To You Whom I Don’t Love That Much (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 143

143.

“Where exactly are we going?”

“Don’t worry. We’re almost there.”

Each time the exchange repeated, and as the man boldly advanced deeper into the palace grounds, Owen grew increasingly suspicious. The man seemed to know every corner of the imperial fortress intimately—not just the pathways, but also precisely when and how the knights and servants moved. For instance, so far they hadn’t encountered a single servant, let alone a knight. Suspicion began to creep up steadily.

Yet the hostage Owen held was Rosetta. And so, whether the man was human, demon, or monster, he was ready to join hands with him. Just as he had, long ago, when he believed Rosetta had completely… vanished.

“Here. This is it.”

And when Owen finally came to a complete stop…

“You’re insane.”

Cardier had no choice but to admit the man was utterly out of his mind. After all, the place where he stood was right before the private palace bestowed by the Emperor upon his beloved Imperial Princess. Beyond the iron gate lay the infamous garden forbidden to men.

The vulgar rumors surrounding the Imperial Princess because of this garden were beyond description. The public claimed she despised men, and after she began wearing trousers, whispers spread that she wished to become a man herself. In any case, one conclusion was clear: this was a place no one dared trespass, and must not trespass.

“Go on, climb over.”

“You’re truly mad.”

Cardier looked him up and down without hiding his contempt. But Owen wore an utterly shameless expression, as if this were the most natural thing in the world.

“Your wife is imprisoned in a place we cannot enter. Only the imperial family knows of its existence, let alone access it.”

“How could you possibly—”

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