“Don’t forget that I held back only because of the diplomacy. Had that not been the case, everyone here would be dead by now. Tell your master that I’ve shown great patience today. Don’t forget to bring a good compensation during negotiations.”
Hazgen lowered his head as he watched Balder disappear with his subordinates.
“He really is reckless. If we were in another country, this would be an embassy or consulate. One should not behave so arbitrarily!”
“Well, we did permit him to search. But we shouldn’t underestimate him, right? Didn’t you feel some ominous energy?”
At Rafael’s words, Michel also nodded.
“I felt a very unpleasant energy. Could it be full of malice?”
“It was somewhat different, wasn’t it? It also smelled foul.”
“Let’s go to Luella first. I was quite startled earlier, thinking I was caught. Even Tien wasn’t visible, so I was more startled.”
As Hazgen, Michel, and Rafael were about to enter, they noticed someone standing at the entrance.
“Who is that? Surely, Balder and his party haven’t left yet?”
At Hazgen’s words, Rafael shouted.
“There, who are you?”
The person at the entrance hesitantly replied.
“It’s me, Xenon.”
It was Xenon, a guard of the Peroz mansion.
“Xenon? What are you doing there? Do you have something to say?”
At Rafael’s signal, Xenon approached hesitantly.
“I apologize. I tried to stop him, but he was too reckless…”
Hazgen descended the stairs to comfort Xenon, touching his shoulder.
“It’s okay. It’s Balder, a royal of this country, and the son of the king at that. Who would stop him… Wait, what happened to your face?”
Hazgen was startled to see his face covered in bruises and spatters of blood.
“I tried to stop him and got hit. I fainted and just woke up, failing to block the entrance.”
Hearing Xenon’s sobbing, Hazgen led him into the mansion.
“It’s fine. Let’s treat those wounds first. We have a very good healer here, you know? Her medications work wonders; you’ll recover quickly.”
“Was it Balder who did this?”
Just then, Luella, who was coming out of the dining room with Tien, saw Xenon and ran over with a surprised face.
“Yes, Miss, I apologize.”
“Why is Xenon apologizing? It’s my fault for being too greedy…”
Anger and impatience to possess the staff had combined to harm an innocent person.
Luella entered the pharmacy room with a heavy heart, leading everyone in. She took out a wound-healing potion and a newly made pain-relief potion and handed them to Xenon, asking,
“Xenon, you are from Kuran, correct?”
“Yes. I have been in charge of the security for the empty Feroz mansion since my father’s time.”
“Has it been empty for that long?”
Upon Luella’s question, Xenon glanced at Hajen.
“This mansion used to be where Kite’s maternal family lived.”
“Was your grandmother from Kuran?”
To Luella’s question, Hajen nodded.
“Yes. When signs of rebellion started showing among the Kuran dukes, they all migrated to the capital of Hellane. Thanks to that, this mansion has remained vacant.”
“Does the Kuran royal family not know about this? They would have been suspicious if they knew.”
Raphael, who had been directly spraying the potion on Xenon, chimed in.
“Hellane and the Elrab Empire are tied through marriage, so there is no reason to suspect when a person who could be considered a duke in Elrab uses a vacant mansion owned by the Hellane royal family.”
“I see. But the Kuran duke surprisingly didn’t destroy the Queen of Hellane’s mansion.”
“Kite’s grandmother is also the maternal grandmother of the Kuran duke. Perhaps that is why.”
Upon hearing Raphael’s explanation, Luella looked at Xenon and asked,
“Then who has been paying the salaries of the people managing the mansion all this time? It would have been difficult without any exchange.”
“Count Feroz left us with ample funds when he departed, entrusting us with the management of the mansion.”
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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