It was a statement made by her after enduring much.
At her indifferent response, Deimos’s tidy eyebrows twitched as if he was displeased.
“Is that all?”
“What more should there be?”
It was Sephia who owed gratitude.
Thus, she was always the weaker one.
Even though they were a couple united by a goddess, to Sephia, Deimos was her savior.
‘If it weren’t for the goddess’s voice, he wouldn’t have sought me out.’
So, she couldn’t afford to be petulant, nor was their relationship such.
They were no longer young lovers.
The fact that they had never consummated their marriage was proof of this.
‘But a real lover has appeared.’
All she needed to do was maintain her position as Empress.
Knowing this, why did her heart ache so much?
Not knowing the reason made her feel even more disoriented. Deimos watched her in silence before getting up.
“I shall take my leave now.”
Not even 10 minutes had passed since Sephia sat down.
Seeing him abruptly leave, Sephia was shaken.
He might not have smiled much at her, but they were still on terms to exchange light jokes.
Was even that no longer possible?
She wanted to hold him back. But.
“May the sun of the Empire always shine brightly upon you.”
At her unemotional farewell, Deimos paused momentarily.
But then he turned away irritably, and Sephia gave up.
On the ever-widening gap in their relationship.
Sephia looked out of the carriage window. A deep sunset blanketed the outside.
The Imperial Palace of the Therian Empire was like a small city.
Hence, carriages were often needed for travel within the palace grounds.
She was returning to the Empress’s Palace after a meeting related to the victory celebration.
“Shall we prepare a bath once we arrive?”
“Please do.”
Preparing parties and celebrations was the duty of the Empress.
The victory celebration was approaching.
And there were rumors about Deimos’s Name circulating, leaving her feeling extremely weary.
‘He’s meeting her every day.’
Rumors said the Emperor was frequently absent from his palace.
It was natural.
He had finally met the partner he had long yearned for.
‘I need to be mentally prepared.’
But she didn’t want to delve deeper.
Was ignoring it the answer today too?
She just wanted to immerse herself in hot water.
Screech
“Ahh!”
A maid’s scream and the sudden halt of the carriage jolted Sephia, almost making her hit her face against the wall.
“Empress, are you alright?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
She was a bit startled.
The first to check on Sephia, the maid angrily pounded on the small window.
“The Empress is in here, how can you stop so abruptly? She could’ve been hurt!”
“My apologies. A young lady suddenly ran in front of the carriage…”
The coachman was visibly flustered by the maid’s scolding.
The maid clicked her tongue in disbelief.
“Who doesn’t know this is a carriage path in the palace?”
The paths in the Imperial Palace were well divided for pedestrians and carriages.
Sephia turned to the window. The outside was engulfed in a fiery sunset.
‘A lady, not a maid.’
That meant a noblewoman who couldn’t, or purposely didn’t, distinguish this, was…
“I need to go outside for a moment.”
“Empress?”
A bad premonition struck her.
Before the maid could stop her, Sephia saw outside through the open door.
In front of the lavish carriage.
There, a woman with snow-white hair was crying.
Her fine hair was pure white like delicate threads.
Eyes glittering like amethysts.
Their unique color appeared even more mystical against her pale skin.
‘She’s an albino.’
Her porcelain-white body and rare purple eyes, like those of Eastern ceramics, confirmed the fact.
‘Titie Louvre.’
Sephia instinctively knew that this woman was the one who bore her husband’s Name.
According to the rumors,
‘Even without the Name, Demios would have been captivated by her beauty.’
The fact that she was an albino was strictly controlled, but her beauty was something that could not be contained.
Titie, startled and sitting on the ground, appeared like a fragile white deer struck by a carriage.
Sephia’s maid, not yet realizing who Titie was, began to scold.
“Crossing onto a carriage path, what a dangerous act! And even as the Empress’s carriage was passing.”
Titie trembled as if doused with cold water, even though the maid had only raised her voice a bit.
“I’m sorry. I’m usually frail, so I couldn’t see well.”
Sephia was aware of the rumors of her frailty.
But it was incomprehensible that she was wandering the vast Imperial Palace without a maid.
Before Sephia could gather her thoughts,
“I must greet…”
Titie struggled to stand, trembling in her long dress, and the coachman caught her unexpectedly.
“Thank you.”
“It’s, it’s nothing.”
Titie blushed with a smile.
Her pale face with a fragile smile turned the coachman’s face red.
Titie straightened herself and respectfully greeted Sephia.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Empress. I am Titie Louvre.”
She held the hem of her dress slightly and stepped back with her left foot, bowing her head in greeting.
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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