Prince Tesler turned his gaze back to the crazy court lady sitting on the branch.

“What the! Where did she go?”

It was truly in the blink of an eye.

In the brief moment he diverted his gaze, the court lady disappeared.

Prince Tesler swung open the terrace door and went outside, scanning the surroundings.

There was no sign of any movement, and she vanished in the blink of an eye?

Even if she had descended from the branch to the ground, there should have been a rustling sound.

‘How is this possible unless she has wings?’

Confusion and absurdity overwhelmed him.

Having forcibly regained composure, he put two fingers in his mouth and blew a short whistle.
Then, shortly afterward, his escort knight, Ken, appeared on the third-floor terrace.

“What’s the matter, Your Highness?”

“There was someone over there!”

He pointed with his hand to where the court lady had been sitting.

“Where… you mean on that branch?”

“Yeah! She was definitely there just a moment ago. She was sitting on that branch!”

“Did you see her face?”

Ken asked with an incredulous look.

Since his master insisted, he threw the question first.

“I didn’t see her face in detail, but it was a woman. She had the attire of a court lady, and her hair was braided on both sides.”

He described the court lady’s appearance, recalling her impression.

“A woman? A woman climbed up to the branch on the third floor and was spying on this place?”

“That’s right! We made eye contact, and she started asking weird questions, then disappeared in the blink of an eye!”

There was not a single aspect of Prince Tesler’s words that Ken found convincing.
However, seeing him get excited with veins popping on his neck, it seemed like he had indeed seen something.

“Maybe you mistook it for a big bird… or something, didn’t you?”

“I’m going crazy.”

Prince Tesler, with a frustrated expression, placed both hands on his forehead and turned around in place.

“Look at that basket under the tree. See the court lady left it there while running away!”

Ken, the knight, stared at the spot the prince pointed with his finger.

“It seems quite likely that it belongs to the court ladies, judging by the white sheet inside, but…”

A fairly large basket was half-tipped over under the bird tree.

“Um… Your Highness, was the court lady with braided hair by any chance a redhead?”

At that moment, a woman who had been listening to the two men’s conversation with great tension cautiously interjected.

“Yeah, a redhead! Why, do you know her?”
“She seems like someone from my residence. Earlier, as I passed through the corridor, I overheard the court ladies talking on the stairs.”

“What were they saying?”

“I think one of the court ladies mentioned going to the main palace’s bedding storage to get bed sheets. And that girl always has her hair braided on both sides. Her name is Anne…”

The woman spoke with a worried expression.

If rumors spread about Prince Tesler indulging in an affair, she wouldn’t escape unscathed. Moreover, her family would also face significant difficulties.

So, before that court lady could speak to someone, she needed to find her quickly, whether to threaten or persuade, and prevent her from talking.

“Damn it!”

Prince Tesler hit the wall with his fist.

“Ken, grab that woman immediately! Don’t let her get away. Since she had a conversation with me, she must not have entered this palace.”
“Well, then, the probability is high that she fled towards the main palace, the opposite direction of here. Should I catch her and bring her here?”

“Why bother? If you catch her, kill her right away.”

Prince Tesler comma
The woman’s face, which had been full of depth, quickly turned shy.

“Before becoming Emperor Lionel’s concubine, whose woman were you originally? Tell me with your own mouth.”

Prince Tesler hastily climbed onto the bed and grabbed the woman’s chin, asking.

“I was always yours from the beginning. I can do anything for you. It’s as if I intentionally became the empress’s concubine.”

The woman laughed brazenly, giving Prince Tesler the answer he wanted.

Descending from the bird tree and quickly leaving the western palace where Zelda’s energy was felt, the young wyvern walked in the direction indicated by Zelda.

It would be much more convenient to just fly, but as Rodi warned, moving around in the original form was indeed a risky behavior.

“Why do I have to wear this uncomfortable thing, seriously.”

The young wyvern felt that the attire of the transformed court lady was quite cumbersome.
Unable to undress, the young wyvern lifted the hem of the dress up to the knees and entered the path connecting the empress’s palace to the main palace.

“Ugh, Rodi said I shouldn’t attract attention from others! Seeing me tormenting my lips like this, I unintentionally stopped…”

The young wyvern recalled the man who had made eye cont
Running without stopping, the young wyvern soon reached the empress’s palace patronage area.

The young wyvern stopped where Zelda’s energy was strongly felt.

It was a building much larger and more splendid than Rodi’s palace.

“If I keep appearing like this, I might get caught by the guy who’s been following me, huh?”

The young wyvern looked around to see if there was a suitable target for a new attempt at shapeshifting.

“Miyaaong [Dash].”

At that moment, a fluffy white kitten emerged from a yellow rose garden.

“Hello? Nice to meet you, Mochi?”

The young wyvern approached the white cat, shaking its hand.

“Meow! (Go away!)”

Recognizing the wyvern in the form of a human, the cat bristled its fur and remained cautious.

I had been awake since earlier.

I felt warmth from the burn scar on my right cheek.

Although it wasn’t as painful as other times, I couldn’t ignore it and couldn’t sleep well.
After taking the magic potion, I had never felt the warmth on my burn scar for such a long time, so it was strange. The warmth gradually intensified as time passed, and recently, the intensity of that warmth had been maintained at a certain level. I sat up. As if sensing my movement, Lionel’s serene facial features momentarily furrowed and then relaxed. I looked down at his face, which had fallen to the side. I wanted to gently stroke Lionel’s soft hair, but fearing I might wake him, I withdrew my hand that was reaching towards his face. I silently chuckled, recalling the words he had spoken before falling asleep. Throughout the night, he pondered the prayer that Grand Marshal Macron had made towards the gods in the consecration field, and during the moments of sharing love, he bravely echoed the words the Grand Marshal had spoken.
‘What? You want to steal my passion? No way, Macron. Your wish was rejected before it could even reach the sky! Tonight, this moment… that’s the proof, my child! Hmph…’

In this way, he physically proved that he wouldn’t be swayed by Grand Marshal Macron’s prayers. As a result, he almost fell into a state of unconsciousn
When I stepped outside, the cat’s cries sounded a bit different.

Meow [Dash]!

It was like a yearning cry or something.

I glanced down under the terrace.

Did I see it wrong? No, I didn’t…?

A white kitten stood upright on its hind legs, shaking its front paws towards me as if waving hand
At that moment, footsteps could be heard in the distance.

Someone seemed to be approaching this way.

However, the footsteps were not from a single person.

Moreover, the directions of the footsteps were all different.

Could it be the guards?

“Hush.”

Leaning against the wall, I looked down at the kitten in my arms and pressed my index finger to my lips.

Surprisingly, as if understanding my words, the cat lifted one front paw and covered my pinkish lips.

The sight was both shocking and incredibly cute, so I stared at the cat in a daze for a moment.

In the brief distraction with the cat, I suddenly turned my head at the strange approaching sensation.

In that moment, my vision turned into darkness.

“Ugh!”

Someone had covered something over my face.