This story takes place right after Liam was hit with economic sanctions from Linus.

Eulisia was living in a luxury hotel on the capital planet, sitting in front of her information terminal in her room, dressed only in her underwear.

On the terminal, a flood of taunting messages were coming in from her seniors—seniors and peers who were working as secretaries in the military.

"How does it feel now that the Count is under economic sanctions the moment you became his mistress!"
"Falling from the winning team to the losing team, that was way too fast, lol."
"You're like a walking disaster, senpai!"

Eulisia had been furious since morning.

No matter which news site on the capital planet she looked at, there was an article about the economic sanctions against the Banfield family.

A mysterious figure, described as a "well-informed source," was quoted as saying it was a punishment for Liam for brushing off His Highness Linus's hand.

It was mostly true.

It was surely a message from Linus's side.

"These bastards, saying whatever they please."

Although Eulisia was being relentlessly taunted, she wasn't exactly an innocent victim.

After all, Eulisia herself was a perpetrator who had taunted her seniors and juniors.

Previously, she had taunted them with messages like, "I've become the secretary to a young, strong, rich, and handsome Count, lol. I'm retiring from the military just like this! Good work, everyone, lmaooo."

"You all have failed plenty of times too! I'll never forgive you. With my skills from the intelligence division, I can take over your accounts in an instant!"

Using the skills she acquired in the military, she immediately hijacked the accounts of her seniors and juniors.

And then she extracted their information.

"What's this? Bought a designer bag, had lunch at a famous restaurant... it's all on credit. The rest is just them getting some moderately important guy to spoil them. I'm way better than that! I live in a luxury hotel every day and can buy all the designer goods I want!"

As Eulisia was wasting her magnificent abilities on such pointless things, someone came to her room.

—It was Rosetta.

"—Eulisia-san, what in the world are you doing?"

Hearing the voice, Eulisia's shoulders jolted in surprise.

"Rosetta... -sama."

Rosetta was Liam's fiancée and future official wife.

Her standing was higher than Eulisia's.

Rosetta didn't find Eulisia, whom Liam had taken in, particularly amusing, but she didn't try to kick her out either.

However, Eulisia's recent behavior was becoming too much to ignore.

"It's already past ten o'clock. How long do you intend to stay dressed like that?"

Eulisia, in her underwear, also had bedhead.

"Well, you see... I was up late last night."

"I know. It seems you had quite a good time at a high-end restaurant."

The one who paid for it was Liam.

And the one who could see just how much was paid... was Rosetta.

"That's not it! It's a popular restaurant on the capital planet, and it was incredibly difficult to get a reservation!"

When she finally managed to get one, it was for late at night.

She had enjoyed the food and drinks, posted it on social media—she wanted to show off her current life to her former colleagues.

—In order to taunt them.

Rosetta knew about that as well.

"It seems you have a bad reputation among your former colleagues. I will not permit any actions that might tarnish Darling's reputation."

"Please, listen to me! Everyone does this! Do you want to see the social media of my former colleagues who successfully became concubines?! They flaunt their status like there's no tomorrow!"

Rosetta scoffed.

"I don't care about that. Besides, you are Darling's military secretary, not yet an official concubine."

"—Huh?!"

Rosetta was slightly embarrassed.

"According to Darling, it's still too early to take on concubines. Therefore, you are not a concubine. Furthermore, I can't have you forgetting your role. You're supposed to be the liaison with the Imperial military, aren't you? Have you been doing your job properly?"

The reason Eulisia was by Liam's side was also to serve as a liaison with the military.

She needed to maintain contact with officials in the Imperial military and, at times, hold discussions.

She had been fooling around and hadn't even made contact for a while.

Eulisia averted her gaze from Rosetta.

Understanding the situation from that, Rosetta told Eulisia with a smile.

"I had heard you were an elite soldier from a special forces unit, but it seems that was a mistake. Darling will be busy for a while, so you should go and receive some re-education in the meantime."

"Huh?!"

Eulisia was to be sent to a military re-education facility—and apparently, Liam didn't even notice until she returned.

She had been completely forgotten by Liam.

Brian (´；ω；｀): "It's painful how terrible Lord Liam's concubine candidates are."