‘What on earth happened?’
It was unbelievable. As soon as I returned, I was treated as a major criminal for impersonating the successor of Duke Kitten.
I sighed while picking at the straw scattered on the hard floor.
“I didn’t come back for this… Ugh!”
Squeak, squeak.
“A mouse, it’s a mouse!”
Though it was a prison without considering the environment for the inmates, facing a mouse was more terrifying than encountering zombies! As I stood up in horror, surprisingly, I heard voices coming from the direction of the mouse.
“Hey! It’s Zero!”
“Ah! A mouse talking… No, it’s Zero?”
That mouse, or rather, hamster, stood on its hind legs, running towards me at full speed.
“Yeah, it’s me!”
“Zero!”
Zero jumped into my arms. I received Zero safely with my hands. Meeting Zero in prison couldn’t have been more joyous.
“What happened? Weren’t you completely supposed to return to the divine realm?”
“Ahem, I came to check if the reset was completed properly. Yours and your comrades’, too.”
“Zero…”
My heart ached. Although it was a new beginning for Zero, he must have known that what I proposed was somewhat forced.
Nevertheless, I was grateful that he kept his promise. The fact that I remembered the events of the zombie incident intact was evidence of that.
However, after gratitude settled in, discontent also crept in.
“Hey, what’s this? At least, isn’t it customary to provide some travel expenses? Or tell me which elements are deleted during the reset differently from before! I’m being treated as a criminal who invaded the Kitten mansion!”
“Waaah! You were so happy to see me earlier!”
I flicked Zero on the forehead with my middle finger, and Zero, protesting, scampered away from me.
However, following Zero’s trail, I found a guinea pig there.
“Squeak? (Is this human the one you mentioned as the divine being, Zero?)”
“…Am I hearing things?”
Ignoring her own hearing, Irang asked Zero.
“Zero. What’s this guinea pig?”
When Irang ignored her words, Ardel blushed and continued to squeak.
“Squeak! (It’s rude! I was temporarily confined in a beast’s body as punishment, but I am definitely the divine being of this world…!)”
A divine being of this world?
Irang’s body froze. Ignoring Ardel who couldn’t say anything, Zero, in place of Ardel, confirmed the truth.
“Yeah, that’s right. Actually, it’s not just a guinea pig; it’s Ardel, the divine being of this world.”
As Zero finished speaking, Irang grabbed the guinea pig, or rather, Ardel, with one hand.
“Squeeeek! Squeak! (Ah, this is so rude! I was confined for a moment as punishment in the body of a beast, but I am distinctly the divine being of this world…!)”
“You are Ardel…?”
Should I roast this over the fire?
“Waaah! Don’t! Don’t do that, Irang! Even if you want to roast me whole, you can’t! I have to write a formal apology!”
Only after hearing the long and short explanation did I finally accept that the guinea pig was indeed Ardel.
“Oh, I see. So, it’s about observing whether the world has been completely restored in this form, right?”
“Yes.”
“That’s good. I’ll quickly get out of this prison, meet my comrades, and Ardel will reflect on his mistakes while checking the restored world.”
“…Squeak. (…I, I also know that I’ve done wrong.)”
Although I couldn’t understand what Ardel was saying, seeing his wilted appearance indicated that he was reflecting on his actions.
I casually lifted Zero onto my shoulder, as I often did.
“Zero, then, I’ll be relying on you for a while.”
“Of course.”
As Zero swung his staff, the three of us disappeared from the dim Kitten mansion’s underground prison.
The destination after leaving the prison was the royal palace.
“…It’s really intact.”
The Kiriae and zombies were gone, and the palace, where deathly fear once reigned, was functioning perfectly. The officials and maids hurriedly moved around, nobles attended regular meetings or were engrossed in social events.
The terror of death caused by the presence of Iheng was nowhere to be found.
It was both fascinating and alien, so I absentmindedly walked along the path of the palace until I suddenly came to my senses.
“Oh! But if this continues, won’t I be captured again like at the Kitten mansion?”
I can’t afford to be caught as a traitor!
Seeing me anxious, Zero reassured me and swung his staff.
“I cast a temporary invisibility spell on us, so it’s okay.”
“Ah, really? Whew, that’s a relief.”
“When the time is right, I’ll release the invisibility spell. Your comrades are here, after all.”
“Comrades? Could it be…?”
Our destination was the imperial palace.
“Is that so? Astonishing… Should I really be surprised if I see him?”
“Where is he, then?”
In my haste, I grabbed Zero and shook him frantically. Although Zero seemed dizzy, he replied diligently.
“C, calm down! Uh, Aston should be in the palace’s support area. Let’s go see him slowly.”
“Aston? Is he in the palace here?”
“Of course. Would you be surprised if you saw him?”
“Where is he? Tell me right now!”
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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