Jan suddenly felt like the empress was similar to Minhyuk. What was surprising was the fact that the vassals around her seemed to be used to it, like it was something that they had already experienced countless times.

"Let's go back," Ellie said, turning to leave. Since the person she was interested in had disappeared, she lost all interest in attending the tournament’s awarding ceremony. With that, she quickly left.

'He went to eat something delicious...' Ellie thought, chuckling at the words. She did not know about the others, but for some reason, she understood the man’s thoughts perfectly. Ellie was someone who had money, excellent swordsmanship, the Eivelis Empire, and everything else in this world. However, even with all of that, she still felt like she was missing something in her life.

What she missed was ‘delicious food’, something that was once Ellie’s pleasure, her safe haven. Others might think that the man was being disrespectful, but Ellie felt that she could relate to what the man was thinking. She was once similar, stopping at nothing in order to eat something delicious when she was young. Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks. She thought, ‘Were those really his pure and genuine thoughts…?’ 

Ellie believed that no one could be so pure these days. She stopped walking and turned to look back to the spot where he should have been. She thought, 'Len....