Chapter 87

Time passed, and there were about three days left until Sheria's engagement ceremony and Meldenik's title ceremony. When people gathered, they talked about the engagement ceremony and the conferment of titles between Sheria and Meldenik.

"Meldenik has become Her Majesty's healer, right?"

"She has cured a long-standing chronic illness!"

"That's right. Still, Sheria has manifested divine power!"

"…Still, she's a bit… not moral. Adultery, I mean."

"But if you look at it that way, Lady Meldenik used to be a bit…"

However, neither Sheria nor Meldenik responded to people's gossip.

At that time, Sheria was busy arranging holy relics and holy water, praying to God, and communicating with the Pope.

"His Holiness the Pope. That… I'm going to hold an engagement ceremony soon." Sheria looked at the video with a joyful gaze. "As you commanded, a new world will soon come. A pure and beautiful world."

Sheria stared at the screen of the video with a dreamy gaze. On the screen, she could see a hand covered with something thick on the surface of the skin.

"Yes." Sheria smiled cheerfully at her rough, hoarse voice. "Please wait. The day I will give everything to God."

"Come on… Progress… The sun… D." Her voice was husky, hoarse, but it felt like a revelation from God to Sheria.

"Yes." She nodded towards the Pope. The day to unveil the holy relics and holy water containing the Pope's traces to the world was fast approaching.

"So now we need to remove the obstruction."

Whispering low to herself, Sheria immediately turned off the video sphere. She smiled brightly as she looked at her lover, Lennox, who entered her room.

"Lennox, are you here?"

"I can't live because I'm embarrassed, yes!"

"What's going on?"

"Prince Cassian, well, he brought up the story of the affair at an official event!"

"Don't worry, Lennox." Sheria replied affectionately to her fiancé. "I'll take care of everything."

She had completely finished the background research on the stationery store. It would not take a great event to undermine the reputation of the Empress's healer.

"I found out that my sister was always going out with a commoner who didn't even have the status of Dominic."

Besides, my sister said it herself. I said I could touch it.

"If we're having an affair, we can make it an affair too."

"…What does that mean? Meldenik was always obsessed with me." Duke Hesmann asked with a puzzled expression.

Sheria smiled lovingly and took her lover's arm. "People don't care about the truth, Lennox." If you incite them with plausible truths, they will believe it as it is. Sheria smiled affectionately. Rumors would spread like poisonous mushrooms. Even if you tried to fix it, it would be too late.

Yesterday was busy. Thanks to the newly acquired title of the Empress's Healer, the presidents of the Sufia Academy and the Malton Academy visited in person.

If there is a problem…

It was the overwork of Basil, a blood relative of the Kinnoa family and a stationery store owner not long ago.

"Lady Meldenik. How have you been all this time?"

The starting point was the visit of the academy president. In fact, he was curious about me, the Empress's healer, so he just appeared to gauge the situation. However, Basil's brilliant eloquence, which was by my side, was activated. While I was going to get the car for a while, Basil explained some of the uses of the items to the president, who was curious about the stationery store…

"That's amazing! Collaborate with our academy right away!"

"…Yes? So suddenly?"

"After listening to him, I am completely convinced! It's for children, so of course we have to help at the academy level!"

Seeing me nodding tremblingly, Basil nodded as if he had repaid the favor. Of course, it was a huge opportunity that came to me as a small business owner. Thanks to this, I was busy all day to fill the quantity of items that went into the academy.

After the people who came to pick up the goods left, I grabbed Basil's arm warmly. "Basil. You said that the Kinnoa blood relatives have a special ability, right?"

"Yes, it's a scam."

At that time, Dominic, who was buying and selling stationery store items first-in, raised his fist and slammed it on the shelf.

"So when I tried to catch you at that time, you cheated me out of me and ran away, right?" Dominic opened his eyes in anger.

"No, it wasn't a scam, was it?"

"…?"

"At that time, there was just something delicious—"

"It's noisy. Anyway, you cheated on me."

It seemed that Dominic had eaten a very delicious meal. I raised my voice in an atmosphere that seemed to be a bit of a mess.

"Dominic, calm down. Let's start with this." I held out Dominic's favorite morning newspaper.

"Oh, here's my handsome face." In a new article in the tabloid, there was a very hot article about Dominic's infidelity.

"I finally gave you an affair article."

"You met me when you were engaged to the Duke of Hesmann and had a passionate affair." I nodded in satisfaction at Dominic's words. It was definitely a Sheria-like move.

I must have done a background investigation, so the relationship between me and Dominic must have looked suspicious to anyone.

Put the physical attack aside and start with the psychological attack. Give back what you receive. All of this was Sheria's trick. Sheria was acting according to my expected scenario.

"Isn't it bad if it's an affair? Uh, what should I do?" Only Basil was looking at us with a restless face.

I shook my head and thought about my plans. She was framed by Sheria and Dominic for having an affair. What if I revealed that Dominic was not my lover, but a contractor, a hero who saved the empire in the past? The repercussions must have been more than that.

I smiled refreshingly at myself in the mirror and moved my feet. "I told Isaac in advance." In fact, I was worried that he would misunderstand me as a real adulterer. I didn't care much about other people's feelings. But I was worried that Isaac looked at me badly. Perhaps this feeling was due to his sincere gaze. Those eyes were infinitely kind and seemed to accept everything. Thinking that those eyes would change, I felt subtly refreshed.

It was a feeling that Sheria had never felt even when she returned to the Empire.

Rumors about Sheria's affair reached the Mage Tower. Rasmus looked at Isaac, who was in a fairly low-pressure state, and spoke cautiously. There were two notes on Isaac's table. It was a separate note from the "tabloid" and Meldenik. First of all, the contents of Meldenik's note were as follows: She said that the rumors of infidelity were misunderstandings and that he and Dominic had some kind of contract relationship. It also contained an explanation of the reason for the affair rumors.

Maybe.

Isaac leaned back against the back of his chair with an expressionless face.

"Hey, Isaac."

"…Why?"

"Ice is coming out of your hands." He raised his eyebrows once to get rid of the chill that filled the office. Understanding and feeling bad were two different emotions.

Rasmus muttered, rubbing his goosebumps on both arms. "By the way, it's a commoner called Dominic."

"Why?" The answer came immediately. I could clearly feel the anger behind his lazy, nonchalant attitude.

"Wow, you're really handsome." Rasmus opened the tabloid and sobbed, scratching his cheek a few times. Inside the newspaper was a portrait of Meldenik and Dominic.

"I don't know if it's authentic, but isn't he really handsome?"

Henry, who was lying with a bonfire near the sofa, jumped up. And thwack! Henry hit Rasmus.

"Ugh! No, Henry!"

"Mr. Rasmus, are you a jinx? I'll add one more piece of meat!"

"…It hurts because you only have bones!"

Isaac, who had been listening to the two of them murmuring, corrected his gaze. "Rasmus."

Only then did Rasmus stiffen when he remembered what I had done.

That, that's why I've done something now.

In front of Master of the Magic Tower, who clearly likes Meldenik, what have I done! Rasmus screamed as he slammed my long-awaited snout.

"Yes? Oh, of course, it's a rumor. They look like bad people! I'm worried, I'm sorry!"

Even as he said that, Rasmus thought. So far, this Master of the Magic Tower has never affirmed his question. When asked if he was worried about Meldenik, he replied no. And every time I went to save her, I was kind. So, of course, I thought he would deny my question like a knife this time as well!

"Yes."

"Yes?"

"I'm very… I'm curious." At the end of that, he smiled gently. "So, Rasmus. Get out."

Rasmus knew it very well. Isaac was the most scary when he smiled so warmly.

"Yep! Henry, let's go!"

"Wooh? No—" Henry shook his head. However, Rasmus grabbed Henry and hoisted him over his shoulder.

"Uh, let's go? Yes, let's go!"

"Get down! Father!"

Henry's legs were swept away by Rasmus's bandit-like stride.

Bang!

The door of the pagoda closed with a loud noise. Isaac placed the magical artifact that had been illegally distributed on the table.

"I don't have eyes to see." He smiled low, his chin down.

Dominic and Meldenik were just simple friends. I knew that, and Meldenik had explained it that way.

"I'd be better off if I wanted to spread rumors." Then you might be able to get close to Meldenik legally. Isn't it quite a mouth-watering thing?

Isaac immediately looked at the table with his chin crossed, a smile on his face. On the table, he saw a dragon egg that didn't even move. On the day of the title ceremony, will she give him a gift to commemorate the title? Maybe that egg will never hatch.

"Because I said it was blood blessed by the dragon." Maybe that egg will help Meldenik.

He knew why he thought about everything in relation to her.

"I'm too interested." He neatly admitted his condition. All of this was a strange feeling for him, who had always kept the middle way. However, the reason why he liked that excessiveness so much was probably because of the gift-like emotions that Meldenik brought.