I now wanted to call the Marquis, or anyone, regardless of who it was. I just wished lightning would strike in my room.

However, that brat didn’t stop talking.

Spouting such bizarre words while wearing that troubled expression!

“I’m a fast learner, so please bear with me for a while. If you go to Caidel, you’ll understand. It’s similar to the military there. That’s the environment I grew up in.”

Caidel Gongja slightly furrowed his brow, as if thinking, ‘Now that I see it, my environment was unfortunate.’ I let out a long sigh.

‘Why am I going there?’

I barely mustered the strength to speak.

“Caidel Gongja?”

“Yes, Roar Yang.”

“Please don’t use the word ‘body’ in front of me from now on.”

Upon hearing that, he gave me a puzzled look for a moment.

“Have confidence. Roar Yang is still acceptable.”

How fortunate I ate breakfast.

If not, I might have exhausted all my strength restraining my anger at this moment.

I gritted my teeth and spoke.

“Gongja-nim.”

“If you want, you can talk about my body too. It would be fair then. In fact…, I’m curious about the vocabulary you’ll choose.”

“Stop!”

As I cut him off, he became a wilted face.

Perhaps he had never made such a massive mistake all at once in his lifetime.

Growing up in a household where only knife-wielding men made a fuss, he lived receiving only women’s praises. It seemed he never had the chance to be pointed out as crazy.

“Understood. I’ll think about it on my own. You have no right to stop that.”

Then he turned to me and smiled subtly.

What were you thinking just now…?

I bit down on my molars and said, “Gongja-nim.”
“Now, please go back. Besides, Misha is in this house. An academy classmate who fell for Gongja-nim!”

Caidel Gongja’s teacup, which he was about to bring to his lips, trembled slightly. It was a reaction to my pointed remark.

Who on earth called that person the genius of the empire?

Feeling like my lifespan was diminishing, I let out a hollow laugh. Suddenly, as if he had remembered something, he asked,

“Now that Misha Roar Yang’s story has come up, may I ask if it’s time to reveal the truth of that letter? How about a three-way meeting with Misha? It’s said that honesty is the most important in climbing the stairs of a relationship.”

The stairs of a relationship.

Even if I don’t know who it is, that teacher must twist the writer’s tongue.

“Get out.”

I said very calmly, and he didn’t immediately understand my words. However, looking at the fork trembling sweetly in my hand, he erased his smile.

He politely stood up and said,

“You enjoyed the tea, Roar Yang. Please give me the honor of inviting you next time.”

Although my lips trembled, I could pretend to smile like that.

“Never appear in front of me again. Gongja-nim.”

“Roar Yang. Even if it’s your request, there are things that can’t be done. Hoot.”

He smiled charmingly, but he sighed lightly at my boiling spirit and disappeared beyond the balcony.

It seemed like he was expressing regret that he couldn’t give a farewell kiss.

The first lord must eliminate that instructor who corrupts his son’s mind.

For the future of Caidelga and the empire.

I returned to the palace without taking a break at the Marquis’s.

The unexpected reconciliation with Misha was a bit shocking. The fact that Misha acknowledged me in that way.

It’s not unpleasant, but after facing the child and entering a new phase in that way, I felt overwhelmed about how I should handle it now.

However, with Caidel Gongja’s sudden appearance, there was no time to dwell on that.

I suddenly thought that the amount of madness existing in the world might not be constant.

Now that Caidel Gongja monopolized it, Misha came to her senses…

“Ah, I should come to my senses.”

I went to assist Her Highness in preparing for the evening party.

The Agael envoys arrived safely, and the administrators confirmed that the smelters they brought were indeed capable individuals.

A proxy war over the land of the Amata tribe between Agael and the Empire was taking place, and a rapid atmosphere of reconciliation was being created.

In the meantime, I pondered the Marquis’s words. Now that the competition has become a free-for-all without conditions, where should I lead Her Highness?

One fortunate thing was that I didn’t need to step forward and excel in anything unnecessarily.
While making the princess look dignified as a royal, I had to find a way to pass the time as defensively as possible. That was what I needed to ponder.

Around the evening after the preparations were done, Miliora Jun took my breath away. I also dressed in the dress provided by the Marquise and escorted her.

As she headed to the venue where the envoy’s welcoming banquet would be held, she asked me quietly.

“Lorisha, what should I do today?”

“You might want to show friendliness to the envoy who first accepts you. Then, after exchanging greetings, if other questions come up, redirect them to the responsible administrator.”

“Is the construction of the smelter a technical issue?”