This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 164
Chapter 164
Translator: Yonnee
RP: Haebaragi_syk
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And thus, with the words ‘If we’re going to do it, let’s do it properly,’ Reina received a tremendous thing that day.
It was none other than an island owned by the imperial family.
“Ha… Is it really necessary to go this far, my daughter?”
“Of course, Father. Isn’t the Elder Council being relentless?”
In the end, her father, who stood by Reina’s side, sighed continuously, his brow furrowed.
“No matter what… Are you really planning to live here alone?”
“Oh my? I’m not alone though, Father? There’s Mary, and there are other servants too.”
“…You know that’s not what I mean.”
The imperial palace itself stood on an island in the middle of a vast lake—a lake so expansive that people called it the ‘Lake of Oblivion’.
And this Lake of Oblivion, in fact, was so vast that it was borderline ambiguous to call it a mere lake. To put it in perspective, it might be comparable to ‘Lake Victoria’ in size.
Anyway, this expansive lake was so wide that even on the best steamship of the current era, it would take half a day to cross from end to end.
So, to enter the imperial palace, one would typically use a ‘magic gate’ located by the lakeshore. Although it was possible to use a boat, it took a whopping six hours to reach the palace by water… Who would dare to use a boat for such a journey?
What Reina acquired from the emperor was the island closest to the imperial palace, called ‘Palace of the Thirteenth Moon,’ located on the Lake of Oblivion.
This island was also inaccessible by boat and could only be reached through the gates installed by the imperial palace. In other words, without Reina’s permission, it was impossible for anyone from Utta or Chantra to even approach the place.
“Dear, no matter how you put it, a house in the middle of the Lake of Oblivion… Isn’t this a bit too much?”
Reina’s mother, standing beside her father, scanned the mansion with a worried gaze. In reality, this place was a splendid villa where worries seemed to lose their color.
Was that all? To protect the ‘Saintess of Advent’, the Imperial Knights and even the secret Third Order of the Red Thorns supported by Reina’s grandmother were secretly stationed throughout the mansion. So, the worries of Reina’s parents were futile. It seemed that some people knew that all too well.
In the end, the youngest daughter, who had been busy cleaning various parts of the house, stopped her steps as if she had decided she couldn’t go on.
“Father, <other.”
The two parents, who had been constantly sending their concerns, now stared at their daughter from different angles.
“I’ve made up my mind.”
Perhaps feeling uneasy about leaving out the object of the sentence, their daughter wiped her forehead with her wrist and reluctantly continued.
“Haa… What decision have you made?”
“The family is against it, so I’m just going to set up home here.”
“You’re setting up a home? What in the world…”
In response to her father’s question, the youngest daughter, with her eyes gently folded into crescent arcs, shouted confidently with an exaggeratedly happy expression.
“What else? My newlywed home with Ethan!”
“……”
“……”
The couple suddenly thought.
Was there even anyone in this world who’d be able to rein in this dang troublemaker…
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Fleeing from the academy as if escaping, Reina had already spent a couple of weeks since she took office as the Director of the Bureau of Efficient Technology, or ‘Effi-tech.
“Now, it’s finally settled.”
Reina, who had just finished a whirlwind of work, slumped into her chair and let out a deep sigh.
A few weeks ago, as Effi-tech’s first task, she created two types of sunglasses and presented them to the imperial family.
She hadn’t thought much of it at the time—she had simply made them as ordered.
However, the small spark she had unintentionally ignited had quickly turned into a wildfire.
“No, but… What’s the big deal about glasses with a little tint anyway.”
As the two dragonfolk individuals appeared in public while wearing sunglasses, this sparked a raving trend amongst the people to purchase the same pair across the entire empire.
Opticians had quickly copied the sunglasses and flooded the market, and everyone had started wearing sunglasses.
Yes, at the time, Reina had actually been optimistic about the situation.
Everyone seemed to be disappointed when they actually wore the sunglasses, feeling that they were different from what the Emperor and the Grand Duke had worn, so she had expected the ‘sunglasses’ craze to die down.
“Um… It feels different from when His Majesty wore them.”
“I think so too, Honey.”
However, when people covered their eyes, what happened? Handsome and beautiful people suddenly multiplied on the streets.
But even then, Reina had quite enjoyed the craze.
The exhilaration of making a whole nation go crazy with her own hands! The feeling of leading the fashion of the Pluntria Empire from the forefront!
‘How sweet and stimulating it was…’
So, until Ethan made a petition to the emperor with a grim expression, Reina had felt that way.
“This is a masterpiece created through Director Chantra’s blood, sweat, tears, and the last fragment of her soul… She invented this with all her might, Your Majesty, but like gangsters, they’re taking it away. That’s just too much.”
Reina momentarily got lost in thought, thinking, ‘Hmm… Where have I heard this phrase before?’ It was… the secondary culprit behind this situation.
“Then file a patent for it.”
Reina snapped back to attention with a sentence like a bolt from the blue, but it was already too late.
With an uncanny coordination, Ethan and the imperial family had registered ‘sunglasses’ as an invention without giving Reina a chance to intervene.
In other words, the current talk of the empire, ‘sunglasses,’ could only be produced under the command of Reina Chantra.
Of course, Reina wasn’t personally making them in front of a furnace. She issued orders to the craftsmen contracted by Effi-tech to produce the sunglasses according to the incoming orders.
But sunglasses were still unfamiliar to the people of the empire. So everyone sent orders non-stop, filling them with metaphors and direct requests, each with their desired design and purpose, resembling lengthy poems. Some even contained epic narratives.
“Ha… This is even more challenging than pursuing a master’s degree.”
Seeing the still piled-up piles of documents, another deep sigh escaped.
“Is this the place where you make the sunglasses that His Majesty the Emperor wears?”
“……”
Ha… Now they’re coming directly with their orders? What are the guards even doing, not stopping this… Are they not going to protect the Saintess?
“Yes… That’s correct.”
Reina, exhausted, gave her answer, then turned towards where a voice as pure as an elf’s had come from.
But to her surprise, it wasn’t an ‘elf-like’ being; it was a real elf.
“……”
Haa… Now they’ve even brought an elf into this. Are they trying every possible experience before they die? Seriously…
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