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For a moment, Katlena felt her head start to spin as unexpected events unfolded, thinking that she had finally returned home after a long time.

“So.. your mother becomes a duke.. Is that it?”

“Yeah.. That’s how it happened.”

Likewise, the mother’s expression looks as if her head is throbbing and she has a headache.

So the mother and daughter shared similar feelings and drank tea at the same time, which felt even more bitter today.

Rosebetta, who was burning inside at her husband’s sudden surprise attack, and like her mother, Katlena, too, was just feeling heartbroken at the current situation.

‘No, no… why do things keep getting more and more twisted like this? Succession to the throne? That never happened the whole time my neck was still intact.’

As I live my second life, I find that it is already so different from my previous life.

Of course, they were all the result of her other choices, whether intentional or not. But as time went on, the degree of this was becoming increasingly unpredictable.

Because of that, Katlena had already given up on this issue, but her wish was that there would be no major changes if possible.

My relationship with Zeros had stabilized, and my issues with my sisters had been resolved, so I didn’t really want any other problems to arise due to such a drastic change.

Feeling so confused and strangely uneasy, Katlena began to fall into confusion, completely unsure of how the political situation would unfold in the future.

Meanwhile, regardless of what his daughter thinks, he is about to become the new ruler of this principality in just a few days.

Mina Rosevetta Dragona was secretly cursing her husband, the Duke.

‘This husband’s baby will be able to feed me in this way.’

From her perspective, it felt like a stab in the back of the head, just as it did when she had previously declared that she would pass the title on to Katlena.

Throughout the Western Continent, there were only a handful of instances where a monarch abdicated while still alive.

In Radu’s case, he was a person who had some distance from natural history, but even so, it was considered too hasty for someone in his fifties to have already declared that he would abdicate.

Of course, if that were the case in the first place, there would have been no reason for the monarch to declare that he would succeed to his wife.

In any case, through this incident, Rosebetta was once again deeply aware of how self-willed her husband was.

‘So… appointing Katlena as successor is out of the question, and the children are all grown up enough, so you’re going to just quickly hand over what you have to hand over and go fishing, right?…’

After appointing himself as her successor, her husband seemed to have lost interest in his duties as a duke.

If you think about it, wasn’t it my husband who always said that he had to leave a good world for his children?

Considering that the bastard was referring to Catlena, it is perhaps no wonder that the Duke has lost much of his political ambition.

However, I never really thought that they would try to push things through so suddenly like they did with the previous commotion over the appointment of a successor.

No, maybe that’s why my husband didn’t know that things went this way.

As before, he wants to get things done quickly so that she doesn’t have time to react or react.

‘It’s not a method I like, but it’s also a very efficient way to get things done.’

Anyway, what was important was how she would do things from now on.

Originally, Rosebetta had thought that she would hand over the throne to Elios as soon as she received the position, but after talking to her eldest daughter about it, she decided to put it on hold for the time being.

Although he had returned for a brief break, Elios was currently working as the president of the academy.

Since the older child’s intention was to think about it later when the situation changed, Rosebetta had to take this position at least for a while.

And what that means is this:

If up until now her role was to help her husband make decisions, this means that from now on she will be the one making the decisions herself as the monarch of the duchy.

As a result, it meant that the future appearance of the Dragona Duchy would be very different from before.

‘I somehow became the successor… and somehow became the duke. But… that doesn’t mean I should lead this country in a clumsy way… I don’t have any intention of doing that.’

It’s not that I was particularly greedy for power.

She was willing to give up her seat at any moment if her daughter wanted it.

However, that does not mean that Rosetta was the type of person to waste the power she had in her hands, nor should she do so.

For herself, and most of all, for her daughters.

She began to steel herself to do the best she could.

And for this, the first thing that came to her mind was.

That… completely changed the fate of her daughter and her family right before her eyes, and further, the fate of this nation called the Duchy of Dragona.

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The sudden news caused an uproar not only in the Duchy of Dragona but also throughout the empire.

From commoners who heard the news by chance to monarchs who received formal invitations.

Everyone was quite surprised by the news of Rosetta’s accession to the Duke’s throne, and the nobles of other regions were especially surprised.

To be honest, I still had my doubts until the news of the appointment of a successor began to spread.

When they heard that Duke Dragona, who had three healthy daughters but no sons, would pass the throne to his wife, those who did not know the details thought that this was simply a stopgap measure to prepare for an emergency.

It is a tool to ensure smooth succession when something unexpected happens to the Duke.

However, contrary to many people’s expectations, it ended up becoming a reality in the form of the abdication while the Duke was still alive and well.

“Yangwi Rani.. Are you saying that Duke Dragona suddenly got sick or something?”

“No, that’s not the case. In the first place, I doubt if the Duke is even sick…”

“But why on earth? Why would a sane person hand over the throne… to his wife at that?”

“I don’t know for sure. However, I dare to guess that it might be the result of the power struggle that occurred when the successor was appointed.”

“A power struggle?.. Ah.. That.. You mean the story about how he tried to pass the throne to his daughter, but at the last minute, he ended up naming his wife as his successor?”

“Yes, that’s right. I heard that the Duchess’s influence was very great at that time.”

“Hmm.. I’ve heard that story before. Above all, I know that woman, the Duchess, because I’ve seen her in person. She’s a scary woman who can kill people with just a look..”

“If it’s someone like that, wouldn’t it be possible for him to pressure his husband and take over the throne? I think that’s the inside story.”

“Hmm… That makes sense. Wasn’t he the one who killed hundreds and thousands of people with his own hands without batting an eye just a few years ago?”

“In that sense, Duke Dragona seems like a great man. He had two daughters while holding such a great woman in his arms. ”

“Well, you’re not an ordinary person either… Anyway, if things have turned out that way, it means that the relationship between our principality and the Duchy of Dragona will change a lot in the future, so think about preparing for that.”

“Understood, my lord.”

Although in reality, the situation was unfolding without any intention on the part of the person concerned, Rosebetta, the current situation was making most people think that Rosebetta had indirectly used her power to bring down her husband.

And this is not just a simple safety device…

This meant that Mina Rosevetara Dragona had truly become the monarch of a duchy with real power, and that the situation in the Duchy of Dragona, the most powerful principality in the Empire, would change in a different direction than it is now.