My Engagement was Cancelled so I will stop Pretending to be a Fool

The next day—

Olivia heaved a heavy sigh the moment she entered her newly assigned room inside the castle.

The room is wide.

The furnishing also seems to be quite high class. Its appearance might even be more luxurious than the room that was given to her when she was Prince Alan’s fiancee.

However, there’s something that she can’t simply ignore set on the desk located by the window! It’s the piles after piles of documents that are in no way fit into this beautiful room.

“His work has piled up again hasn’t it……”

It was yesterday that the King asked her to process the documents that were assigned to the Crown Prince. However, Olivia is no longer Alan’s fiancee. That’s why she should not have the authority to approve such documents. When she protested so, the King only happily smiled at her and said [It’s okay, I will take the responsibility].

For Olivia, this is nothing but trouble but in return, she was granted permission to visit the castle library as much as she wanted during her free time—–so, she ended up agreeing to do it. The castle’s library is not an easy place to visit. She was free to come and go as the Crown Prince’s fiancee but right now she is only a daughter of the Duke. To visit the library, Olivia would have to apply for and obtain permission first.

“Seriously, there should be a limit to how irresponsible they are! Isn’t this something that His Highness and Lady Lemone are supposed to take care of!?”

Taylor who accompanied Olivia to take care of her needs here angrily complained while preparing tea.

Olivia bitterly smiled at Taylor. Certainly, these documents should be out of Olivia’s hands already but it’s not really that tough for her since she was the one who took care of them until recently. On the other hand, if she quickly gets this done and uses her free time to enjoy herself at the library then it’s actually a pretty good deal for her.

“It’s fine right, His Majesty said that it will only be for a month after all.”

“But…….”

“Don’t worry. I will finish these documents soon anyway so Taylor can take your time enjoying the sweets here okay.”

Saying so, Olivia sat down at the desk before reaching for the first pile of documents and started working in silence.

“Look at this, Atoir. The work is already done.”

“…..Your Majesty. Please stop using my daughter like she’s yours.”

Upon receiving the completion reports from the ministers that assigned paperwork to Olivia, the King looked at his Prime Minister and smirked.

Duke Atoir, the Prime Minister’s expression looked like he just had a can of worms for lunch as he looked down at the report in the King’s hands.

“Seriously, what were you thinking, Your Majesty? Assigning most of the work to Olivia like that…….at least the Crown Prince should be taking care of half of them himself.”

“There’s no helping it right. Most ministers already know how long it will take if they assign it to him after all.”

The word [Incompetence] almost came out of Duke Atoir’s mouth but he still managed to barely stop himself. He doesn’t know what the King is planning but to the Duke, Olivia is his cute little daughter. He was furious about the engagement annulment but he decided not to raise any complaints because he knows how hard it will be for Olivia after she married the prince. Even so, the King is still using her even though she is no longer the Crown Princess. This is something that he can not allow to go on.

Even though Olivia is his daughter, he can say it unbiasedly that she is a smart child.

She’s the kind of person that loves learning new things but she doesn’t boast her knowledge because she doesn’t like standing out. That’s why the Duke does hold a grudge against the idiots who simply believe the Crown Prince that [Olivia is a fool] and make light of his daughter. He doesn’t find this situation where Olivia has to act as Tiana’s shadow warrior amusing either.

In the first place, does Tiana truly believe that ‘being busy with the princess education’ is a good reason for her to push her work to Olivia?

For a start, the fact that Olivia did not receive the princess education was because of the Crown Prince when he dismissed the teachers that were supposed to teach her. Naturally, the Duke hired the teachers Olivia wanted to study under and gave her plenty of education at home. One could say that her education is as good as the one that the castle provides,——–no, even better than that. Olivia may seem like she is always leisurely reading books but she was in fact very busy. With all her lessons, she shouldn’t even have any time to play but it was due to her talent and diligence that she created free time for herself.

After studying so much, Olivia deserves to be evaluated properly.

“Your Majesty. Please make sure to keep your promise. I will only lend Olivia to you for a month. I will not allow any extension.”

“I understand.”

Does he really understand?

Ever since the Crown Prince broke off his engagement with Olivia, the King seems to be strangely happy. Duke Atoir, who has known the King for a long time, knows that when he looks like this, he must be planning something nasty.

“Please don’t involve my daughter any more than this.”

Recalling it now, it was like this as well when Olivia was engaged to Crown Prince Alan.

Duke Atoir wanted his daughter to have as much freedom to choose her marriage partner as possible. Political marriage is rather common in an aristocratic society but Duke Atoir married his wife out of love. That’s why he wanted to allow his daughter the same freedom. And yet, the King noticed his daughter when she was only 6 years old and persuaded him to allow her to become the Crown Prince’s fiancee.

On the other hand, the King carefully stored the reports he received from the ministers into his desk drawer and replied to him with a grin.

“I can’t promise that.”

Knowing that it’s rude, Duke Atoir still loudly clicked his tongue.

TLN: I have to apologize for something in advance. I forgot that the renewal date of this site is coming up soon and I’m hesitating to pay the renewal fee so I’m planning to transfer the content here to my main site.

Yep, I’m migrating it….