I Will Live for Your Death (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 168

“Oh, it seems a gift has arrived for the Empress. You may go now.”

Claudius left his seat, stirring a cold gust of wind. Rivel neither turned to look at Claudius nor moved his body. He merely stared down at the map spread before him.

There had been a peculiar emphasis in Claudius’s words: “a gift for the Empress.” Was it an invitation, implying he should follow if curious?

As Emperor, Claudius could surely bestow upon Ilyd the most precious and exquisite treasures in the world—gems far more dazzling and costly than the necklace he’d already returned to her.

‘What I could give to Ilyd…’

Would it be worth more than what Claudius offered? The map crumpled in his fingers. The edge of the dark crease touched a familiar forest.

The Melphiram territory. To Rivel, it was the perfect place.

It was a forest he had often visited in the past with Limres and his private soldiers. Though those training sessions, sometimes lasting up to three days, had been unfamiliar at first, they remained pleasant memories.

And nearby that area lay a place he dearly wished to show Ilyd.

He had just received word a few days ago that all preparations were complete. The hunting tournament, combined with training, would span five days. Surely he could spare at least a day within that time.

Rivel moved the red and blue pieces marked on the territory map, one by one. His victory would be Ilyd’s victory.

‘I must win. Without fail.’

As always.

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A mysterious mystic newly arrived from the Eastern Continent had been entering and exiting the Empress Consort’s palace naturally alongside Marchioness Geminia.

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