I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess chapter 0

0 – Prologue

Edgar was not originally from this place.

I wasn’t referring to the region, but to be precise, it meant that I wasn’t a resident of this world.

The time spent in this novel, which he thought was a virtual world, is 20 years, with a little exaggeration.

There was one person with whom he shared his joys and sorrows since childhood.

“Your Highness, how about taking a break?”

She was also the woman who now became the owner he had to serve.

Ariel Loveheim, the current owner of the Grand Duchess of Loveheim, who can control most of this vast northern region.

Today, as always, she had her head buried in a pile of papers and did not move.

“… You are the same, Ed. I didn’t have eyes to see, so I told you to treat me comfortably.”

“Isn’t it your Highness who ordered you to be polite as a servant?”

“Okay.”

Ariel let out a drool and nervously brushed her jet-black hair down to her waist.

Why are you talking nonsense like that? He must have been well aware of how nasty that man’s temper was.

Anyway, his mouth was the problem.

It was about half a year ago that she entered into a master-servant relationship with a friend she had been with all along.

After that incident, as a joke, he threatened, saying, ‘I am the owner, so from now on, be polite’, and it ended up like this.

“I don’t think ignoring the master’s orders is a desirable behavior for a servant.”

“Your Highness is the kind of person who picks up his words so simply.”

“Chit, I don’t hate you if you can’t talk.”

She was one of the three most powerful people in this empire in name and reality, and was also the iron-blooded empress who ruled over the wild aliens in the north by force.

Even so, he often lost in verbal fights with a man he had known for a long time.

If others witnessed this scene, they would rub my eyes dozens of times. Because it was such a surreal sight.

“So, what about the items sent by the central government?”

“I should have finished cleaning it up by now. Would you like to check on it as soon as you finish eating?”

“it’s okay. You sorted it out anyway, so you must have done well.”

She was not a woman who was easy enough to look at her private relationships and public affairs with a generous eye.

This was simply a trust that he could send because he acknowledged the ability of a man named Edgar and had never let him down.

“What about the foreigners who were taken prisoner?”

“Are you agreeing to the negotiations?”

“It’s a silent answer.”

About a week ago from now, there was an act of sweeping away the nuisances that plagued the northern region.

The number of immigrants captured there numbered slightly over a hundred.

He offered negotiations as a condition of handing over the prisoner, but rather kept his mouth shut on the other side and showed no action.

Upon hearing this, Ariel’s red eyes lit up.

They were like thorns in the eyes who harassed the north that he loved. I did not think that I would sit down at the negotiating table anyway.

“Kill them all. Because I have been entrusted with full authority by the emperor.”

Even though he treated the supreme ruler of the empire as if he were treating him disrespectfully, Edgar’s eyes didn’t shake much.

In the first place, even if he was sleeping as an emperor, who wouldn’t be able to curse at someone who wasn’t in his face?

Besides, considering her influence, it may not be impossible.

“All right. Shall we make it effective?”

“Not bad. If you attack, you’ll just have to step on it again. Put up a tall pole in front of the stockade and hang it there.”

Anyway, this side holds the hilt.

It was like an annual event for aliens to invade the northern region, but each time, this impregnable defense line boasted its strength.

It’s getting colder and colder, so if we run out of food, we’ll take action over there. The hanging was merely meant as a provocation.

Even though they had a really bloody conversation, the faces of the two were calm.

In particular, Ariel’s cold face from a moment ago was colorless, and she stretched out leisurely and admired the scenery outside.

“I want lamb for dinner.”

A word I spat out as if tossing it inadvertently.

Edgar’s lips, standing up against him, drew an arc. Ariel didn’t even notice that fact.

“Riel.”

“… uh?”

A thick male voice reverberated through the office.

A few seconds after realizing that the voice was Edgar’s, Ariel’s eyes widened.

it’s his nickname. A name that only one man has called since my parents called me when I was young.

But it was also a name I thought I would never hear again.

Her head snapped violently. There, I saw Edgar with a calm expression on his face.

As if to say it one more time, his bloody eyes lit up, and one corner of his mouth went up.

“Let’s have a meal. I knew that, so I prepared it with lamb.”

The fact that she enjoyed mutton on days when she was feeling down was something she knew well as someone who had been with her for a long time.

Today, for the owner who must have had a lot of trouble due to political affairs, he prepared a handmade lamb dish.

However, Ariel’s reaction to the good news was not entirely positive.

“You, you are always like that… … !”

“What am I?”

Ariel, who had hit the table so that it broke, pointed with a trembling hand, but he shrugged his shoulders and left the office.

It was also proof that the title of ruler of the north was useless in front of a childhood friend with whom he spent most of his time.

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Left behind, Ariel lowered her head and suppressed her resentment.

It’s like a man who always vents his anger.

I’ll give you a proper shame next time, so be prepared. I will use your pain as an endnote and enjoy the day.

Pranks that would normally be exchanged between childhood friends were still happening even after they became master-servant.