Latil quickly lowered her gaze to the gossip paper. Then she scrutinized the text on the paper as if she were extremely curious about the content. Although the words didn’t quite register in her eyes, she kept up the pretense of reading.
However, the sound of footsteps that had started from afar gradually got closer, and soon a low chuckle could be heard right in front of her nose.
Latil took a deep breath. Even with her head bowed, she knew. Someone was standing right in front of her. Most likely, it was Tasir.
‘It seems like he’s in front of me? He’s in front of me, right?’
Latil slowly lifted her head. Just as she expected, Tasir, who was standing near the stairs earlier, had approached so close that their faces almost touched.
As soon as their eyes met, Tasir smirked.
“Well, well.”
She was definitely caught. Was he going to swear at her now? Was she going to hear swear words? Latil tensely stared at him.
“We’d better stop here if we don’t want to get caught.”
‘Huh?’
However, Tasir’s voice was quite different from when he was dealing with the knight earlier; it was smooth and soft. His tone was affectionate.
Moreover, judging by his words ‘If we don’t want to get caught’, it seemed like he had guessed Latil’s identity as well.
Seeing Latil flustered, Tasir straightened up and whispered softly.
“Covering your face with a newspaper or magazine is not very efficient. Hire an actor for a play. Or, if not, get a real drunkard to do it. Even when the imperial guards act rough, it shows in their actions.”
After a small smile, he picked up the newspaper that was placed next to Latil and left the hotel.
Latil, with the gossip paper pushed aside, blankly stared at Tasir’s retreating figure. As soon as he disappeared beyond the glass door, she stuck out her tongue.
“I think I should have hired him as a police department manager rather than as a consort.”
He was a bit different from the intellectual charm she had anticipated… but he seemed to be smart.
[This is the time separator]The next place Latil visited was the tavern where Carlein, the king of mercenaries, was said to be staying. Unlike the Grandia Hotel where Tasir had stayed, it was a common tavern seen anywhere, but Latil was surprised in a different way as soon as she entered the shop.
Not only Carlein, but the entire mercenary group he led seemed to have been staying there for several days. Thanks to that, there were no ordinary customers in sight. Only the mercenaries dressed in black filled the tables and drank.
The shopkeeper, seeing Latil and a few others who were presumed to be regular customers, almost cried out in joy.
“Ah, my dear customer! Please come this way! Over here!”
Sitting at the only empty table left, Latil looked around at the mercenaries.
Usually, the image of ‘mercenary’ is loud and noisy. It’s a stereotype, but honestly, most of them were like that.
However, these Black Reaper mercenaries were all silent. Even the knights, when they eat together, they laugh and chatter, but these people just drank with expressionless faces. The sight of them not uttering a word was somewhat intimidating.
‘No wonder the shopkeeper is scared.’
And moreover,
“He’s not here.”
The King of Mercenaries was nowhere to be seen. Latil had waited until evening, but ultimately did not get to see the King of Mercenaries.
Upon discreetly asking a clerk, it turned out that the King of Mercenaries did come here, but no one had seen him since the first day.
“At first, there were people who somehow heard the rumors and came looking for him as if they were customers. But no one was able to meet him and left.”
“Why?”
“He doesn’t even go to the bathroom, doesn’t come out to eat, he doesn’t come out of his room at all.”
The clerk added, shivering.
“To be honest, I’m afraid if he might have committed suicide or died suddenly inside. Can a person live without eating for so long?”
“He must be using the bathroom secretly. As for food, he might have something like dried meat in his bag….”
“No. He definitely never went to the bathroom. Plus, isn’t it strange? Think about it, customer. Why would you come to a restaurant and just chew on dried meat locked up?”
[This is the time separator]As soon as Latil returned to the palace after her nocturnal activities, the nursemaid who had been anxiously waiting hurriedly rushed to her.
The nursemaid made Latil drink warm milk as if she had just returned from a battlefield, and had her bathe in water mixed with bath salts.
Only after Latil had eaten her fill and entered the bath water, did she smile and ask.
“How was it meeting the potential consorts, Your Majesty?”
She seemed both worried about Latil having gone outside the palace with a minimal escort, and curious about the potential consorts who would be entering the palace soon.
“Were they just as you imagined? Or was their portrait overly beautified?”
To the hopeful face of the nursemaid, there was only one thing Latil could say.
“I missed one. And one had a fraudulent portrait.”
“Huh?”
“Not that it was beautified, but the atmosphere was….”
“Huh?”
“I’m worried about Guesta.”
“The second son of the Chancellor?”
“He’s so pure. And he’s severely shy. I feel like that softy will be repressed. I wonder if he can withstand it….”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
