A Toast to Your Eyes - Chapter 1

It has been six years since I graduated from the academy, and it has been six years since the war broke out. It has been six years since I served in the royal family semi-forcedly over the graduation.

I was tired of the routine work. The war with neighboring Sierra lasted longer than expected. I thought it would be over in about four years, but Sierra lasted longer than we predicted, so I could see that our side was getting anxious.

In the meantime, the victory sign that flew in gave the royal family greater joy than sweet rain.

“Did you memorize all the lists?”

“Yes. By the way, did the royal family give you a little boost? I think you’re going to get compensated for everything you’ve lost so far.”

“Of course. Otherwise, six years would be a waste. Frankly speaking, His Majesty the King wouldn’t have expected his opponent to be that offended.. He thought he was going to put it down.”

The reason why we fought with Sierra was simple in a way. It was a fight for Belice in the South. Belice belonged to Wonchester for a long time, but for various historical reasons, it was a land that was forcibly given to Sierra. King Edward II tried to retrieve the land that his predecessor, Pierre III, had taken away.

Of course, there’s nothing else.

It may be said that it is unfair, but the king’s politics were originally marked by blood, so no moral judgment had to be made. Furthermore, the duty and responsibility of the monarch is more difficult for people who are far from imperialism like me to understand, it has been a long time since I stopped making moral judgments on him.

However, all I have to do is, as the foreign minister, to serve the royal family and complete my work well in a long time.

“The negotiation time is infinite, but we only have an hour to achieve all the conditions.”

“I know.”

“It’s not a negotiation worth fighting for. Belice is already in our hands, and what His Majesty wants is something else, but shouldn’t we get all of that?”

Celine, who nodded at my words, began to make a list again. I want to take the central role of this negotiation, so I have to set it in my context. I had her on the far end of the negotiation table because I believed in Celine’s talent, who has the best ability even though she’s still young. Although there was objection, His Majesty has given me full authority and I decided to dismiss their opinions in a reasonable way,

I left her desk and headed for my seat. I was pretty fond of my office, which became a pretty cozy place because the sun was covered by the curtains, and I was cherishing the time when I was not disturbed by anyone—

“Scarlett!”

Oh, correction. There’s always a certain individual who breaks my perfect silence.

I turned my head and saw a woman who came through the door with a look of disapproval. It was difficult to say anything because her position was higher than me. Her social status is really high, she’s a royal princess. I smiled as bright as possible, but with bitterness, and glared at Violetta.

“What are you doing?”

“Scarlett, do you know that?”

I snorted my head because it was obvious that she ran in a hurry. From the side, I could feel Celine raising her head. What’s the matter with her again?

“Elliot and that bitch Isabelle are seeing each other.”

“Again?!”

When the names of my lover and Isabelle came out at the same time from Violetta’s mouth, I lost my temper and screamed. Celine, sitting next to me, jumped up and handed me cold water. There was nothing strange about the fact that the royal family knew about my love affair. I took the water she gave me and poured it in my mouth.

The composure so far disappeared out of nowhere, and I stared at Violeta with a look of high blood pressure.

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure. They started dating yesterday. There are already ten witnesses who said she was organizing Elliot’s clothes on the way to work this morning. Scarlett, didn’t you know?”

“I didn’t know.”

My hands pressed down my cold head, and I sat down on my desk furiously.

Her bountiful hem unfolded, and Violetta, with her arms folded in front of it, opened her mouth with a pathetic expression.

“Yeah, you’re right, we should get rid of Isabelle right now … why are you hanging out with that bitch? No, what’s so beautiful about a girl who stole her friend’s lover seven times in the world.”

I sighed, speechless. My head was pounding. Celene handed me cold water again, but I shook my head because I didn’t have the strength to receive it.

I had to admit it. I’m crazy. Everyone around me asked me why I was still with Isabelle, but honestly, there was no one who took what’s mine away every now and then just because it was me.

But why isn’t there such a thing, if it becomes a habit, I might be getting hit afterwards. Of course, I wasn’t the type of person who felt loved in such abuses, but it was very difficult to cut off a friend I had met since I was five years old.

And I have to admit it again, but I was stupid.

The first time Isabelle went out with my lover was when I was 16, and she was 14. The person was my second love. It was a relief that it’s not my first love, otherwise I would have left a trauma that I could never trust a man for the rest of my life. At that time, I really liked Isabelle that I trusted her so endlessly. I accepted it when she said, “Scarlett, a man who cheats doesn’t suit you.” with a confident look,

And the second, the third, and the fourth were done at the Academy. The men were a classmate, senior 1, and senior 2. She was quite confident back then, apart from her pitiful expression, with her beautiful face filled with tears, I fell for her words, ‘This is all for you.’

I’m a crazy bitch.

In earnest, I became estranged from her, kept her away from me, and my suspicion began when I came into the royal force and I lost two men to her. The sixth time she took my lover away, I asked her not to look for me again with a complex look, but honestly, the crying Isabelle was weighing on my mind.

Oh, I was such a pushover.

I’ve been cursing women who set themselves in tiger’s mouth a lot, but I wasn’t in a position to curse them. They got caught by a shitty man once, but I got caught by a ridiculous friend seven times!

It took as many as seven times.

Wow, I’m a big deal.

I swallowed my saliva. Then I took a deep breath and swallowed it again. Celine, who was restless next to me, and Violetta, who looked at me with a pathetic expression, came to my eyes.

I’d rather understand if a man told me he’d gone.  In addition, Isabelle had a fiance. Even though she fell into war, she had a good life and a decent alive fiancé! She broke my engagement once, and this girl is a real bitch!

“I’m going to kill her.”

“Good idea, Scarlett. What do you want to do typically?”

Violetta who had been swearing at Isabelle every day after I had been repeatedly subjected to Isabelle, asked me sarcastically.

I raised my head, took my breath, and quietly livened up.

“First, I need to take care of a reed, right?”

T/N: omg I felt like I took a break from feminism while translating this.

“such a pushover” actually Scarlett refers to herself as “tiger’s mouth” /호구, it’s a slang, means a stupid person who is easy to be deceived by others. It literally means foolish person who puts their head into the tiger’s mouth to be a victim

reed= a person or thing too weak to rely on; one easily swayed or overcome.

anyway read this while listening to Better than Revenge by Taylor Swift, the mood is soo good.