1. Laritte and the new house

620 years ago, the Iyasa continent unified and the Empire was born.

The Brumayer family supported the Imperial family in their rise to power and accumulated enough accomplishments to be considered a founding contributor to the Empire.

However, the current generation of Brumayers lacked power, as seen in their current status of Count.

But now, with a daughter married to Duke Reinhardt, a man second in power only to the Imperial family, the Brumayers hoped to see the light once more.

‘…That’s what I thought.’

Count Brumayer felt regret when he thought of the current situation over dinner.

On the table was the family chef’s ‘Beef Steak’, magnificent enough to be called one of a kind. It shone brightly yet he couldn’t bring himself to lay his hands on it.

Rose, too, felt depressed about their situation.

Everytime she closed her eyes, she could see Duke Reinhardt’s shimmering form, just like how he had appeared to her three years ago.

When the continent of Iyasa had unified for the first time in history, the Empire prided itself so highly that it kept the name.

In the heart of the palace laid the first banquet hall.

The ceiling in the corridor leading to the banquet hall towered above the banquet goers. The intricate carvings on the ceiling was, in royal fashion, decorated brilliantly with gold.

Below that ceiling, Rose encountered the Duke for the first time.

‘…Ah!’

His hair was so black it seemed to absorb all the light, standing out in that bright corridor. Beneath his hair were the world’s purest gold eyes, appearing aloof and detached. Though his eyes were narrow, their masculine beauty matched well with the finely tanned muscles outlined by his shirt.

“I can’t believe such a Duke passed away…”

Rose lamented and tormented the steak with her fork.

Although there were some women who had never seen the Duke, it was said that all women who’d met him would fall in love with him.

The few swordmasters in the Empire were nicknamed ‘the murderers’, but the Duke did not care for such things as others did.

confident I could have melted his heart.”

Duke! We should not even be using that traitor’s title!”

who had been quietly eating, put down her salad fork as a

barbarian in the western sea! Plus, the war was

let him go. Your father was able

“Ahem!”

deliberately interrupted the conversation by clearing his throat. The Countess wiped her mouth with her napkin but continued to speak.

be so useful? She resembles that crude dancer from head to toe. With her fulfilling the contract, we

sent to the Reinhardt dukedom for no reason other

She must be rotting

a mountain. Laritte had been sent there

was extremely

only stain on the otherwise happy Brumayer

sired an illegitimate child, but she loathed

her dancer of a mother with her pale skin and silver hair. And those were

to that, her

as if she were looking down on

to get rid of the

the table knew that Rose was talking about Laritte. But still, no one scolded her for her choice of words.

the first thing this abandoned house needed was: firewood

a complete fool, right? Hahaha!”

told her as she was leaving. Rose was aware that she was heading

Rose was the one who didn’t know what the outside

Laritte were to pick a branch off the ground, even the smallest bit of

happened, Laritte would be fighting the cold on her very first

thought as she entered the house and lit the fireplace using her wood.

realized this fact when she was six

pick herbs from the mountains in order to make

she couldn’t help it. The alternative was to be home,

had gotten lost

managed to gather enough branches to survive the cold. But one day, a violent storm wet the

lighting them and starting a fire only when she

“Phew…”

was very dusty and had a spooky feeling. The

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