The Princess's Double Life

After Rosica left, Rexid came back to the room where Raven’s body was placed.

It had been a daily routine since his death.

Sitting in a cold room with nothing, Rexid stared at Raven’s face, who seemed to be still alive.

「Hey, Rex. I’m so jealous of them.」

「Who are you talking about? You’re not talking about the poor young people who make a living day by day, right?」

「Right. At least they’re free. They don’t have to live conscious of others’ eyes, they don’t have to follow boring etiquette, they don’t have to point a knife at their loved ones, and they don’t have to sleep deeply every night in case of fear.」

「You can’t sleep? Does anyone want to kill you? Who is it? I’ll cut them first.」

「Haha… You know, Rex… Really, it’s so hard. I thought we’ve been doing well so far… It’s hard.」

Raven’s grievances in the position of the crown prince were all incomprehensible to Rexid at the time.

However, he knew that he needed comfort.

If he had a more friendly personality, he would have said something to soothe Raven’s heart…

But the kind and soft-hearted Raven laughed at Rexid’s comfort.

「Thank you. I have to go now. Still, seeing your face after a long time made me feel better.」

‘What is making your life so hard and how can I help you?’

Rexid thought at that time as his bones were numb in regret.

But it was too late.

Raven was already dead. To be exact, he was murdered.

He didn’t think there would be a person who dared to seek the throne.

Also… Rexid never imagined that it would be his own brother, Raven’s uncle.

Rexid’s brother, Ride van Hessen, was helping the emperor to build a solid imperial family.

He was also a close supporter of Prince Raven at the same time.

「You kids, where were you now?」

「Rex ran away because he didn’t want to see the princesses again, so I came to catch him!」

「Ah, brother. Don’t call me that. I really don’t like it.」

「Haha… Guys, really.」

As a child, he was also like a friendly father to Raven and Rexid, who had busy parents.

So Rexid didn’t even doubt it. He had no idea that his brother was a man full of ambition for the throne.

Blinded by that ambition, he was a human being who could stab Raven.

“Ray…”

A vein popped over the back of Rexid’s hand stroking the lid of the coffin.

Soon, his clenched fist trembled with anger.

“Are you okay?”

When Owen, who was next to him, asked, Rexid finally escaped from his thoughts.

“Don’t worry too much now. The viper will somehow come up with a method because she doesn’t want to die together. You ordered her to find a way, right?”

Method. Method.

Rexid, who was staring at Owen, laughed.

“No, there was no need for that. I didn’t have to explain that I didn’t kill Raven, and I didn’t have to tell her what to do.”

“What? Did she recognize him even if you didn’t say anything? Oh, as expected, she didn’t become a scammer while being a fluke. She seems to be very quick-witted.”

Owen kept asking.

“What will we do now? You know we don’t have much time, right? If no one hears of the crown prince who has gone away, the imperial family will soon notice that something is strange…”

“We’ll figure out something. There were some letters that were exchanged with him that I gave her.”

“Aha, I guess that’s what she took out of your highness’ room. How will she copy the handwriting?”

“I don’t know. How can I know that? I couldn’t think, so I even hired a scammer.”

“Hmm, I see. That was a useless question. Nevertheless, don’t trust the poisonous snake too much. Keep a close watch on her on what she’s doing.”

“Okay.”

Owen kept whispering with a worried look as if he was treating a child by the water.

“We’re on the same boat, but don’t forget what I’m saying. Even if everyone in the world trusts her, you really shouldn’t trust her. She’s a scary woman.”

“Oh, come on! I got it! I can understand even if you say it once, so stop it.”

Rexid looked at him with a bothersome look and turned a blind eye.

Suddenly, the memory of Rosica’s face coming to his room to receive Raven’s letter came to his mind.

「Oh, right. Rosica, the name is pretty. It’s the first time someone gave me a name.」

Rexid actually told Owen that he knew, and that he would never trust her…

But she may have already won him halfway over.

「I’ve never been worthless.」

***

The next day.

Owen almost screamed when he saw Rosica coming to the restaurant.

She was dressed up from head to toe. It was like a noble spirit who came out to play somewhere leisurely.

“Hey, viper…

Owen, standing next to Rexid, spoke with a sweet smile.

“Until when are you going to call me a viper? People will think I’m a con artist.”

Frowning dissatisfied, Rosica snapped.

“Oh, aha… Haha. I see. That’s right. What should I call you…?”

“Call her Rosica.”

Rexid, who was focusing only on eating with an indifferent look on his face, replied instead.

Owen forcibly lifted the corners of his mouth and nodded, “Yes.”

Rosica, who was glancing disapprovingly at Owen, raised her right hand again and happily scanned the expensive rings on her fingers.

She said it was all from Rexid’s safe.

‘Was there a lack of an unconventional contract to pay for the blank check as an annual salary? Are you going to scratch someone else’s treasure?’

Owen swallowed a sigh of anger, thinking so inside.

“Vip-, no, Miss Rosica. What are you going to do…?”

“Sigh…”

Rosica, who sighed, put down the tableware she was holding and said.

“I’m having dinner. Do we have to talk about work? What if I get indigestion? If I become sick, you can’t do anything.”

“Oh, that’s right. Yes.”

Rosica smiled cheekily, folding her blue eyes into a half-moon shape.

Owen’s stomach was boiling when he saw Rosica like that.

He didn’t know why she was so relaxed when the time was running out. In addition, wasn’t she completely distracted by expensive clothes and jewelry?

“Your highness, isn’t there any servant here?”

“Oh, right. You must be a little uncomfortable. Originally, there were only three. Owen, Masha, and Marco.”

“What?”

Rosica tilted her head in embarrassment.

“I don’t really need other people’s attention. I don’t like crowded people either.”

“That’s amazing. What about escorts… Why don’t you bring people like that into the castle?”

“There’s no need for an escort. I survive well on my own. No matter how good you are, there’s no one better than me.”

“Wow, your confidence is cool.”

“The knights are also camped out of the castle.”

“But I’m weak. The castle must have escorts, and I will need a servant.”

“That’s right.”

Rexid immediately agreed and looked back at Owen.

“Get some smart servants for her. And the escort is…”

“Why don’t you hire them to fit the scale of the castle? We need about 50 people for this size.”

“What? 50 people?”

When Owen asked with a false smile as if thinking she were kidding, Rosica nodded.

“Ten to cook, ten in charge of cleaning, ten in charge of laundry, and ten in charge of errands. Won’t that be enough?”

“Well, Miss Rosica. It’s a big castle, but it’s not big enough to need that much manpower, and as you just heard, there’s a lot of people…”

“Do it like that.”

“Your Highness?”

“And please take care of the other ten people by carefully selecting them from educated low-ranking nobles. They should be high-quality servants.”

“Yes…”

Whenever Rosica said anything, Rexid nodded to do so.

Rosica and Rexid were extremely absurd, acting like people who were firmly determined to be extravagant and consistent.

“Again, don’t just use anyone as an escort, find someone good. Isn’t there someone training right now?”

“Yes…”

Unbearable, Owen clenched his teeth and grinned.