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
Maybe Sisi didn’t receive my letter, or maybe she couldn’t find a reason to persuade me to leave Veirya behind and go to the South. Either way, since I didn’t receive a reply, all I could do was … Read more
“Mama Veirya… is pregnant? So Mama Veirya has a child inside her now?” Leah worriedly touched Veirya’s belly.
One could see that Veirya genuinely loved Leah very much from the way she silently let Leah touch her … Read more
“Her Majesty left the town last night already,” informed the young girl whose family ran the tavern.
As the only place offering lodging, the tavern served countless affluent figures and nobles, thereby earning an impressive sum. Naturally, … Read more
Am I… Am I really going to be a father…?
I sat in one place, swimming in a whirlpool of shock, pleasant surprise and nervousness until the sun came up, yet didn’t feel tired or as though … Read more