Episode 29: Poisoned Rat(2)
T/N: Big thanks to Feyna aka the witch, Yuuki Michaelis, Thomas, Chocoholic, Isabelle, VELARIS, Kaylaaa<33 & Bergamote for sponsoring this chapter on Ko-Fi!
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“What are you thinking so hard about?”
Aristine looked up when a question broke through her thoughts.
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to ignore you…”
Currently, Aristine was meeting with Hamill after a long time, and they were chatting.
There was a forest built as a trail in the palace and it was quiet and elegant.
In the middle of the forest path, there was also a place where you could enjoy picnics, so the two settled down there.
Hamill smiled as he looked at Aristine whose face was somewhat flushed.
“Congratulations on your business success. To have given rise to stainless steel and even a mana-powered furnace… The lack of pig-iron ended up bringing you benefits.”
“Thank you, Lu.”
“So, did you make a lot of money? Especially after mentioning it so much.”
“Of course, I did!”
Aristine grinned and puffed her shoulders proudly.
In addition to scalpel sales, she had also begun to receive royalties for the stainless steel manufacturing process and mana-powered furnaces.
‘This is what it must feel like to live off patent fees.’
The best way to make money was making money while doing nothing.
Of course, stainless steel royalties were shared with Ritlen, while the mana furnace royalties were shared with Asena and other magicians.
Aristine also gave the other blacksmiths bonuses.
“You must be glad that the mana stones were supplied on time.”
“Mn, I thought His Majesty had a hand in it, but apparently, it was Prince Hamill.”
“Prince Hamill?”
“Mhm, it’s surprising, right? I wonder why he did that. After all, he’s the one who caused this predicament.”
“You’re right. I’m very curious, too.”
Hamill stretched his lips into a smile. It was a flawless and smooth smile.
“Regardless, I get to relax these days so it’s nice. I was so busy before. Oh, try this. It’s delicious.”
Aristine offered the cupcake that she brought.
Hamill flinched after taking a bite of the cupcake.
‘This…’
He flashed a smile and spoke to Aristine.
“It seems Prince Tarkan treats you well?”
“Huh?”
Aristine was startled to hear Tarkan’s name come out of nowhere. Her face felt like it was about to get hot for no reason.
“W-Why all of a sudden?”
Hamill’s eyes narrowed when he saw Aristine averting her eyes as her cheeks reddened slightly with embarrassment.
“Well, when you ask that, I suddenly don’t want to say.”
He licked the cream off the fork.
“When Princess Consort is with me, let’s only talk about you or me. Not about anyone else.”
Aristine narrowed her eyes and asked, “You’re really not a gold-digger, right?”
“I have been called kind and thoughtful a lot,” Hamill replied with a clear smile.
In the end, Aristine grinned too, modeling his smile, “You are a very strange person.”
“Just to you, Princes Consort.”
A gentle breeze blew over their heads. The leaves rustled in the air as they collided against each other.
Aristine enjoyed her time joking with Hamill like this.
It wasn’t much, but it was a special for her, who had no friends.
Although others acted close to her, they never forgot that Aristine was their superior
On the other hand, Hamill treated her with respect but strangely like an equal.
As if her status of Princess or Princess Consort created no sense of distance or barriers towards him.
After chatting leisurely with Hamill, Aristine got up from her seat.
“It’s time for me to go. The court ladies will be worried if I don’t return.”
Irugo was pretty liberal, unlike Silvanus where it was custom to always move around with an attendant. But perhaps because of the constant events, the court ladies tended to be more overprotective of Aristine.
“Already?”
Hamill asked, gently holding Aristine’s skirt hem and looked up at her.
Perhaps because of his soft eyes, he looked a little sad.
“What do you mean already?”
“Why? Is it because your fox-like court ladies and rabbit-like husband are waiting so you have to go quickly?”
“Mn, my rabbit gets lonely when I’m late.”
Hamill paused at Aristine’s words.
“…Lonely?”
“Of course. Rabbits get very lonely.”
Tarkan would feel ridiculous if he heard this but that didn’t matter since he wasn’t here.
Despite thinking it wasn’t true, Aristine didn’t even blink.
“Hmm, Prince Tarkan get lonely without his wife, huh…”
Hamill mumbled and stretched his lips.
“I think you’ll abandon me if I keep holding on to you so I’m letting you go.”
Hamill’s outstretched fingers slid down the hem of Aristine’s dress.
“If you don’t go when I hold you, I’ll want to keep doing it.”
When he added those words, Aristine couldn’t help shaking her head.
“I think you really found the wrong job. You should have been a gold-digger, not an administrative officer.”
“Does that mean you’re a little taken by me, Princess Consort?”
“No, it means I’m tired of your gold-digging.”
“That’s too much.”
Hamill laughed at Aristine’s firm words. He didn’t look like he felt it was too much at all.
Aristine chuckled and began walking away.
Hamill waved to Aristine as she left. After a while, he clenched his empty fist.
The gentle smile on his face disappeared, and his turquoise eyes stared at that distant back without a flicker.
“This is really fun.”
Hamill mumbled and rubbed his lips. A tenacious smile hung on his lips.
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well, i cant wait to see how aristine will deal with this when it all gets revealed and clicks for her, somehow i feel like it’ll be dealed with as satisfying as with the last pest 🤗 (hopefully)
ty for the update ☺️❤️!
“No, it means I’m tired of your gold-digging.”
I love Aristine so much ahaha
não gosto deste sujeito. quando essa farsa vai acabar? não sei se vão continuar amigos, mas quero ver a aristine falando poucas e boas pra ele também 😩
🤣 oh my sweet Aristine. Her powers make her knowledgeable but her absolute lack of social experience makes her extremely innocent and entirely oblivious. Hamill, please stop flirting with your sister-in-law ☠️✋🙅
I really like aristine a lot. Yep, kind of seeing hamill true personality here. I hope he won’t bring much trouble to aristine. Rabbit like tarkan is so cute!!
I was doing my homework and BAM! a new chapter, I put in the first place my priority to read the chapter; I love sooo much miss Ruby
Thanks for the translate Ruby Nim…
Love Aristine so much…
Cant wait for the lonely Rabbit to seduce his lovely wife…
Keep distance Hamill…hull he is suspicious
Got a feeling that her monach eye will reveal who he is before anyone else. I really pity her tho… kinda sad that her first friend is her enemy and im sure as hell now that hamil doesnt have any intention to be friend with her but to use her somewhat.
Shoo hamil shoo!!!
Stay away from our little princess.
I have an upsetting feeling that he might become some yandere villain and I’m NOT up for it. Leave your SISTER-in-law alone.
It’s gonna be so sad to find out his identity after enjoying these small moments, but I hope it as early as possible to reduce the things to be sad about.
And if it’s a long time before she finds out, I hope his intentions are revealed soon before that.
Oh and THANK YOU FOR THE CHAPTERS AND YOUR HARD WORK
“my rabbit gets lonely when I’m late” sugar dripping my ear kyaaaaaaaa XD
Honestly, I like Hamill. If only there was no power struggle, they would be really good long time friends.
Hamill please don’t be bad. I like you as Rineh’s friend 🥺
Hope that Hamil’s trying to be a good friend for Aristine :c, when she understand hamil and lu are the same person, I really hope Aristine won’t feel betrayed :c
Thank you for the chapter Miss ruby 🖤🖤
I am very curious what is about that cupcake that was special. Hamill takes a bite and is surprised by something.
One year later but when he saw the cupcake he knew that it was made by the ex pasty chef of Yenikarina, that’s why he told her that “Tarkan treat her well” because he (Tarkan) stole the pasty chef for Arestine 🤣🤣🤣
Shes definitely not gonna trust Hamilton when she finds out. Maybe even feel betrayed cause from the beginning when she met Durante she told him “Lying is not the only way to be deceitful” “Only saying half the truth and leading someone to arrive at a wrong conclusion is also being deceitful.”
Sooooo
he’s NOT ur friend bbg he’s just a shady little douche (i will be tho)
It seems to me he’s trying to create scandal. And friend or not, she needs to stop letting him touch her hair, or grabbing on her clothes. That is very inappropriate behaviour on his part.
PPS I just discovered your translation of this dramedy yesterday, so thank you so much for a coherent, non machine translation. I just spent my day off enjoying this from chapter 1. Thank you for your effort
Damn Hamill, stop flirting whit Aristine >:c
dude, you’re gross…….. quit coming on to your SIL it’s disgusting
this plot is blatantly stupid, I need to put my intelligent, no not even that just common sense that a princess consort can be alone just two of them picnic on forest freely no body know while her husband is the rival, and she never see any of her brother in law picture when there is news paper about their bedroom activity national wide… I just be dumb person to be able to read this and put my basic reason to abys. shhh I have to much boring free time to read this shhh
the female lead is garbage and no basic manner as princess consort why she had picnic alone with man euhhh grooossss
Pls I’m begging Hamil turns onto the best un law😭😭😭🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 they’re so cute platonically