CH 38

“Dad, hurry up!”

Daphne Marinenest was in a hurry.

“At this rate, the ceremony will start!”

That’s because today was the day Cedric and Ellia got married.

And Daphne was the one who was officially invited to the wedding.

Calvados sighed and tore the scroll, teleported to the wedding venue.

For a moment, she felt her body float, and when she opened her instinctively closed eyes, they were outside.

Calvados said as he brushed his neatly decorated hair like a guest.

“Even if we aren’t in such a hurry, the wedding hall won’t disappear.”

His face looked like he really didn’t want to come.

In fact, Calvados received a wedding invitation, but was planning to send only a gift and not attend.

‘Calib, although he’s the Grand Young Lord, I thought he was just a child.’

Before saying that Renold Babillon would be put on trial, Calib also blamed Calvados.

Calvados has identified Indigentia as the culprit in Daphne’s kidnapping without any clear evidence.

So it was only natural that the Grand Young Lord Calib was displeased.

He was preparing for a formal protest.

‘However, apart from formal protests, to think that he would use public opinion to re-examine the incident at the time.’

The wedding of Cedric and Ellia was known by so many people that it was called the marriage of the century.

It wasn’t just because of the provocative catchphrase, ‘Love that transcends the status of aristocrats and commoners!’

The Grand Duke of Indigentia runs a newspaper.

Originally, it was distributed to the Grand Duchy and surrounding estates and was used to promote events of the Grand Duke family, such as this wedding.

But newspapers, such as public opinion and information, are money.

Knowing this, the Grand Duke had been anxious to launch a newspaper company into the capital for a long time.

And recently, the Grand Duke Calib used Marinenest as an answer.

[Caring even after being hit with a bounced curse, the result is being stabbed in the back?]

[Princess Marinenest’s inexperienced magic causes the wrong person to suffer…]

[Suspecting a kidnapper without any evidence]

[Why doesn’t the Imperial Palace give any rewards to the Grand Duke of Indigentia?]

[The Duke of Marinenest deserves giving compensation for the damage to the Grand Duke of Indigentia]

Articles were poured out, revealing all the feuds that occurred among the three families that supported the Empire and the things of the past that were buried in silence.

The powers of the capital were sensitive to fashion and sensitive to current trends.

In short, they love gossip.

Even so, the fact that Cedric was cursed was very tasty material for them.

However, it was also the material that was buried because of Daphne’s protection of Renoir and the resurrection of the Mirror Shield Magic, which was thought to have disappeared.

Besides, Indigentia was already in the mood for a portrait, also the Imperial Family and Marinenest took care of themselves.

‘Even if they want to talk, they have to have an excuse to talk about it.’

To such people, they threw a bait along with rumors of a feud between the great noble families!

‘It was only natural that others would be eager to hear this news.’

The nobles subscribed to the Verbium newspaper of Indigentia in order not to miss the flow of the story.

As demand increased in the capital, it was natural for a building to be built.

Thanks to this, the Grand Duke of Indigentia safely advanced the newspaper company within the family into the capital.

Is that all?

The case was re-examined extensively, and a settlement was obtained from the duke family.

Calvados stuck out his tongue as he looked at the magnificently built ceremonial hall.

‘Half of the settlement money they received must have gone here.’

One small estate, one gold mine with more than 40 years of mining remaining, and huge gold coins equivalent to the operation cost of the estate for three months on a farmland of nearly 140,000 square inches!

‘It was a ridiculous amount, but I couldn’t rely on the Imperial Family on the condition that they wouldn’t want a reward from the Imperial Family.’

They even asked for it at once, making the Marinenest family stumble a bit.

So, no matter how much it was his fault, the Grand Duke couldn’t look nice in his eyes.

For that reason he wasn’t going to attend the wedding.

“Dad, look here! There’s a lake! Ah, look at the gondola boat over there!”

Daphne, unaware of these circumstances, looked around and only exclaimed admiration.

“Whoaa, that’s cool. Seeing that the cold wind blows even in summer, is this Sir Cedric’s Weather Magic?”

Daphne fluttered around the den of those who robbed their family as if she had been on a picnic.

Calvados looked at her and clicked his tongue, then quickly shook his head.

‘Enough. It’s grown-ups’ business, afterall.’

Daphne, his only daughter, only had to be happy.

There was also guilt for reporting Daphne’s abduction as missing.

Calvados, who had organized his thoughts, struggled to open his eyes and sympathize.

“Yeah. That’s great.”

“According to the Verbium newspaper, this venue was built exclusively for Sister Ellia’s wedding!”

Daphne added that the most recent tea party was all about this wedding.

“I’m the only one who received an invitation among them.”

It was cute to see her showing off as if she had received a great choice.

Around that time, a gondola boat departed.

The rower looked at Daphne and took off his hat to greet her in a profound way.

Daphne also greeted by stretching the hem of her skirt.

Calvados looked up at his lovely daughter, then lined up for the gondola and looked up at the ceremonial hall.

“For sure… It’s a size that will make even the invited ones proud.”

“Right, Dad? How beautiful would the main course be?”

Daphne, who suddenly approached him, took Calvados’ hand and looked up at the ceremony hall.

In the middle of the lake, a magnificent building like a temple was shining white.

No, it floated high in the sky like a floating garden.

It was indeed a family who has the Gravity Magic as their family magic.

“How did they come up with the idea of ​​making the building float in the air?”

Daphne was amazed.

That wasn’t the only surprising part.

“Ah, look over there. The boat is really flying in the sky, just as it says in the newspaper!”

The gondola boat that had been floating on the moat a while ago was floating.

“I heard that in zero gravity, water doesn’t flow and forms like water droplets, though?”

Daphne pointed to the flowing water, supporting the underside of the gondola.

“It’s like moving it in a transparent bowl.”

She smiled brightly.

“I can’t wait to ride it.”

Even those in line had their faces pounding as they wanted to get on that mysterious gondola boat as soon as possible.

But Calvados couldn’t be comfortable with it.

‘No way.’

He was astonished.

Because that magic was the magic of the Marinenest family!

Daphne seemed to think it was due to Gravity Magic, but it wasn’t.

‘If there is no gravity enough to float the gondola, the water should be more like a sphere.’

In other words, in order for water to become a hemispherical sphere as if it floated in the palm of your hand, you had to use the Water Magic, ‘Surface Tension’.

‘They’re the family that has revived the lost Weather Magic. They might have realized Surface Tension, the basic Water Magic, in some form.’

Water Magic comes from nature after all.

A conclusion may be reached after a lot of research.

In fact, the ‘Surface Tension’ magic is also related to gravity.

‘But that form… It’s the same one our family uses.’

In zero gravity, the water droplet isn’t solid and vibrates around. Yet now, the boundary of the water that supported the gondola boat was tight.

‘How the hell…’

Calvados kept his mouth wide open and watched as the gondola sailed near the building.

Meanwhile, Daphne was looking up at Calvados with a very nervous face.

‘I didn’t get caught… did I?’

Her lips were parched.

Not surprisingly, it was none other than Daphne who passed on the basics of Water Magic to the Grand Duke of Indigentia.

Daphne swallowed dry saliva and remembered what had happened in the Marquis of Babillon

[You have a thick face.]

Calvados was investigating Renold as to why he kidnapped Daphne, and Ellia was leaving for a brief conversation with Cedric.

Taking advantage of that opportunity, Calib approached Daphne.

Daphne asked, pointing to her own nose.

[…Me?]

[Who else?]

At that cold tone, Daphne realized only then that Calib had ridiculed her.

[No matter how much you say you’re the Grand Young Lord, you’re talking too much.]

[Too much? Now that I see, the skin on your face isn’t thick enough.]

He said with a smirk.

Daphne, who was in a bad mood, tried to go straight to Ellia’s place.

But at the words of Calib that followed, she stood still.

[Because of you, my brother is cursed.]

It was a voice that contained anger.

[But you, your father, and the Imperial Family are only happy that the Prince is safe. My brother might die soon.]

Daphne couldn’t say anything.

[Fortunately, Ellia saved us. If Brother marries Ellia and becomes a member of the family, he can enter the Sanctuary of Knowledge.]

[Then isn’t that enough? Why are you doing this to me?]

She answered sharply.

The one who farts gets angry. (t/n: you get angry at others for your mistake)

But Calib responded with no regard for her behavior, as if he had expected it.

[And Ellia is the one who will marry Brother. But how dare you… pretend to be friendly with Ellia?]

Calib’s clenched fists trembled.

Daphne realized that he was jealous of her.

At the same time, victory was leaning towards her.

Daphne said scornfully.

[It was Sister Ellia’s choice to help me. Don’t do this to me, go to Sister…]

[I told you. Ellia is the one to marry Brother. Because she loves Brother.]

Calib, who was silent, cut off Daphne’s words and said.

She replied with a frown on her face.

[What does that have to do with me?]

[The situation is urgent now, that’s why she helped you, yet you put a curse on the man she loves.]

Daphne swallowed her breath.

[How long will Ellia really love you?]

Calib’s red eyes gleamed.