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Chapter 93 Women feeling the void

Chapter 93 Women feeling the emptiness

The carriage procession carrying the envoys completely passed the imperial palace grounds.

“… ….”

Cecilia, Flora, and Mulia stood there with their mouths shut. The eyes of the three women were directed to the front door where the carriage had just left.

As if they were trying to engrave an afterimage of the carriage that left them in their eyes.

“Let me go in.”

It was Cecilia who broke the silence.

“Yes.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Cecilia turned around first. Flora and Mulia immediately followed her.

There was still plenty of time left until 9 o’clock, the start time of work.

“Let’s have breakfast together after a long time.”

“Yes, I like it.”

“Yes.”

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Originally, they tended to have breakfast in the room.

It was because it took a lot of time to get ready for work in the morning.

Soon after, the three women arrived at the dining room.

As soon as the two maids were cleaning the dining room, they hid the mop behind their backs and greeted Cecilia and her maids.

“Prepare breakfast.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. I will pass it on to the chef.”

The two maids quickly left the dining room.

“Come to think of it, Mr. Luke, did you have breakfast?”

As soon as we sat down, Flora asked Cecilia a question.

“They told me yesterday that they were going to eat in the room and go.”

Luke came to Cecilia’s room last night to teach her the language, culture, and history of Sergel.

Cecilia told her ladies-in-waiting what she had heard at the time.

“You are leaving a long way… ….”

Mulia showed a worried expression. Then Flora too.

“That’s right. It is difficult to travel by carriage for several hours.”

He sympathized with Mullia’s concerns and made a similar expression to her.

Cecilia was seized with a strange feeling as she watched her friends. She

She cared about her subordinates whom she cared about as her superior. Then what about the ladies-in-waiting?

‘Am I just worried as her colleague?’

Cecilia thought it wasn’t just for that reason.

It’s Flora…… She told Luke that she seemed to have a heart on some level, so she could have.

Then what about Mulia?

‘I don’t know if they’re friends.’

Still, in this situation, I was able to realize one thing for sure.

The two ladies-in-waiting were accustomed to spending everyday life with Luke.

Because, right now, she felt empty, as if a corner of her heart was empty.

Breakfast was served on a round table.

Savory yet soft soup boiled with cream, freshly baked baguette, and salad with yogurt dressing.

It was a menu composition that did not burden the stomach.

But the three women took only a few bites and left most of her food.

“Go to the office.”

They moved slowly towards the office.

Soon the three women arrived at the office. As soon as Cecilia stepped inside her, she cast her gaze toward the grandfather clock.

Eight o’clock in the morning.

It had already been an hour since Luke left.

“Whoa.”

Letting go of her low sigh, Cecilia stepped slowly towards her throne.

It was only after confirming that she sat on the throne first that Flora and Mulia also took their respective seats.

“I have to start work earlier than usual today.”

Cecilia tugged on her sling. After a while, a butler came to the Empress’s office.

“Tell each department that you will start work at 8:20.”

Since I started my day earlier than usual, I was planning to start my work as soon as possible.

For the time being, we will have to do business with only three people without Luke.

At 8:20, the documents collected from each department arrived at the office.

After each of the three women had their share, she took up a pen and began to go through her papers one by one.

“… ….”

Work continues in silence.

The only sounds you can hear are intermittent breathing and the sound of writing something with a pen.

The sound of the paper flapping every time you turn it over.

It was a perfect environment to focus on work.

But Cecilia felt that she was strangely unfocused.

“… ….”

It was because whenever she stopped her hand, she kept looking at the empty desk without realizing it.

Even though she knew in her head that the other person had vacated her seat.

‘I wonder if I can finish my work on time…….’

Cecilia let out a long sigh between her lips as she closed her eyes gently.

But Cecilia wasn’t the only one who couldn’t concentrate on her work.

‘I’m bored because Mr. Luke isn’t here… ….’

Flora twitched her lips as she looked at her papers.

Since starting to work with Luke in her office, she would occasionally crack jokes with him during her work.

Not only that, but it was also fun to peek at Luke’s handsome face.

But now she had no one to exchange her jokes with. She couldn’t even lift her eyes.

“Ha ha. Mr. Luke…….”

Even though it’s only been two hours since they broke up, she already misses Luke.

On the other hand, compared to the two women, Mulia was maintaining her work concentration relatively well.

However, sometimes he couldn’t help but look at Luke’s desk instead of the paperwork.

It was as if one of the pillars that had been supporting the work in the seat opposite her was missing.

‘I might be out of work for a while.’

Mulia took her heart, thinking that she had better be prepared.

But the more she did, the more her regret grew.

If the secretary had been present, she would have made her job more comfortable…….

Besides, she would have relieved the stiff atmosphere from time to time.

The person she once hated for no reason has now become the person she needs.

“… ….”

Mullia stopped her pen and sighed in her low voice.

The sluggish atmosphere in the office continued until the work in the morning was over.

* * *

The wagon carrying the delegation continued to run without a break.

It was the result of combining the opinions of the delegation members that it would be better to go to Sergel Kingdom as soon as possible.

So we never took a break except for a short break at lunch.

We arrived at an inn in a village not until around 8:00 in the evening.

“Today we will spend the night here.”

At my words, Count Henkers, Viscount Mollis, and Viscount Arco nodded their heads.

Then the driver opened the door, and we got out of the carriage one by one.

“Ahhh… ….”

I stretched with my arms outstretched.

My whole body was swollen from spending close to 10 hours in the wagon. My back was screaming in pain.

No matter how high-end the wagon was, there was no shock absorber, so I couldn’t help it.

‘Well, riding a car for a long time is tiring.’

I just can’t help it, I have no choice but to think and accept it.

“Everyone is taking a break here. I will ask the innkeeper if there is a room.”

I ordered the servants, the coachman and the escort driver to stand by. Then he entered the inn with the envoys.

“Do you have a room for 37 people?”

“Thirty seven, yo?”

At my question, the innkeeper blinked his eyelids in bewilderment.

Couldn’t it be?

When worries are about to creep in,

“Yes! Can we have a total of 8 rooms?”

Fortunately, there was a room.

It was only then that the delegation members, including myself, let out a sigh of relief.

I handed out the keys I got from the innkeeper to each of them, then asked them to prepare dinner as well.

The amount is 10 gold.

Still, considering the number of people, it wasn’t such a big expense.

‘I’m using the money I received for expenses anyway, so there’s no burden.’

As expected, it’s best to spend money that’s not my salary.

Employees, drivers, and coachmen were to stay in a group room, and our envoys decided to share one room for two.

After handing out the keys to each of us, Viscount Mollis and Viscount Arko entered Room 201.

After briefly unpacking there, I was going to have dinner prepared at the inn.

“Everyone had a hard time today.”

I spoke kindly to Viscount Arco and Viscount Mollis, who were lying on the bed.

“What? The captain also suffered a lot.”

Viscount Mollis responded to my words first.

“The captain too.”

Viscount Arco responded rather briefly.

After that, there was silence again.

I didn’t have anything to say, probably because we talked about various things while traveling together in a carriage today.

Well, it was also because of the accumulation of travel poisoning.

I, like them, lay flat on the bed. I think I’ll live a little while doing this.

While I was staring blankly at the ceiling, Viscount Mollis called me.

“By the way, Captain.”

“Yes?”

I raised my voice as I was still lying down.

“This morning, not only Your Majesty, but also the ladies-in-waiting have been holding on to the leader.”

“Oh, yes. It was.”

Why are you bringing that up all of a sudden?

As soon as I felt the doubt, Viscount Mollis let out a strange laugh.

“Why are you laughing all of a sudden?”

I turned my head towards the bed across from me.

As if noticing the presence, Viscount Morlis also turned her head toward me.

“It’s amazing.”

“Is it strange?”

As soon as I questioned him, even Viscount Arco intervened.

“Only the captain doesn’t feel it.”

No, what are these people talking about all of a sudden?

“Usually, it is common for such people to treat subordinates in a businesslike way no matter what they do. But the way they treat the captain is not like that.”

According to Molly’s explanation, Arko responded by saying yes.

I wasn’t too conscious of that part until now…….

From the eyes of others, it seemed like it was not a normal relationship.

“Perhaps it is because I am good at my job. Plus, there’s always a lot of paperwork, and if I’m missing something, the majesty and the ladies-in-waiting have more work to do. It is a situation that I have no choice but to regret.”

“Hmm… …. Well, that sounds like a reasonable explanation.”

Arko, lying on the bed above me, seemed convinced.

But Molise still had a look on her face that she still had doubts about her.

“So, you think they care about you because of your competence?”

“Yes. Yes. Any other reason to think otherwise?”

I asked back and Molise let out a groan.

“I didn’t see anything like that in my eyes… ….”

After a while, he opened his mouth and spat out something meaningful.

“Well, how did you look?”

At this point, I looked at Molly with my upper body raised. Then Molly also raised her upper body and met my gaze.

“Can I talk to you?”

“Yes. As you like.”

What are you trying to say out of that mouth?

“I know I have to be careful, but…… To them, the leader seems to mean more than just a competent subordinate. For example, as a reliable man?”

“A. It’s not that tidy.”

I laughed and waved my hand.

“Hmm. If the captain thinks so…….”

After that, Molise didn’t say anything more.

As I lay back on the bed, I pondered what Molise had said. In other words, it was no different from reminiscing about the past five months with Cecilia, Flora, and Mulia.

Cecilia, who said she trusted me.

Flora has a crush on me.

At first she said no, but now Mulia accepts me.

‘No way…… Is it really what Viscount Mollis said?’

A. No way.

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Right now, it’s more important to think about what to do in Sergel Kingdom than to do such useless things.

I shook my head to get rid of my thoughts.

-Continued