Johan looked at Erich and spoke in a cold voice.
“Considering the knowledge your wife had about the amethyst necklace of Jasper, there might be a connection with the Duke of Libertan. There’s nothing more disappointing than that, right?”
“Of course.”
Erich, a man of the Libertan family, was the best at uncovering the corruption of Libertan amongst the Blanche family members. However, during his important assignment, all Erich saw was a teddy bear cookie.
‘It must be related to that fake.’
Otherwise, there would be no reason for such a cuteshaped cookie to be in Johan’s neat office. Suddenly, Johan who was looking at the woman’s jewelry on it came to mind.
‘The master said it was to perfectly execute the plan……’
Suddenly, everything felt to Erich as if it was all to worry and protect that fake.
“There won’t be any disappointing events.”
And Johan tapped the desk with his index finger and spoke.
“Also, we’re going to scrap Plan A of this Fake Lily project.”
“Excuse me?”
The lily is a symbol of the Duke of Libertan. Among them, the fake lily symbolized Estelle. Erich asked with a puzzled look.
“Plan A is a good plan that can shake up to the spies using the fake as bait. Didn’t we deliberately keep Libertan’s rat alive for that?”
Among them, Plan A was a method of testing Estelle by using Libertan’s spy. It was the most effective way to increase anxiety and dependence by posing a physical threat to Estelle.
“Then now we have to find another way to use the spy we’ve been keeping alive. Is there a reason?”
“It’s risky to move the spy already.”
“Don’t tell me… Are you saying the problem is that the fake is in danger?”
Erich’s voice grew in response to his emotions.
If his master had also fallen for the girl’s tricks like Erich had been shaken.
“There’s no need to treat that woman so preciously. Even if we talk about the value of that woman……”
Suddenly, Estelle’s face crying by the window passed through Erich’s mind.
“Since when did you start questioning my words?”
At that moment, Erich realized his mistake. He had rudely challenged his master because of a mere woman.
“I apologize.”
Erich kneeled and looked up at Johan. Johan’s cold response did not change.
“I won’t say it twice. We are cancelling Plan A. Tell Patricia as well.”
Then Erich no longer said anything and obeyed his master’s words.
“I understand.”
A faithful servant only advises his master, he should not overturn his decisions. Erich left Johan’s office.
As he confirmed his mission, a deadline came into view.
‘I can’t return to the mansion until I find all the connections.’
Thinking about it, it seemed as if he was trying to push him far away from this mansion.
‘If I think about it wrong, it might seem like my master is jealous and trying to send me away.’
However, such signs of emotion were not found on Johan’s face.
In the end, what Erich saw was the Duke of Blanche who he had served all this while. Erich tried hard to deny the doubts he had just had.
‘Even if I don’t know, there’s no way my master would waver.’
Everyone in the Duke of Blanche family had a clear reason for worshipping Johan who had nothing at the time as a god.
Johan was perfect.
Excellent looks, natural combat skills, an outstanding brain.
Cold charisma that seemed to rule above everyone, even his posture which remained noble in the mud pit.
He was a natural ruler.
That’s why everyone took risks and flocked to him even knowing the downfall of the Duke of Blanche family.
If it’s Johan, he could turn the impossible into possible. And Johan had perfectly ruined the ugly Libertan in return for their dedication.
Meanwhile, as soon as Johan felt that Erich’s presence had disappeared, he turned his head to look at the small model.
A small model that perfectly reproduced the Duke of Libertan’s mansion. Even the lily emblem symbolizing Libertan was engraved right in the center.
So far, this model had several meanings.
Johan’s weary gaze was directed towards the brightest room in the Duke of Libertan’s mansion. A room for the beloved princess of the ducal family. That was the room Estelle was said to be using.
He looked at that room in a languid and emotionless manner, then he tapped that room with his long, slender finger.
The sound of tapping the room with a slow rhythm echoed in the silent room.
‘It’s because dust got in my eyes and made them tear up.’
“I am naturally prone to tears, so I cry easily over small things.”
Estelle, who had been receiving harsh words from Erich, was beating around the bush with nonsense.
“No one here has ever hated me that much. And even if they did, I wouldn’t feel so wronged.”
Despite being unable to do anything for the Duchess and not even receiving a formal greeting from the maid, Estelle did not show any anger.
“I guess it’s natural for them to hate me here.”
Johan looked more sorrowful because she looked indifferent.
“How could they like me? Even I wouldn’t like it if someone like me became the Duchess.”
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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