Even though they clearly saw their own children at this table, they were so busy chatting that they seemed to have no end.

Slightly annoyed, but since Hiss had no intention of giving, he indiscriminately stabbed the fork and moved the food diligently to his mouth.

“Hey, hurry up. Let’s go get some!”

“Yeah! Hurry up and say it. Are they your big brother and sister?”

The kids began to urge Nia, who seemed gentle and timid to anyone’s eyes.

In response to the attacks of such kids, Nia, who had no choice, reluctantly pushed her plate forward.

“……They’re not my siblings. It’s just that they’re with me.”

‘What an idiot.’

Hiss’s eyebrows twisted slightly as he glanced at Nia.

“Sigh, can’t help it. I don’t really want to, but it tastes better when it’s warm. Give it here.”

The boys were trying to take Nia’s snack on the plate altogether.

However,

“What the?!”

“Ugh! Why isn’t it moving!”

As surprised as the kids’ words, the sophisticated plate remained stuck to the table and didn’t budge.
Hiss’s hand, sitting across, firmly held onto one side of the plate and didn’t let go.

“Get lost.”

The boy growled low.

Upon hearing this, the surprised kids started to cry.

“Huh, huaaah!”

In the end, the sound of crying that burst out of fear summoned someone.

“Why are our sons crying? What happened?”

“He’s not letting Jjogi eat!”

“Mama, he said it was mine! Huhuhuu!”

Madam let out an embarrassed sigh.

Seeing the siblings’ demeanor and thinking that they were somewhat the children of a wealthy family, she thought they wouldn’t be rude if asked to be different and left them alone.

However, despite the huge cake, they didn’t share even a bite.

“Hmm, judging by the looks, it seems like they’re from the Empire. Which family are you from? I don’t know where, but it’s not good to make younger kids cry over snacks like this.”

“They’re beggars.”

“What? What did you just say? Oh my, oh my, oh my! What did you say just now? Unbelievable!”

She was shocked by Hiss’s contemptuous remark as if she had been hit by cold water.

It seemed even more shocking coming out of the mouth of a seemingly quiet aristocrat.

At that moment, a staff member approached amidst the chaos.

“Please, bear with it, madam.”

“Let go, you! From now on, it’s better for you not to catch my eye on this street! Do you know how special I am with the Merchant Guild here? How dare you cause trouble over such a trifle!”

The lady was about to touch the remaining cake plate.

Perhaps intending to return the embarrassment she had suffered with a cheap gesture, she seemed to be about to meddle with it.

Then Hiss’s gaze changed.

There could be no doubt that if he rushed at her and tore her apart right now, it wouldn’t be strange at all.

But at this moment, there was a child angrier than the boy.

“Don’t touch it! It’s big brother’s…!”

A sharp shout from her seemingly gentle mouth and a firm hand tapping on the table.

Well, it was just a petty threat like a puppy barking, but it seemed to evoke more of her anger.

“Oh my! Uneducated siblings are now in pairs… Eup!”

She couldn’t finish the rest of her words.

Genius Hiss had good learning abilities and had recently learned from Lucia how to shut someone’s mouth.

The solution was to fill that whining mouth with food.

“Uh, uaaaah! Mommy!!!”

As the kids cried and even their clothes were messed up with the big cake, the surrounding guests began to gather in the commotion.

Now it was time to leave.

The boy calmly looked beyond the window at the clock tower.

A leisurely time before going to see the coronation ceremony.

“Bring the same thing again.”

Hiss pulled the bewildered staff member by his clothes.

Then the staff member took out the order form again.

“Oh, yes, yes! Th-then, for the younger one…”

“The same thing. And, not my younger sibling.”

With that, Hiss, who opened his eyes wide for the first time, began to go up to the room while holding Nia’s hand.

Behind the tranquil scene, the unjust feeling left for the staff was filled with tips from the young master to alleviate it.
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Lucia, with a gloomy expression, followed Gerald’s guidance and climbed the stairs towards the second floor where the throne was.

Upon arrival, she looked down below.

Noble figures, seemingly untouched by the poor state of the country, illuminated the bright atmosphere of the party.

In this extravagant party, Lucia, who had never thought of holding such a lavish event, found the scene even more disturbing.

And among them, there stood a prince shining conspicuously like a flower in full bloom.

Amidst all these issues, the one she despised the most appeared before her first.

“I didn’t expect Princess Irene to be here.”

Gerald, standing beside her, trembled slightly at the sharp atmosphere.

He didn’t want to catch unnecessary trouble.

Apologizing a hundred times wouldn’t be enough in this situation.

However,

“I didn’t expect myself to be here either.”

Despite Lucia’s disappointed words, his attitude remained unyielding.