The Imperial family had a peculiar custom. The Empress would give the Emperor a key as a symbol of granting him her all, and the Emperor would establish their relationship by using that key to unlock and enter the Empress's chamber.@@novelbin@@

This tradition originated from an ancient Empress who seduced the Emperor by handing him the key to her chamber, and what started as a mere act of seduction eventually solidified into a tradition.

It was also a piece of lore created by the former Laura, who was the original author. Although the storyline hadn’t been fully developed and things unfolded impulsively, leading to Laura's death, meaning the tradition never got used, the original plan was for Laura to have a partner.

Naturally, the intended partner was supposed to be either Priscilla or Rosaria.

Of course, no one knew this except Laura. Even those who had transmigrated into the story were unaware of this fact.

The tradition was so closely guarded within the royal family that Laura herself only learned of it recently, and since there was no related episode in the main story, it had only been briefly mentioned in a single line.

Mira, who had skimmed over the prologue, wouldn’t have known about it either.

So, when Laura, after securing her position as the next Emperor, learned about this tradition from the current Emperor, she was quite surprised. She hadn’t expected it to actually exist.

Though her surprise was brief, she quickly decided that no one else would know about this tradition, and independently chose to include the key in the letter. She lied to the others, saying it was just a key to the locks on the villa.

"A surprising gain," Laura thought to herself as she tucked the key away. She couldn’t predict what Mira’s reaction would be if he ever realized the significance of the key and what it meant to open the door with it.

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