I! Cleaner!-Chapter 780 - 714: The Bigger the Bust, the Smaller the Mind

"Achoo!"

After a delicate sneeze, Princess Veronica, who was called from the waiting room, tightened the light shawl on her shoulders and looked at the lady-in-waiting who hurried back, somewhat skeptically said:

"You said... that Princess Melisande seems to be..."

"Up to no good!"

The lady-in-waiting who rushed back supplemented the rest of Veronica's words, catching her breath before reporting indignantly:

"I specifically told her that the pastries sent were for Prince Leon, symbolizing the hope that you and Prince Leon could share a lifetime of happiness, but she still ate them all. She's really shameless!"

"If it's just pastries, that might not necessarily be the case."

Princess Veronica shook her head rationally, analyzing:

"Three-quarters of the Northern Kingdom is ice fields, and the climate is extremely cold, so people usually have a huge appetite. The Northern royal family are all big eaters, so perhaps that child was just hungry, and Leon..."

"Your highness!"

Seeing that Princess Veronica didn't seem to grasp the seriousness of the issue, and was even trying to explain on the other's behalf, the lady-in-waiting who came to deliver the news stomped her foot in urgency:

"That woman may look like a child, but she certainly isn't a child anymore! Besides, maybe His Highness just likes that kind of thing?"

"..."

Oh my... could Leon really like that?

Even though the possibility of Leon having a crush on small buns seemed unlikely, looking at her confidant's earnest and concerned expression, the worried Princess Veronica suddenly felt a bit unsure.

During the time they were tangled with each other, as the most beautiful woman in the Royal Capital, she had taken the initiative, and any other man would have surrendered long ago. However, Leon kept resisting stubbornly, persistently refusing to marry her.

She originally thought that he had some concerns in his heart, and in addition, due to the Clean-up Bureau's regulations, he didn't want to be deeply involved in royal affairs. But now, could it be possible...?

He actually likes someone younger?

"Your highness! You really need to be wary of her!"

Seeing Princess Veronica, who had lost her usual sharp decisiveness and became somewhat indecisive, the worried lady-in-waiting gritted her teeth and lowered her voice:

"After delivering the pastries, I didn't leave but stayed in the room opposite the waiting room, watching their lip movements, and found out..."

"Reki!"

Upon hearing the lady-in-waiting's words, Princess Veronica was slightly surprised and then said with a bit of annoyance:

"Didn't I already tell you not to do such things? If I have any doubts, I can ask myself, but your actions actually..."

"Your highness!"

Stomping her foot again in frustration, as she recalled the look of expectation on Princess Veronica's face when they previously discussed the wedding, the lady-in-waiting couldn't help grabbing her arm and, with a grim face, said:

"If I hadn't eavesdropped on their conversation, your man might have been whisked away! What use would it be if you figured it out by then?"

"But..."

"No more 'buts'!"

The lady-in-waiting exclaimed:

"I watched their lips using a mirror from the opposite side, and although I couldn't see the entire conversation, what I did see was enough to prove that woman is up to no good!

Your highness! Do you know what I saw? I saw her pout, asking the prince with a displeased face if he rejected becoming her partner at some Fish Palace because of you!"

?!!!

Hearing the lady-in-waiting's words, Princess Veronica couldn't help but widen her eyes and inhale deeply.

"Did she really say that?"

"Of course it's true!"

"But... ahem... I believe in Leon, and the situation might not be that way. Maybe what she meant by partner is more like 'collaborator' or 'working associate', like something where two people are necessary to..."

"Oh my dear princess! Stop trying to console yourself!"

Stomping her foot again in exasperation, the lady-in-waiting urgently said:

"Though His Highness rejected her, that woman clearly hasn't given up! Otherwise, why would she sneak backstage to find His Highness at such an important event as your wedding?"

"Uh... what if she truly had something urgent?"

"What urgent matter could she have?"

The lady-in-waiting said irritably:

"Could it be that something happened to her family, the Northern Kingdom is about to fall, and the entire royal family is facing extinction, so she desperately needs His Highness to save them?"

...

"Rest assured, I'll do my best regarding the North."

After finishing their discussion about the five palaces selection that allowed them to meet and subsequently mentioning the Northern Kingdom's crisis, Leon warmly promised, seeing the female cleaner who had grown much darker and more worried in expression:

"Although your North is hostile to the Kingdom, the conflict remains a human internal issue, whereas the matter between the Slaughter King Association and Watcher's Palace concerns the survival of the entire race. Even though my kingdom is hostile to yours, I will ensure full efforts on this matter."

"Thank you..."

Gratefully glancing at Leon who comforted her and thinking of her 'calculative' brother when facing 'noble and selfless' Leon, the female cleaner couldn't help but feel a bit helplessly:

"If only my brother could see things as you do. Though he's not a bad person, he's overly obsessed with seizing benefits. Even when I warned him, violating confidentiality, about the serious danger of the current situation, he still insists on trying to do something opportunistic...sigh..."

"I understand."

Leon nodded upon hearing this, then objectively evaluated:

"Although the King and my kingdom are opposed, in the eyes of the Northern Kingdom's citizens, he should be a good ruler, at least a competent king.

And, after all, he is not a member of the Clean-up Bureau; his perspective differs from ours. It's normal he would try to gain some advantage, considering that while decisions are made up high, they often begin with the bottom where one sits."

"Head and buttocks... aha, he really is the kind who makes decisions based more on his seat than his head!"

Having listened carefully to Leon's evaluation, the female cleaner couldn't help but chuckle twice before she was about to say more, only to hear some firm footsteps.

"Your Highness!"

Secretly adjusting the close-fitting under armor beneath her gown, the elderly man who no longer feared being stabbed to death by an enraged prince exhaled deeply before mustering the courage to urge:

"All the guests have arrived; it's time for your entrance... Who is this woman? Why is she here? Who let you in? Guards! Guards!!"

"..."

Tch, stingy!

In response to the calls of the emboldened old man, the female cleaner, still unsatisfied by the cut-short exchange, couldn't help but purse her lips in slight annoyance as she was politely but roughly escorted out by the guards.

As she noticed the guy who tricked her with a pastry somehow sneaked over and stared at her like watching for a thief, her discontent tripled, encompassing even a certain ample-chested woman in annoyance.

The big-chested girl is really annoying! I was just worried Leon might hold back during missions because of the hostile ties between the kingdoms, so I came to probe. I wasn't planning to steal your man. Do you have to guard against me so much?

Your chest is so large; how can your heart be so small?