Lady Rose Wants to be a Commoner Chapter 17.5

Nicholas Cabott was getting onto his carriage for the first time in two weeks .

To be precise, he used this carriage frequently, but it was the first time in two weeks that he was using it for unofficial business . Of course, it had been two weeks since he last saw the people he was going to meet with .

If he left at night, then he would be able to meet them in the morning . Nicholas had never visited them in the morning before, but for some reason, he felt that he had to go see them now .

Currently, the country didn’t have any evident political enemies . Even if some thieves ambushed him, Nicholas had two guards who were as strong as ten men, as well as his own swordsmanship, for defence . Nicholas himself believed that his guards had some other things that they would rather protect, like the kingdom, the king, or his brother . However, for some reason, the two guards, who looked on with vacant eyes, had chosen to protect Nicholas instead .

“I wonder if Fii is doing well… . She most likely is . Even without me, she can support herself, no matter where she is . ”

Even though he said it himself, Nicholas felt hurt . The two guards beside him didn’t offer any words of comfort .

It was mainly because she didn’t consult with him after breaking off her engagement . Afterwards, she had disappeared without contacting him, only to be found living happily when Nicholas had visited her a month later . Nicholas’s pride of being her brother figure was smashed into pieces .

Of course, Nicholas felt that it was unnatural for her to be living happily, but as her childhood friend and her brother figure, this delighted him . Even so, he couldn’t help but wish for her to pay more attention to herself .

He was thinking such thing because of the words that the king had used when he dismissed Nicholas after deciding on the new decree, which demoted her to a commoner .

Matters about the country, his brother, Liliana, Fii… and himself .

Nicholas believed that it was natural for him to be of the lowest priority, no matter what his father, the king of the country, said to him .

Even if he disregarded the matters concerning himself, each of them fit together like they were the pieces of a puzzle that made up the current situation . He couldn’t please everyone . Such problems would appear in any society as you rose in position .

For some reason, Nicholas recalled the conversation he had with Liliana before heading out .

‘Do you believe that fate can change?’

When she had asked this question, she looked as if she had wanted to cry and needed someone to rely on . It wasn’t an expression that would normally be shown to the brother of your fiancé, but Nicholas didn’t see Liliana as a woman and ignored her, without even giving her any advice .

At that time, he had only coldly answered that he didn’t know, but now, he was curious about that question .

Wasn’t fate something that was decided from the very beginning? If your wishes came true, then you would smile, and you would cry if they didn’t, since it was your fate . Happiness was placed on a pedestal as if it were an enigma, while excuses were made over one’s helplessness in times of sorrow .

Nicholas nodded to his own thoughts .

It was simply arrogance that made you believe in fate, or else…

Nicholas renewed his thoughts .

“Oh, that’s right . Let’s ask Fii, too . ”

Nicholas didn’t realize that he hadn’t changed his thought process . The two guards, standing there with vacant eyes, glanced at each other as Nicholas stood between them .

Today, Nicholas had once again run away from the possibility that everyone could be happy .

Chapter end