and ate my sorbet witho

ce, so common that even the maids could sit down

ould've been impossible

all of their investments failed. Therefore, they di

in the contract was

t, you'd have to acquire a sage's assistance. The

he means to raise money, so they

Gap now, and h

ing to worry about. I was able to break th

Grand Duk

much confidence in himself that he believed covering the Grand Duke's eyes and ear

akis was and would alway

ep in. I'll just sit this one out; it's

heard the news and undertak

life – as Maevia Morgana – with my biological pa

y things on purpose, and it gives me

I booked an appointment with the fine-dining specialist chef so

rout eggs, oyster gratin... I ate filet mignon steak and had c

st. Delicious f

e door. I heard a tappi

H

sight of a bird lingering

t why is h

ffy feathers. It kept pecking at the latch, but it wouldn't

dn't budge. The pitif

nd such a little pitch-blac

like that? Doesn't

y he

wait and approa

bird; it'd been flapping around and

small black bird tried to stand up straight, stretching its legs. Even th

badly hurt. When I looked at the

ike he sent

liar was never men

Their familiars usually came in the form of a snake or a tige

nd an aggressive familiar; in fact

t because I rejected your son

name I forgot and whose hair I tore of

rry and told him to just sh

think he'd ac

I smiled brightly and direc

el

k! G

rs felt nic

the familiar, knowing he'd be in

special windows. They're hard to break. I'l

....G

tilted

you owe me

ak,

wings without tire whilst resting on the pa

down on

ving my room. The clean tablecloth was no

ya

r bowl and watched the

ke one of the common crows of the Empire, rather it seems

t's possible fo

her at the same time. I was al

obably not

made up for it with their size. Even the sma

lowing with

u're good at dancing, you're good at playing

ng to eat, I'll pretend I didn'

e right

familiar looked at me, gaze fli

k? G

blue eyes seeme

servant left, and now it wa

Even this cute little ol' bird would be capable of killing someone wit

dn't cause that much damage to their maste

e just any old wizard c

ot like just any anima

vel, Grand Duke Kallakis had a total of eight famil

rson who was capable of having a beast

en be the strongest

! Pak

n, the crow jumped. At th

k so early and why she look

attendant. They said they can't g

as Gilbert. How i

What he wants is the power and t

d lost their wealth due to investment failures,

still tried to use his marriage to further his success. I, just like the

s no worth except her face. This is the first time I've

s nice to Maevia, but

d a year after they had gotten married. He tr

ke me now, it might have been diff

or various reasons, the most powerful families in th

of power but it never surpassed

territory belonge

like a piggy bank to him. Nevertheless, Grand Duke Kallakis

ith the country's affairs. Most aristocrats don't even k

ed the Grand Duke's reputatio

ng off his noble-like appearance and excellent sword

had quite the number of fans in the novel. They didn't stop sticking to him that easily ei

male lead, Rehan, awakened. B

eed to writ

my intentions and

ave to force yourself to do something just because you're being

a letter to k

to run out, hesitan

you be sending it

need to g

ya

beak when it saw my

how stupid it is to