To the Love Born in the Lowest Place-Chapter 177

"Your Majesty, are you looking for something?"

"Hmm, no. Just looking."

Though the maids looked at Liv with puzzled eyes, she just cleared her throat awkwardly while lingering around the dressing room.

’I’m sure my old clothes are somewhere here...’

She needed the commoner’s clothes she had worn before. Liv had told them not to throw those clothes away in case they were needed, but since they weren’t worn regularly, she didn’t know where the maids had put them.

’I need to get out soon.’

Yes, today was the last day of the Foundation Festival. That meant it was the day she was supposed to sneak out to the streets with Emmett! From the moment she opened her eyes in the morning, Liv felt her heart racing as she jumped out of bed, and even after her bath, she kept urging them to dry her hair quickly. But she just couldn’t contain her excitement.

As Liv was now opening closet doors under the pretense of looking at dresses, Maria, who had been following her, suddenly burst out laughing.

"Oh my, Your Majesty! Let me just help you!"

"Huh? W-what?"

When Liv stammered her question, Maria answered in a completely casual voice.

"You’re trying to go outside, aren’t you?"

"Wh-what?"

She was sure she hadn’t shown any signs, so how did Maria figure it out? As Liv stood frozen with wide eyes, unable to hide her surprise, Maria added with a smiling face:

"You’ve been having secret discussions with Grand Duke Lartman lately, and kept looking out the window with an excited expression! You finished all of today’s work yesterday and ordered today’s schedule to be left empty."

"Uh..."

"And above all, this morning the Grand Duke suddenly said not to look for Your Majesty even if you disappear."

...It seemed she had left too many clues. As Liv stood there with an embarrassed face, Olivia, who was beside Maria, nodded with an amused expression.

"That’s right, Your Majesty. There probably isn’t a single maid who hasn’t figured it out."

"Was it that obvious..."

"Let us just find the clothes for you."

Saying that, Olivia practically buried herself in the closet, and soon emerged holding a thin dress.

"Originally, the imperial palace is supposed to keep ordinary clothes that can be worn outside in case of emergencies."

"I didn’t know that."

"This should work for changing into."

The dress Olivia handed to Liv was a light and flowing summer dress, modest but beautiful in a bright apricot color.

"But why are you helping me?"

When Liv asked this, feeling puzzled since she had expected the maids to stop her but they were even picking out clothes, Olivia and Maria answered as if it was obvious.

"You’ve finished all your work... and since you’re going with Grand Duke Lartman, we don’t need to worry about safety. Above all, Your Majesty is beloved by the Supreme God, so what is there to worry about?"

"Seeing how excited Your Majesty was, we couldn’t bring ourselves to stop you."

"Haha..."

Liv laughed awkwardly at their words. The maids stood beside her and began helping her change clothes. After removing all expensive accessories and tying her hair up in a bun before covering it with a headscarf to hide the white hair, Liv looked just like an ordinary street passerby. As Liv was looking in the mirror, feeling satisfied with her perfect disguise, Elena and Anne entered the dressing room.

"Oh my, Your Majesty!"

When Elena startled, Liv awkwardly stammered an explanation of what was happening.

"Um... I said I wanted to go out..."

However, there was no need to make excuses. Because Elena shrugged and said:

"You’ve been wanting to go outside so much, and it seems Olivia and Maria ended up helping you."

"...So you all knew too."

"Of course. I was even thinking about deliberately leaving my post empty for you today."

"I was wondering if I should lock myself in the bathroom."

Everyone burst out laughing at Anne’s direct words, while only Liv, who had been completely figured out, felt a bit embarrassed.

"But how will you get outside? Ah, are you going to use a secret passage that only Your Majesty can use?"

"No, we shouldn’t use such passages when it’s not an emergency... Emmett said he got palace entry permits in advance. We were planning to slip out pretending to be suppliers visiting the palace..."

"Ah, I see. Well since it’s come to this, let us help. We can have a maid escort you to the exit, saying you’re suppliers."

"Good thinking, Olivia."

Watching Elena say this to Olivia, Liv noticed how the relationships between the maids had improved. It was fortunate for Liv too that they were getting along well now.

A little while later, Liv was actually following behind a maid together with Emmett. Emmett was also disguised in commoner’s clothes. But since his face was too noticeable even in ordinary clothes, he had even put on a somewhat unfashionable hat.

"Actually, all the maids figured me out."

When Liv whispered this, Emmett replied in a sheepish voice.

"Same here."

"...Guess no one will look for us when we disappear."

"Indeed. I wonder how they all figured it out."

As they talked, they finally reached the palace exit gate and stepped onto the path leading outside. Since it had been nearly months since she’d gone outside the palace, Liv felt excited after a long time. Her heart felt so light, as if she had become a cloud and could float away.

To reach the main street where the festival was being held, they had to walk a bit even after leaving the palace. Since the area around the palace was lined with luxury homes and had strict security accordingly. When they finally arrived at the central festival street...

"Wow!"

Seeing the colorful scene spread before her eyes, a bright smile spread across Liv’s face.

Above their heads hung the empire’s flags and the Gracia imperial family’s flags, and stalls lined both sides selling all kinds of foods Liv had never seen before. Women arm in arm with men each held bouquets, while children holding their parents’ hands clutched snacks in their other hands. The bustling street was full of energy, feeling like a completely different world from the imperial palace. Even the sky was blue and the weather was warm, making it feel like everything was perfectly prepared for the festival.

Though she had been to commoner areas before, those were special cases like visiting the slums with Hildegard... This kind of ordinary street actually felt unfamiliar to Liv. As Liv looked around the street in amazement, Emmett also spoke with an interested expression.

"This is my first time coming to a street like this too. It’s more fun than I expected."

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As Liv was looking around while holding Emmett’s arm, a merchant carrying lots of bouquets approached them.

"Sir! Shouldn’t you give your lady a bouquet?"

As if it was a festival tradition, all couples were indeed holding bouquets. Before Liv could say it wasn’t necessary, Emmett took out coins from his pocket. Though they were small denomination coins Liv had never seen before, the merchant accepted them and handed over a bouquet.

"Have a good day then!"

"Wow, how did you even have coins like these?"

"...I borrowed them from a servant."

"Pfft, that servant must have felt so strange!"

Would he ever have imagined he’d end up lending money to the Prime Minister? Finding Emmett’s words amusing, Liv laughed out loud, and Emmett held out the flowers to her with an embarrassed face.

"This really reminds me of the old days."

"Ah, yes. When you proposed to me."

Getting increasingly large bouquets delivered to her house every day was truly thrilling. Actually, back then Liv was excited just by him coming to see her.

"My lady, would you accompany me today?"

When Emmett asked in a playful tone while holding out the bouquet, Liv couldn’t help but burst out laughing again as she accepted it.

"Of course."

They began walking down the street arm in arm. Looking at the stalls closely, there were various items laid out like handmade accessories, dried flowers, candy, skewers, bread and more. Each stall sold different things, making it fun to look around.

A little while later, Liv had candy in her mouth, and they each had thread bracelets on their arms. After becoming Emperor, she had felt burdened about spending money since it all came from tax revenue, but the items at the stalls were inexpensive, and Emmett’s words that she could set aside responsibility just for today put her mind at ease.

"Coming out was really worth it. It’s better than I expected."

"I feel the same. Though just being with you makes me happy."

A sticky atmosphere flowed between them as their eyes met. Liv’s eyes widened as she spotted familiar faces beyond Emmett’s shoulder.

"Huh? O-over there!"

"What is it?"

As Emmett turned his head saying this, his face also showed surprise as he narrowed his eyes. Though they doubted their eyes for a moment, the faces they saw were really there and didn’t disappear.

Though it was a bit confusing at first since they seemed to be in disguise too, now Liv could call their names with certainty.

"Hilda, Brother!"