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On her way back from meeting Leoprick, Adela couldn’t hide her unsettled feelings.

She continued to feel uneasy and uncomfortable for some reason.

Was it because of Leoprick’s attitude of “wait and see”?

Or was it anger at the way he looked at her like she was a bug?

Either way, it wasn’t something to worry about.

She had now established herself to some extent in high society, and this time she had even found a very good place to cement that position.

What harm could anyone possibly do to her in such a position?

She had only gone out to gather information, and it was those dissolute nobles who actually frequented such places.

She had only observed through people she sent, never actually entering the place herself.

Ah, could he possibly be planning to blackmail her over what happened today?

Because although she had only watched from the outside before, this time she went in directly?

However, if such a thing were to happen, she was prepared to mention Leoprick’s name without any hesitation.

Having risen again to this position, there was no reason to get involved in such third-rate tactics.

It was when she returned home, steeling her resolve like that to herself.

“Welcome back, young lady.”

“Ah. I’m back.”

“Did things go well?”

“Just, you know, so-so.”

As soon as she entered, the head butler greeted her as if he had been waiting.

Thinking that the house was quiet so the family members must all be resting, she was about to go up to her room.

“Will you be resting?”

“Yes. That’s what I was planning to do.”

“The Duke asked for you to be brought to him as soon as you arrived.”

May I ask if you’d like to rest for a moment before going?

The head butler asked politely, and Adela had no reason to refuse.

Leoprick had said to be careful as she might be abandoned by her father, but she trusted her father.

Her father, who valued the family’s reputation above all else, and for whom having an excellent heir was important.

Her much younger brother didn’t even come close to her abilities.

As long as that son was unsatisfactory, her father could never abandon her.

So she walked with her shoulders held high and proudly.

Confident that her father would never abandon her.

Certain that no matter what trick Leoprick might have pulled, she would never fall for it.

Of course, it wasn’t long before she realized that confidence was her own arrogance.

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“I hear you’ve been going around doing vulgar things lately?”

“…Pardon?”

But who would have thought she’d take such a hit so soon after gaining that confidence.

Adela frowned at the words she heard as soon as she entered her father’s office.

Vulgar things? Is that how he’s referring to her recent activities?

At first, even he had told her to work hard.

“What do you mean, Father? When have I ever not reported to you about what I’m doing?”

“That’s just it. Even then, I thought you were so desperate to make your place that you were turning your eyes to all sorts of places, but thinking about it now, you’re doing things that won’t be of much help.”

“Father.”

Things that won’t be of much help?

And only now, when she’s starting to establish herself to some extent?

“Then why didn’t you say something when I first started?”

“If I had said something then, would you have even pretended to listen?”

“So you think I’ll listen now, is that why you’re saying this?”

Adela looked at her father, Duke Gilroit, with an incredulous expression.

She didn’t know what he was thinking to say such things now, but she couldn’t back down.

After all she had accomplished so far, how could she give up now?

She stared at her father with a hardened face.

“I’ve established myself to some extent now. I can live on my own without your help, Father.”

So I don’t need your advice or support.

If you wanted to say something, you should have said it earlier, why now?

Adela said this, intending not to listen to anything more.

There was no reason to listen, nor any value in it.

She thought that only she had the right to decide whether to stop or continue her efforts.

Since it was obvious that talking further would only make both of them feel worse.

Adela turned to leave without saying anything more.

“Then can you handle this on your own?”

She heard the sound of something being thrown behind her.

Part of her wanted to ignore it and leave, but curiosity made her turn her head to see what it was.

Not far away lay a thick bundle of documents.

Before she could ask what it was, her eyes caught sight of:

“Court… summons?”

“His Highness the Crown Prince has detected signs of treason, it seems.”

Treason, treason?

Adela quickly began flipping through the documents.

Detection of signs of treason.

Lloyd Alois’s plot, Arianna Valois’s assistance, and even the names of other collaborators listed in detail – it was literally a report of treason.

“Father. This is…”

And there, the name Adela Gilroit was also written.

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Lloyd quietly slipped in through the back door of the imperial palace.

A frontal approach was not only dangerous but there was no reason to do so.

What if he announced his visit and entered through the main gate, only for the magic to fail on the first try?

Then surely the disappearance of something from the treasure vault would be discovered, and it would only be a matter of time before he was arrested.

He couldn’t do such a foolish thing.

He told the coachman to come back here again tomorrow morning and quietly stepped into the palace.

The palace, fully enveloped by night, was eerie.

The scale of the palace, the dimness of the lighting, and the silent paths all combined for a perfectly eerie night.

Lloyd pulled his robe down deeply as he trod the familiar path.

Even though he knew the way, successfully infiltrating the treasure vault once inside was another matter.

After leaving the treasure vault, he would have to walk quite a distance to reach the place with the magic circle.

He might not be able to finish before sunrise, but he had no other option now.

Lloyd chose to move quickly rather than think about this and that any longer.

The night is short and dawn comes quickly.

Considering that palace staff would start wandering here and there even before sunrise, he really needed to move fast.

The imperial treasure vault was not in the main palace where the Emperor and Empress stayed, but in the separate palace where the Crown Prince and Crown Princess resided.

In that very separate palace where the chief administrator was not the Emperor but the Crown Prince.

That was the reason they didn’t build the treasure vault in the main palace where many people came and went, including occasional foreign guests.

Because the Crown Prince and Crown Princess stayed there, if anything happened to the treasure vault, there would be someone to immediately take the blame.

Of course, he had heard this was a measure implemented long ago by an emperor who was concerned about too much power going to his child.

In any case, he was very pleased with the fact that if things went wrong, it would be the Crown Prince and Crown Princess who would be criticized, not the Emperor and Empress.

Because if anything happened, all the blame would fall on Leoprick.

What could be more satisfying and refreshing to him than that?

He quietly moved towards the separate palace and headed for the treasure vault located at the very bottom of it.

The path to the treasure vault in the separate palace was very simple.

It wasn’t winding or roundabout; if you just found the entrance properly, you could go down to the underground where the treasure vault was in one go.

The previous Emperor had described it as “the wisdom of the ancestors.”

‘To obtain something precious, one must find the right path, and even if they find that path, many people doubt whether it’s the right one. That’s why the treasure vault has never been infiltrated by those with impure intentions.’

When was it? When the previous Emperor was alive, he had asked why the path to the treasure vault was so easy.

The previous Emperor had smiled kindly then and said the answer lay in wisdom.

At the time, Leoprick had found the story very interesting, but Lloyd had scoffed.

What frozen wisdom.

It’s just a trick to confuse potential intruders and prevent them from infiltrating.

His thoughts were the same then as they are now.

This is just an illusion.

Wisdom or whatever, it’s all just lip service from those who hold power.

So Lloyd arrived at the treasure vault without any hindrance.

And then…

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It was around then that Leoprick woke up.

At a time when darkness had settled thickly, making it difficult to see even right in front of him.

Carefully rising so as not to wake the soundly sleeping Amelia, he heard a faint murmuring sound from outside.

What’s going on?

Thinking that if something big had happened, someone would come to wake him, he waited for a moment.

As he was enjoying the small happiness of gently stroking her hair as she slept peacefully, he felt the noise from outside growing louder rather than quieting down.

At this rate, Amelia might really wake up.

He carefully slipped out of bed, lightly donned a robe, and went outside.

With the intention of quickly dealing with it if something had happened, or warning them to be quiet if not.

As he opened the door and went out, he saw several servants and knights running around giving small instructions.

They seemed to be trying not to make a commotion, but there were too many people for that.

“What’s going on?”

Worried that Amelia might wake up, he caught a passing knight to lightly caution him.

The knight was startled to see Leoprick and quickly saluted.

“I-I greet the small sun of the empire!”

“Shh. Never mind the greeting. I’m asking what’s going on.”

“W-well, that is…”

As he listened to the knight’s report, Leoprick’s eyes lit up.

He had been planning to deal with it anyway, but the opportunity came sooner than expected.

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The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)

Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.

The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”

Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!

Warnings:

  • Male pregnancy.
  • Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
  • Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.

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