It was when Mitchell signaled to lower his voice, and even the still-recovering Ivan was brought into the imperial palace. Like a cat, Ivan crossed the garden by riding a tree and entered Benjamin’s bedroom by crossing the window.
As Benjamin and Mitchell, who had risen from their seats, were approached by Ivan, who rushed to them, he suddenly extended his hand.
“Look at this.”
“Nails…?”
In his palm was a woman’s nail. While pretending to smell the nail, Ivan spoke.
“I smell Lafine here.”
The one they were looking for was none other than Lafine.
Benjamin had searched for Lafine as soon as Yurisien left, but there was no sign of her anywhere. It was strange. Benjamin had gone to meet Yurisien, so under normal circumstances, Lafine should have been waiting anxiously for Benjamin somewhere in the garden.
‘Besides, there’s still a lot I need to find out from Lafine.’
He needed to trace Lafine to vividly expose Kendall’s relationship with Greta.
‘With the evidence and suspicions I have now, I can claim that Greta is a wicked villainess towards Yurisien. But to pull her down from the position of the Empress is still difficult.’
Having not yet secured evidence that Lafine, by using her, was the mastermind behind the murders of the Emperor and Empress, Benjamin found it strange that Lafine wasn’t visible. That’s why, avoiding people’s eyes, he had gone for a search himself.
“Looking at the broken part, it doesn’t seem to have been pulled out. But judging by the hardness of the nail, it wouldn’t have been originally weak.”
Mitchell reported after closely examining the nail. Benjamin, who received the magnifying glass from Mitchell, also examined the nail.
“Hmm… the end seems worn out. It looks like it was scratched on a rough surface.”
Benjamin’s expression darkened.
‘What happened in that short time when I was talking to Yurisien?’
Benjamin handed the magnifying glass back to Mitchell and sighed. In the meantime, Ivan, who had been observing them, cautiously spoke.
“This… it was found near the back gate of the imperial palace. It was in a place covered in mud footprints.”
“The back gate.”
“I asked the gatekeepers, but they said there were no suspicious people who went out through the back gate today. There were no comings and goings in the past one or two hours.”
Ivan, with experience in infiltration and exploration, had indeed achieved a meaningful result.
“Mitchell, check if there are any traces left on the secret passage connected to the Imperial Palace.”
“Yes.”
Mitchell immediately gave instructions to the members of the Eloniak Knights, who were spread throughout the entire area of the Imperial Palace and were a direct unit of the Emperor, as adept in secret passages as the imperial nobles. Meanwhile, Benjamin took out the ‘Bloodline Proof’ he had worn since childhood from the drawer. This proof, given to young nobles, was not an ordinary gold badge but an artifact that encompassed all defensive magic in this world. It could withstand any attack in this world just once.
‘And leave a trace.’
Wearing the Bloodline Proof dared to target those who were attempting to execute the noble wearing it, leaving evidence behind…
Benjamin had saved the Bloodline Proof for a crisis that might come someday. At that moment, a report from the Copelador guild members came to Mitchell. With a pale face, Mitchell spoke, his lower lip trembling.
“Newly imprinted footprints were found on the path leading from the Imperial Palace today. The number is four, and there… a few strands of red hair were found. It’s enough for two people.”
“Crazy…”
Ivan frowned. Benjamin muttered with a mournful voice.
“One step too late.”
Lafine might no longer be a person of this world. Perhaps Kendall as well.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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