Not long after I left the Empress's palace, I heard news that the Empress had left the palace in a hurry.
It was not known where the Empress had gone, but it was obvious without having to look into it.
She must have gone to see the Duke of Lucien.
Even though it was thrown to me for me to eat, I didn't know that she would throw away her pride and swallow it right away.
I thought she would at least check if the information I gave her was true.
That means the Empress cherishes and loves Chernosser.
“That’s unexpected.”
I thought she hated Chernossor because he treated her like a pain in the neck and tormented her, but it seems I was mistaken.
Well, no matter how much of a troublemaker he is, he is her child whom she gave birth to with great pain, so there is no way the Empress would hate him.
Thanks to that, I got a chess piece to stop the Duke of Lucien who was bothering me, so it was a win-win for me.
So the Empress and Duke Lucien's side came to an end, but there were still many people who were bothering me.
For example, when they hear the news that I had lunch and dinner with the Emperor, nobles swarm me like bees to find out what we talked about.
The Emperor keeps nagging at the sword in the basement of Duke Leopold's residence because he's jealous of it.
The latter was expected, and I was okay with it since I had already made it clear to the Emperor that there was nothing I could do right now.
There was only one person I had to deal with, the Emperor.
But it wasn't the former.
The number of nobles that I have to deal with is so great.
It was really annoying and bothersome because they came and chirped at different times instead of all at once.
It was no use telling them that I had not heard the reason why the Crown Prince had been entrusted with political affairs.
They kept pestering me by asking me questions like why I hadn't heard, what I had talked about with the Emperor, and whether the rumors about the Emperor being sick were true.
The only fortunate thing was that the place I was staying was the inner palace, which was originally reserved for the royal family, so they couldn't come there themself and had to get in touch with the courtiers.
“I guess it was a good decision to stay in the palace.”
I never thought the day would come when I would think that it was a good thing I stayed in the palace.
They say you never know what the future holds for you, and that saying is absolutely right.
Of course, this wasn't the reason I stayed in the palace.
There was a bigger and more important reason than this.
No, should I call it a plan?
Anyway, for that, I went around the palace under the pretense of taking a walk and checked the structure.
The structure of the palace was in a format that went over things I already knew, so one day was enough.
“I have to go to the Imperial Knights today.”
Because there's something I need to find out.
Besides, I had a very important engagement that evening, so I thought it would be a good idea to relax and go to the Knights' Quarter, saying that I wanted to train in swordsmanship.
Kakang...
From the moment I entered the entrance to the Knights Templar, I could hear the sound of sharp metal clashing.
Going a little further inside, I saw the knights of the palace with their upper garments removed swinging their swords diligently on the training grounds.
"Oh."
The face of the maid who followed me to serve me turned red in an instant.
She covered her eyes, not knowing what to do.
“They’re just not wearing a top. Why are you so embarrassed?”
“A, Your Excellency, are you okay?”
“I’m fine.”
I've seen scenes like this often, and I wasn't young enough to be embarrassed by just exposing men's upper body.
“You are truly amazing!”
So when I spoke calmly, the maid looked at me with sparkling eyes as if I were a hero.
Haha, really...
“It must be hard for you too.”
If you want to please me because of the Emperor, you have to say things that don't make sense.
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“It’s nothing.”
I left the bewildered maid behind and headed towards the training grounds.
Then the knights stopped their training and glanced in my direction.
Someone was also seen running urgently somewhere.
Regardless, I took the wooden sword off the shelf.
“It’s a nice wooden sword.”
It's also well-managed.
As I was lightly swinging my wooden sword to loosen up my body, I saw the knight who had run off somewhere earlier coming towards me with a man whose face looked familiar.
“It’s been a while, Sir Dominic.”
The man whose face looked familiar was none other than Dominic Zakharov.
In the past, a man came directly to Duke Leopold's house to retrieve the body of the knight who was suspected of killing Chernosser after his disappearance.
“Your Excellency, what brings you here?”
“I haven’t been able to pick up my sword lately due to a lot of work, so I came here because I felt a bit tired and wanted to relax. Is this rude?”
“That’s not it, but today is the training day for new knights, so you can’t use this place.”
I thought there were a lot of knights who looked young, but they were all new.
“There is another training ground inside, so I will guide you there.”
“Another training ground?”
“Yes. This is the training ground for palace knights of the 1st class or higher.”
The knights of the palace were divided into ranks according to their skills, with the highest rank being the Royal Knight, followed by the First-Class Knight.
“I’m neither a first-class knight nor a royal knight, but can I use that place?”
“Of course. Your Excellency the Duke is a special person.”
“Thank you for thinking so.”
“Haha, no. Then come this way.”
As I followed Sir Dominic inside, the maid naturally followed me.
“From here on out, outsiders are not allowed to enter.”
But before long, we had to stop.
The restricted maid spoke with a slight bewilderment.
“I must serve Your Excellency the Duke!”
“But there are no exceptions.”
Sir Dominic spoke firmly and sternly.
“I and the knights here will take good care of Her Excellency, so don’t worry and wait here.”
I didn't really like him as our first meeting wasn't very pleasant, but I felt like things were getting a little better today.
"That...!"
The maid looked at me with eyes that asked me what to do, stamping her feet.
“That’s the rule, so there’s nothing I can do about it.”
“However...!”
“It’s okay. I’ll just warm up and come out, so don’t worry and wait here for a bit.”
Despite what I said, the maid bit her lips as if she was troubled.
Of course, it would be difficult.
Because the Emperor must have ordered that my every move be watched.
“Is there a reason you have to follow me around?”
When I asked her, pretending not to know even though I knew everything, the maid shook her head and closed her eyes tightly.
“...No. I will wait here, so please be careful on your way, Your Excellency.”
“Yes. I don’t know when I’ll come out, so be sure to wait here.”
That way, she won't go to the Emperor and say useless things.
As I left the maid behind and entered the knight's quarters, a calm silence enveloped my body.
“The senior knights are mostly out training the new knights. So you can relax here.”
“Thank you for your concern, Sir Dominic.”
“Haha, no. Well, I have to go outside for my new knight training, so I’ll be going now. If you need anything, you can talk to my assistant in that building. His office is on the first floor, by the purple door.”
I looked at the building that Sir Dominic was pointing at.
There's something I want in that building.
“Yes.”
“Then that’s it.”
After Sir Dominic left, I swung my wooden sword and warmed up a bit.
People passing by glanced at me, perhaps because they found my appearance strange.
“I can’t train because it’s burdensome.”
Although I wasn't at all uncomfortable, I pretended to be and went into the building where Sir Dominic's aide was.
1st floor is called the purple door.
“Your Excellency Duke Leopold?”
As I entered, the aide who was working stood up in surprise.
“What brings you here?”
“Sir Dominic said that if I need anything, just come here and ask.”
“Oh, I see.”
The aide nodded, somewhat bewildered, as if he had heard nothing from Sir Dominic.
“Ask me anything. I’ll do whatever I can.”
“First, I want to drink some cold water. Something with ice.”
“I’ll bring it right now. Please wait a moment.”
“While you’re at it, could you please also give me something light to eat, like a sandwich?”
"All right."
After the aide left, I waited until the sound of his footsteps had completely faded away before I approached his desk.
I was desperately searching through the documents, trying to find them before the aide got back when I felt someone's presence.
Judging by the fact that he was able to kill the presence to this extent, my opponent was at least a first-class knight.
'I don't know who he is, but he's not an ordinary knight.'
Because an ordinary knight would never try to peek inside from outside the window.
I, too, tried to keep my presence as quiet as possible and approached the window.
If I do this, the person I am talking to will be startled by the sudden disappearance and open the window, so I will have to subdue them then.
As I was going over the plan in my head, the window opened as expected.
It is now.
I roughly grabbed the other person's arm that was stretched out through the window and twisted it.
“...!”
The surprised opponent tried to run away, but it was impossible to overcome my strength, which was stronger than that of an ordinary human thanks to the red dragon's blessing.
But I still get annoyed because he keeps struggling.
I opened the window and went outside intending to definitely subdue him, but when I saw who my opponent was, I laughed.
“Long time no see, Usher Andrea.”
It was not known where the Empress had gone, but it was obvious without having to look into it.
She must have gone to see the Duke of Lucien.
Even though it was thrown to me for me to eat, I didn't know that she would throw away her pride and swallow it right away.
I thought she would at least check if the information I gave her was true.
That means the Empress cherishes and loves Chernosser.
“That’s unexpected.”
I thought she hated Chernossor because he treated her like a pain in the neck and tormented her, but it seems I was mistaken.
Well, no matter how much of a troublemaker he is, he is her child whom she gave birth to with great pain, so there is no way the Empress would hate him.
Thanks to that, I got a chess piece to stop the Duke of Lucien who was bothering me, so it was a win-win for me.
So the Empress and Duke Lucien's side came to an end, but there were still many people who were bothering me.
For example, when they hear the news that I had lunch and dinner with the Emperor, nobles swarm me like bees to find out what we talked about.
The Emperor keeps nagging at the sword in the basement of Duke Leopold's residence because he's jealous of it.
The latter was expected, and I was okay with it since I had already made it clear to the Emperor that there was nothing I could do right now.
There was only one person I had to deal with, the Emperor.
But it wasn't the former.
The number of nobles that I have to deal with is so great.
It was really annoying and bothersome because they came and chirped at different times instead of all at once.
It was no use telling them that I had not heard the reason why the Crown Prince had been entrusted with political affairs.
They kept pestering me by asking me questions like why I hadn't heard, what I had talked about with the Emperor, and whether the rumors about the Emperor being sick were true.
The only fortunate thing was that the place I was staying was the inner palace, which was originally reserved for the royal family, so they couldn't come there themself and had to get in touch with the courtiers.
“I guess it was a good decision to stay in the palace.”
I never thought the day would come when I would think that it was a good thing I stayed in the palace.
They say you never know what the future holds for you, and that saying is absolutely right.
Of course, this wasn't the reason I stayed in the palace.
There was a bigger and more important reason than this.
No, should I call it a plan?
Anyway, for that, I went around the palace under the pretense of taking a walk and checked the structure.
The structure of the palace was in a format that went over things I already knew, so one day was enough.
“I have to go to the Imperial Knights today.”
Because there's something I need to find out.
Besides, I had a very important engagement that evening, so I thought it would be a good idea to relax and go to the Knights' Quarter, saying that I wanted to train in swordsmanship.
Kakang...
From the moment I entered the entrance to the Knights Templar, I could hear the sound of sharp metal clashing.
Going a little further inside, I saw the knights of the palace with their upper garments removed swinging their swords diligently on the training grounds.
"Oh."
The face of the maid who followed me to serve me turned red in an instant.
She covered her eyes, not knowing what to do.
“They’re just not wearing a top. Why are you so embarrassed?”
“A, Your Excellency, are you okay?”
“I’m fine.”
I've seen scenes like this often, and I wasn't young enough to be embarrassed by just exposing men's upper body.
“You are truly amazing!”
So when I spoke calmly, the maid looked at me with sparkling eyes as if I were a hero.
Haha, really...
“It must be hard for you too.”
If you want to please me because of the Emperor, you have to say things that don't make sense.
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“It’s nothing.”
I left the bewildered maid behind and headed towards the training grounds.
Then the knights stopped their training and glanced in my direction.
Someone was also seen running urgently somewhere.
Regardless, I took the wooden sword off the shelf.
“It’s a nice wooden sword.”
It's also well-managed.
As I was lightly swinging my wooden sword to loosen up my body, I saw the knight who had run off somewhere earlier coming towards me with a man whose face looked familiar.
“It’s been a while, Sir Dominic.”
The man whose face looked familiar was none other than Dominic Zakharov.
In the past, a man came directly to Duke Leopold's house to retrieve the body of the knight who was suspected of killing Chernosser after his disappearance.
“Your Excellency, what brings you here?”
“I haven’t been able to pick up my sword lately due to a lot of work, so I came here because I felt a bit tired and wanted to relax. Is this rude?”
“That’s not it, but today is the training day for new knights, so you can’t use this place.”
I thought there were a lot of knights who looked young, but they were all new.
“There is another training ground inside, so I will guide you there.”
“Another training ground?”
“Yes. This is the training ground for palace knights of the 1st class or higher.”
The knights of the palace were divided into ranks according to their skills, with the highest rank being the Royal Knight, followed by the First-Class Knight.
“I’m neither a first-class knight nor a royal knight, but can I use that place?”
“Of course. Your Excellency the Duke is a special person.”
“Thank you for thinking so.”
“Haha, no. Then come this way.”
As I followed Sir Dominic inside, the maid naturally followed me.
“From here on out, outsiders are not allowed to enter.”
But before long, we had to stop.
The restricted maid spoke with a slight bewilderment.
“I must serve Your Excellency the Duke!”
“But there are no exceptions.”
Sir Dominic spoke firmly and sternly.
“I and the knights here will take good care of Her Excellency, so don’t worry and wait here.”
I didn't really like him as our first meeting wasn't very pleasant, but I felt like things were getting a little better today.
"That...!"
The maid looked at me with eyes that asked me what to do, stamping her feet.
“That’s the rule, so there’s nothing I can do about it.”
“However...!”
“It’s okay. I’ll just warm up and come out, so don’t worry and wait here for a bit.”
Despite what I said, the maid bit her lips as if she was troubled.
Of course, it would be difficult.
Because the Emperor must have ordered that my every move be watched.
“Is there a reason you have to follow me around?”
When I asked her, pretending not to know even though I knew everything, the maid shook her head and closed her eyes tightly.
“...No. I will wait here, so please be careful on your way, Your Excellency.”
“Yes. I don’t know when I’ll come out, so be sure to wait here.”
That way, she won't go to the Emperor and say useless things.
As I left the maid behind and entered the knight's quarters, a calm silence enveloped my body.
“The senior knights are mostly out training the new knights. So you can relax here.”
“Thank you for your concern, Sir Dominic.”
“Haha, no. Well, I have to go outside for my new knight training, so I’ll be going now. If you need anything, you can talk to my assistant in that building. His office is on the first floor, by the purple door.”
I looked at the building that Sir Dominic was pointing at.
There's something I want in that building.
“Yes.”
“Then that’s it.”
After Sir Dominic left, I swung my wooden sword and warmed up a bit.
People passing by glanced at me, perhaps because they found my appearance strange.
“I can’t train because it’s burdensome.”
Although I wasn't at all uncomfortable, I pretended to be and went into the building where Sir Dominic's aide was.
1st floor is called the purple door.
“Your Excellency Duke Leopold?”
As I entered, the aide who was working stood up in surprise.
“What brings you here?”
“Sir Dominic said that if I need anything, just come here and ask.”
“Oh, I see.”
The aide nodded, somewhat bewildered, as if he had heard nothing from Sir Dominic.
“Ask me anything. I’ll do whatever I can.”
“First, I want to drink some cold water. Something with ice.”
“I’ll bring it right now. Please wait a moment.”
“While you’re at it, could you please also give me something light to eat, like a sandwich?”
"All right."
After the aide left, I waited until the sound of his footsteps had completely faded away before I approached his desk.
I was desperately searching through the documents, trying to find them before the aide got back when I felt someone's presence.
Judging by the fact that he was able to kill the presence to this extent, my opponent was at least a first-class knight.
'I don't know who he is, but he's not an ordinary knight.'
Because an ordinary knight would never try to peek inside from outside the window.
I, too, tried to keep my presence as quiet as possible and approached the window.
If I do this, the person I am talking to will be startled by the sudden disappearance and open the window, so I will have to subdue them then.
As I was going over the plan in my head, the window opened as expected.
It is now.
I roughly grabbed the other person's arm that was stretched out through the window and twisted it.
“...!”
The surprised opponent tried to run away, but it was impossible to overcome my strength, which was stronger than that of an ordinary human thanks to the red dragon's blessing.
But I still get annoyed because he keeps struggling.
I opened the window and went outside intending to definitely subdue him, but when I saw who my opponent was, I laughed.
“Long time no see, Usher Andrea.”
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