A checklist filled with triangles and scissors.

I almost despaired at that, but since Duke Ashton Whitehood assured me that he would fully support me, I made up my mind firmly.

‘I have support behind me.’

It’s Royal Blood support. Huh?

The situation is such that the emperor and the male lead, Prince Louis, have both died due to the zombie crisis. Princess Siena, who was the princess consort, was infected as the first zombie, and since there was no child between her and Louis, she was disqualified as the heir to the throne.

So, the only person left was the unfortunate 2nd prince, Ashton Clitter, who was expelled from the imperial family. Due to the chaos caused by Agata, the capital of the Caldian Empire becoming a zombie den, it was a mess, but if this situation could be resolved, Ashton was to ascend to the throne.

In the novel setting, nobles were scarce in numbers, perhaps due to their noble blood being precious. Well… if the nobles of the local territories decide to rebel now, it might turn into a big mess.

However, as long as the causeless zombie hordes control the capital, the nobles of the provinces wouldn’t be able to move recklessly. Moreover, since the current situation in the story was a peaceful era without any wars, the provincial nobles didn’t even have the pretext to rebel.

So, if we just get rid of the zombies, Ashton, who would become the future emperor, would look good, but…

The local noble factions were hesitating because they couldn’t trust me, Elizabeth Kitten, whom Ashton relied on.

Their thoughts were obvious.

‘What if the 2nd prince is murdered by those monster zombies? What should we do then? Shouldn’t we evacuate to a foreign country now, only with our family?’

‘Although he is the only heir to the throne, if he can’t escape from the capital that has become a zombie den, then he does not deserve to be the emperor. Isn’t heaven telling us that?’

‘Moreover, trusting that idle lady who had no interest in the political world? Tsk. Only now hearing about the news of the 2nd prince, it’s full of unreliability.’

Flap, flap. Sitting on the pearl-colored sofa, I handed over the documents with a stern expression.

It was a paper meticulously recording the conversation with the local lords through the communication magical device, which Jaeklin and Sherry had noted down.

“As there are so many lords to contact, I thought it might be more convenient for you to have it written down like this!”

Sherry said with a bright smile. Due to a busy schedule, she didn’t even have time to wash, and her face was covered in sweat, but she looked more beautiful than any goddess statue.

“I love you, Sherry.”

“Oh my.”

As I sat in front of Sherry, kissing the back of her hand like a knight swearing an oath to his lady, Sherry’s cheeks blushed like peaches.
Beside me, Jessica rolled around on the bed and said, “I… came up with the idea. Fortunately, Sherry unni accepted it willingly.”

It was a casually muttered remark, but I wanted to embrace Jessica tightly.

‘Even eavesdropping on others’ conversations is embarrassing for nobles.’

Although we had reached the stage of communicating through magical devices, the thought of recording this conversation had not occurred to those who were present.

Jessica came up with a fantastic idea.

“Jessica, you’re a genius.”

“That’s our sister… right…?”

With green eyes, Jessica grinned, shook her head, and yawned like a slow-moving panda. She seemed to have not understood my words at all, but it didn’t matter.

I wanted to move quickly.

“Lina, will you gather all the communication magical devices from the mansion?”

“Oh, yes! I’ll bring them right away!”

Without asking what I would use them for, Lina, without making any complaints, quickly brought communication magical devices with Emily and Rose.

Then, magical stones of various colors reflected a dazzling light within the pearl-colored room.

Jacqueline, Sherry, and Jessica asked me, seeing communication magical devices charged with various magical stones.

“Uh, Lord Duke? H-how are you going to use all these…?”

I smiled brightly while tightly holding the checklists with dismal results.

“I’m going to make individual calls to humans who find it difficult to provide help.”

Threatening phone calls.

I didn’t say it out loud, but clever Jacqueline already lit up her golden eyes, showing an eager expression.

“Have you decided to put a knife to their throats?”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

I had certainly given them a chance.

I had explained in detail through Sherry and Jacqueline how the situation in Agata, the capital, had turned into chaos due to the inexplicable zombie hordes, and how urgent the help of other nobles was.

Even after hearing that, if these humans, who were trying to withdraw despite the dire situation of the 2nd prince being killed by those monster zombies, didn’t agree, I had no reason to endure.

Ah, of course, I also intended to repay the attitude of subtly ignoring unmarried young ladies who had not yet married.