It didn't feel good, but it didn't really matter.

When the Empress and Raphine sat down, the courtiers began to busily deliver food.

"The cook in my palace is very good at food. Come on and eat."

"Yeah."

Raphine tried soup and salad. The queen's words were unmistakable. It was definitely tasty.

Especially the salad with smoked duck was a work of art. It was sweet, salty and savory.

It was the taste of the chef's soul. How sensitive is the person you serve, you can feel it through the taste of food?

Rafine continued eating comfortably without any worries.

After all, it's a dinner where only Raphine is invited, so you won't be able to use medicines.

Empress Rebecca watched Raphine like that in surprise and said:

"There were a lot of rumors, so my heart was touched, but seeing it in person, I don't have to worry too much."

"What are you talking about?"

When Raphine asked, Empress Rebecca gave her a very troubled expression. Still, he said he was waiting.

"Are you on a bad relationship with the Crown Prince?"

"ah...."

"The Crown Prince is not interested in how many people say that the Crown Princess is fussing alone.... tttttttttttttttttttttttttt But don't worry too much. It's not a rumor anyway."

The empress smiled kindly, but it was a smile as cunning as a snake.

'I'm going to go openly.'

Raphine smirked inside and pursed her lips, pretending to be embarrassed on the outside.

Then Empress Rebecca said graciously, hiding a sign of satisfaction.

"You're still young, so I don't know.... That's basically what men are. If you approach me first, they will run away saying it is too burdensome, and if you run away again, their eyes will come back to catch you."

"...."

A scene suddenly appeared in Raphine's mind as she quietly listened to the queen's words.

Zerkan, who issued a wanted order and followed him to the Lenchest estate.

'The snow is... Was it? Anyway, it was a very scary look.'

For nothing, my mind was blown away. At the time, I never imagined that I would have to worry about this now.

"Ah, by the way. I heard that while I was at the monastery, I was close with our Antonio...."

"Yeah? me?"

Raphine asked in surprise. Who and who are you best friends with?

In response to the overly sensitive reaction, Empress Rebecca frowned and spoke calmly.

"Antonio even said that Aston and Young-ae were in love with each other."

"her...."

Raphine let out a smirk. Rebecca raised her chin, looked at Raphine like that with a pity, and warned.

"As an imperial adult, I give you a warning. You will have to act straight. Unless you're trying to split up a good sibling."

"... Yeah?"

"It's a call not to approach Prince Antonio unnecessarily."

Raphine tilted her head.

I asked what the hell were you talking about today....

"You seem to be misunderstanding something."

"What?"

"I have never been close to Prince Antonio. Do you like each other.... You are talking such a terrible thing!"

"Is it terrible?"

"Yeah. Have I ever admired the Crown Prince, His Majesty, from my childhood? It's a fact that everyone in the capital knows."

Raphine blinked, pretending to be innocent. Rebecca narrowed her eyes at the disgusting look.

Just yesterday, after giving Antonio such a drug, Raphine, who pretended to be carefree, was disgusting and couldn't stand it.

Raphine said "Ah!" He said as if he remembered it again.

"And it's a bit strange to say that we're good brothers.... His Majesty the Crown Prince and Prince Antonio, aren't they on good terms?"

"...!"

"So even if the brothers are separated, it's not because of me. It was already split."

"this...."

Rebecca gave strength to the hand holding the knife.

In the end, unable to contain her anger, she turned into fearful eyes and spoke in a low voice.

"I know you gave my son a strange drug yesterday. How dare...!"

Raphine tilted her head like a dog that didn't know anything and replied sarcastically.

"Uh, is that weird? I didn't give the medicine, but Prince Antonio himself took it? And it was Saint Celestina who prepared the medicine. Of course he would have done it himself."

"That, that? Did you just say that to me now?"

The empress's eyes widened at Raphine's choice of words. I never imagined that Raphine, who had been pretending to be meek the whole time, would suddenly come out like this.

"Yeah. When I asked why you called me.... I guess he was just trying to get his anger out."

"this person...!"

Rebecca clenched her teeth. In fact, the reason I called Raffine was to break the momentum and chastise me.

No matter how hard she was, she was a child who had barely reached the age of majority.

A young child who will become frightened and hide in no time if she behaves frightened. But have you been hiding this true color?

Raphine looked at Rebecca in embarrassment and smiled slightly and sarcastically.

"Don't try too hard. To be honest, you know the real mother better than anyone, right? That Prince Antonio has no talents or qualities."

"You cheeky bitch!"

Empress Rebecca jumped up and tried to slap Raphine on the cheek, but she couldn't and trembled.

Instead, they threw away the food on the table.

Even then, as if her anger did not subside, she pointed at Raphine and threatened her.

"Do you think you became the Empress because you were the Crown Prince? You, too, will not be spared the same condition as the Empress anyway! Just like the emperor, Zerkan took the pick and made you suffer...!"

The empress, who was excited, recognized that she had crossed the line for a moment and bit her lip.

She took a deep breath and looked around.

After all, there were only two attendants here, and there were no other ears to hear.

Moreover, those servants were more loyal to the empress than anyone else, and they did not know how to speak.

And Raphine safely passed through the magic tool detection door attached to the front door.

I was afraid that the three sons of Viscount Tedler would ask for information, so it was recently installed with a large sum of money.

So, it means that Raphine did not possess any green magic tools, of course.

In other words, this conversation never leaked out.

"Get out of here, get out of my palace!"

The Empress, having finished judging the situation, shouted to Raphine.

I would like to kill her on the spot, but at least in this palace, Raphine must not get hurt even at the tip of her hair.

The Empress turned and left the restaurant.

Originally, after Raphine returned, she was going to pretend to lie down and collapse.

Raphine's ignorance of the Empress was a public fact in the social circles. But what if the Empress collapsed after the Crown Prince went to the dinner that the Empress had personally invited?

Socialites will surely spread rumors that Raphine is too cheeky.

Even if it's ignoring it, it's like how did you fall down because of how you behaved toward the person you invited to the dinner?

But without pretending to be like that, he looked really lying down.

The Empress, who returned to her room, cheered and smashed the things her servants had arranged.

Meanwhile, Raphine, who remained in the dining room, slowly got up.

Then he dropped the disheveled food on the table onto his dress.

The rest of the attendants looked at her curiously, but Raphine moved calmly.

'by the way... I'm more angry than I thought.'

I expected to get angry if I stabbed him a little, but I didn't expect his mentality to be that much of a sunfish.

'Well, it's not like I'm at a corner.'

It will be difficult in many ways.

The saint's mistake, and Antonio, who is suddenly looking for a saint because of that mistake.

Viscount Tedler approaches Antonio as he increases his power day by day.

A person driven by defense becomes sensitive. The more it is, the easier it is to explode.

In particular, the empress was sensitive and angry in the first place, so I thought it would explode so quickly.

'Besides, the only people watching are his subordinates, so he must have been relieved and angry. Even if I make a rumour, people won't believe it.'

Surprisingly, the empress had a good reputation in social circles.

It was because he was always wearing a gentle and gentle mask in front of people.

'But I have a secret weapon.'

Raphine smiled inwardly and left the Sepia Palace with light steps.

It was obvious what Empress Rebecca would look like after that.

'I'm going to play the victim cosplay to inflate the rumor that I'm ignoring Empress Rebecca.'

As soon as Raphine came down the stairs of the Sepia Palace, she gave a pick and collapsed.

"Uh.... Rain, Vision!"

"Vision!"

The courtiers, who were waiting under the stairs, ran to them in amazement.

Raphine slowly closed her eyes and relaxed her arms. With a thud, his slender wrist fell.

"Vision!"

Unfortunately, there was one thing Empress Rebecca overlooked.

Acting was my specialty.