Became the Son-in-Law of the Traitorous Family

7. Heir to the Empire – 09

A dreary abandoned house where no one can be found after everyone has already left.

In the middle of a shabby abandoned house, where no human presence could be found from her outward appearance, the Grand Duchess did not move her body with a thoughtful expression on her face.

The expression the Grand Duchess was currently wearing was a serious expression that had never been seen before, and her Qian, who was usually standing by her side, did not even dare to open her mouth to her.

“…..”

The Grand Duchess, who had been silent for several hours as if she had become a stone statue, suddenly looked at him as if she had remembered something.

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“Kian.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“The ones from before, what do you think? In your eyes, do you think they are the real Empire’s missing princess, Eurica del Cartesia, and her secret organization that follows her?”

At the Grand Duchess’s question, Qian sighed softly, then opened her mouth cautiously.

“I think… They think it’s real. No, to be precise, I think it is meaningless to cover up their true identity.”

“Why?”

“Because even to my eyes, their true identities seemed real.”

According to tradition, women who inherited blood from the Cartesian royal family are said to be born with beautiful silver hair that resembles the flowing milky way.

Silver hair and silver eyes, isn’t it a combination that can never be born with in nature, literally only caused by mutation?

But that’s why such uniqueness conversely proved the nobility of those who inherited the blood of Cartesia, and today, silver hair and silver eyes have long been established as the color symbolizing the royal family.

Of course, it was a combination that does not occur in nature, but there are literally infinite ways to artificially create silver hair and silver eyes.

The simplest way was to use magic, and at least if you ask the alchemist in the back alley, you can easily create dozens or hundreds of cheap dyes like that.

So, from an objective point of view, silver hair and silver eyes are the colors that symbolize the royal family, but at the same time, they absolutely do not work as a means of proving that the person is of the royal family.

But despite knowing that… Qian couldn’t say for certain that the real identity of the woman just before her was a fake pretending to be ‘Eurica del Cartesia’.

“Silver hair and silver eyes are a combination that is never expressed in normal people. If you live a normal life all of a sudden and then one day suddenly dye your hair in that color, it will look awkward right away.”

“What if I had dyed my hair silver a long time ago in preparation for a day like today to erase the sense of incongruity?”

“She who called herself the Imperial Princess… From my point of view, the dignity of a princess of an empire existed. In order to have the arrogance of looking down on everyone from above and the dignity to permeate even the smallest movements… In fact, it’s impossible to do without being born with that kind of bloodline.”

And such dignity and elegance are absolutely not something that can be acquired by acting or mimicking. If it had been acting just now, there was no way that the Grand Duchess, who is at the top of the caste society, would not have noticed it.

So she is the real woman. More precisely, the answer would be that she could find no other answer than that the woman’s true identity was Eurica del Cartesia.

That’s why Qian said it was pointless to dig into their identities. Even if she was a fake princess, if her imitation went that far, she was no different from the real one.

“Even Eurica del Cartesia… Also, her knight and wizard named Ran, who followed her, are truly unusual. To the point that even I can’t figure out what their bottom is.”

“Is Your Highness the same?”

At the words of the Grand Duchess, Qian made a surprised expression.

It is a fact that people in the world do not know, but the Grand Duchess Karin von Charlotte Jorha was a strong person with considerable skills.

In fact, it was no exaggeration to say that Qian possessed such power that it was meaningless for Qian to escort the Grand Duchess.

But even she couldn’t see through the skill of the cheeky man and the lady who stood behind her princess?

“Kian, he just swung his sword in front of you. What did you see in that blow?”

“… ?”

For a moment, Qian couldn’t understand what the Grand Duchess was saying. So, are you talking about the man who split the spear created by the wizard girl in half?

“Are you talking about the sword art at that time? It’s surprising that magic, which can be said to be intangible energy, can be cut with a simple foot sword… I didn’t feel anything special, but… Shouldn’t we rather pay attention to the wizard woman who realized magic equivalent to the 7th circle at such a young age… “

When Qian answered, blinking her own eyes, the Grand Duchess burst out laughing as if it was absurd.

“No, no. Not at all. The wizard girl is also great, but the one she really needs to keep an eye on is a guy named Ran. She is that man, and she must be the one to keep an eye on the most among them.”

“Yes?”

“The feet that her man, Ran, spread earlier… Originally, she was a blow that could contain countless swords, but earlier it was half of the original… No, he only captured half of that and swung his sword. Perhaps he swung his sword with such restraint in order to prove that we were not his enemies, merely to set an example for us.”

However, even in such an imperfect state, a man named Ran managed to get out of her senses and leave a faint trace of her.

Jureuk.

The Grand Duchess looked at the drop of fresh blood that flowed from her own cheek on her finger, then looked at it blankly.

In the judgment of the Grand Duchess, the man named Ran is a sword master and a skilled swordsman who has wielded a sword for at least ten years.

It was safe to say that there was no possibility that such a powerful person would go beyond the scope of his own slashing and cut something else, so it was absolutely no coincidence that he cut off the cheek of the Grand Duchess at the last moment.

‘This is probably… You could say it’s a kind of warning to me.’

The Grand Duchess requested that they prove their qualifications to become allies of the Grand Duchess.

In other words, this could be said to be an act no different from asking for some kind of proof to trust them.

That’s why the man named Ran gave off a warning by showing off his strength and leaving a scar on the cheek of the Grand Duchess at the same time.

I’m well aware of what you mean by making such an outrageous request. So quitting at this point would be a wise choice for you too-

She even showed her willingness to leave her very slight scars that prevented her from immediately protesting on the spot.

Force, force is force, and stratagem is stratagem. If you have guts, you have guts. All of that really… It’s just perfect

If everything is this perfect and meticulous… Isn’t it human psychology to want to be deceived and deceived for some reason?

‘If there is anything more remarkable, it must be that I calculated all of them in a split second and actually put them into practice.’

The more I chew on it, the more I like it. The Grand Duchess, who had made up her mind, looked back at her Qian and opened her mouth with a confident voice.

“Kian, you will still have a secret line that they have connected to us. Isn’t it?”

“… That’s right. Majesty.”

“Tell them. We will share everything we have with ‘Ouroboros’, so instead, Ouroboros will form an alliance to fully cooperate with us.”

“Your Highness! But no matter how much they are, they are just lowly savages with no roots… “

“Even though they say they don’t have roots, the power they possess is real. Crucially, the enemy we are facing right now is so huge, but don’t forget that you will never be in a position to cover up something.”

Yes. Grand Duchess Karin von Charlotte would do anything in this world to achieve her own goal of overthrowing her empire.

Even if it meant accepting the humiliation of having the grand duke belong to her organization called Ouroboros, just as her man named Ran said insolently.

“By the way, Kian. This is my personal opinion, but… There is something I want to ask you.”

“What do you mean, Your Highness?”

“The man named Ran, who swung his sword in front of us earlier. Don’t you feel like you resemble someone you know?”

“… Do you resemble someone? Are you talking about that man? Who are you talking to?”

Kian tilted his head as he couldn’t understand what the Grand Duchess was saying.

It was really a new word. As far as Kian knows, even though he seems to have some good sword skills, there seems to be only one such ignorant guy who lives for his good taste in return even if he searches the entire empire.

“I don’t know. The guy named Ran earlier had a face that had no distinctive features, so it seemed like his face was already blurring. By the way, why are you asking? If there is something you are stuck on… ?”

“No, no. It is nothing. It must have been just my misunderstanding.”

But why? The face, appearance, personality, and, crucially, even the talent for martial arts are obviously different people.

‘Liner… ‘

As soon as Karin realizes that a man who could be called the perfect stranger resembles her husband, Karin’s unknown discomfort soars.

Her own heart belongs only to Reiner and should be filled with something towards Reiner. Because that’s what she thinks is the ideal relationship between her husband and her wife.

But now, just because her husband’s image overlapped, she projected another man’s image into her mind.

As her wife, the fact that she thinks, recalls, and concentrates all her thoughts on the image of another man, even for a single moment, makes her feel ashamed. From her point of view, this was no different from an obvious affair.

“…..”

Again, anger toward the man who made her commit an affair begins to boil. Just now, the things he thought highly of the man named Ran had already disappeared from his mind.

Anyway, the Grand Duchess, the woman named Karin von Charlotte Johr, wants that man named Ran… He seemed to hate it very much.