The Reason for Marriage

Sid spoke with an indifferent face. Iveca looked disappointed.

“Ah.”

The Bureau of Investigation had almost all of its employees on duty, even though it was late at night. So much for quality of life, thought Iveca. As soon as she got back from the countryside, being called in meant they would give her another mission almost immediately.

“Yes…”

Iveca, who had woken up in a sullen mood, put down a cup of coffee that Sid had brought on her desk.

“What is it?”

“I’ve been on board for a drink, but I’ve been up all night for three days in a row, so I think I’ll have to get off work first. I leave it to you.”

“Oh my God, just say you picked it up on your way here.”

“See you later,” Sid replied bluntly, before walking away.

Iveca grinned and took a sip of the coffee he gave her. It must have been quite expensive because she felt her head clear at once. The local tour was fun, but anyway, she slowly stood up. It would be best to remain in Amenity with her friends.

However, her mood, which had improved a little, was shattered when she met Wiles.

“Eve, this is an emergency. I suspended Kayden Ruth for three months. But now His Majesty Danie has just taken the throne, so the Bureau of Investigation is very busy. There are so many injured people and so many of them have requested sick leave. We’re overrun.”

Wiles examined the overflowing report. Kayden was Daniel’s close friend since he was a prince. Therefore, it was always his role to give Daniel a report about the Bureau of Investigation. However, Kayden Ruth was suspended as soon as Daniel ascended to the throne for illegally requesting pharmaceutical officer Regen Hakart to investigate his rise to power. That’s why the position of the reporter of the current King was vacant. In the other words, they needed to give it back to Kayden Ruth once he returned in three months.

“So, while we suspended Kayden Ruth for three months, you’re going to have to take charge of delivering the report like Kayden was doing previously to the King. You’ve never seen him in person, have you?”

No matter how much she learned musical instruments during her day as an aristocrat, she was no match for musical members who played musical instruments professionally. She had never been on a major stage where royalty took part. Even if Lucas had been behind her, she still lacked skills. It was not a big problem in performing the work because the primary purpose was to understand the information, not the performance.

Listening to her, Wiles nodded as if she had done just fine. She did not want to deliver the report to the new King, but Eve, who still had to be loyal to the organization, said yes. The person in charge of the Bureau of Investigation will directly post the report of serious cases. As a result, it was highly important for Eve to post a comprehensive report, except the usual formal or insignificant synthetic report.

Daniel also entrusted Kayden with the delivery of the comprehensive report to him because he wanted to have a regular private conversation with him to his heart’s content, not to rely on him.

“Now that he just ascended to the throne, he must have mixed feelings. In particular, he would want to look at the dynamics of the noble families, so you are the one who can give the best advice about Amenity aristocrats. Rather, it would be much more helpful to grasp the dynamics than Kayden, who came from a provincial aristocrat.”

“…Yes. I understand.”

But there was another reason her heart twisted strangely. She must see Anriq regularly when she enters the palace to deliver the report to the King, Daniel. The man who bowed to become the King’s weapon, flatly rejecting her outstretched hand, considering that he had no emotion, no family, and no life.

However, Anriq could not recognize Iveca anyway. It was because she would enter the palace as Eve Jean, not as Iveca der Esselburn. She had to stand in front of him as a cute woman with curly blonde hair tied high, not a timid woman with black hair hanging down.

Did she still like him? Iveca could answer that she did not at once. As Reina said, when she was at the Count estate, she was just desperate because he was the only one with her. As she freely came out into the world and lived her life, the purity of her first love faded.

What did she do with him? She just learned how to throw daggers and played a few more games. She could not think of any memories afterwards. The moment he rejected her hand, it was nearly forgotten. But something embedded the last words he said into her heart.

‘I am a descendant of a fallen aristocrat who has no estate, and I will be a royal guard. Countess Esselburn is an ancient aristocratic family with a long history and tradition. Since the count has no son…. Countess Esselburn will adopt Sierra Lean’s son.’

Adopting a grandson was expedient to keep the surname ‘Esselburn’.

‘And the rest of the sisters, of course, have to get married to get empowered politically. Aaron needs to have a stepping stone until he becomes a normal adult and succeeds the count. I’m not on the same level with you, alright? Sierra Leone is married to the eldest son of Duke Muelton. I’m not the least bit helpful to Esselburn’s name.’

As she returned to her seat and took another sip of Sid’s coffee, she filed a comprehensive report with tired eyes. It was all old stories. When she thought about herself, she felt unfamiliar.