The Blackened Second Male Lead’s Wife - Chapter 35

“So how do I get close to Estelle?”

The most effective way was to volunteer and work together with her in the Flower Grass House like I did.

But I didn’t want to recommend that method to Carlix.

‘He’ll get jealous from seeing Estelle take care of her patients. If he sees patients be mean to Estelle, he’ll get mad and stab them.’

Above all, Carlix’s out of the ordinary presence would extremely intimidate the innocent patients.

So the method I recommended was a very small one and was unlike others.

I lifted the diary on the table and waved it proudly.

“Estelle loves to chat through writing. Enough to share this exchange diary with me.”

“Exchange diary?”

Carlix muttered as if it was a strange word, and looked at the diary in my hand.

The diary looked very cute with dozens of flowers adorning it.

He stared at it with serious eyes and asked.

“Are you saying I should write in that exchange diary?”

“Oh, no way. This is the product of two pure girls’ friendship. It’s not something you can look at.”

Carlix frowned when I said I wouldn’t let a malicious man take a look at what’s written inside.

“Then…?”

“Write a letter to Estelle. I’ll deliver the letter to her for you.”

Carlix’s eyes sparkled as if he had met his savior.

───── 〔✿〕─────

The next day, Carlix came to see me. I took the envelope containing the letter from him.

“Can I pass this on to Estelle?”

He hesitated for a moment and said,

“I want you to read this letter before you send it.”

I looked at him like he said something appalling.

“Why?”

Carlix muttered, uncharacteristically lowering his eyes.

“It’s the first time I’ve written a letter to someone. I can’t tell if I wrote it right.”

“······.”

His dark circles stretched down to his chin on his clean face. His blood-shot eyes were telling me how desperately he had written this letter last night.

‘Ahh, he’s a complete beginner in dating.’

I took a deep breath and pulled out the letter from the envelope. And as soon as I saw the first sentence of the letter, I had no choice but to sigh.

<I will give you the honor of exchanging letters with me.>

I can’t believe you wrote that as the very first sentence.

I read the letter with a firm face.

After reading the letter, I looked at Carlix with cold eyes.

Carlix realized something was wrong as he saw my gaze.

“Did I say something strange?”

“Do you know what’s strange?”

“Did I write a sentence that was too difficult for a commoner to understand? I fixed it several times in case she couldn’t understand some words or sentences.”

“…”

“Or, did it come out too formal? Will she feel burdened reading it?”

You, if you’re saying that to upset me, then you have succeeded.

An urge to murder him rose inside me.

I shouted at Carlix with no hesitation.

“That’s not the problem! From the beginning to the end of the letter, you only talked about how great Your Highness is!”

Carlix replied confidently, with an expression that said he was falsely accused.

“I read a book on how to write a letter, and it said that it is good to introduce yourself to the other person in the first letter, so I just wrote about myself.”

“Then it’s better to write about something more mundane! I don’t want to know from what age you’ve been called a prodigy, how many subjects you’ve been praised for your talent, and how you’ve been praised by artists for your perfectly symmetrical face.”

“······!”

I said my final words to Carlix, whose eyes had widened.

“Honestly, after reading this letter, only one thing came to mind. Crown Prince, you’re bad at this!”

At my words, Carlix’s eyes shook. As if he didn’t expect it to be this horrible.

There was a long silence between us.

After a while, Carlix lowered his eyes and began to explain.

“Since I was a kid, I’ve been taught to express myself like that. I was taught to be noble and strong in any situation.”

He said this show of pride was something that he had learned since he was a child.

No wonder, that’s why he caught the nasty prince disease.

Carlix said to me, with cloudy eyes.

“So I don’t know what I’m doing wrong even after hearing your explanation. Maybe that’s why I can’t get close to Estelle easily.”

“······.”

He looked at me.

“I know you don’t want to help me anymore. But I’d like to ask you one more time. Help me write a letter.”

‘Help me’, to think he said ‘help me’!

The arrogant crown prince said those words!

I looked at Carlix with a shocked face.

His eyes were completely different from before.

The arrogance and his overwhelming presence had disappeared.

He looked miserable like I was the only one he could trust.

‘Damn it. I can’t say no if you look at me like that.’ 

As expected, I am weak to good looking men.

I am even weaker to helpless handsome men.

I eventually decided to help him write the letter.

‘Alright, let’s think about it in a good way. I’m training a man who could be Estelle’s husband in the future.’

It wasn’t until we spent a whole day together that the letter was complete.

Unlike the first letter, the revised letter contained small stories about Carlix.

Things like what kind of tea he likes and what kind of words he hates.

At the end, he gently said he wanted to exchange letters with Estelle.

Carlix squinted and muttered as he looked at the completed letter.

“You gave me advice and fixed it, but I’m still not sure. What’s so interesting about these little stories?”

I snorted and said, taking the letter in his hand.

“You’ll find out when you get Estelle’s reply.”

Then he said, grumpily.

“Of course, you’ll only tell me why after she replies.”

I’ll make sure to deliver this letter.

That was a favor I could do for him.

───── 〔✿〕─────

Entering the Flower Grass House, my eyes widened.

“Wow, it’s only been a few days, and it has changed a lot.”

The beds’ old sheets were changed into white sheets, and the empty warehouses were filled with food and medical supplies.

‘Even the dim lights were replaced with new ones.’

Estelle, standing next to me, nodded brightly.

“Yes, it’s all thanks to the Crown Prince. Not only will he continue to support the Flower Grass House, but he will also build schools in this town.”

It was only a few days ago that Carlix offered Estelle his support to improve the slums, which was done with incredible execution.

Yes, this was much better than drawing attention to the female lead and saying absurd things to her.

Estelle’s face was filled with emotions that had never been there before.

Touched. Joy. Happiness. Things like that.

Estelle said with a peachy face.

“I have to thank His Highness, but I haven’t been able to do it yet because I don’t know how I should do it.”

Estelle has always been busy, but she’s even more occupied these days.

She treats patients during the day, participates in temple events from time to time, and studies medicine at night.

So Estelle was surprisingly difficult to meet up with.

Rather, the lower class of the slums who were brought to the Flower Grass House saw her more often than the Crown Prince.

‘So I understand why Carlix would be anxious.’

I felt pity for his letter.

I slipped it out to Estelle.

“Take this.”

“What is this?”

“It’s a letter from the Crown Prince. He said that Estelle might feel burdened if he sent a servant or someone else to deliver it so he asked me for a favor. He asked me to deliver it to Estelle instead.”

“······!”

Estelle’s eyes got bigger.

She seemed surprised by the unexpected letter.

That’s understandable.

Even if he was the male lead, even if Estelle was the female lead, even if those two were destined to be this century’s best couple, they were not in that kind of relationship yet.

So I added cautiously.

“If you feel burdened, you don’t have to take it. I’ll talk to His Highness and give it back to him.”

Estelle shook her head urgently at my words.

“No, I don’t feel burdened at all. I’ll take it.”

Estelle accepted the letter with her hands and held it in her arms, as if she were receiving something precious.

And she smiled brightly.

“Thank you for the letter, Miss Nia.”

“······.”

I didn’t know you’d like it that much.

Estelle’s feelings for Carlix seemed deeper than I thought.

Estelle, who was smoothing the letter with a shy face, said carefully.

“If I write a reply, can I ask Miss Nia to deliver the letter to him? If I visit him or ask the priests for help, they might ask all sorts of things.”

Carlix and Estelle, these two were the most famous celebrities in the empire. And, they’re at their peak as they were both single and haven’t settled down with anyone.

There would be a huge scandal if the two met personally and exchanged letters.

It would be tiresome to continue intervening in their business. I would truly become trapped within their relationship.

But thinking of the pure Estelle, I couldn’t give him that answer.

I wanted her eyes to shine like a girl again after always thinking about the sick and the people suffering.

I swept my hair back with a troubled face.

Hm. I guess I’m meant to be a bridge between the two.

There was nothing good about such rumors. Especially for Estelle.

‘Ugh. I thought delivering this one letter would be the end…’ 

But after seeing Estelle’s face when she received Carlix’s letter, I couldn’t say no.

A few days later, Estelle sent me her letter. Unlike Carlix’s envelope, her envelope was rough and had poor quality, but her letter smelled of her refreshing fragrance.

“Please take care of it well. Thank you for doing this, Miss Nia.”

Estelle’s face was tense when she said that. I think she spent the entire night writing this letter, her eyes were bloodshot.

Just like Carlix when he wrote his letter.

I went to the palace and delivered Estelle’s letter to Carlix.

Carlix held the letter in his arms with trembling hands. As if he had received the most precious treasure in the world.

He spoke, trying to suppress his emotions from his voice.

“Lady Pernia, can you deliver one more letter to the saintess for me?”

I wanted to say no.