“Look for another partner for such things. My dream will not change, and I will certainly not cook for the Lady.”

Taking a short breath, Mikael delivered his verdict.

“Now, please leave the kitchen.”

Eliseus seemed shocked.

But soon, shock turned into anger and annoyance.

“Even if you say it nicely, really!”

Eliseus grumbled spiritedly.

The gaze that had been glaring at Mikael soon shifted to the table where the ingredients for kimchi fried rice were laid out.

“Do I have to see such a crappy dish here?”
I heard muttering.

Eliseus, who was rolling her feet, passed by Mikael and headed for the table.

“I wouldn’t even eat this even if you gave it to me!”

Her hand, raised high, was about to drop the ingredients on the floor.

“I’m not a dog!”

“Hey, Luis!”

Luis, who had been silent, squeezed through the door.

Running to Mikael’s side, Luis stood facing Eliseus and pointed her finger at her.

“Eilin, who’s this lady?”

“What, lady?!”

Eliseus’s face turned crimson.

Trembling all over, she pointed at me all of a sudden.

“Lady, that woman over there!”

Before asking why she was pointing at me like that, Luis took charge and intervened.

“Eilin is not a lady! The lady is the lady, and Eilin is an angel!”

Her small body pointing here and there looked awkward.

“Hey, this!”

“This is not it, Luis!”

Eliseus stopped in her tracks at Luis’s untimely introduction.

“Oh, you still don’t know because you’re a child?”

Whether she now recognized herself as a child or for some other reason, her tone became somewhat softer.

It was when she placed her hand on my chest while speaking.

“Luis, an angel refers to me, the saint.”

“Lady is making too much noise.”

“What?!”

Eliseus turned around in shock. Evan was standing where she lowered her gaze.

‘When did he get there!’

He was just sticking close to me a moment ago. I didn’t even feel his presence.

Eliseus’s anger, which had momentarily subsided, rose sharply again.

“Hey, why are you speaking informally?”

“Even the lady is speaking informally.”

“I’m an adult!”

“The lady introduced herself informally.”

“Hey!!!”

A scream that felt like my eardrums would burst shook the kitchen.

Luis, Evan, and Mikael all plugged their ears at the same time.

‘It’s going to be a problem if it continues like this.’

Observation was over.

I went inside before Eliseus could put her nails to use.

“Luis, Evan. Come here.”

“Yeah!”

Luis and Evan rushed toward me.

Mikael, whose name was not called, looked at me with a bewildered expression.

“Sister-in-law…”

While Eliseus was so cold to her, she now looked at me with teary eyes.

I sighed and gestured for her to come.

“Mikael, come here too.”

Without saying a word, Mikael ran towards me and hid behind me.

‘Three chicks…’

Feeling like a mother hen protecting her chicks, I was in that state.

The attitudes of these chicks added weight to Eliseus’s anger.

“Why aren’t you coming here?!”

“Stop!”

I stood in front of Eliseus, blocking her way.

“Ugh, Eilin. That lady is scary.”

“Right. Like a wild cow.”

“What? A wild cow?!”

Eliseus, who was about to run towards the children, trembled.

Then, she burst into forced laughter and glared at me as if she was going to kill me.

“Huh, okay. What kind of children did you raise so badly? Move away. It seems they need my guidance.”

“No matter how much of a saint you are, you can’t lay a hand on the princes.”
“Who started this just now? Even Mikael, how can all of you, as saints, lack courtesy toward me?”

I didn’t bother considering who touched Mikael as I questioned sharply.

‘What if I say such words to that gentle one?’

Mikael is sort of like my child too.

Though he was the main male protagonist, he had been taken care of, so it seemed like affection had developed.

Therefore, I had no intention of handing over the chicks to Eliseus.

“All of them share Reinhardt’s bloodline. The saint is staying here with Her Majesty’s permission, isn’t she?”

If she didn’t want to get involved with the emperor, it meant to keep quiet.

Eliseus snorted at my words.

She seemed to know this world well.

“These unruly kids, who cares about them?”

It was a statement Eliseus would never make, like a weapon as dangerous as a dagger.

With this, my certainty was complete.

“All three princes are under the protection of Kaschar. Do you know what that means? We can also talk to Her Majesty about the saint’s rudeness on our side.”

Protection is synonymous with responsibility and accountability.

With three princes under Kaschar’s protection, he had the same number of voices as if he were another emperor.

With four royal bloodlines, officially raising an objection would be something the emperor couldn’t ignore.

“…That.”

Eliseus hesitated in response.

Although the exact meaning was unclear, she could sense that she would be on the disadvantageous side.

“And shouldn’t the saint stay in the annex? You were allowed to stay in the duke’s mansion under that condition.”

“As long as you don’t get caught!”

“But you just caught me now.”

Eliseus tightly sealed her lips in response to my words.

“If you immediately return to the annex, I’ll overlook it for this time.”

“…You’re being too harsh just for listening. You’re not the lord there!”

Her final retort was pathetic.

“I’m his fiancée.”

I took a step closer and whispered so that only Eliseus could hear.

“You, aren’t you Eliseus?”