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When I returned to my family’s banquet table, my father glared at the adult man beside me.

"I didn’t expect an Earl like you to do something like that," my father said in a gentle tone, looking at the adult man standing beside me.

"Does it offend your pride, Marquess Rommel?" the adult man replied with a gentle gaze.

"No, it just feels strange to see my junior being overprotective. It’s strange to see you doing all those things outside of our academic life in the past timeline."

"It’s a bit hard not to live in your shadow, Marquess Rommel. I feel like my head is going to explode when I live aimlessly as an unemployed military family in a peaceful situation like this."

"Do you want war? That situation will make the entire army of your extended family move non-stop until the war is over."

"Please don’t misunderstand the meaning of my words, of course, I don’t want to go to war because I like this peaceful situation. Honestly, I was very envious when I heard that your family was actively patrolling the forest and actively hunting the overpopulated forest monsters. It seemed like I was envious that you guys had a monster hunting ground while we had to bury our sword arts because we didn’t want to be labeled as a family of murderers."

"Are you worried and envious? Those are two different things that I only found out after graduating from the Academy. It seems that your body’s muscles have suffered too much from being idle. Do you know that after this I will be going on vacation with my family?"

"Going on vacation? After all the chaos caused by Lily-sama? The other noble factions and the Aurora Goddess shrine definitely won’t stay silent after Lily-sama spreads such a terrible curse."

"That’s why I want to go on vacation and avoid their pushy calls. If you have free time, can I leave the forest patrol and monster hunting to you?"

"…" the adult man who had the noble rank of Earl fell silent.

"My vacation time is very long, so you can adapt to the circumstances with the small troops that I leave behind to patrol the forest regularly. Should I write a letter of recommendation for you?"

"That would be very helpful for my introduction in front of your forest patrol troops, Marquess Rommel."

"Yes, do not blame me if they want to test you with an open challenge."

"That is no problem, I am ready to fight them openly and fairly."

"I like your chivalrous attitude that is not as whiny as the soldiers of the Royal Palace."

"That is a great compliment for me, Marquess Rommel."

"Oh! One more thing, Earl Timoti. Can you be my third eye at the upcoming noble meeting? I plan to take a long family vacation so I will not attend the upcoming noble meeting. If you see any nobles trying to find trouble with my territory or family, immediately remain silent and do not do anything that will attract their attention."

"I understand, Marquess Rommel. I will try to stay calm and refrain from drawing my sword when the noble meeting takes place."

"You should not try to restrain yourself, it is better for you to leave your sword so that something like that does not happen."

"..."

"With all due respect, Marquess Rommel. That’s impossible. The sword and I are two inseparable things. It’s just like Lily-sama who seems to naturally attract the attention of other women who might become her fans or… uhh… lovers?" The adult man named Earl Timoti glanced at me who was busy sitting together with Hana and my twin step-sister.

Earl Timoti’s words put a little pressure on the struggle for me who was now the center of attention. After the curse I gave to Zoe, I was now getting special treatment like a newly awakened Demon Queen.

The hate-filled gazes from the weak little boys became my precious trophy that managed to create a wall of their pitiful behavior and who were afraid when they wanted to bully me.

In addition, the gazes of other mature women and young girls had looked at me with various expressions.

"I don’t deny that, Lily seems to have something unique that I need to understand more about her that can naturally attract the attention of girls," said my father with a calm face.

That baseless accusation came from my father’s mouth, by raising my eyebrows and glancing around me, now I could understand my father’s words that had the value of truth.

Could this be from the blessing of the Goddess through the Yurification System?

"You should have known your daughter better before the same calamity befell... like me, Marquess Rommel. If Lily-sama accidentally ignites the flames of war that are hard to control, at least I am still ready to help you guys regardless of the price," Earl Timoti said as he bowed his head in respect to my father.

"I don’t mind it, they started it by bullying my daughter in the first place, right? A war or espionage between nobles that have been sanctioned by the King and Queen would be child’s play to me."

"Uh, about bullying Lily-sama. It seems I must apologize for my son’s behavior that has gone too far. I didn’t know that his behavior would be like this outside of my supervision. If I had known this, it seems I should have disciplined him a little more with the military punishment of Earl Timoti’s family."

"I don’t mind it because Lily personally passed down the curse upon you and your family’s bloodline, right? It would be unfair if I continued to make a big deal out of this after the curse was personally passed down by Lily."

"Thank you for your understanding, Marquess Rommel."

Earl Timoti bowed respectfully before leaving our banquet table.

The rumbling of whispers of voices discussing me was so clear and felt strange.

I didn’t think too much about the words of praise or veiled insults.

They clearly understood the message I gave with Zoe’s curse as the live example.

Like a frightened snake after seeing a predator much taller than itself, they whispered and my father coughed as the first warning not to talk about me.

"Ahem! It seems there is still time left for you to take a walk before the main event begins, Lily," said my father who used my name to silence them in one breath.

The whispers discussing me were covered by the threat that my father had given. A real example of the curse that Zoe gave seemed to have a great influence on my father’s power in the noble social circle.

A moment of silence had occurred.

During the silence, there was a small commotion that came from the long crowd.

My eyes suddenly slowed down and saw a bottle of wine flying towards me.

The same scene that had happened at the previous noble party.

The bottle of wine floated so quietly that it approached my head, with a light dodging movement and the movement of my hand that received the thrown bottle of wine, I immediately saw my confused father.

"Father, do you want to drink this?" I asked while holding out the bottle of wine to him.

"Does Mama want to drink this too? Isn’t this one of the most common drinks taken at noble parties?" I continued my words while looking at my mother.

"..."

"..."

My father and mother looked at each other in confusion then my father immediately pulled the bottle of wine by pulling the seal of the packaging with his bare hands.

Poopp...

The sound of the explosion from the bottle of wine filled the silence that occurred for a moment.

"Just from the aroma that came out, it shows that this bottle of wine has been stored for a long time. There are only a handful of bottles of old wine like this circulating in noble parties under the strict supervision of the royal family authorities," my father said while smelling the aroma coming from the bottle of wine.

"Just by looking at the bottle and the heated conflict situation that Lily has created. I seem to be able to understand who sent this to us," my father muttered as if recognizing the owner of the old wine bottle.

Using the detection skill that had been given by the Yurification System, I could feel the second attack coming toward me. Fragments of transparent, luxurious glass bottles accurately flew towards me. Find adventures at empire

Out of the many banquet tables lined up around me, it was an accurate attack aimed at me with high precision.

My gaze slowed down again and saw five luxurious glass glasses that almost hit my head. With light and fast movements, I carefully reached for the luxurious glass glasses on the table.

Pamm...

Pamm...

Pamm...

Pamm...

Pamm...

"Father, you need this too, don’t you?" I said while giving her the luxurious glass that I had just caught with my bare hands.

"Mom, you want to use this glass too, right?" I divided the two luxurious glasses to my Dad and Mom.

For the remaining luxurious glasses, I gave them to Alice, Alyssa, and Hana who looked like they didn’t understand what had happened.

I immediately got off my chair and rushed towards the source of the terrifying aura about the little boy who had uttered threatening words like, "I will kill you!"

The source of the terrifying aura contained negative energy that I could see.

The dense and rough flow of mana was like a disaster that required total purification from a Saintess.

In other words, this was my duty as a Saintess of the Goddess who was directly chosen.

The density of this negative energy made the people around him have unstable emotions and would cause chaos if left alone.

Flashes of black energy that manipulated a person’s soul were visible before my eyes.

A little boy who had spoken to kill me was being held by a Royal Palace soldier but there was a strangeness in his body strength that seemed abnormal.

Kaboom...

With one punch from his small hand, the little boy was able to send the Royal Palace soldier who was trying to secure himself flying.

Beside his body was a bottle of wine and a luxurious glass that was the same as the one I got when I caught his throw.

When our eyes met, a negative energy that threatened one’s life could be seen.

The little boy’s body was slowly swallowed by a figure that looked like black slime that was trying to eat the remnants of his consciousness filled with anger and a strong desire to kill.

"I guess... I have to do the Saintess purification, huh?" I muttered tiredly because the problems that kept popping up at this royal family party seemed endless.