Ushua’s expression momentarily showed worry at the sudden request, but she agreed to help Viare without asking for any reason.
“Yes, it’s best to get in the carriage first.”
Being the future head of a wealthy family, Ushua might not know all the details but had sensed that something was off with Viare.
Viare felt immense gratitude for her friend’s quick thinking and arrangement.
“Just promise me, when you visit the Eastern Kingdoms later, bring your lover with you.”
As Ushua would become the head of the Genshaoti clan upon reaching adulthood, she wouldn’t be able to stay away from the Eastern Kingdoms for long.
It seemed like Ushua was suggesting Viare bring her lover next time, but Viare didn’t think she would meet someone else again.
She had never imagined anyone other than Dension, and there was no room in her mind to think of another.
Seeing Viare’s increasingly gloomy face, Ushua sighed lightly.
“If that guy makes you suffer, tell me.”
“…….”
“I’ll chew him up for you.”
Viare let out a small laugh at that.
Before returning to the past, Ushua knew Dension. Viare had introduced her lover to her close friend.
But in this life, she couldn’t be sure if Ushua would ever meet Dension.
Viare thought about Dension, whom she hadn’t met at her recent birthday party.
‘Would anything have changed if I had met Sion?’
Even if she had met Sion at the party, she would have just hovered around him, unable to do anything.
Yet, the more she thought about him, the more painfully she longed for him.
“Maybe when the time comes.”
By then, she might have uncovered the truth behind Dension’s death and gone on a trip to the Eastern Kingdoms to sort out her feelings.
Even though Viare knew she could never completely forget him.
On the late evening of the Sabbath, Viare, wearing her robe deeply hooded, got off the luggage cart and approached the carriage that was already waiting.
Inside, Ushua looked at her with a worried face.
“Viare, are you sure you’ll be okay alone?”
“Yes. Thank you for bringing me here.”
Ushua let out a soft sigh and hugged her tightly.
Ushua let out a soft sigh and hugged her tightly.
“Always be careful. If you need help, just let me know.”
“I will. Take care on your way back.”
After sending off her close friend, Viare ventured into the dark underworld.
The damp, musty smell and stench of the place never became familiar, no matter how many times she visited.
Approaching the truth was both exhilarating and terrifying.
As Viare entered Bernaude’s 34th Street, a waiting clerk guided her.
“Just follow me, please.”
She followed him, taking a closer look at her surroundings, which she had never dared to scrutinize before.
Between the dark walls, scriptures and sayings were engraved.
Viare, muttering the scriptures absentmindedly, realized their familiarity and suddenly asked the clerk.
“It seems that ‘The Absence of God’ worships the deity Ekartho.”
“……No, not that deity.”
She remembered the guild master mentioning that ‘The Absence of God’ had not been around for long.
“Have you ever seen ‘The Absence of God’s’ face?”
“He always wears a mask with Master Fabian, so no one knows what he looks like.”
‘So, the guild master’s name is Fabian.’
With this unexpected piece of information, Viare subtly lifted the corner of her mouth.
“Welcome, Lady.”
Soon, the guild master appeared, greeting Viare with a smile and sending the clerk away.
Responding with a shrug, Viare followed him to the reception room.
She felt a growing anticipation of meeting ‘The Absence of God’ and getting closer to the truth.
“Where is ‘The Absence of God’?”
“He had urgent business and will be a little late. He sent a message.”
“He seems to have no concept of time.”
“He’s not usually like that. I hope you can forgive him, Lady.”
Viare chose to sit and wait for him, as it was her, not him, who was in need.
As she watched Fabian busily moving around, she began to hear footsteps in the corridor.
“It seems he has just arrived.”
At his words, Viare turned her head to stare intently at the door to the reception room.
Soon, the door opened, and a man wearing a white mask and robe entered.
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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