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.

have melted

should not even be

been quietly eating, put down her salad fork as a

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

let him go. Your father was able to circumvent the marriage

“Ahem!”

the conversation by clearing his throat. The Countess wiped her mouth with her

consider a Brumayer could be so useful? She resembles that crude dancer from head to toe.

reason other than to allow the Brumayers keep

right! She must be rotting in a

the dukedom was an old villa in some corner of a mountain. Laritte had been sent

was extremely

on

disliked her father who sired an

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

that, her eyes…’

golden eyes. It was that cold look, as if she were looking down on you! That expression had been the

wait to get rid of the corpse.”

table knew that Rose was talking about Laritte. But still, no one scolded her for her choice of words. It was clearly demonstrated here how

firewood to fight off the chill of the night. So, with all the money she had left from the Brumayers, she purchased

what a complete fool,

was

truth, Rose was the

were to pick a branch off the ground, even the smallest bit of dampness would have made it impossible to light with a

cold on her very first day in the mountains.

autumn and already this cold…’, Laritte thought as she entered the

realized this fact when she was six years old.

mother, Laritte had to pick herbs

been useless weeds, but she couldn’t help it. The alternative

just once, Laritte had gotten lost in the mountains.

enough branches to survive the cold. But one day, a violent storm wet the branches. They could no longer catch

for dear life, succeeding in lighting them and starting a fire only when she was on the brink of death.

“Phew…”

old memories, looked around. The inside of the villa was very dusty and had a spooky feeling. The furniture was old, so it would have been unsurprising if a ghost popped

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