“Yes. I will. I will definitely tell my parents.”
To endure it for the greater good.
She nodded and hugged his arm tightly.
Demios, who had been quietly looking at Titi, opened his mouth.
“...I could have argued. You always act docile in front of me.”
“Because you are engraved in my heart. I will always be Your Majesty’s gentle deer.”
Titi’s voice, “Only you,” clouded his eyes.
Demios’s pupils darkened.
It was someone's gaze just before hunting a beast.
That gaze was creepy and sweet.
Titi happily offered herself as his prey.
“Ah, Your Majesty.”
Her purple eyes were drooping in a daze.
Her slender arms were pulling the beast’s neck.
When morning came, he was gone.
The Emperor never stayed by Titi’s side until she opened her eyes.
She clicked her tongue at the thought that it was the same today.
'Tsk.'
It was a moment when the fact that he had not yet completely fallen for it became clear.
'The name must be effective.'
The strong attraction and sense of relief he felt toward someone who bore his name.
However, the Emperor still did not give her all the attention.
'He must not have gone to the Empress.'
He seemed cold now, but she couldn't let her guard down because they had been together in the past. She needed a way to completely break up with the Emperor...
It was the moment when she bit her fingernails and brought her fingertips to her mouth.
'Yes. There was a way like that.'
A pretty good idea came to her mind.
Titi's eyes flashed with clear malice.
The third day of the victory festival.
The first day was the most crowded, and the next day was mostly for social purposes.
Sepia didn't attend the second day either.
However, today's banquet hall was as crowded as the first day of the victory festival.
Titi looked at the crowded hall.
'It must be because it's the day the spoils are revealed.'
The land of the savage.
All the nobles were looking forward to what kind of spoils the expedition would bring from the mysterious unknown area, which was as dangerous as it was dangerous.
The time before the spoils were revealed.
The knights of the expedition paired with the young ladies were often seen.
It was quite nice to see the main characters of the party enjoying the banquet.
Sepia was watching them with a relaxed mind.
“Hello, Your Majesty.”
Sepia’s gaze turned to the sudden greeting.
There stood the badger young master.
He must have been nervous, straightened his back excessively, and as soon as he made eye contact with Sepia, he smirked and showed his sharp teeth.
“I am Louis, the second son of the Baron Chepard family.”
It was rare for a second son of a Baron, not even a noble who had inherited a title, to visit the Empress.
Sepia asked with a puzzled face.
“Yes. Lord Louis. What’s going on?”
“I am honored that you called my name!”
When she asked what was going on, she received only an odd answer, which made her feel embarrassed. Louis, full of energy, shouted at her.
“If it’s okay with you, wouldn’t you dance a song with me!”
Sepia blinked at the unexpected event.
She hadn’t danced a single song today.
The etiquette of the ball was for the woman to ask for the first dance and the man to ask for the second dance.
‘Doesn’t he know that I didn’t dance the first song?’
Even so, it was embarrassing.
Roxanne was the only male who had approached her, the Empress, to dance.
Sepia deliberately turned down the offer.
“I haven’t danced a single song yet.”
“I know that, but still...”
Sepia’s eyes narrowed.
Asking to dance even when you know it meant either being unlearned or ignoring the other person.
No matter how young a beast, it was rude.
Louis suddenly clapped his hands as if he hadn’t read Sepia’s thoughts.
“Ah! Then how about Your Majesty asking me to dance?”
He smiled brightly as if he had come up with a good idea.
Perhaps there seemed to be only one way to make this seemingly reckless spirit retreat.
“Unfortunately, I don’t feel like dancing today. So, let’s go now. The loot reveal is about to start, so if you’re bored with the party, you can just look at that.”
Louis turned his head at Sepia’s nod.
The crowd had disappeared from the center of the dance hall, and in its place, boxes covered in red cloth were being displayed one by one.
Louis’s face turned bright red when he realized that he had been rejected too late.
“Uh, excuse me.”
He creaked and turned around, then hid himself in the crowd.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing that he disappeared immediately after saying that, he was more embarrassed than angry.
It seemed that Sepia wasn’t the only one who had that thought, and the maids also looked dumbfounded.
“What’s wrong?”
“What kind of beast is that? How dare they approach our Empress.”
The maids, who seemed astonished, placed their hands on their waists.
Sepia pointed to the center of the hall to calm the maids down.
“Let’s all go look at the loot.”
“Oh, that’s right. It’s finally starting.”
“What could possibly be inside?”
The maids’ attention turned to the hidden boxes.
Soon, the cloth was removed and the introduction of the spoils began.
A green lion’s mane.
A luminous plant that glowed in the dark.
A horn that fell from the forehead of a winged white horse.
All of these were rare items that could not be seen in the empire.
The spoils were scheduled to be auctioned off here.
“Twenty gold!”
“Twenty-five gold!”
The auction was heating up.
It was when the beastmen’s attention was focused on the center.
‘What is this?’
Sepia turned her head at the gaze she felt from somewhere.
Then she saw the males in that direction cough and turn their heads.
Thinking it was a mistake, she tried to focus on the auction again, but the same thing happened again and again.
The unfamiliar gazes had now become so blatant that even Sepia’s maids noticed them.
“What is it? Those guys?”
“Why are you glancing at our Empress with such unpleasant eyes?”
“Should I go and say something?”
The maids, who were furious, glared at them, and her gaze shifted slightly.
“Let’s just leave it.”
For the time being, she tried to stop the maids, but Sepia didn’t know why either.
However, that was only the beginning.
“Your Majesty, would you like to participate in the auction with me?”
“The hall is noisy. I’m worried that you might be too noisy, so let’s go to the terrace together.”
“This is a wine from the Sharopa estate. If you enjoy it with me, the flavor will be twice as good.”
The male beasts approached Sepia and kept urging her to do this or that or eat something.
Sepia’s maids sent them away like peddlers.
“You should go to the cold terrace alone.”
“Her Majesty has no interest in cheap wine like that.”
The male beasts continued to approach the maids’ barrier. She didn’t have time to properly watch the auction because she was busy rejecting them one by one.
‘Why are they all acting like this?’
It had been puzzling her before, but now she had to know why.
Was they saying this because she danced with Roxanne on the first day of the victory ceremony?
However, it was an exaggeration to assume that they were trying to get in line with the Empress.
“Oh my, they look like flies.”
“Did we take the wrong medicine as a group?”
To endure it for the greater good.
She nodded and hugged his arm tightly.
Demios, who had been quietly looking at Titi, opened his mouth.
“...I could have argued. You always act docile in front of me.”
“Because you are engraved in my heart. I will always be Your Majesty’s gentle deer.”
Titi’s voice, “Only you,” clouded his eyes.
Demios’s pupils darkened.
It was someone's gaze just before hunting a beast.
That gaze was creepy and sweet.
Titi happily offered herself as his prey.
“Ah, Your Majesty.”
Her purple eyes were drooping in a daze.
Her slender arms were pulling the beast’s neck.
When morning came, he was gone.
The Emperor never stayed by Titi’s side until she opened her eyes.
She clicked her tongue at the thought that it was the same today.
'Tsk.'
It was a moment when the fact that he had not yet completely fallen for it became clear.
'The name must be effective.'
The strong attraction and sense of relief he felt toward someone who bore his name.
However, the Emperor still did not give her all the attention.
'He must not have gone to the Empress.'
He seemed cold now, but she couldn't let her guard down because they had been together in the past. She needed a way to completely break up with the Emperor...
It was the moment when she bit her fingernails and brought her fingertips to her mouth.
'Yes. There was a way like that.'
A pretty good idea came to her mind.
Titi's eyes flashed with clear malice.
***
The third day of the victory festival.
The first day was the most crowded, and the next day was mostly for social purposes.
Sepia didn't attend the second day either.
However, today's banquet hall was as crowded as the first day of the victory festival.
Titi looked at the crowded hall.
'It must be because it's the day the spoils are revealed.'
The land of the savage.
All the nobles were looking forward to what kind of spoils the expedition would bring from the mysterious unknown area, which was as dangerous as it was dangerous.
The time before the spoils were revealed.
The knights of the expedition paired with the young ladies were often seen.
It was quite nice to see the main characters of the party enjoying the banquet.
Sepia was watching them with a relaxed mind.
“Hello, Your Majesty.”
Sepia’s gaze turned to the sudden greeting.
There stood the badger young master.
He must have been nervous, straightened his back excessively, and as soon as he made eye contact with Sepia, he smirked and showed his sharp teeth.
“I am Louis, the second son of the Baron Chepard family.”
It was rare for a second son of a Baron, not even a noble who had inherited a title, to visit the Empress.
Sepia asked with a puzzled face.
“Yes. Lord Louis. What’s going on?”
“I am honored that you called my name!”
When she asked what was going on, she received only an odd answer, which made her feel embarrassed. Louis, full of energy, shouted at her.
“If it’s okay with you, wouldn’t you dance a song with me!”
Sepia blinked at the unexpected event.
She hadn’t danced a single song today.
The etiquette of the ball was for the woman to ask for the first dance and the man to ask for the second dance.
‘Doesn’t he know that I didn’t dance the first song?’
Even so, it was embarrassing.
Roxanne was the only male who had approached her, the Empress, to dance.
Sepia deliberately turned down the offer.
“I haven’t danced a single song yet.”
“I know that, but still...”
Sepia’s eyes narrowed.
Asking to dance even when you know it meant either being unlearned or ignoring the other person.
No matter how young a beast, it was rude.
Louis suddenly clapped his hands as if he hadn’t read Sepia’s thoughts.
“Ah! Then how about Your Majesty asking me to dance?”
He smiled brightly as if he had come up with a good idea.
Perhaps there seemed to be only one way to make this seemingly reckless spirit retreat.
“Unfortunately, I don’t feel like dancing today. So, let’s go now. The loot reveal is about to start, so if you’re bored with the party, you can just look at that.”
Louis turned his head at Sepia’s nod.
The crowd had disappeared from the center of the dance hall, and in its place, boxes covered in red cloth were being displayed one by one.
Louis’s face turned bright red when he realized that he had been rejected too late.
“Uh, excuse me.”
He creaked and turned around, then hid himself in the crowd.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing that he disappeared immediately after saying that, he was more embarrassed than angry.
It seemed that Sepia wasn’t the only one who had that thought, and the maids also looked dumbfounded.
“What’s wrong?”
“What kind of beast is that? How dare they approach our Empress.”
The maids, who seemed astonished, placed their hands on their waists.
Sepia pointed to the center of the hall to calm the maids down.
“Let’s all go look at the loot.”
“Oh, that’s right. It’s finally starting.”
“What could possibly be inside?”
The maids’ attention turned to the hidden boxes.
Soon, the cloth was removed and the introduction of the spoils began.
A green lion’s mane.
A luminous plant that glowed in the dark.
A horn that fell from the forehead of a winged white horse.
All of these were rare items that could not be seen in the empire.
The spoils were scheduled to be auctioned off here.
“Twenty gold!”
“Twenty-five gold!”
The auction was heating up.
It was when the beastmen’s attention was focused on the center.
‘What is this?’
Sepia turned her head at the gaze she felt from somewhere.
Then she saw the males in that direction cough and turn their heads.
Thinking it was a mistake, she tried to focus on the auction again, but the same thing happened again and again.
The unfamiliar gazes had now become so blatant that even Sepia’s maids noticed them.
“What is it? Those guys?”
“Why are you glancing at our Empress with such unpleasant eyes?”
“Should I go and say something?”
The maids, who were furious, glared at them, and her gaze shifted slightly.
“Let’s just leave it.”
For the time being, she tried to stop the maids, but Sepia didn’t know why either.
However, that was only the beginning.
“Your Majesty, would you like to participate in the auction with me?”
“The hall is noisy. I’m worried that you might be too noisy, so let’s go to the terrace together.”
“This is a wine from the Sharopa estate. If you enjoy it with me, the flavor will be twice as good.”
The male beasts approached Sepia and kept urging her to do this or that or eat something.
Sepia’s maids sent them away like peddlers.
“You should go to the cold terrace alone.”
“Her Majesty has no interest in cheap wine like that.”
The male beasts continued to approach the maids’ barrier. She didn’t have time to properly watch the auction because she was busy rejecting them one by one.
‘Why are they all acting like this?’
It had been puzzling her before, but now she had to know why.
Was they saying this because she danced with Roxanne on the first day of the victory ceremony?
However, it was an exaggeration to assume that they were trying to get in line with the Empress.
“Oh my, they look like flies.”
“Did we take the wrong medicine as a group?”
The maids, tired of sending the males away, grumbled.
“Oh, I guess the auction is over.”
“Because of those weird guys, we couldn’t see anything except the beginning.”
The servants were removing the exhibits to empty the center.
The maids sighed in regret.
“It can’t be helped.”
Sepia was also disappointed. It wasn’t often that she got to see exotic auction items.
When the auction was over, the center was transformed into a dance hall again, and the area next to it became a social gathering place.
The Countess of Louvre and her husband were seen among the crowd.
Perhaps in order to settle down in the capital, the couple were desperate to build connections.
The area around Titi was still crowded with the crowd.
By the third day, the members had become somewhat fixed.
Most of them were those who had opposed Sepia becoming Empress.
She did not stop those talking since her accession to the throne. She thought that she could show it herself by becoming Empress.
However, Sepia's guess was half right and half wrong.
They couldn’t talk to Sepia as an Empress, but they still rejected Sepia as a human.
They happened to be nearby, so she could hear them talking.
The topic of conversation among the beastmen, with Titi in the center, was humans.
“They say humans are more beastly than beasts.”
“The King of the desert humans has dozens of concubines, right?”
“As far as I know, it’s not just one human, but the entire race itself.”
In the beastmen world, stories about humans were always an interesting topic of conversation.
After Sepia became the beastmen’s Empress, they naturally became more reserved, but there was no telling when the conversation would open up.
That was right now.
Among the nobles, there were still many who did not like the Empress.
There was the reason the Empress was human, but they also did not like her actions. The fact that the elEmpress’s politics were centered on the people of the empire, not the upper class, was what bothered them.
“Is it because of the nature of the species?”
“Aha, so that’s why you only care about the imperial people and not us... Well, that’s disappointing.”
The nobles were talking about the human race for a while when a cautious voice cut through them.
“Um, please stop. The Empress might be offended if she hears this.”
The surroundings became quiet at Titi’s words.
“Oh, I guess the auction is over.”
“Because of those weird guys, we couldn’t see anything except the beginning.”
The servants were removing the exhibits to empty the center.
The maids sighed in regret.
“It can’t be helped.”
Sepia was also disappointed. It wasn’t often that she got to see exotic auction items.
When the auction was over, the center was transformed into a dance hall again, and the area next to it became a social gathering place.
The Countess of Louvre and her husband were seen among the crowd.
Perhaps in order to settle down in the capital, the couple were desperate to build connections.
The area around Titi was still crowded with the crowd.
By the third day, the members had become somewhat fixed.
Most of them were those who had opposed Sepia becoming Empress.
She did not stop those talking since her accession to the throne. She thought that she could show it herself by becoming Empress.
However, Sepia's guess was half right and half wrong.
They couldn’t talk to Sepia as an Empress, but they still rejected Sepia as a human.
They happened to be nearby, so she could hear them talking.
The topic of conversation among the beastmen, with Titi in the center, was humans.
“They say humans are more beastly than beasts.”
“The King of the desert humans has dozens of concubines, right?”
“As far as I know, it’s not just one human, but the entire race itself.”
In the beastmen world, stories about humans were always an interesting topic of conversation.
After Sepia became the beastmen’s Empress, they naturally became more reserved, but there was no telling when the conversation would open up.
That was right now.
Among the nobles, there were still many who did not like the Empress.
There was the reason the Empress was human, but they also did not like her actions. The fact that the elEmpress’s politics were centered on the people of the empire, not the upper class, was what bothered them.
“Is it because of the nature of the species?”
“Aha, so that’s why you only care about the imperial people and not us... Well, that’s disappointing.”
The nobles were talking about the human race for a while when a cautious voice cut through them.
“Um, please stop. The Empress might be offended if she hears this.”
The surroundings became quiet at Titi’s words.
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