The news that Caligula's slave-catching team had suffered explosive damage from Illa, ruining what should have been a very profitable business, had reached the Empire through distant eyewitnesses.

As for Isabella, she was naturally unconcerned. She wasn't angry about the disruption of the deal and the inability to profit from it; in fact, she was rather melancholy.

Although she had prepared herself to officially break away from Yimra, Yimra was still very flustered when he discovered that her behavior would definitely anger Yimra... mainly because she was afraid of Yimra getting angry, rather than the consequences of that anger.

Even though she already knew this would lead to this outcome.

However, Caligula is having a headache...

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"Yinla! Yinla! Yinla! Yinla! Yinla! I'm going to kill you! Yinla! Die, die, die, die! Yinla! Yinla! Yinla! Yinla! Yinla..."

A handsome man with long, beautiful blond hair was frantically punching a doll he had pinned against the wall. His refined and angular face was now filled with rage.

That plush doll, you could vaguely make out its shape as Illa... the signature trench coat, the distinctive scarlet wings on its back. And the Elcaras family's distinctive short black hair was further proof.

The tall man, who could be called a "beauty," kept beating the doll that symbolized Yinla, cursing wildly while his fists were covered with destructive mana.

"boom!

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With a single punch, Yinla's doll was instantly shattered, its stuffing feathers scattering all over the room. The man let out a long breath, gracefully sat back down in the velvet chair, and slowly picked up his black tea.

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The man took a couple of sips of tea, then took out another Inra doll from the cabinet next to the table. He picked up a dagger from the table, stuck it into the doll's wings, and pinned it to the tabletop.

It looks like the same style as the doll that Yoonra had before, and the cabinet is currently filled with other identical plush toys, making one wonder if he is some kind of Yoonra fan.

"Ring ring~"

The man rang the bell beside the table, watching as the butler, dressed in a well-tailored tailcoat, simply pushed open the door and performed a complex yet proper bow. He heard the butler's voice: "Lord Caligula, your servant Camera is at your service."

Complex grammar and tedious etiquette are precisely what an imperial nobleman and his steward need to be mindful of.

The man called Caligula nodded twice with the courtesy due to a duke, each nod not exceeding fifteen degrees, and replied, "Maintaining cleanliness and tidiness is the job of a household maid, and I apologize for that."

"There's no need to feel apologetic, Lord Caligula. A steward who doesn't treat your will as his own and the maids' work as his own is incompetent."

The butler, who looked to be in his thirties or forties, said this respectfully as he cleaned the room, which was covered in feathers... It was a seemingly harmonious master-servant relationship, which could be considered a model of nobility.

It is precisely because Caligula is such a standard and noble noble family that the Caligula family is one of the greatest families in the empire. However... although this relationship is great in the eyes of most people in the empire, making the vast majority of commoners want to work for Caligula.

However, Imra, who is also an imperial idol, has a very bad relationship with Caligula.

Commoners don't care about political differences or other conflicts; they only know that... Lord Yinla treats commoners very well and is handsome; Lord Caligula treats commoners very well and is also handsome, so they admire both of them.

Caligula was handling the work assigned to him after Isabella had reviewed his work. Since Isabella left the Empire, his workload had increased several times over.

"Yinla! You coward! Come back if you dare! Let me kill you!"

Caligula would only lose his temper and berate someone like this when he was alone in his room, and he would only lose control of his emotions when it came to things related to Ira.

Of course, the "I'll kill you" here, like the previous "I'll kill you," were just angry words. Caligula is a very intelligent person and usually very calm. He would never dare to provoke Illa to her face.

If there's anyone in the Empire who most wants Ira to return, it's probably Caligula even more so than Isabel… He might also be the most furious about the fool who presumptuously forged the imperial decree.

Yinla is an enemy without exception.

Caligula was very certain of this, but that was precisely why he wanted Inra to stay within the Empire, within the system... If Inra played the game according to the rules, they could continue to maintain their advantage.

(Although the influence of the nobles was declining year by year, no one seemed to realize it... because of the influence of the Inra faction, and because of Inra's balancing strategy.)

Once Inra leaves the Empire, the situation will be beyond Caligula's control. The dangerous Inra faction and Insabella's direct subordinates who are inclined towards Inra are also terrifying dangers.

If things go wrong, it's not impossible for the empire to collapse.

Caligula would rather fight Illa at all times, keeping a close watch on his every policy for the sake of the nobles who stood by him, even if it meant worrying about stomach aches every night, than let Illa go anywhere else.

"Ha...ha...I won, I won! Coward, coward! Come back here!"

Caligula muttered to himself as he frantically stabbed Illa's doll with his dagger, his handsome face contorted into a bizarre expression. Even so, his left hand continued to flip through work reports.

Then, in a moment, he saw something very noteworthy…

【Your Excellency Duke Caligula, thanks to your blessing, I have successfully investigated and discovered that the person who ordered Baron Leman to draft the decree, leading to Illa Elcaras's defection, had contact with Sir Lacio Kili. The details are as follows—】

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[...]

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"Count Lassio? King Kyli III?!"

As Caligula looked at the report and muttered to himself, his face gradually contorted. He stood up angrily, then calmed himself down and sat down again, but in the end... he couldn't bear it any longer and stood up.

"That idiot! That idiot!"

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