The Extra Will Now Leave The Stage - Chapter 34 – Slow Revelation of Truth (2)

Chapter 34 – Slow Revelation of Truth (2)

Translator: Lioness

Lawrence did not want to reveal to the Marquis of Hamilton that Alice was a princess. He would have done otherwise if Alice hadn’t been so distressed to be back here. His emotions were uncontrollable as he embraced her in fear of something.

Because of his emotions, he revealed her true identity and now he was blaming himself for not being able to fully control himself. He bit his tongue but the Marquis didn’t notice as he was also speechless, but he urged the Marquis still.

“Marquis.”

The low-pitched voice had the power to make him look back. When the Marquis raised his head, Lawrence tapped the arm of his chair.

“Who is the kidnapper?”

“Th, that.”

“It was obvious the Marquis didn’t know Alice’s identity as he was also surprised when I said so.”

The Marquis sighed, feeling relieved that Lawrence didn’t suspect him.

“Who is it?”

“I don’t know either. However, he handed the money and Alice at the same time. The Hamilton Family was just a powerless county back then, so no one in the Empire cared.”

“County?”

“That’s right.”

The Marquis told Lawrence exactly what the kidnapper had said. Only then did he find out the identity of the kidnapper.

When the Empress Dowager died and the current Empress, who was then a concubine, entered the Empress Dowager’s court, a very young baby girl disappeared. The person who disappeared with her was the Empress Dowager’s nanny. The nanny even thought of raising the girl as if she was her own.

However, the nanny died. He traced her whereabouts, following the evidence he found before her death, that was why he came to Erha Empire. After her death, it was said that the nanny handed the princess in care of someone and that someone went to another empire to entrust the baby to a noble family.

‘I heard that she was hidden in one of the aristocrat’s houses of the Erha Empire, but I never thought this would be the case.’

The kidnapper went to the Erha empire without any clue and entrusted the baby to a noble family. Despite the unexpected success of raising the baby, returning with the princess was not easy. It was fortunate that the Marquis neither knew nor disclosed Alice’s identity to her and didn’t find the kidnapper.

If it wasn’t for that, he might have been killed by the limbs of her new empress looking for her.

“I want you to decide quickly. I have to go see the crown prince this afternoon.”

“You mean the crown prince?”

“His Highness called for me to see Alice. I don’t want to go but Duke Shellington has seen us.”

Lawrence’s words had thorns in them. If he didn’t give him assurances that he would let go of Alice, Lawrence would tell the Crown Prince the truth. The Marquis of Hamilton shook his head, trying to organize his complicated thoughts. It felt like it was only getting more complicated, but whatever.

“Give me time.”

“I can’t give you much time.”

“I will give you my answer after your meeting with the Crown Prince.”

“I am expecting good results, if not, I won’t be able to help you.”

Lawrence stood up, so did Marquis. The Marquis didn’t have time to worry when a warning fell at him.

“If you’re not thinking about the Imperial War, you’ll have to keep things a secret today.”

He knew Marquis wouldn’t reveal the secret, but he told him firmly just in case. When he left his office, the Marquis helplessly collapsed.

Lawrence came out and winked at the knights guarding the door.

“Looks like the Marquis needs a doctor.”

At that, Lawrence left the office, hearing the sound of the knights who entered the office door and called for the Marquis. It tastes bitter.

‘Maybe it’s because the Marquis truly cares for Alice.’

He wished she had been just an abandoned daughter. Then she wouldn’t have had the slightest hesitation in taking her. Lawrence swallowed the words he couldn’t bear to say.

‘Still, I should say it’s fortunate.’

Because she was not alone here.

****

“How did it go?”

“The Duke said he would come in person.”

Karus, who had received a definite answer from Lawrence, replied to the crown prince.

‘No matter how much I think about it, this place is too precious to that idiot.’

Karus looked at the crown prince with an expressionless face. The palace made for the crown prince in the imperial palace was beyond words to describe how splendid it was. Walls decorated with various jewels that did not come from the mines of the Erha Empire, precious porcelain, and finally, tapestries using silk from a faraway country.

Everything was an object that satisfied his aesthetic sense. It’s just that he didn’t like the person in front of him because he was an idiot.

‘He was born with that lineage but was being swung around by a woman.’

She wasn’t even a strong woman. Stella, now the Crown Princess, was a woman with nothing to see except her face. A woman who believes only in the looks he despises the most.

He doesn’t know what she had been whispering to the crown prince, but she had made Lawrence a colonel in the Nakran Empire. He also didn’t like the idea of using him as a messenger because he and Lawrence were of the same academy.

“Then I will go alone.”

“Ah, stop by the Crown Princess before you go.”

“Pardon?”

“I heard you made a promise before, but you broke it at will? So, you should come.”

The stupid crown prince didn’t even ask what the promise was. The reason he decided to meet with Stella was to see if he could wield her or not, but now his interest has cooled.

‘I don’t need her to move.’

However, Karus, who thought that he had no choice but to leave his back like this, replied to the crown prince.

“I will do that.”

It was an arrogant answer, but the crown prince was intoxicated that Karus had accepted his words and did not notice the nuance.

“Then let’s go.”

When the crown prince gestured as if he was annoyed, Karus turned around without even saying a proper greeting. Gail, who watched the scene, whispered.

“When I become emperor, I will see you kneel before me.”

Karus snorted at the voice he heard from behind.

‘Kneel, you mean?’

It was absurd for the crown prince, who was uncertain whether he would ascend the throne properly, to speak like that. Had he not been an idiot, Karus would have assassinated him for power sooner.

The only reason he was able to survive was because he was an idiot. If he had married his sister, death could have been avoided, but since he chose another woman, his only future was death.

‘It’s just a matter of timing.’

Karus slowly walked towards the place where the Crown Princess was staying but her place was also a waste of her.

“I have arrived.”

The lady-in-waiting of the Crown Princess, who met him, guided him. As if she knew he was coming, the maid moved confidently, which he disliked, too.

The reason he didn’t refuse the crown prince’s request wasn’t because he couldn’t refuse his order, but because he wanted to judge Stella. His interest had cooled down, but it’s better to see her than to discard.

Already in his position, Stella was a tool for power. But what was this? Karus laughed at Stella, who greeted him.

“Welcome, Duke.”

‘Well, this is no different from a dog wagging its tail.’

She was dressed vulgarly, as if to seduce him. A gorgeous necklace in an off-shoulder dress that barely exposed her breasts. When she looked at the necklace hanging around her neck, his eyes naturally landed on my chest.

‘It must have been worn on purpose.’

Karus narrowed his eyes. There was no point in having Lesir as an escort. What was the point of having an escort for a woman who was already falling for him, when the slightest hint of seduction would have her falling over and telling him everything?

“Did you call, Your Highness?”

He still looked at Stella with cold eyes. Even with those indifferent eyes, Stella couldn’t control her beating heart. If it hadn’t been for the original story, she would have gladly taken that man’s side, were it not for her god who spoke to her.

‘It makes me shiver just looking at him.’

Just looking at her face, compared to Karus, the crown prince was a firefly in front of a torch. Stella’s face was full of smiles as she felt good in front of the person who gave her heart.

He’d forgotten that he’d broken his promise to her and gone off to see someone else, to see Alice.

“Yes, I did. Thank you for coming.”

“It was nothing.”

Stella also liked the boldness of her words. Stella held back her trembling voice and opened her mouth again.

“You said you had something to tell me before. Despite that it was rude, I had to ask His Highness, the Crown Prince, for assistance.”

At her words, Karus gradually lost his expression. She couldn’t even get a ceremonial smile. To think that a person who was said to be the crown princess of a country was respectful to a person who was only a subject.

It was a good thing he’d bitten everyone for the sake of solitude. Otherwise, he’d have been seen by all the maids in the palace. Stella, not noticing the growing coldness in his gaze, spoke again.

“So, what do you have to say to me?”

“Nothing.”

“Pardon?”

“I made a mistake, Your Highness. I have nothing to say.”

The smile disappeared from Stella’s face at his firm words.