The rustling of papers broke the silence.
Even though it was a bit dark, Velia was deeply focused, scrutinizing the documents about the recent movements of the monster.
‘…There are no reports of it being sighted.’
Not much time had passed since the engagement talks with Raul.
At this point, there should have been reports of the monster being spotted by those searching for the gold mine.
Could there be a mistake in her memory?
Velia began to comb through the information about the recent sightings or exterminations of the monster once again.
‘What’s going on?’
Eventually, she closed the document she was looking at and picked up a pen from beside her, jotting down her thoughts on an empty paper.
There is a mountain range that spans across the Ronika Kingdom and the Ingot Empire. It’s exactly where everyone is desperately looking for a gold mine.
In that mountain range, there’s a wide and large river that runs through the mountains, and there had been reports of monster sightings around that area.
The number of people who claimed to have seen the monster while searching the mountain range for the gold mine was gradually increasing.
The situation was serious, and an extermination schedule was promptly set. Naturally, Raul was at the forefront.
Eliminating the monster wouldn’t just establish a great achievement, there was a chance that they could also obtain a magic stone if luck was on their side. He couldn’t possibly be absent from this.
‘But now, there aren’t even reports about the monster.’
Why has it changed?
The only thing that had changed in the period when the reports should be arriving was that Velia and Raul had not become lovers.
“Suspicious…”
Velia considered all possibilities.
‘Has the monster not appeared?’
That can’t be.
Then, has the report been omitted?
The reports from the investigation team basically were managed by Raul.
Since he was the representative of the investigation team dispatched from the Empire, it was a given.
‘Is he plotting something?’
It’s highly probable that he intercepted the report. He wants to monopolize the information.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a complete lack of reports.
Even if people from the Ingot Empire tried to withhold information, they wouldn’t be able to hide it completely. There were people from the Ronika Kingdom among those dispatched to the investigation team.
Surely, they would have also submitted reports, and it’s possible those were intercepted by Raul.
‘What’s his plan?’
Is he trying to monopolize the magic stone alone?
If she didn’t have information about the future, she would have passed by without knowing the existence of such a monster at all.
That fact infuriated her.
How much was hidden from her in her past life?
“…”
In the past, Raul led his knights and set off to exterminate the monster.
But the first extermination…
‘…Failed completely.’
Velia remembered the situation at that time very clearly.
She bid farewell to Raul and spent every night unable to sleep properly out of worry for him.
Eventually, for the first time, she had a tantrum with her grandma and went to meet Raul, leading the knights from the Ronika Kingdom.
And then, she was barely able to rescue Raul, who was being brutally assaulted by the monster.
‘Are you okay?’
‘…Velia. Leave me alone for a bit.’
After failing to exterminate the monster and being rescued, he seemed to have suffered a blow to his pride. Velia felt guilty as if she had hurt Raul’s feelings and tried to be as helpful as possible.
The topography of this place, the types of monsters, the current power, the possibility of extermination…
That day, she combined all the knowledge she had to help Raul. She remembered that.
‘Raul. I have a way.’
Velia snapped out of her thoughts.
If Raul is indeed blocking information about the monster, there is only one reason.
Raul is again biting off more than he can chew without realizing it.
Just like that time, he would want to claim all the glory for himself.
‘I won’t let that happen.’
In her previous life, Khalid had not visited the Ronika Empire. Moreover, she was in a relationship with him, being the princess of the Ronika Kingdom. Everything must have gone smoothly as she had planned.
But now, nothing he planned had come to pass.
Velia had rejected Raul, and Khaled, who should have been in the Ingot Empire, had suddenly visited the Ronica Kingdom. Furthermore, he claimed to be a lover with Velia, whom he had proposed to.
The gold mine they had been searching for so far was still undiscovered.
From his point of view, he was anxious because he had not achieved anything.
“Is he trying to subdue it alone?”
Just as he had overestimated his abilities at that time.
“Hmm.”
The corners of his mouth kept rising.
Perhaps the task could become easier.
This time, Velia had no intention of going to save Raul.
‘But I have no choice.’
If he visited the Ronica Kingdom and died, it could have been a major diplomatic issue.
Furthermore, it could have been a pretext for the Empire to attack the Kingdom later.
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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