“There it is!”
Nellia found an object on the desk in the corner, which she suspected to be Charlotte’s necklace.
Approaching and looking down, it was indeed Charlotte’s necklace.
Even though she knew it wasn’t over yet, Nellia felt a sense of relief.
She had been worried if she could find Charlotte’s necklace as well, but now she felt a bit more at ease.
Nellia saw people moving quickly outside the window. Realizing there was no time to spare, she hurriedly left the cabin.
Whoosh!
However, the weather was a bit strange. There wasn’t a single gust of wind a moment ago, but now the wind was blowing quite strongly. Thanks to that, the flames rising in the forest swayed as if dancing.
‘Is this a good thing…?’
For some reason, due to the howling wind, it seemed it would take time to extinguish the fire.
Nellia went to the iron bars where Ton was locked up. Seeing Nellia return safely, Ton’s eyes widened.
“Nellia!”
“I told you nothing would go wrong.”
Nellia quickly inserted the key into the lock hanging on the iron bars.
With a clink, the iron bar door opened with a welcoming sound.
“Amazing. How did Nellia manage to bring the key alone?”
Nellia restrained Ton, who was trying to come out.
“Wait a moment. The shackles are still not unlocked.”
“Did you bring the key for the shackles as well?”
Ton looked unusually surprised.
Nellia felt a moment of pride but remembered that there were about ten keys on the key bundle she brought.
“I did bring them, but there are quite a lot…”
Nellia started inserting the keys from the front of the bundle into the keyhole of the shackles one by one. However, the shackles didn’t seem to be unlocked easily.
At that moment, the voices of the gang of thugs could be heard.
“Darn wind! How long will it take to put out the fire?”
“The wind caused delays, but we should be able to extinguish it within ten minutes!”
Darn it. Ten minutes.
They needed to hurry down the mountain. If Ton, who was in the iron bars, found out that she was gone, they would start chasing her.
“Please calm down, Nellia. We still have plenty of time in ten minutes.”
Ton’s calm words helped Nellia steady her trembling hands as she continued to insert the keys.
The wind was getting stronger. The robe fluttered around randomly, obstructing the view, and the keys slipped off several times.
After struggling, when she inserted the fifth key, the shackles, with a clink sound, finally opened their tightly closed mouths.
“It’s done…! Let’s go, Ton!”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Nellia and Ton came out of the iron bars. The red glow beyond the cabin, as the gang of thugs had said, was almost disappearing.
The fire was almost completely extinguished.
“Nellia, it seems we need to go down this way. If we go down the way we came, we might get caught soon.”
Ton pointed to a path that could hardly be called a proper trail. The slope was steep, making it perfect for rolling if you weren’t careful.
But as he said, there were many people on the path they came from. Below, there would be two guards whom they had seen coming up.
At the moment, there was no other choice.
“Let’s go that way, Ton.”
As Nellia agreed, Ton took the lead.
Ton silently walked, pushing aside the branches blocking the path. While doing so, he didn’t forget to warn Nellia to be careful.
Whoosh [Dash].
Nellia followed Ton, tightly gripping the fluttering hem of her robe.
“Why is the wind blowing so much all of a sudden?”
“I don’t know. It feels like it wouldn’t be strange even if lightning struck soon.”
Nellia agreed with Ton’s words.
It was a gloomy day, where even if lightning suddenly struck, it wouldn’t be strange at all.
As if the gods were angry.
At that moment, the voices of the thugs came from above.
“Geez! The man we caught is gone!”
“How the heck did he get out?”
“He couldn’t have gone far. Everyone, spread out and search!”
Nellia’s heart pounded.
Since there were about ten members in the gang of thugs, it wouldn’t be easy to find them if they scattered.
“It seems we need to pick up the pace.”
Fortunately, Ton didn’t seem to be tense or shaken like Nellia. He just increased the speed of his legs. Nellia worked hard to keep up with Ton, not wanting to lose sight of him.
But that too was short-lived. Voices came from just above.
“He’s here!”
Nellia looked up.
Suddenly, a thug with a torch, who seemed to have caught up, shouted loudly while looking at Nellia and Ton.
Upon hearing the thug’s voice, other thugs nearby quickly gathered.
Since they were familiar with the terrain, their movements were fast. In an instant, three of them chased Nellia and Ton.
At this rate, they would be caught again soon.
“It seems it won’t work.”
Ton suddenly stopped in his tracks. Seeing that, Nellia also slowly stopped walking.
“What are you going to do, Ton?”
“I think it would be better to deal with just three for now.”
Ton said that while picking up a thick branch that had fallen around him.
“Only three? Dealing with three in a situation like this won’t be easy.”
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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