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Empress Frédérique shouted. Demy screeched in despair.

I was falling quickly and I could hear the wind in my ears.

I could see Demy creating vines with my half closed eyes.

I was worried that it might destroy the Bell Tower before I finally felt fear.

I wanted to look behind me but I also didn’t want to look behind me. The Bell Tower quickly became distant.

I clenched my eyes shut. ‘Please let it be the ocean behind me. Water, please let it be water.’

I felt cool water on my back. And.

I frantically rolled around the ground. ‘Wait, this shouldn’t be the ground. ’

The impact was so strong that I couldn’t help but groan. It wasn’t the water but it also wasn’t a boulder.

My mind was not working properly because this situation did not make any sense.

Something hard yet soft and black filled my sight.

‘Is this a description of my present and future? Or is it a sign that I am already dead?”

“Are you okay, your highness?”

My eyes opened wide after hearing some familiar, no, some extremely familiar voices.

I sat up out of reflex.

Extremely angry yet beautiful orange eyes were looking up at me.

“Holy shit, why here. ”

I couldn’t speak properly. My forehead was throbbing and my mind was a mess.

I must have slammed my head into the damn Imperial Prince bastard’s iron-like Adam’s apple.

I rubbed my forehead and did my best to turn the rush of thoughts in my mind into words.

“I fell off a cliff?”

“I actually caught him first, your Royal Highness. I used water to slow his descent.”

The Imperial Prince responded with annoyance but the lively voice explained what happened.

I quickly turned my head.

“. Young lady Sarnez?”

“Yes, your highness! But could you please move for a moment? My legs are stuck between the two of your legs.”

I quickly got out of the human mattress. Christelle quickly pulled herself out as if she was a squirrel.

She groaned a bit about how her back hurt before creating an ice sculpture in the shape of a pain relief patch and putting it on her back.

‘She must be a genius. No, that’s not what is important right now.’

“Thank you very much to both of you. You saved me.”

I said the thing I needed to say before anything else. My breathing was still heavy at the extremely shocking situation.

My body was aching and my forehead felt as if it would grow a lump, but the most important thing was figuring out what happened.

The Imperial Prince got up with elegant movements. I slowly looked around.

People. A mast and a sail. A deck made of wood. The sky visible past it.

It was a ship floating in the air.

“It’s a pirate ship.”

“I remembered how you told me to be careful of pirates, your highness. I was careful as you said and it ended up like this.”

“You were careful and ended up abducting a pirate ship?”

I was worried that she would be abducted but she ended up the abductor. Who knew she would change things like this?

“I’m sure things like this happen in life. How is your body feeling, your highness?”

I heard another familiar person’s voice. I blanked out a bit and turned my gaze.

Vice Captain Élisabeth came over with her short dark green hair fluttering in the wind before picking up and brushing off the pirate hat on the ground and putting it on Christelle’s head.

‘Is this the Pirate Queen and her right hand woman?’

“I’m fine. But did you perhaps come all the way here from the Moutet County on this pirate ship?”

I had to ask. My mind was slowly regaining its rationality.

Christelle and Vice Captain Élisabeth had definitely left for summer vacation separately from me.

Furthermore, this was Yvelines, a territory where outsiders could not enter.

I guess they couldn’t approach via land despite the Moutet County being right next to Yvelines.

«That, your highness. It’s quite a lot to explain. There was a reason we ended up drifting. ”

“What the hell happened at the Bell Tower?”

Imperial Prince Cédric cut Christelle off and asked his question.

He was glaring at me as if he wanted to pierce a hole through me. My mind suddenly became alert!

“The divine item. The Ark of the Wind Deity woke up, your Royal Highness. However, it is extremely scared of strangers. I was struck by the Ark’s wing and fell out.”

“. It must have woken up because of your ether.”

“Yes, your Royal Highness. It is not using its abilities, but it is showing enough aggression where it could destroy the pillars at any point. The Bell Tower may be in danger if we do not calm it down.”

I quickly turned my body and looked up at the Bell Tower.

The Empress was looking down at us and laughing in disbelief and three red pandas were down by her feet.

I felt as if I had fallen at least 100 meters but it was only about 20m.

I gently waved my hand to show that I was ok-

I subconsciously clutched my stomach. The sudden movement made the area underneath the pit of my stomach ache.

“Did you get hurt from the fall, your highness?”

“No, I am okay, young lady Sarnez. This was from his Royal Highness hitting me.”

‘Shit, I said the wrong thing.’ I immediately closed my mouth.

I had a bruise from the spot Sadie kicked me a few days ago and the divine item’s attack just now happened to strike the same spot.

But the Ark seemed to have controlled its strength as nothing was broken or fractured.

‘. Or maybe it had no intentions of hurting me. Was that not an attack?’

Christelle mumbled in a low voice.

She was looking at the Imperial Prince as if she was looking at trash that could not be recycled.

The Imperial Prince frowned.

“A knight hit an unarmed priest?”

Vice Captain Élisabeth didn’t even speak respectfully to him. Her grey eyes were full of scorn.

“Did you forget all about honor?”

“I deserved it, Vice Captain Élisabeth. But it is more important to earn the divine item’s trust right now.”

I mediated between the three of them.

Vice Captain Élisabeth gasped while Christelle brushed the back of my hand with an extremely disappointed look on her face.

“You deserved to get hit? Please don’t say something like that. You’re not the punk who did something wrong.”

I opened and closed my mouth without being able to say anything.

I couldn’t say anything about being kicked because I put my hand on Sadie’s body without his permission.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have the time nor the method to clearly explain the before and after of the situation.

A loud explosion burst above my head. We all looked at the Bell Tower.

The Empress waved her arm to say that it was okay.

I then saw some pieces of rocks fall down.

“How do you know about that book?”

The Imperial Prince lowered his head as he asked. I exchanged glances with Christelle.

“I found it in the Imperial Family Library, your Royal Highness. You should remember the contents since it was a fairy tale written for you. The Ark is like a free bird so you have to pet it and sing it a lullaby to win it over.”

“Was that perhaps just figurative? I took it literally but is the lullaby talking about a special incantation or poem?”

“No, it is exactly as it says.”

His eyes glazed over as if he was thinking about the past.

Vice Captain Élisabeth, who had been quietly listening, quickly made a decision.

“It looks like we need to raise the ship higher. Sir Geens!”

“This is already so difficult. ”

I heard a voice I had never heard before.

I turned around to see an unfamiliar young man appearing between randomly piled wooden barrels.

His long white hair was tied not very well around his neck which made the hair on the top of his head stick out while there were stubbles on his chin from not shaving properly.

His mint-colored eyes were full of fatigue and annoyance.

The sour look on his face seemed to bury his handsome facial features.

“Oh, sir, you must be Prince Jesse Venetiaan.”

He looked at me and then bowed deeply. It was not the way they greet people in the Empire.

His eyes seemed to have clouded over but his gaze was relaxed again when he stood up straight.

“My name is Johann Geens, and I am the Holy Knight from the Vatican.”

“Ah, of course. I’ve heard many things about you sir. I’m sure they’re making you work very hard.”

I responded to him.

This was the guy in charge of Christelle and the Imperial Prince’s education since the Great Clearance of Demonic Beasts.

He was still young but his fate seemed quite. turbulent.

“Excuse me for asking this on our first meeting, but. Sir Geens, are you the one keeping this ship afloat?”

“Yes, your highness. I am an air attribute Holy Knight.”

“Then will you be able to raise it higher if I provide you with ether, Sir Geens?”

His eyes opened wide before quickly returning to normal after hearing my comment.

“As you wish, your highness.”

“Thank you very much.”

I immediately released my Holy Domain.

Christelle mumbled to herself about how it was rare to see her instructor so enthusiastic.

Sir Geens looked at the golden circle as if to melt it away.

He then received my ether extremely slowly. He looked as if he was making sure to chew his meal properly.

The pirate ship then floated up.

A peculiar flow of air different from the ocean breeze tickled the ship.

The ship soon gently rose up like an elevator. The white cliff passed by in front of my eyes.

“This is amazing no matter how many times I see it.”

Christelle smiled brightly while enjoying what was happening.

This was my second time meeting an air attribute Holy Knight since transmigrating into QNW, but I didn’t know they had such amazing abilities.

An opaque breeze that looked as if I might be able to grab it brushed past my hair.

The front of the ship almost instantly arrived at the end of the Bell Tower.

Sir Geens calmly commented. The Empress, who was now at the same level as us, laughed in disbelief.

“I was wondering who the hell dared to bring a ship into Yvelines. It’s Duke Yvelines, who has become a hostage, and a pirates brigade of nobles.”

“We greet the sun that has descended to the ground.”

Vice Captain Élisabeth went first and everybody on the ship bowed respectfully as well.

I was with her until just a few moments ago, but I still bowed with the others.

A floating pirate ship, a white Bell Tower at the end of a cliff, the encounter between people standing on them. It felt like some kind of surrealistic painting.

“We’ve committed a terrible sin, your Majesty.”

“I will hear you punks’ excuse back at the Summer Palace. So, what is the next plan, Royal Priest?”

The Empress leisurely sat down on the edge of the Bell Tower.

My face started boiling at the fact that I ended up like this after acting up without any fear despite only being a supporting character.

I first reached my hand out.

Demy, Rhea, and Perry ran over one by one before grabbing onto my leg like cicadas.

I peeked to see that the divine item’s wing was slightly shaking. It even seemed a bit afraid.

“Another attempt, your Majesty. His Royal Highness informed me that the lullaby has no other meaning. I failed so it might be better for someone else to try.”

I calmly responded. Christelle slowly raised her hand.

“I. am a decent singer.”

Everybody turned to look at her.

The Empress, Vice Captain Élisabeth, and Sir Geens all gasped.

Something Jung Eunseo told me flashed through my mind.

Most of my memories only popped up whenever similar situations arose.

‘Our Chris is perfect. She’s beautiful, tall, is a total fashionista, and sings well.’

‘The novel has a singing scene too?’

‘There was just a short phrase about her singing but it said that Crapdric smiled after hearing her sing. Totally kills that Ice Prince vibe, doesn’t it?’

“Then why don’t you be the first to challenge it, young lady Sarnez?”

Christelle cheerfully shouted before walking onto the Bell Tower.

She must be quite skilled if even the Imperial Prince smiled after hearing her sing.

I didn’t know how this problematic divine item issue turned into an audition program, but Christelle was the main character of QNW.

She was the person who has the best chance of resolving such an incident and the person whom the author invested the most into as well.

The Imperial Prince spoke from my left. I didn’t know why he was so full of distrust, but he had his left hand on the Sword of Wisdom.

I widened my Holy Domain so that it could surround Christelle and the divine item and then responded to him while letting ether flow through it.

“I’m sure the young lady will do a great job.”

“You don’t understand.”

Christelle was slowly reaching her hand toward the Ark. The light brown wing was shaking.

The Imperial Prince’s low voice sounded quiet and serious.

Christelle started singing at the same time.

«The Grand Duke was tone deaf-”

“Okay! Gooooo to sleeeeep! Liiiiittle baaaaaaaaby? Goooooo to sleep! Sleep! Liiiiiiitle baaaa! By!”

“Rooooockabye? Baby! Don’t cryyyyy!”

“Dear lord, what do we do. ”

Vice Captain Élisabeth, who was behind us, plopped down on the deck.

I could see that her neck was red from holding back her laughter.

I blinked a few times as I was at a loss for words. The red pandas were whimpering to one another.

The Empress, who was leaning on a pillar, was biting her fist.

“Our! Babyyyyy! Sleeeeeeeeep? Don’t wake? Up!”

‘Is this some kind of system error?

How can someone have no sense of rhythm at all and be so tone-deaf?’

“. I guess it was an unnecessary fear.”

The Imperial Prince quietly mumbled.

‘Why are you saying something completely useless in such a cool way that it is making me feel like I can relax?’

The divine item started moving carefully after hearing Christelle’s ‘lullaby.’

I was tense thinking that the furious Ark might cut her hand with its sharp feathers or attack her with its air abilities.

It was at that moment.

“Aww, what a good boy.”

The divine item wrapped its wings around Christelle and hugged her. My jaw dropped so much I thought it might touch the ground.

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I ended up scolding him.

“Don’t you know that you’ll pee your pants at night if you play with fire?”

Sadie scowled as if what I said was preposterous. But I was the one who was in disbelief.

He should have openly walked in through the door during the day if he had something to say. Why the heck did he have to sneak in at night and cause a fire indoors?

‘Who taught you about respect? How can you call yourself the Imperial Prince?’

“I told you to come to my room if you needed help. I never said that my room was your room.”

There were some urgent knocks on the door at that moment. I quickly motioned to Sadie with my eyes.

I mouthed some words as well.

‘Hide under the bed.’

The only reaction the young boy showed was the tip of his eyebrows rising ever so slightly.

‘I know this punk understood what I was trying to say!’

“Your highness? Are you okay?”

I heard a concerned Ganael’s voice outside.

He must have heard me shout when I was putting out the fire.

He was concerned that I would not be able to sleep because of the heat before he left earlier, so knowing his personality, it was normal that he would have roamed around the bedroom.

“Yeah! I’m okay. It’s just. ”

“Should I come in, your highness?”

Ganael quickly asked. We were moments away from getting caught.

I put Demy on the ground and ran over to Sadie.

I could see the child’s eyes opening wider.

What else could I do but personally hide this ‘I’m too important to hide under a bed’ punk?

“Just deal with it for a bit, huff.”

I raised the child into the air. He was lighter than I had expected.

‘I feel like Eunseo was heavier when she was this age.’

I quieted the kid and quickly moved to the balcony.

The young boy with a terrible personality was kicking me as I moved.

He was pretty strong so I thought that I would end up with some bruises. ‘.My poor life.’

I could clearly see the doorknob turning. I closed the balcony curtains and urgently shouted.

“You don’t need to come in, Ganael! Umm, there was a mosquito!”

“A mosquito? My goodness. Should I catch it for you, your highness?”

“No, I caught it. I just caught it.”

I answered and turned my head to see the young boy’s orange eyes glaring at me as if he wanted to burn me to death.

I know I shouldn’t compliment myself, but it seemed like a great comparison.

He comes in as he pleases and sucks out my ether, so how was he any different from a mosquito?

‘Well, I guess I did give it to him voluntarily.’

“Go get some rest, Ganael. Sorry to inconvenience you like this.”

“I thought that you might have had another nightmare, your highness.”

“It’s nothing like that. There’s no need to worry.”

Cadie’s expression changed subtly after hearing the word, nightmare.

This punk probably got great nights of sleep thanks to my ether roaming around the Imperial Palace, so he probably never expected that I would have such terrible dreams.

“. Then I will be on my way now. Please call me if you need anything, your highness.”

“I will. Thank you.”

I quietly stood in place for another minute or so after Ganael left.

I raised my head thinking that Ganael should have left by now to see that the child, who had stopped kicking me, was staring at me.

It was already hot so getting riled up like this made me feel hotter.

I took some deep breaths and gently placed Sadie on the balcony chair.

Demy had come out at some point as well and had wrapped his tail around my ankle.

“Why are you acting all tough? What will you do if you get caught?”

“Why are you having nightmares?”

The young boy ignored me and said something else. I smiled bitterly.

“Priests can’t use healing power on themselves. It’s similar to that.”

I heard that everybody around here had wonderful dreams and slept well since I got here.

Unfortunately, that effect did not work on me.

But it wasn’t as if I was having nightmares every night.

It was only what the average person might have, but there was one time when Benjamin and Ganael ran over in their pajamas because I was having a nightmare and screamed.

It was an embarrassing experience.

“How about you tell me what is wrong with you? Why. Why are you lacking ether?”

I chose my words wisely.

I could not ask him why his body turned small when he had the Sword of Wisdom.

“I’ve seen this handwriting before.”

«Are you going to keep changing the subject like that? Wait, when did you take that?”

I became scared. Sadie had that suspicious letter in his hand.

I tried to take it away but my hand was too slow.

The child hid the letter in his pocket and instantly jumped onto the balcony railing. ‘Damn it!’

“Losna must be your middle name.”

I closed my mouth. I had the same assumption as well.

However, I could not be 100% certain, and even if it was, I did not want to let this punky Imperial Prince know.

Sadie’s eyes turned dark at that moment.

«Are you communicating with this Usil person?”

I quickly responded and then gulped.

The child in front of me was a kid that I took care of every so often, but he was also Imperial Prince Cédric.

It would not do me any good to earn some unnecessary suspicions.

I looked at the young boy’s forehead that was full of cold sweats and released my Holy Domain.

The balcony started glowing radiantly with a gold light that was even brighter than the moon.

Demy squealed and grew some flowers I didn’t recognize on top of the circle design.

“If you are communicating with the Holy Kingdom-”

[I have never and I have no plans to do so in the future.]

I sternly cut him off. Sadie seemed a bit shocked at the sudden loud voice.

[I am pretty much a dead person in the Holy Kingdom. I also died after coming here as well. I’m not going to do anything reckless when I am already in danger while living a quiet life.]

I promised with my Divine Oracle and the Holy Domain lit up for a moment and released silver and white ether.

I stood there as the ether poured over me as if I was taking a shower.

A light bright enough to make everything seem white and a gentle warmth seemed to hug me once before disappearing.

I opened my eyes to see the young boy barely standing still on the railing looking down at me.

“You are giving me your word.”

The child started speaking.

His face was stoic but he seemed somewhat satisfied and happy? It gave me an ominous feeling.

“Is there a need for you to prove anything to the imperial family of the Imperial family?”

‘Damn it. ’ I scowled as much as possible.

I was wondering why he was not bringing that up but the words revealing my dark past made my ears turn hot from embarrassment.

I cut off the ether I was giving him and Demy and quickly deactivated my Holy Domain.

The balcony instantly turned dark as if I turned off the light.

“Sorry, sorry. Let’s go to sleep now.”

I hugged the complaining Demy. The red panda tightly grabbed my shoulder with his black front paw.

“You should stop speaking nonsense and go back too.”

The young boy didn’t even blink at my stern order for him to get out.

‘Wow, they act the same one hundred out of one hundred times. Why had I been so sure that he was the son?

But isn’t it normal and rational to think that he is the son?’

I started walking toward the bedroom to push out these two opposing thoughts.

Thinking about it would only give me a headache.

“You will end up submitting first.”

The little punk said such words to my back. I became angry and quickly turned to look at the railing.

However, there was nobody there.

The white moonlight, darkness of the night, and the slowly blowing heatwave were the only things there.

‘I was already hot but getting angry made it even hotter.’

“You made the right decision, your highness! Leaving to avoid the heat is a wise decision!”

‘I feel like dying.’

“Marquis Duhem. I’m sorry but could you please lower your voice?”

At this point, I might die from heat instead of war and log out.

“I understand. But your highness, her Majesty’s office is this way. You are headed toward the window and will plop to the ground.”

I struggled to focus through my dizziness and stumbled.

Benjamin and Ganael, who were following behind me, became shocked and helped support me by my arm and shoulder.

Thanks to the bag of ice that I had been holding against my forehead since early this morning, I was just barely able to maintain consciousness.

The Imperial Capital was like hell once the heatwave started blowing.

“You are very weak against the heat, your highness. To be honest with you, this isn’t that bad of a heatwave!”

“Please be quiet. ”

I tried my best not to get annoyed at the person who came all the way here to give me my birthday present early in the morning at my request.

Neither Marquis Duhem nor the attendants were struggling much with the heat, so being the only one to suffer so badly felt unfair and made me hate the author.

What kind of supporting character in a webnovel suffers from heat overnight and ends up like this?

They usually cough up blood from using too much of their power or take a knife for the main character and faints.

Even if it is painful or difficult, there is a reason and they look cool.

‘Maybe it’s better just to suffer from heat. ’

“We’re here, your highness.”

The Marquis spoke as if to console me.

Laura, the Chief of Staff, had come out near the Empress’s office to greet us. She looked at me with quite the concerned gaze before knocking on the door.

“Your Majesty, Prince Jesse and Marquis François Duhem have arrived.”

I stood up straight and fixed my clothes.

I had no idea how my hands were moving, but what mattered was that I got it done.

I then took a step in as soon as the door opened.

“Jesse Venetiaan, Prince of the Holy Kingdom, greets the sun that has descended to the ground.”

“It looks worse than I heard about. He’s pretty much dead.”

Empress Frédérique responded cynically.

I somehow managed to bow before plopping down on the couch with someone’s hands guiding me.

The cool and dry leather against my skin made me feel a bit better.

I finally recognized that it was Cardinal Boutier who had guided me here.

Her beige-colored eyes were full of concern.

She touched my cheek with her cool hand and I felt as if all strength was leaving my body and the couch was going to swallow me.

My head was throbbing and felt heavy.

“Frédérique, I think we need to send the little prince up north immediately. He’s going to pass out like this.”

“Didn’t you say that the prince can only use a portal once a day? How far would he be able to go with that body?”

The Empress clicked her tongue. I thought about Eunseo and my older brother as my mind blanked out.

‘Will I be able to go home if I die like this? I hope it doesn’t just make me start over from the beginning.’

“Your Majesty, Your Eminence. I will vouch for Prince Jesse’s identity. Please send him to the Summer Palace.”

“I’m good with it. Frédérique?”

The Marquis asked and the Cardinal immediately asked the Empress for her opinion.

I couldn’t see the look on her face very well because my eyes were half-closed.

The bag of ice kept dropping to my face.

“We cannot allow an outsider into Yvelines.”

“François said he would vouch for him. We will soon head up too.”

I couldn’t hear the conversation after that.

I either relaxed next to the Cardinal and fell asleep for a moment or became unconscious.

However, I was certain that the Empress allowed me to head to the Summer Palace surprisingly very quickly.

The mood was much better when I opened my eyes again.

“Laura, send a message to Duke Yvelines. Let him know that Prince Jesse will be traveling through the Imperial family’s portal today as well.”

“I understand, your Majesty.”

That was what I heard.

After hearing the name Yvelines. I thought that it must be the territory of Archduke Yvelines who wrote the series.

The Archduke was probably part of the Imperial family, so it wasn’t weird that they had a palace over there.

Of course, my hypothesis could be completely off as the Empire had quite a lot of nobles, but.

Anyway, I was saved once again. This time, it was from this damn heat.

“Tell the prince’s attendants to come in. They need to take him out of here so that he can get on the portal.”

The Empress gave the order. The Cardinal was putting a cup of ice water to my lips while that happened.

I did my best to smile and thanked her when a completely pale Benjamin and Ganael entered the office.

The two of them showed respect to the Empress first but she waved them off as if it was unnecessary.

She must have meant for them to quickly take care of me first.

“Excuse me, there is one more thing. There is something I wish to say, your Majesty. ”

I barely sat up with Ganael’s help as I spoke.

The end of one of the Empress’s eyebrows lifted up.

I wondered who that damn Imperial Prince bastard had learned such an expression from, but it was apparently his mother.

Having such useless thoughts made me feel as if my mind cleared for a moment.

I cleared my throat and looked right at the Empress.

“Your Majesty, you bestowed upon me a chance to ask for anything I want during the celebration not too long ago.”

“If you would allow it. I wish to make that request right now.”

The Empress scoffed.

It made sense that she was in disbelief at the fact that the punk who had been half-unconscious until moments ago suddenly opened his eyes wide and said that he had something to request.

However, it was an issue of my survival in the future for me.

There was something I realized during my chat with that punk Sadie last night and right now was the time to make it happen.

The Cardinal closed my hand around a cold cup.

Benjamin and Ganael were looking at me with shock.

“I will allow it. Speak.”

The Empress had one temple supported by her hand and her cherry-colored eyes sparkled as she smiled.

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[When you say pig out. ]

“It’s exactly as I mentioned, your highness. They frequently request ether and want too much at once. It’s reeeeeally difficult. I talked to them about it because I couldn’t handle it anymore and the young lady just asked why I couldn’t even do this much while his Royal Highness just sighed. Sob. ”

Sand buried his face in my handkerchief. I closed my eyes for a moment without knowing what to say.

Basically, Christelle and Imperial Prince Cédric were treating this young Clergy level priest terribly as if he was a public charger and bullying him.

I couldn’t believe it.

They openly did something so terrible but acted as if nothing was wrong when I saw them in the palace?

[That, mm. Have you spoken to her Eminence, Cardinal Boutier about it?]

I realized that I made a mistake after asking the question.

Of course Sand would not have been able to tell her.

A Cardinal was called a ‘Royal Son or Daughter of Faith’ and had authority in the Vatican, however, Aurélie Boutier was more importantly the Imperial Prince’s Godmother and the Empress’s partner.

Even if we set aside the extremely distant level of authority between a priest and a Cardinal, Sand would never have been able to go up to her to tell her that her godson was a shithead.

“Sooob, how could I. ”

Sand’s eyes sank low in sorrow as he looked at me.

I awkwardly patted his shoulder while feeling apologetic.

[I understand. But Sir Geens just sits by and lets it happen?]

I had to ask. Sir Johann Geens was the pair’s Holy Knight teacher.

If they were doing something inappropriate as Holy Knights, he should have stepped in before anybody else.

It was a partnership between a Holy Knight and a priest and not one side exploiting the other.

“S, Sir Geens, during the lessons. He doesn’t seem very interested in his job. ”

Sand’s gaze quickly fell as he trailed off.

I suddenly recalled a conversation I had with Ganael in the Juliette Palace’s reception room.

‘It should be fine since it is a spar. The teacher from the Vatican is there with them. I’m sure that he will take care of things.’

‘I thought so at first as well, but I don’t think that the teacher is capable of handling them.’

I could see the situation quickly forming in front of my eyes. I had to speak up about the potential what-if.

I thought that this was something that others shouldn’t hear and deactivated my Divine Oracle before lowering my voice.

“Then the two of them just spars everyday, sucks out ether they need from you and Sir Geens just sits by and watches?”

«Sob, yes, your highness. ”

Sand sniffled and quietly responded. I couldn’t help but frown.

I couldn’t understand that they had not said anything despite him not teaching anything.

“I never heard about that while in the Imperial Palace. Has the Duke-nim or the young lady not spoken up about it?”

“It has not been very long since Sir Geens or I got here. They seem to think that he would eventually teach them when the time is right. And the two of them. seem to enjoy sparring?”

The priest, who was maybe twenty years old max, tilted his head before wiping his eyes with the handkerchief.

I barely held myself back from sighing.

I didn’t know what Sir Geens was thinking, but the two of them could not be allowed to continue like this.

As someone in the same profession, I did not feel good seeing a priest being treated like this.

«Ah, your highness. The reason I came to confess. It is because I wanted to run away. I even packed my bags in secret last night. Sniff. I know that I shouldn’t do that, but. ”

Sand changed the topic to focus on the sacrament.

I quietly nodded my head and listened to his story.

However, I couldn’t stop the discomfort filling up inside of me.

It was one thing if I lived with my ears closed forever, but it was hard for me to pretend that I didn’t know anything now that I had heard what was going on.

There seemed to be a limit to ignoring things as long as it wasn’t happening to me or it wasn’t my issue.

Christelle de Sarnez roamed around the Summer Palace without a firm destination after escorting Prince Jesse to the temporary Confessional.

It would have been fun to chat with his attendants, but she had a strong urge to get some fresh air today.

That was the reason she had walked toward the small forest in the back of the Summer Palace.

She was feeling more free than ever because the attendant who came with her from the Duke’s Estate was left behind at the Moutet County.

The Prince’s pure and warm ether still felt as if it was roaming around her.

Maybe that was the reason.

That was probably the reason she didn’t notice that Cédric Riester was already sitting in the pavilion she was headed toward.

“I greet his Royal Highness, Duke Yvelines.”

Christelle became a bit anxious in front of him, which was rare for her, but made it not show as she respectfully greeted him.

The young Duke just received her greeting with a gaze as he always did.

This man always used his pretty face to its max value every time she saw him.

He seemed to have brought the documents from his office to read through them outside.

He must have needed a change of pace as well.

She had no choice but to change directions to the pavilion on the other side.

Neither of them were the type to suppress their ether to be considerate of each other.

‘Why should I when he/she doesn’t?’ That was their thought process.

As a result, avoiding each other other than during their lessons was the best way to maintain peace.

They couldn’t cause another incident now when the Empress scolded them not too long ago.

‘I hope that pavilion has a long couch as well so that I can take a nap.’

Christelle, who was having that thought, oddly stopped walking.

It was because she suddenly recalled the conversation she had with Prince Jesse earlier.

She slowly turned her head to look at the Duke.

That pretty face of his seemed quite serious while reading that piece of paper.

She had no interest in bothering someone who was working, but today was the Prince’s special day.

She couldn’t hold in her curiosity.

“Your Royal Highness, did you perhaps forget that it is Prince Jesse’s birthday today?”

Her pretty voice did not have even the tiniest amount of malice behind it.

However, the Duke completely ignored her as if it was normal. ‘Ahhh, this extremely rude son of a bitch.’

‘Ham Ga-in’ only swore internally before turning around.

She managed not to say anything vulgar but a bit of her temper ended up bursting out of the tip of her tongue.

“He might start to hate you if you keep going like this.”

There was a bit of malice behind her voice this time. She knew that Prince Jesse would not hate the Duke.

He was kind-hearted by nature and was weak toward animals and children.

The Duke was usually an animal and could turn into a little kid when he is lacking ether, so she was certain that there would never be a day when the Prince would truly treat him terribly.

However, Christelle wanted to say something to this little punk.

She didn’t care if it was childish. She was this kind of person.

“I have no need to appease him because I have his weakness.”

She was about to leave before she became even angrier when the man gave a weird response.

To be more specific, it only sounded weird to Christelle.

She turned around to see that the Duke’s face was stoic as usual.

“You have his highness’s weakness?”

The Duke turned toward the document as if there was nothing else to add.

Christelle was in disbelief and could not remain silent.

“You don’t think that you can use that to treat someone as you please, do you, your Royal Highness?”

“I’m sure I can at least make him submit.”

Christelle quickly walked and sat down on the couch on the other side of the Duke.

Cédric scowled at this disrespectful act but she ignored it as easily as water flows down.

“I thought you trusted Prince Jesse, your Royal Highness. Wasn’t it pretty nice during the Great Clearance of Demonic Beasts? I felt the same way.”

She didn’t want to admit it, but it was fun. The Prince, the Duke, and she seemed to work pretty well together.

Her condition always being good because of the Prince’s ether played a part as well.

“I’m not sure what that has to do with anything.”

Christelle clacked her teeth together.

This was a subconscious reaction that happened whenever she thought that something or someone was hopeless.

Basically, the Duke trusted the prince but came up with such a shitty method to hold the Prince in his grasp.

Honestly speaking, she wanted to leave the Duke as is and get up.

She had a positive relationship with the Prince and the Duke seemed headed toward the Prince being disappointed in him.

‘Oh right, the Ark of the Wind Deity. It was completely different from the keychain I got at the Night Market, wasn’t it?’

‘I do recall it at least being in the shape of a wing. I will go to my room and check.’

‘You brought it all the way here, your highness?’

‘I put it on the handle of my travel bag.’

Prince Jesse was someone who even kept the cheap accessory she won at the dagger throwing competition.

Something like that was probably just junk to a man who grew up as a prince, but he was surprisingly easygoing and kind.

Christelle thought that it wasn’t right for someone like that to be hurt by someone’s ineptness and immaturity.

“Please listen carefully, your Royal Highness. I will only explain it once.”

Christelle spoke while gritting her teeth.

She knew that this guy was so young that the ink was probably not even dry after adding him to the family tree, but she never expected that she would need to teach him how to make friends.

“Prince Jesse is a person. In fact, he is a very good person. You will not be able to win him over with such methods.”

“The divine item in the Bell Tower. It is not even human but it was so difficult to calm it down, wasn’t it? It would have been terrible if I wasn’t there, right? How do you think it would be with a person?”

“Prince Jesse is a kind person who can understand when you talk to him. You know that well, your Royal Highness.”

The Duke’s orange eyes sank down. Christelle continued to speak.

“He’s already a Diplomatic hostage. He will only feel anxiety and fear if he is threatened. Do you really want to return Prince Jesse’s goodwill with that, your Royal Highness?”

She ended on a happy note.

“Please show him your sincerity. Then you will be able to get closer.”

She then brushed off her dress before getting up.

She thought that she seemed quite cool today.

She felt proud after giving a twenty-four year old a life lesson while feeling frustrated, wondering how this bastard ended up growing up like this.

“Then I will make my leave now, your Royal Highness.”

Christelle bowed elegantly before walking away.

The clean breeze of the north brushed past the forest, the grass, and the man’s black satin-like hair.

He looked down at the document in his hand for a moment.

And then the paper lit on fire.

“Doesn’t it feel good to wash? It feels refreshing, doesn’t it?”

I smiled while talking to the divine beasts.

It took an hour and a half to bathe them and myself.

Unlike Demy who likes water, Rhea and Perry were pouting quite a bit right now.

Percy’s feathers were wet so he looked quite skinny, but I guess it wasn’t a bad experience as he was busy running around chirping.

I loosely tied the strap of my gown and was drying each of them with a towel.

They were always clean, potentially because they are divine beasts, but cleaning them made them seem even cleaner.

«Perry, come here. I’m not done wiping your tail.”

Perry’s black ears twitched before he ran away from me.

Rhea started following behind him as well.

‘The night air in the north is cold so I need to dry them properly so that they don’t catch a cold.

“Did I leave the door open when I went in?”

I saw that the balcony door was completely open.

I left the divine beasts alone and approached the balcony and the fluttering curtains before closing the door and making sure to lock every lock.

Percy must be planning on spending the day with me since he stayed in my room all day.

‘Is it a special birthday favor?’

“. How should I deal with things tomorrow?”

I quietly mumbled.

I had thought about a lot of things after hearing Sand’s confession today.

That was the reason I headed directly to the Cardinal’s office after hearing people’s confessions for about two hours.

I thought that it wouldn’t be bad for me to bring it up to the Cardinal now that I knew about it since Sand could not do so.

‘Your highness, I am extremely sorry but her Eminence has stated that she has too much work right now. Would it be okay for you to come back in a few hours? I will personally come to escort you.’

‘I see. That is okay. I will come again next time.’

That ended up being my conversation with the Cardinal’s attendant, Natalie.

She was concerned because the Cardinal wasn’t even able to eat properly.

Natalie did not look good either.

I chose to send some of the canelés I received as a present to the Cardinal’s office instead of going to visit her.

She was so busy preparing for the Prayer Meeting next month that she couldn’t even close her eyes.

To tell such a person that the children are working together to bully another family’s precious child was a bit.

«What is it? Do you want to go down?”

Demy, who had climbed on top of the bedroom table, was whining.

I picked him up by his belly like I always did when I saw an unfamiliar box where Demy was seated.

There was a small card next to it as well.

The box and the card were both decorated with jewels that they sparkled so much.

I became extremely anxious but calmly opened the card. The message was short.

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Cardinal Boutier, Empress Frédérique, and I blankly looked at each other for a short moment.

We continued to hear something large flapping its wings.

Demy reacted first.

The little punk was sticking his head out of my arms to get out.

«Demy, no. It is a divine item, but it is still dangerous.”

I tightly held onto Demy. The Cardinal said that the divine item seemed to have awakened.

Divine items were physical manifestations of the Almighty God’s will and authority, gifts she personally gave to the continent.

I was pretty sure that a divine item wouldn’t suddenly change its mind and try to cleanse humanity or anything but.

It was a different story since this divine item was moving. We needed to be careful since we didn’t know what might-

The ground shook intensely once more.

It was shaking so much in all directions that my knees almost buckled.

The other two red pandas quickly moved away using that opening.

They were extremely intelligent.

I could tell by the fact that they started climbing the spiral staircase without anybody telling them about it.

Seeing the divine beasts that had been quiet until just moments ago reacting like this made me believe that the presence of the divine item must have gotten stronger.

Scraps of rocks were falling from the ceiling.

The rumbling eventually stopped. ‘Is there a set duration of rumbling? If not. ’

“Aurélie, go outside.”

“No. I’ll go up with you.”

The Empress and Cardinal were quickly chatting.

I was already running up the stone stairs with Demy.

Even if the divine item was not my responsibility, I needed to make sure that the two divine beasts were safe.

‘Those little punks! I would have scolded them if they were even a bit less cute!’

“Your Eminence, please do as her Majesty said. I do not think that it is desirable for both of you to be in a dangerous place together.”

I basically shouted to her from above the stairs. The Cardinal looked at me with shock.

“I’m sure it’ll be fine. We will go back down soon, your Eminence.”

The Empress was a sword master and I was not a weak priest.

I was pretty certain that we wouldn’t die, but one of the two adults of the Empire had to be in a safe location to prepare for the worst.

The Cardinal should know that as well.

She calmly nodded her head and got up.

The Empress confirmed that the Cardinal walked out of the Bell Tower before sticking a rock underneath the open door to hold it in place.

She must have been preparing just in case it wouldn’t open.

«Demy, try calling your friends over.”

I whispered to him while climbing the stairs two or three steps at a time.

Demy groaned as if it put him in a difficult position and pushed down on my shoulders.

It was understandable since I could feel the strong ether of the air attribute as well.

It must be difficult for a divine beast who is drawn to and made to protect divine items to resist it.

A gentle jump and the Empress, who was on the first floor, landed right in front of my eyes.

Her jumping abilities were unbelievable!

«Should I carry you?”

“No, not at all, your Majesty. I will run.”

The Empress chuckled and ran up the stairs first.

I could hear wings flapping again from the top of the Bell Tower.

The bright light from the beginning was not visible anymore.

«Why the heck are these punks so agile?”

“I think that they are riled up, your Majesty. I think that it would be quicker to coax them into coming down.”

The Empress grumbled after almost instantly catching up to the troublemakers. She must have failed to capture them.

It must be difficult for her to catch divine beasts who had made up their minds to do something as she did not have ether.

Red pandas that even a sword master could not catch.

Thankfully, the Bell Tower wasn’t as high as it seemed from downstairs.

I stopped with the top floor in front of me.

The Empress had a hand on her scabbard while waiting for me.

The flapping noise was louder and clearer now.

The Empress and I peeked our heads to assess the situation.

The two red pandas, who were making these two humans work so hard, were lying down with their bellies up as if they were full of joy.

It was a large wing the size of an adult man. I couldn’t help but gulp.

“This was its original appearance.”

The Empress responded in a low voice. I couldn’t help but drop my jaw at this extremely unrealistic sight.

This divine item, the Ark of the Wind Deity, was shaped like a single wing.

It looked as if it was made of some sharp metal, but I was certain it was no ordinary metal.

It sounded like a bird flapping its wings and not a clunking metal sound.

It was transparent silver in color and it faintly glowed purple whenever it moved and sunlight reflected off of it.

The tip of the wing joint had a large morning glory colored jewel.

“What do you mean by this was its original appearance, your Majesty?”

I peeked at the red pandas as I asked. They did not show any abnormal signs.

“I mean that it looked like this until my husband left this world. That rusted almond you talked about was the appearance it took after Alexandre passed away.”

My eyes opened wide. My thoughts quickly processed like a spinning wheel.

The divine item that was so lively when Prince Consort Alexandre was alive had curled up its body and was asleep when he passed away.

It was as if it was completely disconnected from the world. That was why even the divine beasts could not detect it.

“Did his Royal Highness frequently come in contact with the Ark while he was alive, your Majesty?”

“Yes. This punk was one of my husband’s research materials.”

“Was he perhaps a Holy Knight or a priest?”

“No. He had less ether than a rat’s ass. He was just a mage.”

I flinched and poked my head out.

“What the hell are you doing?!”

My emotions reacted before my rationality.

Everything turned red after seeing a red panda roll away after being struck by the Ark’s wing.

‘There’s nowhere to hit on that tiny guy!’

“Calm down. Didn’t you say that we would coax the divine beasts?”

Tap. The Empress tightly clenched my shoulder to stop me from jumping out.

I felt as if I was calming down while looking at her calm cherry-colored eyes.

I caught my breath and nodded my head.

Getting riled up here would not help at all.

We could go down if the divine beasts and the Ark were coexisting peacefully, but I needed to pull the two of them away now that the Ark has shown itself to be violent.

“Let’s go up, your Majesty.”

I commented. The Empress moved silently and stepped on the last step.

I climbed to the top behind her to see that the only thing up there were four pillars supporting the roof.

Taking two wrong steps would mean falling to the ground.

The top of the Bell Tower had no railing or safety devices.

There was an ill-tempered divine item, three divine beasts, and two humans barely standing there.

The wind was stronger now that we were high up. The bell high up in the ceiling quietly rang.

I knelt down on one knee for safety.

I then immediately released my Holy Domain. The golden circle lit up the top of the tower.

I could see the Ark flinch.

My voice sank low while looking at the divine beasts whimpering while holding onto one of the pillars after being shocked by the divine item’s attack.

I quietly said the names that I had come up with for them since a while ago.

[Rhea, Perry. Come to big bro.]

The biggest of the three was Rhea while the second largest with black ears was Perry.

It was because Rhea was the mother of gods and Persephone fit the darker concept since she lives in the underworld.

The two divine beasts soon trotted over to me.

I quickly reached my arms out and hugged the two of them while the Empress kept her eyes on the divine item.

quickly sighed in relief.

[Are you okay? You’re not hurt, right?]

[You guys have to listen to Demy from now on. Demy is the boss.]

Demy screeched energetically. His gaze seemed to understand that with great power comes great responsibility.

“Then we can go down-”

I quickly lowered my body. The Ark’s wing was shaking.

I could see that one of the pillars was dented by the flap of the divine item’s wing. The Empress did not wait any longer and pulled out her sword.

“Wait, your Majesty!”

“That is a divine item. It will not break no matter what. You know that to be true as well, your Majesty.”

“It might destroy the Bell Tower if I leave it alone.”

I clenched my teeth. She was right.

We could not leave the divine item like this considering that Alexandre, Grand Duke Yvelines, was resting below.

However, the Empress was a sword master and based on my understanding, sword masters in the QNW world setting were strong enough that a single person could take down an entire brigade.

“Your sword aura is too dangerous, your Majesty.”

“It would be great if it receives your attack and retreats or moves elsewhere, but that is only a hopeful situation, your Majesty. What if it releases its powers to fight against you?”

The Empress clicked her tongue and sheathed her sword. The rumbling in the air instantly died down.

I finally realized that she was just like me a moment ago, unable to overcome her emotions.

The Empress herself almost ended up destroying the Bell Tower.

I’m certain that there must be a way to calm it down, your Majesty. Divine items are not demonic beasts; there is no way that they would harm the living.”

I quickly organized the thoughts in my head as I said that.

First was the clue that the Empress mentioned.

The Prince Consort was a mage but researched divine items during his life, and his subject was none other than the ark.

The divine item had gone into a deep slumber, almost as if it was dead, once the Prince Consort passed away.

It probably woke up because of my ether.

My power was not normal; it came from the divine item, the Paten of Wishes, and the Holy Water in it.

‘It is the cleanest form of ether. It is a noble and pure form of the Authority of the Almighty God.’

It was the crystallization of pure ether.

I remembered it well since I read it recently.

“Your Majesty, is there a reason his Royal Highness was buried here?”

‘I’m sure there is.’

I leaned against one of the still undamaged pillars and looked right at the woman who was leaning against the pillar on the other side.

I was certain that there had to be a story behind why the Empress’s husband was buried at the edge of a cliff.

“This was his territory.”

“I’m sure you understood the meaning behind my question, your Majesty. What is the reason he was buried in the Bell Tower and not the Summer Palace?”

“. It is because of that divine item.”

She frowned as she responded.

Her face made me think of Imperial Prince Cédric.

“He wasn’t a priest but Alexandre managed to tame that thing.”

My eyes opened wide.

My arms must have tightened from the shock as Demy and his family all grumbled.

“Sorry, sorry. I’ll be careful. Is that possible, your Majesty? No, please wait.”

A page suddenly popped into my mind at that moment. I silently recalled the words on the page.

‘Okay, Yves. Caress the divine item and sing it a lullaby please.’

‘Aren’t you tired of that word by now? The Ark of the Wind Deity is like a free bird. You must win its heart if you want to make it yours.’

A thunderbolt-like realization struck the back of my head.

I felt chills all the way down to the back of my knees as I looked at the divine item in front of me.

That, what ‘Nikky’ explained to ‘Yves’ about the divine item was not a figure of speech or a story, but based on his experiences.

‘How did someone who didn’t even have ether. No, that’s not important right now.’

“We need to caress the Ark and sing it a lullaby.”

“I don’t understand such bullshit.”

‘So you’re Yves.’ Realizing that made me laugh even in such a situation.

How romantic was this back story of the parents who became main characters in a fairy tale for their loving son?

“That is what it said in your Majesty. The Ark of the Wind Deity is like a free bird and you have to win it over for it to listen.”

“It is one of your husband’s best sellers. Have you not read it, your Majesty? It’s a masterpiece.”

I smiled and took one step away from the pillar.

I had the three red panda musketeers in my arms go to the Empress. She scrunched her eyes.

“I must do it, your Majesty. I’m not sure how daddy guardian managed to tame it, but I believe it woke up this time because of me.”

The Empress mumbled. I took another step forward and peeked behind me.

I could see waves crashing against the sharp cliff as if they wanted to pull the Bell Tower down.

I debated asking Demy to use some vines to create a harness for safety.

However, doing so might lead to the destruction of the Bell Tower or the foundation of the Bell Tower, the cliff, breaking down.

If I was super unlucky and hit a rock I’d be dead, but I should be able to survive if I fall in the water.

‘. Let’s just not fall off.’

I observed the divine item again. I then reached my hand out very slowly.

The Ark slowly flapped its wing once.

It seemed to have calmed down a bit as I spoke to it while using my Holy Domain to slowly release some ether.

My hand was getting closer to the divine item.

[It’s fine. I won’t harm.]

My body floated up. I was no longer looking at the Bell Tower. I was looking at the clear sky.

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“Then that kid is the young Duchess. Not that brother of hers.”

Empress Frédérique dropped the bomb.

My jaw dropped. ‘I was wondering if that was the case, but for real?’

“Are you saying that young lady Eva Blanquer is the young Duchess, your Majesty?”

“Yes. The fact that the Sacred Bow of the Tree of Life glowed means that it has chosen its master. It gave the blessing of longevity to the little kid at that time.”

The Empress commented as if it was not a big deal and sipped her coffee.

The way she said it was hot and scowled was pretty identical to her son.

I grabbed a pair of tongs and grabbed an ice cube from the plate with my share of ice cubes and placed it in her cup.

Cardinal Boutier smiled at me.

My mind was a complicated mess putting together the pieces of information I recently learned.

‘The young heir of the House of Blanquer has received the blessing of the divine item for generations. Longevity is that family’s specialty.’

It felt as if I could hear Marquis François Duhem’s voice right next to me.

The divine item guarded by the Ducal House of Blanquer, the Sacred Bow of the Tree of Life, is said to bless the future head of the family with long life.

I had presumed that the divine item would give the blessing as an after the fact service once the eldest child was officially named the heir.

However, it looked as if the order might be in reverse.

Eva was selected immediately by the divine item when she happened to approach it by chance.

Then it meant that Eva needed to become the person who looked over the House of Blanquer.

“Young Duke Robert Blanquer must have prevented his younger sister from talking in order to hide the fact that he was not chosen. He constantly bullied her after that because he was worried that she would gain confidence and speak up.”

“Based on the information, that seems to be the case. He probably didn’t want to lose his position. He was born with a strong magical aura, so he probably thought that he would be able to gain the position as long as the little girl remained quiet.”

“It is not surprising knowing that bastard’s personality.”

The Cardinal and the Empress responded one after the other.

My hands were heating up from anger after thinking about how that poor girl must have suffered all alone.

I tightly clenched the cold glass cup.

The dark orange Fragrant Olive flowers and ice were decorating the surface of the water.

I calmed down as it reminded me of Eva’s red curly hair.

“What is it? Are you thinking about placing Eva Blanquer in the position of Duchess so that you can play with power as the puppet master behind her?”

The Empress threw a scary question at that time. I raised my head in shock.

Her cherry-colored eyes were turning dark and cold.

“I wonder if I put my guard down too much with the prince of an enemy kingdom right in front of my eyes.”

“No, not at all, your Majesty. I simply asked because I want to help Eva.”

“Frédérique, that’s enough. You said that you will stop teasing the little prince once we left the Summer Palace.”

The Cardinal gently squeezed the Empress’s arm.

The Empress snorted and took another sip of coffee.

I finally realized that this was her unique way of joking.

The chills all over my back slowly disappeared.

‘Her making a joke like that two times would probably kill me. ’

“Thank you for your response, your Majesty. I had no intention of asking for your thoughts on the matter as I know you are extremely busy. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience.”

I spoke as calmly as possible.

The Empress, who was seated on the couch across from me, simply flicked her chin once.

The Cardinal smiled warmly on the Empress’s behalf.

Now that I think about it, she basically created this situation.

It was already two days ago that I met Eva, the girl who was lacking about 98 percent of what it took to be a villainess.

The young lady received Vice Captain Élisabeth’s invitation that day and has been staying in Countess Moutet’s residence in the Imperial Capital.

She basically received the young Countess’s protection until the young Duke bastard left the Imperial Capital.

She started coming to the temple yesterday to clean for one hour, but she needed help from an imperial servant because she couldn’t differentiate between the rags and the towels.

Agnes, the Imperial Palace’s mountain keeper, came to show off a Chinese fringetree flower to me and ended up being dragged in as Eva’s teacher.

My mind was a complicated mess for my own reasons.

I read through Prince Consort Alexandre’s after hearing the young girl’s story, but the book was oddly unfriendly.

The Prince Consort referred to his territory, Yvelines, as ‘our backyard’ and did not write anything about his family while explaining about the Sacred Bow of the Tree of Life.

There were more fantasy elements than the truth because it was a fairy tale written for children.

There was even a wacky explanation in the episode about the Sword of Wisdom from the Flaming Star, claiming that you needed a fire-like personality to pull out the Sword of Wisdom.

‘. I guess it is not completely wrong since Imperial Prince Cédric was the one who pulled it out.’

Anyway, it was difficult to find clear answers in books regarding mysterious existences such as divine items and divine beasts.

‘I guess all of the divine items on the continent would have masters already if there was something like that.

It also wouldn’t be so difficult to see a divine beast.’

‘Your Eminence. I have a question before we get started.’

‘Your gaze looks serious. This feels interesting.’

That was why I sought out the Cardinal’s help as soon as my lesson started.

The Cardinal, who made time for me for every lesson despite being busy preparing for the Annual Prayer Meeting, looked quite amused after hearing about Eva’s situation.

‘I have never seen the Sacred Bow in person either. The House of Blanquer is quite closed off. However, there is someone who knows about that household.’

She sounded kind of suspicious. She then called her attendant, Natalie, and.

‘Will you tell Frédérique to come here for a moment. Let her know that it is an extremely urgent matter.’

She then said such unbelievable words.

That was how I ended up using the Empress of the Empire as if she was Wikipedia.

Prince Consort Alexandre was kicked out of his family the day before he became young Duke Blanquer because he chose to run away for love.

According to the Empress, the reason the Prince Consort was able to make such a decision was because he had never come in contact with the Sacred Bow until that point.

“Out of the three of us, Alexandre was the person with the greatest sense of responsibility. He probably would have given up on marrying you if he had received the blessing of longevity, don’t you think?”

The Cardinal sipped her coffee after asking that question. The Empress nonchalantly nodded her head.

She didn’t seem upset at all despite being called to the Cardinal’s office out of the blue and being told it was an urgent matter despite it not being urgent at all.

“The little girl from Blanquer becoming the young Duchess is up to her own will.”

She looked right at me as she said that.

I nodded my head and wet my throat with the cool Fragrant Olive tea.

The thick fragrance of flowers seemed to poke at my brain.

The succession of title and wealth prioritized the first born child.

In other words, both title and wealth only fell to the second child if there were any issues with the eldest child or if the eldest child did not want it.

Although the parents determined whether a child was qualified to be the heir, other siblings could challenge the qualification.

Basically, Eva could inform her parents about her legitimate claim to the title at any time.

‘I should go tell her as soon as this lesson is over.’

“It will be easy to pull him down since he dared to mock my son recently.”

“That is true. Will Cédric benefit at least a little if the little girl becomes the Duchess in the future?”

The Imperial Prince’s mother and godmother were already discussing potential benefits.

I awkwardly smiled and looked away. ‘People in politics sure are scary.’

“May I ask what that is in your hand, your Majesty?”

That was why I said whatever came to mind.

It didn’t matter if the Empress didn’t answer, and if she did, I would have an answer to something I was curious about.

“Oh right, there was this thing.”

The Empress mumbled and handed a gold card to the Cardinal.

Her eye under the monocle opened wide.

“An invitation to the opening of the opera. Do you have some time in two days?”

They were tickets to a show. The two of them just started casually chatting.

I had felt this at the Summer Palace as well, but the two of them seemed more like regular siblings instead of the Empress and Cardinal, two people in great positions of power, whenever they were like this.

I gently smiled and looked at the desserts that Natalie left on the table.

My intense lesson would resume once the Empress leaves, so my plan was to fill my snack stomach prior to that.

“It’s probably good for me to show my face. The Imperial family is sponsoring it after all.”

“Why didn’t you deliver it early by sending it with Laura?”

“I was going to talk about it in person but I got busy and forgot. June is always such a hectic month.”

A puffy purple soufflé filled with grape purée.

A Tarte Tatin with golden caramel and large slices of apple piled on top of each other.

An île flottante with strawberries and mango slices on top.

“I guess it isn’t that important if you forgot about it like that.”

“Yeah. But it is too large to pretend not to know.”

‘Large? The biggest thing here is the tarte. Okay, I choose you.’

I nodded my head and started to cut the dessert with a knife.

The sweet fragrance was already tickling my nose.

“I guess I have no choice. Let’s send Cédric.”

“I guess so. He should have no plans this month other than the Prayer Meeting.”

“Frédérique, wait. There are two tickets.”

I cut a piece off of the apple pie and put it in my mouth.

The chewy thick apples were the first to melt away on my tongue.

They must not have simply baked it as the crunchy texture was extremely satisfying.

I crunched on the pastry on the bottom that crumbled and filled my cheeks.

The strong savory flavor of butter had a subdued fragrance mixed in and the bitter taste of caramel completed the taste.

It was so delicious that the corners of my lips curled up. ‘I wonder if I can pack these to go.’

“Yes, your Eminence?”

“Do you want it? Should I give it to you?”

“I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much, your Eminence.”

I smiled brightly as I responded. The Cardinal responded with a ‘thank goodness.’

The Empress raised one eyebrow as if my response was unexpected.

“Good. Pay the price for making the Empress come and go.”

‘. Wait a minute. What are they talking about?’

I ended up getting mixed up in something with the male lead because I was so focused on food. I couldn’t even tell anybody because I was so embarrassed.

“ is the biggest show right now!”

Ganael looked extremely excited as he said that.

His round gold eyes were sparkling like chandeliers.

I smiled bitterly as the boutique staff attended to my formal attire.

I told them that I didn’t need any makeup and that I just wanted the most plain outfit but they put me in an awkward position by bringing seven ‘plain’ formal attires.

“Your highness, I heard that you eat very well but you are not gaining any weight. There’s so much room left in the chest area!”

I didn’t know whether this was something I should apologize for, but I did it anyway.

The head of the boutique clicked his tongue and stuck some pins in the clothes.

Benjamin brought a booklet and was reading to me as I awkwardly stood there.

The red panda trio were roaming around the floor like robot vacuums, seeking my attention.

Percy was sprawled out on the chair in my place.

“ is the main repertoire of the Attal Opera Company, which is sponsored by the Imperial family. It opens every year around this time. It is about Daphnis, a member of the corps de ballet of the Pas de Trois theatre, who grows to become a famous ballerino thanks to the guidance of Chloe, a phantom composer hiding underground. Chloe becomes Daphnis’s prisoner and the story ends when her old friend, Giselle, rescues her.”

I closed my mouth.

I didn’t know what a ‘corps de ballet’ was, but I got a feeling after hearing about it.

‘This is that. Seriously, it is the same down to the title.’

“Does the phantom composer. Come out wearing a white mask that covers half her face?”

“Yes, your highness. You know about it as well.”

‘How could I not know?

We have a Blu-ray of the live performance of the 25th year celebration of at home that Eunseo bought.’

“The show sells out every year so even getting a seat on the fourth floor is like getting a star out of the sky. However, it is even more of a big deal right now because something big happened a few days ago.”

Ganael then carefully picked Demy up to create a path.

The attendants who were busily moving around bowed after seeing the divine beast.

As for me, I couldn’t hide my shock at the QNW author’s endless use of parodies.

‘I knew that there must be a reason Eunseo enjoyed this novel so much, but this is a bit.

Isn’t it lacking sincerity? Is it okay?’

A real phantom appears at every rehearsal and sucks out the souls of the actors, your highness.”

“But Benjamin-nim. They almost canceled the shows because of it!”

Benjamin tried to stop the young boy and I turned to look at Benjamin.

I doubted that they would raise the curtains with such danger lurking when it was obvious that the Empress and the Cardinal would be there.

‘No, maybe they are proceeding with the show because the Imperial family is showing up?’

“It is just a rumor with no foundation, your highness. The Guards of the Imperial Capital searched the place but could not find any traces of a demonic beast. I can’t help but think that this is a way for them to promote the show.”

The middle-aged man calmly answered. ‘As I expected.’

I nodded my chin and touched a piece of paper in my sleeve.

It was a letter that Eva wrote to her parents after hearing my story two days ago.

She gave it to me to take a look at it first, but I felt odd because it seemed as if she wanted me to give her feedback.

I thought that I should be able to read it during the intermission.

‘Am I sitting alone in the box seats? Then I won’t have to see that Imperial Prince bastard’s face.’