Contract Marriage with the Devil Duke (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 55
Dimidius had secretly attached vision stones to their clothes before throwing them into the dungeon. He’d anticipated a day like this and prepared in advance; the stones looked just like tiny brooches, and surely only someone exceptionally sharp-eyed would be able to find them.
Now all he needed to do was loosen the guards’ vigilance slightly and wait for them to escape.
Dimidius spoke to the assassins, who were rolling their eyes around completely unaware.
“I’ll see if you can still remain so aloof once the interrogation begins.”
The assassins flinched briefly, then puffed out their chests again as if nothing had happened—seemingly putting on a pointless show of bravado.
Dimidius stepped out from the prison where the interrogation was scheduled to take place and surveyed the situation. The Belial Knights would drag the prisoners out one by one for interrogation and deliberately make a mistake, allowing the assassins to slip out of the dungeon through the resulting gap.
He was well accustomed to hiding in the shadows—so accustomed that sometimes it felt suffocating.
Dimidius remained perfectly still, suppressing all his energy to avoid making even the slightest sound, as he quietly watched the dungeon below.
How much time had passed like this?
A commotion erupted from the dungeon, and he saw several figures escaping. Since there was no need to wait for all the assassins to flee, Dimidius stealthily followed them like a sneaky cat. True to their training, the assassins navigated past the main gate and climbed the rugged forest path without showing much difficulty.
To ensure the assassins noticed nothing suspicious, the Belial Knights pursued them diligently, while Dimidius himself stayed closest, carefully observing their every move.
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Orentia waited in her bedroom for Dimidius to arrive. It clearly had been quite some time already, yet she couldn’t understand why he still hadn’t shown up.
Orentia abruptly stood up and turned to Podeon.
“I can’t take this anymore. I have to go outside and check myself.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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What about her cousin Sokor? It might explain his personality changes.