“It’s about the recent movements of the dark mages. It seems they’re growing their forces by traveling back and forth with the Heritail Kingdom near Saraum village by the border. So we should spread barbed wire that forms a magic field around that area to block anyone from crossing.”

“Barbed wire… That’s a good plan. Then we should spread a barrier over it to prevent mages from crossing, plus run electricity through it so they can’t escape no matter what.”

“If you do that, I’m all for it. Unless they’re high circle mages who use flight magic, most will be mages who transform into small animals like mice to escape…”

Lars trailed off and chose his words carefully.

“If we run electricity so they get electrocuted, they won’t be able to recklessly exchange communications with the dark mages of the Heritail Kingdom, so it should also have the effect of preventing them from causing incidents.”

“Mm.”

Claes nodded.

“Though Elysia regains her body over places touched by black magic, we can’t let dark mages run wild anymore. Hundreds of citizens have been sacrificed because of them… We absolutely cannot stand by and watch their rampage.”

“When will you personally go out on a subjugation?”

Hmm. Claes thought for a moment, then agreed.

“There’s the option of leaving it to Karad, but Karad treats dark mages with excessively cruel methods. Because of that, he sometimes frightens the imperial citizens instead. So if I go, I’m thinking of having Karad and you remain in the imperial capital while I handle the subjugation.”

“Well, Brother Claes is a master archer, so you bring victory to whatever battlefield you stand on. Then Brother Karad and I will guard the imperial capital during that time.”

Claes answered quietly.

“But don’t let your guard down. It hasn’t even been a year since the palace rebellion was suppressed. Plus Javier, who was like the ringleader of the insurgents, still hasn’t been caught.”

“I understand. I’ll set up ironclad security so nothing unseemly happens in the palace. And while you’re away, I’ll personally command the royal guard, so don’t worry.”

“Good. Well thought.”

When they arrived at the dining room, Claes personally pulled out a chair for Chohee to sit. Then he headed to the head seat at the top.

Actually, that seat belonged to the emperor, but the current emperor couldn’t rise from his bed due to illness. So Crown Prince Claes handled all the imperial palace documents.

‘So it’s right to see him as holding all the real power. I heard when I possessed before that there were views that Claes would ascend to the emperor’s throne soon.’

“Elysia. If there’s anything that doesn’t suit your taste, express it however you want. Then I’ll have them remove it so it’s not brought to the table.”

Chohee nodded. With a satisfied expression, Claes cut the lamb steak placed before him. Chohee also moved her fork, picking up asparagus with movements now familiar to her.

“Isn’t Karad coming?”

At Claes’s words, Lars answered gently.

“Brother Karad sometimes needs time alone. And if he doesn’t cool off by himself, well…”

“Hmm…”

Claes showed a bitter expression for a moment but quickly corrected it. He turned his gaze to Chohee and spoke affectionately.

“Elysia. Are you also concerned about Karad?”

Chohee shook her head at that. Though Karad was good at s*x, even that was less skillful compared to his brothers, and though he occasionally showed her consideration, he showed no consideration for her during *ntercourse.

So whether Karad ate dinner or not had nothing to do with her.

“Hehe. I see.”

Claes, who had been smiling bitterly, reached out to caress Chohee’s hand where she sat. But that expression also disappeared instantly.

He continued eating calmly. Lars did the same.

‘When I first came here, we had s*x on this dining table… But today he doesn’t seem to be thinking of doing it that much.’

Though Claes revealed slightly twisted s*xual desires when holding her, she knew from past experience that this dream world itself was sexually promiscuous.

‘That’s what made it even more unusual.’

Making only one person his one and only consort, and sharing that consort with his two remaining brothers.

‘Even if it’s because of the oracle… Claes completely welcomes it.’

While tasting the coq au vin broth placed before her, Chohee was newly amazed that the food was delicious even though this was a dream. Really, when she was exhausted from work, having this dream once in a while was healing.

Claes couldn’t help but beam as he watched Chohee’s adorable smile. Perhaps noticing his gaze, Chohee wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin, prompting Claes to chuckle and speak to her affectionately.

“What does Elysia think about becoming my consort? If you become empress, responsibilities will follow, but no one will treat you like a breeding vessel anymore. If anyone dares do that in front of me, they’ll be dragged to the gallows.”

Chohee hesitated at those words.

If this were reality instead of a dream, she would naturally have answered that she’d become empress, but this was simply a dream. She didn’t want to experience headache-inducing matters even in dreams.

But before Chohee could react, Lars answered instead.

“Elysia isn’t yet well-versed in our world’s culture. Rather than expecting an answer from her now, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to ask that question later, brother?”

“Mm… That’s reasonable too. Elysia. Do you think so as well?”

‘Let’s agree this time. Anyway, when I wake up from this dream, who knows when I’ll dream this dream again?’

Chohee nodded.

Then Claes squeezed Chohee’s hand with a playful expression.

“Haha. If you become my empress, I’ll do everything I can for you, Elysia. You’ll do work befitting an empress beside me, but you’ll be able to wield supreme power accordingly.”

The sweetly whispering voice was truly seductive, but…

Chohee only quietly looked back at Claes. Seeing that, Claes smiled gracefully and raised his hand to kiss her fingertips.

“If you ever feel like it, come to me anytime. I’ll do my best to understand what you want to say.”

“……”

“If you don’t want to work as an empress… Even so, you’re my one and only consort. I don’t want to bring in another woman, so I’ll let you be certain of this one thing.”

Claes curved his white eye corners delicately and pressed his lips to Chohee’s ear.

“If you have no desire for power, I’ll let you do nothing as my flower-like empress. You’ll just need to receive me and my brothers in the deepest part of the imperial palace.”

Only then did Chohee smile brightly. Since this was a dream anyway, she thought it would be more stimulating and enjoyable to be filled with s*x.

“Yes. Then if you change your mind, express your intentions to me anytime. You can write it down too. Since you seem to read letters… If you really can’t convey the meaning, please write me a letter.”

She wanted to give one compliment to someone so kind.

Chohee lightly kissed his cheek with her clean lips. Claes who received it widened his eyes slightly but soon chuckled and caressed the touched cheek.

“It seems you like it. Hehe. Today you’re also setting my desire to hold you on fire.”

But he added.

“Today I want to hold you somewhere other than the dining room. It’s no fun if the place is always the same, right? Past the rose garden we saw on the way to the training grounds today, there’s a greenhouse – I’m thinking of holding you in that greenhouse.”

Chohee smiled brightly, seemingly agreeing with those words. Seeing that, a deep crimson arc formed at the corner of Claes’s mouth too.

“Brother, I’ll rest today. I hope you and Elysia enjoy yourselves intimately together.”

“Ah. Lars. Why? It would be much more enjoyable if you joined.”

It seems Elysia wants that too.

At those words, Lars answered gently.

“I’m worried about Brother Karad who will be alone. I want to visit him once and report to Brother Claes. Though alone time is necessary, if it gets too long, Brother Karad seemed to lean toward bad thoughts. It’s to prevent that.”

Claes agreed.

“Understood. Lars. Then do that. If Karad leans toward an even worse direction than now, it would be like having one of my left arms cut off.”

‘Karad seems to almost antagonize his brothers, but Claes and Lars seem to treat him fairly well. From what I can see, given Karad’s personality, he would have caused trouble long ago.’

His personality was also terrible – sneaking up on her and attacking while she slept. The fact that he came pushing aside his brothers just to taste her tight p*ssy also seemed to be because Claes didn’t allow anyone to treat Chohee roughly.

“Shall we get up then, Elysia?”

After eating caramel canelés for dessert, she stood up following Claes. He politely kissed the back of Chohee’s hand, then escorted her outside.