“You do not need to worry, Countess. Your body will not show visible changes within the first month or two of your pregnancy. There is no need to be overly concerned. You just need to give up … Read more
“Our patriots have not returned, and we have not heard from them since they were dispatched. It seems they have sacrificed themselves in the line of duty,” an aristocrat bent his knees before the curtain and reported.
The … Read more
I didn’t chat with Sisi for long. Anyway, we reached a common conclusion; however, she didn’t plan to stop me from going to the South. I left the palace in the afternoon. The imperial palace was most … Read more
There was no sign of war based on the atmosphere in the imperial capital. Perhaps the news didn’t reach them. Perhaps they weren’t interested in the indigenous people. The elves were a frightening race, but humanity’s indigenous people weren’t, … Read more
The young boy and girl joined us around the fire at night with Leah’s help. Angelina tossed some meat into the pot of soup suspended above the flame. The young girl took care of the young boy after … Read more
I figured out who I was up against and realised that I couldn’t stay out of the war despite wanting to. It dawned on me that I’d be dragged in even if I tried to keep out of … Read more
Angelina seemed to misunderstand the nature of my job. I parleyed and ran small businesses. I’d occasionally smuggle flavouring, make people in the imperial bankrupt and forced people to suicide, but those were part-time jobs. Interrogation wasn’t … Read more
We were out of the North’s jurisdictive region and would soon be within the imperial capital’s jurisdictive region, which was significantly different to the desolate North. Once we were within the imperial capital’s jurisdictive region, there would be … Read more
Protecting my family needed to be my priority regardless of who was out for me. The assassins weren’t hooligans trying to rob us but trained assassins. Last night’s attempt was just to see … Read more
Owing to our travels back and forth between the North and the imperial capital, we could see our camp we left behind. We couldn’t humanly reach the North from the imperial capital in a single day, which was … Read more