What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 255

Is it so difficult to hope for that to happen?

-Squeak.

…So it is. I suppressed a sigh, looking at Leah sticking out her tongue.

No wonder Jeong Eun-seo grabbed her phone and screamed every time a new chapter was released.

Even the original route is so eventful, I can’t imagine how much heartache it would take to push the sub-male lead route.

I tried to look at the situation as objectively as possible. Even if I tried to think of another plan, nothing more plausible came to mind.

As David said, it was too late to refuse from our side, so the Prince had to be rejected from their side, and what was needed for that was ultimately the intervention of a third party.

And Yeseo Fenetian is very handsome. That was a fact.

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them, but miraculously, the possession didn’t end.

I rubbed the innocent tableware and gulped down the oddball flower tea.

The savory tea swirled in my mouth and went down, and I felt a little more awake.

Clatter, I carefully put down the teacup.

“……”

Okay, this is a process to test my sincerity towards the official couple.

Let’s preserve the framework of the original work. Let’s do our best today while planning for the future.

Ms. Gain also said something like that.

“I will do it.”

“Ooh!”

A cheer erupted at once.

Lady Elisabeth pushed a raspberry soufflé towards me, saying, ‘You’ve made a big decision.’

I immediately scooped up a spoonful.

“However, there are conditions. The Lady is still young, so I shouldn’t meet her alone. A public place with people around, preferably a place where the Lady feels comfortable. I might feel awkward alone, so I need help. And…”

“Who decided that?”

My head snapped around. It seemed someone had thrown a torch into the Crown Prince’s seat.

Orange eyes were boiling like lava, and a faint smoke rose from the fingertips of his gloved hands.

I was so dumbfounded that my mouth slowly opened. He doesn’t want to get married right away, but he doesn’t want to break off the matchmaking either?

The Crown Prince’s greed is going to slap Nolbu’s cheeks all around [referencing a Korean folktale about a greedy man].

I was about to give him a stern word as an older brother, but there was a thud, bang, and crash under the table. I was surprised and quickly looked down.

Near the Crown Prince’s shin, Lady Elisabeth’s boots were fluttering down. Gasp.

“Let’s proceed as planned. I will check Lady Berenice’s movements. As the daughter of a great noble family, she will attend small gatherings.”

The Count smiled handsomely. I tilted my head and blinked.

Come to think of it, there was a small problem.

“Can I meet her without going outside the Imperial Palace?”

“Of course. Various small gatherings are held year-round in His Majesty the Emperor’s court, and dozens of invited guests come and go every day. If the Prince only asks, he can easily bring in one or two groups.”

I see. Then, I can invite one of the Lady’s gatherings to the palace.

If there are familiar faces, she won’t be too embarrassed even if she suddenly meets me.

As I nodded, Christelle smiled brightly.

She winked at me and began scribbling something in her notebook, saying, ‘I’ll need some preparations.’

Sant twitched his shoulders with a flushed face. I know that expression. The priest looked like that every time he read the latest episode of Igamshin.

“After all, communication is important. Isn’t that right, Your Highness.”

“……”

David said kindly with a smiling voice.

The 25-month-old still looked dissatisfied but didn’t refuse the Earl Grey dacquoise I was pushing.

Then, at this point…

Ah! I almost forgot.

“I have something else to say.”

I said, embracing Leah, who was coming over from the flower carriage.

The children were slowly crawling up, asking me to play with them, but there was something I had to address.

It’s a bit strange for me to ask this, but Christelle doesn’t know the situation yet, so I can’t help it.

I have to be a supporting character who diligently takes care of the protagonist’s share.

“I heard what David was saying. Soon… noble princesses will enter the palace and ride horses and carriages with the Crown Prince. So, who are they? Are they all meeting because of the national marriage?”

Did I just sound too much like an interrogation?

“……”

A moment of silence flowed.

‘Heo-eong.’ Soon, the vice-captain of the guard cried like Tite and buried his forehead on Ghanael’s shoulder.

‘Heo-heo-heo.’ David laughed out loud.

The Crown Prince, who was the person in question, looked at me and let out a long sigh.

He seemed more relaxed than before. Only the rest of the group, including me, were bewildered.

No, so what is it? If it’s not top secret, tell us too!

*

The next day, a high-end teahouse in the Imperial Capital.

The weekly book club ‘Courtly Romance’ was held here.

Elegantly dressed noble ladies and gentlemen sat around a table.

Pretty dessert plates were placed on a tablecloth embroidered with tulips and deer. Fragrant coffee and tea were also served to match the number of people.

Berenice Mendy, the second daughter of Duke Mendy, stared blankly at the scene beyond the thick curtains.

The entire street was decorated with gold and purple, glittering brightly.

The rest was covered in white snow, making it look even clearer and more beautiful.

The loud voice of the bakery owner, soliciting customers, could be heard.

“Tulip cookies! Tulip cookies are delicious! Freshly baked! I’ll put plenty of Chantilly cream on top!”

“Mom, me too!”

“Honey, me too!”

-Clang, clang…

Elderly priests walked through the crowd, ringing bells.

It was the ‘Great God Descent Festival,’ when the god created the continent.

A time when people share ham with their neighbors for no special reason, and bring out wine glasses and cheese from morning to toast.

The end of winter, when you get to eat tulip cookies until you burst.

Seasonally, it was a time when the excitement just before spring sprouts.

Berenice had never had the same experience as commoners, but she was imaginative.

She clutched the notebook in her arms.

Today was the day to share each other’s novels once a month.

Most of them wrote short stories, but Berenice had been steadily writing only one work since last spring.

“First, I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has attended without fail today. May the gods rejoice in your lives.”

“May they rejoice.”

When the president of the group politely gave the Great Festival greeting, everyone returned the words of blessing to him.

The young man continued softly.

“I know that I, as the president of the group, should be the first to read the novel… but today I have some precious news, so I would like to tell you that first.”

Then the members stirred.

Considering the generally quiet personalities of these people, it was quite a heated reaction.

“Whatever it is, there’s no story more interesting than the president’s .”

“President. Did you reflect the story that Lady Christelle absorbed the ‘Blessing of the Sea’ in the main story? Weren’t you worried a lot until last week?”

“His Majesty hasn’t announced it yet, so would you use it as a setting?”

“Even if it’s not true, everything is possible in our imagination.”

From the sixteen-year-old who just became an adult to the forty-year-old princess who devotes herself to the group. The members were surprisingly diverse.

Berenice felt a deep affection for those who shared similar thoughts with her.

‘Courtly Romance’ was the only social club she attended.

So, she was very sad that she couldn’t come to the meeting after today.

After the president’s speech, she was going to carefully raise her hand and tell the news.

That she will be getting married soon.

So, she was no longer allowed to come to the meeting as advised by her parents.

Berenice couldn’t disobey their words. The novel she writes here is…

It’s something that His Highness the Crown Prince must never know.

I swear to God, even if it means I die.

“Hahaha. If you hear my story, you will forget the contents of . ‘Courtly Romance’ has received an invitation from the Imperial Palace.”

“Yes?”

Berenice hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand.

The rimless magnifying glasses slipped down below her nose.

The members’ reactions were not much different. Everyone’s faces were flushed, and they didn’t know what to do.

There was even a gentleman sweating as if he had been caught doing something wrong.

“Good heavens.”

“Oh my gosh, does that mean His Majesty knows about our group’s existence?”

“H-how. How could such a thing… President?”

The president smiled awkwardly. He calmly added.

“It wasn’t His Majesty who invited us, but a card came in the name of Prince Yeseo Fenetian. It seems that the Prince, who enjoys reading, happened to hear about us. He proposed to enter the palace this Friday, not on our usual meeting day.”

“Ah… I was clearly enjoying it hidden in the shadows…”

“We don’t have to recite our writings in front of the Prince, do we?”

“Surely not! No way.”

Everyone was horrified and hid their notebooks under their robes.

However, at the same time, they were subtly looking forward to seeing the handsome Prince up close.

Usually, only the heads of families or successors who frequently visit the Imperial Palace saw the faces of the royal priests up close.

Since the ‘Simon de Sarnese Duke Incident,’ he had not been witnessed outside the palace at all.

Berenice bit her trembling lips tightly.

The princess also wanted to have an audience with the Prince before going to the national marriage.

She hadn’t written a story about him yet, but among the ‘Three Nobles,’ her favorite was definitely Prince Yeseo.

The cover of the notebook trembled in her slender fingertips.

“……”

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It was a love story written by Berenice herself, about the pirate king Christelle and the shepherd Cedric.