The banquets attended by the emperor always ended in great excitement.

There had never been a quiet one. Some faint-hearted individuals collapsed, and even the famous Emperor Caleta appeared at the party, which resulted in today’s headlines, decorating the front page of every newspaper with all sorts of rumors.

“Get up and pull yourself together. Don’t make a fuss just because you’re surprised. Everyone is trying to find an excuse and get into the palace.”

Duke Alanka chuckled as he came out of the collapsed Katarin’s bedroom.

“How can you say that!”

“Isn’t this all for the good of our child! It’s frustrating; why are you becoming more foolish? Your becoming empress, and your aura becoming more favorable, benefits the entire household!”

Passing by, Cedric sighed as the crying grew louder. The words “that crazy old man” almost slipped from the tip of his tongue.

“Did the emperor allow us to do what we wanted?”

Of course, he, at least, had some common sense, so he chose an alternative to what he wanted to say. Duke Alanka, who had been scolding his weakened daughter, found his son.

“Don’t even think about it, and what’s the point of having a prelude between us?”

“No, Cedric. Think carefully. Didn’t you see it yesterday? That power!”

Duke Alanka, with his now white beard fluttering, raised his head. Cedric thought quietly. Completely mad.

“Overwhelming people is true power. That leads to power. No one can oppose Emperor Your Majesty.”

Cedric looked into his father’s eyes. When did so much white appear in the whites of his father’s eyes? Clearly, his father believed that the one who killed his elder brother was the emperor. And yet, he couldn’t escape the suspicious glances from his second son.

“We, we must have that power.”

The death of one person has a great impact on many. Duke Alanka had abandoned all the beliefs he had believed in and was now fiercely adhering to new beliefs like a fanatic.

“That’s the only way we can survive. That’s the only way the family, Alanka! can continue to thrive!”

Duke Alanka found it pathetic and frustrating that his children did not know this. If there had been a Manuel, a dead Manuel, there would have been no need for such worries. Manuel, who resembled him, never had anything wrong with him, always stood by his father’s will, and took care of Katarin well.

The daughter, who used to listen well, started rebelling like this after Manuel’s death. The death of the eldest son brought crisis to the family, the upper class, and the entire lineage.
“Yesterday, you collapsed. It wasn’t just one or two people. Don’t say that to someone who’s in pain.”

“How can you maintain your current status by being weak like this? You should aim higher! I know that the times are changing, even though I’m an old man. Why don’t you young people know! Someone, bring me my medicine!”

Since his brother’s death, Cedric’s health had deteriorated noticeably, but he sighed because of his still irritable father.

“Yes, the times have changed. They have changed, so this is happening. Father, do you think that, despite the changing times, nobles can continue to enjoy the power they’ve had so far?”

Even though the era centered around nobility changed with the appearance of the emperor, still?

“Even you, father, cannot continue to enjoy the power as before if you submit to the emperor. There’s already a hole in the eastern part. What we really need to prepare for is not a royal marriage but a war!”

Did you not see that Emperor Caleta appeared at the banquet yesterday! Cedric was genuinely annoyed by these nobles who sincerely talked about making his daughter the empress.

Nobles probably mock each other, just as his father looks at him, and he looks at his father.

It wasn’t just the nobles who caused a commotion because of the banquet yesterday. The Shalea Palace tightened security, and young mages couldn’t return to their townhouses but had to stay in the Glear Palace.

Unlike other mages, the mage who appeared this time still had close family members, so her family came to see her at the palace.

“He’s a really bad guy.”

That’s the maximum insult Milene Genesis, who lived under the nickname ‘the bitch in front of the wall’ in the Imperial Knights filled with all sorts of filthy language, could give. Laughing at the Imperial Knights filled with various vulgar sounds, Roo nodded.

“Very, very, very bad guy! How dare he show up!”

Anyway, the Viscountess and her husband had to continue serious discussions in the palace yesterday, occasionally clashing heads with the emperor.

Now, the ‘Emperor’s Eye,’ Viscountess Flache, went to meet the talkative financial substitute, and the ‘Iron Lady’ came to see her daughter after the meeting with the Imperial Deputy Commander and the Imperial Guard Commander had ended.

After checking several times if her daughter was really okay, without any injuries or emotional distress, she vented her frustration.

“Why didn’t Mom rush out?”

“Your father tore me apart. His Majesty will take care of it. But still!”