FVN Chapter Vol. 1 Ch. 6
Chapter Vol. 1 Ch. 6
CHAPTER:1.6
By the way you’re dressed, you look like you’re going on a picnic.”
“.......”
Audrey gave him a ‘why do you care’ look as if the sudden snipe hadn’t surprised her.
“Why is she always dressed like a sissy?
I asked. As usual, ignorance was the answer, as the old man could not understand the charms of adorably puffed sleeves and flounced skirts.
But the wicked Hans persisted in his insistence that only Audrey could hear.
“It must look very strange to you, too.”
“......!”@@@@
“Are you sure you’re okay with that?”
her stride came to a screeching halt. Audrey glanced down at her outfit.
“Is it that weird?
The cream color that stood out in the dimly lit, neutral crowd, the ridiculously puffed sleeves, the ribbons and lace, the five-tiered cake at the wedding....... When I looked at her again, I realized how different she looked from everyone else’s neat attire.
“You idiot!
An indescribable feeling of embarrassment washed over her. She just wanted to look good for her crush today....... She began to feel unnecessarily self-conscious about the way people were looking at her. More precisely, Claude’s gaze.
I wonder if he thinks she’s some kind of dandy who doesn’t know the right place at the wrong time. Yes, he must think she’s pathetic.
“It’s only a few minutes past here-, Audrey?”
“.......”
“Are you hurt?”
Audrey shook her head, looking like she was going to cry.
Her tiny hands clutched tightly at her dress, and Hans whimpered softly behind her.
Claude realized what was happening at once.
“Hans.”
“What? I didn’t say anything.”
“.......”
“It’s true.”
Claude’s stern glare scared hans.
By now, the three of them had arrived at the city gates, and it was time for Claude, who was assigned to the Ministry of Finance, to part ways with his two temporarily assigned people.
“I know it’s a little strange today, but you’ll get used to it. I’ll see you later.”
But as Claude started up the stairs after his final goodbye, he stopped halfway up.
“.......”
Audrey’s sullen face was troubling him. Without hesitation, Claude turned around and began to make his way back down the stairs through the crowd.
It wasn’t hard to spot a head of curly pink hair in the crowd. Catching up quickly, he tugged surreptitiously at the sleeve of Audrey’s robe.
“Your brother?”
“Shh.”
The first thing that caught Audrey’s attention was the mischievous twinkle in his eye. The next was the small nibble of his lips, spoken only to her so Hans wouldn’t hear.
“You look pretty today.”
“......!”
Audrey turned her head in bewilderment, and there was Hans, his arm outstretched in a very straight line as if he were introducing .......
“Well, you’re a little quicker than the other guy. What’s your name?”
“Hans Emilton.”
“Ah, so you’re the younger brother of the Earl of Emilton, what more do you need to know, you’ll do great.”
“......!”
The lips that had been long drawn back shrank in an instant. The plump cheeks puffed out like a deflated balloon. Audrey stared at her friend’s sideways face in utter shock.
“You, why did you get out of there?
His eyes glowed with rage, and he spewed a stream of pointed words that were almost murderous.
But Hans never turned his head until the sound of the square pen ceased.
“Now, next-”
“Sure, raise your hand quickly.”
“......!”
The grin on Hans’s face was thin as their eyes met. It’s clear he’s trying to turn my stomach. It’s not like you can erase a name that’s already been carved in stone, and knowing that made me even more angry.
“I wanted to work with my brother, too. You could go to the Justice Department, right?”
“This......!”
Sociopath?
Audrey was genuinely outraged. If it weren’t for the fact that she was a peacock, she would have grabbed his jaw and shaken it until all his organs were sticking out of his mouth.
What, you want to work with your brother? You’ve been busy looking at Claude’s chest every chance you get! Since when have you been so special.......
Suddenly, blood rushed to my head, causing me to feel mildly dizzy.
My God! Your humanity, is it unbelievable, is it rubbish? Stop my somersault! Your verse makes the time happy.
“If you wanted to go that badly, why didn’t you use magic?”
“.......”
“I’m sorry about this.”
Hans fanned himself absentmindedly. No, that was intentional. He walked right up to me and left me, his face as hideously rotten as if he’d been dumped on his back....... I couldn’t stand the sight of his refreshed face.
Audrey gritted her teeth and vowed that she would never forget and repay him for today’s indiscretion. To that dastardly seat stealer.
* * * *
“Hello, I’m Audrey Kevelson. Hope you’re doing well!”
“......I’m Hans Emilton.”
The eyes of the people at the Treasury turned to the two. Claude also looked at them in surprise.
“Haha, what a brotherly love affair, a younger brother following his older brother to the Treasury!”
“That’s true. It’s great to have young people here, too.”
“Why don’t you take care of their training, Claude?”
“I’d be happy to.”
Claude smiled, not a hint of resentment at the new responsibilities he’d been thrust into in the blink of an eye. Hans frowned as if he’d seen something he shouldn’t have.
“Shit! Shit!
This wasn’t the original plan. Only a madman would have come into the Treasury to see his brother’s face every day until he vomited. He just didn’t want to imagine the two of them flirting when he wasn’t there, and what would happen if he worked overtime?
Everything was perfect until he intercepted Audrey’s order. But.......
“Oh, no. I’m sorry, you’re supposed to have two people assigned to Finance, not Justice.