She Was Sent by God

she closed her eyes.

– Don’t die.

Agnes bit her lips discreetly.

She had even ran away without looking back twice at the dying man.
At that moment, she had felt like a terrible coward.
The emotions of that day welled up and clawed at her heart.

She owed him a lot.

“What, am I not worth a reply?” Zoltan said, frowning.

Agnes only then realized that he was staring at her blankly.

“No.
I’m sorry Sir Zoltan.
I was just caught up in my thoughts for a moment.
What did you ask?”

“I asked why you are at the West Watchtower.
It’s not really a place that the princess might be interested in.”

“I had heard that the advisor of the castle resided here and there was something I wanted to ask.”

“To Bushke? Hmm.
He is not here right now.
The old man likes to roam around.
So, he is probably holed up somewhere in the territory.”

She was surprised by how his attitude was much more gentle and polite than expected.

The Zoltan she had last remembered, was someone who was rude and spoke informally towards Agnes.
She remembered that they were always fighting because of that.

‘Wasn’t our relationship bad at first?’

Somehow, her memory of him was hazy.

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She couldn’t think of a specific reason why her relationship with Zoltan had deteriorated.
At some point- for some unknown reason, whenever Zoltan saw her, he would always treat her as his enemy.

“I can’t help it if he’s not here.”

But now, the man in front of her looked at her with very favorable eyes.

The princess unknowingly had small smile on her lips.

“Thank you for letting me know, Sir Zoltan.
We avoided wasting our time in vain thanks to you.”

Unfortunately, today wasn’t the day.
Moreover, there would be an opportunity to meet the retainers this evening, so she could make an appointment to meet him then.

“What.”

He looked somewhat perplexed and said nothing about whether he found the gratitude Agnes showed, awkward or surprising.

“Madam, Mr.
Bushke is not here.”

Right at that moment, the maid came down and gave her a definite answer.
She had a troubled expression on her face.

“Yes, I heard it from Sir Zoltan.
There’s no helping it.”

She accepted it without a hitch and started heading away from the watchtower.

“Princess!”

She had only taken a few steps when she heard Zoltan’s voice behind her.

He scratched his head and quickly walked up to Agnes’ side.

“That… uhm, are you busy now?”

“Now?”

How unexpected.

From the beginning to the end, Zoltan was never very friendly or someone kind towards Agnes.

“I have nothing planned.”

“Then, ehem.
Can I mayhaps take you somewhere for a moment?”

“Where do you mean?”

“Just for a moment.
I want to talk to you.”

Zoltan Arpad(4) is often frowned at and misunderstood but it’s not unjustified.
The smell of alcohol surrounding his body never goes away, and because of his temper, he’d also often get into bloody fights.

“Yes, of course.”

However, most of the time he was angry was because he couldn’t stand to see injustice.
He had a big heart, so he always helped those in need by giving what he had.

They walked in silence.

The place where Zoltan led her to was the only managed garden in the castle.
It had been a very dear and cherished place when the former duchess was still alive, and so money from the non-existent garden budget kept it from being ruined.
(5)

“Here…”

Ney looked around the garden and groaned.

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“Please sit here princess.”

The tables Zoltan governed(6) had partly rusted.

Ney noticed it and didn’t move as if shocked.

This would have been unthinkable in the royal palace.

“How can… this kind of place…”

Ney trembled as if she had been drenched in cold water.

It seemed as if Zoltan had deliberately guided the princess to such a place.

She probably did not know the circumstances of the castle.
She had been the same.

“Ney.”

“Yes, milady(7).”

“Go get me a cup of tea.”

“Yes.” answered Ney after a long pause.

She glared quite fiercely at Zoltan before leaving.
Zoltan’s mouth twitched as noticed it.

“Are all the maids from the palace so cocky?” Zoltan asked when Ney had disappeared from their sight.

“We grew up together as milk siblings.”

“Hm, oh well.”

Only then did Zoltan nod, convinced.

A princess’s milk sister are often daughters of low-ranking aristocrats.
Therefore, she was the highest-ranking among the court maids.

“Um…….”

Zoltan struggled with speaking while trying to read Agnes mood.

“So, how is the princess settling down here?”

Lila’s notes:

Ney is a girl, not a boy.
Sorry for the confusion.
I have changed the pronouns in ch6 as well.
Although I may have missed some.
1.
(^) His name might be Don Beller, because I wasn’t sure what 던(deon) in the raw was.
It’s either his name or a verb ending ¯_(ツ)_/¯ also I previously referred to him as Sir Beller, but I changed my mind, it’s Lord Beller now.

2.
(^) *le gasp* Corona? jk stay safe guys!

3.
(^) floating population: a group of people who frequently move from place to place

4.
(^) Zoltan and Laslo are real brothers confirmed!

5.
(^) Wth does ‘없는 예산 쪼개고 쪼개서 겨우 황폐해지는 것을 막고 있다’ mean.
I’m basically guessing here.

6.
(^) ‘졸탄이 권한 테이블의…’ Zoltan authority table?

7.
(^) I’ve been translating this (마님) as mistress so far, but I’ll use milady, madam etc.
as well depending on what I see best fit.