You think you're worthy of saving the world?

Hearing him say that, the "wicked witch's" tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.

"Hmph... I'm going back."

The red-haired girl coldly uttered those words and turned to leave.

The sound of high heels clicking on the ground is very pleasant.

"Yes, Miss."

Yuri followed.

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Valpugis territory.

As night fell, the bright moonlight bathed the kingdom's borders.

Tonight is a rare good night's weather, and the old lord's mansion is shrouded in silver.

In the Countess's boudoir, a beautiful figure with a curvaceous figure stood before the mirror.

Tonight, Rosalia is dressed in all black, exuding a captivating yet sacred aura—she has changed into her nun's habit.

She plans to disguise herself and leave the territory tomorrow to search for Yuri's whereabouts.

Finding her own men to be of no use, she personally took charge of reorganizing every aspect of her territory.

After restoring order within the territory, Rosalia was finally able to entrust the affairs to her retainers and go out of the city to find people herself.

In fact, Rosalia had borrowed a knight's outfit from a young female knight in the city, but the waistband was the wrong size, so she had to settle for dressing as a nun and leaving the city instead.

Although she hadn't heard from Yuri for the past two weeks, she wasn't worried at all that anything might have happened to her.

Euryphus Falción was her accomplice with whom she exchanged secrets, and the only man she acknowledged.

and so--

"Wait for me, little Yuri..."

Rosalia gently bit her full lips: "Since you made me come to you of my own accord, are you prepared to be punished?"

"Boom, boom, boom."

A cold knock came at the door, followed by the maid's voice.

"Madam, have you already gone to bed?"

"It's so late, what's going on?"

Rosalia's tone was quite displeased that her fantasy time had been disturbed.

The maid spoke through the door: "A guard has come to report that two guests outside the city wish to receive an audience with the lady."

061 Rosa: Mr. Law, I'm here to help you with the revival match.

Rosalia frowned silently.

Is there not a single normal person in this wretched rural area?

The little maid disturbed her mistress's rest late at night just to tell her that two people wanted to meet in the middle of the night?

Suppressing her anger, she examined her makeup in the hand mirror and said calmly, "Let them come during the day."

Ha ha……

Thinking about it carefully, just abandoning the territory and having a dreamlike honeymoon with little Yuri in this era doesn't seem so bad.

The Grand Duchess drifted into daydreaming again: Although we're not husband and wife yet, we'll soon be a de facto married couple... Will I make it a reality?

Rosalia licked her lips, and then the maid continued timidly.

"Um... the guest who wants to see you is an elf..."

"What's wrong with the elves? I don't want to see them either."

After a few seconds of silence, the maid spoke: "She said they brought news of the death of a boy named Yuri."

"------!"

Rosalia's hand mirror fell to the ground, turning into shards of glass. She staggered and nearly fell.

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The living room was shrouded in a somber atmosphere late at night.

"...That's how it happened."

Tia kept her head bowed throughout as she recounted the entire story of her encounter and separation with Yuri, and finally recounted what Cynthia had witnessed about "Yuri's death."

How brave and indomitable he was in the face of death.

Even when faced with more than a dozen witches, he did not beg for mercy.

Yuri was such a remarkable young knight, the elven maiden slowly recounted.

Rosalia remained seated throughout, motionless, like the most beautiful sculpture in the world.

Her face remained as proud and dignified as ever, making it impossible to discern her intentions.

However, Rosalia's shoulders trembled, trembling the entire time.

The Grand Duchess kept it to herself.

She finally broke down when she heard Tia say that Yuri had been cut in two by the witches and that he didn't even have a complete body.

His face was deathly pale, and his lips were trembling.

The pupils dilate and constrict at different times.

"........."

Ten minutes after Tia finished speaking, she finally snapped out of her daze.

Rosalia got up, supporting herself on the chair, and quickly walked to Tia.

"Madam, Yuri is truly a..."

"Snapped--!!!"

A loud slap echoed in the conference room late at night.

Rosalia slapped the elf girl across the face and then left the meeting room.

Her silhouette no longer carried the elegant and composed aristocratic air of the past; instead, it resembled a hasty escape.

Rosalia fled back to her room, locked herself in, and slumped against the door, feeling utterly powerless.

It wasn't until recently that the Grand Duchess finally realized her own feelings.

Initially, I just saw Euryphus as a cute and alluring young man and wanted to savor his melancholy expression.

But recently, Rosalia has stopped seeing him as a boy and started seeing him as a real man.

Although it is still very weak, it has incredible potential.

His words were persuasive, and his eyes were mysterious and resolute.

He was the one who saved him when he was seriously injured.

He was the one who encouraged himself when he failed to get promoted.

Rosalia was certain that she could no longer take her gaze off Yuri.

The girlish feelings I thought I would never have have been bursting forth in my heart these past few days.

She had never experienced love, had never been in a relationship with a man, nor had she ever been interested in one, so—

Once the aloof Grand Duchess awakens to her true nature, her love burns like the most passionate fire, becoming unstoppable.

In Rosalia's eyes, nothing in this world could stop her feelings for Yuri.

Even if she and Yuri are far apart in age, it doesn't matter. She doesn't care about the world's opinions or those criticisms.

Even if Cecilia strongly objects, it doesn't matter. She can give up her title and become Yuri's legal wife... But, she must be the one to get pregnant with Yuri's child first.

Even if... even if Yuri doesn't see her as a romantic interest at all, it doesn't matter. She will pursue Yuri relentlessly until the day he accepts her. I will be the winner.

However, now all of that has vanished.

Yuri is dead...?

She had never thought of this before entering the singularity.

Because Rosalia is a woman whose mind is only filled with thoughts of herself.

If I could think of Yuri even a little bit...

They should also understand how foolish and absurd the idea was to send a first-tier youth into the Nine Star Singularity!

Rosalia covered her face with trembling hands, and a helpless sob escaped from her fingertips.

"The one who killed little Yuri... was me...!"

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I don't know how much time had passed, but the first rays of morning sunlight pierced through the curtains.

Rosalia slowly stood up.

Her delicate face no longer showed sadness or regret.

Rosalia went to the bedside and rang the bell to summon the maid.

"Have the two elves from last night wait for me in the conference room," she commanded.

"Yes, ma'am."