"Nice to meet you."

Celestina said in an elegant voice.

The nobles generally believed in religion and were friendly to the temple, so they also had a crush on the saint.

Moreover, the presence of the saint who appeared immediately after the rift of the apocalypse disappeared helped to stimulate deep faith in her heart.

Besides, she looks so neat.

The nobles always liked the topic of social circles, so they looked forward to seeing what kind of wind this saint's presence would bring to the capital.

In fact, all they wanted was a provocative scandal.

At that moment, someone approached and greeted Empress Rebecca and Saint Celestina, who were surrounded by people.

"Long time no see, Empress Rebecca."

It was Viscount Tedler.

It was a reunion of a woman whom I had not seen in a long time.

The aristocrats started talking and avoiding their seats without notice.

However, some people covered their faces with fans and looked at it openly.

It was a spectacle not to be missed for nobles who like stimulating stories.

Shortly after Empress Rebecca left.

The fact that it was her biological father, Viscount Tedler, who had accused her, spread, and now it was an open secret that everyone knew.

Empress Rebecca smiled casually and nodded her head to the Viscount.

Then Viscount Tedler spoke in a sad tone.

"It has been a while since you returned to the capital, and we are finally seeing each other."

"is that so."

Empress Rebecca responded indifferently and turned her gaze to the man standing next to Viscount Tedler.

It was Geralt Tedler, the younger brother of Empress Rebecca.

"It's been a while, sister."

"I am rude. To call you by that name in an official place. Doesn't the Viscount educate his son?"

Empress Rebecca said with displeasure.

To point out that he had not properly educated his older son was an insult to both the Viscount and Gerol.

"Hmm, well. I'm not good at separating children, but.... The Empress Dowager has no right to point out such a thing."

Viscount Tedler said sullenly. It was mocking Rebecca, who was kicked out for abusing her son.

Then Rebecca lowered her gaze and responded with a depressed expression.

"I also admit my past mistakes. But it was something I had no choice but to do.... It is said that children are usually a mirror of their parents."

"...!"

"From now on, I have to always try to be a good parent, not just what I saw and learned."

It meant that he had no choice but to see and grow up.

Viscount Tedler frowned as Rebecca gracefully taunted Viscount.

Neighboring aristocrats watched the fight between the two with interesting eyes.

Viscount Tedler, who had nothing more to say, turned around, coughing loudly.

Geralt Tedler also looked at the empress with an angry gaze and followed his father.

'Cute things.'

Rebecca internally blamed the two of them. He was once a dependable father, but now he was nothing but still.

Empress Rebecca knew what she had to do first.

'First of all, you must win Antonio's heart.'

It was after that that made Antonio the emperor.

First of all, if you have to make Antonio follow him, making him an emperor would be meaningful.

Since they had been apart for a long time, the hats between them were quite awkward.

When he thought of Antonio, who had grown up dependent on Viscount Tedler after he left for the monastery, his teeth were broken.

'To make parents and children separate....'

Viscount Tedler was resentful. I didn't even want to call him father anymore.

Empress Rebecca sharpened the blade of revenge inwardly.

* * *

That night.

Raphine returned home with her parents and her drunken brothers.

Dad licked his tongue as he saw Adrian, Luca and Lois drunk.

"You look like me, so you said you shouldn't even put alcohol in your mouth...."

Despite their father's nagging, the three were silent. Fortunately, there was no injection, so they only sobbed, and everyone quietly entered the room.

"Raphine, you may be weak in alcohol because you resemble this father. So never drink it. Daddy said, one drink is enough to make you faint."

"But did I drink five glasses of whiskey today?"

At Raphine's words, Duke Aston's pupils shook.

The Duchess, who was standing next to her, gently stroked Raphine's hair.

"Raphine looks just like me. Even if she empties a barrel of rum or drinks a few bottles of whiskey, she never gets drunk."

"Five... Also."

Raphine smiled as she hugged her mother. The Duke of Aston looked at the mother and daughter with a slightly bitter expression.

* * *

the next morning.

Raphine woke up without a hangover.

And I went straight to Adrian. Adrian, who was assigned the post of commander of the Blue Knights of the Imperial Palace, was preparing to go to work.

"Raphine, what's going on?"

Seeing Raphine who had come so often, Adrian was perplexed.

In fact, last night, Adrian couldn't sleep. It was because his head was complicated to understand the intention of Raphine's question.

"Brother, if you go to the Imperial Palace today, give this to Crown Prince Zerkan."

Raphine said that and held out a small envelope.

Adrian's hands began to tremble.

"You must tell me. got it?"

"That, yes...."

"Thank you, then go to work."

Rafine smiled so lightly and left the room. Adrian walked around the room, trembling his lips.

Even as the time for work approached, I was not in the mood to continue preparing.

In the end, Adrian thought about 300 times before opening the letter.

The content of the letter was shocking.

With Rafine's cute and pretty handwriting.... The time and place were written.

Moreover, at the end, there was also a message that he would be able to meet a fateful opponent.

"... Unbelievable."

His prediction was correct.

Adrian stood idly for a while, then got ready to go to work and hurriedly left the mansion.

* * *

As the morning passed and the afternoon approached, the Duke of Aston began to be very busy with guests.

"Hello. I am the butler of Count Hert. ahem. Today, our master's proposal...."

"The reception desk is over there."

"... Reception?"

The butlers of each family who came to hand over the marriage proposal went to a place called the reception desk.

And when I saw the people lining up there, my mouth was wide open.

Sitting in the chair in front of the Aston family, Brown, the butler of the Aston family, moved his mouth expressionlessly like a doll repeating the same words over and over.

"Please write the name of the family here, and the name of the person who proposed the marriage here. As you can see, there are a lot of customers, so I will contact you later."

"...."

The reason why the duke's employees were busy was because of the proposal letters pouring out to Rafine.

Raphine clicked her tongue as she looked at the carriages lined up by the window.

To be honest, I didn't know the proposals would pour out to this extent.

But I wasn't particularly happy.

'After all, I'm proposing on my terms, not me, well.'

The Duke of Aston was a coveted opponent that anyone would drool over.

It was a family that gained great trust from the emperor, and he was also incredibly wealthy because he was running a large-scale business.

In addition, Raphine, a spirit warrior, was like a treasure to the Empire.

It was a well-known fact that everyone knew that he was loved by the emperor and the empress.

This fact alone is enough to cause this uproar, but if it was known that the owner of the top of 'Ravior' was Raffine, it would have been even worse than now.

Raphine looked at the window sullenly and summoned Orphana.

"Did you make a good appointment for the second meeting?"

"yes. The first opponent I met was Young-ae of Writer Mayerd, and the second was Young-ae of Count Seren."

"great. Where?"

"I made a reservation for a very romantic restaurant, so don't worry. by the way... uhh When will the coordinates open, haha...."

Orphana took a deep breath and looked at Raphine with a gloomy face.

When she came of age, she expected the coordinates of the holy object to appear, but she seemed disappointed because it did not appear.

Raphine was equally disappointed, so she shrugged.

"Don't worry too much. It will be up soon."

"I know.... uhh."

* * *

Perdea's Imperial Castle.

Someone came to the Crown Prince's office.

It was Adrian who became his close friend and the head of the Blue Knights, the knights directly under the Crown Prince.

"You seem to have been very drunk yesterday. Are you okay?"

Zerkan looked at him and asked.

"I'm fine, my lord."

Adrian answered with an awkward smile and sat down.

Soon the servant came to serve tea, and Zerkan sat down and picked up a teacup.

An awkward silence passed.

The two were thinking the same thing.

Last night on the terrace, it was about the question Raphine threw at the drunken Adrian.

Adrian, of course, was unaware that Zerkan had also heard the conversation.

So he hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind and looked at Zerkan.

"Zerkan. From now on, I am speaking as a friend."

"...."

At the sudden words, Zerkan turned and looked at Adrian. Adrian's eyes were more serious than ever.