A Fallen Holy Knight Is Obsessed With Me (12 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 117

“Your Highness, Princess.”

Margaret forgot all decorum and stared blankly at the Empress.

She hadn’t expected Empress Anne, who had lain in a coma for so long, to appear perfectly healthy again. Yet what stood before her now was far worse than an ordinary patient—it resembled a corpse far more than a living person.

Even stranger was the fact that no medical treatment was being administered at all. The Empress had simply been left there, like an ornamental artifact displayed on a fine salon shelf, gathering dust.

The Princess gazed at the Empress’s face as though peering into a glass case, her eyes filled with longing for something forever out of reach.

Watching the Princess’s enigmatic behavior, Margaret suddenly recalled a letter from Kasha that had arrived late the previous night.

Kasha’s letter began with an explanation of the three cursed stones and the tragedies they had brought about.

It then urgently revealed that Eve had been abducted that afternoon and might lose her life at any moment as the first sacrifice to the cursed stone.

Until now, Kasha had never asked Margaret for help, always worrying about putting her in danger.

‘If someone like her is pleading for aid, the situation must be truly dire.’

Margaret had no reason to hesitate. Kasha was not only her dearest friend but also soon to become family.

So she immediately requested a private audience with Princess Melissa. After listening silently to Margaret’s plea, the Princess finally spoke—but only after a long pause—and uttered something cryptic:

“Margaret, which would frighten you more? Facing a grave mistake… or committing an even graver one to avoid it?”

“Pardon?”

Though bewildered, Margaret received no further explanation. Instead, the Princess summoned several palace attendants and secretly gave them instructions.

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