Sosa quickly jumped into the water and pulled Jakkal’s body out.
Both of them collapsed on the ground simultaneously, gasping for rough breaths.
Jakkal looked at Sosa with a distressed face. His eyes were blurry, as if he were on the verge of passing out.
Sosa exclaimed, “You went into the water alone when I wasn’t around! What if something happened? What would you have done if I hadn’t come!”
“I thought it would work…”
“What are you saying?”
“I communicated with the water spirit. Well, I can’t exactly call it a conversation, but… I felt that I couldn’t let it go.”
Surprised, Sosa looked back into the water, but there was nothing there.
Jakkal, shaking his wet head, muttered, “If I start talking to someone, I’ll finish it, no matter how unruly the spirit is.”
“Captain! What if the spirit gets angry when it hears and retaliates!”
Sosa, alarmed, quickly scanned her surroundings.
Jakkal looked at her with an incredulous expression. “Sometimes, even though you’re a wild horse, you act like a young colt.”
Sosa widened her eyes and turned to him. “Didn’t you know? I’m a young colt.”
“…Let’s stop talking.”
Although the two exchanged casual conversation, no one knew what would happen in the palace in the future…
After a busy day, Aesha was now well-prepared.
Changing into her usual nightgown dress and lying comfortably on the bed, she quickly fell into a deep sleep.
She was unaware of when she fell asleep, but suddenly, she felt her body becoming heavy.
As if being pressed by scissors, she furrowed her brow in discomfort. As she tossed and turned, a man’s voice sounded right in front of her.
“This is strange… It was definitely a man’s voice…”
Aesha slowly opened her eyes and found a blurry figure of a man sitting on her.
Momentarily thinking that Kharaf had come to visit her in the middle of the night, she unconsciously asked, “Your Majesty…?”
However, as her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she realized the details of the man’s figure. His eyes, similar to Jakkal’s, calmly surveyed her as he held her hand and shook it.
“You have quite a few wrinkles. Anyway, your hand passes.”
Only then did Aesha regain her senses and let out a high-pitched scream.
The sound prompted the attendants outside to urgently inquire, “Lady Vannetsa! What’s happening?”
Aesha, with her hands covering her mouth, couldn’t respond.
With trembling eyes, she stared at him, and the man, with a mischievous smile, said, “I’m not Your Majesty; I’m Nek.”
“…?”
Perplexed, Aesha stared at him with a bewildered expression. As she did, the man, resembling Jakkal, examined her with his vivid blue eyes and lightly tapped her hand.
“You’ve developed quite a few calluses. Your hand is approved.”
Only then did Aesha regain her composure and let out a loud scream.
The sound prompted the attendants outside to urgently inquire, “Lady Vannetsa! What’s happening?”
Aesha, with her hands covering her mouth, couldn’t respond.
With trembling eyes, she stared at him, and the man, with a mischievous smile, said, “I’m not Your Majesty; I’m Nek.”
“…?”
Perplexed, Aesha stared at him with a bewildered expression. As she did, the man, resembling Jakkal, examined her with his vivid blue eyes and lightly tapped her hand.
“You’ve developed quite a few calluses. Your hand is approved.”
“Now that I’ve found you, we shouldn’t drift apart again. Master.”
“Master…?”
As Aesha mumbled, he let out a sigh.
The situation wasn’t clear at all.
With a trembling voice, Aesha had no choice but to ask, “Wh-who are you…?”
“Me? The dagger you possessed.”
“Dagger…?”
Aesha wore a dumbfounded expression.
Not only did a man enter the Empress’s bedroom uninvited, but he also touched her body and introduced himself as a dagger…
Aesha closed her eyes tightly and yelled out, “Madman! A madman has appeared!”
Sofia and the attendants outside rushed in.
“Lady Vannetsa…! What on earth is happening?”
“Th-there’s a madman…!”
Aesha pointed at the man with her hand but suddenly stopped and hesitated.
On the bed, a dagger lay there, which happened to be the one Jakkal had given her before.
Aesha blinked and murmured, “There was definitely a madman or, no, some man standing here…”
“Could it be a nightmare?”
When the attendants asked with concern, Aesha, feeling so disoriented that she wondered if she had really dreamt it, couldn’t respond.
“Nevertheless, just in case, I’ll instruct the guards to search around the Empress’s residence.”
“I’ll prepare warm honey water for you, so please wait!”
Sofia quickly brewed honey water.
While sipping the honey water, Aesha kept her gaze fixed on the dagger, maintaining her vigilance.
The dagger showed no sign of movement, but for some reason, the blue eyes resembling Shefi’s seemed alive.
When Sofia left the room again, Aesha sat on the edge of the bed, holding her head.
‘What has happened to my mind…’
But that thought shattered into pieces as a voice came from nowhere.
“…There was no need to call the guards.”
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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