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

quietly eating, put down

a barbarian in the western sea! Plus, the war was

him go. Your father was able to

“Ahem!”

conversation by clearing his throat. The Countess wiped her

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

been sent to the Reinhardt dukedom for no reason other than to allow the Brumayers keep the Duke’s

She must be rotting in a ditch somewhere,

some corner of a mountain. Laritte had been sent there with no support. All she

was extremely happy.

the only stain on the otherwise happy Brumayer family.’

sired an illegitimate child, but she loathed Laritte

lacked the typical Brumayer characteristics. Rather than red hair and freckles, Laritte resembled her dancer of a mother with her pale skin and silver hair. And those were traits that any

to that, her eyes…’

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

to get

still, no one scolded her for her choice of words. It was clearly demonstrated here how Laritte had

in her life, Laritte was able to spend her time relaxing. She already knew what the first thing this abandoned house needed was: firewood to

what a complete

she was leaving. Rose was aware that she was heading to the mountains where trees were plenty, so why would

ignored Laritte until the very end. In truth, Rose was the one

the ground, even the smallest bit of dampness would have made it impossible

Laritte would be fighting the cold on her very first

thought as she entered the house and lit

when she was six years old.

her birth mother, Laritte had to pick herbs from the mountains in order to make

it. The alternative was to be home, where her mother

Laritte had gotten lost in the

But one day, a violent storm wet the branches. They could no

succeeding in lighting them and starting

“Phew…”

very dusty and had a spooky feeling. The furniture was old, so it would have been unsurprising if a ghost popped up out

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