Her elder brother’s trashy words echoed in her ears.

That’s right, if the mate dies, the imprint is broken.

Of course, among werewolves who lost their mates, there were many cases where they rapidly weakened due to the shock and died, but that only applied to weak werewolves, so it might not be the case for an Alpha like the Ulpaz Duke…

He’s strong, so if the imprint is broken due to the mate’s death and the next imprint occurs right away……

Yes, there are cases like that too. Cases where the imprint was broken by death and the next imprint occurred immediately……

If human females imprinted by werewolves are going to die early anyway, what if they die a little faster?

Rather than living long and groaning needlessly, making the duke die with them, if they die very quickly, the duke could immediately imprint on another female werewolf, couldn’t he?

Another female werewolf. One who is perfectly prepared to be the Alpha’s mate and has not the slightest interest in worthless and valueless love.

‘Just like me.’

Wouldn’t that be beneficial for the duke, the werewolf tribe, and the Tilbet family? Well, anything would be better than that useless scammer woman, Chloe Liden.

Reina Tilbet was quite satisfied with the new plan.

However, her expression soon crumpled again. Because there was no suitable way to kill her. The Ulpaz Duke would desperately protect her even more than his own life, so there might as well be no way.

The only method would be the considerably low possibility that the duke unexpectedly has no self-control and can’t restrain his desires, releasing them all.

“Hmm……”

She pulled a slightly shorter bowstring than usual. Soon, Hans, her loyal subordinate and right-hand man, appeared before her in no time.

“Directly give Letunia tea as a gift to the Ulpaz Duchy and come back. Since the duke has a woman now, also find out how the woman is doing.”

Letunia tea was just a fragrant tea to ordinary people. However, it had a special effect on werewolves. It was a kind of aphrodisiac. But not all werewolves knew about the effect of this tea. It was unknown whether the Ulpaz Duke knew or not.

Even if he knew, he couldn’t find fault with it. It wasn’t a particularly inappropriate choice as a gift for a newly imprinted werewolf. Of course, if the imprinted partner was human, it would be slightly problematic.

As long as the duke didn’t officially announce to the entire werewolf tribe of this continent that he had a mate and that partner was human, she could just pretend not to know. The duke might find it annoying if he noticed her intentions, but other werewolves wouldn’t make much of an issue out of it.

If the Ulpaz Duke knew the effect of the tea and considerate of Chloe Liden, he wouldn’t drink it. She was just giving it as a gift out of goodwill.

In the first place, drinking a cup of tea wouldn’t cause any significant incidents. It was just an excuse to send Hans to observe the two of them a bit more.

“Stay there for a few days and keep an eye on them. The woman, and the duke.”

“Yes. Understood!”

The loyal Hans received a few more instructions and immediately set off for Elion.

“The Tilbet family often visits Roizen, which is not even close.”

Hugrey put down the gift brought by the man named Hans carelessly to the side and spoke.

“You didn’t cross the border just to give a gift, so what business did you come for?”

“The young lady instructed me to convey that the Tigrium king is showing interest in the Santal mines. She said that King Stockston is greedy, so we should keep a close eye on him, and it would be better for Duke Ulpaz to inform the Elion Emperor. Although it has nothing to do with the werewolf tribe at the moment, she judged that it would be advantageous to have a foot in both sides.”

The man named Hans answered at length in fluent Elion language. It seemed that not only the Tilbet family’s woman but also her servant had learned the Elion language. It was puzzling why they were so ahead in this matter.

The Santal mines were currently incorporated into the Elion Empire, but geographically, they were skewed towards the Tigrium Kingdom. The mines weren’t of much value, so Tigrium had shown little interest in them. However, recently, the corpses of monsters that were buried in large quantities on the opposite side of the existing mine entrance had caused an unknown chemical reaction, and the liquid extracted from there was found to have special healing effects. Naturally, the value of the Santal mines skyrocketed, and even from other continents, envoys were sent to the Elion Empire for trade.

Therefore, it was natural for Tuscan, known as a king who was so greedy that he would be upset to be second in greed, to take an interest in the Elion imperial family’s new source of income.

War.

Minor skirmishes at the level of the recent conflict between Hugrey and Schneider had been ongoing, but if there was a war between Elion and Tigrium, the entire continent would be in an uproar.

The information provided by the Tilbet woman, who went out of her way to send tea and inform him, couldn’t be said to be completely useless. No werewolf tribe wanted to get involved in a fight between a tiger and a lion. It was wise to observe the trends on both sides as much as possible and minimize damage. Without siding with either side and without making enemies with either side. Their problem was their problem. As an Alpha, he had to play this kind of role to this extent.

“Alright. You must be tired from the long journey, so rest for a while before you go.”

“Yes. Then I will stay for a few days before leaving.”

“For a few days?”

Didn’t he understand the implied meaning to quickly leave after staying one night?

Hugrey frowned. It didn’t matter how many days a guest stayed, but now Chloe’s existence was at stake. It was dangerous for the fact that she was a werewolf to be known. Of course, the possibility of it being known wasn’t particularly high, but still, this outsider was from Tigrium. Stockston’s country Tigrium, which would try to kill her.

“The young lady said that when she visited Roizen last time, she ordered a necklace to be custom-made here and left. She said the necklace she had set aside was sold just before by a narrow margin. It seems the production of that necklace is not finished yet, so I will go and pick it up when it’s completed.”

The reason Hans gave was trivial but not particularly strange. Hugrey also remembered receiving a report that Reina Tilbet had taken Chloe to a jewelry store.

“Hmm, do as you please.”

Hugrey answered, suppressing his discomfort.

Chloe realized that she had unknowingly reached the training ground while taking a walk, and when she tried to peek inside, thinking that it might be a disturbance, she quickly turned around.

“His Grace had a guest, so he went into the mansion a little while ago.”

However, a knight who had already spotted her ran out and spoke to the back of her head.

It’s not like she came specifically to see the duke, but rather came wherever her feet led her. Well, it’s true that she subconsciously headed this way because she wanted to see the duke’s face without realizing it.

Chloe felt slightly embarrassed and her face turned red. The knight smiling at her somehow reminded her of her elder brother. The youthful face, small build, and even the curly hair.

If her elder brother had become a knight, wouldn’t he look just like that?

“His Grace is probably in the reception room. Please go there, miss!”

The knight bowed to Chloe with utmost respect, even lowering his waist.

How old could he be? He looked to be around her elder brother’s age at most. In other words, he seemed to be exactly her age. It was embarrassing to have a friend of a similar age treat her like a master.

“I’m Chloe.”

“Yes, Miss Chloe!”

She had told him her name so that he wouldn’t call her miss so respectfully, but this knight seemed to have no intention of treating her comfortably at all. Can’t be helped.

“What is your name, Sir Knight?”

She thought there was no need to know his name, but it seemed a bit rude to tell her own name without asking the other person’s name, so she intentionally asked.

“Ah! You can call me Nathan.”

“Ah……”

Only then did Chloe notice the long scar on his left cheek. She hadn’t seen it until now because she had been standing on the opposite side of his scarred face. It seemed to be a recent scar, not an old one.