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It was the morning four days later. At noon, a white lace parasol deflected the summer sun. Jeanne was taking a walk with her young daughter. She held her daughter's hand with her lace-gloved hand and took slow steps. Mona, with bonnet ribbons tied under her chin, toddled along waving a small sunflower given to her by the gardener. "Come here, Mona." Jeanne moved her lips toward her daughter who kept trying to shake off her hand. Mona didn't even look up, apparently absorbed in watching her shadow…-
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Alisandra was admiring the garden that shone green in the sunlight. The fruit trees with shrubs sparsely placed between them and the carelessly blooming flowers absorbed the sunlight and looked fresh. Suddenly she remembered the gardener who had bowed his head. He said that the rose bushes should be trimmed now to look good in summer. But Alisandra shook her head. 'It doesn't look bad growing like this.' 'However....' 'Leave it be.' Alisandra turned her head away from the rose bushes that had…
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The darkness of the imperial palace was particularly thick and sticky. Since childhood, Jeanne had feared the coming of night to the imperial palace. No matter how bright the lamps were, they couldn't protect her from the night that seemed ready to swallow her whole. The one who kept vigil at her bedside as she whimpered and couldn't fall asleep for a long time was none other than the emperor. To the young Jeanne, who didn't know he was her husband even after their royal marriage, he was an incomparably…
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"No, this is...... no, really......" 'I need to see what kind of woman would suit His Majesty.' Despite saying this loudly, Finn had always been more interested in the cookies or cakes served whenever Divlik met empress candidates. Yet today, this same Finn couldn't take his eyes off the woman who entered the reception room. "How can this be possible......" The woman was the third imperial princess who had just arrived from the Veilen Empire. Her name was Airi or something like that, a young girl…-
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Eva regretted not warning Divlik that he should also be careful with Mia when he had asked about Joseph before. Was it that even the wisest person couldn't resist a woman who smiled sweetly in front of them? She had been confident he wouldn't fall for it...... What was he thinking, saying he would keep Mia? "What? You're keeping this woman? Are you saying you'll make her empress?" Finn, who had been sitting far behind Divlik stuffing cookies into his mouth, jumped in surprise and voiced exactly…
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If he wasn't losing his judgment again, deceived by that beautiful face...... Eva truly seemed to have not a single shred of attachment to the position of empress. Moreover, she had rejected all offers to give her a position. At first, he thought she might be rejecting him to the end because she didn't know who he was—because of his "unclear background" as she had mentioned before—but that wasn't it. Eva had even licked his possessions, trying to protect him because she didn't want him to get…
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"Your Majesty! Please help me!" Just as Divlik was about to open his mouth, wondering if there was some hidden story, Finn came running toward him calling his name, with his shirt buttons torn open and one shoulder of his jacket completely ripped off. "What happened?" "Lady Emma and Lady Olivia are fighting over me, and it's chaos. I only danced with them a few times, but did Your Majesty know that dancing with the same woman multiple times implies you're considering her as a marriage partner? I…
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"Let go of me." Even when Eva glared at him with as much wariness and contempt as she could express, Joseph didn't bat an eye. Instead, he laughed excitedly, placed Eva's hand on his thigh, and began to knead it. "How can even your hands be so smooth? If you would touch me here with these hands, how satisfying it would be......" Eva succeeded in pulling her hand away from Joseph's offensive remarks, but this time her wrist was caught, preventing her from leaving. "Let go of me." "Don't be so…
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"I thought it was proper etiquette for concubines not to appear openly at such gatherings, but I guess I was wrong?" Mia stopped beside Eva and asked in a voice that sounded genuinely curious. "I'm here because there's no one else to stand by His Majesty's side at the moment." "How interesting that a man needs an escort just as much as a woman does." If Divlik's fatigue came from having to attend balls and smile at many unfamiliar people whose titles he could barely remember, Eva's exhaustion…
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"Is this what imperial balls are usually like?" Divlik seemed taken aback by the hall that had become a mess in just a few hours, looking around with an incredulous smile. "I suppose it's because such gatherings haven't been held for a while." The last ball held here was three years ago, and while Eva couldn't remember clearly if it had been like this then, the fact that she didn't recall being surprised suggested today's state was definitely worse. "If we hold two more balls like this, we'll…
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