I bit my lip to suppress the sudden urge. Ian had thought that I was evading the question because I was drunk and didn’t want to answer.
But what if I confess that I don’t remember anything about that day? What if Ian has been trying to deceive me since then?
“He wouldn’t deceive me, would he?”
“Rosebelia, what did you just say to me?”
As I was touching my dry eyes, I urgently extended my hand towards Lucas.
“It’s nothing.”
Yes, I need to meet Edwin first.
If I can get even a small clue about that day from Edwin, it will be much easier to face Ian again.
“Lucas!”
“The vicecommander is calling me. I’m going.”
Without giving me a chance to hold him back, Lucas sprinted towards the main building. Left alone, I looked around and headed towards the desolate city wall.
Ian won’t show up here, will he?
Walking below the wall, I suddenly stopped. According to Rosebelia’s memory, there was a sea beyond the wall.
Searching through her memories, I was quickly consumed by the desire to see the open sea.
I know it’s dangerous, but with this body, it’s surely okay. Rosebelia used to sit on the wall and look at the sea too.
I quickly found a relatively low part of the wall and climbed up.
Seeing the open sea, all worries seemed to disappear.
The vast ocean, the white foam breaking on the rocks.
Breathing in the cool breeze deep into my lungs, the refreshing scent of the sea filled my nostrils.
How long has it been since I enjoyed such freedom in broad daylight?
Everything is still confusing, but being able to take in this view made me feel grateful to be alive.
“You’re up there again.”
That voice.
I quickly turned around, and my eyes met the whitehaired and bearded commander of the White Knight Order, Gabriel.
Gabriel, as always, looked up at me with a gentle smile.
“You just have to pretend not to know, Commander.”
“Come down quickly.”
“Yes, yes. I was about to descend…”
I hesitated as I was about to jump. Behind Gabriel, rapidly approaching, that face was unmistakable…
In the time it took to tilt my head, Ian, who had come up to the wall below, reached out to me.
“Shall I catch you?”
“No.”
My golden hair fluttered this way and that in the sudden strong sea breeze. After brushing back my unruly hair, the hem of my dress was the problem.
As I was momentarily paused to grab the hem, a desperate voice came from below.
“It’s dangerous, Senior.”
Looking down, I saw Ian with his arms awkwardly spread.
I safely landed on both feet and looked up at Ian with a stunned face.
“What were you just doing?”
“It seemed dangerous, so I tried to help.”
Ian shrugged his shoulders as if to ask what the problem was.
It was clearly a dry feeling in the original work, devoid of emotion.
Therefore, he didn’t even blink at the lovely original heroine’s affectionate attack.
He was literally a tyrant, mad in war, without blood or tears!
“It seems the one who should shut his mouth is not me, but this side?”
“I’m late to greet you, Captain.”
When Ian bowed his head, Gabriel laughed and reached out his hand.
“I am your senior, and this one is my junior, so it’s fine, isn’t it?”
“Is it forbidden to climb onto the rampart?”
“Originally, yes. There was a member who fell and got injured before.”
“I’m fine, Captain.”
“I know you’re excellent, but haven’t I always entrusted something to you?”
Gabriel put on a stern look and stroked his beard.
“Yes. Don’t be careless.”
Gabriel cared for Rosebelia more than anyone else. Even before knowing that Rosebelia had reached the level of Swordmaster, he admired her talent and wished for her to succeed him as the captain of the knights.
“That’s right, just because you’re skilled doesn’t mean you can act recklessly. If you set your mind to it, you can take my place at any time…”
“Captain, let’s talk about that later.”
Interrupting hastily, Gabriel felt the curious eyes of Ian land above his cheek. He looked at me and Ian alternately and laughed, “Ho, ho.”
“Feeling awkward?”
“Well, there are listening ears, a little?”
“Make sure to enforce silence well.”
“No, Captain….”
You can’t just leave us alone like this?
Ian blocked my way as if he had been waiting for Gabriel to leave.
“Senior.”
“Huh?”
I looked up from my busy search for the exit. It was quite close to Ian. Whether he had been diligently training, the black sheen of his sweatdrenched hair fluttered in the wind.
I stared at the peculiarly colored hair and held my breath for a moment.
There was a deep and vast sea in front of my eyes. Upon close inspection, Ian’s pupils were the same color as the deep sea that had just liberated me.
“The answer I didn’t hear before…….”
That’s right, now is not the time to lose myself like this.
I quickly came to my senses and pointed to the smoke barrier. It seemed someone had passed by there at that moment.
Wait, red hair?
“Sorry, rookie. I just remembered urgent business. Let’s talk later.”
Fortunately, Ian didn’t follow me as I rushed off. As I stood in front of the smoke barrier, catching my breath, the new recruits greeted me.
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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