“Have you greeted Duke Huchis?”
“…What?”
“Now that you won’t be able to see Duke Huchis for the rest of your life… Still, you lived together for a few days, so shouldn’t you at least say goodbye?”
“W-What are you talking about?”
“You’re smart, Princess. You probably already know what I’m talking about. Ah, Lady Whittle, I see you’ve already caught on too.”
Britney’s face turned pale as she trembled.
“No way… Duke Huchis…”
“The crime of touching a countess is significant, Princess. Especially if that countess is the mistress of the Guardian Family of Sacred Relics. There is evidence and witnesses. Who would dare to say anything if I were to execute the offender?”
No one.
The Green Count family wasn’t affiliated with any country.
Strictly speaking, they were part of the Holy Empire, but since the Holy Empire didn’t interfere much in the management of each territory, it was almost like an independent nation.
Originally, the proper procedure would be for Duke Huchis to inform the Gabizar Empire to jointly investigate the incident and discuss punishment.
However, since the Huchis Duke family was not a prestigious noble family, the Gabizar Empire did not intervene in such procedures.
On the contrary, from the perspective of the Gabizar Empire, they would be thankful if their citizens caused harm to a countess and passed it over without any objections.
After all, the other party was none other than the Green family.
Moreover, even the Pope personally officiated and blessed the wedding ceremony of the Green Count and his wife.
“P-Please, spare me, Your Grace. Please, spare me. I didn’t mean to… I just wanted to tease a little.”
“Lady Whittle, doing such things to tease?”
“N-No, it’s not like that… Please… spare me. I won’t be noticeable again. Oh, money… If you need money, I’ll give you as much as you want. Please contact my father once. He will give you anything.”
“Can you give the entire continent?”
“Of course… What? What are you saying?”
“Can you give the entire continent?”
“H-How can we…?”
“If you can’t give the entire continent, don’t even speak. If it’s not about giving up the entire continent, don’t bother talking to me. My wife is more precious to me than this continent, and you dared to defile such a precious existence. The price cannot be paid with a few coins. And…”
K’s pupils shot a cold glare.
“Being royalty won’t get you any special treatment.”
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After Duke Alford Huchis received the fate of Britney Whittle, the incident of sneaking into Lady Iris Green Countess’s bedroom based on the horoscope, from trial to execution, proceeded quickly.
The residents of Dakot City, who lived in the peaceful Green Count territory, rushed to witness the trial after a long time, only to see the execution scene.
They heard sinister plans, so their ears.
They exchanged heinous plans, so their tongues.
They harbored suspicions and crossed the line, so their wrists and ankles.
Having harbored a compassionate heart, the Green Countess did not go as far as to execute the plan to extract Alford’s heart.
People did not sympathize with Alford, who harbored ill intentions and tried to disgrace the countess, but as always, there were voices questioning whether it was too cruel.
Later, during an interview with a journalist who came to cover the incident, the Green Countess stated, “Forcing a woman to be disgraced is equivalent to murdering her heart. Isn’t it only fitting to impose punishment as severe as murder?”
The interview from the Green Countess gained support from noble ladies and daughters who had never spoken out against the misdeeds of higher-ranking nobles. As a result, some countries strengthened punishment for sexual assault.
Alford Huchis, who left without proper treatment, suffered from infections in the wounded areas, and to make matters worse, the Emperor of the Gabizar Empire stripped Alford Huchis of his title after committing such an outrageous act.
Even after the fever subsided, Alford could not get up. The infection had progressed to his brain, turning his body into a shell that couldn’t speak or think.
Alford’s mother protested the cruel punishment and the Green Countess’s cruelty, but no one listened.
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The evening Alford was executed and driven out of the Green Territory.
At dinner, Mary and Britney learned about Alford’s execution from the servant who brought their meal.
Until then, Mary thought, ‘Could it really be true?’ but at that moment, she realized that K was sincere.
Even if he committed a crime, keeping a royal confined for so long was unprecedented.
Because of the intimacy with the Green family and K’s title as ‘Count,’ he underestimated the power of the Guardian Family of Sacred Relics of the Holy Empire.
The reason the Green family was satisfied with the title of ‘Count’ was that having just the title of Count was enough to deter anyone from treating them disrespectfully.
“I’m going to die… I don’t want to die… Please, spare me, spare me… I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”