The most beautiful way to flirt
Chapter 1: The Clown: The Clown Watches


세레네
Your Majesty, may I go in now?


민윤기
Why?

세레네
Actually, I wasn't feeling very well...but I came out anyway


민윤기
I see. I'm sorry for what I did. Then go inside.

세레네
Thank you for your understanding.

Serene was delighted. She had finally found an excuse to get rid of her sister. In fact, she had heard the conversation between her sister and her maid yesterday.

세레네
'If you go to your sister's room now, that clown will be there!!'

Serene, though far less intelligent than her sister, could understand the purpose of summoning the three men. Her sister had undoubtedly summoned them for the sake of the clown.

세레네
I'll go in

메리
Who are you... Ah, Your Majesty the Queen? What business may I have with you? Your Majesty the Queen is absent.

세레네
Mary, do I have to have a reason to come to my sister's room?

Mary ground her teeth as Serene spoke venomously. What's going on with that woman?

세레네
Whoa, whoa, don't be so upset, Mary... It'd be sad to see someone who once cared for me act like that. Well, that's all. Was there a man in this room? Or is there a man?

메리
That can't be right. This room is the queen's.

세레네
How could that be? The 'clown' must have come.

메리
...If that fool from yesterday is staying at the palace at Your Majesty's invitation, he hasn't set foot here. Are you trying to disobey Your Majesty's wishes?

세레네
....That, that's possible. There's definitely a clown here...

메리
What on earth are you talking about, Serene?

세레네
I'm not Serene! I'm a proper second queen now! Call me queen!

메리
Serene! How long are you going to harbor this inferiority complex?

Mary's appeal was watery. As a maid who had lived with Serene and Lucia since they were children, Mary felt deeply sorry for Serene's escapades.


민윤기
....? Serene. What are you doing there? This room must have been Lucia's.

루시아
Yes, Serene. What on earth were you doing in my room?

세레네
What are you doing! I was just walking back to my room when I got dizzy and mistakenly went to the wrong room. Mary greeted me, and we chatted for the first time in ages.


민윤기
Oh, I see. That maid was your maid, not the palace maid. I understand. But this is a hallway. Be polite.

세레네
Okay...then I'll retire to my bedroom.

It's a disaster.

Blood dripped from his tightly bitten lips.

루시아
That kid too... he's really bad at lying, whether before or now.

메리
....

루시아
Isn't that right, Mary?

메리
Is that so? I'm not sure.

루시아
Lies. The one who's been with us the longest isn't our mother or father, but Mary. Kukuk, even Mary can't lie.

메리
....I don't know

메리
Why are you two fighting?

메리
Really, I don't know

메리
Sisters should take care of each other, right?

루시아
Oh, did Mary lose her younger brother in an accident? Then that's the sentiment.

Mary felt a sense of unease with Lucia, who constantly switched between "Queen," "Lucia," and "Lucy." Seriously, when did she grow up so much?

루시아
You're wrong, Mary. We're not fighting, we're having fun.

메리
...yes?

루시아
Isn't it so much fun? A younger sibling trying to pull you down and an older sibling trying to stop you. I'll give this game a name: "Let's Steal the Queen's Crown." What do you think?

메리
...Lucy

루시아
Hehe, sometimes I get confused when Mary calls me that. Who am I?

루시아
Well...let's stop chatting. Mary, what did Serene do?

메리
Serene went back after talking to me normally. Serene also sometimes acts similarly to girls her age.

루시아
....Trust me, Mary. You can go out.

Mary was confused by Lucia's faint smile. Was the lie she told truly a good lie?

루시아
Seriously... in times like this, rolling around in bed is the best, Taehyung.


김태형
Did you call?

루시아
Clown, like a clown, show off your skills.


김태형
gladly...

The clown's blond hair caught my eye. A sudden thought occurred to me. If only I had this common blond hair. Would something have changed?

루시아
It's pretty....


김태형
thank you