Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor — Chapter 30

YOU SAID YOU WERE RETURNING TO THE PALACE.

IS THERE SOME SORT OF PROBLEM?

YOUR-

-MAJESTY...?

...?

YOUR... MAJESTY?

MISTAKE!

-YOUR MISTAKE! GOODNESS!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING BLOCKING THE DOOR LIKE THAT!

YOU ARE PREVENTING OUR GUEST FROM COMING IN!

AH, AH!

I APOLOGIZE. I WASN'T THINKING.

I-I'M SORRY, TOO.

I DIDN'T EXPECT THE DOOR TO OPEN RIGHT AWAY...

I BARELY SAVED THAT...!

...SIR ROJAS.

SO YOU DIDN'T RETURN TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE AFTER ALL.

...AH,

I JUST HAD SOME QUICK BUSINESS AT THE GUILD.

TO THINK MISS DIAZ CALLING ME SIR ROJAS...

...WOULD WEIGH ON MY MIND THIS MUCH.

AS EXPECTED, SIR ROJAS...

HE PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO ME RIGHT NOW.

MR. KYLE.

REGARDING THE PROPOSAL YOU SENT ME IN THE LETTER BEFORE.

I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU MY ANSWER TODAY.

PROPOSAL...?

...UNDERSTOOD, MISS DIAZ.

I WILL BRING YOU SOME COFFEE, SO PLEASE HAVE A SEAT AND WAIT FOR A MOMENT.

DIA...

YOUR MAJESTY, ARE YOU GOING TO STAY HERE?

MISS DIAZ WILL FIND IT SUSPICIOUS.

BESIDES, IT'S WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR MAJESTY'S FACE RIGHT NOW...

"I've got something to feel guilty about"

...THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO PART WITH HER.

If you, stay like this, it won't even take 5 minutes to discover your identity.

I WILL FINISH MY BUSINESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,

SO PLEASE STEP AWAY FOR NOW.

"I don't want to part with Miss Diaz"

BUT...!

COME ON, HURRY UP!

WAIT A MIN-

...KYLE WROTE A LETTER TO MISS DIAZ?

AND TO GIVE HER ANSWER,

MISS DIAZ CAME TO THE CAFE AT THIS LATE HOUR,

AND THE TWO OF THEM HAVE TO TALK ALONE...?

-JUST WHAT...

...WHAT ON EARTH COULD THEY BE TALKING ABOUT...?!

...SO, MISS DIAZ.

SEEING THAT YOU CAME AT THIS LATE HOUR,

IT SEEMS YOU HAVE MADE YOUR DECISION.

MAY I EXPECT A POSITIVE ANSWER?

...BEFORE THAT.

I HAVE ONE CONDITION.

EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF WORK I WILL BE DOING AFTER JOINING,

AND HOW I WILL BE HANDLING INFORMATION...

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME FIRST.

...TO DEFINITELY HELP SIR ROJAS,

BEING AFFILIATED WITH AN ORGANIZATION

DIRECTLY UNDER THE EMPEROR, LIKE BLUE HAWK,

WITH THE FASTEST NETWORK IN THE EMPIRE WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS.

BUT THAT IS ONLY IF THE INFORMATION I CAN ACCESS AFTER JOINING...

...IS HELPFUL TO SIR ROJAS.

IF I END UP DOING COMPLETELY UNRELATED WORK...

IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS...!

HMM...

...IT IS DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS, UNFORTUNATELY.

BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL AN OUTSIDER UNTIL YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT, MISS DIAZ.

BUT TO EXPLAIN IT VERY SIMPLY-

YOU WILL BE ANALYZING AND CLASSIFYING THE INFORMATION GATHERED BY BLUE HAWK'S FIELD TEAMS FROM VARIOUS REGIONS,

AND UNCOVERING FABRICATED INFORMATION OR CORRUP- TION WITHIN IT.

...LIKE THE INCIDENT WITH DUKE CAMELOT?

THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT PLAYED A DECISIVE ROLE IN YOUR RECRUITMENT, MISS DIAZ.

...IF IT'S SIMILAR TO THAT, I THINK IT WILL BE FINE.

PURGING CORRUPT NOBLES AND THE TEMPLE FACTION WAS THE EMPEROR'S LONG- CHERISHED DESIRE.

THAT WAS ALSO THE REASON HE FIRST ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FEMALE LEAD.

The problem is that more than a few people were ground up in that process, but...

IF I CAN SUCCESSFULLY UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION, HELP WITH THAT PLAN,

AND RELIEVE THE EMPEROR'S STRESS!

SIR ROJAS MIGHT BE SAFE AS WELL...!

...ALL RIGHT.

I WILL JOIN BLUE HAWK.

...AN EXCELLENT CHOICE.

BY SIGNING YOUR NAME ON THE CONTRACT,

YOUR OFFICIAL INITIATION WILL BE COMPLETE.

THE NON-DISCLOSURE OATH IS CONDUCTED IN A SOMEWHAT UNIQUE MANNER, SO-

PLEASE DO NOT BE TOO SURPRISED.

THEN, MISS CAROLINA DIAZ.

I SINCERELY WELCOME YOU,

THE NEW MEMBER OF BLUE HAWK.

THEN NOW-

PLEASE RETURN HOME.

Since our business is concluded.

WHAT'S THIS SUDDEN CHANGE IN YOUR ATTITUDE?!

Even if you already have me on the hook!

AH, NO, NOT AT ALL.

I WOULD ALSO VERY MUCH LOVE TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO YOU SLOWLY, BUT...

...HIS MAJESTY IS SUMMONING ME.

CONTINUOUSLY~ SINCE EARLIER.

...AT THIS HOUR?

AT THIS VERY HOUR.

...HE'S WORKING OVERTIME.

IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS...

Technically, I suppose I am the caught fish here...

I WILL CONTACT YOU AS SOON AS YOUR OFFICIAL JOINING DATE IS DECIDED, MISS DIAZ.

THEN...

Have a safe trip home~

YES, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...

...THIS IS A WORSE SWEATSHOP(?) THAN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

AS EXPECTED, WORKING DIRECTLY UNDER THE EMPEROR IS NO EASY TASK.

...WHAT CAN I DO?

SINCE I EVEN DECIDED TO INTERVENE IN THE ORIGINAL STORY FOR SIR ROJAS'S SAKE,

I'LL GLADLY TAKE ON SOME OVERWORK AND NIGHT SHIFTS...

...!

SIR ROJAS...?!

YOU FINALLY CAME OUT, MISS DIAZ.

S-SIR ROJAS, YOU DIDN'T LEAVE YET?

OF COURSE I WAITED FOR YOU.

I COULDN'T POSSIBLY LET YOU GO ALONE WHEN THE NIGHT STREETS ARE THIS DARK.

IT IS ALWAYS MY DUTY TO ESCORT YOU HOME SAFELY.

M-MISS DIAZ...?

...I WAS WORRIED.

I THOUGHT YOU...

WERE ANGRY AT ME.

BECAUSE I SPOKE POORLY ABOUT HIS MAJESTY EARLIER...

NO, MISS DIAZ. I AM NOT ANGRY AT ALL.

THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD GET ANGRY AT YOU OVER SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

...BUT.

YOU STILL HAVE A LOOK ON YOUR FACE LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO ME.

...I REALLY CANNOT FOOL YOU, MISS DIAZ.

ACTUALLY, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT KEPT BOTHERING ME.

BUT I WASN’T SURE WHAT YOU WOULD THINK AFTER HEARING THIS.

...HOWEVER, I FEEL LIKE IF I DON'T SAY IT NOW, I NEVER WILL.

MISS DIAZ,

TRUTH IS, I-