Golden eyes, pupils slit vertically long.
Those were not human eyes embedded in a terrifyingly gorgeous and beautiful face.
Could they not be the eyes of a predatory beast on the prowl at midnight?
The glaring, flashing gaze targeting its prey was like a harpoon.
He tried not to show his fear, but the Emperor stumbled over his words, caught in the cold golden eyes that were staring at him.
“Du, Duke Barlock.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“What brings you here?”
At the Emperor’s question, Duke Barlock bowed.
“I came because you summoned me.”
His response and demeanor were polite, and his faint smile was certainly sociable.
Yet, the golden gaze that never waned.
A spinechilling sensation would not go away.
Despite having the Duke, who was intimidating, in front of him, the Emperor, slightly offended by his own fear, opened his mouth again.
“I didn’t summon the whole time….”
“Didn’t you call me?”
Snap.
The young Duke casually cut off the Emperor’s words, straightened his back, and took a long step.
The distance, not far away, felt much closer, and the pressure bearing down on Ecliff became even more immense.
“Firstly, I came to see you since the one you summoned never came, no matter how long I waited.”
“Tha….”
Impudently.
The remark added after was like a whisper, but it was loud enough for Ecliff to hear, and clearly deliberate.
At the word ‘rude,’ the Emperor’s heart sank, and he hurriedly looked for the Princess.
“Have you not seen the Princess?”
The beautiful Princess who could absolve his sin.
His last remaining hope, and the sure salvation, his precious Bianca.
Even before coming of age, she was prominent enough at the negotiation table to overshadow her sisters.
Even the Archbishop who had to bless her at her comingofage ceremony had spoken nonsense, his face pale, calling her ‘the one who has been waited for a long time.’
Beauty that even enchants the Archbishop.
Isn’t it really amazing?
He had sent such Bianca to Barlock.
So, there should be some reaction….
Ecliff asked the young Duke again, his smile deepening.
“Have you met the Princess?”
“I have.”
You met Bianca, and yet you’re this calm?
At Duke Barlock’s refreshing appearance, free of sticky greed or obsession, Ecliff’s heart sank.
“How was she? Do you like her? Proudly, the youngest Princess resembles the deceased Empress, and she’s an extraordinary beauty. From fifteen, the proposals that have come for her fill and overflow ten carts.”
“Is that so.”
“It’s an amazing thing. There’s no noble in Termina who hasn’t sent a proposal.”
Feeling somewhat annoyed by the indifferent attitude, the Emperor approached the young Duke, who was looking down at him.
“I’ve given you such a girl for Barlock.”
“Should I understand that as the Princess having no more ties with this Imperial family from now on?”
“Of course! Of course. Once the Duke signs the marriage vow, the youngest Princess will become your wife, a member of Barlock. I’ve already neatly erased her from the Imperial records.”
“……Already.”
“Yes. It’s out of goodwill, isn’t it?”
At Ecliff’s words, Duke Barlock suddenly burst into laughter.
Haha.
A clear laugh, a face blooming with joy.
Anyone could see the obvious happiness in his expression, and Ecliff’s trembling began to subside.
He’s alive.
He made it!
Someone was shouting cheers into his ear.
The dragon of Termina had accepted his sacrifice contentedly!
Well, it’s Bianca.
Who would reject his youngest daughter, known as the Empire’s top beauty?
As his tense mind relaxed, the Emperor felt incredibly tired.
After considering sending the duke back, he sighed…?
With a rather serene thought, the emperor lightly extended his hand to the duke.
“You have a long way to go. Don’t hesitate and return soon.”
“But Your Majesty, isn’t it strange? Isn’t it the sacred soul you mediated to forget the unsightly affair?”
“What, what’s strange about that?”
“The lady to be of ‘Barlock’ came alone without a maid or escort.”
“Th, that is….”
“Besides, I ended up hearing earlier how she plans to move to the northern border, yet she has no royal carriage to take her to the north. But it seems she has already been erased from the imperial records….”
With each word from the duke, the emperor felt a deep piercing in his heart.
He had thought marriage was impossible.
He thought it was fine if he could tighten Barlock’s leash with the life of just one princess.
But the Barlock before his eyes was calmly reasoning things out, even suppressing his youthful spirit.
Even Silerius Barlock, who had already passed on, was said to be coldhearted, but Gillian Barlock before his eyes was even more so.
Marrying the daughter of the enemy who killed my father?
Even pointing out that her treatment is inadequate?
What on earth….
“How am I supposed to accept this?”
The duke, having scratched his chin with his slender fingers, whispered with a face devoid of any smile.
“It seems as if you expect something unfortunate to happen to Princess Bianca.”
“How could, how could that be!”
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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