Secret Private Life of the Villainous Grand Duke - Chapter 49

Benjamin was disgusted that Matthias had left all the duties of sending out invitations to him, saying that it was a banquet with no meaning anyway. But would now bring up the topic of this woman called Rosemarine or Lily.

“If it’s a lady close to the Grand Duke, it wouldn’t be bad to invite her.”

Matthias asked alone and answered alone. Benjamin just lowered his thin eyelids halfway to hide the subtle purple eyes. Then he looked at Matthias with eyes devoid of feelings.

To be ruling such a large empire and only having one attendant, so Benjamin was buried in his work. So it means that the woman he is interested in these days seems to have gotten herself an invitation.

Benjamin couldn’t help but feel bad.

Before entering the imperial palace, Benjamin was only the second son of Barony Kurt.

As soon as Matthias ascended the throne, he threw all nobles with different political views from the palace and sought younger attendants who would grow up to be like him.

Of course, in the beginning, many high-ranking nobles of the empire applied for the position in order to line up together with the talented and young Emperor, who had been well-regarded since childhood, while building a strong imperial authority.

There were obviously many applicants. However, not many people passed the Emperor’s test.

Matthias, who ascended the throne, was conscious of Moritz, who had become the head of the Cretail family before him and had risen to the position of Grand Duke.

Moritz had the competent Paul and never appeared in public, the younger sister Claudia must have been a good hand too.

That’s why Matthias needed to have a servant who was as competent as them. So Matthias was very picky about choosing and choosing his attendants.

The number of people who passed Mathias’ test and became servants was not so small. However, they fell out one by one as they were plagued by him, who was not satisfied with their work and the excessive workload.

After the descendants of the Duchy emerged, the nobles from the Marquisate followed. Then the County. As even them all couldn’t stand it and left, the Barony and Visciunty, who had a hard time shining through, also had a chance.

The Kurt family was originally a fallen noble family, and was so poor that it was difficult for them to have servants. Twenty-year-old Benjamin was the head of the household who had to support his mother and younger siblings.

If he was paid as the Emperor’s attendant, he could repair the mansion that was collapsing, and furthermore, he could win the Emperor’s trust and rebuild the family. When the opportunity came, he entered the imperial palace without a moment’s hesitation.

That was already 5 years ago.

When he had been a servant for a year, all the servants had left and only Benjamin was left. There was no longer anyone applying to become the servant.

Benjamin, who was left alone and hit by a crazy workload, also decided to resign. Then the Emperor kept him in his care, bestowing fiefs and raising his salary, which Benjamin would not dare refuse.

Over the next four years, Benjamin, who had been hit by work every year, threatened to quit. However, every time he did so, Matthias raised his title one step at a time and prevented his resignation.

Barony Kurt became a Viscounty, then a County, then a Marquisate, and then a Duchy. Benjamin of Duchy Kurt was such a person.

A dragon that rises from the brook. And the Emperor’s poor attendant.

During the first playtime of Moonique’s Night, Benjamin was just one of the supporting characters without a proper scene. A character that was used as a gag element buried in a pile of paperwork while handling the Emperor’s business.

A scene where Matthias says that Benjamin would take care of it whenever he had a chance. A scene of Matthias comforting Benjamin, who threatens to quit because of too much work, to raise him from Marquis to Duke.

Benjamin appeared in the background like that, and even his appearance didn’t come out properly. Everyone thought that Benjamin was just a character used to emphasize Matthias’ personality.

However, Benjamin was Lily’s favorite character before she became possessed. No matter which game she played, her taste was as accurate as a ruler.

A tough and straight-eyed character.

The way his beautiful purple eyes were hidden by the glasses was cute, even the messy gray hair that hadn’t been combed properly because of his busy schedule.

She was so sincere that she cast all of her votes for Benjamin in every popularity vote. The reason she found Benjamin’s route first was because she was so sincere towards him.

After seeing all the endings revealed, she replayed the game and left the window open and didn’t turn it off when she saw Benjamin through the window of the other characters talking to her at her first party.

This was because when she clicked on an option in the information window, the conversation continued and the background changed.

After repeating the process of staying still until the conversation attempts of so many characters were ended, a new route appeared.

The female lead, Lily Ravenas, said, ‘Noisy parties are not my taste…… ’,” and moved to the library in the imperial palace. She meets Benjamin alone.

The joy was indescribable when she first found the Benjamin route, which no one else had discovered. She even shed tears of joy.

Lily had boundless affection for Benjamin.

Unlike Lily, who was filled with so much inner affection with Benjamin even before they met, Benjamin hated Lily. To be precise he was disgusted by Matthias, who was trying to invite Lily.

He wanted to refuse the order rather than his request to invite her.

Benjamin had worked without a weekend for the past five months. He hates the Emperor to death because of the overload of work, but the Emperor just finishes his work and runs around the flower garden with a woman called Lily or Lulu.

Moreover, the ladies invited to this party were from Marquisates, including princesses from other countries. Even if it was a birthday party, everyone would know what kind of place this event truly was thanks to Mathias’ age.

Inviting a Count’s daughter to such an occasion was tantamount to announcing that Lily was the person the Emperor met.

“Hmm…….”

Benjamin had no contact with Lily. If he had to find one thing in common, she was a twenty-five-year-old lady the same age as him. He heard that she was a flawless and upright person, but that was all.

He heard rumors that she hung out with Grand Duke Kneiss, but did she have anything to do with the Emperor as well…….

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