I Became The Male Lead’s Female Friend - Chapter 70

When I traded the recipe, I was quiet and wanted to move on.

But somehow, as Rohendell’s occupation ended, the laid-back Crown Prince began to dig into us again.

Thanks to this, I had to save myself for a long time, but I couldn’t meet Jeron as well as the top officials.

This is because some of the top officials knew Jeron’s face, unlike me, who had never been in front of them.

Of course, since I pledged confidentiality to them, no one would easily tell them, but I don’t know people’s work. We decided to be apart for a while.

However, when we last met, Jeron left a meaningful remark.

Do you happen to have a secret organization in Averine? Well, secretly escorting, dealing with the enemies, or something like that…’

“No, you can pay for it and ask for it, but you’re going to do it later?”

‘… Then you don’t have an escort that you put on the back of the top?’

“I don’t have one.” Why?

As I stared at him curiously, Jeron looked around anxiously and lowered his voice.

“It feels like someone is helping us.”

In other words, someone seems to be manipulating the Crown Prince who followed us.

Jeron and I had no idea, so I had a lot of worries about it for a while.

I wondered if it was the act of a faction opposite to the Crown Prince, but I wondered if it was a new organization trying to dig us out.

However, no matter how long we waited, the opponent did not reveal his identity, which did not damage our top.

There was a slight sense of relief in the persistent pursuit of the Crown Prince.

And I thought that if there was something I wanted, I would reveal my identity. With that in mind, I turned my attention to my father.

And now that I have good news from my father.

“Who could it be?”

Suddenly curious, I crossed my arms and agonized, and soon shook my head.

No matter how hard I think about it, there’s no answer, but I can’t even find out for myself.

I’d rather do what I can now. I jumped up from my seat and took a quick walk. Now I had to prepare to meet my father.

✿

My mother and I were standing in front of the mansion.

It was similar to when I saw my father off to the battlefield about five years ago.

But if there is a difference from before, we are very nervous.

There was news that the Imperial Army had just entered the gate.

By now, he must have been marching through the capital and holding a triumphal ceremony.

Even if we march slowly, it won’t take long before we get to the Duke of Averine in the center of the capital.

The outside, which had been quiet until morning, was getting noisier.

I grabbed my chest without realizing it.

The mother next to her was on the verge of collapsing because her face was blue.

And when I start seeing a group from afar.

“Father!”

I couldn’t wait and run forward.

Soon I saw my father riding a horse.

My father, who found me, slowed down the horse slowly, jumped off his horse, and opened his arms toward me.

Without hesitation, I jumped into my father’s arms.

“I’m back.”

“I missed you.”

My father and I were hugged tightly for a long time.

My father, whom I saw after a long time, looked similar to when he left. Wearing similar armor, he wore a cloak with a family emblem.

However, if there is a difference from before, is it that he has lost weight enough to be seen?

Tears welled up as I could see how hard he must have suffered on the battlefield. However, he smiled broadly because he didn’t want to show his crying face to his daughter, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time.

As I walked towards the mansion, telling my father what I had been up to, I soon saw my mother.

Dahlia’s mother looking at her father covering her mouth was already wet with tears.

My father put the reins on the horse and approached my mother.

He whispered to her as he hugged her mother in his arms.

“I missed you a lot.”

“···”

In my father’s arms, my mother was silent and only her tears were dripping down.

It was moving for me because I knew how much my mother had suffered.

‘Thank God.’

Especially when she heard that an epidemic was circulating on the battlefield, how hard it was for my mother.

I remember being restless when I saw my mother who was stuck in the room without touching the food for a while.

But my father came back safely.

Not too late for that either.

If the war had continued for many more years as it was in the original, we, especially my mother, would have dried up waiting for my father.

“I’m glad I know the future.”

Looking at the two of them with satisfaction, my mother, who barely raised her face, smiled softly and kissed my father.

“I’ve been waiting.”

I slowly turned my head at the unfamiliar act of love that followed immediately.

At first glance, the heat between the two of them was still so hot that even the other knights couldn’t take their eyes off them.

My parents, who filmed a melodrama in front of so many people, soon came to their senses.

The two of them coughed and barely fell off.

But it seemed like they still wanted to stick together, so I pretended not to know and pushed the two of them on the back and spoke in a bright voice.

“Don’t do this, just go in and talk. You have a lot to say, don’t you?

Because there was already a grand banquet set up inside just in time for my father’s arrival.

I said in a passing tone as I entered the mansion with my parents.

“Then everyone returned to the capital?”

“Yes, His Majesty will give us praise according to our achievements. Rudrick does not go to the north, but to the capital…”

My father, who spoke naturally, paused for a moment.

Then I looked at my father and smiled.

I think it’s because he’s talking about Rudrick without realizing it.

Certainly, when I was young, I was upset when I heard about Rudrick, but now it’s been more than 10 years, so I didn’t have anything to worry about.

My father must know that, but that didn’t seem to be all he had to say.

“How’s Rudrick doing?”

“Ummm… that’s…”

I feel like I want to say something, but I don’t know if I can say this.

My father, who glossed over my ordinary greetings, ended up saying only these words.

“You’d better meet him in person.”

It only deepened my doubts at that sight.

But I didn’t ask my father anymore.

As my father said, it’s not a matter of words, and most of all, we’ll be able to meet soon.

The very next day,

“Victory ball.”

Because I also got an invitation.

✿

The ball was held a week after the invitation arrived.

In the meantime, I’ve been busy.

Processing papers as usual? No, because my mother tried on hundreds of dresses.

On the contrary, the work that I had been busy with in the past became more leisurely.

The work I had been preparing for so far was over, and I had become quite familiar with the management of the territory.

However, my father took all the work, saying, ‘Don’t waste your youth,’ as to how he saw it again on that day.

My father has worked hard on the battlefield, so he should be able to rest for a while. Still, I did not hesitate to accept my father’s favor.

“Why is it harder?”

That’s how I became a wanderer.

Once I was able to sleep on time, my body became healthier, but somehow my mind felt more strained.

Of course, it’s not that I don’t like decorating.

On the contrary, I liked to decorate. I also liked fancy dresses and expensive jewelry.

I especially liked rare items, because if you buy them later and stay overnight, you get a premium.

Anyway, even in such a country, looking at dozens of catalogs of dozens of salons that say they are doing well in the Empire all day, and trying on dozens of dresses was more than difficult.

“What are you going to do with these decorations?”

The mother and daughter have been working so hard that there’s no man to look good in…

But my mother seemed to have a different idea.

If possible, I wanted to show off my well-grown daughter in a place where influential figures from the Empire gathered, and most of all, at this victory ball…

“Because Rudrick is coming.”

I wondered if that would be a reason for me to dress up, but it was the first meeting in over 10 years.

Of course, it’s not that I don’t want to look good either.

Rather, I was motivated at first.

This is because, as an old friend that I haven’t seen in a long time, I wanted to rejoice that ‘I grew up so well.

However, I got fed up with the maids who were more enthusiastic about decorating me than usual, or even a little too much, and I was just stunned in front of their finished works.

‘What if…they don’t recognize me?’