The Reason for Marriage

While she was once her colleague, Iveca was attacked by her because they thought that Iveca was interfering with the Bureau of Investigation.

When she was caught in a secret meeting with Anriq, Daniel was also conscious of the Bureau of Investigation when he released Anriq. Perhaps he also knew that the Bureau of Investigation could harm her. If the Constitution was created in between two years, the Bureau of Investigation cannot get rid of anyone on its own.

“Queen, please,” Sid pleaded again, more desperately.

“If you can’t say it, I’ll say it.”

Iveca needed enough people from the Bureau of Investigation by her side, even though she might become the target of the Bureau itself. She wanted to feign ignorance and display obliviousness all the while hiding her growing doubts and sad convictions.

Perhaps she thought that maybe it was okay to be killed by the Bureau of Investigation, if it was the organization’s decision. But Iveca couldn’t accept such kind of deception anymore.

Knowing everything, she thought it meaningless to live enjoying the peace created by faking ignorance. She had growned weary, she wanted to break all these theatrical illusions.

“Reina, you… You lied to me.”

“Q, Queen.”

“You memorized all these complicated royal family members but you don’t know all the members of the Bureau of Investigation? It doesn’t make sense,” said Iveca.

When Iveca was told the description of the Bureau of Investigation’s employee who had fled when she was attacked for the first time, Reina replied at once that she did not know of the employee’s identity. However, Iveca couldn’t have forgotten the unusual pink-haired woman, who had a similar physique to Reina and the same green eyes.

“Of course, it didn’t really matter,” Iveca began.

No one had to be faithful to her anyway, so Iveca didn’t take it seriously. But she hadn’t forgotten that Reina was lying to her.

“During the first attack… when that woman attempted to take out the dagger with my left hand, another attack immediately came in,” she paused. “The Bureau of Investigation must be well aware that I am left-handed and that I am good with daggers. But that’s a fact that no noble family knows. Even Esselburn.”

After the raid, Iveca remembered the conversation members of the Judicial Affair Bureau had.

‘Didn’t you know that a few officers from the Bureau of Investigation suddenly came almost at the end of the day and argued about Article 10 of the Supreme Constitution?’

‘But thanks to that, I worked until late, and I’m glad that the officers of the Bureau of Investigation saw the attack.’

‘They don’t have manners, do they even consider our work time because they came late?’

Since then, the employsee of the Bureau of Investigation had never visited the legal office. Reina and Sid were able to be attached to Iveca for the sake of her protection as she was being attacked by an unidentifed gunmen.

Perhaps it was a tool to seek a second opportunity if the attack failed due to the guards accompanying her. Or, it could have been a play to attach them to her from the beginning.

The most important thing was that the gunmen who attacked her were somehow connected with the Bureau of Investigation, and both Reina and Sid withheld the truth before her.

Iveca recalled Sid, who did his best to stop Eugene from mentioning Eve Jean when she visited. The woman Daniel had in his heart was Eve Jean. Maybe Sid and Reina were on Eve Jean’s side, as they were her true colleague, and harbored dislike toward Iveca, who had been shunned by her maladjustment, but took Eve Jean’s place as a Queen.

Even so, would it be too detestable for Iveca to be happy? Even if she was merely an imaginary Queen?

After moving from Count Esselburn to the Imperial Palace, Iveca believed that many things had changed, but in fact, nothing had changed. She felt like she had settled down, but she merely pretended not to know. She couldn’t even tell the truth because she was afraid that the frail cliff on which she was stepping right now would collapse.

No matter how hard she struggled, if this was the best way for her to live, if she couldn’t take it any longer, she too had to make her own decision.

“Sid, answer me. The first attack was done by the Bureau of Investigation, right?”

Sid looked confused. Reina didn’t say anything, but sighed and muttered, “Yes, Queen.”

“Reina!” Sid shouted, but Reina looked at Iveca with her resigned green eyes.

“As expected, you have great logical skills. Who would say no here.” Iveca tightened her grip on her dagger.

“If you know everything, why did you keep us by your side? How did you talk to me casually and laugh? Wasn’t it painful?” Reina asked, her voice trembling.

“You know…”

It was a short answer, but Reina’s eyes were filled with tears. This is because she felt Iveca’s loneliness, even though she was wrapped in the King’s intimacy.

“I didn’t know you would be this cruel…”

“I’m used to things like this.”

“Ah…” Reina looked at Iveca with teary eyes and said, “Queen, if it bothered you that much… you can kill me. It’s okay.”