A little while ago, Ruby whispered to Raphine, and the conversation she had had was like this.

「Oh, there are myths like this in this world. Would you like to hear it?」

'What is the myth? Tell me.'

「It is said that a child can recognize a baby in someone's womb in advance.」

'Yes?'

... Ah!

Bewildered, Raphine opened her eyes wide as if she had remembered something.

And she fumbled through her memory to recall correctly.

Apparently, there was a similar content in a children's book that Sylane had read some time ago.

The storybook was like this.

A young child notices ahead of time that a baby is in her mother's womb. So it was about making a wish for the baby to the angels.

It was such a lovely and cute fairy tale.

As such, some believed that young children could detect baby seeds in their wombs.

There was even a myth that even matched the gender.

Believe it or not, it was one of the myths and customs that exist in this world.

'Yeah, if you warn me in advance, I might get back on my feet. I'm not married yet, so I have to stop at this point.'

So Raphine made a firm determination and shouted.

"By the way. Does unnie have a baby in her womb?"

"...."

"...."

"...."

At those words, the surrounding air became cold in an instant. Meanwhile, Raphine looked right.

Anna's complexion turned pale in an instant, and fear seeped into her eyes.

"What do you mean?"

Sir Lorelian asked, raising one of his eyebrows slightly. As if you don't understand.

Raphine said innocently, pointing to Anna's belly.

"Unnie has a baby in her belly! She's sleeping cool right now!"

"Raphine, you're not even funny."

Violet said with a smile, trying to calm the mood.

Sir Lorelian only shrugged his shoulders. Anna also acted as if it was a fun prank, and she only laughed awkwardly.

"Oh right! So when are you getting married?"

Violet asked.

Immediately, the conversation moved on to another story.

Violet's attempt to reverse the mood created a friendly atmosphere in an instant.

"Sir, I'll go to the powder room for a moment."

"Yeah, let's go."

And while Anna was away.

Raphine walked towards the door and took the maid's hand.

"Would you like to go to the powder room with this unnie?"

"Will she come with her sister?"

"No, I'm just going to wash her hands. It's chubby."

When Raphine responded that way to Violet's words, Violet muttered that she was all grown up.

Adrian also looked at Raphine with a happy face.

Zerkan was concerned about the quiet Raphine following today, but he didn't express it much.

So Raphine took the maid's hand and headed to the powder room.

The maid did not hide her face and took her hand and kindly took Raphine to the powder room, as if she was cute.

"I can do it myself."

"Then I will wait at the door, lady. Call me if you need it."

"Yeah!"

At Raphine's strong answer, the maid smiled brightly as if she was cute.

Squeaky.

Raphine said her maid opened her door and she strode into the powder room.

Inside, there was a large sofa, a mirror, a dressing room, and clean facilities divided into individual units.

The gold floor was covered with colorful rugs, which made it very luxurious.

Anna, who was wiping her hands and looking in the mirror, looked startled at Raphine.

Anna glared at Raphine through the mirror and bit her lip.

Raphine approached her and asked again.

"Unnie has a baby in her belly?"

"... You!"

Anna's expression, which had been mellow until now, had completely changed.

She came to Raphine and bent her knees. She then warned her with a terrified look as she grabbed Raphine's arms.

"Little girl, it's a big deal if you say things like that.... Yeah? Her liar gets dumped by her mom and dad and goes to her nursery. They say they are hated by adults."

"...."

"Besides, there are scary teachers there. If you lie, you will be beaten. Hit it until your cheeks swell. She's locked in a closet and can't even eat.... Do you understand? Even a well-bred aristocratic girl can't lie."

Her voice was still soft and gentle. It was clear that she was trying to be careful and careful about her actions as much as she can because we were in the Imperial Palace.

However, her eyes were filled with the urge to use violence at any moment.

She had a history of abusing children, so she was good at scaring Raphine.

Thanks to that, Raphine's body shrank slightly. Her child's instincts drove her to fear.

But....

「Baby! Don't be scared! Go!」

Raphine now had a power spirit, Ruby.

Thanks to Ruby's voice, Raphine spoke in a loud, courageous voice.

"But you have a baby in your belly? I know everything!"

She even spoke very rudely and naively.

And she whispered in a very small voice behind her.

"Everyone knows that he is Lord Gelsitan's child."

Anna's expression quickly turned to earthen.

"You, you... You! What are you!"

Anna was startled and shoved Raphine away. As a result, Raphine hit her butt wheel.

"How about that, that, that man.... Yes, how do you know the man? What is your identity!"

Anna cried out in a ripped voice, losing her sanity.

As she walks through her thin ice each day, hiding a great secret, it is clear that her mind is clouded when she hears the man's name.

「Baby! Now, go!」

At Ruby's words, Raphine shrugged her shoulders. Then she soon started crying loudly.

"Ahhhh!"

Before revealing that there was a baby in that woman's womb, I was going to expose her eccentric and violent personality.

And as soon as Raphine began to cry, the door to the powder room swung open.

"Miss!"

The maid, whose face had turned pale, approached Raphine and lifted her up. And she looked up at her Anna with a suspicious look.

"Hey, how dare you look at me like that... ! Not me! This kid fell alone!"

Anna made excuses, but her doubts in her maid's eyes only deepened.

And it was then.

"What kind of fuss is this?"

A dignified voice was heard that seemed to immobilize people.

The maid who was supporting her Raphine immediately bowed her head and prepared her manners.

"Your, Your Majesty the Empress!"

'The Empress?'

Raphine turned her head away, squealing instead of crying.

She was a woman with her purple hair in a gorgeous dress.

'Wow, it's so beautiful.'

She appears to be the same age as Rafine's mother, Sofia, but unlike her benevolent mother, the Empress had a very hard impression.

'Jer Khan resembles her mother... .'

Especially those red eyes.

"Baby, it's now!"

Yes!

Raphine began to cry louder.

"Uh-huh! Hurt!"

The maid, startled, patted her on the back and began to calm her down.

"What the hell is going on? Only because the prince's residence was so noisy...."

The Empress looked at her maid with a slight frown on her brow. One of her maids, standing behind her of her empress, shouted to her to come.

"That, that... This is the daughter of the Duke of Aston, who came as a guest of the Crown Prince. I was waiting in front of you when I suddenly heard a cry... ."

The eyes of the Empress and her maids turned to Anna, who was standing opposite Raphine.

"He, and this one... This is a guest brought by Sir Lorelian."

Her maid's explanation immediately brightened her empress's expression.

"The bride that Ethan was bringing is this young lady."

"Yes... Her Majesty the Empress. It is an honor to meet you."

Anna hid her embarrassment and she greeted her politely. Raphine saw the corners of her lips tremble.

"Yeah, then.... Baby, you are the youngest daughter the Duke of Aston sought again. Right?"

The Empress held Raphine herself and comforted her. Raphine, too, nodded her head without weeping at the friendly hand that patted her on the back.

As she pouted her lips as her tears were brimming with tears, the expressions of her empress and her maids standing beside her softened.

"Yeah, but why were you crying here?"

The Empress asked kindly, wiping her tears from Raphine's cheek.

Raphine once again pouted her lips and pointed her finger at her Anna.

"My sister... He got mad and pushed me."

"... ?"

At Raphine's words, the Empress and her maids looked at her Anna in disbelief.

"Oh, no. Her Majesty the Empress! How dare I push away the precious maiden of the Duke of Aston!"

"By the way. It's right that I was wrong in the first place!"

At Raphine's words, the faces of her people turned to her again.

"Sister has a baby in her belly... . I surprised her sister! So she said she was surprised too."

"What?"

At Raphine's words, the empress's expression began to harden. Then she said playfully.

"Agarani... Ethan had a reason to rush her marriage."

"Lung, Your Majesty! Oh no! I am not pregnant!"

Anna vehemently denied it, but she smiled as if she had become an empress.

"Okay. It's rare where you were, but it's common in the capital."

The empress's voice was full of playfulness. Raphine was deeply disappointed.

'I don't think you completely believe what I say.'

"I think it might be because it's a childish word."

But she can't back her down from here.