HAPPILY EVER AFTER(1)
Translated by: Miss Ruby
Edited by: ShadowDog
The King came to the Queenโs Palace without sending any message in advance. When he appeared, Beth was in the middle of a conversation with a noblewoman that she had invited. The noblewoman couldnโt blame person that had suddenly disrupted them and had to rise in the middle of their discussion to leave.
Beth wondered why the King abruptly intruded into her palace. It was hardly possible for the king not to know that the time when she met with the noblewomen was in its own way, an important part of her itinerary as Queen.
โWhat might be the matter, Your Majesty?โ
โThis king got stood up.โ
Kwiz plopped down on the sofa with a peeved expression on his face.
โSorry?โ
โThis king is the only one in the world that can stand someone up. Yesterday, Selena definitely promised to have lunch with me today.โ
Kwiz was really looking forward to the lunch appointment with his lovely daughter whom he wouldnโt trade for all the treasures in the world. Even when it went past the appointment time, he gratifyingly thought that she was running late because she was a young lady and had to prepare. But even after waiting for a good while, there was no news. He got concerned and sent a servant to check but the servant returned with a hollow answer. Princess Selena had already gone out in the morning, so she wasnโt around.
Kwiz was terribly hurt by his daughterโs betrayal. It seems like just yesterday when she was clinging to him and crying โRoyal Fatherโ and he couldn’t believe that she’d already found other things more interesting than her parentโs embrace.
In Xenon, there were two men who showed off their unstoppable love for their daughters. One of them was Bethโs husband and the sovereign of this country, and the other was the Duke of Taran, a man who held power second only to the king.
Beth recalled the ridiculous matter that happened because of the highest authorities in the country. It was called the dollhouse case.
Kwiz custom-made a dollhouse with a cutely decorated bedroom for his daughter. Selena took that dollhouse to the ducal residence and boasted about it to her friend. Evangeline was very envious and waited for her father who was returning home late that day.
Hugo was moved to see his daughter came out to meet him with sleepiness in her eyes.
[Father. I want a dollhouse too.]
When Evangeline rubbed her head in his chest and whined, Hugo felt very regretful that he couldnโt put a dollhouse in front of his daughter right that instant. And the very next day, he found a constructor and began production for the dollhouse immediately.
My daughter should have the best in the world!
A larger, fancier dollhouse with a living room inside a bedroom, became Evangelineโs. Selena, who visited the ducal residence, was shocked to see her friend with a better dollhouse and ran to Kwiz.
[Royal father. Eve has a better dollhouse.]
Who will make the nicer, more fabulous, more expensive dollhouse?
Beth and Lucia watched, completely dumbfounded at the two men who were competing with each other over something immature.
It went past the standard of being a toy and crossed into the territory of artworks. They chiseled a small bathtub out of marble, called a watchmaker to make a miniature clock to hang inside the dollhouse, commission a famous painter for a painting to hang on the wall of the dollhouse, and even got adopted equipment facilities for the small bathtub to receive water.
After almost six months, the dollhouses were completed, and the two men came to a mutual agreement and set up an objective judging panel to judge their work. They got the same score in the first round and chose a date for the second round. Their wives who had just been observing the situation came forward. It was a competition that had nothing to gain even if you won and would only hurt the feelings of whoever lost.
[It looks like we are both troubled by husbands who canโt act their age, Duchess.]
[I know what you mean, Your Highness.]
The two women comforted each other and forcefully concluded the fight by agreeing to donate the dollhouse to the showroom in the Outer Palace hall.
In fact, while the fathers were busy fighting over the dollhouse, their two daughters had already lost interest and were focused on other ways to entertain themselves.
The amazing competition that drew the attention of many people, fizzled out in the end without a winner. The two huge dollhouses, made in the form of a three-story estate mansion, became a specialty for foreign envoys to see at least once.
After the dollhouse incident, it became a trend for people to look at their youngest daughter and go, โour daughter is the cutest.โ
โSheโs at an age where she forgets promises she makes easily, even firm ones.โ (Beth)
โShe went to the Dukeโs residence again, right?โ (Kwiz)
โThereโs no other place that Selena goes to.โ
โIt is troubling for the princess to form the habit of going out continuously from a young age. Why do you allow it, Queen?โ
โItโs the Dukeโs residence, I see no issue there.โ
โStill, when you consider it, an esteemed young lady should be the one entering the palace. How can the princess be going out to meet an esteemed young lady?โ[1]
Beth chuckled. Her husband wasnโt the type of person to be strict or nitpicky over such formality. He was grasping at straws.
โThey are children. Itโs not a matter that requires the pride of adults.โ
โThereโs also the issue of safety.โ
โTo be quite frank, the Dukeโs residence would be safer than the palace.โ
Kwiz couldnโt say anything to that. The guards around the Duke of Taranโs residence reminded him of an impenetrable fortress. Kwiz always wondered how heavily guarded the security was at the ducal residence. So last summer, he lightly made a bet with the Duke.
[Gong. This king is going to try to go through the guards at your residence. Will you take up this kingโs challenge?]
[I never avoid a challenge.]
Kwiz also made a second bet with his adjutant. Naturally, he bet that he would succeed, and the adjutant had no choice but to bet on the remaining option.
The way the wager worked was: if the mansionโs intruders brought back a specific mark in the mansionโs garden, it was Kwizโs win, and if the infiltration failed, it was Hugoโs win. The result was terrible. Kwiz was soundly defeated. Two out of three attempts, they couldnโt even get past the wall before being discovered, let alone acquiring the mark.
In exchange for the bet, Kwiz had to meet the Dukeโs demand for another title and once again, he could not use a word chosen by his adjutant. So far, his bets with his adjutant have all been consecutive defeats.
The adjutant was overwhelmed with pride because Kwizโs conduct had become more refined since he became king.
There were no doubts about the safety of the ducal residence, and so, Kwiz didnโt need to worry about Selena. Kwiz couldnโt think of anything else to nitpick on, so he sullenly shut his mouth.
Translatorโs Corner:
[1] [Gongnyeo] vs [Gongju]: Gongnyeo is used to refer to a young woman with high status, Gongju is the formal title for princesses, i.e of royal family. Gongju Katherine = Princess Katherine. In a way, Gongnyeo can also mean princess but it isnโt a title. I didnโt want to use princess(because it overlaps) so I translated gongnyeo to esteemed young lady.
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THIS TWO MOST POWERFUL MEN IN THE COUNTRY AND YET … Selena and Evangeline is indeed the real most powerful person in there. Thank you for this chapter!
Because they can control the most two powerful men in the world!๐คฃ๐คฃ
Wow … powerful parents, but they look so cute !!! The cuteness is a justice !!!
Thank you Ruby ! <3
Ah, perhaps Selenaโs other reason visiting Ducal residence was to meet the-handsome-yet-sweet Damian? Kukuku Courage, Kwiz!
Much love, Miss Ruby & ShadowDog!
I want Damian to find his own love in someone a person like Lucia so I m not shipping Damian with Selena at all and the other reason is Selena is a princess so her position is greater than Damian if Damian marry someone like her means the king and Selena will try to rule over his head so plz Damian run away from this palace peoples and keep urself safe n stay happy with ur family and find someone else to love.
That is true plus it would mean that Damian would most likely have to give up his title as duke. And I have the feeling that Damian is like Hugo in terms of he doesn’t like to be burdened down with certain responsibility.
Absolutely not going to happen. The direct-line royal family members have a duty to produce a successor, and we all know the trouble it invokes when it comes to the Taran lineage.
But if certain conditions met from the girls side like in lucia’s case then child is possible but not a boy child. I totally don’t like kwiz (king) because he always have a tendency to use or control people so even try to form siblings relationship with Lucia to control Hugo, he is simply mean and cunning so that’s also the reason I don’t want Selena with damian.
Did you forget that Lucia was a princess who married a Duke?
The king has a male heir already I think? And Lucia was also a princess. But that also makes Selena and Damian cousins?
In the eyes of society, yes.
After all Damian is registered as Lucia’s biological son, even if he doesn’t have the blood relation, Damian and Selena are cousins.
Is it bad that I kinda lowkey ship Damian and Chris, even though Iโm not a fujoshi? XD
Oh my god! Lmao! So now there are at least two things that these foreign envoys must see before returning home. The knife that Hugh throw at Roy, thatโs still stuck in one of the ballroom pillars and now the two huge dollhouses! I think we need a side story from the foreign envoys POV๐คฃ
Thanks Miss Ruby and ShadowDog for bringing me some much needed laugher! Please continue to translate these awesome novels!
Omg this was hilarious, the dollhouse bet!๐๐ many thanks! I wonder if Damian and Selene will kinda be an item later on? Tho Damian is probably back at the academy but it is the only young lady appart from his sis with whim he might interact…
“The adjutant was overwhelmed with pride because Kwizโs conduct had become more refined since he became king.” Yeah, because of all the bets he lost XDDD
Ah, now we see the rivalry between the two most powerful people in the empire: Evangeline and Selena.
Doting parents are like these alright? Don’t question them.
Thanks.
We got not one, but TWO OYABAKAS!
From the start i didn’t want the duke family and the royals to get along (lucia and beth are an exception !) And i really don’t want Eve to marry a prince if it’s going to happen i would say it was a waste of time to read this novel ๐
And no matter what i can’t like the king he’s a sly person i hate him ๐
I was waiting for the time Hugh would stop working under the king but … ๐ก
Hahaahhahah this is so cute! Forever loving how the royal family is always overshadowed by the Dukeโs. I like how this novel have cute side after stories.
Thank you so much for the lovely translation as always, really appreciate it.
Kwiz and Hugh’s competitive friendship made me laugh so hard. Kwiz doing dumb bets and trying to drag the Duke into his childish games then failing miserably. What a weird legacy. But the dollhouses must have been beautiful. Thank goodness for Beth and Lucia putting a stop on their fierce competition. ๐คฃ๐
Thank you for chapter ๐๐๐
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LOL
many thanks
Doting daddies lmao
Thanks for the chapterโค
Screw that. Eve’s getting married to Selena end of story XD. Also I LOVE the fact that Hugo.. he who thought he may not even care at all for his daughter is now a fantastic example of Oyabaka.
im in fvcking tears lmfaoo
good to see evangeline and selena getting along…damian and selena have quite the age gap (11 years?) dont think i can ship. it would be funnier to see them pulling in other wild characters with their pairings tho (and im slightly partial to selenaXevangeline)
Haha ๐ this is so cute!
Canโt wait for this scene to be on the manhwa.. ๐
THEY ARE TOO CUTE!!!!!
I hope Eve and Selena don’t grow up as spoiled brats and competitors though, it would be such a shame.