# Chapter 50
Chapter 50
[My dear princess Cayena.
I was just staying at home when I had the pleasure of receiving your letter.
Construction of the building has already started; however, having the opportunity to assist Your Highness is an honor.
I have already spoken to Miss Olivia, but I would like to meet her at the imperial academy in two days.
I look forward to seeing you again.
Sincerely, Raphael Kedrey.
」
Cayena looked once again at the letter Olivia delivered yesterday.
There was nothing special about the letter, but it was a little unbelievable.
Its content was concise; there was nothing significant about it.
It was very simple and appropriate.
However, the content was not the problem.
“Raphael sent me a reply?”
Cayena looked vacantly at the letter and swallowed.
“Of course, the way people treat me will change now that I’ve changed.”
But it would be a little uncomfortable to meet him tomorrow while feeling so strange.
Cayena calmed her heart, telling herself that she was being silly.
“Tomorrow is Rezef's last day of parole.
Somehow, it felt like the ten days of ordeal had lasted too long.
Was it because there were so many incidents?
“As a reward for organizing internal affairs, I need to obtain a letter of appointment from the emperor for Rafael to be placed in the role of military leader of the west.”
She could then deliver it to him at the gym tomorrow.
“Vera, could you request an audience with the emperor?
And Susan, get my dress ready.
“Yes, Your Highness.
The court ladies were writing invitations and, on Cayena's orders, they stood up.
Needless to say, Julia looked at them with envy.
Julia's hand hurt from writing invitations.
She put down her pen for a moment to take a short break.
Julia was looking forward to the princess' coming of age.
However, she didn't want to do the tasks associated with it.
That being said, Olivia was working so much that she couldn't spare any time.
In fact, among the four maids, Julia wrote the fewest invitations.
Her anticipated elegant life in the palace and capital seemed to become more and more distant as she was trapped in constant work.
Why was the princess so busy?
Julia really couldn't understand.
"The prince is in prison and my brother has been strange lately.
The palace is full of strange things.
My brother, the princess and all the ladies at court!"
She nervously dipped the pen into the inkwell and took it out.
“Kyaa!
— The ink came out of the pen and spread in all directions.
“Oh no, what do I do?
Black paint splattered over her pastel dress.
Julia got nervous and rubbed the paint, but that only caused it to smudge a lot.
Olivia let out a small sigh when she saw the paint splattered on some of her invitations.
“What's the problem?
— Cayena asked.
Julia started to cry.
“The paint stained my dress!
“Oh dear.
Looks like you need to change your clothes.
Then Cayena's gaze turned towards Olivia.
“Olivia, did you get splashed on yourself too?
With those words, Julia also turned to Olivia.
“My dress is fine.
At that moment, Julia noticed the paint splatters on the invitations.
She felt a little sorry, but it was just an invitation, so it could be written again.
Her dress, on the other hand, could not be saved.
Even so, Julia apologized in a low voice.
“I'm very sorry.
I didn't know the paint would splatter like that.
“It's okay,” Olivia said, and she redid the invitation.
Julia was a little confused.
She thought Olivia would also ask if she was okay.
She got up grumpily.
“I will change into another outfit and return, Your Highness.
“As you wish.
Julia left the office.
Cayena approached Olivia.
She found a very ink-stained invitation.
“Hmm.
Ink splattered on the words on these two pages.
But the rest just has paint splatters in the margins, so we can cover it up with an image.
Olivia finally realized that she didn't need to throw away all the invitations.
Normally, she would have thought of this kind of solution immediately.
“It looks like you have something on your mind.
Olivia moved her lips slightly before closing them.
“I can’t tell her that the Kedrey Duchy’s patronage has been cut off…”
She had been worried about this since she became a court lady of the princess's palace.
Then this morning she received a letter from her family saying the sponsorship had ended.
"ANDI’m fine, but what about my younger brothers?”
His family had a huge debt.
“It is strange that we have taken on debt and the interest is also unusual.”
It was very convenient that the person responsible for the debt did not demand anything from them.
In fact, it was really worrying.
Many high-ranking aristocrats behaved nonchalantly about things like this, so their parents didn't believe the lack of action was significant.
“Something is strange.”
The debt had grown so much that it was difficult to pay more than the interest on what she earned.
However, although the numbers continued to grow, they were not incentivized to pay.
It seemed like your lender had other goals than money.
“Emma also thought this was strange, so she is trying to find out where the debt came from…”
Emma was one of Olivia's younger sisters.
A light sigh flowed from his lips.
She wanted to pay off this suspicious debt quickly.
Recently, Zenon was on edge because of the problem with Catherine Lindbergh.
Furthermore, Cayena had become the imperial palace.
Their actions were righteous, so the opposing side naturally appeared to be evil.
The momentum was completely tilted towards Cayena.
She was slowly removing Rezef's people one by one.
Specifically, she was removing people associated with the Evans family.
“Placing Catherine in Count Hamel’s family will earn the emperor’s favor.
I don't know how much this will affect, and Rezef denied it, but it's clear that Cayena brought the emperor's mistress and her son to contain Rezef's power.”
“Just because Lindbergh's son doesn't have any power doesn't mean we can ignore him.
He is one of the biggest threats to the current balance.
If the Kedrey Duchy supports him, it will be difficult to fix the situation.
At that time, one of his subordinates approached him with an embarrassed face.
“Sir Evans, I have something to report.
“What is it?
“Henverton Gillian tried to make contact.
Should I ignore it like last time?
Recently, the heir to the Viscounty Gillian had been trying to negotiate with them in exchange for the position of the princess's husband.
It wasn't even funny.
Regardless of the usefulness of the warhorse business, it was the position of the emperor's son-in-law that they were talking about.
He was about to tell his subordinate to ignore him, but after thinking, he closed his mouth.
It seemed like he would be able to deal with that sassy princess without raising his hand.
Zenon smiled like a shark.
“No.
Let's hear it once.
Make an appointment with him.
Zenon left the palace for the first time in a long time to go to his private residence in the capital.
His address had an excellent advantage.
The location and internal structure of the building made it a good place to organize secret meetings.
Upon entering the secret area of the residence, he saw the guest who arrived first.
“My regards.
I'm Henverton Gillian.
Henverton curled his eyes into smiles and extended his hand for a handshake.
Zenon looked at his hand for a moment before grabbing it.
“I'm Zenon Evans.
He had never associated with Henverton before, but knew him well.
In particular, the gentlemen's club that Henverton ran with his friends was well known, although it was supposed to be secret.
“It’s hard to call it a secret club when everyone knows about it.”
“My attendant told me what you said,” Zenon began to say.
“If Viscount Gillian and the imperial family united, it would be a great strength for Prince Rezef.
To be more precise, this would benefit the Evans family, not the imperial family.
Henverton was the successor to Viscount Gillian.
He has offered to share the power of the warhorse business he will inherit with the Evans family.
And the price was Cayena.
“What I want is Princess Cayena herself, not the position of imperial son-in-law.
If he could have Cayena in his hand right now, that was all he wanted.
He wasn't interested in the position at all.
He just wanted to get his hands on Cayena as soon as possible.
Henverton was a passionate collector who had an obsession with beauty.
He loved collecting beautiful jewelry, statues, paintings and things like that.
Then, he saw the most beautiful thing he could possess in his life.
That was Cayena.
The princess's beauty was by far the greatest among the many things he had collected.
He was obsessed from the moment he first saw her.
His desire to possess her made it difficult for him to be in hers due senses.
Back then, in the library, Cayena had seen through the madness in his eyes.
“Since your heart is so set, I think our conversation today will be very useful.
Zenon's cold eyes looked mockingly at the maniacal Henverton.
“The princess will visit the imperial academy tomorrow.
She goes to meet Sir Raphael.
For the first time, the smile on Henverton's face disappeared.
“Is she meeting… Raphael Kedrey?
He remembered Raphael, who interrupted him in the imperial library.
Thinking about that time again made him grit his teeth.
He wanted to mutilate Raphael, who dared to hold Cayena in his arms.
Henverton's eyes were stained with a deep darkness.
Zenon continued,
“Before our meeting today, I prepared something in the temple.
If someone donates more than a certain amount to the temple, they will arrange a separate building.
This building was really useful.
It was a sanctuary, a non-aggression area.
Outsiders could not enter the building without the temple's permission, even if criminals were hiding inside.
Henverton's eyes glittered terrifyingly at Zenon's explanation.
“What does it mean…
“Take the princess there, while a carriage is sent as a distraction.
In other words, even if the princess's disappearance was noticed, he would be able to hide her while his researchers focused on the wrong carriage.
“I must replace the coachman or escort rider with someone I know.
Henverton smiled grimly.
“Perfect.
I loved it.
After addressing a few other questions, they stood up.
“I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
Zenon replied with a wry smile.
“Me too.
They shook hands again and left.
When Zenon was left alone, he burst into laughter.
“Idiot.
Did Henverton think he could get his hands on Cayena?
How can an idiot who can't keep his head under his illusions embrace her?
“What a perfect scapegoat.
It would be Zenon who would catch Cayena the next day, and the one who would take all the blame would be none other than Henverton Gillian.