“His Majesty himself ordered me to do this job. Now, don’t resist and let’s start the interrogation. Did you sleep with the Titrisian man? How was it? Did you enjoy it?”
Gasping for air, Elise propped herself up on the ground.
“Speak up. They say barbarians are exceptional at night. Were you so bewitched by the pleasure that you betrayed state secrets?”
Elise clenched her fist. Her nails scraped the ground, making an unpleasant noise.
“I never did that.”
“Never did? Letters from the Titrisian prince were found in your room. They were quite passionate.”
Gabriel threw a bundle of letters in front of Elise. She swallowed hard and unfolded a letter.
Written in unfamiliar handwriting, the content, at face value, seemed to confirm their suspicions.
But Elise had never received such letters.
However, Elise knew who favored this pink stationery.
‘Iris… Did Iris set this up?’
Elise bit her dry lips. Cracked, they split, oozing blood.
“Let’s make this quick. Admit to the charges of assassinating the former His Majesty and collusion with the Titrisian prince. Just nod. I’ll take care of the written confession.”
Gabriel tapped Elise’s foot.
“Let me see His Majesty. I’ll tell him everything.”
“You really don’t get it, do you? Well, I have no choice but to make you understand, even if it means drilling a hole in your ear.”
Gabriel rolled up his sleeves, and the beating began.
After thoroughly beating Elise, Gabriel left. He forced the weakened Elise’s hand to stamp the confession he had written himself.
Regaining consciousness half a day after Gabriel’s departure, Elise felt pain all over. Her ankle, apparently broken, wouldn’t move properly.
She forced her immobile body to curl up.
“Huuh.”
Tears flowed ceaselessly. Elise leaned her head against the wall and cried endlessly.
It was unjust and infuriating.
The charges of assassinating the former king and colluding with the Titrisian prince were fabrications.
Her only interaction with Karan, the Titrisian prince, was a few words exchanged for the subjugation of the evil dragon Ragnaros.
But who would believe her?
The sentence for Elise was clear.
At best, exile; at worst, execution.
“It’s a misunderstanding. I just need to explain it properly.”
It’s common for many unexpected issues to arise before a wedding.
Elise tried to think positively.
“His Majesty is just angry and has imprisoned me, but he’ll come back soon.”
Elise repeated this like a mantra.
Chase would come. The misunderstanding would be cleared, and in a week, she would walk down the aisle with Chase, wearing a white bridal veil.
And indeed, late at night, as she had hoped, Chase came. But he wasn’t alone.
“How foul.”
Chase frowned as soon as he set foot in the dungeon.
“Do I really have to hear it myself? She’s a condemned person anyway.”
Elise was a piece to be discarded. A blemish on his hard-won throne.
“Your gracious Majesty.”
Then, a delicate hand rested on his arm. The fair hand gently caressed Chase’s forearm.
“Isn’t she a pitiable child? We should at least greet her.”
Iris, with her gentle smile, melted Chase’s heart.
Her name, synonymous with flowers, she was called the kingdom’s treasure, the Ivory Tower’s hope, and the Rose of Bedroca.
And she was the only woman who made Chase restless.
Once desiring her, Chase had approached the Warton family for marriage, but ended up with Elise instead.
For a while, Chase was content with Elise. Though he was displeased with her flaws, there was no alternative.
‘Had Iris not made her decision.’
But Iris acted courageously and claimed her place by his side.
Chase grimaced at the thought of a future without Iris.
“Does merely thinking of Elise disgust you? That girl can really drag one’s mood down. I’m always amazed by your patience, Your Majesty.”
Iris empathized with Chase, misreading his emotions. Though incorrect, Chase nodded in agreement.
It was okay for him to overlook a small misunderstanding from the woman who had killed her husband, David, to come to him.
‘Unlike what Elise said about never being able to kill.’
Iris had dropped a blot of black ink into her pristine life for him.
Therefore, he should remove anything harmful from her future.
“I’m the one moved by your kind heart. You, who were dragged down by your sister’s husband.”
Chase was overwhelmed with emotion and couldn’t continue speaking. Iris pressed her chest tightly against Chase’s arm.
“Do you love me? It was always you from the start. If only my father hadn’t opposed. I was so worried it was too late.”
Chase’s lips quivered. He finally had everything. The title of the greatest swordsman, the throne, the most beautiful woman in Bedroca.
The subjugation of Ragnaros was a concern, but with Iris actively helping, there shouldn’t be a problem.
Military, money, plans – Elise had prepared it all.
‘Just need to carry it out.’
Once he grasped the title of a hero, the entire continent, including Bedroca, would kneel at his feet.
Chase’s heart swelled with anticipation.
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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