***
At that time, Dominic, who was putting his long sword on the second floor of the stationery store, came down to the bench in a bewildered day.
"What, I cleaned up the second floor and washed it, so why is it so noisy?"
His gaze reached my side, then stopped sharply at the Tower Master.
Dominic's expression crumpled.
"Who is this."
Yeah.
'How should I describe this man?'
Since you said that you are the master of the Tower, can I tell Dominic?
But as soon as I opened my mouth, Isaac hit the player.
"An inseparable strategic partnership?"
Dominic approached me, shaking his head.
The Tower Master continued to talk with a smile around his mouth as if he were contemplating the situation.
"What about you?"
"I signed a blood contract with Mel-."
Not a chance.
Isaac is on my side, but I didn't intend to let him know that Dominic was a hero yet.
I stretched out my neck and shouted loudly to block Dominic.
"Oh, here comes the security guard!"
Fortunately, my trick worked.
Everyone's eyes turned to it.
Just in time, a loud, throbbing sound could be heard from afar, breaking through the noise.
The street security guards, who recovered Hildegart's body and organized the wagon began to make loud noises and scream.
"Curse, curse!"
"Hi, Hildegart isn't this the Duchess of Vaveloa?"
After receiving Dominic's strange gaze, I just nodded.
In the distance, I could see five horses from the security guard running quickly through the dust.
***
The security forces found in her carriage a runaway illusion stone developed by Viscount Telin.
The Viscount Telin sent Hildegart a modified illusion stone for revenge, and it was presumed that she had seen a nightmare in it.
People now pointed their fingers at Hildegart from behind.
Rumors that her daughter Sheria and Duke Hessmann had an affair also spread among the young nobles of the Academy.
As it was a matter involving high-ranking nobles, the police tried to crack down on the rumors.
However, bad rumors are originally based on legs.
Fast rumors spreading around the streets where the academy is located could not be prevented within the security forces.
All of this happened in just three days.
No one was unaware of the news that Hildegart's crazy face had a curse pattern.
The rumors scattered around the world making the Duke of Vaveloa furious. Of course, he had some regrets about Hildegart, who had been fleshed out.
But he was the man with the strongest self-consciousness. He was also a man who could never stand for his reputation being tarnished by the family.
"Stick some doctors in the villa."
"Aren't you treating them in the mansion?"
"What's so great, treat me at the mansion!"
"Yes, sir."
The Duke of Vaveloa sent Hildegart to the villa, just as he had disposed of the body of the former duchess.
The foolish Duke of Vaveloa did not even know that this act fueled rumors like it was a curse.
***
At same time Hildegart's stay at the villa was decided. Inside the Imperial palace's second Prince office.
Prince Cassian was in a private conversation with the Security Commander who was in charge of all aspects of the Empire's security.
"I'm here to report on the accident of the Duchess of Vaveloa, your Highness."
Cassian put the hand that was rolling the pen down then clenched his chin.
The Security Commander cautiously held out the illusion stone toward Cassian.
"That's the illusion stone from the problem."
Cassian was quietly lost in thought as he looked at the illusion stone inside the glass wall.
To him, who is not very good at magic, this illusion stone seemed extremely normal.
"Madam was on her way back from Lady Meldenique's stationery store."
"······· Really?"
He was smart.
The long-standing feud between Meldenique and Hildegart, the illusion stone, the curse, etc., quickly came to a conclusion inside his head.
'Maybe Meldenique······ It could be related.'
However, the evidence was clear.
Hildegart abandoned the Viscount Telin on the day of the Academy Petit debut, and it was rumored that the Viscount Telin was eccentric and bad enough to take revenge on the lady.
In addition, the illusion stone was obviously Viscount Telin's. People would never doubt Meldenique.
"Your Highness."
"......"
The honest security guard carefully asked Cassian, who remained silent.
"Is there anyone you suspect?"
Cassian firmly hardened his mouth.
On the last day I saw her, Meldenique was smiling brightly. When I asked if she was happy, her smiling face remained like an afterimage.
'I'm sincerely happy!'
Cassian whispered low as he folded the security officer's report.
"It's not."
"·····Are you serious? No wonder-."
"Please hand it over to the end of the internal investigation. No one is suspicious. Let's treat it as unknown cause."
"Yes, I see. If His Highness says so, then there is certainly no one suspicious."
The Security Commander nodded his head without any doubt.
Cassian closed his lips again.
This was likely to remain an exception in his life as a principleist. However, making an exception seemed uncomfortable but not too bad.
One side of his heart has become stiff again.
'I hope you keep smiling.'
Because I used to expect a happy shop is created by happy people.
The dreamcatcher which had moved from the bedroom to the office, was shining brightly near the window.
He looked at the back of the leaving Security Commander and rang the bell installed on the table.
Soon, the Butler came inside, bending over.
"Call my minister."
"What?"
Cassian looked at him with an unknown expression and said.
"Because I think we should prepare the schedule for the conferment of the title of Marchioness Kinnoa." (TN – After doing some research on Marquis I found that Marchioness is the feminine version of Marquis so I'm changing Marquis/Marquess to Marchioness)
It was time to prepare a ceremony for Meldenique, who became the Marchioness of Kinnoa at the Imperial Palace.
'I'll be able to see your face on the day of the ceremony.'
There was a blush on Cassian's friendly face.
He wasn't particularly chaste, nor did he have a crush on her.
'······Should I talk to you on that day.'
Meldenique was just that much to make an exception to the principles of his daily life.
He started to organize the documents he was looking at as he looked at the back of the Butler as he was walking away.
Today, on behalf of the Emperor, he had to handle various tasks of the Imperial Palace until late at night.
***
The 2nd Prince Cassian declared an official end to the Hildegart case.
1
At the same time, the Imperial Palace has notified that it will set the date for the ceremony. The date of the award ceremony has been set two weeks later.
The fact that I had left the Duke of Vaveloa behind and had chosen the title of Marquis of Kinnoa spread quietly.
The atmosphere surrounding my stationery store became noisy again.
Now all I had to do was repair the stationery store and part with Dominic, who was with me like blood.
"If you do not appoint a manager of the estate within seven days after receiving the documents directly from the emperor, or if you do not deliver a letter of appointment to the manager of the estate, your title will be null and void."
"It's an old law."
Because of Hildegart, the stationery store territory and buildings were also incorporated into the territory.
I didn't know when Lenox and Sheria would return, but I couldn't leave the stationery store for seven days.
"Dominic, will you come back? I'll give you the mountain when the land gets wider."
Dominic shrugged and answered seriously.
"Oh, really? Good. I hope that mountain becomes a golden mountain."
"········Oh, that's true?"
However, such a lottery win does not happen in reality.
I whispered low towards Dominic.
"If the blood relatives of Marquis Kinnoa are still alive on the land, you must bring them back alive. I have a lot of questions to ask."
Even the blood relatives of Marquis Kinnoa could have died easily.
But what if there were survivors.
The survivor may be aware of the dragon curse.
'The curse of the dragon woven into my body is definitely something strange.'
+
I remembered the genealogy of dragons that Prince Cassian had given me. And the pattern that was engraved on the back of my hand and then disappeared.
1
"The Marquis of Kinnoa must have some secret."
***
At that time, Dominic, who was putting his long sword on the second floor of the stationery store, came down to the bench in a bewildered day.
"What, I cleaned up the second floor and washed it, so why is it so noisy?"
His gaze reached my side, then stopped sharply at the Tower Master.
Dominic's expression crumpled.
"Who is this."
Yeah.
'How should I describe this man?'
Since you said that you are the master of the Tower, can I tell Dominic?
But as soon as I opened my mouth, Isaac hit the player.
"An inseparable strategic partnership?"
Dominic approached me, shaking his head.
The Tower Master continued to talk with a smile around his mouth as if he were contemplating the situation.
"What about you?"
"I signed a blood contract with Mel-."
Not a chance.
Isaac is on my side, but I didn't intend to let him know that Dominic was a hero yet.
I stretched out my neck and shouted loudly to block Dominic.
"Oh, here comes the security guard!"
Fortunately, my trick worked.
Everyone's eyes turned to it.
Just in time, a loud, throbbing sound could be heard from afar, breaking through the noise.
The street security guards, who recovered Hildegart's body and organized the wagon began to make loud noises and scream.
"Curse, curse!"
"Hi, Hildegart isn't this the Duchess of Vaveloa?"
After receiving Dominic's strange gaze, I just nodded.
In the distance, I could see five horses from the security guard running quickly through the dust.
***
The security forces found in her carriage a runaway illusion stone developed by Viscount Telin.
The Viscount Telin sent Hildegart a modified illusion stone for revenge, and it was presumed that she had seen a nightmare in it.
People now pointed their fingers at Hildegart from behind.
Rumors that her daughter Sheria and Duke Hessmann had an affair also spread among the young nobles of the Academy.
As it was a matter involving high-ranking nobles, the police tried to crack down on the rumors.
However, bad rumors are originally based on legs.
Fast rumors spreading around the streets where the academy is located could not be prevented within the security forces.
All of this happened in just three days.
No one was unaware of the news that Hildegart's crazy face had a curse pattern.
The rumors scattered around the world making the Duke of Vaveloa furious. Of course, he had some regrets about Hildegart, who had been fleshed out.
But he was the man with the strongest self-consciousness. He was also a man who could never stand for his reputation being tarnished by the family.
"Stick some doctors in the villa."
"Aren't you treating them in the mansion?"
"What's so great, treat me at the mansion!"
"Yes, sir."
The Duke of Vaveloa sent Hildegart to the villa, just as he had disposed of the body of the former duchess.
The foolish Duke of Vaveloa did not even know that this act fueled rumors like it was a curse.
***
At same time Hildegart's stay at the villa was decided. Inside the Imperial palace's second Prince office.
Prince Cassian was in a private conversation with the Security Commander who was in charge of all aspects of the Empire's security.
"I'm here to report on the accident of the Duchess of Vaveloa, your Highness."
Cassian put the hand that was rolling the pen down then clenched his chin.
The Security Commander cautiously held out the illusion stone toward Cassian.
"That's the illusion stone from the problem."
Cassian was quietly lost in thought as he looked at the illusion stone inside the glass wall.
To him, who is not very good at magic, this illusion stone seemed extremely normal.
"Madam was on her way back from Lady Meldenique's stationery store."
"······· Really?"
He was smart.
The long-standing feud between Meldenique and Hildegart, the illusion stone, the curse, etc., quickly came to a conclusion inside his head.
'Maybe Meldenique······ It could be related.'
However, the evidence was clear.
Hildegart abandoned the Viscount Telin on the day of the Academy Petit debut, and it was rumored that the Viscount Telin was eccentric and bad enough to take revenge on the lady.
In addition, the illusion stone was obviously Viscount Telin's. People would never doubt Meldenique.
"Your Highness."
"......"
The honest security guard carefully asked Cassian, who remained silent.
"Is there anyone you suspect?"
Cassian firmly hardened his mouth.
On the last day I saw her, Meldenique was smiling brightly. When I asked if she was happy, her smiling face remained like an afterimage.
'I'm sincerely happy!'
Cassian whispered low as he folded the security officer's report.
"It's not."
"·····Are you serious? No wonder-."
"Please hand it over to the end of the internal investigation. No one is suspicious. Let's treat it as unknown cause."
"Yes, I see. If His Highness says so, then there is certainly no one suspicious."
The Security Commander nodded his head without any doubt.
Cassian closed his lips again.
This was likely to remain an exception in his life as a principleist. However, making an exception seemed uncomfortable but not too bad.
One side of his heart has become stiff again.
'I hope you keep smiling.'
Because I used to expect a happy shop is created by happy people.
The dreamcatcher which had moved from the bedroom to the office, was shining brightly near the window.
He looked at the back of the leaving Security Commander and rang the bell installed on the table.
Soon, the Butler came inside, bending over.
"Call my minister."
"What?"
Cassian looked at him with an unknown expression and said.
"Because I think we should prepare the schedule for the conferment of the title of Marchioness Kinnoa." (TN – After doing some research on Marquis I found that Marchioness is the feminine version of Marquis so I'm changing Marquis/Marquess to Marchioness)
It was time to prepare a ceremony for Meldenique, who became the Marchioness of Kinnoa at the Imperial Palace.
'I'll be able to see your face on the day of the ceremony.'
There was a blush on Cassian's friendly face.
He wasn't particularly chaste, nor did he have a crush on her.
'······Should I talk to you on that day.'
Meldenique was just that much to make an exception to the principles of his daily life.
He started to organize the documents he was looking at as he looked at the back of the Butler as he was walking away.
Today, on behalf of the Emperor, he had to handle various tasks of the Imperial Palace until late at night.
***
The 2nd Prince Cassian declared an official end to the Hildegart case.
1
At the same time, the Imperial Palace has notified that it will set the date for the ceremony. The date of the award ceremony has been set two weeks later.
The fact that I had left the Duke of Vaveloa behind and had chosen the title of Marquis of Kinnoa spread quietly.
The atmosphere surrounding my stationery store became noisy again.
Now all I had to do was repair the stationery store and part with Dominic, who was with me like blood.
"If you do not appoint a manager of the estate within seven days after receiving the documents directly from the emperor, or if you do not deliver a letter of appointment to the manager of the estate, your title will be null and void."
"It's an old law."
Because of Hildegart, the stationery store territory and buildings were also incorporated into the territory.
I didn't know when Lenox and Sheria would return, but I couldn't leave the stationery store for seven days.
"Dominic, will you come back? I'll give you the mountain when the land gets wider."
Dominic shrugged and answered seriously.
"Oh, really? Good. I hope that mountain becomes a golden mountain."
"········Oh, that's true?"
However, such a lottery win does not happen in reality.
I whispered low towards Dominic.
"If the blood relatives of Marquis Kinnoa are still alive on the land, you must bring them back alive. I have a lot of questions to ask."
Even the blood relatives of Marquis Kinnoa could have died easily.
But what if there were survivors.
The survivor may be aware of the dragon curse.
'The curse of the dragon woven into my body is definitely something strange.'
+
I remembered the genealogy of dragons that Prince Cassian had given me. And the pattern that was engraved on the back of my hand and then disappeared.
1
"The Marquis of Kinnoa must have some secret."
