Kate turned her head to where a woman was talking to two men.
“Where is she?”
“Over there. Inside, over there.”
“Let’s go.”
As the men hurriedly disappeared in the direction the woman pointed, she watched them anxiously.
Then, clenching her fist, Kate, pretending not to know, also moved to return to the banquet hall.
‘What should I do?’
She didn’t want to interfere in such a precarious situation.
Moreover, entering the dim area of the palace garden alone as a woman was something she shouldn’t do.
But as far as Kate knew, Alicia rarely attended banquets, so she might be unaware of such unwritten rules.
“Are you okay?”
Alicia extended her hand in front of the demon that had appeared in the opera house.
At that moment, the hand seemed like a lifeline.
And because of that hand, she truly saved her life.
“Oh, really. This is not like me at all.”
Kate grabbed her dress and leaped into the banquet hall.
No matter how strong Alicia was, she couldn’t face two men alone, so someone had to be brought along, and quickly, before something happened.
As soon as she re-entered the banquet hall, Kate quickly looked around and spotted Eric. She grabbed the hem of her dress with both hands and ran towards him.
Some ladies, shocked by Kate’s unusual appearance, looked at her disapprovingly, but she paid no attention.
“Count Russell!”
“?”
Eric, who had just barely escaped from the emperor to convey some instructions to Allen, turned his head at the sound of Kate calling him.
Seeing the face of a lady he clearly knew, he tried to recall where he had seen her before when Kate urgently spoke up.
“Come with me to the garden right now.”
“What?”
Eric frowned at this strange request.
“Wow, assertive.”
Allen, standing nearby, admired with an intrigued expression as he alternately looked at Eric and Kate.
It was the first time, since Eric and Alicia got engaged, that anyone openly rushed towards Eric like this.
Seeing the expressions of the two, Kate quickly corrected herself.
“I’m not suggesting doing something weird; it’s just that Lancaster is in danger.”
“What’s going on?”
“Hurry. It’s urgent. Before something happens.”
“!”
“I saw two men chasing a woman in the palace garden.”
“Let’s go.”
Without further questions, Eric and Allen immediately ran towards the palace garden, following Kate’s urgent expression.
Kate also followed quickly with determined steps.
The palace garden was like a maze, making Eric anxious as he searched for Alicia.
He had thought it was beautifully crafted when they entered together earlier, but now, in this situation, he couldn’t help but wonder why it had been made so dangerously.
‘Where is she?’
How much time had passed since Kate called him until she appeared?
If something really happened, what would he do?
Suddenly, a cold feeling swept over him, and Eric, unknowingly, brushed his hand through his hair, his eyes flickering with vitality.
If he could catch the culprit, he might really be able to kill him.
At that moment, a dull thudding sound came from across.
Eric quickly turned towards the direction of the sound, and when he turned the corner of a green wall, he saw a stranger reaching out towards Alicia from behind.
“You, you scoundrel!”
Eric grabbed the man’s back and forcefully pulled him to the ground.
“Ah.”
At the loud noise, Alicia turned around slowly.
In her hand, the blue butterfly fluttered and disappeared.
Looking at the man’s back that Eric had slammed to the ground, Alicia stared blankly for a moment before quickly smiling.
“Alicia, are you okay?”
“Help, please.”
“······Huh?”
Eric looked down at the man pleading for help beneath his feet.
“Please, save me.”
“What?”
With a puzzled expression, Eric glanced at the man, then lifted his head towards Alicia.
When their eyes met, Alicia briefly looked down at her hand, confirming the absence of the butterfly. She then turned her head slowly back to Eric.
“Alicia?”
Feeling a strange sensation, Eric called Alicia again.
As Alicia met Eric’s gaze upon being called, she smiled lazily.
With a different vibe than usual, Eric felt an unexplained tension in his body.
However, Alicia directed her gaze towards the man that Eric was standing on.
“That man seems to have fainted.”
“Huh?”
Only then did Eric look down at the man he was standing on. It was evident that he had collapsed.
“Oh. I didn’t realize.”
Eric laughed coolly, lifted his foot from the man’s back, and stood up.
Alicia quietly approached Eric.
“For my sake?”
“What are you talking about? You were in danger just now.”
Despite Eric’s words, Alicia tilted her head slightly and smiled.
In fact, she hadn’t thought it would be dangerous when entering here.
“Danger?”
“I warned you not to come in recklessly, especially to a dim place, didn’t I? Anyway, be careful; these guys are subtly troublesome.”
Despite Eric’s lecture, Alicia just stared at his face and smiled.
The current situation seemed interesting and amusing to her.
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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