“Anyway, that’s no help, these Red Moon bastards!”
Rebertisha slammed the white sword she was holding onto the floor.
The maids, who were circling the splendid gold decorations over her white ceremonial uniform, were startled and flinched.
However, Leverticia’s wrinkled brow showed no sign of straightening.
“Listen to the sword! It’s an expensive ceremonial sword, so if you handle it ignorantly like you normally do, it will break!”
Evelyn rushed forward and nagged again.
Today, the place where Rebertisha stands is a banquet hall, not a battlefield. As a knight, not swordsmanship and combat ability, but manners and dignity were important days.
In that sense, whether this human could be kept close to the emperor, Evelyn was deeply troubled until this moment.
Whether or not she knew Evelyn’s feelings, Leverticia spit out a well- decorated outfit.
“Mr. Evelyn. How can you escort Your Majesty in such a complicated banquet with such a glassy sword?”
“I don’t know, and if it hurts even the slightest bit, I will take it out of your paycheck.”
“I will cherish this sword more than Your Majesty’s life.”
Leverticia hurriedly grabbed the sword tightly in her arms. Evelyn looked at her with distasteful eyes.
Even if you give me a steak knife instead of a glass sword, I can kill almost any assassin.
Evelyn knew that her dissatisfaction wasn’t just about the sword and the banquet.
A deep sigh escaped her mouth.
“Please be good. Isn’t this banquet the first official public appearance since you took over as chairman? We need to renew our image.”
Evelyn growled, pointing the tip of the quill in her hand to Leverticia’s lips. “Fortunately, if you keep your mouth shut, you look like a noble, elegant,
and educated knight from the outside.”
“Then open your mouth….”
“Backstreet municipal mischief.” “Wow, that’s incredibly insulting.”
“Don’t be funny, go ahead and wait. Your Majesty will be in the room soon.”
Evelyn quickly fired, and frantically headed to another place.
It was she who was busier than the emperor at such a huge palace banquet like today.
Leverticia shook her head as she watched her go to check the emperor’s condition one last time before entering.
‘You’ll hear me screaming again. pitiful… No, no.’ Leverticia rubbed her forehead.
The pitiful thing now was not the emperor, but himself. ‘Kyers knew it all.’
The bet she and Nsody made, he figured out.
I remembered Kaius, who had a disappointing look in his eyes as if he knew it yesterday evening.
‘After all, you also approached me for that reason.’ ‘It’s not like that….’
‘done. It’s my fault for trusting someone else, stupid.’
Leverticia tried to make a hasty correction, but at that time, the duke’s vassals came after him to pick up Kaius.
After we broke up without resolving the problem. The very next day was today.
It was really the worst timing. “Now what, Barton?”
“How about what? You have to go and beat everyone who heard the bet that day and erase their memories or something.”
“Anyway, that’s a bit.”
“Then will you kneel in front of that child?”
Barton pointed to the other side of the hallway with a light chin.
From the other side of the hallway, Nsody, wearing a gorgeous red knight uniform and neatly brushing her black hair, was approaching with sharp eyes.
He was also the leader of the Red Moon Knights, and unlike other ordinary knights who stood on the outer perimeter, he was in charge of escorting the emperor’s closest entourage at today’s banquet.
Leverticia looked up at his shiny face for a moment, then sighed. “ha.”
A child who is difficult to deal with.
A shallow smirk appeared on Nsody’s lips, thinking what she thought of her sigh.
“Prepare to get down on your knees. In particular, for the authority and discipline of the Imperial Knights, others will pass it on to them. You just need to get down on your knees in front of me.”
“… You man, if you open your mouth too, you’re a gangster in the back alleys.”
“What?”
“not. done.”
Leverticia waved her hand.
I usually like to tease him with useless quarrels, but I don’t have the energy to do that today.
As soon as the emperor arrived, the knights politely prostrated themselves as if they had had a childish quarrel and followed him.
*
Each time the jewels on the chandelier in the banquet hall flashed once, the secret chatter of people came and went over and over again.
After the death of the former Duke of Baltail, this banquet was going to be a lot of talk.
Standing among them was the newly crowned Duke of Baltail. “Are you really eight years old?”
“You say yes.”
“You really want an eight-year-old child to be the head of the house. I won, what are you doing?”
“Don’t you all know? The dukes of Valtail are so powerful in their bloodline that they usually have one offspring at a time, and at most, only two are born.”
“So the side of the collateral is annihilated.”
“Ew, no matter what… After all, I think the only one who really believes is Duke Everett.”
“Or the Duke of Baltail will quickly get a new wife. Hmmm, I guess this is the time when you need a strong outsider.”
At those words, the nobles around you rolled their eyes.
Everyone was busy figuring out how old my daughter or niece would be this year and how likely they would be to become a Duchess.
Some of them had already attended this banquet with their young daughter. Thanks to that, there were a lot of young girls under fifteen at this banquet.
Among them, Violetta, the daughter of the Duke of Everett, stood out the most.
“Oh my. Hello, Princess Violetta. From what I hear, you are really cute and lovely.”
“You’re still young, but you’re so educated.”
“It’s overrated. There are still many things that are not yet clear. Please teach me a lot.”
Violetta’s cute and humble answer made the surrounding nobles even more impressed.
Some nobles, who had fallen behind because there were no young girls in their family, began to flatter Duke Everett because they wanted it to be this time.
It was because everyone noticed that Violetta was the most satisfying
candidate for the Duke of Baltail’s bride, regardless of age, family, or all conditions.
“You are such a lovely and outstanding princess. Duke Everett will be proud.”
“He’s also a famous singer. Both of Everett’s children have abilities, looks, personality… Because you are excellent.”
Someone paused for a moment while mentioning his personality, but he continued speaking naturally anyway.
Violetta is said to be cute and kind, but Nsody’s reputation for her personality is… It wasn’t that good.
It was said that he was cold, merciless, and in some cases cold-blooded.
However, given his superior skills and appearance, and his position as the eldest son of the Duke of Everett, his personality was a bit bad, he was just chattering behind his back.
Besides, because the person called the worst was right next to him, NSODY’s small flaws were relatively easy to bury.
“Is that person? that… Murderer.” “They are also called crazy dogs.”
“I heard that I am a blood-loving massacre. Is it okay if I leave you with your Majesty?”
“How could your Majesty have used such a blasphemous man as the greatest sword of the Empire over Sir Ensodi….”
The people giggled as they saw Leverticia standing right next to the emperor.
She was also the most talked-about person after Kaiers at this banquet. enemy. boundary. aversion. jealousy. picnic.
Many negative gazes and energy in the banquet hall were focused on one person, but the person in charge did not blink an eye.
“Ham.”
I just let out a small yawn, waiting for this tiring event to end. “They said Duke Valtail had just arrived at the entrance.”
Seeing her bored, the emperor muttered in a low voice. “I heard you made a bet with Sir Nsody.”
“The news is really fast.”
“I don’t dare to solve my mission quickly, and I’m making a bet, both of them are disgusting.”
“… You look pretty happy with that.”
The emperor really had a look and voice full of anticipation. he said with a low growl.
“Because it looks like fun. Fun is so important in this cramped and arduous life.”
“More than on my knees?”
“why? But do you feel like you’re going to lose already?” “yes.”
Leverticia nodded her head frankly. The emperor grinned as if it was even funny.
“It’s an eight-year-old who makes the strongest knight of the empire lose, this is true. Then where do we see the results?”
As soon as the emperor’s joyful murmuring ended, the central door of the banquet hall opened.
“Duke Valtail enters.”
The murmur that had been heard through the music stopped at the same time as the doorkeeper’s shout.
The eyes of the people turned to one place at once.
Kaius appeared while stepping on a straight carpet in the middle of the banquet hall.
“Oh my goodness.” “That one….”
“More than I thought, um….”
A little embarrassment flashed in the eyes of the nobles who had been talking behind the scenes a while ago.
It was natural.
Because Kaius’s facial expressions, actions, and the aura he exudes never looked like a child’s.
Rather, she had the eyes she had gone through before and after birth more than most adults.
Even though he was young, he was not a child who could be easily taken advantage of, and the keen nobles noticed at once.
Kaius stood in front of the emperor with dignified steps. And his eyes met for a moment with Leverticia, who was standing right behind the emperor.
‘I knew it.’
Leverticia smiled a little bitterly.
As expected, there was no pendant hanging from his neck.
