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

of the Duke! We should not even

put down her salad fork as a

killed by a barbarian in the western sea! Plus,

him go. Your father

“Ahem!”

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

She resembles that crude dancer from head to toe. With her

the Reinhardt dukedom for no reason other than to allow the Brumayers

She must be rotting in a ditch

a mountain. Laritte had been sent there with no support. All she had to do now was

extremely

the only stain on the

an illegitimate child, but

Laritte resembled her dancer of a mother with her pale skin and silver hair.

to that, her eyes…’

so similar to Duke Reinhardt’s golden eyes. It was that cold look, as if she were looking down on you! That expression had been the

to get

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

house needed was: firewood to fight off

complete fool, right? Hahaha!”

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

Rose was the one

even the smallest bit of dampness would have made it

cold on her very first day in the mountains.

she entered the house and lit the

fact when she

with her birth mother, Laritte had to pick herbs from

herbs had been useless weeds, but she couldn’t help it. The alternative was to be home, where her mother

just once, Laritte had gotten lost in

cold. But one day, a violent storm wet the

in lighting them and

“Phew…”

had a spooky feeling. The furniture was old, so it would have been unsurprising if a ghost

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