Erina had been having strange dreams every night lately.

The contents she saw in the Goddess’s spring water and the Book of Wisdom mixed with what Erina remembered appeared in her dreams.

The dreams oddly showed jumbled versions of what Erina knew.

One day, Erina abusing Rose would appear in the dream, while another day, things that happened after Erina’s death, as seen in the Goddess’s spring water, would appear.

Erina realized that the recurring dreams were accurately showing things that happened before the regression.

The things she remembered and the things seen in dreams were somehow similar yet somehow subtly different.

Everything Erina knew and remembered from before the regression was based on Rose’s memories.

Unlike Erina’s memories where Rose was the subject, the dreams were from the perspective of an observer watching everything, so Erina suspected this might be why it felt somewhat different.

So Erina decided not to blindly trust her own memories.

The dreams were mostly about things Erina already knew, but a few days ago, things she didn’t know started appearing in her dreams.

She saw the actions of the Small Kingdom Alliance rushing towards the destruction the fairies had wanted to achieve, and the things Rose had done.

Their actions were so meticulous and cruel as to deceive everyone, that Erina alone could not possibly stop them.

So she decided to tell Enzo everything and ask for help.

Watching for an opportunity, Erina requested an audience with Enzo after the banquet with the delegation had ended.

Enzo agreed, seeing that Erina’s expression was not ordinary when she came to see him.

After the banquet, Enzo prepared a place in the First Reception Room to meet Erina.

As it was right after the official schedule ended, Enzo was with Sandes and Herigel.

As Duke Herigel Emkil was the Imperial Guard Commander, guarding Enzo was his basic duty, so he was always present for official schedules.

Invited by Enzo, Erina came to the First Reception Room and seeing not just Enzo alone but three people, she quietly asked.

“Are these truly trustworthy people, Your Majesty?”

“Hm?”

Surprised by Erina’s serious expression, Enzo answered that they were.

“Enough that if you wish, I could bring and use the imperial verification artifact.”

“I understand.”

Erina relaxed her expression and smiled, greeting Sandes and Herigel.

“I apologize. Given the nature of the matter, I took the liberty of asking.”

Knowing she had been to the temple and tower, Herigel guessed it was related to that and replied it was fine.

But Sandes deliberately expressed his upset with exaggerated actions.

“Your Majesty, it seems the Countess quite dislikes me. Where did all that affection go when she embraced me so tenderly…”

“Sandes!”

Startled by Sandes’ sudden teasing, Erina blushed and jumped up, calling his name.

Sandes and Enzo laughed at Erina’s fresh reaction, but there was someone who couldn’t laugh.

“You two, were you in that kind of relationship?”

Seeing Herigel ask with genuinely surprised wide eyes, Sandes was even more surprised and asked.

“Wait, you didn’t know?”

Sandes asked Herigel with a dumbfounded face.

He thought Herigel would naturally know since he was always by Enzo’s side unless something special happened.

Laughing at their mutual confusion, Enzo sorted out the situation.

“Now now, Herigel knows now so it’s fine. Speak, Countess.”

Erina cleared her throat to calm her excitement and pondered for a moment what to say first.

She planned to tell Enzo, Sandes, and Herigel about the fairy descendants, the Risky family, and the Small Kingdom Alliance, just as she had told Terik and Heila.

So Erina decided to tell the three of them in order to prevent such a situation from approaching.

“Do you know about the Risky family, Your Majesty?”

At Erina’s question, Enzo stroked his chin and thought for a while before answering.

“The Risky family? I’ve never seen such a family in the Asilaum Empire.”

“It’s not a family in the Empire.”

Following Enzo’s answer, Sandes responded.

As he handled overall affairs together, there was no noble family Sandes didn’t know.

“Is it a family from another kingdom?”

“No. The Risky family doesn’t belong to any empire or any kingdom.”

“Does such a family exist?”

Enzo asked Erina back, seemingly truly surprised.

“It’s a family that has existed since before the Age of Magic. Created by fairy descendants shunned by all, it has quietly continued until now.”

At the mention of fairies that seemed to belong only in legends, the three men appeared to think for a moment before cautiously asking one by one.

“Countess, is this what you saw at the temple and tower?”

“Yes, that’s right. I directly saw and felt it.”

As Erina’s dark expression briefly appeared and disappeared, Sandes grasped the main point of the conversation that kept circling for her sake.

“So there are people from the Risky family in the Empire. And it seems related to the Small Kingdom Alliance as well.”

Erina had met with Sandes several times after returning from the temple and tower, but not once had she brought up this topic.

She had just focused on enjoying happiness, putting aside all difficulties, intoxicated by the happy times spent with him.

“Did Heila tell you?”

“No.”

Sandes had long ago told Heila that if she wanted, she could become Erina’s person and no longer relay information.

Heila had gladly turned to Erina, and since then, Sandes could no longer receive news unless Erina was truly in dire straits.

As Erina and Sandes made eye contact and smiled, Herigel cautiously spoke up.

“Is the Small Kingdom Alliance heavily involved?”

Herigel stopped mid-sentence, pressed his lips shut, and lowered his head.

Then Erina recalled Herigel exchanging greetings with Enzo at the Founding Ceremony.

Clearly at the Founding Ceremony, Enzo had greeted Herigel, congratulating him on his daughter giving birth to a daughter.

Herigel’s eldest and only daughter was currently married to the Crown Prince of the Smale Kingdom and even had a daughter.

“The Small Kingdom Alliance is an organization that supports the Risky family. They knowingly or unknowingly help the fairy descendants, and are those who run together towards the destruction the Risky family desperately desires.”

Erina knew that what they truly wanted was the disappearance of all the children of God, their sworn enemy, but since she was the only one who knew this fact, she wrapped it up prettily in her words.

Even so, it wasn’t exactly a lie.

After all, before the regression, they had killed Erina and erased all traces of the children of God, planting the seeds of destruction.

Enzo was taken aback by the sudden mention of destruction.

Since the end of the Age of Magic, there had never been a major issue on the continent.

Of course, wars big and small had always existed, but none warranted the name of destruction.

Enzo doubted whether he should take those words at face value.

Though she said she had heard the story from the temple and tower, the current situation on the continent was too peaceful to speak of destruction.

“So, is the Countess saying that the Small Kingdom Alliance and those belonging to the Risky family, whom we do not know, are moving in hopes of the destruction of the Fechenia Continent?”

“Yes, that is correct.”

“I’m a bit taken aback.”

Enzo expressed his feelings to Erina without hiding them.

Erina understood him.

Who would believe in an instant if someone suddenly said destruction would come when they were living well?

The reason the three people before her were listening to Erina’s words was because her name was written in the Goddess’s spring water in the temple and the Book of Wisdom in the tower.

“I’m not asking you to do anything to them right away. I just brought it up hoping you would keep an eye on them.”

“You’re saying to watch them.”

“There’s no harm in being prepared.”

“We’re always watching them anyway, so we’ll pay a bit more attention.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Enzo readily agreed.

Although Enzo was still half-skeptical of Erina’s words, he agreed because it came from the temple and tower, and it wasn’t a particularly difficult task.

Herigel, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, softly spoke up.

“Perhaps the Smale Kingdom…”

“I understand that the Smale Kingdom is also involved. Duke Emkil, have you perhaps contacted the Crown Princess of Smale?”

At Erina’s words, Herigel let out a deep sigh.

As soon as he heard the news about the Small Kingdom Alliance, Herigel had already contacted his daughter.

His daughter seemed to be just as perplexed.

The news his daughter conveyed was incredibly absurd and unbelievable.

She said that despite the Crown Prince and nobles all trying to stop them from joining the Small Kingdom Alliance and acting against the Empire, the King of Smale was stubbornly pushing forward alone.

When the Crown Prince asked his father, the King of Smale, he only answered that he was waiting for ‘that person’.

She said that all the nobles were racking their brains over the king’s unilateral action of openly attacking the Asilaum Empire, which was none other than the future queen’s home country.

Furthermore, with the secret export of magic stones continuing, they were excluded from the magic stone distribution countries, and now there was even a proposal for abdication.

She said the Crown Prince was here as part of the delegation with Herigel’s daughter because his father was obsessed with an unknown ‘that person’.

“It is said that all of Smale Kingdom’s actions are the king’s unilateral decisions. As a result, there have been disruptions in magic stone distribution, and a proposal for abdication has been submitted.”

Herigel conveyed the truth while also expressing his feelings as the father of his daughter.

“If the current king is deposed and my son-in-law, the Crown Prince, ascends to the throne, the Smale Kingdom will also withdraw from there. So.”

Even as he spoke, Herigel couldn’t finish his sentence, realizing he was losing perfect neutrality as a noble of the Asilaum Empire.

Enzo tapped the table, and Sandes maintained silence.

“Your Majesty.”

When Erina called out to the pondering Enzo, the gazes of the three men once again focused on her.

“If it’s the unilateral action of the Smale King, please accept them after the Crown Prince’s ascension.”

“We’re currently reconsidering all those who secretly exported, is there a particular reason we should do this?”

“It’s to isolate those who support the Risky family. We must not leave them with even a small amount of power.”

Enzo stroked his chin, his expression sour as he contemplated.

Given the current stern actions towards other kingdoms, he wondered if there was any need to accept them.

Then Erina spoke to Enzo in a soft but firm voice.