Returning to my bedroom, I started looking for a place to put the jewel box.

“Hmm, for now, I guess I’ll have to put it there.”

I wandered for a while and a drawer at the bottom of the dressing table caught my eye.

It was a place that was rarely touched by the servants.

I went to the dressing table, kneeled down and completely pulled out the drawer from the bottom compartment.

At the back of the drawer, there was a small hollow space where I put the jewel box and then closed the drawer back into its compartment.

The space at the back of the drawer in the dressing table was also where I kept the magic potion bottle I got from the ‘Proud Night’ clinic.

I stood up again and for a while, I hovered around the bedroom, cursing Prince Tesla in my mind.

I wanted to throw away the pink diamond ring he had given me right away, but I couldn’t touch it because it was on Bonis’s finger.

Why did Bonis have to get hurt in relation to this?

“Heinous scoundrel, brutal bastard….”

I’ll pay him back one way or another.

I vowed it over and over again in my heart.

As my anger took over, heat surged within me in an instant.

It felt like my body was boiling inside a heated pot.

“I can’t breathe. It’s stifling…..”

I pounded my chest with my fist, but it was no use.

Unless I wield a sword, it felt like my body would explode.

Knock knock.

Then, Sharon entered with the sound of a knock.

“What’s the matter?”

“Word has come from the main palace.”

“What word?”

I became tense for a moment.

Is Rinel inviting me to have dinner?

The scene of Prince Tesla’s sword striking Bonis’s finger passed through my mind.

No matter how hard I tried not to think about it, that horrible scene kept coming back to me.

The clear and pure voice of Bonis transformed into a scream and struck my ears.

I quickly covered my ears with both hands.

“Are you alright, Your Majesty? Are you not feeling well?”

Sharon approached me, looking startled.

“I’m fine. Continue speaking.”

“Yes…… His Majesty says that the meeting you attended will go late into the night.”

“Oh, thank goodness.”

I found myself muttering in relief. Sharon asked me with an even more worried expression.

“Your Majesty, what happened……”

“No, it’s nothing. So His Majesty won’t be able to come to the Empress’s palace today?”

“That’s correct.”

“I see, then you can leave. I need to rest.”

“Your…… Your Majesty.”

“What? Oh, do you have something else to say?”

As I walked towards the bed, I turned back to look at Sharon.

Then she nodded her head and quickly responded in a bright voice.

“Yes! His Majesty says that since the meeting might go late, how about you come to the main palace bedroom!”

“Ah……”

What should I do?

My head started to hurt.

“His Majesty seems to want to see Your Majesty’s face by visiting the main palace bedroom during breaks in the meeting!”

I couldn’t respond to Sharon’s excited voice.

If it was before the Duke of Martins left, I would have been happy.

But things have changed now.

I had to be cautious in all matters.

The more attention I received from Rinel, the more danger Bonis’s safety and his safety could be in.

“Sharon, you will have to go to the main palace yourself.”

I calmed myself down and turned back to her.

“Yes, just tell me!”

“Tell him that I’m not feeling well…… and that I think I need to rest early in the Empress’s palace today…… and then come back.”

Thinking about his disappointed face upon hearing this, my heart felt dry.

“Your Majesty, should I call the doctor?”

“No, there’s no need for that. I’ll be better if I just rest a bit.”

I gestured with my hand and smiled, but Sharon’s worried expression didn’t disappear.

“My head hurts a bit. Talking with the concubines earlier shook me up.”

Unable to think of a suitable excuse, I blamed the concubines.

Only then did she nod her head and sent me a look of agreement.

“Then I will go to the main palace and deliver the message. Is there anything else you need?”

Sharon asked me, checking my mood before leaving the bedroom.

“No. Oh wait, Sharon?”

I called out to her who was about to turn around, and went out to the terrace with her.

“Do you know where the smoke training field is?”

“Smoke training field…… ma’am?”

Sharon looked at me as if questioning.

“Yes, just curious. You said it was close to the Empress’s palace before, right? That’s why.”

“Ah, yes…… as I told you, it’s not far from here. It’s over there.”

Sharon pointed towards the location of the training field with one hand resting on the terrace railing.

“Where?”

“Behind the Empress Palace, if you follow the lakeshore and turn, you will find a cypress forest. Over there, can you see it?”

“Yes.”

“If you follow that forest path for about 10 minutes, you will reach the training field.”

I mulled over Sharon’s explanation several times in my mind.

Fortunately, the path to the training field was not complicated.

The problem was whether I could get to the training field without being noticed by the palace inhabitants.