With his disrespectful tone and squid snack, Aldwood Jajak could easily tell who the boy was.

“D-Daevan Gongja…”

Of course, it had to be that Gongja. Even if I were wrong, I had been wrong for a long time.

Amelia Hwangbi also had a quite awkward expression. She was well aware of the various rumors about Daevan Gongja’s personality.

‘He’s said to have a fiery temperament, unlike other courtiers.’

Even if the Duke was considered an outlaw in Hesse, he still had the dignity and responsibility of a noble with the title and head of the family.

Without clear evidence or proof, it wasn’t easy to harm Hwangbi or Jajak.
The same goes for Clements Gongja. Moreover, Michael Gongja, who is a twin like Daevan Gongja, was said to have a distinctly different calm demeanor compared to Daevan Gongja.

However, Daevan Gongja was different from others. He relied more on instinctive judgments than rational ones in his actions.

Especially when it came to Daevan Gongja, the punishments handed down from the royal family were meager.

Although the value of Daevan Gongja’s talents was undoubtedly high, the main reason for not being able to impose punishment on him was that there was no proper way.

“I asked him what he was doing.”

Daevan spoke slowly. At his words, one of the knights raised a fuss.

“It’s outrageous! Please respect Lady Hwangbi!”

“Respect?”

Daevan chuckled.

“Which country’s etiquette allows drawing a sword in someone else’s house?”

The knights stood in front of the small Diana. Daevan warned the knights shortly as he approached.

“Step aside.”

As Daevan took a step closer, the knights hesitated but didn’t retreat easily. Daevan’s gaze turned to Amelia Hwangbi and Aldwood Jajak.

“Do you see me as someone who will follow the etiquette in your eyes?”

At his words, vitality scattered around. The knights could instinctively sense that if they touched the feelings of that gongja a little more, it would mean their lives.

However, Aldwood Jajak and Amelia Hwangbi, who had no sense to perceive such things, kept their mouths shut.

Eventually, without Amelia Hwangbi’s order, the knights stepped aside.

“H-How dare you without my command!”

Amelia Hwangbi was furious, but that was all. She couldn’t cause any harm to the knights.

On the contrary, if they had stood their ground, it was unknown whether their necks would be intact by now.

After the knights stepped back, Diana stood there with round eyes.

Daevan touched Diana’s two cheeks and checked her condition.

“Kid, are you okay?”

“Huh? Umm…”

Diana looked at him somewhat dazedly. Others didn’t catch Diana’s reaction.

The knights only hoped that Amelia Hwangbi would retreat as she was, and Aldwood Jajak was shaking and unable to properly use his legs.

Amelia Hwangbi pushed Jajak aside and stepped confidently towards Diana and Daevan.

“Daevan Gongja, don’t interfere with me.”

“Interfere?”

“Right now, there’s evidence that Lady Diana used dark magic. I plan to take her and conduct an investigation.”

“Oh, really?”

Daevan burst into laughter loudly, as if he had heard a truly amusing joke. Amelia Hwangbi felt even more insulted at his appearance, which didn’t fit the current atmosphere.

“If you’re going to take her, go ahead and take her.”

“W-What did you say?!”

“If you can take the kid from me, go ahead and try.”
As the conversation ended, Amelia Hwangbi felt a terrifying chill down her spine. The knights, surrounded by a dense atmosphere, tightly gripped their swords to avoid trembling hands.

“I heard it earlier, why you want to take the kid.”

Daevan pointed to the fallen crystal ball. Sensing discomfort in his gaze, Amelia Hwangbi momentarily bent down to pick it up.

Just before her hand touched the crystal ball, it shattered like a small bomb, scattering tiny glass fragments in all directions.

“Ahh!”

The shattered glass pieces grazed Amelia Hwangbi’s hand, leaving small scratches.

“Oh, she was troublesome.”

Daevan said indifferently. In response to Hwangbi’s scream, the knights’ sword blades all pointed towards Daevan’s neck.

However, the sword blades couldn’t approach Daevan. The strong wind that suddenly rose around Daevan lifted the knights into the air and blew them away.

Watching their guards being blown away from them, Amelia Hwangbi’s chin and lips trembled.

The scream naturally stopped. Only then did Daevan lower the hand covering Diana’s ears.

“Hw-Hwangbi!”

Aldwood Jajak belatedly rushed to Hwangbi. With a disdainful look, Amelia Hwangbi stared at Daevan and said,

“Do you think you’ll be unharmed even after harming the body of the imperial family?”

At her words, Daevan smiled as if finding the situation amusing.

“If you can take the kid from me, go ahead and try.”