“Your Majesty, look at this!”Rashta ran to Sovieshu with an engraved pendant given by Duke Elgy from Blue Bohean.“Your Majesty!”Rashta burst into the room with a large smile and then stopped in surprise.“Wow…”Rashta covered her mouth as she stared at Sovieshu before her.“Your Majesty, you look wonderful…”He was dressed in a black and white suit, different from the fancier outfits of the New Year’s celebration. He smiled weakly, not looking in the mirror. Rashta quickly went ot his side and admired him from top to bottom.“You look good everywhere. Aren’t you being too shameless by looking this handsome?”“You flatter me.”Rashta gave a small giggle then held out her hand to him.“Look at this.”“That’s the crest of Blue Bohean.”“Wow. Your Majesty’s genius. You recognized it right away?”Rashta’s eyes widened in admiration again, and Sovieshu gave a small smile and rubbed her back with one hand. It was a strange reminder that Rashta was from another world, as nobles were almost obligated to memorize the crests of other houses.“Why are you dressed so nicely?”She placed the pendant in her pocket. In truth she had shown the pendant from Duke Elgy to Sovieshu because she wanted him to be jealous. She was taken aback when he seemed rather calm, however, as if he were ignorant of her intentions.“I told you a few days ago. I have to go to the royal villa.”“Oh…Rashta thought you were supposed to leave by morning, but it was cancelled. You said you’d be back the day after tomorrow, right?”Sovieshu glanced at the clock and nodded.“Make yourself comfortable here, Rashta.”Sovieshu lightly kissed Rashta’s cheek and turned away.“Rashta will see you off.”She followed him enthusiastically, rambling away about her day. While Viscount Roteschu had completely destroyed her reputation, Duke Elgy’s appearance had slowly drawn back some of the nobles to her. She was both happy and relieved, and she wanted to tell all of this to Sovieshu.She stopped speaking, however, when she saw a silver jewelry box inside of Sovieshu’s carriage. Her eyes widened.“What is that?”“It’s a present for the Empress.”“…Empress?”