Yara von Chrysalis had been back at school for a week. He is now eating lunch with Jace Green in the school canteen. Despite learning that his friend was a prince, he did not treat him differently. After all, a commoner or a prince is simply a human being. They are not dissimilar to him. Furthermore, he is too lazy to care. Even if the Emperor appeared in front of him, he would not react.

Jace Green was smiling as he asked, “Yara, come to my evening banquet. There’s a lot of food!”

“No. Too crowded. Too noisy.” Yara von Chrysalis responded.

Jace Green, who is aware that his friend despises crowds and even dislikes going to class where students congregate in one room. Fortunately, most classes were on the field, and Yara could walk away from the crowd. He would miss that class that required him to stay in the room for the entire day, and the teachers would not question his absence because his grades were all perfect even if he was absent for a few days.

“How about you stay in the garden? I’ve just asked some people to plant more roses in it and let Rozen stay there when it’s time for him to bathe in the sunlight. That’s my private garden so except for royalties no one can enter there. If you wait for me there for a bit after I finish my greetings I will accompany you.” Jace Green said.

Yara von Chrysalis didn’t decline right away, being surrounded by flowers is better than humans.

“…”

Jace Green added, “I will prepare you sweets and desserts instead of heavy meals. You love sweets right?”

“Then I will wait for you in your garden. There is no need to come over right away. I will be okay alone.” Yara von Chrysalis said.

Jace Green said, “It’s okay. You are more important than those Noble Families.”

“I’ll just prepare a gift for your family. Does your father like plants?” asked Yara von Chrysalis.

Jace Green said, “It should be okay. As long as it is like Rozen, that old man would definitely like it.”

“Okay, I understand.” Yara von Chrysalis mumbled as he continued to eat his meal in a dazed manner.

Yara von Chrysalis, like this, had been dragged by his friend Jace Green to a Royal Banquet, where he didn’t have to attend the party directly but instead stayed in the garden to watch over the plants and flowers while eating his sweets and desserts.

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At the Grand Duke’s Palace…

The news of Yara von Chrysalis attending the Royal Banquet had reached the ears of Dean Frey von Gregory in which he reported to the Grand Marshal immediately.

The Grand Marshal said, “If he is going to the banquet then… I will also go to check on him myself. But Yang really said his soul is thin? Are you sure it’s my wife’s soul fragment?”

“Yes, Lord God. It was definitely him. Except we didn’t know what he had done in the last three days he asked for leave. Zhi Yue only said that he had headed to the wild forest at the edge of the Imperium.” Dean Frey von Gregory said.

The Grand Marshal said, “Forget it. As long as I meet him myself I will know whether it was him or not. Inform the Emperor that I am going to attend the Royal Banquet.”

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Evening, Royal Banquet…

Jace Green von Imperlian was formally introduced tonight at the Royal Hall. The Royal Hall is a separate building within the capital where the royal family and noble clan held most of their events. This entire hall was set aside for tonight. The Emperor had only come to introduce his youngest son, Jace Green von Imperlian, to the noble society.

The Emperor, like the Queen, had clans that supported him, which included the clan of his ministers and loyal servants. They were all protecting their youngest prince and introducing him to the other family clans, even pointing out their enemies and allies. As a result, his plan to sneak away to play in the garden with his friend Yara von Chrysalis was put on hold for quite some time.

Unbeknownst to him, his friend, Yara von Chrysalis, had already forgotten about him while checking the roses in the garden and playing with Rozen. Rozen, the little rose plant that had become Sentient as a result of him, resembled a mutated Juliet Roses. Its flowers were larger than normal roses, and it is no longer a regular rose plant.

The various roses in the garden are swaying their flowers as if waving their hands to attract Yara von Chrysalis’ attention. If it hadn’t been for Rozen, this intelligent Rose plant spread around his vine, it would have been a peaceful and beautiful scene. He would gently poke Yara’s cheeks while she was watering the other roses as if she were a jealous child.

Yara von Chrysalis would turn in his direction and whisper, “Don’t play around. I will give you water and nutrients later and change your soil.”

Rozen: King. King, can you give me a bit of your spore? I want to propagate a little. Hehe~”

“Give it to you later. Wait a bit.”

Rozen: Okay… ~(^u^)~

Rozen was spreading his vines around when he heard footsteps approaching the garden they were in. His Master warned him not to tell anyone that he could move or he would be taken away. Rozen couldn’t help but pretend to be a normal rose plant as the suffocating aura loomed over them. The other rose had also returned to normal and was no longer swaying around as if scared.

Yara von Chrysalis, who notices the strangeness of the plants, frowns for a split second before continuing to water the flowers, which sway slightly under the gentle water droplets falling on their petals. He didn’t even notice the person who entered the garden and came to a halt a few meters away from him. This person’s probing gaze fell on Yara von Chrysalis, but she made no response and continued to focus on the plants he was interested in.

The man in front of him walked with purpose. When it comes to fighting, he is a master based on the rhythm of his steps. He could erase the sound of his footsteps as he approached him if he wanted to, but for some reason, he did not. Yara von Chrysalis, who had never been interested in anything except plants, felt strange, and interest glinted within those dull silver eyes as if openly telling him about his arrival. Finally, he decides not to turn around and ignore the other person, instead focusing on his plants.

The Grand Marshal, Caesar Mitchell von Imperlian, in his black uniform, is the one who arrives. Countless metals hung from both of his shoulders, displaying all of his battlefield achievements. His platinum blonde hair, almost white instead of gold, and a pair of blue eyes glinting with crimson held back within it stand out against his black military uniform.

Caesar Mitchell von Imperlian could barely control Roi in his Quantum World as soon as he entered the garden owned by his youngest nephew. It wanted to come out as if he had finally found his mate, but the Grand Marshal wouldn’t let him because his feelings for the young man were different from the usual yearning and affection. Instead, he experiences an unexplainable sense of distance and anxiety. So he just stood there in the distance, observing the young man.

The young man’s back is slender and appears fragile, but the aura he senses from him is almost enough to compensate for his. That eerie sense of desolation and indifference. It appears familiar while also being strange. He couldn’t understand why his soul would react in this way when he was certain that the man in front of him was the incarnation of his wife. The desire to get close as well as the desire to flee. This was the first time he had felt anything like this. But being around this young man made the mental riot in his head vanish.

The Grand Marshal was about to speak when he realized he hadn’t controlled Roi in his quantum world, who had escaped without his permission. The scene of the Black Dragon Quantum Beast appearing in the material world and flying towards Yara von Chrysalis as if to attack him was witnessed by Jace Green and his majesty, who were escorted by Adjutant Kir and Dean Frey. Caesar Mitchell von Imperlian, the Emperor and the youngest prince thought, had lost control of himself and was about to attack Yara von Chrysalis, who happened to be in front of him.

Jace Green exclaims, “Imperial Uncle, Don’t hurt him!”

The Grand Marshal turned around and looked at them coldly, but the scene in front of them was not the bloody scene in their imagination. They noticed that the black dragon Quantum Beast of Caesar Mitchell von Imperlian had indeed flown in the direction of Yara von Chrysalis, but instead wrapped itself around him and rubbed his face against the young man’s expressionless face. Everyone was taken aback, especially the Emperor and Jace Green.

Rawr~

The black dragon even turned itself smaller just so it could rub its face on Yara’s cheeks. This mad dragon obviously likes Yara von Chrysalis so much it has forgotten its dignity as a dragon.

Jace Green mumbled, “What the hell…”

“Am I seeing it right? That vicious-tempered black dragon was hugging that child, wasn’t it? Is this an Illusion?” Emperor Cale Meijer von Imperlian asked Adjutant Kir and Dean Frey who were standing on standby behind them.

Dean Frey von Gregory responded, “Your Majesty, it is not an illusion. We can also see what you are seeing.”

“The quantum beast of the Grand Marshal had wrapped itself around the young man. Yes, I can also see it.” Adjutant Kir von Giselle said.His tone was nonchalant yet his words were very honest.

The four of them could only join the Grand Marshal in his observation of the dragon’s desire to bind itself to Yara von Chrysalis, who was initially attempting to pull the dragon away but was unable to do so and gave up. He was too lazy to exert any more effort or energy than was absolutely necessary. Rozen, on the other hand, was also assisting the King in removing the dragon, but the dragon was immobile because it had completely wrapped itself around Yara.

Rozen: Master, help me pull off this dragon. How can he hug the Venerable Lord like this? So rude!

Jace Green approached his friend and saw the dragon growling at him as if it wanted to bite off his head but immediately stopped under the pats of Yara.

GRRR~

Yara von Chrysalis whispered, “Don’t move. Stop squeezing. I can’t breathe.” The dragon wrapped around him loosened a bit but didn’t let him go. He can only give up and let it wrap itself around him.

Jace Green asked, “Are you alright?”

Rozen: Master, don’t ignore me~

The young baron’s son nods, but his gaze shifts from Jace Green to the cold-looking Grand Marshal in front of him. The two locked their gazes on each other as if they were the only ones in the room. When Yara spoke up, the silence was broken.

“Can you take back your dragon, Uncle?” Yara von Chrysalis asked.

The others were stunned and speechless when these words were spoken. When he heard what Yara von Chrysalis had just called the Grand Marshal, Adjutant Kir von Giselle (Warden Lou) forgot his position and couldn’t stop laughing. 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘭．𝘦𝘵

PFFT~ Hahahaha~