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“I burned that book.”

“what?”

For a moment, my eyes went black.

“Books, you burned books? really?”

“Yes, I burned it.”

Alione answered calmly.

“Where did you burn it?”

Although it is said to have been burned, it may not have burned up yet. If only I could save some of it! As Theodore rushed to leave the room, Alione raised her voice.

“Come to your senses, Your Majesty! “It’s just a book!”

It’s just a book? no. Alione knows nothing. It was a memory touched by Richt’s touch. How can you burn that thing! His jaw automatically tightened.

Alione harshly scolded Theodore, whether she knew him or not.

“That person ruined your highness. “If you come to your senses now and do it like before.”

Alione, who had been talking up to that point, paused for a moment. This was because Theodore’s always gentle eyes were glaring at her fiercely.

“… … majesty?”

When I cautiously called Theodore, he asked in a cold voice.

“Alione. “Do you consider yourself a member of the royal family?”

“Well, that can’t be possible.”

“No?”

“Yes, how could I think that?”

Alione, realizing that the situation was strange, hastily denied it, but it was already too late.

Theodore was angry to the core. He was taught by his mother, Maia, to kill her emotions during this time. A good emperor should always be cool, so I followed him.

I didn’t smile when I was happy, and I didn’t get angry either. Even though she was sad, she didn’t want to shed any tears. She had been patient, but she couldn’t do it now.

“Otherwise, how can you, the countess, give orders to the crown prince?”

“It’s not like that. “I didn’t give you an order, I just want you to return to the way you were before!”

“I don’t want to hear it.”

“majesty!”

“Don’t raise your voice.”

Only then did Alione lower her voice. But I couldn’t hide my anxiety.

‘Your Majesty has become strange.’

This is all because of Licht, that guy. I can’t believe they created someone like this who will do great things. I can’t forgive. Alione bit his lip. Her habits, which she had long ago corrected because she thought they were unbecoming of a noblewoman, were coming back again.

‘I have to convince His Highness somehow.’

The moment Alione rolled her head and was about to open her mouth, Theodore spoke.

“Lady Alione, I deprive you of your position as the crown prince’s teacher. And from now on, entry into the imperial palace is prohibited until my permission is given.”

“majesty!”

“I’m just kicking him out because of his relationship with his mother.”

“You can’t do this!”

“Bring your wife.”

Theodore ignored Alione, who was desperately calling him.

“Let go, let go!”

The maids tried to drag Alione away, but she was very resistant. Even though there were two maids attached to her, she was struggling so hard that she was not easily dragged away. Only after a lesser knight came to her aid did Alione disappear.

The screaming and struggling soon disappeared completely. It seemed like the sound had gone so far away that it couldn’t be heard.

Theodore looked at the door through which Alione was dragged out, then shifted his gaze to his hands. His fingertips were trembling slightly.

For the first time, he rejected the person who oppressed him. went against her mother’s wishes. Still, I wasn’t scared. Now this trembling did not come from fear, but from satisfaction.

‘Was I really this kind of person?’

Maybe he is not the perfect emperor that his mother wanted him to be.

‘So what then?’

It felt like someone was whispering inside.

‘It felt good.’

I’m still sad that Richt’s book was ruined, but I’m satisfied that I got Alione kicked out. I felt as if my tightly bound body had been liberated.

Theodore clenched his trembling hands. The tremors soon subsided.

“Guide me to where Madame Alione burned the books.”

The maid led Theodore into a nearby room. It seems that Alione took the book out of his room and burned it in a nearby room. There was still embers in the stove. When she put her hand in without heeding anything, the maid screamed at her.

“majesty!”

It’s noisy. Thinking so, Theodore took out a piece of the cover of a burned-up book from the stove.

“Hands, hands! Please call the congressman, please call the congressman!”

The maid wrapped Theodore’s hand with a handkerchief she had taken from her bosom. Her delicate skin was red from mild burns. Still, thanks to that, I was able to get back some of what Richt left behind.

‘I can’t be satisfied with this, though.’

I missed Richt. I wanted him to be by my side, who told me I was cute when I smiled. But I couldn’t find him right away.

‘My perspective has been too narrow so far.’

Although he holds the title of crown prince, the only people around him are his mother’s people. First, you have to get them all on your side. After that, he planned to consolidate his power and set out to find Licht.

No matter how duke he is, he cannot disobey the emperor’s orders. So, I planned to become stronger, bring him by my side, and live with him for the rest of my life. So, let’s be patient.

“Your Highness, what is going on!”

A doctor rushed over and quickly treated Theodore’s hand.

“Fortunately, the burn is not deep, so if treated well, there will be no scar left.”

“I think it’ll be okay even if the scar remains.”

The congressman looked surprised at Theodore’s words. In the past, I would have cared about other people’s reactions, but I didn’t want to do that now. He looked away, ignoring the legislator’s reaction.

There was a lot of work ahead.

visor!

I opened my eyes to the sound of metal clashing coming from somewhere. Still, my body felt much lighter after getting some sleep. Richt got off the bed, rubbing his eyes. He roughly smoothed out his crumpled clothes and went outside, but there was no one on the first floor. All that remains are empty dishes, and there are no people in sight.

‘Where has everyone gone?’

Out of curiosity, I opened the door and went out, only to see the backs of knights huddled together. They were looking ahead with their fists clenched and their eyes wide open.

As I was snooping around to see what he was looking at, Lewis pushed out the driver sitting right next to him and made room for Richt. The driver who was pushed out of nowhere looked surprised, but calmed down when he saw Licht.

Richt hesitated for a moment, but could not overcome his curiosity. Louis asked sweetly as he entered the empty seat.

“Would you like to sit down?”

“no.”

If you sit here, you can’t see it. Lewis must have noticed this and was kind and considerate this time. He pressed the head of the person in front of him who was blocking Richt’s view. The knight who was attacked made a strange sound, but both ignored it.

“But what are those two doing?”

Richt pointed to two men who were fighting and making a mess of the vacant lot in front of the inn. One was Van and the other was Abel.

“We are dueling.”

“why?”

“We don’t know that either. “Maybe they just wanted to gauge each other’s skills?”

No way. Ban is not the type of person to do that. There is a high probability that Abel would have scraped off half of it. How can you make someone who doesn’t even know how to get angry fight like that? As expected, Abel definitely had a personality problem.

“Who do you think will win?”

Then Lewis answered with an embarrassed expression.

“Wouldn’t Abel win? “He is one of the most powerful men in the empire.”

“That goes for Ban Kyeong too.”

“That’s true too. The North is very rough. “It’s a great place to build your skills.”

It seems like he wants his side to win even if he dies soon. Licht narrowed his eyes and looked at her Louise. He twisted his body this way and that, avoiding eye contact, and then suddenly stood up as if he had remembered something.

“I think I need to leave for a while! sorry!”

Before I could finish speaking, Lewis disappeared into the distance. And it was Lauren who took that position. Lauren, who had slipped into an empty seat without much thought, flinched and trembled when she realized the person next to her was Licht.

[hi!]

[It was here!]

[nice to meet you!]

The three spirits who had been following Lauren for a long time chattered excitedly. Lauren caught the spirits running wild as if they were trying to get to Richt at any moment.

[Don’t cover it!]

Even though the spirits protested, I held on.

[ha ha ha.]

Richt’s spirit, who was watching that scene, laughed openly.

[They say you can’t come!]

[Can’t you come?]

It seemed that the spirit also had a knack for making others angry.

“Please stop.”

Lauren spoke as if pleading, but the spirits did not close their mouths.

[no!]

[I hate it too!]

[Ebebe!]

At that point, Richt decided to take his mind off the spirit and Lauren. I was more concerned about half of it than that. He stabbed the knight in front of him in the back with his fingertip. Then he calmly asked a question to the surprised knight.

“How long has it been since we fought?”

“It’s been quite a while. “Because it started while we were eating.”

So I guess I stopped eating and came to look around. Abel and Van continued to fight for a while longer. Even as the wounds slowly increased, no one shouted for it to stop. If this continued, they would fight until evening.

Richt sighed and said.

“Everyone get out of the way.”

As soon as Lauren heard those words, she threw herself between the knights and opened the way. It seems that he thought it would be better to sacrifice himself than to see Richt, who had a foul personality, throw a fit.