I Became The Childhood Friend of the Obsessive Second Male Lead - Chapter 328

They looked like they didn’t care much and said, “Father’s personality is so poor, anyone can help by giving in a little effort.” But in fact, it would not be that simple.

For some reason, Rieta saw the images of the two boys, who must have been working hard to avoid their father’s eyes.

Weren’t they admirable, amazing children?

Especially considering that they were still in their early teens.

“But there is one hurdle, sister.”

Vernon clenched his chin and rolled his big eyes for a moment.

“Hurdle?”

Eddie answered this time.

“Agnes Lang.”

“The mercenary protecting Sister.”

They were worried that Rieta might not know Agnes’ name, so they even bothered to explain it.

“Agnes Lang is a strange person, isn’t she?”

“Yes, she’s strange. I don’t understand.”

The boys tilted their heads at the same time.

“Strange?”

Rieta lowered her voice somewhat, paying attention to the outside of the door.

“Even without pay, she will not betray Father.”

“Besides, it seems like Father trusts Agnes now.”

“Maybe Agnes…”

Vernon was about to say, ‘I don’t think she wants a position as a concubine’, but then paused.

For some reason, he thought that’s a little too rude.

“She’s a sincere person. She’s unappealing.”

“It was Agnes Lang who told Father about the mercenaries last time.”

“It was really mean.”

“The mercenaries’ families are waiting for them to come back after earning money.”

“She interrupted us even though she knew that. She knows more about her colleagues than we do.”

The boys looked very disapproving of her.

“So Agnes Lang will interfere again.”

“Of course we won’t leave her alone.”

The boys looked at each other and said, “Never.”

“Wait.”

Rieta interrupted their conversation for a moment.

“You won’t leave her alone?”

That one word bothered her so much.

She wondered if the boys were going to do something bad to Agnes.

“We have knights working with us.”

“Of course, there are soldiers too.”

The boys pretended to count ten fingers as if they were counting, but stopped, claiming that they lacked fingers.

“So no matter how strong Agnes is.”

“She won’t be able to stop multiple people by herself.”

Rieta nodded.

Listening to their story, it seems that they have already secured troops to subdue Agnes.

Well… if Agnes got in the way of the operation, it was right for them to do that.

For some reason, Rieta didn’t seem to understand.

She thought maybe it was because she liked Agnes quite a bit.

“About that… is there any other way?”

The two boys shrugged.

“It can’t be helped. We don’t want Agnes to die either.”

“We’d rather keep her strong. So there will be an excuse for her later.”

Oh, that was it.

The boys thought of the time when the King would find out about this.

If they left evidence of her strong resistance and fighting, Agnes would be able to survive somehow.

“Persuading Agnes would be more… dangerous.”

When Rieta murmured, the boys pursed their lips and said, “She’s not one to be persuaded.”

“Sister, please trust us.”

“We will definitely make you happy.”

Rieta nodded her head, saying that she accepted their trustworthy words, and the boys rested their heads on her shoulder again.

She caressed the children on her either side with hands that were finally free.

***

When she saw the boys off and returned to the room, all of the handmaids had gathered and mended the dress.

“Will it be okay?”

They smiled at Rieta’s worried question.

“Of course. It’s just the stitching is ripped. It’ll be good as new! Do you want to try it on for a while?”

“Try this? Me?”

“Of course. We have to make sure it fits the Princess’s body.”

She feels embarrassed to suddenly wear a wedding dress like this…

“We’ll just be putting this on your body for a moment.”

“Don’t feel pressured.”

Rieta hesitated a little, but in the end she couldn’t win against the handmaids

“…”

And after ten minutes, Rieta thought about her loss of trust toward people.

The maids, who claimed that they would only put the dress on her body for a bit, got excited and started decorating Rieta in earnest. They were bringing everything new from undergarments to decorations.

“This wasn’t it! It’s different from the promise!”

Rieta tried hard to resist, but she couldn’t seem to put up a fight.

She wondered if there was anyone who could help her, so she looked around and saw Agnes standing upright at the entrance.

Rieta stretched out her hand towards Agnes.

“Agnes! Save me!”

It was Agnes’ job to save Rieta, so she was sure Agnes would get her out of this hell of embellishments.

Just as Agnes turned her head towards her, Rieta hurriedly reached out her hand.

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