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“I have to step in instead of the Miss. Looking closely, Miss is too soft on these two!”
“Me? I don’t? I’m really scolding them?”
“Not at all the way I see it. Look now! What are you giving this fox who had such an accident yesterday!”
I was startled when I handed the melon-flavored candy I had brought to Oscar. No, he must have been surprised yesterday, either. Even if I nag, shouldn’t I comfort it after he calmed down?
“This is why Oscar can’t break that habit.”
Amber put her hands on her waist and looked at Oscar sharply.
Since I was in the South, I had entrusted the management of these two to Amber, so somehow, I found her more strict than I was. Even Damian frowned slightly at the pose she always took before nagging.
“You two! I’ve told you several times that what you do can cause trouble for Miss! I think I’ve been talking nonstop since the South!”
I lowered my head at the sound of Amber’s voice. She, at a time like this, was really scary.
“I didn’t do anything.”
At that time, Damian stepped back while looking serious. Suddenly, only Oscar stood in front of Amber.
I, too, had long since stepped back.
“It was urgent! Then shouldn’t they understand? A boy and a lady with the same hair color as the master were on the verge of dying.”
“Even so, it is your fault, Oscar, that you jumped into the dining room where the Duke is without even knocking on it.”
“Don’t try to restrain us with human discipline! Right, Damian? Hey, tell them as well. You said well that human customs are inconvenient.”
When Oscar said so, Damian shook his head.
“I never said anything like that.”
“Oh! What are you talking about! You, too, were annoyed that a passing servant called and tried to make you work!”
“That and this are different.”
“Heeeyy! This seaweed punk
!”
While Oscar huffed and tried to rush at me, I interrupted him.
“Oscar, you have to listen carefully to what Amber has to say. This is not different from what I was trying to tell you.”
“Hing, Master.”
“I am not forcing human discipline on you though where you live now is a human society anyway. If so, shouldn’t you prepare, just in case, to know the habits of humans?”
Oscar lowered his eyebrows at my words.
“Then, it’ll be too hard to meet Master. We were always together in the South, but it’s hard to see your face even once a day here.”
“I’ll try to do that.”
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“Isn’t that really too much? Master, if you don’t see us, are you okay? I miss you every day.”
When I saw Oscar staring at me with a milky white face, and only the corners of his eyes dyed red, I felt sorry for no reason.
I soon patted Oscar on the shoulder.
“Tsk, I want to hug Master like the Master’s brother. I want to hug you tight.”
It was really cute to see him whimpering like a child, so I hugged him as he wanted.
“Like this?”
“
Well, this is good enough.”
“Yes, yes. Doggy, let’s be careful next time. Understand?”
Oscar jumped up at the name I called as a joke.
“I’m not a doggy!”
“Ah, let’s do this. Whenever you act bad, I won’t call you Oscar. I’ll call you doggy.”
“Master!”
Being a fox beast, he got quite high just by jumping in place. When I looked at it curiously and smiled, Damian suddenly grabbed my arm.
“Master.”
“Yes?”
“Your magic
”
Even though I was speechless, I immediately understood what he was saying.
“I don’t have much energy these days. It’s a
 lot, right?”
“
.”
Damian was busy scanning my body here and there without answering.
“What, why are you doing that?”
Oscar stopped running and stuck next to me, perhaps feeling a strange atmosphere.
“Oscar, give the master a replenishment of her magic power.”
“Look at this, Master. I am what the master needs. Don’t forget.”
“Well, it would have been a big deal if Oscar hadn’t been there. Thank you.”
“Hehe.”
Oscar, who had a bright childlike smile, spread his fingers and the red beads started spinning.
I watched the sight that I was used to now, and then I raised my gaze. Red eyes, like red marbles, scanned my stomach for a long time. A large palm touched my lower abdomen. Even though I got used to it, uncomfortable sensations penetrated my body.
As the hot energy gradually faded, my legs gave out and I almost collapsed, but Damian and Oscar held my arms beside me.
“Bring the Miss this way.”
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Amber hurriedly made me sit down on the sofa. Although I was dizzy for a while, I was able to recover my energy quickly. How long would I need Oscar’s help? Couldn’t I drive Cassandra out with my energy alone
?
After deciding to be with Lucian, my interest now was to remain here. If it was a dream, I didn’t want to wake up. I was deciding where I would live in the future.
When I opened my eyes with firm determination, I saw three pairs of eyes gazing down at me like before.
The worried eyes seemed to cheer me on.
Don’t worry, Oscar.
I would stay here so that you would always be by my side.
Damian, don’t worry.
I would never lose my body to Cassandra.
Thank you, as always, Amber.
I would try to stay with you for a long time, too.
As Lucian showed in the webtoon, I also had to prepare to stand alone.
It was impossible to live by just getting help forever. I’d have to make a schedule and plan like that. It was not the plan from when I was a kid who only moved for my bias, but a plan to live here and for myself

I would try to stand up for myself first.
Only for me.
Also, for the people around me who liked me.
* * *
Lucian hurried out of the audience room.
He was worried about Rachel, who was waiting at the mansion, so he couldn’t delay. Even this brief separation made him very anxious and nervous. Why? Why was he so impatient if he couldn’t see her?
Despite receiving her heart, he still had to struggle with anxiety and thirst.
As he strode across the hallway with his long legs, a shiny hair appeared in the distance. His golden eyes twisted in displeasure. Even from a distance, he could tell that it was the Prince. In addition, it seemed like numerous attendants were also following him.
Lucian twisted his mouth and waited on the spot. In the Imperial Palace, subordinates could not move until someone with a higher rank passed by.
Elliot smiled at Lucian, who didn’t take his eyes off him.
“Duke, long time no see.”
Lucian, who had a strong desire to just pass by, glared at the Prince, who greeted him first and lowered his head.
“I greet the little lion of the Leonis Empire.”
“What are you doing in the Imperial Palace so early?”
“
I have come to have an audience with the Emperor.”
Lucian found it cumbersome that this place was the Imperial Palace. The habits he had been taught since childhood were not easily abandoned as he had the duties of a duke.
“I see. You were on your way back from an audience with father.”
“That’s right.”
“Is the Lady doing well?”
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“
.”
At the question, he glared at the prince, who suddenly asked about Rachel as his golden eyes shone bright yellow.
While looking at him ridiculously, Elliot also stared at him.
“I’m just asking, aren’t you glaring at me too much? What disrespect.”
“
.”
“It is a really great family. The only nobles who ignore the Imperial Family’s questions are probably Duchy Leon.”
The ears of the attendants around the Prince pricked up at those words as he purposely rebuked Lucian.
Even though he knew that the prince did it on purpose, Lucian didn’t want to apologize. The Prince was truly an unpleasant person. He was brazen and shameless when he kidnapped Rachel and was blatantly greedy.
“Is this how you treat a powerless illegitimate Prince?”
Elliot shrugged his shoulders and moved along without saying anything more.
At the same time, Lucian took a long look at him as he passed. He hadn’t forgotten about the Prince kidnapping Rachel and was already in the middle of finding out about the prince’s identity. When the opportunity came, he would never miss it.
Elliot twisted his lips, feeling the long, tenacious gaze following him. He was annoyed. Even though he couldn’t get what he wanted, it felt like there were more things to do. He should have just kidnapped her
 It was enough that he kidnapped her as a little girl and hid her.
What did he hope for after becoming a member of the Imperial Family?
Well, if there was a good thing about being a member of the imperial family, it was that he got pampered by the nobles.
Soon, Elliot let out a pleasant sound as he remembered Noah de Castilla, who had been doing his part lately. Only then did the attendants let out a small sigh. It was because they were worried that the Prince they were serving would be in a bad mood because of the Duke.
“Are you doing a good job?”
In fact, Elliot did not have high expectations for Noah. And the person he asked to find was the one Elliot had been looking for a long time ago. It was hard to find out, even for him, who ruled the bottom no matter what trick he had used.
But, Noah found him.
In addition, the place he found was so absurd that Elliot had no choice but to burst out laughing for the first time in a long time.
“Hmm, I never really thought you’d be there.”