The limited appearance that was shown in front of Sian earlier was nowhere to be found. He looked down at her like a ferocious beast observing its prey.
There was no emotion in that expression.
There was only a desire for condemnation.
Only now did the princess, who realized what she had done, weakly tremble.
She had touched someone she shouldn’t have, and she sensed it instinctively.
Matthias Mirmode… had no intention of lifting his wife. Especially if she was a princess.
And Matthias’s target was precisely Sian.
But she touched Sian Mirmode without knowing that fact.
Her whole body trembled.
However, Matthias was not merciful.
“Leave this place on your own two feet.”
“…….”
“Or die and become my hunting trophy. Decide.”
The mocking tone of his voice echoed loudly in the square.
Except for Matthias, no one else could speak.
“Is Sian Mirmode my daughter? Right?”
That statement soon meant that if Sian was not his daughter, there was only Sian as his daughter.
The paternity test by Count Yoter was meaningless from the beginning.
“That man’s attachment to that girl is excessively strong.”
When the princess, who still couldn’t bend her pride, bit her lip, Matthias’s gaze tilted slightly. And at the end of that gaze was Count Yoter, who had come to assist the princess. Unfortunately, he was trembling like a pine tree.
“Answer.”
Matthias’s gaze tilted diagonally. And at the end of that gaze, Count Yoter, who had come to assist the princess, was there. Unfortunately, he was trembling like a pine tree.
“Answer.”
Count Yoter, who was facing the princess with his sword, seemed to be about to wet himself.
The sharpened blade touched the princess’s neck. A faint stream of blood flowed from the slightly cut neck.
A light aura flowed from Matthias’s sword.
However, the aura did not touch the princess.
The direction Matthias’s sword was pointing at was…
It was towards Count Yoter, who was wheezing to the point of suffocation.
His aura did not affect the princess, but Count Yoter, who was frail, could be easily overwhelmed.
Soon, the black aura surrounded the Count’s body.
“The reason I plan to let someone like you live for a while is simple.”
“Cough!”
Count Yoter collapsed to the ground, trembling.
He had dared to loudly announce that he had found his own child without feeling any excitement.
Matthias looked down at Count Yoter, who was flustered.
He didn’t want to be suspected as a “bad father” by Sian. And he had no intention of easily killing those who dared to hurt Sian.
A beast does not hunt for the sake of prey alone.
At that moment, a red light flashed in Count Yoter’s mind.
That man could really kill him. He had to be cautious in this place as if his life depended on it.
The bewildered Count Yoter quickly prostrated himself on the ground.
“Y-yes, y-you’re right! Sian is undoubtedly your daughter.”
The sword was not sheathed.
Instead, Matthias’s lips curled up.
“If you came here saying you would conduct a paternity test, you must have prepared something.”
“T-that’s…”
His chilly gaze was fixed on the princess.
“Princess.”
“…Save me… please.”
Surprisingly, she remained calm.
It was clear that beyond this place, she could easily create a new puppet if she had life.
However, Matthias did not spare her.
But for now, he planned to play with her.
Matthias saw his precious daughter’s eyes shaking.
A somewhat impure atmosphere, as if saying to her, ‘You are a fake daughter.’
Sian’s small breath and the lives of other people.
If Matthias had to weigh those two, it was undoubtedly the former.
Therefore…
He couldn’t easily kill those who had hurt Sian’s feelings.
Naturally, he intended to uproot the source properly.
“Well, Count Yoter said he would conduct a paternity test.”
“…That, that’s…”
All kinds of tests, including paternity tests, were in the hands of Count Yoter, and even further, the prince’s puppet strings.
What if the reliability of the tests they performed themselves hit rock bottom?
Let their puppet strings dry up.
And next in line would be the prince, who had colluded with Count Yoter, and then the princess.
Matthias’s mouth curled up wickedly.
The pure thrill of planning to kill their enemies seethed with joy.
Turning a crisis into an opportunity was not something only Sian knew how to do.
Where would that blood go?
“I didn’t like the rampant behavior… but it worked out well.”
“…W-what do you mean?”
“Participate in the paternity test.”
It was clearly going as they intended.
However, why suddenly suggest conducting a paternity test?
When Count Yoter and the princess turned pale at the inexplicable words.
He took out a pocket watch and chuckled leisurely.
Like someone scheming something.
Although the sword was sheathed, the princess and Count Yoter knelt down.
Exactly ten minutes had passed.
Having spent time with the child who claimed to be his daughter, along with his hunting dogs, Sian would probably exist comfortably and unharmed.
And at that moment, Sian felt ‘comfortable and unharmed.’
Because she shared the same thoughts as Matthias.
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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