I Don't Want to Be the Dragon Duke's Maid! Serving My Ex-Fiancé from My Past Life: Volume 2 Part 1 by Mashimesa Emoto

Author:Mashimesa Emoto
Language: eng
Format: epub

Thus, I married Van and became the Dragon Duchess consort.

I knew that with Van by my side, we would overcome all the challenges that stood before us. That was what I thought, at least, but we immediately faced a difficult problem.

Once the issue of dragonkin women’s mana depletion had been solved, women no longer suffered from long bouts of being bedridden. As a result, travel had become a fad in the Dragon Duchy. However, the only notable tourist destination in the duchy was a lake to the west where people could go boating. Very few tourist destinations could be found in the duchy—a problem that had persisted since the days of the Kingdom of Sacristain. Since the kingdom had spent most of its budget on its military, that left very little room for citizens’ entertainment.

Van had ordered his councilors to think about the entertainment needs of the state at their next council meeting. Things like hunting grounds, horse racing, and gambling had all been suggested, but Van rejected all of them. He wanted a tourist destination that people of all ages and genders could enjoy. Despite having made himself clear, his geriatric councilors could only come up with places that would appeal to men. These meetings bore no fruit, so Van brought the topic to me.

It was now autumn, the season when colorful leaves danced through the air, but I still had no time to relax and prepare for the coming winter.

Deep wrinkles formed on Van’s face as he furrowed his brow. “My council’s suggestions were giving me a headache. I’ll have to think about replacing everyone sitting there soon,” Van muttered.

“That’s something to think about. Still, it’s a difficult problem to solve,” I replied.

“It is.”

Duchesse, the man who had been handling the nation’s political affairs, was no longer here. But even so, Van was still surrounded by men handpicked by him, and their ideas were too biased to consider.

“Things had been going smoothly until recently, but ever since Duchesse died, some of them have started becoming rebellious,” Van complained.

Roche, Van’s impassioned, enthusiastic friend and knight, was also adamant that Van replace all the councilors picked by Duchesse. While Van understood where Roche was coming from, such a drastic change would certainly ruffle more than a few feathers. He couldn’t afford to do such a thing right now.

He had lectured Roche afterward, explaining that replacing the councilors needed to happen slowly and over a long period of time. There was no need to rush, for dragonkin lived long lives.

Still, whenever a problem like this came up, it only caused Van’s headaches to pile up.

“When I informed the council that I wouldn’t need their help, those old men all started complaining...”

Though he called them old, they all still looked young and were full of vitality. Van complained about how sick he was of appeasing them and that it took too much of his energy to do so.

“Since Duchesse has been gone, I really feel like their egos have only grown. I hope I’m only imagining things.

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