“Your Majesty, why don’t you hold her after you’ve calmed down a bit?”
Hugo intervened.
“I’m calm! No, do I look like I’m calming down now! Rumors are rife all around us that our empire has lost the favor of the spirits! That our past glory is but a distant memory! Amidst all this, a spirituser, as precious as gold, was born. And she could potentially become a great spirituser in the future!”
But even blush rose to the emperor’s face. Thinking about the prestige of the empire and the praise of the citizens, he couldn’t be happier.
On the other hand, Cedric, who seemed to fluctuate greatly, was holding his younger sister more tightly and protectively, while watching the emperor with suspicious eyes.
‘I’ll protect you, our Eve!’
Evelia tilted her head.
That old man, he’s His Majesty the Emperor.
Isn’t His Majesty the Emperor our father’s employer? Therefore, he’s our family’s meal ticket!
The meal ticket is more precious than anything else in the world, so precious!
Evelia did not realize that the wealth of the ducal house to which she belonged was more than sufficient to sustain them in their territory.
When she thought about the fact that she was simply a civil servant receiving a salary, Evelia reached out her short arms towards the precious meal ticket of the family.
‘Just wait, Dad, Mom, brother! I’m going to make sure our family continues to walk on a path of roses by being nice to our meal ticket!’
A smile spread across the emperor’s face.
“Oh my, our princess recognizes her father’s friend!”
‘Hehe, our meal ticket!’
He was an emperor who only had princes under him. His friend’s daughter looked all the more adorable to him.
The emperor held Evelia, who was smiling at him, with both hands and looked at her with warm eyes. Then, he whispered in a voice that only Evelia could hear.
“Thank you so much, my child. I look forward to seeing our crown prince well in the future.”
Evelia furrowed her small brows. Why are you entrusting the crown prince to me, I don’t plan to get married, meal ticket!
“Aoowoo…! (I don’t like it!)”
“That’s right, that’s right, thank you.”
The emperor, interpreting Evelia’s refusalfilled grunting as he pleased, then shouted to his standing aides.
“Hear me! A spirituser has been born after a long wait. It is only right to announce this to the citizens and celebrate. Starting today, let’s hold a festival in the capital to welcome the birth of the new spirituser for three days!”
The nobles of the antiimperial faction exchanged troubled glances. They had no reason to stop him.
With the announcement that the young princess had become a pledged person of the spirits, it was clear that Artina’s reputation would soar to no end.
They were inwardly hoping that the princess would become Artina’s weakness. But it seemed like she has become a powerful shield instead.
The Duke of De Pont squinted his eyes and licked his lips lowly.
“It seems the princess’s birthday party is going to turn into a citywide festival. This is quite an occasion. Everyone, enjoy the remaining time.”
After patting Evelia’s head one more time, the emperor hurriedly left the banquet hall.
The birth of a new talent. There was a lot of work to be done.
As soon as the doors to the banquet hall closed behind the emperor, the nobles rushed in more fiercely to build even the smallest connection with the duke, who was now poised to strengthen his position even further.
‘Ugh, it’s noisy…….’
Evelia, receiving the greetings of the nobles in Hugo’s cozy arms, made a fuss for a while, but soon fell soundly asleep, exhausted from the spectacular birthday party.
Outside the splendid palace.
The scars of the first demon war were still not fully healed. It was common knowledge even to children that the archenemy of demons was the spirit.
The existence of a spirituser was directly connected to the protection of the empire. This was especially true for the empire’s citizens, who did not have the power to protect themselves.
It was a joyous occasion.
The citizens of the empire, tired from the incessant attacks by remnants of the old kingdom and demons, heard of the birth of a new spirituser and gathered in groups for the first time in a while to tilt their liquor glasses.
Glasses raised high to the sky. The toast was full of respect for Artina.
Especially, the praise for the young princess filled the streets day and night for three days.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]It was a day about ten months after Evelia’s first birthday party.
Evelia, in line with her harmonization with her body, had all her past life’s memories forgotten around the time she started to walk quite adorably, and she could babble very simple words.
Hugo had many days lost in deep thought.
Working till dawn, he would toss and turn after coming to the bedroom.
Waking up from her deep sleep due to her husband who couldn’t fall asleep, Elysia jumped out of bed, waved her hand, and turned on the magic lamp.
“What’s wrong, dear?”
“……Did I wake you?”
“Could I stand still without waking when you shake the bed like that. Has the Count of Defont already moved?”
“If so, I wouldn’t worry like this. His neck should be rolling on the ground by now.”
The Count of Defont, along with half of the nobles who supported the emperor, were sharpening their knives, but they still looked no more than puppies barking for a day in Hugo’s eyes.
“Then?”
“……Actually, I’m wondering whether to assign a guard to our Eve.”
Elysia, who was tapping the pillow with her elegant index finger, slowly nodded.
It was truly a joyous thing that her daughter was born with the blessing of spirits.
But, what does it mean that this fact will be revealed clearly at a banquet where all the nobles gathered?
“I had the same thought. I’ve been considering mentioning it. Since our Eve’s ability has been revealed, there will be many who want to approach her.”
It was an extraordinary ability, so much so that it was difficult to foresee the future.
It was obvious that it would be a great threat to the remnants of the old kingdom, to the demons, and even to the opposing forces that restrained the Artina family within the empire.
“That’s right. So cute and so talented. The city boys, they all need to be blinded.”
“……? What are you talking about now?”
“I’m saying we need to assign a guard to prevent the damned bastards from approaching my daughter.”
“Aren’t we assigning guards in case someone threatens our talented child?”
Upon closer inspection, it seemed that the assignment of guards was for preventing the approach of young nobles. Seriously!
As usual, Hugo’s muscular arm, which couldn’t exert any strength in front of Elysia, was slapped once again.
“How dare someone threaten our child’s safety. Compared to that kind of danger, the threat from bratlike boys is more serious.”
Realizing that the danger she thought of and the danger Hugo thought of were vastly different, Elysia let out a big sigh.
She thought she should especially warn the one who would later be selected as her daughter’s guard about what the real danger to be careful of was.
“Alright. I agree to assigning guards, whatever the reason.”
“Then we have to call those guys……”
“To appoint a guard…… that would be right……”
Those guys referred to the knights of Artina.
A universally acknowledged mad dog.
The reason Hugo and Elysia were so worried about appointing their daughter’s guard was because they had to call that mad dog to the capital.
“I can already hear the barking of dogs from somewhere.”
Hugo sighed, rubbing his tired eyes.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
