Chapter 30

Translated by Wook

by Wook

The 2nd Prince’s birthday banquet brought a huge aftermath.

Everyone started by saying that it was the 2nd Prince’s birthday banquet, but as the story continued, it was all about Elisha.

Occasionally, the 1st Empress Isabelle and the 2nd Prince Stoneham appeared, but it was only a role that made Elisha stand out, and when thinking of their names, people would only take it as a joke.

It was a natural procedure for the 1st Empress Palace, which was always bustling, to be quiet, and the 2nd Empress palace, which had been quiet, to come alive after the event.

“2nd Empress, you’ve been exalted. I’ll see you often in the future.”

“The 3rd Prince has grown up very dignified. He must be very reliable now, right?”

“If there is anything I can do to help, do tell. As much as I can, I’ll add my hand.”

There was a steady stream of guests at the 2nd Empress Palace.

However, Elisha did a good job by not acting lofty.

Those who have a lot of things, even though they are being defensive, they will not be shaken.

They just missed one of the many possibilities in their hands.

The 1st Empress will take a moment to catch her breath, before standing up to return to her place.

The 2nd Empress Palace is different.

They have to be careful as they have just gained the possibility of following the 1st Empress Palace’s footsteps.

Unlike those who have a lot, those who have little or have nothing at all will fall apart with a single failure.

So there are some people who’d want to stay in place without moving at all, but Elisha is not like that.

As long as one lives, one has to live to get better and move forward.

Running out of breath is not a good thing, but it’s a given.

Elisha stared intently at the guests in front of her.

The people who had been talking freely shut their mouths one by one, and soon silence fell in the drawing room.

Only after the air that had been heated by their turbid breath cooled down did Elisha open her mouth.

“Are you done talking now?”

“…”

“It’s good to make friends. If you come often, I will serve you tea.”

In Elisha’s words, she didn’t mean to do that ‘good thing’ with them, but she didn’t stop them from ‘coming often’.

The guests frowned, but they only stood up from their seats and gave Elisha congratulatory orders.

What could be done with those people who watched the incident at the banquet hall, or those uninvited guests who snoop around the 2nd Empress Palace to find something to eat later?

Proper people don’t move easily in search of a place to put their buttocks.

Elisha was not trying to summon a group of people who had used her hands in the banquet hall, but to shake the power that was already in place.

And that class is more cautious than Elisha.

Because they had more to lose than her.

“2nd Empress, it’s time for the magic theory lesson.”

At the signal of Jillian, who had come to call her as she had promised in advance, Elisha sent the stiffened guests back.

Marie then came to Elisha, who had spent time with the two mages Georg and Jillian, because it wasn’t just empty words.

Behind Marie, two maids came with boxes in their hands.

On the day of the incident at the banquet hall, Marie sent away all the maids of the 2nd Empress Palace, except for the few ones she acknowledged.

There were some maids who did not want to leave, but she was more skeptical about those people and threw them out more firmly.

The remaining maids had their work multiplied several times, but their expressions were not bad.

After checking the contents of the box, Elisha had them take it back, leaving only the gems and jewelries.

The money will be used for the finances of the 2nd Empress Palace, and light decorations and fabrics will be shared by the maids.

As Marie withdrew with the maids, Elisha read the cards that came with the boxes.

There were some that were simply passing words, but there were some who expressed their gratitude, saying that the advice they received at the banquet was a great help to the other party…

Some people lightly let her know, saying, “Since I found a good item, I’m sending it to you.”

They are cautious.

Elisha picked some familiar names from them, wrote a reply, and put them on the table.

If Marie finds it, she will send it on her own.

And she waited.

For someone who is prudent but knows when to move.

“Your Majesty the 2nd Empress, thank you at that time.”

Said Viscountess Cain, with a better complexion than at the banquet.

“Well, all credits goes to the Viscountess, who believed in my abrupt words. If it had been a little later, there would have been no turning back. It’s good for Timothy too.”

At Elisha’s words, the Viscountess nodded her head as she saw her son smiling with the 3rd Prince.

It wasn’t hard to imagine what Timothy would have been like had he not regained his rights.

As a result, she immediately remembered that it was thanks to Marquis Bahrain that her stepson, the eldest son, was able to escape so freely. She clenched her fists.

Since Marquis Bahrain used his hands, wouldn’t it mean that the 1st Empress was behind him?

They would have decided that it would be better for a loyal stepson to succeed the Viscount than an inexperienced Viscountess or a young successor.

“I will never forget this grace.”

Said the Viscountess, as a mother who has to protect her cub.

As it is now, there will be many difficulties to protect the young Viscount in the future.

Not just to repay the favor, the Viscountess needed someone to reach out for herself and the young Viscount in a moment of crisis.

She wasn’t trying to bet the fate of the Cain family by confirming that person would be the 2nd Empress right away. However, the Viscountess really hoped that it would be the 2nd Empress.

That’s how strong the impression Elisha had made on the Viscountess.

She held out what she brought.

At first glance, they were all valuable.

“There is nothing I can do other than this right now, so please take it comfortably until I get something greater.”

“If you do, can you stop by empty-handed next time and have a cup of tea?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. Timothy also follows His Highness the Crown Prince and the 3rd Prince well, they can become good friends.”

When the Viscountess smiled brightly after a long time, Elisha also raised the corners of her lips a little.

At that time, Leon and Timothy, who were playing from afar, suddenly ran and stood in front of the 2nd Empress.

“Is there something wrong?”

Elisha asked Leon as she smoothed up his messy hair, while Leon swallowed with a dry throat.

Although he had become very active these days, the cautious look of the past had not completely disappeared, and there were times when she still noticed it.

When those times came, Elisha never urged him and kept waiting.

After Leon gathered some courage, he took a deep breath.

“Mother, can I see the spirit again?”

“Of course. Looking back, it seems that Undine likes Leon.”

Originally, she hid it because she couldn’t reveal it in front of people, and her control over it was not perfect, so she didn’t let Undine come out even in front of Leon.

There was no need to hide anymore, so Elisha immediately summoned Undine.

It was not unreasonable because the price of summoning the spirit into the real world did not use a lot of power.

Siiiikh!

Undine jumped up from Elisha’s palm and sat on Leon’s shoulder.

Timothy stared at it with his eyes wide open.

“Timothy hasn’t seen it because he left early. Hehe!”

Leon smiled bashfully and brought Undine, who was sitting on his shoulder, close to Timothy.

Timothy, who is usually quiet, was so excited that even the cheeks were flushed with excitement.

The Viscountess’ eyes became more tender at the innocent look of her son, which she had not seen in a long time.

“It’s a water spirit. Amazing. It’s the first time I’ve seen it.”

“The number of spirits is small.”

In addition, the spirits of water and fire were also filtered out again.

Compared to the spirits of the earth and wind, they were less than half.

“What can you do with the water spirit?”

When the Viscountess asked with pure curiosity, Elisha waved lightly.

Undine turned to look at Elisha, smiled silently, and turned to the floor.

Swhaaaa!

Water gushed from the floor like a fountain and lifted the two children into the air.

“W-Whoaaa!”

“Wow!”

Surprise and cheers erupted from the children at the same time.

The Viscountess was frankly surprised.

Mages, eccentric people with strong self-esteem, also knights or other beings with special power, do not put out their possessions as pranks.

It is natural to want to be treated with dignity and to be recognized as much as it was a hard-earned achievement.

But currently before her, a mage and a spirit summoner, a greater person among the great ones…

“Can the power be used like this?”

Elisha shrugged her shoulders at the Viscountess’s question.

“You think I’m using it carelessly, but this is one of the things I like doing the most. I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy.”

Elisha moved her hand one more time, and this time the fountain split into two streams and lifted the children apart in the air, crossing both sides and starting to rise and fall.

“Hahahahaha!”

“Whoaa!”

The children’s laughter grew louder.

Elisha’s cold eyes were softening as if she was really happy.

The Viscountess couldn’t take her eyes off her for quite some time.

After the Viscountess had left, Elisha went to her room with Leon, whose eyes were full of sleepiness.

She laid her child on the bed, patted his chest, pulled the blanket over him and covered it all the way to his neck.

The child whined and complained that it felt stuffy.

He still wets his bed at dawn sometimes, but the child doesn’t cry anymore.

It would be nice if he’d call Elisha, but he always asks Marie for help.

The child stretched out his arms toward Elisha, whose face showed no expression, but was feeling somewhat depressed.

As Elisha approached the child, he grabbed her by the neck and rubbed his face against her cheek.

“Mother, I really enjoyed today.”

“Really?”

“Yes!”

The fact that the cheeks that were in contact with each other were sticking up made her guess the smile of the child. The warm body temperature spread and her heart melted.

Elisha sang a lullaby to the child. In fact, singing is as unfamiliar to Elisha as dancing.

Elisha, who believes that there is nothing she can’t do if she tries to learn it, worked hard this time as well.

However, on rare occasions, no matter how many times one reads a book and tries on their own, they will not be able to achieve anything, so she had to ask Marie to take a look.

Marie’s expression while listening to Elisha’s song was bizarre. When Elisha tried to double her study time, wondering if her training was lacking, Marie said quickly.

Unlike other songs, a lullaby doesn’t have to be sung well to be worthwhile, so keep it small so as not to disturb one’s sleep.

Focus on singing so low that anyone can’t hear it.

Sing a song that tells one to sleep well, with a very low volume that it’s hard to hear so as not to disturb them?

It seemed contradictory, but since Marie had heard her lullabies, she must know more than herself, so Elisha nodded her head.

Elisha sang a lullaby for a long time, and when the child seemed to be asleep, she kissed his forehead lightly and then left the room.

Leon, who was left alone, opened his eyes to the sound of the door closing and wrinkled his forehead.

“What kind of magic spell for good sleep was that?”

The voice that hummed in his ear was quite eerie, without even the slightest bit of ups and downs, he didn’t know what it meant.

Leon closed his eyes again, thinking that he should prepare a book that he would like her to just read next time.

There were no more nights when he was afraid to sleep because he was afraid of peeing, but today he was a little worried in a different way.

Elisha, who came out of the Prince’s room, did not go straight to her place, but enjoyed the night wind while being immersed in her thoughts.

The conversation she had with the Viscountess during the day kept running through her mind.

She said what could she do with the water spirit?

The very basic question while thinking Undine was an uncooperative spirit and of low level of use made her reflect on the present at least once.

Then Elisha’s face lit up.

Thanks to this, she came up with a pretty useful idea.