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Edited by Wook
The Emperor and the 2nd Empress held hands and walked through Barossa, followed by many nobles.
It was not something that could happen often. It was like a ceremony for the Empress.
She had already received a report from when the 2nd Empress was called to the Great Throne Hall, and when she heard that she was going out with the Emperor and walking inside Barossa, she had half-run out of the 1st Empress Palace.
How could Isabelle, who did that, do not know about the crowd in front of her cherished garden near her palace?
“Your Majesty, have you come? My apologies for the lateness, as it is not sponsored by the 1st Empress Palace, which you used to visit often.”
Isabelle said, looking at the hands the Emperor and Elisha were holding.
“It’s fine. Today I’m here not because of the 1st Empress, but the 2nd Empress.”
Isabelle, who was biting her lower lip with her upper teeth, glanced at her brother.
The sequence of events was so sudden that she didn’t even know the details.
Archduke Raymond glanced at one of the nobles on his side, and he went quickly and briefly explained to Isabelle.
Isabelle’s pretty face turned white.
“Are you planning on digging into my garden now to see if the 2nd Empress’s spirit can find water veins?”
“It is not a fact check, but rather a verification that the usability may have been misused. It was a long time ago, and even small things can become greatly inflated over time…”
Isn’t the spirit of the 2nd Empress a lower rank?
Isabelle blinked her eyes, only to hear that they were going to ruin the 1st Empress’s work for the 2nd Empress, despite the clear cause.
“Is that so? Alright then.”
The muttering tone began to gain strength.
Because that day was so shocking.
In conclusion, the 2nd Empress’s spirit is a lesser one.
What can she do with that?
Isabelle, who turned to the Emperor, forced her hardened face to straighten and raised the corners of her mouth.
“If it is necessary for the Empire and His Majesty, would this garden be a problem? Come in.”
Isabelle opened the entrance to the garden with her own hands.
Well, of course it doesn’t mean that she actually did something with those fine hands. The maids of the 1st Empress Palace cleaned the surroundings so that everyone could enter the entrance comfortably before they retreated.
“As expected of the 1st Empress.”
The Emperor lightly placed his hand on Isabelle’s shoulder and passed by her.
From the last banquet, she felt that the Emperor had a clear intention to wrap around the 2nd Empress.
As the group poured in, her brother, Raymond, approached Isabelle.
“Get it together, Isabelle. He is trying to cut your face, kill the spirit of the eastern nobles, provoke you, and make us kneel before him. You do understand, right? You know how cruel the Emperor could be to those who could no longer pay.”
“…”
Isabelle bit her molars tightly.
***
The garden was amazing.
Even the flowers that could not bloom at this time were in full bloom, exuding their scent, as if saying what does the season have to do with it.
Even Elisha, who was not interested in such things, could feel how much effort and money had been poured into it.
It was fortunate that there was no more impression than that.
“Otherwise, I would’ve felt bad for ruining such a well-maintained garden.”
Elisha, who muttered in a casual tone, walked over to the flower where Undine was sitting.
Elisha rubbed Undine’s head with her fingertips.
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“Is it here?”
Undine nodded, its eyes were shining like a glass-like snowball that had no pupils, and was revealed only by the curves of the surface.
Elisha turned to face the men who had followed her.
“It’s here.”
Elisha said.
After that.
A confrontation followed between Elisha and the Emperor, and the opposing aristocratic group.
It came from the nobles who could not stand the continued silence.
In particular, the voices of the eastern nobles were loud.
“How long do we have to be like this? Everyone has a lot of work to do!”
They did not like this series of flows, so they had no choice but to think that Elisha had chosen this place to make a joke by destroying the garden that the 1st Empress loved on purpose.
Elisha was really puzzled.
“Didn’t I say that it’s ‘here’? What’s amazing about summoners is that they do what others can’t do. Since my spirit has pointed out where the water vein is, shouldn’t you do what you can?”
In a word, the nobles were stunned by Elisha’s answer that it was up to them about what to do.
However, it could not be said that what the 2nd Empress said was wrong.
Even if they dig all over the land, they may or may not be able to find a single water vein. But if they dig a designated place that has been pointed out, water will come out.
It is no exaggeration to say that the difficulty of the process is nothing.
“You’re telling us to dig the ground…?”
At someone’s stupid remarks, Elisha made a face saying that she was hearing all kinds of nonsense.
“If you’re going to have a meaningful time doing it yourself, I won’t stop you. Didn’t you say you’re all busy?”
“…”
“Since this is the garden owned by the 1st Empress, would it be better to call in the 3rd Knights, which belonged to Prince Stoneham, or or the neutral Imperial Guard as there are several nobles and His Majesty?”
Isabelle was the first to respond to Elisha’s words.
“Call the Imperial guards.”
She couldn’t see Stoneham’s knights digging through her garden and getting muddy.
Elisha knew Isabelle was going to say that, so she looked at the Emperor this time.
She needed the Emperor’s permission to move the Imperial Guard.
As the Emperor nodded, one of the Emperor’s guards went out of the garden to the place where Captain Johansel of the Guard was.
“Aren’t the soldiers enough?”
Elisha shrugged at what Johansel said right away.
“I don’t know how deep it will take for the water veins to come out, and I don’t know how effective it will be by using soldiers who can’t handle mana. Even more so while the prominent nobles are standing there with their arms crossed and merely watching.”
Johansel stared at the nobles who surrounded him with his face contorted.
There’s no other way.
His Majesty had nothing to say, so they had no choice but to follow the will of the 2nd Empress.
Soon, the knights of the Imperial Guard gathered and began to scour the left side of the garden of the 1st Empress.
“Huft. Huft!”
“How deep do we have to dig?”
As a group of prideful knights, they were displeased with doing such a difficult thing themselves.
“If you don’t do it right, it will take a long time. If you do it right, it will be over quickly.”
There, Elisha brought out a very principled answer.
As long as they were knights, they were definitely strong enough to know how to use mana, but labor required skill.
It was never easy for the knights who had never done anything other than holding a sword to dig the land.
How much time has passed?
It wasn’t just the knights who were having a hard time.
The nobles were exhausted just standing there, sweating profusely and convulsing.
They said they should check the abilities of the 2nd Empress, but they didn’t know it would happen so quickly…
They couldn’t say they wanted to quit or go back.
Only Elisha and the Emperor had a calm face.
Maybe it was just their normal facial expressions, but it made it seem like the two of them only went out for a walk.
This resulted in upsetting the people around them more, but they were not the kind of people who could talk carelessly before the Emperor or Elisha.
The two continued to wait patiently.
One hour, two hours…
“Are we really digging in the right place?”
“Did the 2nd Empress’s spirit make a mistake? This is one of the largest gardens in Barossa, and there is a pond on the other side, so it may have been mistaken.”
The rumbling that had been suppressed swayed again, drawing ripples.
However, no one had come forward openly about whether or not they are aware that the situation has gone uncontrollably, and it only became more difficult every time they speak.
Instead, their gazes on Elisha became sharper and sharper.
Then Rohan, who was quietly standing behind the Emperor, took a step forward.
No matter how agitated the nobles were, that was not a behavior that would be seen in the presence of the Emperor.
Most of those who met Rohan’s straight and well-groomed gaze turned their faces while frowned, but Raymond and others intensified their hostility.
“Sir Rohan must be tired.”
Dealing with such people one by one, Elisha said inwardly.
Especially for those like Archduke Raymond, whose age was similar.
Most of those who were born as nobles during this period and showed their faces in Barossa met the same walls.
Emperor Kaiden, who is so beautiful that it is said to be the highest value of the Empire in its existence, catches everyone’s attention at once…
Ian, or Marquis Blemir, who is a genius of swordsmanship, said to be the greatest talent in the Empire, who also had Duke Fontana as his background.
And Rohan Scherzer, who proves everything with one single word: “Knight of the Empire.”
If the former two made others humble and embarrassed with their radiant beauty and talent, Rohan was different.
He gave an even greater shock to some with his upright and noble character by nature.
Because the pure white wall illuminating every single detail of him became a contrasting point for others and emphasized their dust.
Although there is a way to compromise and surround the previous two walls.
What about the people who can’t even do that?
Unanswered questions drive people crazy.
Why do people run away knowing that there will be no answer?
Of course, Elisha herself would push her head without hesitation if there was a problem she had to solve.
Those who blame their fate and vent their anger even though the problems are not given to them are uglier.
“…Huh.”
Judging by the fact that Sir Rohan even sighed, it seemed that he cared more about it, as he didn’t act like nothing was wrong.
“Don’t worry. Sir Rohan will outlive them.”
“…Are you comforting me?”
“In my own way.”
Elisha nodded her head slightly.
She wished she could say something else, but she didn’t know how to coax a grown man who isn’t Leon or Ascencio…
But she couldn’t say that the first forces that will fall out in the event of internal chaos are the 1st Empress and the eastern nobles.
“I think the 2nd Empress is the one who should be worried about, not me. I didn’t know you like to hold grudges.”
“Grudges?”
Elisha looked back at Rohan as if it was the first time she had ever heard of it.
Not a single lie can be felt on Rohan’s face, which is always serious and still serious.
So she looked in the direction Rohan was looking at…
The Knights of the Imperial Guard, who unreasonably tormented Sir Dell, who became the 2nd Knights Order during the fitness test of the former Capital Guard, are currently in the pit. The face of the others could not be seen, but Count Johansel was standing outside with a frown on his face.
Although they had a bad relationship as usual, the garden of the 1st Empress, who tried to trap Elisha at the banquet, was already messed up and it seemed like it would take a long time to recover.
As an added bonus, the state of the nobles who made Elisha annoyed, especially the Eastern nobles, was quite bad.
“Hmm…”
Does this count as holding grudges?
But Elisha thought she was just making the best choice for what she needed?
“To check Undine’s abilities, they asked me to tell them a few of the water veins flowing in Barossa, so I picked one up, then…?”
Elisha, who was muttering, tilted her head.
Perhaps, a little.
There seems to be no possibility that the situation was induced at all.
Even if it had its own reasons.
Was Elisha herself such a person?
At least she wasn’t a person who used to be like that… right?
Elisha opened her mouth as if to say something in defense.
Puuuung!
Water gushed up like a fountain with a loud sound from the space where the knights of the Guard had descended.
Swhaaaaa!
The rain poured down on everyone in the garden.
Rohan covered the Emperor’s head with the cloak he had spread out, and the Emperor pulled Elisha’s arm.
Everything happened in an instant.
Translated by Wook
Edited by Wook
The Emperor and the 2nd Empress held hands and walked through Barossa, followed by many nobles.
It was not something that could happen often. It was like a ceremony for the Empress.
She had already received a report from when the 2nd Empress was called to the Great Throne Hall, and when she heard that she was going out with the Emperor and walking inside Barossa, she had half-run out of the 1st Empress Palace.
How could Isabelle, who did that, do not know about the crowd in front of her cherished garden near her palace?
“Your Majesty, have you come? My apologies for the lateness, as it is not sponsored by the 1st Empress Palace, which you used to visit often.”
Isabelle said, looking at the hands the Emperor and Elisha were holding.
“It’s fine. Today I’m here not because of the 1st Empress, but the 2nd Empress.”
Isabelle, who was biting her lower lip with her upper teeth, glanced at her brother.
The sequence of events was so sudden that she didn’t even know the details.
Archduke Raymond glanced at one of the nobles on his side, and he went quickly and briefly explained to Isabelle.
Isabelle’s pretty face turned white.
“Are you planning on digging into my garden now to see if the 2nd Empress’s spirit can find water veins?”
“It is not a fact check, but rather a verification that the usability may have been misused. It was a long time ago, and even small things can become greatly inflated over time…”
Isn’t the spirit of the 2nd Empress a lower rank?
Isabelle blinked her eyes, only to hear that they were going to ruin the 1st Empress’s work for the 2nd Empress, despite the clear cause.
“Is that so? Alright then.”
The muttering tone began to gain strength.
Because that day was so shocking.
In conclusion, the 2nd Empress’s spirit is a lesser one.
What can she do with that?
Isabelle, who turned to the Emperor, forced her hardened face to straighten and raised the corners of her mouth.
“If it is necessary for the Empire and His Majesty, would this garden be a problem? Come in.”
Isabelle opened the entrance to the garden with her own hands.
Well, of course it doesn’t mean that she actually did something with those fine hands. The maids of the 1st Empress Palace cleaned the surroundings so that everyone could enter the entrance comfortably before they retreated.
“As expected of the 1st Empress.”
The Emperor lightly placed his hand on Isabelle’s shoulder and passed by her.
From the last banquet, she felt that the Emperor had a clear intention to wrap around the 2nd Empress.
As the group poured in, her brother, Raymond, approached Isabelle.
“Get it together, Isabelle. He is trying to cut your face, kill the spirit of the eastern nobles, provoke you, and make us kneel before him. You do understand, right? You know how cruel the Emperor could be to those who could no longer pay.”
“…”
Isabelle bit her molars tightly.
***
The garden was amazing.
Even the flowers that could not bloom at this time were in full bloom, exuding their scent, as if saying what does the season have to do with it.
Even Elisha, who was not interested in such things, could feel how much effort and money had been poured into it.
It was fortunate that there was no more impression than that.
“Otherwise, I would’ve felt bad for ruining such a well-maintained garden.”
Elisha, who muttered in a casual tone, walked over to the flower where Undine was sitting.
Elisha rubbed Undine’s head with her fingertips.
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“Is it here?”
Undine nodded, its eyes were shining like a glass-like snowball that had no pupils, and was revealed only by the curves of the surface.
Elisha turned to face the men who had followed her.
“It’s here.”
Elisha said.
After that.
A confrontation followed between Elisha and the Emperor, and the opposing aristocratic group.
It came from the nobles who could not stand the continued silence.
In particular, the voices of the eastern nobles were loud.
“How long do we have to be like this? Everyone has a lot of work to do!”
They did not like this series of flows, so they had no choice but to think that Elisha had chosen this place to make a joke by destroying the garden that the 1st Empress loved on purpose.
Elisha was really puzzled.
“Didn’t I say that it’s ‘here’? What’s amazing about summoners is that they do what others can’t do. Since my spirit has pointed out where the water vein is, shouldn’t you do what you can?”
In a word, the nobles were stunned by Elisha’s answer that it was up to them about what to do.
However, it could not be said that what the 2nd Empress said was wrong.
Even if they dig all over the land, they may or may not be able to find a single water vein. But if they dig a designated place that has been pointed out, water will come out.
It is no exaggeration to say that the difficulty of the process is nothing.
“You’re telling us to dig the ground…?”
At someone’s stupid remarks, Elisha made a face saying that she was hearing all kinds of nonsense.
“If you’re going to have a meaningful time doing it yourself, I won’t stop you. Didn’t you say you’re all busy?”
“…”
“Since this is the garden owned by the 1st Empress, would it be better to call in the 3rd Knights, which belonged to Prince Stoneham, or or the neutral Imperial Guard as there are several nobles and His Majesty?”
Isabelle was the first to respond to Elisha’s words.
“Call the Imperial guards.”
She couldn’t see Stoneham’s knights digging through her garden and getting muddy.
Elisha knew Isabelle was going to say that, so she looked at the Emperor this time.
She needed the Emperor’s permission to move the Imperial Guard.
As the Emperor nodded, one of the Emperor’s guards went out of the garden to the place where Captain Johansel of the Guard was.
“Aren’t the soldiers enough?”
Elisha shrugged at what Johansel said right away.
“I don’t know how deep it will take for the water veins to come out, and I don’t know how effective it will be by using soldiers who can’t handle mana. Even more so while the prominent nobles are standing there with their arms crossed and merely watching.”
Johansel stared at the nobles who surrounded him with his face contorted.
There’s no other way.
His Majesty had nothing to say, so they had no choice but to follow the will of the 2nd Empress.
Soon, the knights of the Imperial Guard gathered and began to scour the left side of the garden of the 1st Empress.
“Huft. Huft!”
“How deep do we have to dig?”
As a group of prideful knights, they were displeased with doing such a difficult thing themselves.
“If you don’t do it right, it will take a long time. If you do it right, it will be over quickly.”
There, Elisha brought out a very principled answer.
As long as they were knights, they were definitely strong enough to know how to use mana, but labor required skill.
It was never easy for the knights who had never done anything other than holding a sword to dig the land.
How much time has passed?
It wasn’t just the knights who were having a hard time.
The nobles were exhausted just standing there, sweating profusely and convulsing.
They said they should check the abilities of the 2nd Empress, but they didn’t know it would happen so quickly…
They couldn’t say they wanted to quit or go back.
Only Elisha and the Emperor had a calm face.
Maybe it was just their normal facial expressions, but it made it seem like the two of them only went out for a walk.
This resulted in upsetting the people around them more, but they were not the kind of people who could talk carelessly before the Emperor or Elisha.
The two continued to wait patiently.
One hour, two hours…
“Are we really digging in the right place?”
“Did the 2nd Empress’s spirit make a mistake? This is one of the largest gardens in Barossa, and there is a pond on the other side, so it may have been mistaken.”
The rumbling that had been suppressed swayed again, drawing ripples.
However, no one had come forward openly about whether or not they are aware that the situation has gone uncontrollably, and it only became more difficult every time they speak.
Instead, their gazes on Elisha became sharper and sharper.
Then Rohan, who was quietly standing behind the Emperor, took a step forward.
No matter how agitated the nobles were, that was not a behavior that would be seen in the presence of the Emperor.
Most of those who met Rohan’s straight and well-groomed gaze turned their faces while frowned, but Raymond and others intensified their hostility.
“Sir Rohan must be tired.”
Dealing with such people one by one, Elisha said inwardly.
Especially for those like Archduke Raymond, whose age was similar.
Most of those who were born as nobles during this period and showed their faces in Barossa met the same walls.
Emperor Kaiden, who is so beautiful that it is said to be the highest value of the Empire in its existence, catches everyone’s attention at once…
Ian, or Marquis Blemir, who is a genius of swordsmanship, said to be the greatest talent in the Empire, who also had Duke Fontana as his background.
And Rohan Scherzer, who proves everything with one single word: “Knight of the Empire.”
If the former two made others humble and embarrassed with their radiant beauty and talent, Rohan was different.
He gave an even greater shock to some with his upright and noble character by nature.
Because the pure white wall illuminating every single detail of him became a contrasting point for others and emphasized their dust.
Although there is a way to compromise and surround the previous two walls.
What about the people who can’t even do that?
Unanswered questions drive people crazy.
Why do people run away knowing that there will be no answer?
Of course, Elisha herself would push her head without hesitation if there was a problem she had to solve.
Those who blame their fate and vent their anger even though the problems are not given to them are uglier.
“…Huh.”
Judging by the fact that Sir Rohan even sighed, it seemed that he cared more about it, as he didn’t act like nothing was wrong.
“Don’t worry. Sir Rohan will outlive them.”
“…Are you comforting me?”
“In my own way.”
Elisha nodded her head slightly.
She wished she could say something else, but she didn’t know how to coax a grown man who isn’t Leon or Ascencio…
But she couldn’t say that the first forces that will fall out in the event of internal chaos are the 1st Empress and the eastern nobles.
“I think the 2nd Empress is the one who should be worried about, not me. I didn’t know you like to hold grudges.”
“Grudges?”
Elisha looked back at Rohan as if it was the first time she had ever heard of it.
Not a single lie can be felt on Rohan’s face, which is always serious and still serious.
So she looked in the direction Rohan was looking at…
The Knights of the Imperial Guard, who unreasonably tormented Sir Dell, who became the 2nd Knights Order during the fitness test of the former Capital Guard, are currently in the pit. The face of the others could not be seen, but Count Johansel was standing outside with a frown on his face.
Although they had a bad relationship as usual, the garden of the 1st Empress, who tried to trap Elisha at the banquet, was already messed up and it seemed like it would take a long time to recover.
As an added bonus, the state of the nobles who made Elisha annoyed, especially the Eastern nobles, was quite bad.
“Hmm…”
Does this count as holding grudges?
But Elisha thought she was just making the best choice for what she needed?
“To check Undine’s abilities, they asked me to tell them a few of the water veins flowing in Barossa, so I picked one up, then…?”
Elisha, who was muttering, tilted her head.
Perhaps, a little.
There seems to be no possibility that the situation was induced at all.
Even if it had its own reasons.
Was Elisha herself such a person?
At least she wasn’t a person who used to be like that… right?
Elisha opened her mouth as if to say something in defense.
Puuuung!
Water gushed up like a fountain with a loud sound from the space where the knights of the Guard had descended.
Swhaaaaa!
The rain poured down on everyone in the garden.
Rohan covered the Emperor’s head with the cloak he had spread out, and the Emperor pulled Elisha’s arm.
Everything happened in an instant.
