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~Chapter 18~
“Thank you, Lady Amelie!”
“Huuh…”
After the knight left with a bright face, my whole body slumped in the chair.
That was already the seventh love consultation today.
I only came to the rest tent beside the training ground to take a short break, but I’d been stuck here for over two hours.
“Anyone watching would think a famous fortune teller is here.”
Eric, sticking close like a guard, didn’t like this situation. Because I was meeting the knights one-on-one in this small space, he had to suffer along with me.
“Yeah… maybe I talked too much.”
It all started the other day, when I helped Sir Claire with her colleague’s confession plan. I had said lightly that “helping people get together is my only joy,” and she must have spread that around.
‘Sure, I meant it to row the boat while the water was high, but still!’
Now knights were lining up to ask for love advice. Honestly, it was exhausting.
“If you keep listening like this, you’ll collapse. I’ll block them from coming in.”
“Thanks, Eric…”
Maybe I looked tired, because Eric went outside to stop them.
He really had guts. He must have known Jonagel Jizir’s status, but he didn’t hesitate to stand up against him. A man with courage that wouldn’t shrink anywhere.
Thanks to him, I was alone at last and ready to rest. I leaned back in the chair, but then something I had forgotten hit me.
“Why hasn’t the system window popped up yet?!”
The reason I was doing all this matchmaking was for achievements. But not once had the system window appeared.
Three of them already had lovers, but the others were confessions. Shouldn’t it have triggered?
Poof!
Just as I got angry, smoke puffed up.
“Customer! Did you call? I came right away!”
Of course—it was Omok.
I quickly grabbed him in my hand.
“C-customer? What is it?”
I wasn’t even squeezing hard, but Omok instantly cowered.
“I gave advice to seven people today. So why isn’t the window popping up? Did you mess up again?”
“This time it’s not my fault! It’s normal the window didn’t show!”
“What kind of stupid excuse is that?”
He’d better explain well. I smiled on the outside but pressed slightly harder with my fingers.
“For a couple you help to count toward the achievement, there are conditions.”
“What conditions?”
“First, the customer must have a strong will. Next is…”
Omok squirmed, then pulled out his apple-pad. Figures. He didn’t even memorize the basics. Really, how did this newbie even get hired?
“At last! The customer’s will must be strong, and you must have a big influence on the couple forming. Those two conditions must be met.”
“And how big is ‘big influence’ supposed to be?”
“The system will judge that, don’t worry.”
“Do I look like I’m not worried right now?”
Omok quickly shook his head.
“There’s no exact standard, but just one piece of advice isn’t enough.”
“Then when will I ever finish the achievements and go home?”
So many steps, so much work. My head ached.
“Everything is hard at the beginning, right? You already got a new ability, so use it—”
“Right. You ran away in the carriage last time, didn’t you?”
I hadn’t forgotten. The shame of winking because of this stupid Omok, and even Jonagel Jizir’s face flashed before me.
“Today I’ll make you pay properly.”
“Wait! Someone is coming here!”
“Liar. You said time stops during consultations!”
“No, it’s real this time! Bye!”
Poof!
The coward disappeared again. And right then, the tent flap opened.
“Amelie!”
“Lysa?”
The one who entered was none other than Lysa.
With a worried face, she grabbed me and looked me over.
“I heard Jonagel Jizir threatened you! Are you okay? You’re not hurt, right?”
“Not at all, Lysa. Look—perfectly fine.”
I spread my arms and spun in a circle, but she still hugged me tight.
She was wearing her knight uniform properly, so she must have rushed here straight after her mission outside the capital. Clearly, she was really shaken when she heard the news.
“I’m sorry, Amelie. You went through this because of me.”
“That ugly jerk did wrong, not you. Don’t say that—it hurts me. And I beat him in the argument.”
“Yeah, I heard. I also gave him a beating myself.”
“You what?”
I quickly pulled back to check her.
That guy used to bully with his noble title, so I feared he might have ganged up on her.
“You look fine… but where did you meet him?”
He should have been in suspension. How did she run into him?
“He came to the capital with the Duke Jizir. Probably to complain. Honestly, I was glad. I wanted to give him a proper warning anyway, and he called me first.”
I clicked my tongue.
A man with no character, no sense, and no fear left either.
“But then he told me… to become his lover.”
“What?!”
Had he finally gone insane?!
I already hated him from the affection list, and now this? He must have hit his head somewhere.
“He said I should be grateful the duke’s son liked me. And if I became his lover, he’d erase your ‘rude behavior.’ So I beat the bastard up.”
Hearing Lysa swear like that shocked me. She normally never cursed, but now? Jonagel must really be in bed groaning right now.
Her refreshed expression said it all.
And I wasn’t even worried about revenge. Lysa had Richard, the prince, as her shield.
“Good job. You can’t keep such insulting words inside—it makes you sick.”
“I gave him a real warning. Even if the duke himself tries, it’s useless. Richard saw the whole thing.”
“Right. Ahh, that feels so good.”
So this is what having the male lead and female lead as backing feels like.
A refreshing story of justice and punishment—one you rarely see in real life.
‘Now I’ll never see Jonagel Jizir again, right?’
I pushed away the last traces of him from my mind.
