her father.
Since my father always protects me with all his might, I will definitely protect him too. Seret gripped her father's hand tightly.
***
“Are you kidding me now?”
Seret, who was trying to raise her lips with difficulty, looked at Yuan with a stunned expression.
After dinner, Yuan was walking in the park with Seret. When he suggested she take a walk in front of Viscount Enohater, Seret reluctantly agreed.
“I thought you liked hippos. Didn't you?”
"It was because it was the first time I had seen one, so it was interesting. Not that I liked it enough to build a zoo in the duke's fiefdom and breed hippopotamuses in it."
"Is this correct?"
He had just told her that as a wedding gift, he would build a zoo in the duke's fiefdom and allow her to raise hippos there.
Yuan raised the corner of his mouth at Seret's stunned reaction. Every time he surprises her, his fiancée gives a very funny reaction. This made him want to surprise her even more.
“They are poor.”
“Poor people?”
Siret said something unexpected, and Yuan asked her again with a puzzled face.
“They were living happily in their homeland and then they were kidnapped, so they are poor.”
As Seret said, a hippopotamus is an animal that is poached and imported from other countries, so “kidnapping” is not entirely wrong.
Yuan smiled sarcastically at the funny expression. This woman is the only one who could think of a hippopotamus in this way.
“They wanted to live happily in their homeland, with their families.”
From her gloomy appearance, Yuan wondered if Seret was comparing her situation to a hippopotamus. He felt like a brutal duke who kidnapped a beautiful young woman who wanted to live happily with her family in Moshili.
“Does this apply to Seret too?”
Yuan stopped walking and asked while looking at Seret.
"What?"
Seret looked at Yuan with a What do you mean expression?
“I became curious to know if you felt like I kidnapped you.”
“If I say yes, will you send me back to my home country?”
"no."
I definitely won't return it. Not even worth thinking about. Why would I do that to Seret Enohater? She's mine now.
“How do you answer without even thinking?”
“Because it is a question not worth thinking about.”
“Ah, okay.”
Seret gave a fake smile as if she completely understood.
This woman would never dream of knowing that every time she does this, I want to be a really bad man. Yuan smiled as he looked at Seret without taking off the gentleman's face.
After finishing the stroll, Yuan returned to the guest room, read some books, and then headed to Viscount Enohater's library at the appointed time.
When he knocked on the door, Viscount Enohater immediately opened it for him, as if he were wandering in front of the door. There was an awkward silence between them for a few moments.
“Come in, Your Highness the Duke.”
Viscount Enohater Yuan showed him where to sit on the sofa. There was a porcelain jug and two cups on the table.
Viscount Enohater poured the panch milk into a cup and served it to Yuan.
Yuan took a sip of the milk drink and put it aside. The milk drink made by mixing sherry wine and warm milk tasted delicious.
Enohater's milk drink has always had a deep flavour. The Duke's Palace chefs were excellent, but they were unable to achieve the same deep taste as Enohater's milk drink.
“Tradition is for the wedding to be held in the ducal castle, but since we decided to speed up the marriage, how about the grand cathedral in the capital?”
Yuan said as he looked at Viscount Enohater sitting in front of him.
He had already received permission from the Grand Cathedral before descending to Mocelli. Since they were a couple who had received the Emperor's personal letter and medal, obtaining the permit was not difficult. Although it was not difficult even without the Emperor's personal letter and medal.
“Won't time be tight for preparations?”
Viscount Enohater looked at Yuan with a worried face.
“Since Seret wants the ceremony to be simple, I don’t think it will take long to prepare.”
At first, Seret wanted to content themselves with simply exchanging wedding vows in the garden of the ducal palace. But given the reputation of the Duchy of Frecktwister, and because they had received the Emperor's personal letter and medal, it was not possible to be satisfied with such a simple ceremony.
By agreeing to follow Siret's wish, it was agreed that the ceremony would be as simple as possible, but with everything necessary completed.
“You call her my baby, Siret.”
Viscount Enohater smiled kindly. A smile also appeared on Yuan's face upon hearing those words.
The name Seret rolled off his tongue, helping satisfy his overwhelming desire for possession a little. It will be more satisfying when the word 'Freaktwister' is added after Seret's name.
“Talk comfortably to me now.”
“You are my master. Even if my daughter marries His Highness the Duke, this fact will not change.”
“The Enohater family has always been an excellent vassal. But now you are a family, not vassals.”
Yuan said solemnly and pleadingly.
“Okay, Yuan.”
A smile spread across Yuan's face when his name was called in relief.
But that smile disappeared immediately. Yuan opened his mouth with a serious face.
“I have something I want to say.”
He had to mention a difficult matter to Viscount Enohater. Those words in which he asks to be allowed to keep Seret's weak point.
“Speak comfortably.”
Viscount Enohater nodded, as if asking him to speak.
Yuan, who was uncharacteristically nervous, took a sip of the milk drink and opened his mouth.
“I own the title deed to the Enohater family mansion.”
Welcome, of course, I don’t know if you noticed or not, but I changed the father’s surname. The first ten chapters I translated from English gave his surname as Baron, then even after I completed the translation from Korean, I used Baron, but it turned out to be a viscount, not a baron, and even though I sometimes can’t stand the changes, I start writing it as a viscount. (I know no one cares, but I wanted to say 🙆♀️)
The important thing is that I hope you liked yesterday's installment, and now, God willing, I will try to continue posting 3 to 5 chapters every day unless I get busy 🙏😚😚😚