My Husband's Cinderella (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 129

Amid the chimes marking the hour, the majestic sound of a cello wove its way through.

The man, who had unknowingly dozed off, instantly reacted and opened his eyes.

“Is there still no word from the Empress?”

“…I’m sorry, not yet.”

The knight, who had been hesitating in front of him with bated breath, flinched and answered timidly. It was an answer so shameful he felt unworthy even to deliver it to his lord.

“Damn it!”

As expected, it was hardly a reply that would satisfy Coon.

Frustration had already clouded his face, now overtaken by anger. With a short curse, he slammed his fist down heavily, instantly crushing the flimsy side table that had served only as decoration.

“Not even a single clue found yet…”

It had already been nearly two days since he’d led the knights out to search for the Empress. He’d dispatched them across the entire empire to locate her residence, yet there had been no news from anywhere.

They were supposedly the empire’s most capable individuals, yet here they were, utterly flustered over finding just one person.

In the end, Coon had no choice but to keep moving—so frantically that even two bodies wouldn’t have been enough.

Unable to bear the suffocating tension any longer, Coon abruptly rose from his seat. As he slipped on the jacket he’d carelessly left draped over his chair, the knight who had been nervously hovering ahead of him jumped in alarm.

“Y-Your Majesty! Please rest for just a moment—even briefly closing your eyes would…”

“So I appear quite idle in your eyes, then? You seem oblivious to just how dire our situation is.”

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