Raphine nodded her head innocently.

"Yes, His Majesty said he fished himself and caught fish."

"Hmm...."

The emperor coughed in embarrassment.

Not long ago, Raphine heard this story while looking at the paintings of the Empress.

Raphine looked at the emperor's faint eyes, and then turned to the next page.

"What is this painting?"

The emperor immediately asked with curiosity.

The painting depicts dying people and a beautiful woman like a saint who saves them.

Of course, it was a little messy because it was a picture tailored to the level of a child.

Raphine explained by imitating an innocent child.

"This is a secret. Her Majesty's Majesty gave grain to the dying on the frontier."

"what?"

"Yesterday I overheard Adrian and Violet talking."

"Hmm...."

The corner of the emperor's lips rose sharply.

He, too, knew about this after hearing a report yesterday afternoon.

The Empress seemed to have taken care of the matter, knowing that there was a problem in the support stage. The emperor immediately ascertained the truth and ordered that those who committed corruption be arrested.

However.... When I heard it again through the child's mouth, I was somewhat annoyed and angry.

'Then why did the Empress not tell me sooner, why did she make people misunderstood and upset people? Damn it....'

The bloating broke out. The Empress never said anything properly.

The emperor grunted inwardly, then pointed to the picture and asked.

"Then is this the Empress?"

"Right."

"But why is the Empress turning her back on those people?"

The woman in the picture was coldly turning her back on the people who gave thanks.

"It is. It is because Her Majesty the Empress is shy."

"What?"

"If you do a good deed, you should tell Mom and Dad right away, but there are people who can't because they are shy. So is my Adrian brother."

"...."

"I think it would be embarrassing to say something that deserves praise. I can do it well!"

The emperor's expression softened at those words.

'Yes, the Empress is like that.'

Unlike the emperor, who likes face-to-face, the empress was the exact opposite.

When I was young, I was envious of the empress's character. It seems like I'm going to die of frustration because of it now.

Raphine glanced at the thoughtful emperor with a curious expression.

In the original story, the emperor visits the empress after learning the story behind the incident.

'And the couple fights again.'

The emperor asked, saying, 'Why don't you tell me that beforehand, and make people weird?'

The empress stared at the emperor and shut her mouth.

'They're both quite stubborn....'

After that fight, the two completely shut the door of their hearts to each other.

The bottom line is that misunderstandings continue to pile up and explode due to lack of dialogue.

'Your expression is a little loose.'

Rafine looked at the subtle expression on the emperor's face, and secretly turned over the sketchbook to the next drawing.

The emperor also woke up from his thoughts and looked at Raphine.

In the picture, an old man was raging and angry. Next to him was a boy crouching down.

"What picture is this?"

The emperor now asked with a curious expression. He seemed to have fallen in love with Rafine's description of the picture.

He was also very curious and fiery.

Raphine immediately started performing.

"this person! How disappointing Your Majesty the Emperor!"

At first, Raphine shouted, and the emperor's eyes widened to the size of a candle.

Raphine pointed in the air and shouted hard. Like imitating someone's vocal cords.

"Are you an idiot, telling the Crown Prince? stupid! pathetic! The 2nd Prince will take his place! That is why His Majesty the Emperor hates His Majesty the Crown Prince!"

Of course, it was a bit exaggerated.

"What are you doing now...."

When the emperor panicked, Raphine said, "Huh." He exhaled and wiped his sweat.

And smiled broadly.

"I copied Zerkan's brother's teaching teacher!"

"What?"

"I saw you last time, and your voice is very loud. I thought my ears were going to rip."

"... Did he say that?"

"Yeah."

The emperor's brow furrowed.

No matter how harshly they teach their children, no parent will stand still when an education teacher says such a thing.

'All parents will be the same. Even though my children are the ones who scold me, I can't stand it when other people say things like that....'

In a nutshell, it was the logic of 'My baby, I'm going to spread it out.'

Before the emperor's expression turned to anger, Raphine turned to the next page.

"... This is just an ordinary picture."

In the sketchbook, a bouquet of flowers of various colors was drawn. It was a bouquet large enough to fill one page of paper.

Raphine tore the page to pieces and handed it to the emperor.

"It's a bouquet."

"...."

"I painted the flower that Her Majesty's Majesty's favorite flower. I think your Majesty the Emperor will like it even more if you give it yourself."

"Are you asking me to tell you this?"

"Yeah. I'm a little shy! Please, Your Majesty."

When Raphine spoke with a face that was not at all shy, the emperor smirked as if he was stunned.

But when he saw that he held the paper carefully without throwing it away, it seemed like he would do a favor.

"... big, yes What...."

"You must deliver it today."

"... I know."

"Oh, oh, and...."

"yes?"

"I got lost when I came here, but Peter Grint took me there."

"yes?"

"Yeah. He was very kind."

"...."

The emperor had an expression of 'So what?', but he didn't say it out loud.

Raphine just sprayed TMI like that and disappeared.

After a while, the aides who took a sweet break entered the office.

The emperor, quietly contemplating, hid the picture of the bouquet under the papers.

Then he asked the chief aide.

"you. Did you say you have a daughter?"

"Yes? Ah yes. That's right, Your Majesty. I have three daughters."

"Hmm.... What about the daughters?"

"Yes?"

When the aide asked with a bewildered expression, the emperor rubbed his chin in embarrassment.

"No, it means that daughters are usually so cute and good at talking. Not afraid."

"It's squishy...? All three of my daughters are more blunt than His Majesty Zerkan."

"... Right."

The emperor turned his head in disappointment. Then he got up and grabbed the sketchbook he had hidden under the pile of papers.

"Uh, where are you going? your majesty?"

The aides asked with a worried look.

'Where are you going with this pile of papers?'

When asked with his eyes, the emperor answered confidently.

"I have a task for you, and I will take care of it, so do what everyone used to do."

"... Yes, Your Majesty."

* * *

Raphine walked along with the attendant of the emperor who had promised to take him, and released the servant's hand near the garden of the Empress Palace.

"From here on, I can go alone."

"Yes? but...."

"It's right in front, so it's okay."

"all right."

Raphine spoke boldly, and the attendant nodded as if he was busy and left.

Raphine sat down on the bench in front of her for a moment. It was because I had something to organize my thoughts with the spirits.

'Looking at the attitude of the emperor.... I don't think the emperor hates the empress all that much. right? How did you see it?'

"That's how I saw it, sweetheart."

"The same goes for the Empress. This is a secret.... I've seen divination about the emperor a few times through spirit divination.?

'yes?'

"Yeah. When I told you to go closer to blue, you only wore blue dresses for a while?"

Orphana giggled as she said that.

'Hey, you motherfucker....'

Raphine took a deep breath.

Then the emperor and the empress are both sides, so why did the emperor cheat on him?

'Did the Empress ever use a forbidden technique?'

In the first place, Viscount Tedler was the worst human being to stick his tongue out, so it wasn't surprising that it had anything to do with forbidden magic.

"hey!"

It was then.

Raphine turned her head at the first voice she heard.

"you! Right?"

The person approaching from afar was a person Raphine never wanted to meet.

'It's Antonio.'

Raphine frowned and came down from the bench.

Antonio too, for some reason, was alone with no servants or servants.

"Why are you here alone? Oh, are you also playing hide and seek?"

"...."

Raphine looked at Antonio with a pathetic expression.

Luca and Lois, who are the same age as Antonio, no longer played hide and seek.

'But he's still.... It's childish.'

tt Hanging out with children whose mental age is too low is tiring.

When Raffine was about to turn her head away, Antonio screamed loudly.

"hey! are you ignoring me Do you not know who I am?"

Still, when Raphine did not turn around, Antonio grabbed Rafine's hair at the first glance.

"Aww!"

Raphine looked back in surprise.

no... grabbing your hair?

"Now do you know who I am? I'm cheeky because I think you're cute...."

"Let go of this!"

"You are on your knees right now.... Alas!"

Raffine pinched the inside of Antonio's arm, which was holding her own hair.