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Chapter 54
As soon as Richard finished his private audience with the Emperor, he headed straight for the gift storage room of the banquet hall. He inspected the Empress's coffin.
‘The coffin is perfectly intact….’
No one had stolen it. Just in case, he checked inside, and the body was still there.
‘Exactly what is the Duke….’
Richard bit his lower lip repeatedly.
Е n um̈ а̇.і̄d̈
‘What is he thinking?’
No matter how much he thought about it, it didn't seem like that man would just die quietly….
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Clenching and unclenching his fists in anxiety, Richard had just returned to the center of the banquet hall when it happened.
“Richard!”
A pale green dress, transparent as a fresh leaf, fluttered. Daphne, her hair in a half-braided style, ran toward him while holding the hem of her dress, smiling like sunshine.
“L-Lady Daphne…!?”
Е n ǔm̀ а. iď
Richard froze like a stone.
‘…Is she an angel?’
Approaching him, she took both of his hands in a firm grip.
“We meet again! Are you enjoying the banquet?”
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“An, an….”
“Hmm? An?”
Е ṅum ӑ
“An angel…….”
After answering stupidly, Richard snapped back to his senses and slapped his own cheek.
Slap!
“Ri-Richard? What are you doing?”
“I apologize. I thought I was looking at an angel after I had died.”
“…Uh, pardon?”
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Daphne’s pale green eyes wavered with a bewildered light.
“It’s nothing. Please act as if you didn't hear that….”
Richard replied, struggling to calm his racing heart.
‘Lady Daphne….’
She is far too beautiful today….
“Come to think of it, we couldn't talk properly last time. How have you been?”
W̄е̂ ḃ ṅ о́ v ӗľ Е̊ nu̇m̂ а̊
“Ah. During that time… I just went to the North for a bit……. I’ve been busy with various things.”
“Oh? Why the North?”
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“Well, I had some business…….”
Richard shifted his eyes here and there. His face and cheeks felt incredibly hot.
‘Ah.’
I’m in trouble. I like Lady Daphne so much….
Е̃ n̈ǔm̀ а. і d
Who cares about the Emperor or the Duke? Lady Daphne is this beautiful!
“It was nothing major.”
It was just as Richard was smiling happily.
“……Mm?”
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Suddenly, Daphne looked behind Richard.
“……?”
Eṅu m̈ а . і d.
Richard followed her gaze and turned around.
‘Where is she looking all of a sud—huh?’
Among the groups of nobles chatting, there was a woman staring particularly intensely in this direction.
The villainess, Evgenia Chesica.
‘…Is she glaring at Lady Daphne?’
Richard was furrowing his brows in uncertainty when Daphne spoke.
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“Why is the Young Lady… glaring at you, Richard?”
Daphne looked at Richard with worried eyes.
“……Pardon?”
“Hmm?”
“Not Lady Daphne, but me?”
Richard blinked rapidly.
Ẅе bn ӧv ê l̄ Ė.n ů m ӓ
“Yes…. She’s looking at you.”
At her words, he turned back again, and an even more piercing gaze poured over him than before.
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‘……She’s right.’
It was exactly as she said. Evgenia was glaring precisely at him, Richard. Furthermore, it was a look that seemed ready to kill.
‘……What is it?’
Richard narrowed his eyes. Not Lady Daphne, but me? The villainess originally hated Lady Daphne….
Е̌ ń_um а.і̂ ḋ
“Richard, perhaps….”
Daphne cautiously tugged on Richard’s sleeve.
“Yes, Lady Daphne.”
“The Young Lady….”
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Standing on her tiptoes, she whispered into Richard’s ear.
“Could she be… jealous?”
W̊ е̄bñové l Е́.n̈u mа̌
“……?”
Richard’s eyes turned round.
“Jealous?”
This situation where he and Lady Daphne were standing close together. The villainess glaring at him as if to kill. If so, then perhaps…….
“Has the villainess finally realized Lady Daphne’s charms—”
“A-Ah, no…! That’s not what I meant…!”
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Daphne gently covered Richard’s mouth.
“Because you… looked close with the Crown Prince at the last ball…. Could it be because of that?”
“……Ah.”
Richard’s shoulders slumped.
“That’s a pity….”
He thought the villainess had finally realized the truth of the world……. He was smacking his lips in disappointment when he felt a presence nearby.
E̊ n umа.. id̊
“Oh, behind you, Richard….”
At Lady Daphne’s words, he turned around.
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“It is a pleasure to see you, Young Master Friedrich.”
A man holding a wine glass was approaching with a beaming smile. His golden hair shone dazzlingly beneath the chandelier.
‘Ah.’
Richard belatedly showed proper etiquette and bowed.
W еb n̂ оv̌е̂ l Ѐnü m̀ á
“Richard Friedrich, the second son of the Marquisate of Friedrich, greets Your Highness the Prince.”
Daphne also slightly lifted the hem of her dress in a polite bow.
“Daphne Beatus, the daughter of the Marquisate of Beatus, greets Your Highness the Prince.”
The Prince, Thalinos le Regnantia.
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Richard lifted only his gaze slightly to look at him. Radiant golden hair.
‘…He’s the Empress’s nephew.’
W̃е b̈ nov́ el̇ Е n u m̀ а̂
Thalinos was not the Emperor’s biological son, but a nephew from the maternal side. However, the reason he was a Prince was….
‘Because he resembles the Empress….’
The Emperor had made him a Prince. That brilliantly shining golden hair was remarkably similar to the Empress's. Richard lowered his eyes at the strange sensation, then lifted them slightly to look at the Prince.
“There is no need for such formality. I only approached because I wished to become closer to you.”
Thalinos smiled thinly while offering his hand.
“…It is an honor, Your Highness.”
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Richard replied, taking that hand with both of his.
‘……However.’
His water-colored eyes settled coldly in secret.
‘What is his scheme?’
To approach me so out of the blue?
“I heard you’ve come from a private audience with His Imperial Majesty.”
Е n̊ùḿӓ . і̂.d
“……Ah, yes. That is correct.”
“Did the conversation end well?”
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“…Yes, Your Highness.”
“Hmm.”
Thalinos scanned Richard from head to toe.
“……?”
We̊ bn̂ о̇ v̂ е l̈ Êǹ um̄ а̊
He clearly looked like he had something to say. Richard sharpened his guard.
“Young Master Friedrich.”
“…Yes, Your Highness.”
“Could I… perhaps ask a favor of you?”
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Thalinos gave an awkward smile and touched his cheek.
‘…A favor?’
Ѐ ńŭ m а. і̌ d̆
Richard narrowed his eyes. It was suspicious no matter how he looked at it. To ask a favor of me, someone he barely knows. However, since he was royalty, Richard couldn't flatly refuse.
“…Please give your command, Your Highness.”
Richard replied, but he did not let down his guard.
It was then.
“……! Thank you!”
Thalinos’s eyes sparkled as he firmly grabbed both of Richard’s shoulders.
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“……!”
Just as Richard’s brow was furrowing deeply.
“Then…!”
Thalinos’s golden eyes were filled with anticipation.
“Would you be my friend?”
“……Pardon?”
Ẽ n̆ u m̊a .і́d̈
Richard’s water-colored eyes grew wide.
Friend? Did I hear that right?
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“What do you mean by….”
“Exactly what I said! I want to be friends with you.”
He looked toward the ceiling with expectant eyes.
“We can go hunting together… take walks together, and have meals together too…….”
Е n ûm а
……What? Is he serious?
Richard struggled to keep his face from scowling. The corners of his mouth trembled.
‘Why on earth would I with you……?’
He was barely swallowing the words surging up when—
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“The Sun of the Empire, His Highness the Crown Prince enters!”
The soldier guarding the banquet hall entrance shouted in a booming voice.
Е́ nù m̃ а̄. іd́.
“……!”
Richard immediately turned toward the entrance.
‘Caelus?’
The grand entrance slowly opened.
And then.
Drip.
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‘Drip?’
Red blood fell.
Caelus, covered in blood and wearing the cloak Richard had seen in the North fluttering behind him, stepped into the banquet hall. With every step he took, crimson blood flowed onto the floor.
“…….”
“……”
The nobles’ breathing stopped.
Ẇе́_b́ n̄оv́е̇l Е n̄ u̇ m а
However, the reason they truly caught their breath was not because of Caelus, but because of what was behind him.
Two guard knights were pulling a massive monster covered in scales, bound by iron chains. A sleek head, a magnificent shell, and wings as sharp as blades.
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It was a dragon.
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