Duke, This Will Sting for a Moment (30 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 104

No one paid attention as the nondescript young man dressed in servant’s attire crossed the central cruciform garden and entered the Imperial Palace entrance, its golden roof glinting in the light.

[Yuriella. Let’s go back now. Didn’t you firmly promise me we’d only scout Helena and leave?]

Popo buzzed restlessly from inside her pocket.

“That was when we thought Helena was just a small fragment of the Corrupted God. Let’s just confirm whether the Emperor… is a fragment of the Corrupted God, and then go.”

[If that’s all, there’s no need to infiltrate the Imperial Palace, is there? Opportunities exist to approach him directly. I already know you came here because you wanted to see Flama yourself.]

Yuriella shrugged her shoulders and stuck her tongue out at Popo in her pocket.

“What don’t you know, Popo?”

[I’ve watched over you since you were just a pitiful little orphan. I can tell just by your eyes.]

“…Flama will want to see me. And I… want to see Flama too.”

[Won’t that only cause each other pain?]

“He must be exhausted from fighting the demon aura. Even though I’m a useless master who couldn’t protect him… I still want to tell him in person—to hang on… that I’m waiting… and that I’ll save him no matter what.”

And, just in case—maybe seeing her would give him the strength to overcome the demon aura. Maybe a miracle would happen, letting her reclaim Flama again. Maybe then she could take him away from here.

Yuriella couldn’t even bring herself to voice this desperate wish aloud, too ashamed, and instead swallowed it down with a long sigh.

While Yuriella calmly headed toward the Emperor’s private chamber, blending in among the servants, Popo concealed her small body within the currents of earth energy and silently slid along the building’s floor, following behind.

Perhaps due to the aftermath of Prince Lewis’s appearance, the area outside the Emperor’s chamber was deserted. No guards were visible, and no knights patrolled the halls.

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