On the way to enter the ballroom, the little swan chirped excitedly.

It was also at this time that Louis realized that Little Swan was actually there to stand up for him.

Louis said helplessly: "Are you so sure that they will come to cause trouble for me?"

The little swan snorted and said:

“The instinct of genius needs no explanation.”

She really did, I cried my heart out.

The little swan didn't even bother to hide his abnormality.

In other words, this incident was not recorded in Louis' diary, otherwise he would have discovered that something was wrong with the little swan long ago.

But it makes sense.

After all, the original owner was the type who would cry and laugh while trying to say that he was fine even if his face was swollen.

It is even less likely that things like being bullied would appear in a diary.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the little swan shuddered and sneezed.

Louis glanced at her, took off his tweed coat and put it on her.

"Dress up. The cold wind in December is quite harsh. You should put on a gauze dress when you go out."

The little swan was very angry and wanted to say "I went out to help you", but when the words came to her lips, they turned into "a lady's cultivation" and "the dress should not have wrinkles".

Finally, Louis ended the game by patting his head.

"Olivia, thank you."

"Hmph, I'm glad you know."

Entering the ball, Olivia seemed to have lost her energy and leaned lazily on Lumi, looking exhausted.

Lumi glanced at Louis.

Seeing that the little swan was about to doze off, Louis whispered, "Sister Lumi, take her to the side to rest for a while."

Lumi nodded, picked up the sleepy little swan and left.

Louis turned his gaze to the scene.

Today's dance party is his main battlefield.

He had a hunch.

After this dance, many clues that he couldn't figure out before will be connected at the dance.

"The truth about the death of the original body and Beatrice"

"Reasons for Poisoning the Marquis of York"

"I hope that the causal chain behind the intertwined events will have a satisfactory result today."

Thinking of this, Louis frowned slightly.

Suddenly, a pair of warm hands soothed his irritability.

"Louis, something seems to have happened outside."

A gust of fragrant wind blew into his arms.

Louis didn't look up, but he knew it was Beatrice coming.

"The matter has been handed over to the secret guards. They will report to you on the situation afterwards."

Louis' voice was very low, and Beatrice carefully twisted the ring on her finger, as if releasing some kind of magic that could eliminate the sound.

Seeing this, Louis whispered:

"I found a strange piece of jewelry on Gregory from Todd's family."

"I don't know if it's my illusion, but I feel a power that is almost identical to the [Sin: Greed] above."

Beatrice nodded and said:

"I guessed it. It could be the [Abyss Pus] created by the Abyss Church, or the [Heart-Scar Jade] from the dark side of the God of Love."

"These are the only technologies on the continent that can systematically utilize the power of the Great Sin."

Louis asked curiously, "What are the Pus of the Abyss and the Heart-Scarring Jade?"

Beatrice didn't reply, but whispered, "Want to know?"

"think."

"Then make a deal."

"you say."

"Hold my hand."

Beatrice said half jokingly, half commandingly.

Louis looked at her in surprise, then reached out and held her hand.

When their fingertips touched, the reserved princess blushed a little.

"Maybe the magic lights at the ball were too bright."

She subconsciously made an excuse.

But Louis raised his head and looked at the bright glazed ceiling.

The moonlight pours down like water.

He smiled and lowered his head.

"The Moon thinks you're wrong."

His teasing voice filled Beatrice's ears, like a silver snowflake falling on her shoulder on a winter night.

In the hot air, the warm touch on her fingertips and the inhaling and exhaling breath made her eyes look misty.

In the breath that did not touch but was entangled, she subconsciously avoided the wild gaze.

She had never seen Louis like this before.

It was full of danger, like a surging tide in the middle of the night, making her feel a little breathless.

He was very aggressive today.

He didn't say anything, but just stared at Beatrice quietly, as if waiting for her answer.

Beatrice bit her tongue hard, trying to regain her sanity.

Having known Louis for some time, she knew that Louis was a cautious and restrained person.

Feeling the heat from her fingertips, she bit her lip and changed the subject:

"The Abyss Church is the leading world shadow on the Star Continent. Do you still remember the Rudelson Organization?"

"Remember."

"The Rudelson Organization is essentially a collective name for the successors of the Mad King's philosophy that "the death of the flesh will bring eternal life to the spirit." The same is true for the Church of the Abyss."

Louis frowned: "Is it a general term for people who believe in the power of the abyss?"

Beatrice shook her head. "To be more precise, it is a general term for the heretics who believe in the Four Gods of the Abyss. The Ichor of the Abyss is the filthy energy bestowed by the Four Gods."

“Even in the bottomless abyss where evil gods and abyss lords roam freely, the Four Gods of the Abyss are second only to the will of the abyss.”

"Their gifts are the greatest spiritual pollution for ordinary people."

"But in the hands of the top masters of the Abyss Church, this thing is an all-purpose consumable that can almost maximize the power of Abyss magic."

Beatrice looked at Louis, her eyes evasive and hesitant, but she finally gritted her teeth and said:

"The Pus of the Abyss is actually equivalent to a mixture of the origins of sin that has never been separated."

"I'm sorry, Louis. The White Tower's Great Sin Experiment is a plan that has been implemented since our father's generation."

"The power of the abyss is dangerous, but not completely uncontrollable."

"Our idea was that rather than hiding from threats, we should face them, study them, control them, and then transcend them."

“This is where the germ of the Great Sin Experiment began.”

"But we failed to supervise and some people who should not have been test subjects were involved, including you."

It is difficult to admit that you are wrong.

Especially in front of him.

She spoke each word slowly.

But Louis smiled:

"Look at me, what are you doing? Go on. I'm still curious about what the Heart-Scarring Jade of the Dark Side of the God of Love is!"

Louis didn't care too much about that.

After all, he wasn't the one who was really suffering.

If he still felt when he first traveled through time that "the original owner is enjoying the good life, and he is on the guillotine".

Now, he just felt refreshed all over.

You bear the pain of the experiment, and I enjoy the fruits of the sin.

This wave is called Reverse Tiangang.

So he laughed even more happily.

Seeing that Louis didn't blame her too much, Beatrice finally smiled and returned to her usual self.

Her fingertips swirled in Louis' palm, and she said slowly, "The Heart-Scarred Jade is actually a special item created by a demigod of the dark side of the God of Love, after stealing some of the Abyss Church's research results on the Abyss Pus, and combining it with his own path."

"For those who wear Heart-Scaring Jade, the loopholes in their hearts will continue to be magnified, and their emotions will easily go to extremes."

"Common sense says that this thing should be as malignant as the pus in the abyss."

"But that demigod almost single-handedly transformed the negative effects of the Heart-Scarring Jade into positive gains."

"The emotional magic she developed can use emotions as fuel and replace some of the magic power."

"The Heart-Scarring Jade has not only not become a cancer for the followers of the Dark Side of the God of Love, but has instead become a top item that amplifies emotions and strengthens spells."

Louis heard this and said with certainty: "That's right, what Gregory is wearing is most likely the Heart-Scaring Jade."

Beatrice nodded: "Let the secret guard investigate. Don't think about it. Let's talk about something happy."

Beatrice hesitated, but she still said: "Just as I thought, today you are very, very..."

She wanted to say that he looked handsome today, but what she could say easily in the past was now stuck.

Louis rarely saw her like this, and for a moment he felt suspicious.

He wanted to look at her like this one more time, one more time, and one more time.

At this time, a melodious bell sounded.

Louis knew that this was the bell that signaled the official start of the dance.

Although he had many regrets in his heart, he still whispered, "The party is about to begin, Beatrice, you are the star of the show today."

Beatrice looked a little disappointed, but she quickly put the emotion away.

Louis is a cautious and restrained man.

Coincidentally, so is she.

But they didn't notice that behind a pillar behind them, someone was almost biting his silver teeth.

…

“Hurry up!”

"Yes, yes, just like that, grab his hand."

"Well done, Beatrice. Now give His Royal Highness Louis a little princess shock!"

"What the fuck are you doing?"

"What's the point of talking about serious matters when it's such a romantic moment!"

"send!"

"It's about time."

"Ahhh, who is this idiot who told me that His Royal Highness Louis is stupid? Who is the stupid one?"

"Lee Jae-gan, why don't you kiss me?"

As the bell rang to signal the start of the dance, the twinkling light in Qian's eyes dimmed instantly.

"No, I'll be pissed off by His Highness."

Qian looked at the pillar that she had crushed into powder with a look of pity on her face.

Her princess was useless at the critical moment.

A horrified thought flashed through her mind.

Could it be that His Royal Highness Louis was so restrained because he saw her performing the knight's salute to His Royal Highness some time ago?

She felt like crying but had no tears left and began to wonder whether she should prostrate herself and apologize.

On the other side, William, who was squatting in the corner on duty, was resting with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at the darkness outside the window.

He seemed to see someone looking at this side from a distance, with a black cloak fluttering in the wind.

But if you look more closely, that's not a cloak.

Just a curtain blown by the night wind.

…

at the same time.

Beatrice and Louis stood on the stepped platform at the ball.

Having shed some of her little girl's shyness, Beatrice once again displayed her former heroic spirit.

“… Today, on this special day, I want to share with you a person who is very important to me.”

At the end of the boring opening remarks on the podium, Beatrice said to everyone below with a firm and solemn tone:

"As the eldest princess of the empire, I need to be responsible for my own life."

"Choosing a suitable person and moving on to the next journey of life is the princess's realization."

Below, the whistles and cheers of the young nobles echoed with the applause of the old nobles and visiting guests.

Standing next to Louis, Beatrice glanced at him subconsciously.

She took a deep breath and finally said:

"I thought he would be the most suitable person, so today's dance was held."

"Cheer and applaud. Believe me, in a few years, you will come to me and say to me sincerely: 'Your Majesty was very lucky to choose Louis Charles Julius as the Prince of the Empire!'"

The audience kept cheering and the whole party was roaring.

At this moment, no one dared to say "no".

Along with this lively atmosphere, the orchestra started playing.

Magic spotlights flickered on the field.

The dance officially began around Louis and Beatrice.

As the two danced, Beatrice whispered, "Louis."

"Um?"

"Will you be scared?"

"What do you mean?"

"Are you afraid to stand next to me?"

"If you say you're not afraid, that's unlikely..." Louis chuckled and said, "Do you remember what I said when you and I went to the White Tower?"

Beatrice lowered her head subconsciously.

She felt that she was more shy today than she had been in the past ten years combined.

Louis held her hand tightly and said, "Do you want me to repeat it again? My fiancée, it was this hand that brought me out of hell."

This is not a joke, nor is it flattery.

Ever since he traveled through time and was reborn, his fate has been firmly tied to Beatrice.

If you were to be reborn sooner, you would have to be the experimental subject of the White Tower.

Even if you manage to escape from the White Tower, you will probably have to live a life of wandering.

Rebirth is late, and things won't be any better after Beatrice's death.

Being too deeply involved with Enser, even if he wanted to escape from Enser, he would become a target of other countries.

A prince of the empire must know some secrets of the empire, right?

But even the original owner who became a legend ended up on the guillotine.

It can be seen that in the struggle between empires, legends are not as safe as imagined.

However, being reborn on the eve of canonization avoids the pain of the experiment and creates the possibility of changing the future.

So his idea at the beginning was very simple. If he could protect his greatest backer, he could sleep soundly and would not have to face the fate of the guillotine.

But now, his purely cooperative relationship with Beatrice seemed to be deteriorating.

Beatrice blinked and said:

"Listen, they are talking about you."

…

"A match made in heaven."

"Do you see that couple in the corner?"

"who are they?"

"You don't know? Those are two legends invited by His Royal Highness Louis, and they are dragons."

"Hiss, dragon?"

"dragon!"

"Did you see the clothes they were wearing? They are said to be the special dresses used by the pure-blooded dragons of the Dragon Empire when they transform into human form."

"No wonder I saw His Royal Highness Louis looking so elegant in his attire."

"Hey, I heard that in the entire Enser, there is only one Chamber of Commerce that knows the standards and specifications of this kind of dress. Even the two legends ordered it specifically from that Chamber of Commerce."

"Oh? Which chamber of commerce has this ability?"

"I think his name was...Meyer?"

…

Beatrice said with both anger and amusement, "It looks like what you wished for. The Meyer Chamber of Commerce is going to be very popular."

Louis said calmly, "I can't help it. I have so many gold coins lying around and I always want to make a little more."

"After all, I am [Greedy]!"

Beatrice smiled and said, "You can also go one step further and make the Meyer Chamber of Commerce one of the chambers of commerce designated by Prince Louis."

Louis blinked and said, "You know, I have admired Mr. Mayer of the Mayer Chamber of Commerce for a long time."

I, Mayer, am a hardworking businessman.

Beatrice said seriously, "You are right, but my fiancé, the dance is about to end."

"According to the time, some people should be unable to sit still and are ready to take action against the Marquis of York."

"They can't figure out assassination methods, but poisoning and the like are their strengths."

Louis whispered, "Who are they?"

Beatrice said calmly, "Whoever is causing trouble today is the one."

An organization emerged in Louis' mind and he chuckled softly.

He didn't settle the score with them first, but they showed up first.

Since you want to fight, then come on! (End of this chapter)