“The reason must have been because he wanted to prevent the will from being stolen or destroyed by the eldest son, who could not give up his ambition in the first place. But the more he planned it, the more playful it must have been in his head.”

Ascencio wanted to refute, but Viscount Cain’s record was not very good..

As someone who almost ran away after trying to play a joke in front of the emperor.

“I said nothing to Timothy. Just, if he couldn’t find it no matter how much he looked for it, I wondered if it wasn’t there from the beginning. So, I asked if the Viscount had gone out for a while before he died. I asked if he had left a message to his wife to come to him later when she misses him, and told Timothy to check it out.”

“Seeing that the Viscountess went straight out of the venue after hearing those words..”

“It must have happened.”

His own plan would not have been so grandiose.

When his eldest son showed his ambition while the will disappeared, the wife who found the will he hid completely would beat him and Timothy would safely succeed the title.

If it was the wife who was quiet, but always accepted his pranks and sometimes came to play with him first, the Viscount must have believed that it wouldn’t take long for her to find an answer even if he didn’t say anything.

But, look.

As a result, the Viscountess, who sincerely loved her husband who was older than her, couldn’t find her usual reasoning, and her embarrassment gave birth to anger and anger to resentment. Leaving neither time to miss her husband nor time to reflect on what he had said.

It’s still fine though.

It’s before everything is lost, and if the will is found according to the clues Elisha gave, then there will be hope.

But what was the end of the Viscountess in her previous life as Elisha knew?

The Viscountess and Timothy, who were defeated in a battle because they couldn’t find the Viscount will, wandered the Empire naked and starving.

It was at her last stop as the Viscountess, who had lost even Timothy and was looking for a place for her to die, found her husband’s little prank.

Not because she missed the Viscount, but to get her last revenge by resenting her husband, whom she could only see as betraying her no matter how much she looked at it.

There she found a faded will.

The Viscount must have laughed as if it was going to be fun, imagining the scene in which the defenseless wife misses and resents him, and finally finds his will and bursts into tears..

She found it five years later than the scheduled time, and the Viscountess did not cry.

She put the will at her feet and hanged herself on a stone statue with memories of her husband.

The next day, when Viscount Cain’s tragedy became known, the people of the Empire all pointed their fingers in the direction of Viscount Cain’s grave.

Elisha had thought that what the Viscount had done was not just a prank, but a wish he had, hoping that his young wife would remember him for a little longer.

She didn’t, but that wasn’t a reason why the tragedy happened.

“How does the 2nd Empress know everything like that?”

Ascencio asked with a look beyond surprise on his face.

It didn’t seem like he was referring only to the incident of Viscount Cain that just happened.

Elisha didn’t know if it is something that crumbles over time.

The masterpiece that is referred to as noble and enough to be shown off as a taste of the nobility..

As time goes by, the elegant scent becomes a masterpiece.

So, as more people love it, detailed information can be gathered and spread more easily, and later, the aristocrats gathered here will admire it. Even if the Crown Prince before her doesn’t study hard enough to speak his own voice, he’ll be able to know without much difficulty..

[T/N: The last 4 paragraphs, Elisha is talking about the Royden’s wine incident]

There’s no way to explain it.

“I am not the only one who knows everything. I can only see some things better than others. Sometimes just living can make you wise.”

“That is difficult.”

“You’ll find out later when you rise to the throne and your hair turns white, and wrinkles form on the back of your smooth hands.”

He didn’t even think that Elisha wasn’t that old.

Ascencio was just bewildered because he had never imagined that he could live that long.

He hadn’t even had a picture drawn in his mind.

Then Ascencio, who came to his senses quickly, was the first to ask a question in the conversation.

“Then, where will the two of you, 2nd Empress and Leon, be?”

Somehow, the voice was urgent.

“Of course, wouldn’t we be standing under the steps of Your Majesty’s throne?”

It was then that Ascencio was able to put his mind to rest.

Elisha and Ascencio faced each other and laughed, and Leon quickly intervened.

“Hey!”

Elisha and Ascencio embraced the child with his white teeth exposed and rubbed his head.

They were a warm and beautiful family.

“She’s running wild.”

Isabelle, who had been ignoring Elisha and disappeared, saying that she had something to deal with, stood from a distance and looked at them and muttered in shock.

She tried to enjoy the show as an appetizer before the banquet began, but it seemed to have only disturbed the atmosphere by falling for the opponent’s tricks.

But Isabelle’s nervousness didn’t last long.

“Your Majesty the Emperor!”

The atmosphere inside the banquet hall changed rapidly with the appearance of Emperor Kaiden.

The gazes that were spinning around Elisha were immediately shot at the Emperor, and landed at his feet.

The Emperor stepped on them and took one step at a time.

“Your Majesty, thank you for coming.”

Isabelle fluttered the hem of her dress and approached the Emperor.

The 2nd Prince Stoneham also looked up at his father, the Emperor, with his cheeks flushed red.

Instead of answering, the Emperor just nodded his head once, but that was enough.

After becoming emperor, Kaiden did not attend except for banquets necessary for Imperial ceremonies.

There was only one exception, and that was the banquet held by the 1st Empress Isabelle.

Upon the appearance of the emperor, the banquet attendees realize who the owner of the banquet is.

No matter how different Elisha was from before, there are some women who are located at the top of Barossa’s ranks.

Because Isabelle is the daughter of Duke Cherkah, the head of the Eastern nobility?

It’s not without it, but what’s really important is something else.

The reason why the women of Barossa exist and their goal.

The emperor’s women were only valued when they received the emperor’s love.

No matter how strong the power of the nobility, in the end the cause belongs to the emperor, and power begins with the emperor.

When such an emperor is chosen, the possibility of creating the next great emperor also increases.

The greater the emperor’s favor for Isabelle, the more natural it was for her to receive special treatment from those around her.

“Your Majesty has come.”

“The future will be the era of the Eastern aristocrats.”

Looking at the trend, Elisha, who had been receiving attention until recently, was relatively compared.

Among the various feelings towards Elisha, those with greater jealousy and hatred began to tease her again.

“Will the 2nd Empress not be able to dance today?”

“Well, she’s never stepped out of front of the wall at a banquet, has she? No matter how unattractive a woman is, that is truly pathetic.”

[T/B: this is from the saying “wallflower”, which means “a person who has no one to dance with or who feels shy, awkward, or excluded at a party]

If you touch the emperor’s woman, you will receive a punishment equivalent to treason, but this was not always the case.

Because there was definitely a line that was ceremonially allowed.

Even though all the noble men did not approach Elisha..

Because the situation was complicated to reach out with a light favor or sympathy, and they were afraid of retaliation from the 1st Empress, who was very pleased with the current situation.

This is the reality that Elisha cannot change with her own abilities. Finally, the nobles have achieved their desired purpose and can laugh at her with full laughter.

Elisha ignored their gaze and proceeded to the Emperor.

“I see Your Majesty the Emperor.”

The two who followed her, Ascencio and Leon, bowed their heads at the same time as Elisha did her duty as a concubine.

The Emperor, who would normally pass by without even paying attention to such Elisha, stopped for some reason and looked at her.

No, not just the Emperor.

Elisha looked at Blemir, who was to the left of the Emperor, and Rohan, who was on the right, to see if they had met outside and had come in together.

Naturally, Elisha wasn’t the type of person who turned her face first.

The other three didn’t dodge their opponents for their own reasons, so the four’s entangled eyes continued to be entangled without being resolved.

“Your Majesty, many are waiting. You should announce the start of the banquet.”

It was Isabelle who arranged the situation.

She fluttered her pink cheeks as she hated seeing the Emperor and Elisha facing each other.

“That’s right.”

The Emperor nodded and extended his hand to Isabelle.

Isabelle slightly bent her knees and spread her hand out, placing it on above his.

Usually, dancing and alcohol are not the mainstays of the birthday banquet of a prince who has not reached the age of majority..

The banquet of the 2nd Prince hosted by Isabelle was different.

From the time when the 2nd Prince was just born until now, her banquets always started with the first dance with the Emperor.

As Isabelle entered the middle of the banquet hall with the Emperor, the entire Golden Hall was enveloped in a soft melody.

If Isabelle who was dancing with the Emperor so beautifully and gracefully amid everyone’s admiration was the sun, Elisha with silver hair was as silent as the darkness of the night.

That silence creates a boundary that separates each other, making it seem like only Elisha is standing in another world.

As the ridicule towards Elisha was about to continue, the Crown Prince tried to step forward.

It was clear that it would seem ridiculous as someone so young applied for a dance, but Ascencio did not mind.

He thought he could endure it if it was a complaint against him, not Elisha.

“2nd Empress, I..”

“Your Highness! You are here! Can we talk for a minute?”

“Bianca, I’m occupied.”

Tears filled Bianca’s big eyes when the Crown Prince refused.

As soon as her tears were about to fall, Elisha pushed the Crown Prince’s back.

“You should go. If it is Count Chenwood’s daughter, isn’t she constantly trying to get married to His Highness the Crown Prince? If we make a loud noise here, Your Highness’s face will be hurt.”

[T/N: The face will hurt here means “be ashamed/embarrassed”]

These were words to Ascencio, but also a warning to Bianca.

Bianca is the daughter of Count Chenwood, a member of the Eastern nobility faction, and the 1st Empress’s candidate for the Crown Prince to prevent the Crown Prince’s faction from gaining power through political marriage.

There must be a reason why she appeared so perfectly.

Ascencio was reluctant, but Elisha was right, so he had no choice but to follow Bianca with the condition that it was a short time.

Elisha, who was standing alone with the 3rd Prince after the protection of the Crown Prince was lifted, looked like an even better prey.

Leon, who had turned white as if all sides were blocked by a wall, looked around.

Elisha held her child’s arm like she was not bothered and tried to convince him, but her child was one step ahead.

The child, who ran with his arms wide open, hugged the leg of the man who was standing not too far away.

Then he grabbed the hem of the man’s pants hard with his hands and pulled.

The man who had stood still even when the child whined, then bent his upper body to support the child’s buttocks and lifted him up to a embracing position.

The child naturally wrapped his arms around the man’s neck.

The man walked up to Elisha while holding the child.

The auburn hair, and the eyes of the same color as the deep, dark hair, contained Elisha.

“Mother, Sir Rohan will dance with you. Then they won’t be able to speak badly of Mother, right?”

Leon’s faint, trembling voice was not because he was afraid, but because he was sad.

My bright but still young child.

My little and lovely angel.

With that small hand, she brought the most reliable person in this place to his mother with all his might.

But he..

Shaking her head, Elisha reached out her hand to get her child back, but before that, a large hand clasped in front of her.

“Do you want to dance?”

Rohan Scherzer, the commander of the 1st Knights, said.