The demonic race had made a contract with human sorcerers to remain on the surface.
The contract was established to enslave the demonic blood to humans, and in return, maintain the human flesh.
From then on, the demonic blood was always born as a pair with a human. The partner referred to as a destined companion was born alternately from the five families of the empire, and these five families, with the blood of the sorcerer, became the focal point of the empire along with the royal family.
“I’ll go first.”
Swoosh!
Liyan sheathed the sword in his waist.
Liyan, who usually loved to roll around on the floor of the royal office, often carried the sword unsheathed, finding it cumbersome.
“If you notify His Majesty in advance, you never know where he’ll run off to.”
Liyan was serious. And cautious.
It was certain that Cartahena Pielion was born as a pair of destiny with Rascal. The Pielion, one of the five families, announced the birth of Cartahena that year, and revealed the mark on the body as evidence of the companion.
Until four years ago, when Rascal and Cartahena were formally married, no one had doubted the fact.
The demonic blood and its dependent were always born as a pair. In the past, emperors were often born with little or no demonic characteristics, and companions were not born, but after Rascal was born, Cartahena was born.
The mark was undeniable evidence.
Those born as a pair were said to be aware of each other’s presence without seeing each other’s faces. The method of controlling the demonic blood, called ‘contact,’ also had to be effective immediately.
But the empress had been avoiding contact for four years since the marriage, using all kinds of excuses.
No one knew why. Only Liyan and Serben were suspecting that the empress might be a fraud.
But Cartahena’s mark was confirmed by the high priest the year she was born. Rascal also saw the mark during the engagement process. With the mark present, there was no way to doubt Cartahena.
That was the problem.
The empress was torturing Rascal with her irreplaceable existence as a weapon. The two shadow knights were the reason for approaching Empress Cartahena.
Especially, Liyan was more on the side that the fake companion, the empress, should be dethroned and the real one found before it was too late.
“We can’t miss today.”
Rascal was about to turn thirty.
If he could not control the demonic blood by then, Rascal might completely lose his humanity and become a demon.
No such case had ever existed in the royal history, so no one knew exactly what would happen, but the rapidly appearing symptoms meant that the demonic nature was growing.
“I feel the same way. But can you leave your sword to me?”
Serben reached out to Liyan.
“Why?”
“I keep imagining you threatening the Empress with your sword to her neck. She’s still Her Majesty, the Empress, you know.”
Liyan shook his head with a deadpan face.
“There’s nothing I can’t do. As the guardian knight of His Majesty, my role is to protect His Majesty. If the Empress continues to use contact as a hostage to threaten His Majesty, there’s no reason I can’t use my sword.”
“Haah… Seriously. Your Majesty,”
Serben, who knew his twin sister’s personality better than anyone, sought Rascal’s help.
But Liyan had already left the office quickly with his sword drawn.
“Hey! Liyan!”
Serben reached out, but it was too late. Shamefully, Liyan had used the window, not the door.
“We must hurry. Before Liyan causes trouble.”
Serben quickly opened the door of the office.
In that short time, the scales had grown to about half the size of a fingernail. Rascal, holding the blackening, hardening wrist like a demon with one hand, moved on.
There was no more time to delay the contact.
Though I didn’t want to, I might have had to negotiate with the empress about contact today.
Fortunately, the imperial palace was not far away.
And the empress, who was said to have lost her memory, was quietly locked in her bedroom.
[This is the time separator]“Her Majesty the Empress! Blood flowing from the highest place on the continent, Emperor of the Eliaden Empire, His Majesty Rascal Robaniallen Parken, is present!”
It wasn’t long since I had sent the maids away.
Barely having time to herself to organize her thoughts, Rasilia had to suddenly greet the emperor.
Prophets were usually composed.
Rasilia had never thought of herself as flustered.
Life in the temple was always calm, and the only thing that could disturb Rasilia was a very complex prophecy. Even that had become familiar over the past twentyfive years.
But ever since waking up as the empress of the empire, it seemed she had been constantly flustered.
“Hold on for a moment!”
Only after hearing that the emperor had come did Rasilia realize that she was in her pajamas.
Sending all the maids away had been a mistake.
Rasilia hastily opened something like a dresser that was in sight. However, the dresser was filled with perfume and jewelry, and there was not a single piece of clothing in sight.
“I’ll open the door!”
Creak… Bang!
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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