Sarah's sharp gaze was directed outside the window.
The carriage running at full speed rattled roughly against the pavement, but the tension seeing in through was as calm as a vacuum.
They have traveled far and wide. The distance from her hometown, Sulli, to the Capital, Illest, took almost half a day by horse carriage. Of course, that could only be done with the assumption that they didn't stop to rest in the middle of the trip, while they stopped quite often at Hayden's request, which was worried about Sarah's condition.
During the trip, Hayden squeezed his finger in between Sarah's fingers. Sarah gently traced the callouses on his palm with her fingertips. His hand is not as rough as Sarah's hand even though both of them wielded a sword.
'Hmm, even his hands aren't as rough as mine even though he should be a knight. He sure grew up in an environment that pampered him. I envy.'
Actually, there was still a speck of doubt in Sarah's heart regarding
Sarah going off lane from what her dream has shown her. That's how much confidence she had that her future would be fine even if she deviated from the plot. There's evidenced by Hayden agreeing to her request to disguise herself as a knight, named Sergei. And so then she spent some time learning knight etiquette from Raymon and the butler in the mansion.“Milady, do you really want to play the role of a knight? Honestly, I'm worried." Said the mustachioed butler, he was a palace butler at Hayden residence who retired and was hired to guard this mansion in secret – while Hayden was served by his son, Luke."I'll be fine, Ron. I'm not the type to just sit around and wait. It would be more fun if I could use my abilities to protect Hayden.”“You really are a wonderful woman, milady. I've never seen a woman so good with a sword. No wonder the Crown Prince fell in love with you.” Ron's smiling face seems so peaceful.Sarah rarely
It was early evening and the sun was beginning to dip below the horizon. The Jasmine Palace hallway was illuminated by a red glow, but Laura walked towards her carriage without even turning her eyes towards the door of Jasmine Palace.Laura gave a wry smile as she watched the dying sunlight touch her carriage's door, before turning into a rich red hue. It was like seeing a flower bloom. Her mother's face entered her mind.'Mom, we've tried enough, haven't we? I will save you from that man's restraints, then I followed you.'“Milady, do you want to go straight home, or is there some other place you want to visit?” the coachman opened the door for Laura.She halted her step before going inside. “I want to buy a cake, so take me to that store.”"Yes, milady."'Yeah, it's a good time to get rid of those guys, while many focus on finding monsters in the capital area.'Today is exactly ten days since the disaster hap
There's a saying that goes, keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.A few days ago, I accept Count Lanchaster's request to allow Sarah to stay in the room next to mine at the Jasmine Palace, in order to receive treatment from the palace doctor. Even though I hated her, it seemed that there was still guilt in my conscience for hurting her back. I don't know what she was thinking so she jumped in front of me and took the hit for me. My instincts told me that it was a calculated leap.Anyways,Some people saw my actions as a form of returning the favor for the person who had saved me, while others thought I was stupid. I myself consider myself too soft. Even Merri keeps grumbling by my side.From that day on, Sarah showed up wherever I went. She also squeezed herself between me and Hayden. Whether it's dinner, tea time, or a walk in the garden, she is always with us. I'm not jealous! I was fed up with the two dogs.'Why? I'll be fine if you
It felt like there was a fire inside her, so Fuschia fanned her face with her hands hurriedly. On the outside, she exudes toughness charisma – what she has learned so far, but her natural timid personality wasn't going anywhere. Especially when it comes to dealing with Sarah.It doesn't matter if she is dealing with the extras in this novel, like those ladies. But who she is dealing with is the female lead in the world of this novel that took her side. Her position as a villainess was a misfortune.At that time, a woman figure appeared."Excuse me, I have trash in my hands, should I throw it here?" Lady Bellrose frowned and clicked her tongue in displeasure. Then she threw the entire contents of her little bag onto the table.'Lady Bellrose? ...Why?'“Lady Bellrose, you really have no manners!”"What do you mean, lady? I just throw the trash in its place. Weren't you taught that?" She looked straight at Sarah – who ap
Laura submerged her whole body into the warm water. Surrendered all her senses into silence for a while. Then bubbles appeared from around her nose.'Puha!' her head popped out of the water, creating small waves in the tub. She took a deep breath. The scent of flowers wafted into her nostrils. It was her favorite lilac flower oil scent.After letting the water on her face drip off on its own, Laura wiped her face.'Tonight is that woman's last night. It might as well be my last night to enjoy this warmth.' Laura gathered her knees together and hugged them.It had been five days since she had first poisoned Fuschia every morning. Laura who knew Fuschia's habits very well, and had the authority to inspect her food, had great access to poison her.According to the alchemist she met in a wooden house in an alley, it took five days for the poison to accumulate in the human body, then launch its action, that stops the heart. A clear poison that is diffic
“Dylan, turn around. I heard a faint voice calling my name.”"I didn't hear anything." Dylan lied nonchalantly. In fact, he had heard the hoarse voice of the woman who had been calling out Fuschia's name since before. But he is reluctant to let Fuschia going back to a cunning woman like Laura who intends to kill Fuschia and her baby."No. I'm sure it was Laura's voice. Come on, turn around." Fuschia sway her body. She thought by that, Dylan's hold will loosen a little, then she could walk towards Laura's voice.But,Dylan chuckled, then rub his head on Fuschia's head. Dylan is like a cat pampering its humans. 'Just say you don't have the heart to leave that woman there. Your too kind heart is what makes people dare to step on you. But now, I will not let them take what is yours.'Dylan brought Fuschia closer. “Hold me tighter, Fuschia.”"Okay!"They returned to the dirt road in the dark forest, relying only on
Hmm, it is a good day to ruined someone's life.I have been waiting for this day to come for a long time. Even though Albertus is not the final boss of my revenge mission, but I invested enough of my time to rob everything he has. When I thought about what Albertus had done to me in my previous life, my blood boils hotter.Tonight was Albertus' schedule to visit the Casino basement. According to Mbayul's report, after midnight at this date, Albertus will open the safe with two other men to put their money in.After I investigated, the other two men were a Count and the owner of the Casino – which Hayden was about to confiscate in a month. I don't know what kind of political maneuver Hayden devised to trick the Casino owner into handing over his ownership to Hayden, but from my investigation, the Casino owner wasn't the smart type – unlike his sneaky, eel-like predecessors.'Hmm, I guess the former Casino owner misplaced the person as his succe
I slowly descended to the underground tunnel, following Merri who was in the front row carrying a torch. Due to a large number of magic particles available in the air, my underground tunnel could form stably and firmly. Because of the adhesiveness, there is no seepage of water on the soil wall.I have to admit, I have amazing talent on earth magic.Helped by Merri's fire magic ability which is increasing every day, we don't have to be afraid of the dark because she makes small fireballs that stick to the tunnel walls. It's like a secret ancient passageway in archeology films.Laura was in the back row dragging a trolley made of wood, which would later be used to store the loot.“This is amazing...” Laura murmured in amazement."Hmph." I raise my shoulders even more. “Laura, I intend to use this method to get your mother out of the Lanchaster residence. What do you think?"The only sound that could be heard was the sound of
Tuyul is nowhere to be found.No matter how hard Mbayul and I searched for him, we could only conclude that Tuyul had left us. It's hard to accept that reality, especially when we don't say goodbye to each other.Mbayul and the other wandering fairies are still with us. They worked for me as a royal CCTV. They were the right creatures for the job because few could see them, even though many wizards had appeared now.Then, when Pasha was three years old, I learned Tuyul's last story."Mom, do you still remember Uncle Tuyul?"One night, Pasha asked about it.Pasha has excellent verbal skills at an early age, and he can already form complex sentences well, making it easier for us to converse. He also remembered some things about his childhood, when he was one year old.He even remembered the house in the middle of the forest that we once lived in in the Haddad Kingdom, and he also remembered our battle with the monsters. Therefore, it is not surprising that later those memories returned
It had not been six months since Dylan had served as the new king of Drachentia Kingdom, and he already held the title of 'Drachentia's golden wolf.' In that short time, he was feared by the kingdoms around Drachentia. Mainly because of his achievements in eradicating all the monsters and the remaining alchemist in Drachentia.Not only that, but he also paralyzed the illegal trade that occurred in Drachentia's sea. Without mercy. And it turns out that his actions have spread to shake the economic stability of other kingdoms in the vicinity, which have outsmarted Drachentia in terms of trade at sea.Then today was a big meeting with the diplomacy of the allied kingdoms, who were present for fear that Dylan would prey on their kingdom. As many people know that Drachentia is an archipelago kingdom, I think they are afraid that their kingdom will become one of Dylan's new islands.'But he's not that ruthless tho.' I smiled proudly at Dylan sitting beside me with a sinister expression.As
My second marriage ceremony.As Dylan requested, before the king's coronation ceremony, we had a wedding ceremony.Of course, a lot needs to be prepared for a royal family wedding, but since we want it to be done as soon as possible, the preparations are quite simple. After all, we want to be crowned husband and wife soon. So we don't think much about banquets and so on.I'm wearing a white wedding dress that looks as divine as the diamond sprinkles on top of it. When the sun's rays fall on me, my dress will twinkle.Why can there be such a beautiful wedding dress ready in such a short time? The answer is because of the enthusiasm of Laura and Mr. Andre, who had prepared the dress long ago, even when they didn't know when I could wear it. Likewise, with Dylan's wedding tuxedo.“Milady-oops, your majesty, you look so beautiful. You are like a goddess!”"Isn't she more like an angel because of her white dress?""Well, our lady can do both. Hohohoho~” Merri and the others had fun dressin
The day of Crown Prince Hayden's trial has finally arrived. The sky was a dull gray, and people flocked to the High Court to witness the historic trial in an uneasy mood. Their minds were in turmoil.Dylan and I sat on the witness stand. I could feel all eyes on us. I heard the whispers of the people behind us as they were the seats of the nobles."I'm here. Don't be nervous." Dylan whispered. Pulling up the nervousness I didn't realize ate up my consciousness.Even though I heard that Madame Luxor and Laura were trying to get a lot of news written in the newspapers in our favor, that doesn't mean everyone would necessarily believe all that. Especially the nobles who might be aiming for royal power through the royal family.More so when they heard their next king was a formerly enslaved person and a victim of alchemist experiments—not forgetting that I would also be their queen."Phew."The supreme judges entered the courtroom. I know one of the high judges who sit in the highest seat
After that great battle, I slept like the dead for two days. I pushed myself too much, so that's how it turned out.Meanwhile, Laura and Madame Luxor mobilized a lot of news media in the form of newspapers to write down everything that had happened overnight—starting from the reason for the rebellion led by the Luxor Family with the help of the Mountravven Family troops to my surprising appearance.Madame Luxor quickly prepared everything related to the news as she owned information guilds. So she has planted several reporters on the scene to capture everything that happened since the beginning of the battle.And as professional reporters they are, reporters get a lot of 'astonishing' pictures, which are then pasted in their newspaper headlines.From the picture of Hayden leading the monster army, then the picture of me using water magic, and the picture of the dragon in the sky that blessed Dylan and me. Of course, the last picture was the one that seemed the most implausible, except
I don't know what just happened. What I do know is that Dylan suddenly had Hayden's sword in his hand, and from that sword came a superpower(?) of a giant rolling circle that sliced through the monsters with a single numbness. Then because of that power, Dylan's energy seemed to be sucked in and made him fall limply into my arms.I panicked because I thought Dylan was about to die, but he was only limp for a moment. Because after that, we and some of the 'healthy' soldiers explored the temple.Of course, at the time, I also didn't know why people looked at us with amazement as they said that we received blessings from the dragon that stroked our heads with its feet.I don't even know anything about the dragon in the sky. But I think it might be Lord Drachen.Anyway, I met someone I almost forgot on the way to the temple."I'LL KILL YOU!" Sarah was about to jump at me with a vengeance, but her body was already being held back by the soldiers who followed us."It's all over, Sarah," I
"Where are you going, sir bastard?"Without hesitation, Merri engulfed Raymon's body with her smoldering blue flames.“AAAAAAHHHHH!” Raymon writhed in pain while screaming hysterically; then, his body was kicked by the grande monster.Merri smirked as she looked down at Raymon, who was flipping like a dying fish.Merri thought, 'Look, how easy it is to crush that bastard. If I were stronger since long ago, then Milady and my life wouldn't be this messed up.'"Merri?! What are you doing here?" Fuschia approached Merri, looking happy at the top of a tree.“Milady! I did it! I burn that bastard!”“Gre- great job, girl. But don't push yourself as you're still recovering, Merri."“Of course! Hahahaha, this is fun. What about you, milady? Uh? Your head is bleeding!” Merri almost jumped from her position to get closer to the flying Fuschia.That made Fuschia flustered. But then Fuschia calmed Merri down. “Calm down. I already drank that potion.”"Ah! The magic medicine, of course!”Fuschia s
Fuschia stared at the man in front of Madame Luxor warily. "Commander Hugh?"She recognized the man before as The Knight Commander of Drachentia, Hugh Connor of the Count Connor Family.Dylan frowned wryly then spoke in a low voice, "I should have made sure you died in my hands."The knight commander Hugh bowed his head as he faced Fuschia. He didn't raise his head as he spoke.“I… had time to come to the Crestine Hall. There I met Lady Laura and the survivors. Then I… learned the truth from her. So please, allow me to atone for my sin of stupidity, Your Highness.”Fuschia knew Hugh Connor as a knight loyal to the kingdom. His loyalty is shown by a devotion to the leader. He is known as the 'hunting dog' of the late king who has bitten many nobles or rebels who threaten the power of the late king.Like Hayden and Raymon, he was trained by the late king and the late general commander in swordsmanship. That was why the sword styles of the three were almost the same. So he has a good rel
“FUCHIA!”It was Dylan's voice. He emerged from behind the soldiers."Dylan!" Fuschia immediately raised her legs to shorten the distance between the two.The two of them ran at each other with their arms wide open.Amid a battle between monsters and humans that seemed like it would never end, Dylan and Fuschia hugged each other tightly.The whirlwind of their minds and the erratic beating of their heart were relieved by the familiar scent they breathed in on each other. The tight hug they shared at that time seemed to convey all the tiredness in their hearts and minds.Then, along with a brief kiss they shared, each of them killed the charging monster. Fuschia separates the head of the monster charging at Dylan with her ice saw, while Dylan rips the neck of the monster charging at Fuschia with his sword.Never before seen a romantic and horror moment happen in one frame. So many soldiers thought so and accidentally witnessed the scene.“What's wrong with your sword? Why are they so d