Chapter: 337

It was no secret that Astelle painted this picture for the late Empress Dowager, but it was also not a widely spread story that everyone knew.

It wasn’t even a great story to spread like that.

Seibel laughed and talked about what happened.

“About seven years ago, I was in charge of protecting the temple as a cadet for the Knights Templar.”

He was a cadet candidate.

Children of prestigious families do not go through such a process and are simply appointed as knights.

‘It’s because he doesn’t come from a prestigious family.’

Count Ecklen is from a foreign country, so it must have been difficult for this adopted son to get into a good position.

Seibel said in a calm voice as if recalling old memories, “At that time, I saw Lady Astelle painting this picture in the temple.”

“Ah……is that so?”

‘It is a strange relationship.’

At the time, Astelle was so focused on her paintings that she didn’t even know who was watching her.

The people of the Holy Knights roam the temple, so they might have seen her.

She was going to say it was a strange relationship, but the sound of footsteps approached through the door.

“Astelle.”

Through the open door, the owner of the voice appeared.

It was Kaizen.

For a moment, Astelle almost did not recognize him.

He has been wearing plain clothes since the trip. But now, Kaizen wore a splendid court robe with gold thread embroidery on the collar and sleeves on a black background.

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It was only natural for the Emperor to wear such clothes in the Imperial Palace.

During the tour, he was wearing casual clothes like ordinary nobles.

“Greetings to the Emperor, the Lord of the Empire.”

Kaizen strode towards the two of them, and looked at Seibel.

“Sir Seibel, what are you doing here?”