A completely unexpected development. (2)

When the catfight between Yuria and Piana ended with Piana’s victory.

Rudis was on the highest floor of the arena.

-Gulp.

“Don’t be so nervous. The Empress of the Empire, Her Majesty, is not an old-fashioned person who discriminates against people based on their status, hair color, or black magic.”

“That’s right! Mom doesn’t scold you as long as you don’t cross the line!”

“That’s why our Koti gets scolded every time we meet.”

“Wow! Brother!! Why are you telling me that?!”

“Oh no?! It’s Coty Oppa! Don’t hit me!!”

My siblings started a skit to try to ease my tension, but I couldn’t help but laugh awkwardly and relax.

A magician so famous that she can fool the eyes of the Master and Clark Theodore, and is also the mother of the Crown Prince and Princess, and the official wife of the Emperor of this empire.

All of these are too heavy and overwhelming for a title to belong to a character who didn’t even appear in the novel.

People fear what they don’t know.

And since I’ve read the novels of this world, I know most of the important characters, so I can always act cool when we first meet, but I get nervous when I meet someone for the first time.

Even if I say that it’s the mother of the girl I have a crush on right now, I can’t help but feel nervous.

As I waited for the siblings to bicker, I took a deep breath and saw what appeared to be a guard guarding the entrance… The guard of the crown prince that I had met at the amusement park before, lightly nodding and opening the door for me.

“I’m waiting for you.”

“”Oops.””

The crown prince who was being beaten by his younger brother and the princess who was pulling out her older brother’s hair were startled when the door opened without them waiting, and their eyes fluttered open, revealing a neatly organized medieval-style reception room.

And, as soon as you open the door, you see a middle-aged woman with red hair sitting elegantly in the center of the sofa.

The empress of this country was drinking tea in a dignified manner, looking only at ‘me’.

“Come in.”

“Yes.”

I knew that it was an order given to the three of us, including the crown prince and princess, but I was surprised by the heavy pressure and answered without realizing it as I entered the room.

‘Immense magical power control… Almost at the level of Master, no. When I used [Gabul]?’

That’s why you can’t see any traces of magic beyond the screen.

How can I control my magical power to the level of ‘myself’ by applying cheats from my previous life?

Furthermore, it was strange that there were more than ten people escorting the crown prince and princess, but I came to think that it was quite reasonable that there was only one person escorting the empress.

[Level: 62]

[Name: Emilia Royal Labyrinth.]

[Role: Empress of the Empire. Mother of the Nation. Mother of two children.]

[Status: I like my husband, I like my son, I like my daughter, I have a hard time because my concubine is stupid, I think Andrew is stupid, I wish I had a good son-in-law.]

[Characteristics: (Yellow Magic Lv. 5) (Blue Magic Lv. 5) (Physical Arts Lv. 3) (Archery Lv. 3) (Horseback Riding Lv. 5) (Spear Arts Lv. 3)]

A terrifying status window that makes you doubt your eyes the moment you see it. And a status display that you can’t understand.

Moreover, this entire space, including the entrance to the reception room, was completely surrounded by the Empress’s magical power.

This space is the Empress’s domain, and if she wants, she can instantly slaughter any enemy who enters it.

What is certain is that in this space… not only me, but even our sub-chief Broken cannot defeat her. Even if our master has reached the level of a wizard, he will not be able to easily defeat her in this space.

In other words, the more she has ‘weaker’ escorts around her, the more her safety may be at risk.

-Daughter.

“Coffee? Tea?”

” Okay, I’ll take it as coffee.”

“Hehehe.”

As I followed her instructions to take a seat with a light wave of her hand, as if saving time for greeting, she took out a coffee pot out of thin air, boiled water, and began to pour two cups of coffee and one cup of black tea.

Even the way she pours a cup of coffee is so elegant, considering she is an empress.

“Ugh… The girl likes strawberry milk.”

“Coty! Don’t whine. Can you confiscate it with a small report?”

“Eek?! The girl is starving to death!”

The princess complains while drinking the black tea she gave her.

The empress, who had shown herself to be skilled at handling such a person, began to move her lips while looking at me with gentle eyes.

“As expected, she chose the guy based on his face, just like my daughter.”

“Phew?!”

“Hehehe… !”

I had never imagined that she would say something like that in a soft and gentle voice, so despite my self-hypnosis, I honestly spit out my coffee back into the cup, and she said, “Oh my,” and pushed the tissue box over to me.

Oh my god, what is this all of a sudden?

“Are you surprised? Sorry.”

“Oh, no. Rather, I apologize for my rudeness… “

“Hehehe. My husband reminds me of when he was young, so I complimented him without realizing it… Haven’t you heard a lot of people say you’re handsome?”

This time I kept my mouth shut so I didn’t spit it out, but I really couldn’t get a sense of what the conversation was going on.

Even though she couldn’t answer because she couldn’t keep her composure and organize her thoughts through self-hypnosis, she smiled gently, took a sip of her coffee, and continued speaking.

“I heard there was a young man with a good vibe with our Koti, so I called him as a mother to check it out. But, he has good looks, decent manners… and definitely ‘skills’.”

“Thank you for your kind words, Joe.”

“Hehehe. No problem.”

Judging from the conversation alone, it seemed like he was maintaining a good atmosphere thanks to the approval of his girlfriend’s mother, but I started to get even more nervous.

Because she started checking my body with a thin, dense magical power that was taking control of the surroundings while talking about my ‘skills’.

And I am fully aware of the fact that I am aware of that.

‘What on earth are you trying to check?’

Since I knew it, I couldn’t even tell her to stop and just let her magic wash over me, and the empress gradually started to narrow her eyes and pull up the corners of her mouth…

-bang!

“Mom! Don’t do it!”

“Oh my.”

“… Phew.”

“?”

When she did, the princess hurriedly drank the black tea she had received, then slammed the teacup down hard, waved her hand as if chasing away a bug, and wrapped her other hand around my arm.

Oh, but did the princess notice this magical power control? Huh?!

“Hehehe. I heard from your brother that you don’t study at the academy, but it seems like you’re trying hard these days?”

“Wow! I told you to call me to tell the girl something nice! What are you doing all of a sudden!!”

“Huh? Did something happen?”

“Ah, that’s… “

“Hehehe. You don’t have to know Elford. Then, Coty. Would you like to go out with your brother for a bit? I want to properly greet Mr. Rudis.”

“I hate it!! If you want to say something good, five girls’ ratings…!!”

“Strawberry milk, confiscated for 1 year as a soboro.”

“Eww?! But, I still don’t like it…!!”

“Are you quitting the academy too?”

“!!”

The empress, who had silenced the opposing princess by threatening her, smiled innocently as if she had won, and the princess grabbed my arm like a puppy asking for help and began shaking her crimson eyes.

hmm.

“I think this will be a short story. Your Highness, would you please step aside for a moment?”

“Wow…! Mommy is forty-five years old!”

“… Yes?”

“Don’t be fooled!”

“… … “

“… Elford, take him out quickly.”

“Huh? Yes. Koti, let’s go down for a bit so that I can buy you some chicken skewers.”

“Oww! Skewer!”

When the empress, who had been furrowing her eyebrows for the first time as if embarrassed by the princess’s reaction, urged Elford on, her brother, who had been holding onto her arm, grabbed the princess by the scruff of the neck like a puppy and started dragging her away.

“Swish! Swish! If you say something weird to Rudis, even Mama won’t forgive you!!”

Although she didn’t offer much resistance, her voice, which seemed genuinely anxious, echoed and disappeared outside the door.

Seriously, he’s a cute guy.

“Sigh, what was it about that idiot that Mr. Rudis liked so much? I’m really curious. “

“… … “

The empress spoke with genuine disgust as soon as the princess left.

But looking at the condition, you couldn’t help but know that you liked that aspect of that daughter.

And while he was just scratching the back of his head, laughing awkwardly at her words, the empress began to speak in a slightly more relaxed mood than before.

“I heard from Elford. He heard about the secret of the previous coati?”

“Oh, yes… I’m sorry, but I heard.”

“But can I accept the meaning of acting together with that kid without misunderstanding it?”

“Ugh… It’s embarrassing, but yes. I have that feeling.”

To be honest, I don’t really understand what the situation is right now, but I do understand something, even if it’s not enough.

The Empress is currently thinking of me as a potential boyfriend for the Princess, and she seems to be confident that she and I have feelings for each other, so it would be better to lie outright and say that I have no such intentions.

In that sense, I gave a sincere answer, speaking a little hesitantly.

“Hehehe. It’s good that you’re honest. And I’m glad that you’re a ‘human’.”

“?”

The empress, who seemed somewhat satisfied after hearing my story, poured iced coffee into my glass, which was empty after I had reflexively drank it because my throat was parched from tension, and began to look at me with a gentle, yet slightly intimidating gaze.

But when did you use ice magic? Oh my god, I didn’t notice it?

“You hit Andrew in the face.”

“… Yes. I am ashamed of myself for hitting a member of the royal family… “

“I didn’t ask you to blame you. I just wanted to tell you what you’re going to face because of your actions… Neither Courtney nor Elford would have told you properly.”

“That’s what… “

“And.”

The empress, who was starting to feel like she was going to bring up something extremely political, cuts me off and starts looking at me with a different gaze than before.

But this is a look of knowing.

“If you want to be with Koti in the future, and if you don’t want to make that child sad, you need to know this. I’ll tell you first, if you listen to what I’m saying here, you can’t turn away anymore. If you want to turn away from that child… ‘This time’, you’ll be exiled from every country connected to the Empire. Still, do you plan on listening?”

“Yes.”

I responded to her words immediately and drank my iced coffee with a slightly more relaxed mind this time.

Because. Her eyes.

“I see. Then, please continue to take good care of ‘Our Daughter’.”

Because it looked exactly like Yuriah’s.

“I will do my best to make you as happy as I can.”

“Hehehe. Seriously, that kid is just like me, he has an excellent eye for men.”

The empress, with her motherly gaze wanting to protect her daughter, was clearly not the type of person I should be nervous about and deal with.

*

“Mom!!”

“… Andrew, lower your voice.”

“Hey, there’s no one here.”

When a rough-looking man with flowing blond hair enters the annex of the palace, literally with his feet on the ground, the ‘silver-haired’ woman there glares at him in annoyance.

However, paying no attention to her reaction, Andrew sat down on the chair in front of her.

“Did you watch TV? That bitch looks like she’s moving?”

“What kind of speech is that in front of your mother?”

“That’s not important. What can I do? I can’t do anything because I don’t talk to Grandpa or Mom.”

“You can’t do anything. You let him do anything, but he did something useless and lost all the people he had planted around the crown prince. What else do you want to do?”

“Hey, man. You only lost about fifteen people, how many times… “

“Do you know how much money and time it took to plant those ten people!”

-bang!

The silver-haired woman, Rogeria Royal Labyrinth, the Emperor’s concubine, slammed the table nervously and began to speak while looking at her son, Andrew, with contempt.

“Father and I are already moving. You should stay still and not do anything stupid. That will help! If you understand, don’t come to the villa for a while. You don’t know where someone is watching your actions and moving. Really, who do you take after to move without thinking? “

While his mother was nagging and complaining, Andrew was just thinking that she was annoyed and was thinking of something else.

‘That ’empress’ who hadn’t been active outside for years started to move. And this time, that damn bitch made it to the main rankings? Hmm… ‘

“Andrew! Are you listening to your mother!!”

“Yeah, yeah~ So there’s nothing I can do to help you?”

“… Okay. So you just need to reflect during this ranking period. Then, you will be the next emperor. “

“Yes~”

Andrew thinks, his mother’s words falling into his ears.

It was only a week ago that the Empress began to move externally, but Mom and Grandfather spoke as if she had been moving before then.

That means.

‘You did something to the ranking battle arena? Hehe! Then that’s where those guys are going to die. I can’t help but feel this way.’

“And one more thing. Don’t come near that ‘lowly thing’ anymore.”

“Huh? Why?”

A lowly thing.

It was hard to imagine that she would be called by that name even though she was the daughter he gave birth to, but even her own older brother, who heard it, didn’t pay any attention to the derogatory terms used to call her.

Rather, Andrew was just curious as to why she had changed so much these days and why he was being so annoying.

“If you’re nearby when this happens, you’ll definitely get caught up in it. So don’t even think about doing anything to that thing and just stay still. Do you understand?”

“Yes~”

Despite the serious advice his concubine mother gave him, he only gave a half-hearted reply with a smile before leaving the room without even saying goodbye.

Because, that woman. He had no choice but to not see the Coti Royal Labyrinth and the Crown Prince die.

‘… I’ve joined hands with the demon tribe. This time, I will stand as the empress… no, the empress dowager.’

‘Kick! I think it’ll be fun to finish it off while they’re begging for their lives? I wonder who I should stab first to make it fun~’

The imperial festival, the Ranking Tournament, was just beginning.