One day, four years later, 11 years have passed since they left.

Raphine, who has reached the age of 19 in the spring, is finally greeted with good news.

The newsletter in her hand had a large inscription written on it.

Apocalypse Rift, Destroyed!

Raphine quickly rolled her eyes and began to read. It was written that it was Crown Prince Zerkan who directly destroyed the Rift of the End.

'It was also successful.'

You don't know how worried I was because the time to return was later than the original.

For the past few months, I have had nightmares every day.

'Now I'm relieved.'

Tears welled up and Raphine pressed her eyes tight.

At the end of the article, it was stated that their return would be around winter.

It looked like the war had to end.

'I'll have to monitor the cracks again to see if they're open.'

Raphine exhaled a sigh of relief and looked to the article text below.

Prince Antonio, who defeated the barbarians, returns to the capital.

It was well known that a few years ago, Prince Antonio had left for the outskirts of the Empire.

Just by looking at it, the intention was clear.

'It must have been that Viscount Tedler wore his head because his stomach hurts because Zerkan is winning.'

Yes, it was nothing compared to the achievements left by Zerkan, but it was different from the point of view of the capital aristocrats.

To the nobles of the capital, the existence of a 'beast beast' was almost like an imaginary animal.

It feels like something out of a play or a storybook, as I have spent the past 11 years peacefully without any damage.

'They don't know how many sacrifices lie beneath the peace they enjoy....'

On the other hand, the barbarian forces outside the empire were not very foreign to them.

First of all, unlike beasts, they were the same human beings, and how mean they were in history was well described.

A barbarian who wants to invade an empire that is confused by the war with the beasts.

'The nobles felt a great deal of anger and shame towards such barbarians.'

Everywhere I went, I heard swear words against the barbarians, so I knew it very well.

Maybe that's why, it feels like Antonio, who defeated the barbarians, fed the nobles with refreshing cider.

'I don't like it.'

Raphine had tears in her eyes when she thought of the three Musketeers who had to suffer from that far away.

You don't know how worried I was because we couldn't communicate with each other for the past year or two.

This was because the number of the beasts decreased and then increased explosively again.

'I'll have to watch the newsletter diligently for a while.'

As the rift is gone, there will be a lot of news about him.

However, contrary to Raphine's expectations, the newsletter a few days later took an unexpected title.

Monastery of Saint Helena, the sky opens and the Lady of Light appears.

Raphine checked the newsletter at the Royal Academy and began to read the article while muttering.

"On the day the rift was destroyed, a young female priest was called by the gods while praying in the waiting room of the temple...."

No, what kind of bullshit is this?

The brows were frowned at the dirty media play of the temple.

'They're trying to intercept the results of the hard work of Zerkan and the subjugation team.'

Just looking at it, I felt the intention.

'It must be rainy season because the rift is closed thanks to the appearance of the saint....'

Raphine clicked her tongue. But who believes this? Not stupid.

In addition, it was something that did not appear in the original.

Raphine roughly crumpled up the newsletter and got on the wagon waiting in front of the building.

It was time to wrap up the long academic life and return home.

* * *

Yerenad Academy was abolished due to the war with the Demon Beast, but the capital's Imperial Academy was still continuing its education.

The Imperial Academy was an academy that taught magic, swordsmanship, and administration, and Raffine was also attending there.

Now that I'm 19, it was my last semester before graduation.

'Oh, that's cool.'

It was summer, so the weather was very hot, but the inside of the carriage was cool due to magic.

'I remember last summer....'

In the past 11 years, the three main characters of the original have gone to the Academy. Rafine also had very busy days.

First, they had to keep an eye on the Empress so that she would not get sick or endangered.

Contrary to the original story, it was quiet without any major incidents, probably because the empress left for the monastery, but Raffine was not vigilant.

The rest of the time was devoted to finding the relics of Ruby and Orphana.

The problem was that I still couldn't find it....

Ruby said so.

"Don't worry too much. Baby, if you see that the coordinates have not yet appeared, it may appear after you reach the age of majority.

It was this winter that Rafine had her coming-of-age ceremony.

Anyway, if you look at what you haven't been able to find despite all your efforts, do you really think there is such a thing as a holy relic? I had a thought.

That's right, last summer. Raphine used the pretense of travel to visit all kinds of places around the capital.

Unlike Ruby, who is not polished, Orphana rolled Raffine hard.

"Things I did for my master. Haven't you forgotten?>

With such words, they dug into people's consciences and rolled them like slaves.

Especially when I think back to last summer, when I suffered a lot, my teeth were broken.

But what can't be said to Orpana is that Raphine's business is still in charge of him.

The size of the business has grown to an even greater size than expected.

It has been over 10 years since I first imported tea.

The tea and pottery business was booming enough to say it was in its heyday.

'Ravior Sangang', which is owned by Rafine, still does not monopolize the tea business, but it has been firmly maintaining the No. 1 position in the industry.

We all had to eat together, and we couldn't monopolize it forever.

Of course, I don't know about the other tops, but if there were any signs of starting a business here at the top of Tedler, I followed them thoroughly at that time.

In particular, the tea business is also a business, but the ceramics business has grown to a tremendous scale.

It was no exaggeration to say that the top of the Ravior industry is almost monopolized in this industry.

It was because there was no top that gave the craftsmen who made tea cups this kind of treatment.

There were dozens of pottery brands belonging to the upper ranks of Rapine, the most famous of which was supplying exclusively to the imperial family.

'I just said that a new product is coming out tomorrow.'

Raphine was thinking about tomorrow's schedule, and as the carriage slowed down, she looked out the window.

Before long, the carriage had arrived in front of the Duke of Aston's residence in the capital.

The carriage drove slowly through the gate to the front of the building. Raphine enjoyed the scenery while looking at the large garden.

My father's business had also grown to a larger scale during that time, and he had enlarged the site of his mansion a few years ago.

The carriage stopped, and Raffine got off the carriage with the help of the butler who came to meet her.

"The meal will be ready soon, so change your clothes and come down immediately. miss."

"Are the older brothers already here?"

"Yes, you arrived early."

Raphine nodded and went up to the room.

No matter how busy you are, have dinner together at least 4 times a week.

That was the rule of the Duke of Aston.

Recently, Luka and Lois became knights of the Imperial Capital Guard.

I heard that your goal is to follow your mother and become the leader of the 1st Guards....

I still have a naughty personality, so I don't know if I'll be able to do it well.

Raphine changed into the clothes Shilaine had chosen, and then headed to the restaurant.

"Raphine, are you here?"

"When did you take your exam?"

As soon as they entered the restaurant, Luka and Lois spoke to each other in a quarrelsome manner.

"Ugh. Ignoring my brother Wow. It's because he's a student at the terrifying Imperial Academy...?"

"Hey, don't be too harsh on Rafine, who hasn't even graduated yet. How will my brain explode with my graduation thesis?"

After graduating two years earlier than Raffine, the two made fun of Raffine whenever they had free time.

'Look, I'm graduating soon.'

Raphine sat down, ignoring it as if she was used to it.

Not long after, Mom and Dad came in, and the twins smiled as if they had teased Raphine.

Of course, the talk of the dinner was the return of Adrian.

"You have to come back in winter.... It's only been a few months and I don't know why it feels so far away."

"Don't worry too much, honey."

Seeing the friendly mother and father, Rafine swallowed the meat hard.

Then, Lois said as if he had remembered something.

"If it's winter... Maybe around the time Raphine is celebrating her coming of age?"

"I think so."

coming of age.

Raphine was nervous at that word. When you say those words, mom and dad....

"Hey, when did you grow up like this...."

"Black.... I will, honey."

Because it brought tears to my eyes.

When Raphine glared at Lois, Lois immediately changed the subject.

"Well, after the coming-of-age ceremony, proposals will be pouring in.... What do you think of that?"

At those words, Mom and Dad distorted their faces violently, as if they had ever cried.

The Duke of Aston shuddered.

"I really don't understand the culture of sending proposals after coming-of-age ceremony. Where does such a vulgar and mean culture exist...."

As soon as my mother's coming-of-age ceremony was over, my father, who had sent me a proposal for the first place, said so.