Lu casually replied and spread the magic on her palm again. The round lights gathered together, elongated, then repeated the process of gathering into a circle. However, it couldn’t be as big or noticeably sparkling as before.

“Am I a genius?”

With a sound like air leaking out, the magic on Lu’s palm eventually disappeared. No, maybe that sound was Hayden’s laughter.

“Then, you don’t want to do mine?”

Lu still held out her hand, looking up at him.

“No, I just want to make sure because it’s yours.”

“I apologize for my mistrust.”

“If you’re sorry, say it one more time.”

“Since it’s yours, Your Majesty, don’t casually show it to others.”

“Okay.”

When Lu said softly, Hayden, like a boy, laughed happily and nodded vigorously.

The emperor, the Monster No. 1 ridden by the emperor who neatly buttoned up, squeaked and returned to Turington Harbor.

“Did you finally finish him off?”

As the emperor, who had cleaned up as Lu had ordered, neatly dressed and came out, Dragon Lord laughed as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Is it okay when the navy is still in its infancy?”

“The navy needs to be supported by Lord until it can walk properly.”

Melphias pointed to himself, and Hayden, whether to say or not, covered his head with a towel and sat down.

“Me?”

“Yes. So far, Lord has been trying to open the land route because there was no navy. Since I can handle the land route now, Lord, please take care of the eastern sea for a while.”

“Then, when do I sleep…?”

Hayden chuckled.

“I can sleep even if I die, but you can come out right away if something happens while you’re asleep, so you can go to bed anytime.”

Melphias, who had been lazily entrusting everything to the emperor and waiting for the day he could take advantage of it, sighed and wiped his face.

It’s not easy to put people into the sea, especially if it’s not for defense but for an attack. If you are in a position to attack rather than defend, it’s even more challenging.

“Well, anyway, Empress Calleta probably won’t use her hands for a while. When she suffered a major blow, she always tends to avoid the situation.”

Especially when she thought she had been disgraced, she hid her body.

“That guy still murdered Perseta and ran away. Although he was blinded by arrogance because he had been safely squatting inside the wall for 430 years, you shouldn’t think lightly of him, Your Majesty.”

“I’m not thinking lightly, that’s why I’m leaving it to Lord.”

That makes sense. Melphias closed his mouth.

“He’s not Perseta’s veteran, not the wall, just focus on the sea in front of Lord’s Lair. It shouldn’t be too difficult, right? Moreover, there is also a young sage, so you should pay attention to sage education as well.”
“Sage education, can’t it be done without me?”

Hayden looked at Melphias with a gaze that said, ‘What nonsense is this?’ More accurately, it was a look that said, ‘Don’t talk nonsense.’

“Didn’t I greatly reduce Lord’s role? Originally, Lord knows best how the sage conference works.”

If we were to judge based on who knows best, even Ophelia, the Western Sage, would be the same. However, Melphias knew well that there was no point in arguing against those words. The flawless emperor was not easy on Dragon Lord either.

‘Till death, it means giving him work until I die.’

Meeting someone at this age was not a good thing. Ernest II, the previous emperor and Hayden’s grandfather, was a good-natured man.

Because of being too good, there was a sin of trusting Carlos, that damn guy, too much. Still, Melphias, who vowed to thoroughly exploit Dragon Lord, rather than just jumping in and devouring Dragon Lord’s sleep, took care of Dragon Lord’s rest in various ways.

‘No, no… So, while I was sleeping, he obtained even the magic I didn’t notice…’

So, it was right for him to wake up somehow and work for Perseta. However, the emperor, who openly said he would thoroughly devour his bones, was, in any case, unpleasant.

“When Engae is done, come over here, no, it’s better if I go.”

Ah, so, he really wanted to play a trick on the emperor who was giving orders at this late hour.

“Engae has already left.”

“Oh, is that so.”

Hayden picked up the towel and stood up from his seat.

“You shouldn’t go visit now.”

A slightly larger Hayden, bigger than the human form of Dragon Lord, turned his head.

“Why?”

“There’s a sudden guest.”

Melphias laughed good-naturedly, yes, just like Ernest II. Somehow, that laughter was ominous, so Hayden narrowed his eyes.

“It was said that the second son of Duke Alanka had come. I heard that now the two of them are having a consultation between them?”

In an instant, Hayden’s face became more wrinkled.

“It’s true that one-sided consultations have been coming, but there hasn’t been any visit.”

There was nothing as amusing as seeing a man in love lose his reason in an instant and forcibly making unreasonable requests.

“Now, it seems like something will be going back and forth.”

Melphias, who was scheduled to work under the harsh reign of the new emperor for a long time, decided to consider the emperor’s love affairs as the only source of amusement during his working period.

Under such a harsh reign, everyone bends a little.

Today was a considerably long and harsh day. Lu also went into the bathtub and thoroughly washed off the seemingly lingering saltiness. Now, she wanted to sleep soundly, but an unexpected guest arrived, so she couldn’t.

“What? I didn’t know that. I’m sorry. Just go in and rest.”

The guest who hurriedly came was greatly embarrassed to find out that he had disturbed her rest, but Lu shook her head.
“No, it’s fine. What’s the matter?”

As a rule, dealing with matters simply, quickly listening and handling, was a convenient thing. Without waiting for an answer, she looked at Cedric Lamber, the new heir of Duke Alanka who couldn’t help but be at a loss. There was only one reason why this man would have business with her.

“It’s nothing special, but while testing the ship, we almost had a big problem.”

“As you can see, I’m fine.”

“I didn’t expect you to fight personally.”

He came expecting her to be surprised and to have something to say, but unexpectedly, she was in the middle of participating in a battle. Cedric Lamber looked at Lu with eyes that were slightly admiring of the fact that she tried to block the attack of Duke Moquifel with her body at the last reception.

“No, what I mean is, a viscountess can stay behind.”

“It wasn’t a situation where staying behind was an option.”

Lu said calmly. Since Delgau pointed her out, it was her fight, and it was also the process of the young sage learning one by one for the first time.

“I see.”

Cedric quickly nodded his head. He didn’t want to take more of Lu’s time, who had just come out after roughly drying her hair.

“I’ll get straight to the point since you must be tired.”

That was exactly what Lu wanted.

“I think it’s not a bad idea for us to get married.”

Oh, those were the words Lu didn’t want to hear.