Chapter 95.2

“You say there is a difference between 17 and 18? However, I will take note of what you two have said. By the way, why don’t you get close to the young lady De Flon yourself? She just made her debut in the world. And I haven’t heard anything bad about her.”

“But this is the De Flon house.”

“So what?”

“You know our families don’t get along very well?”

“Yeah, I know that. But why are you on so bad terms?”

“Just because we’ve bumped into each other for a long time in the past. Our family from generation to generation held a sword in their hands, and the De Flon family raised magicians. They say things are a little better now, but initially the relationship between knights and wizards wasn’t very good.”

Only and everything?

Their areas of interest were completely different, and it doesn’t look like the two groups were tripping over each other. But knights and wizards have long bared their teeth. The wizards say that the knight relies on the sword because of his stupidity, having nothing in his head, and the knights laugh at the wizards, they call them weaklings.

However, from Yurina’s point of view, the feud between the two families didn’t stem from that at all.

“And that’s all?”

“That’s not all.”

Edwin sighed and looked at Riggs.

“Is there another reason?”

“The behavior of Marquis De Flon is suspicious.”

The answer was given to her by Riggs, who silently listened to the whole story.

“And what is there suspicious?”

And then Riggs said something completely unexpected.

“I have heard rumors that Marquis De Flon has conspired with His Highness the Second Prince.”

“Second prince?”

“Did you know that our father supports the Crown Prince? If Marquis De Flon bets on the second prince, there may be civil strife in the future.”

“I see.”

Yurina muttered something and clenched her fists.

‘Are you interested in the second prince instead of Charrion?’

She never thought about it. Even if there was no connection between Lydia and Curtis until now, and the Marquis had no intention of making Yurina crown princess, relying on the second prince, such a move was completely unexpected.

Is it simply to take a different route from Carthia, or is there more?

While Yurina was making all sorts of assumptions in her head, the ballroom suddenly became noisy. Yurina tightly clenched her fists and turned to where the people were looking.

A middle-aged man with dark hair strode across the hall, leaning on a cane. This cane, adorned with precious stones, was needed more for demonstration than for its intended purpose.

Next to him was a middle-aged woman in a dark emerald dress with the hem of her skirt puffed out like a blossoming flower.

They were followed by Curtis Genosian, dressed in uniform, red-haired young man, presumably the second prince, and a blonde-haired girl.

As the Emperor and other members of the imperial family took their seats, everyone in the hall bowed in accordance with the etiquette.

“Everyone get up.”

The Emperor’s voice wasn’t so loud, since he didn’t resort to sound amplification magic. However, there was an unfathomable sense of depth and horror in that. Crown Prince Curtis also had dignity beyond his age, but the Emperor was definitely on a different level.

Yurina straightened her back, feeling her entire body tremble at those few simple words. Glancing to the side, she saw that Reynard was also a little nervous.

“Don’t worry.”

“Don’t be nervous yourself.”

“I will be here.”

That was the moment when Raynard smiled and squeezed Yurina’s hand.

“Sir Reynard, please come forward.”

The voice of the servant who used amplification magic echoed through the hall.

“Well, I’ll go.”

He approached the podium with a calm face. Everyone who belatedly discovered the color of his eyes suddenly started whispering.

“Really, red eyes. I’ve heard things, but to be like this…”

“Is it true what they say, he is so good that he will be called a knight?”

“He graduated from the academy earlier then he have to. I heard that he found the culprit in what happened at the tournament. Even the Imperial mages had a hard time, but here it is…”

“They said it was black magic? But how did he figure it out? Isn’t it true that he is blessed by the goddess?”

There were people who liked it and there were people who didn’t like it. Raynard had heard both admiration and humiliation many times before.

“But are those red eyes really a symbol of the blessing of the Goddess? Whatever one may say, it looks ominous. I think it would be more reasonable to call it the sign of the warlock.”

“Imperial magicians couldn’t find those involved, but it is strange that he was so famously found the culprit. Maybe it was all just an invention of the Marquis?”

“Hush. Be careful. Be that as it may, it’s better not to mention the Carthia House.”

Yurina paid little attention to those conversations, and looked at Reynard’s back, which was moving further and further away.

‘I knew not everyone would like it.’

There are people who respect and appreciate outstanding characters. There will also be people who envy them. However, she didn’t really worry before, because there are far more people who are kind to him than those who are not.

However, Yurina was a little worried that Reynard will be offended by those random words. But she didn’t see his face, and she didn’t know what expression he was making.