I Didn’t Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 108

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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Chapter 55.1

“By the way, what do we do about the Count of Renoen?”

“Hmm?”

“Even if I express my intention to leave, if they don’t annul the adoption, it could become a legal issue according to imperial law.”

Claude, who had been mulling it over, called out to Lloyd. After hearing April’s concerns, Lloyd quickly offered a solution.

“There are two ways to sever ties with the Renoen family.”

One option was already good enough, but two? April listened carefully to what he had to say. Lloyd raised his index finger.

“First, you could be adopted into another family.”

“Hmmm… another family?”

“Yes. If you join another family, the Renoen family won’t be able to claim that you belong to them anymore. We’ll handle the paperwork on our end.”

However, April didn’t quite like that idea.

“I don’t want to create a whole new family just to escape the Renoen family. I also doubt there’s a family that would take me in. What’s the other option?”

“Well…”

Lloyd, who had been speaking confidently, hesitated for a moment.

“It would be for Miss April to get married…”

April, surprised, asked again.

“Married?”

“Yes. Then, according to imperial law, you would become a member of the man’s family, and the Renoen family would no longer be able to interfere in your affairs. Of course, if marriage feels too much right now, just an engagement would work…”

Lloyd looked at April closely as he asked,

“Miss, do you have someone you’re seeing…?”

At that moment, Claude’s face hardened, but neither April nor Lloyd noticed.

“No, I don’t. I’m too busy with the cafe to even think about a relationship right now.”

Only then did Claude’s expression soften slightly, but once again, the other two didn’t notice. Lloyd, still calm, offered another solution.

“Then, you could fake an engagement until the Renoen family gives up…”

Claude, who had been silent until then, spoke up.

“Do we really need to go that far?”

“…Pardon?”

“Can’t we just warn His Majesty the Emperor not to listen to the Renoen family’s side?”

Although he called it a ‘warning,’ his rigid voice made it sound more like he was about to threaten the Emperor.

Lloyd said reluctantly, “If the Duke says that, His Majesty would likely listen to Miss April, but the real problem is Lord Zenon, isn’t it?”

“Ah, right. Zenon… Given his personality, it doesn’t seem like he’d give up on April.”

April shook her head.

“Thank you for the suggestion, but this is a personal issue, so I’ll handle it myself.”

“Can you really handle it on your own?”

“Well, for now, I’ll try my best to hang in there.”

Claude chuckled softly.

“Yeah, that sounds more like you.”

“Is that a compliment?”

“If you see it that way, then it is.”

“It’s a bit unsettling, but I’ll think of it that way.”

Claude let out a small laugh and quietly said,

“Anyway, if you ever need help, just let me know. If it’s for you, I’ll do whatever it takes to help.”

“Alright.”

April thought that when Claude said ‘whatever it takes,’ he probably meant something like threatening the Emperor. At the time, she had no idea what Claude was really thinking.

9. For You, Who Are Unfamiliar with Coffee

According to legend, the first person to ever eat coffee cherries on Earth was a shepherd from Ethiopia named ‘Kaldi.’ He noticed that the goats who ate the red coffee cherries became unusually energetic, so he picked some for himself and quickly felt a boost of energy.

After that, the exact story of how coffee came to be consumed in the form we know today wasn’t clearly passed down.

However, it is said that coffee, once primarily consumed in the Middle East, eventually spread to Europe and other continents.

‘This place feels kind of the same.’

The first place where coffee was consumed in this world is said to be the Southern Continent. The climate there was warmer than in the Northern Continent, and the people’s skin tone was darker, more of a copper hue.

The first place to bring coffee to the Northern Continent was the Holy Kingdom, located to the east of the Lezion Empire, where April currently lives. In the past, the Lezion Empire and the Holy Kingdom didn’t get along, but recently, with more interaction between them, their coffee culture has begun to spread to the Empire.

In other words, it was only recently that coffee began spreading in the Lezion Empire, a place where tea and tea culture had once been the norm.

Right now, there were coffee houses and cafes that specialized in coffee in the capital, but some nobles still considered tea to be a more sophisticated drink than coffee.

‘Hannah was like that.’

Even so, April didn’t add any tea options to Lilies of April. She wanted to focus solely on coffee. And that was when the problem started. Some customers who came to her cafe noticed there was no tea and simply walked out. In fact, some snobby nobles even mocked her cafe, calling it half-baked.

It was only natural that April’s worries grew with each passing day.

“But I really don’t want to just add a simple tea menu…”

She didn’t know much about tea. She probably wouldn’t be able to brew it properly, and customers who had to drink bad tea would never return to her cafe.