Chapter 192 – Episode 191. Him and His Fight (3)
Originally, Einhafen’s wedding etiquette is that the bride’s family first visits the groom’s family and exchanges greetings.
Therefore, in the current situation, it was polite for Wolfgang and Astrid to personally go to the imperial palace to greet Kreuz and Leopold.
“I can’t draw.”
“Dad?”
“Didn’t you say you couldn’t draw?”
“… Why?”
Asti was taken aback for a moment and stared blankly at Wolfgang.
Despite making Leopold drunk like that, Wolfgang was fine.
It’s not that I didn’t expect it.
Wolfgang’s drunkenness was famous even in the north, and he never lost even once in the great battles with the northern landlords.
The nickname Suldok was given because no one had ever seen Wolfgang drunk, even though he drank all the way from the poisonous distilled liquor to the local grain wine.
He got his nickname because he only puts alcohol in it, but doesn’t get drunk.
Anyway, such Wolfgang was talking with a nonchalant face.
“Are you not going to marry me?”
Asti asked with a bewildered face.
No, why are you so stubborn here all of a sudden?
I couldn’t understand it at all.
“Tell them to come over there. Where did you suddenly get the daughter of someone else’s precious house pregnant? If you have a friend, she should come first and apologize, isn’t it right!”
“It’s not a meeting, Dad. I’m just letting you know that this is what happened… “
“Oh well, even if you don’t want to hear it. Didn’t I tell you not to go? It would be natural for Creutz to apologize first, saying that he would come first from that side, and since Leopold’s sins were so serious, he would apologize!”
What’s up?
Asti looked at Wolfgang and narrowed his brows.
Asti wasn’t the only one who had this kind of accident in this family right now.
Ashley and Violet also had the same accident.
The only difference is that Asti is a daughter and Ashley is a son.
“… Then, shouldn’t Dad go to say hello to the Marquis of Autrien in the south?”
“I will. But that’s for later! Astrid, it’s something I have to do after I get rid of you first.”
So the point is this.
Astrid, that is to say, it was Leopold who got Asti impregnated, so the emperor and the crown prince personally came and apologized and apologized and then talked about marriage.
This is also what Wolfgang is now arguing for.
“I will.”
At the sudden voice, Asti and Wolfgang’s heads turned at the same time.
Seeing that she received the honey milk, ate it, and cleaned her stomach, she came down and had been talking to Wolfgang all this time.
Leopold, whose face seemed to have returned quite a bit, was standing in the doorway of the drawing room.
“What do you mean?”
Leopold nodded his head calmly at Wolfgang’s rough voice full of grumpiness.
“I am saying that I will come here with my father and apologize to my uncle.”
“Huh.”
“I know very well that you raised me with great care. My aunt passed away early, and my uncle was alone… I know very well that you had a hard time raising tea. So, I fully understand that Asti has a hard time accepting the fact that she suddenly became pregnant before her marriage. So… “
The longer I spoke, the more difficult it seemed.
“Your Highness, it must be difficult, but first sit down and rest… “
Asti approached Leopold and offered her chair.
No matter how much I stopped drinking, it was the next day after drinking, so I had to do a hangover, but there was no way I could recover with that.
Asti acted on that thought, but she didn’t know the truth either.
Because of that, Wolfgang’s grumpiness at seeing Asti’s actions began to boil even more.
“No, it’s okay. Asti. Don’t just ask for favors. Anyway, that’s the case, so I’ll take Uncle and Father here and apologize first. That would be right.”
And then Leopold turned around.
The back of it was so strong and confident that even Asti couldn’t bear to catch it.
However, Asti looked at the back figure and muttered.
“You can take a shower… “
Her hair is a magpie and her body is slender, so she can be seen as someone who has woken up from her sleep.
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“You did it on purpose.”
“It’s you, now that you’re going to be an older sister, you’d better be careful with what you say.”
After Leopold passed away, Asti, who was sitting in a room drinking tea in the now quiet room, greeted her unexpected guest.
Just as Violet, her face flushed quite a bit, stormed in, she came to her room and said that.
“… Sister, you did it on purpose.”
“What?”
It’s not without reason, and she honestly did it on purpose.
There is absolutely no need to tell the truth about it.
“You didn’t put honey in the honey milk for your father, did you?”
Violet glared at Asti with bright blue eyes that seemed to spark.
I don’t like that look very much.
“I put it in.”
Because I put it in.
“My father asked me several times if I put honey in it. Did you really put it in?”
“Because I put it in. A little bit.”
Violet glared at Asti, whose face did not change at all.
But even so, there was no way for Violet to win over Asti in the present situation and in the future relationship as well.
There must be a way to win, but there is nothing good to do.
“I’ll sit down.”
“Sure.”
Violet sat across from her, glancing sideways at Asti, who was narrowing her eyes.
It seems that war clouds are gathering between the two women who have a new life in each other’s belly.
“… How many months have you been?”
“Three months.”
“What about morning sickness?”
“You?”
“It’s been about two months.”
It is the time when morning sickness is in full swing.
Violet was desperate to eat braised sea bream, one of the specialties of the southern port.
In the central part of the country, where the capital is located, food is not very developed, and seafood is even more difficult to find.
As a result, Violet was suffering from morning sickness.
“I don’t get morning sickness. The baby thinks so much of her mother that she can’t see her having a hard time.”
At those words, Violet raised her eyes again.
Then, when she saw Asti with her eyes raised in the same way, her eyes faded.
It’s not that I can’t understand Asti’s words, but I can’t get angry either.
“… Seriously, can’t we get along well with each other?”
“It won’t happen. If you don’t argue first, there’s no problem.”
“My sister gave me milk first… ! … No, no. There’s no point in saying this… “
It’s not that I hate Violet.
To be honest, Asti hated Wolfgang now.
No matter how it was, Ashley even praised him for being so great, but why did His Highness drink so madly and make people drunk?
It was so heartbreaking to see Leopold sleeping on the kitchen table this morning, but Asti felt like he would never forget it.
Even so, he went up comfortably and went to sleep. How could this be possible?
Asti was not in a good mood.
It’s not that I hate Violet, and it’s not that I hate Ashley, it’s that I hate my dad who calls them pretty.
It was Asti’s feeling that she was doing this to my husband.
So, when evening came, unexpectedly, Leopold and Kreuz came to the mansion.
Entering the imperial castle and saying hello was an appropriate thing even from the perspective of the ruler and subjects, but Wolfgang was also a grand duke and was not someone the emperor would treat carelessly, so it was not unusual for Wolfgang to come to the mansion.
“You are here, in-law.”
“… Welcome, in-law.”
It was the beginning of a fierce battle of notice from the appearance of greeting.
There was no place for anyone to sit at the table of honor, so Wolfgang and Asti, Kreuz and Leopold sat facing each other with the table in between.
“I have good news.”
Since it was a relationship to be in-laws, it seemed like they were formal at a meeting like this.
The car that had been waiting without anyone lifting a tableware even though the meal had been served, Kreuz spoke first.
“It is. It’s good news, but isn’t it news that is somewhat out of order?”
“It seems so. I am truly ashamed to hear that my disgruntled son suddenly made the clever and beautiful young lady pregnant. Forgive me, in-law.”
“It could be that men and women like each other.”
“I am truly sorry, and I have no intention of avoiding it as it is something I should take responsibility for. On this point, I promise you that I will be sure. Leopold, hurry up and say you made a mistake too.”
Still, it seemed to end smoothly.
Leopold bowed his head and apologized, and Wolfgang accepted the apology, albeit bluntly.
After saying hello to each other, we decided to take some more time to talk about marriage.
Asti is already in her third month of pregnancy, and now her stomach will gradually increase, so if the wedding is held like this, the guests will probably see it, so it was judged that it would be unreasonable to hold the ceremony right away.
Maybe after giving birth.
Asti thought so.
She was walking in the garden.
Now that both Kreuz and Leopold had returned to the imperial palace, Asti walked around the garden feeling distraught.
Suddenly, I saw someone sitting on a bench in the corner of the garden.
“… Dad?”
The one sitting at the call raised her head.
The face revealed under the plain moonlight was actually Wolfgang.
“It’s Astyro. Why didn’t you come out to sleep?”
“I’m just a little nervous. What about Dad?”
“Dad was also upset and came out. Sit down.”
It’s a bit like passing by, so Asti calmly sat across from Wolfgang.
“Do you think Dad is a little too much?”
“… Well.”
Wolfgang fiddled with the teacup placed in front of him and was speechless.
Asti also stared at Wolfgang like that, but she didn’t say anything.
“… Maria, Maria von Mitterien.”
“You mean mom?”
“Yes, your mother. It is the name of your mother, who passed away shortly after giving birth to you.”
Not sure why her mother’s name was mentioned here, Asti just stared at Wolfgang.
“… Dad was a little afraid. The older you grow, the closer the day you will marry.”
“Isn’t this something that has already been decided?”
“Yes, it was decided. But when it comes to reality like this, it becomes even more frightening. Isn’t it funny? Even if I had 10 million enemies in front of me, this dad wouldn’t be afraid, but he’s afraid just because you’re getting married.”
“…”
“… Maria, like your mother. Wouldn’t it be wrong if you had a child too? Is it possible that something like this will happen? Just like you from a year ago, you suddenly feel bad… Could something bad happen? I have always been afraid of it.”
“…”
“That’s why I didn’t bother to tell you about marriage. Will you go when the time is right, will you stay by her side until that day comes, that’s what she believed. But… “
Sudden pregnancy.
The fact that her daughter, whom she cherished and loved even more without her mother, suddenly got pregnant,
It was a great fear for Wolfgang.
“Dad.”
“I know very well that you are not weak enough to be. However, in the eyes of this father, aren’t you always a fragile and delicate daughter? It is natural for a father to be concerned about her daughter.”
“…”
“… I know this daddy was overdoing it. See it as a little bit of resentment.”
Wolfgang raised his eyes and looked at Asti.
Her hand, which had been fiddling with the teacup, gently held Asti’s hand.
Thick, scarred hands.
But the hand I don’t like.
Warm hands.
The warmth passed from hand to hand.
“You should live well, Asti. She is to be the mother of the empire, but before that she is the wife of a man and must be the mother of her child. And don’t forget that before that, she was the daughter of a father. Live well, Asti. Really, you have to live well.”
“… I get it, Dad.”
Indeed, that was what love was.
It must have come out in such a form because the boiling denial did not know how to express it.
Asti quietly nodded her head.
Her resentment fades without a sound or rumor.
It melts like snow and flows away.
Asti quietly held Wolfgang’s hand.
The two fathers and daughters sat in the garden holding each other’s hands like that for a long time.
