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The luncheon ended peacefully.

Without any incidents that would happen from the old man and the former Crown Prince of the Aurora Kingdom, this heated situation became much calmer than before.

The challenge I gave earlier has made the opposition noble faction and the noble faction supporting the royal family afraid.

My family’s existence was already an anomaly in itself, thanks to my father undoubted strength.

My father, Marquess Rommel, had proven his combat prowess from a young age.

Challenging someone who was trained on the battlefield can’t be done easily.

Even with the faction that wanted to reinstate the former Crown Prince on the list of heirs for the throne, it would still be a difficult challenge.

On the other hand, my mother is not an ordinary woman. She who was once the Head of the Magic Division in the Aurora Royal Palace has an extraordinary influence on the development of magic and her genius who has understood the magic book left by the Great Hero in the past.

At this time, my father and mother became a two individuals who were difficult to defeat in terms of combat strength and cleverness of war tactics.

The only choices left at this point were Alyssa and Alice who were unknown to them.

But that was the trap I had prepared for them.

With extraordinary magical abilities and being destined to become the greatest witch in the history of mankind, that would make Alyssa and Alice’s career skyrocket in battlefield.

That situation was very suitable for Alyssa and Alice for their future, especially after the war season between nobles ended and the opening season for new students at the Aurora Royal Academy began.

In order to carry out a long-term plan like this, I inevitably have to prepare everything early.

My preparation steps to participate in the war season between nobles have ended and now I just have to wait for another schedule that I will do.

My thoughts that were thinking about something else were immediately interrupted after someone knocked on my room door. Mio, who was happy after her punishment was over, rushed to open the door.

From behind the wide open door, I could see Earl Timoti and the Duchess who seemed to want to say something.

"Good afternoon, Lily-sama. Sorry to disturb your rest on this beautiful afternoon. Will you be going home before dinner?" asked Earl Timoti who looked awkward after receiving my earlier farewell at the luncheon.

"Yes, Earl Timoti. My schedule has been tight lately.

Even attending the luncheon has caused me to disrupt my previously planned return home.

With the situation changing so rapidly, my family has little time to prepare for this season of war between nobles," I replied with a gentle and elegant smile.

The reason I haven’t returned home yet is that I’m waiting for an answer from Earl Timoti after being busy taking care of several important guests who are representatives of the noble factions and want to take part in the inter-noble war season.

"I am already prepared to return home quickly after some representatives of the noble factions have returned.

Any time that passes now, it will be an opportunity for the Marquess Rommel family to survive on the battlefield," I continued as I walked closer to Earl Timoti and the Duchess who were outside the room.

Walking towards them, I only said a few last words to say goodbye to them both.

"I hope you can carry out your duties well as an overseer during this war season, Earl Timoti," with gentle words like these, I gave Earl Timoti encouragement to carry out his duties well when the war season between nobles arrives.

"I will do my duty well as one of the nobles of this Aurora Kingdom, Lily-sama," replied Earl Timoti with a smile that seemed to have accepted my farewell.

"Before Lily-sama returns, Marquess Rommel needs to read this letter that I wrote. All the information that is happening in the Royal Palace is written in it. Make sure to convey this important information to Marquess Rommel, Lily-sama," said Earl Timoti as he handed me a letter.

I also received the letter from Earl Timoti and put it in the pocket of my military uniform.

With a nod from me, it made Earl Timoti feel more relieved.

"I hope it will help the Marquess Rommel family survive attacks from all directions," said Earl Timoti with a broad smile.

"I’m sure Lily-sama has found a brilliant strategy to outwit Marquess Rommel’s opponents on the battlefield after several of Lily-sama’s plans were successfully carried out in this place," as if congratulating me, Earl Timoti could only utter words that kept the details a secret from the Duchess who was standing beside him.

The Duchess opening her hand fan and covering her entire face, she looked annoyed by the secret that only Earl Timoti and I knew.

"It seems I am just a stranger in your conversation," the Duchess grumbled, sounding annoyed.

"Oh, you’re still here, Kaori?" I replied in a cold tone to her.

"Ugh!! I-I don’t know why I feel pain like I’ve been stabbed by a knife from behind," the Duchess grumbled after hearing my cold words to her.

"Isn’t your business at Earl Timoti’s residence finished?" I continued my cold words as if I wanted to chase the Duchess away.

"We won’t be seeing each other again after this, so I don’t mind seeing you a little longer," I said in a sarcastic tone that made the Duchess look hurt by my verbal words.

"Ugh!! This hurts and feels good at the same time. Who would have thought that my owner would be this cold to her pet," grumbled the Duchess who was enjoying this kind of continued sarcasm.

"You seem to be enjoying this, huh?" I replied in a normal tone after previously using a cold tone.

"If I don’t do this, how can I be happy with the cold words spoken by my owner!" the Duchess shouted with a happy expression.

I ignored those words and gave a small signal to Earl Timoti.

My footsteps moved through the corridors of Earl Timoti’s residence quietly and only listened to the grumbling of the Duchess who liked my cold attitude towards her who was being ignored.

Her dignity as a respectable Duchess had crumbled in my eyes.

At this time, the Duchess was just a woman who liked to be treated coldly and ignored.

As I stepped into Earl Timoti’s stables, several of the Duchess’ guards were already standing guard around my horse.

As if she had anticipated the event that would trigger my anger, I also had a bad feeling if the Duchess’s guards were not standing guard around my horse.

"I didn’t expect you to go this far with your owner horse," I said in a gentle tone to the Duchess.

"I’m a little proud of you, Kaori..." I continued with a little compliment like this.

Without waiting any longer, I immediately grabbed the hilt of my cursed Odachi and started to swing it upwards.

Pulling the handle of the cursed Odachi upwards and cutting through the air with the magical power of the Monarch of Holy Destruction, I created a teleportation slash that connected Earl Timoti’s stables to the front yard of Marquess Rommel’s mansion.

The crack connecting Earl Timoti’s stables and Marquess Rommel’s residence made the Duchess wonder.

"Ehh? Ahhh? What happened?" As if she had just witnessed a skill that amazed her, I could see the Duchess trying to comprehend what was happening before her eyes.

"Lily-sama... isn’t this..." Earl Timoti said in a whisper to me.

Before Earl Timoti could finish his words, I gave an answer that complemented his words, "Yes, it is as you expected, Earl Timoti. This is a teleportation magic that is connected to the front yard of Marquess Rommel’s Mansion."

"With this, we can visit each other quickly if I make a teleportation slash like this," I continued as I put the cursed Odachi’s hilt into its sheath.

By safely inserting the blade of the cursed Odachi into its sheath, I quickly grabbed my horse’s leash to lead it into the cursed Odachi slash that connected Earl Timoti’s stables to the front yard of Marquess Rommel’s Mansion.

"NYYIIEEGG!!"

As I was pulling my horse into the cursed Odachi’s slash, I could feel the fear my horse was feeling.

"Hey, don’t worry, it’s not what you think. It’s safe..." I said to calm my horse down with a gentle stroke on his head.

By gently stroking my horse’s head, it slowly calmed him down and I quickly got into his saddle.

By climbing into the saddle and pulling the leash that controlled my horse, it was ready to go home.

"I think we’ll meet again in the next few months, Earl Timoti," I said, directing my gaze to Earl Timoti.

"Yes, it will happen in a few months, Lily-sama. Please don’t get too excited when the war season between nobles starts..." Earl Timoti replied with an awkward smile.

"You know that won’t happen. As the only neutral noble family in the Aurora Kingdom, we have to take this season of war between nobles seriously, right?"

"Yes, that will happen... I hope the loss of life from this war season won’t be as great as the previous war season."

"Yes, pray for that to happen," with my reply, Mio got on her horse’s saddle and moved behind my horse.

With a final nod to Earl Timoti, I immediately pulled the leash controlling my horse to move forward into the slash of the Cursed Odachi.

Earl Timoti nodded in response and let me pass through the Cursed Odachi’s slash.

My horse’s footsteps moved slowly and entered the cursed Odachi’s slash until Mio managed to get past it.

"NYYIIIGGG!!" my horse suddenly screamed after passing through the cursed Odachi’s slash.

As we passed the cursed Odachi slash and returned home, we were greeted with a beautiful evening dusk with bright orange sunlight.

"It looks like we’ve made it back home safely, Mio," I said to Mio to make sure she was okay after getting through the teleportation slash from my Cursed Odachi.

"Y-Yes, we have returned safely, Lily-sama," replied Mio who looked disgusted after going through the teleportation slash.

She, who felt disgusted after going through the teleportation slash created by magic, started to get off her horse and tried to calm herself down, who was currently feeling nauseous.

It seemed like it was too much for Mio who wasn’t used to feeling magical energy directly using her body.

"Mio, could you please pack up our equipment and take our horses to the stables to rest? I need to report this trip directly to my Father."

"Yes, Lily-sama."

With that answer, I rushed into Marquess Rommel’s main mansion and headed to my father’s room.