Whether my acting was quite disgusting or not, Greed exclaimed [Huh! Who is this?], surprised. I did not waver and stared at the guard with a cold expression.
The guard who stepped back hesitated for a moment before shouting.
“W-Well, speak!”
“Could you perhaps tell me something?”
Whether my performance was quite disgusting or not, the guards exchanged glances.
“We don’t know about that. But why are you looking for someone named Estel?”
“That’s… I…”
I recalled the information about Estel that Leanne had given me.
According to the information, the person who picked up the crying child abandoned in the forest and raised her was indeed Estel. The old woman who raised her is said to live not far from here. ‘If the person we’re looking for is the original Estel, the old woman should die within three years.’ Anyway, we had to use that point to lure her out.
“Estel’s grandmother sent me. I have something to deliver.”
“Hmm, so?”
I handed a prepared note along with a purse of money to the back gate guard.
“Could you please deliver this to Sister Estel? The accompanying gift is from me.”
I shot the final blow to the guards who were counting the money in the bag with widened eyes.
“Please, sir knight!”
Naturally, the guards, who were not knights, chuckled at being called knights.
“Well, it’s not such a difficult favor.”
“Come back safely!”
My pitiful act seemed to be quite convincing. One guard entered Yeongjuseong.
“I should go to the meeting place I wrote on the note. Thank you, sir knight!”
“Well, uh, sure. Be careful.”
Leaving behind the scratching guard, I returned to the place where Leanne was waiting.
Leanne, who had been watching from a distance, approached with wide strides before I even left.
“How did it go?”
“There’s a big tree in the village. I left a note there.”
“What if she doesn’t come out?”
“She’ll come out?”
Even if there was someone who didn’t come out when there was news that her grandmother had something to tell her, it was not a common case.
As expected, just as I predicted, we moved our position under the big tree, and not long after, a girl with brown hair, the same color as the wall, slowly walked towards us.
‘Externally matches Estel.’
But something…
Before I could continue my thoughts, the girl asked me.
“Are you the person sent by my grandmother?”
“Yes, I’ve been indebted to your grandmother, and since I happened to be near Yeongjuseong, I have something to deliver[Dash].”
Before I could finish my sentence, she interrupted.
“What is it?”
“Dried fruits and some ointment for application…”
When I handed her the package that I had prepared at the inn, her expression stiffened.
“What is this? Why did you bother someone and bring this… I’m sorry for the inconvenience.”
“No, it’s nothing.”
“Is there anything wrong with my grandmother?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Then please be careful going in.”
Without any hesitation, the girl turned around and walked briskly towards Yeongjuseong.
Sighing deeply, I stood still with my chin resting on my hand.
‘Yeah. Things won’t be resolved so easily.’
I could be certain from the moment I saw her face for the first time.
That person is not Estel.
Estel was not Estel, and in the end, there was no choice but to return without any gain.
On the way to Somnia.
Leanne, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.
“I’ll conduct another search.”
Was it because she was not the Estel I was looking for that she didn’t say anything all this time?
But this wasn’t anyone’s fault. If we were to blame someone, it would be my responsibility for taking on an unreasonable request.
“Don’t worry, Leanne. I know it’s difficult to find people since the conditions I gave you weren’t many.”
“….”
“As long as we don’t give up, we’ll find her someday.”
“Yes. I’ll do my best.”
Feeling like the atmosphere was getting heavy, I deliberately shifted the topic with a cheerful voice.
“Do you think we can arrive on time?”
“If we hurry, we can probably make it.”
[Now it’s boring! Hurry up, hurry up and run!]“This one.”
Petting the annoyingly complaining and constantly napping head of the greedy Typhon whose complaints spanned over the conversation.
[Sorry! My bad! I’ll stay quiet!]“Why are you punishing it?”
[It was born like this originally.]“Well, that makes sense.”
When Typhon started speaking, the surroundings surprisingly fell silent. It was a part where you could understand how noisy Typhon was.
‘Since she said she’d go back home before sunset.’
I definitely had to hurry.
Just as I was about to turn my head to tell Leanne to speed up, I saw it unintentionally.
Ssyaek! A sharp object flying through the air, splitting the wind.
“….!”
Suddenly, an arrow charging towards us, and without a moment’s surprise, Leanne moved first.
Chaeng! In an instant, Leanne, who kicked up his shoes, intercepted the flying arrow.
It was an ambush!
As the arrow flew and pierced the horse’s buttocks, the startled horse began to kick violently.
“Whoa, whoa!”
After calming the horse down, Typhon, who had been hanging on me, opened his eyes wide.
[It’s from the left!]At Typhon’s shout, I turned to the left and saw a man wielding a dagger attacking me.
Turning the reins to dodge, I couldn’t completely avoid it, and the dagger grazed my left cheek.
My left cheek stung and grew hot.
“Elodie-nim.”
Leanne, who had jumped off the horse, stood close to me, dealing with the assailant who had intruded.
Whether it was due to Leanne’s skill or the surprise of the attack, the assailants were not rushing in and were assessing the situation.
Leanne, who was soothing my scratched cheek with his thumb, asked sardonically, sticking out his tongue.
“…May I kill them all?”
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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