Iâm Scared of My Late First Love (1)
Rowena was panicking over the unfilled stuff in the small dressing room.
Pina was excited and eager to clean up the old stuff. At least Paul had managed to buy most of the things by accepting the money he didnât want to give.
Every time she took out her clothes, she was filled with pride that she was going to get married.
Our lady is loved this much by the crown prince! Oh my god!
Pina wanted to stamp her feet and scream, but she held it in for Rowenaâs sake. She was already pestering Rowena.
âAre you going to take me with you when you get married? Without you, I will be sad.â
This was obviously an exaggeration. Still, Rowena smirked at Pinaâs expression of sadness.
âDo you want to go to the palace?â
Initially, it was a principle to take some of her people along with her. Pina was a maid who had been with her since she was a child, so she desperately wanted to go with her.
âOf course! Youâll get a raise and peopleâs treatment will change!â
âYouâll have to learn a lot of new things. You may end up living a more frustrating life than now.â
âI can handle it. Iâd rather be with you than be alone with this count without you. Hm? Please.â
Pina had already decided to leave the count before Rowena fled to another city. She didnât want to endure his anger. It was the same with Anna.
Both had decent letters of introduction written by their respective owners.
However, in the case of Pina, the situation had changed. Now, she didnât have to go to another aristocratic house with a letter of introduction and adapt from the beginning. Rowena wonât run away.
Besides, she seemed to have a good relationship with the crown prince, and the young lady didnât hate the crown prince either. So to Pina, it felt like she was on the right track.
âBut I wanted to tell you first. Iâd be glad if you came with me.â
âYay! Thatâs great! Hehe! What about Kian? Kian andâ¦â
Pina looked around and asked with a low voice.
âWhat can you do with the power of the crown prince?â
âWell, I think itâs possible to appoint Kian as my escort knight, butâ¦â
Even so, the status of Kian was different from that of a marquis. The Marquis would never give Lyria to Kian. To add to it, Kian was a mixed race.
âLetâs think about it a little more. We still have time.â
âYes!â
* * *
Since the two young ladies could not go out in the first place, it was obvious that they moved around together. There was a famous cafe, a costume room, an accessory shop, and so on. But there was no suitable place to attack Rowena yet.
Time keeps tickingâ¦
The marquis was nervous. He should have expected that the two girls wouldnât walk around late at night. If they were on their way back from an opera or a play, it would be suitable for a raid.
Security in the capital wasnât just good, but rather excellent. If you heard a scream or saw something suspicious, the security guard would report it.
The countâs knights were of commoner status, but an escort knight named Kian was evaluated as having good skills. He was of mixed race, but his basic physical abilities were superior to those of humans.
âTskâ¦â
He didnât like that.
If I make an offer, they will definitely consider me suspicious.
He, who values
a womanâs conduct, could not recommend going out late in the evening. What if someone in a higher position suggested that Rowena should do it and gave permission?
There would be a lot of people who wanted to get close to Rowena, so he thought it wouldnât be difficult. The marquis had the ladies investigate who was interested in the opera. He also instructed them to spread rumors that Rowena Adelia was interested in it.
However, it was worrisome that the crown prince often joined Rowena without warning.
The crown prince was strong enough to wipe out a battalion alone.
When such a crown prince is around, the assassin would not be able to use his strength. The cost of examining Rowenaâs schedule was different from that of the crown prince.
As soon as he is found out, the marquis would be suspected of treason. The marquis gritted his teeth when he realized that he had to spend money separately to check the princeâs schedule. Why would such a girl steal the crown princeâs heart?
Youâre such a whore! Do you think Iâd let you sit in my daughterâs seat?
* * *
He felt as if he hadnât sipped water while walking. The place he thought was just a road was a desert, and he was like a wanderer.
He didnât feel relieved just by looking at her face and hearing her voice yesterday. He missed her the next day and the day after that, and he was anxious to meet her. He got annoyed and smashed the marble newspaper.
Iâm dying.
It was getting harder to sleep at night.
He wanted to see Rowenaâs face. Cecil felt frustrated when he heard her voice and wanted to hold her hand and embrace her.
He didnât mean to visit often because he would be exposing his feelings. Furthermore, it seemed that the whole world would notice that he had fallen in love.