“Yes? The rumor… What?”
Yvette opened her eyes wide.
“Rumors… So, there are rumors going around… Why all of a sudden… Uh, what kind of rumor are you talking about…?”
Strangely enough, the voice was being heard twice.
-Oh my god. Could it be that I was muttering to myself? What if you heard that?
Lasilia’s eyes widened in surprise.
“This is…”
“Your Majesty? Why are you doing this?”
Yvette came to her side, full of worry.
‘What’s this…’
The scene from the moment she woke up from the dream came back to life.
-This is what I hope you will not be like until the end.
The gold that was looking at her was filled with worry. Just like Yvette now.
-Getting a look into the human mind.
She asked if that was a bad thing. Then, Geuman went from being warm to sad.
-You will no longer be able to trust humans. You will no longer have affection or pity. Because the human mind is unbelievably murky.
What he said just happened.
“Your Majesty the Empress… Hey, are you okay?”
“Princess, now…”
“Yes, Your Majesty the Empress.”
Lasilia grabbed Yvette’s sleeve tightly. Yvette looked like a surprised rabbit.
“What are you thinking?”
“Yes?”
Her wide eyes swayed from side to side.
“Uh, well, just… Her Majesty seems a bit surprised…”
“Is that all?”
“Yes-yes.”
“…”
Lasilia let go of Yvette’s arm and shook her head. Her surroundings were quieter than before. Only a small gasp of surprise escaped Yvette’s mouth.
‘Maybe I was momentarily mistaken because I had such a dream.’
She kept looking at Yvette, but Yvette just blinked her eyes as if she didn’t understand what was being said, and didn’t seem to hear her thoughts.
‘Okay. It seems like that.’
Lasilia walked away, shutting out the confusion that had been plaguing her mind. Anyway, there was no reason for something like that to happen to her. It shouldn’t have happened.
“Beep?”
Pipi came over and pecked the back of her hand. His intention was not to hurt her, but to ask her to look at him.
“It’s fine. I just woke up and was a little out of it.”
Whatever the rumor, it must have been Yvette’s self-talk that she accidentally spilled. Lasilia stroked her skin and turned her head back to Yvette.
“Is that rumor going around among the courtiers?”
“Huh, well, that…”
“I want you to tell me. If there are rumors about me, I need to know. Are you saying that I am refusing Her Majesty because I cannot forget the Little Duke of Piellion?”
Yvette bowed her head.
“Yeah, that’s it… Yesterday, things suddenly got worse between you two… There’s a bit of talk going on about that… Anyone can see that His Majesty the Emperor is in love with Her Majesty the Empress… But Her Majesty the Empress doesn’t seem to think so… I think that’s why there are such rumors.”
Lasilia asked out loud, which made Yvette think she had accidentally muttered to herself.
“I apologize, Your Majesty. Because I can’t control my mouth… It’s a big sin to wake you up, but I’m making you feel uncomfortable with rumors… Ah, really. Why did I do that?”
“I can’t blame her if she doesn’t go around spreading rumors. And I woke up when it was time to wake up. The princess doesn’t have to worry about it.”
Yvette looked a little upset.
“I feel like I keep forgetting to understand the topic because you are always so generous. I thought everything was okay… I will be really, really careful from now on.”
“I don’t think it’s worth scolding yourself like that. Anyway, such rumors are troubling. From now on, if anyone talks about that, bring them before me… No, that’s enough. Pretend you didn’t hear.”
“No, why? If it’s a rumor, it must be corrected! Her Majesty doesn’t even meet Duke Piellion these days!”
Then something occurred to her.
“Have we met often before?”
“Yes? Ah, what happened before I entered the palace was also… … .”
Looking at her troubled face, it seemed like she was right.
“But the other courtiers probably know, right?”
“Um, that’s… That doesn’t mean…”
“I get it.”
It seemed strange to Yvette that Lasilia was so peaceful as if nothing had happened.
“Your Majesty the Empress. This may seem off topic, but… Still, I hope you’ll allow me to ask one question. It’s a false rumor, so why do you want to let it go? After all, Duke Piellion is from the same family. I think you’ll be very upset… And His Majesty will be very sad.”
“What if it’s true?”
“Yes?”
Her mouth opened as if she had hit Yvette on the head.
“If only I had made the Lesser Duke of Piellion my lover and loved him deeply before I lost my memories.”
“That is… I can’t believe it, Your Majesty. Her Majesty the Empress is Her Majesty’s companion, so how…”
“Ever since I lost her memory, I have been unable to recall any feelings of affection for her majesty.”
“Your Majesty the Empress…”
“Looking at things like that, it looks like I’m not a real companion.”
Lasilia laughed bitterly. What she said before was a lie, but what she said later was sincere. She knew she wasn’t real, so she had to make things right.
“Don’t worry about the rumors anymore. Even if you crack down on joining, if it were true, you wouldn’t be able to stop it anyway.”
“Beep? Beep!”
When Pipi raised his head, he said she had a strange expression on her face. She said that if gossip was the problem, she would go around looking for people who were talking too hard and punish them. Lasilia smiled and picked up Pipi.
“To peck all over her face like Lord Horsed? No, you can’t do that.”
“Beep?”
“If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. “If your face gets pecked, people will get angrier.”
“Beep-beep.”
“It’s the same thing if you pull her hair out. You’re so cute that I can’t be mad at you, so I’ll be mad at me instead. “She’s the empress who mercilessly exploits that little bird to cover up the rumor.”
“Beep! beep!”
“So it’s okay.”
“…Beep?”
Pipi asked Lasilia if she really had in mind a human named Duke Piellion.
“Well.”
“Beep!”
Pipi got angry. He asked how she could like another human being.
“I don’t know either. But you can’t do what you like.”
“Beep! Beep!”
Pipi took off and flew around in circles around the room. As if that didn’t calm his anger, he flew out of her window.
“Ah, Ren…”
Yvette looked out the window where Pipi had disappeared with a sad look on his face. Pipi’s flying speed had gotten faster and she couldn’t even see him anymore. Yvette muttered softly as if she was upset.
“…You seem angry.”
“Huh.”
“Then it won’t work… Isn’t it?”
“Just like liking something, getting angry isn’t something you can do.”
“Yeah, but…”
Yvette closed her mouth. After that, a fairly heavy silence followed.
‘The Emperor will be as angry as Pipi. Because they are the same.’
So, she hoped that they would be willing to dethrone the Empress whose mark has disappeared, and the Empress who said she couldn’t forget another person. And forget her.
May they find the real thing.
‘Please.’
The afternoon passed like that.
* * *
…bang!
The door to the throne room burst open.
“Take it out.”
These were the words that Lescal, who had dragged someone to the door by the back of his neck, threw him away.
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It was obvious, but ninety-nine out of a hundred people who entered the emperor’s throne room were nobles, and of course they had never received such treatment anywhere.
“Your majesty! This body is the Emperor’s,”
Bang!
But before the proper protest could begin, Rascal closed its doors.
“Tsk tsk… Didn’t you see the humans who were kicked out earlier? Why bother?”
Ryan clicked her tongue. Count Lasit, the nobleman who had just been kicked out of the throne room, suddenly raised his head. He was a close friend of the late Emperor’s seventh brother. Therefore, he was a person who thought of himself as being in a position similar to that of the Emperor’s uncle. Therefore, Count Lasit had no doubt that his role was to provide timely and wise advice to the Emperor. Especially now, when unsavory rumors about the emperor’s marital relationship were spreading widely in the capital, his advice was definitely needed. He ran towards him with such sincerity, but as soon as the Emperor uttered the word rumor, he grabbed me by the back of my neck and threw me out of the throne room.
Count Lasit shook his fist and glared at Ryan.
“What did you just say!”
Ryan calmly looked at the count.
“Don’t get up rashly. Based on the position you were thrown in, I expected impact on his tailbone.”
“Huh, really? …No, what did you just say!”
“You visited the throne room before the ball… Well, to save face, I’ll say you’re a nobleman. Anyway, it is said that a certain nobleman cracked his hip bone. He couldn’t get up on his feet, so the guards carried him on a stretcher.”
“What… what?”
Of course it was a lie. However, because Ryan was so naturally virtuous, Count Lasit was fooled.
“That rumor made His Majesty very uncomfortable, so I heard it to gossip about Her Majesty. Even if you don’t have any sense, you can’t be like that. I’m glad he only cracked you hip bone. It means that Her Majesty has at least saved your face.”
“Uh, uh…?”
“As you know, Her Majesty the Empress is her companion. Is it really sane for someone to talk about a person from the same family as a lover or something?”
“Uh, um…”
“And Your Majesty has no reason to deal with someone who is not in his right mind. There is already a lot of political work going on.”
“Uhm…”
Ryan tapped the Count’s shoulder, pretending to dust him off.
“Well, as your Majesty’s guardian knight, I am very worried. Where should I start to correct this nonsense? As a result, all the nobles in the capital who visit the throne room end up with broken hip bones… Tsk, tsk.”
“…”
Finally, the count learned the Emperor’s position on the rumor.
‘If you don’t want your bones to be broken, keep your mouth shut’ The message was to stay still.
“Ah, is the shock gone now? Can I help you get up?”
“…Yes.”
In the end, the Count quietly nodded. The slender looking knight of the Royal Guard seemed to have good strength. He lightly pulled his body and stood up. Maybe it was because he had heard it in advance, but his healthy hip bones felt sore for no reason. After Count Lasit left, his throne room became somewhat quieter. It was clear that the count was eager to spread his word.
Now, the crazy nobles who said that the Empress who denied the Emperor’s face was not qualified to be Empress, and that they took the side of the temple in this trial and that it was necessary to check whether the Empress’s mark really remained, did not come. Of course, this did not mean that Lescal’s condition improved.
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