Extra 05: Nadine 01
Richter du van Warung. His mother, Olivia, was Crown Prince Jean’s nanny. For Richter, who grew up with him from a young age, Jean was his best friend and irreplaceable master.
When he was killed in battle (or so Richter had thought), Richter had lost one of his eyes in a previous battle and was being treated in the rear. He still regrets that he was not on the same battlefield as Jean at that time and that he wasn’t able to rush to the scene.
Crown Prince Jean had actually won many battles and many generals revered him. Many of Jean’s direct retainers have taken refuge with Lord Warung.
They also have high expectations for Jean’s son, Emperor Carmine, so they felt disappointed and anxious whenever they heard rumours about Carmine from the capital.
Lord Warung distanced himself from the palace since he knew he wasn’t good at politics. The imperial fiefs, which used to be adjacent to Lord Warung’s fief to the east and west, have been ceded to other nations during the peace negotiations after the death of the Crown Prince Jean. In order to solidify the defences of his own fief, Lord Warung couldn’t get involved with the toxic central government.
As a result, the Young Emperor Carmine was not given satisfactory education.
Lord Warung has been depressed these days because he has dishonoured his master’s family in every way.
Nadine, who had seen her father like this, concluded that Carmine ‘was the one who made her father sad’. Nadine admired and respected her father’s imposing aura, so when she saw that her father was depressed, she thought:
“If only Carmine was more decent… If he becomes a good Emperor, then Father will be pleased.”