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Lucia
루시아
Lucia grew up not knowing she was a princess.
But when her mother died, she entered the palace and had the
chance to see her entire future in a dream.
In her dream, when she reached 19 years old, she was auctioned
off to the bidder who offered the highest dowry. Her life became
miserable from then on.
When she woke up from her dream, she was determined to

reshape her future, realizing that she had plenty of time before the
crucial turning point.
Thus, she begins her journey to change her dark future.
Author(s): Covering The Sky, 하늘가리기

Artist(s):
Year: 2015
Country: Korea
Genres: Adult, Drama, Fantasy, Josei, Mature, Romance, Slice of Life,
Smut, Supernatural
Tags: Arranged Marriage, Character Growth, Charming Protagonist,
Fated Lovers, Female Protagonist, First Love, Handsome Male Lead,
Jealousy, Maids, Marriage, Nobles, Possessive Characters, Pragmatic
Protagonist, Royalty, Second Chance, Slow Romance, Special
Abilities, Time Skip
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ASIANOVEL VERSION: 3.10

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USER: Silverwoods
DATE CREATED: 2019-08-05
LANGUAGE: English
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Chapter 101 Part 1

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Translated by: Miss Ruby
Edited by: ShadowDog
Triple release~
Thanks for the coffees, Chan, Halimo, Bren, Mel, Chibiaoi and the
three Anonymous guys. I do not have many coffee rewards but I did
promise one bonus, so one of these is a bonus.
Also I made a change in chapter 86.2. Duke Ramis did NOT put a
tail on Damian. He put a tail on David. Not Damian. My mistake.
The links are all same. Go to 101.1 and press [next] to keep
reading.
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Chapter 101 Part 1

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— The founding party — (1)
All the carriages entering the palace for the founding party briefly
stopped at the palace entrance to sign in the guest book. Of course,
even the carriage of the Taran ducal house could not be exempted
from that formal process.
After confirming the identities of the personnel in the carriage, the

palace guard told Roy that he had to leave his sword behind.
“You’re telling a knight to surrender his sword?”
Roy looked at the palace guard and frowned menacingly. Well

aware of Roy’s notoriety, the palace guard flinched and hesitantly
replied.
“You cannot carry a sword into a party held in the palace.”
The palace guard was merely carrying out his duty faithfully and
had done nothing wrong. While grumbling, Roy released his sword
and handed it over. In any case, weapons didn’t mean much to Roy.
An expert didn’t distinguish between tools. If he wanted to, he could
use a fork to kill someone in the party hall. He didn’t even need a
fork. If he snapped their neck, that would be the end of it.
After receiving the sword, the palace guard quickly sent the
carriage in. He didn’t want to get involved with the Mad Dog. As so,
the walking murder weapon confidently entered the palace.
As soon the Duchess of Taran appeared, the surrounding
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noblewomen flocked to her. Seeing Lucia surrounded by layers of
women, Roy wondered to himself.
‘The Madam is pretty popular. Does she remember the

faces of all these women? I definitely have to ask later.’
Roy continued to watch over Lucia from a distance. Being a

noblewoman’s escort was more complicated than guarding at the
side of the Crown Prince. The escort must be considerate so that the
target being guarded can enjoy the party, in addition, the escort
must not stick too close.
When people saw Roy standing at the side, their eyes would widen,
then they would spin around and walk away. Thanks to that, Roy was
able to occupy an extensive area without bumping into anyone. Roy
did not neglect to look over the vast party scene from time to time.
‘That woman.’
Roy spotted a familiar woman. There weren’t many cases where

Roy remembered someone. They either gave him a good feeling or
the exact opposite, a very unpleasant aura. The woman he spotted
was definitely the same one he saw at the coronation party with bad
smell that gave him a bad feeling.
As he watched over the Madam, Roy stealthily monitored the

woman that gave him a bad feeling. The woman wandered around
the party hall without interacting with anyone, then she stood in the
corner and fixed her gaze on one location. There were a lot of
noblewomen gathered where the woman was staring at, and at the
center of the crowd was the Madam and Princess Katherine.
‘It’s strangely irritating.’
Roy pondered about what he should do to woman if she showed up

next to the Madam. However, the woman swiftly turned around and
left the party hall. When the woman was finally out of sight, Roy felt
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refreshed like he had finally gotten rid of the sand that was in his
shoes.
‘Oh, that bastard came too. Well, he’s not the kind of guy
that would miss stuff like this.’
David was also one of the few people that Roy could remember.
When Roy was guarding the Crown Prince, he saw David almost
every day. Every time David saw Roy, he looked as if he was seeing
something insignificant. But whether he did that or not, Roy also
faced him with an insignificant gaze. If only he wasn’t the younger
brother of the Queen, Roy would have beaten him up a few times
already.
‘Why is he like that?’
David was practically hiding himself in an inconspicuous corner of

the party hall. Even when someone occasionally acted like they knew
him, he put on an expression of I-don’t-want-to-talk and shook them
off.
Because Roy was not interested in news of the high society, he had
no idea that David had gone down to the Ramis fiefdom. The guy
who was usually pretentious and surrounded by people was now
having an attitude like a guilty person. It was suspicious. And Roy’s
eyes shone with a strange light.
The unpleasant woman appeared again, approached David and the

two of them had a brief conversation. Even though they weren’t very
secretive, they were being somewhat careful of their surroundings.
And then, the woman left the party hall. After a while, David also left
the party hall.
‘Are they lovers?’
The bad ones went well together.
‘Weirdly, something feels off.’
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Roy turned his focus back to watching the Madam.
***
Anita hid in an inconspicuous place and nibbled on her lips as she

looked at the Duchess, then at Roy who was a little distance away
with his eyes never leaving the Duchess. She couldn’t think of a way
to separate the Mad Dog from the Duchess. There wasn’t much time.
The Duchess would be returning when it gets moderately late, she
wouldn’t stay in the party till dawn.
‘I never thought she’d bring a knight with her to a party in

the palace.’
There weren’t many cases of noblewomen bringing knights with

them to the inside of a party. There was no established rule, but if an
unknown daughter of a baron decides to bring a knight around
everyone, it would be unusual and they would become the subject of
ridicule.
At the Duchess’ level, even though they couldn’t say anything to

her face, there were people who would tilt their head and wonder if
there was a need to bring a knight to the party held in the palace,
after all, there were strict identity checks performed at the entrance
of the palace.
Actually, Roy was very conspicuous. Among the numerous people

dressed formally, he was the only one dressed in light armor.
‘There is no other chance but today.’
The Duchess rarely attended balls. It was impossible to know when

a day like today, a day where the Duchess attends a ball alone,
would come again.
‘Let’s think of a place where the guard cannot follow.

Restroom…right. The break room!’
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Anita had once seen the Duchess use Princess Katherine’s break
room. Most noblewomen knew that Princess Katherine had a private
break room for herself.
They couldn’t step out first and ask the princess to show them her
private space, but the noblewomen gossiped among themselves that
if they had the chance, they wanted to see the Princess’ break room.
Anita decided to make up a situation. After confirming that

Katherine was in the party hall, she went to the princess’ break room.
In order to escape the boisterousness of the party, the break room
was located a little further away from the party hall. Which meant
that there were very few people walking by.
‘This location is very good.’
Two royal knights stood guard in front of the break room. When
she pretended not to notice them and tried to get inside, the knights
blocked her.
“What is your business here?”
“The princess gave me permission to use this place.”
“The princess has never given me such instructions.”
“Then, can you call the maid in there for me? The princess
asked me to pass on a message.”
The knight went inside and after a while, a handmaid came out.
Anita quickly measured the height and physique of the maid. Once
she realized that the handmaid was very similar to herself, a plan
began to quickly form in her head.
“That’s strange. This isn’t the handmaid. Are there any

other handmaids?”
“There are no other handmaids inside.”
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“Oh. Then I think I misunderstood something,” Anita said
and turned around.
‘Two knights guarding the entrance. One handmaid inside.

First, I have to remove the knights… I have to get young
master Ramis’ help.’
Translator’s Corner:
* Another word for break room is lounge. I wanted to change it a

while ago but I’ve already come so far with it so I’m just gonna leave
it. Restroom and breakroom are different things (Obv)
* A handmaid is a maid that works in the palace, in case this isn’t

clear.
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Chapter 101 Part 2

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David walked by Princess Katherine’s break room and beckoned to

the two knights in front.
“You two. Come over here.”
The two knights exchanged glances with each other for a moment
before they approached David. If it were an ordinary noble, there was
no need to listen to them, but David was the son of Duke Ramis and
the younger brother of the Queen. His status was one that couldn’t
be ignored.
“What is the matter, sir?”
“Come with me for a moment.”
“But we have to guard here…”
“Jeez. It will only take a minute.”
“Alright then, one of us will stay behind.”
“I need help from two people. It is only just a moment. You

mean you can’t even give me a minute of help? I’m
disappointed.”
It was right for them to refuse for the sake of their duty, but they
were only powerless palace knights. If a high-ranking noble held a
grudge against them, they would lose their jobs without having any
chance to defend themselves. The two knights looked at each other.
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A minute would be fine. In any case, there was also a maid in the
break room.
As David turned around the corner of the corridor, bringing the

knights with him, Anita, who was watching the situation, quickly
entered the break room.
In the break room, there was a short passage of about ten steps,
so that the inside of the break room could not be seen upon entering
through the door. Turning around the corner, along the wall at the
end of the hall, there was a door in the middle that led to the inside
of the break room. When Anita came in, the handmaid stood up.
“You are the person I met earlier. How did you get in
here?”
“The princess gave me permission to use this place.”
“Ah? But I have never received such instructions.”
“Then how did I get in here when there are knights

guarding outside? Are you saying I am lying?”
When Anita cornered her as if she was angry, the handmaid

hesitated.
“If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you the evidence. Come
and see.”
The handmaid drew close to Anita. Anita turned the ring she was
wearing, pointed it to her palm and opened the lid of the ring. Inside
the ring was a tiny needle.
Anita suddenly grabbed the hand of the approaching maid. The

startled handmaid took her hand away, but after a while, her eyes
spun, and she collapsed to the floor with a thud. It was a poison that
would make you pass out and gradually paralyzed you to death. If
she wasn’t given the antidote within three to four hours, the
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handmaid would die.
Anita didn’t even care about the handmaid’s life. Rather, after
doing something irreversible, she felt a subtle sense of pleasure, like
all the bars that had been suffocating her were released.
Anita dragged the maid to the restroom next to the break room
and laid her down. She quickly changed into the clothes of the now
stripped maid. And then, she pulled out the bracelet, the magical
tool, that David had given to her.
The magical tool she’d only heard about through rumors, was a
crude silver bracelet. Most of aristocratic families’ magical tools were
kept as a secret but there were a few things that were secretly
known. The magical tool owned by the Duke Ramis family was one of
such open secrets.
Anita put the bracelet on her wrist. The bracelet glowed faintly and
tightened to fit her wrist. And Anita’s appearance in the mirror slowly
began to change.
Her hair color changed to a very pale brown, and her pupils
changed to color closer to black. She couldn’t completely change her
structure into a completely different person. But, her overall
impression had somewhat changed. The appearance and atmosphere
around her had changed into such that it would be difficult to think
this appearance and Anita were the same person.
The effect of the magical tool would last for one hour. David said
that once used, it would take about a year before it could be reuse.
But that didn’t matter. To Anita, one hour was enough.
***
Fabian lamented his position where he had to work late into the
night of the founding day. Seeing his income increase in proportion
to his dwindling time for rest, Fabian and his wife, Alice, had mixed
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emotions.
Without the eyes of his master watching him, Fabian was even
busier. If something happened in his master’s absence, it would be a
serious issue, so he couldn’t relax his mind.
‘It didn’t show up today too.’
His subordinate’s report had been delayed for a few days and it
was grating on his nerves. A secret mission had a lot of unforeseen
situations, so a plan was of no use. The date of a report being a few
days off was something that happened often.
However, the fact that David was the subject of surveillance kept
bothering him. When compared to his master, David seemed
ridiculous, but on his own, David was a tycoon-level aristocrat.
Moreover, unlike the capital, the Ramis territory was David’s domain.
‘Should I have sent two people to follow him? But this side
shows nothing out of sort…’
The conclusion of the surveillance report on the Countess of Falcon

was ‘nothing significant to report’. These days, they were only taking
note of the Countess of Falcon’s movement. If she didn’t stray from
her daily repeated schedule, they didn’t look carefully into it. The
Countess poured her attention into the management of the bar and
went around the bar every day.
‘Does she plan to completely become a bar hostess? But if

she goes too far, her reputation in the social circle will hit the
bottom.’
Whatever happens to the Countess’ reputation was none of his

business. But putting aside his dislike of the Countess, Fabian had
never thought that the woman was stupid. When he looked at her
recent trajectory, he wondered what exactly was she thinking.
Fabian still did not stop trying to find out why David went to the
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Countess’ bar. Once he grabbed the tail, he never let go until the
main body was revealed. That was the way Fabian worked.
Fabian didn’t know what David had talked about when alone with
the Countess in the private room. He bought off a few employees and
gathered up the words David had said, piece by piece.
When he heard that David had drunkenly praised the Duchess of

Taran’s beauty a couple of times, he smelled something strange. And
when he looked into it, he found that David gave the Madam a love
letter but was refused.
‘This nutcase. He dares to covet who?’
If the man talked nonsense with the Madam and a strange rumor
were to arise from that, the anger of his lord would explode. The
ones below were always greatly affected by the mental state of their
masters.
Fabian shivered. Such a thing should never happen.
A subordinate knocked on the door, came in and gave a brief

report. He was in charge of monitoring Harry, the person who was
now leading the youth’s association that David started. The
subordinate came to report that David met Harry in the evening for a
while and then left.
“What? That guy came to see the target?”
“They didn’t talk about anything important. He just briefly

asked about the recent news…”
“Whatever those bastards talked about isn’t the problem.

Right now-!”
‘David is in the capital right now? This fool!’
Fabian immediately sensed that something had happened to his
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subordinate that was attached to David. When dealing with many
subordinates, sometimes, a ridiculous accident would occur.
Fabian summoned his subordinates immediately. He had to find

information about the guy who was captured and figure out a way to
bring him out.
‘There’s no way Duke Ramis has called him back to the

capital already, so why the hell did he come to the capital? To
attend the founding party? Just for that?’
Fabian put together all the information he had and created a

variety of possibilities.
‘The founding party can be an opportunity for David and

the Countess to meet naturally. But for a secret meeting, the
bar is better. Do they really have a need to meet at the
founding party?’
Fabian suddenly felt a chill on his back.
‘The Madam also went to the party.’
He had a bad feeling about this. Since Roy was guarding her, there
wasn’t much to worry about. But he would only be relieved after
sending someone to bring this to Roy’s attention. Fabian hurriedly
ordered someone to infiltrate the palace.
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After changing her appearance, Anita came out of the break room,
wearing the handmaid’s clothing . The knights who were called away
by David, had returned to guarding the door, and when they saw the
familiar handmaid coming out, their eyes widened . Seizing the
initiative, Anita lowered her voice and spoke to the knights with a
grave look on her face .
“Why in the world did you two leave your posts? The
princess is inside right now . She asked where the knights
went and was very angry to find you gone . ”
The complexion of the knights turned ashen . Where was their luck
and fortune? They didn’t expect that the princess would come in
during the short while that they were gone .
They didn’t know what the Count of Ramis had against them to do
what he did . He said he needed help, but he only took them along
while talking about strange nonsense, then he told them to leave . If
they were to use the Count of Ramis as an explanation and Count
Ramis feigned innocence, they would be accused of making up an
excuse and would be punished more .
The knights felt mortified . They were well aware of Princess

Katherine’s difficult personality when she was angry . She would
definitely call the Captain of the Royal Guards and explode at him,
after which, the Captain would call on them and vent out his anger
on them . Their future looked bleak .
“And that’s why I roughly made up something . ”
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“What do you mean by that?”
The knights who looked like they had fallen into hell were instantly
revived .
“She might hear us from the inside, so let’s go this way . ”
The knights followed Anita without hesitation . As the knights

stepped away from the door and looked away, David, who was
hiding, took that chance and quickly entered the break room .
“I told the Princess that you seem to have been called by

the Captain of the Royal Guard . ”
“Did the princess understand?”
“She was a little less angry . I don’t think she will call the
Captain of the Guard to verify the authenticity of what I said .
Later, you must apologize to the princess and ask for
forgiveness . ”
“Phew . We’re really thankful . I’m just seeing you for the
first time, when did you start working here?”
“It hasn’t been long since I started serving the princess .

Please look after me in the future . ”
They happily exchanged pleasantries with each other . After

overcoming a crisis, the knights’ eyes were drawn to the beauty of
the handmaid . Even though they were utter strangers, not only did
she help them, she was also pretty . The knights held a considerable
amount of goodwill towards Anita .
Anita adequately responded to the knight making a pass at her and

fluttered her eyes . Then she went back into the break room and
chuckled insipidly with a frosty look in her eyes . The beings known
as men are just…
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David was walking around the break room and upon seeing the
Anita that came in, he flinched .
“Are you…really the Countess?”
“Yes . It is me . ”
“Huh . You really look like a different person . It might be

my family’s magical tool, but this is my first time seeing it in
action . ”
“I am also amazed by the mysterious power of the Ramis

family’s magical tool . ”
“So, what do you plan to do now?”
“I will act as a handmaid and bring the Duchess here . ”
“What if someone else comes here in that interval? If the

princess comes…”
“I’ll take care of everything . Don’t worry and please wait .

It will not take long . ”
Anita asked David to never leave the break room . Then she
packed up her clothes that she had taken off and left the break room
. She spoke to the knights standing in front of the door .
“I’m going to escort the Duchess here on orders of the

princess . The princess told me to tell you that she’ll be
having an important discussion with the Duchess, and so no
one should come inside . ”
“Understood . ”
There was no one that saw the handmaid and thought it was weird
for her to be carrying a dress under her arm . Sometimes, a
noblewoman’s dress would be dirtied with food and couldn’t be worn
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as it was, so the dress would be urgently transported .
Anita walked along the hallway, looking around and avoiding

people’s eyes, then she threw the dress in a room that was used as a
storage .
***
Anita approached Princess Katherine’s handmaid .
“His Majesty is looking for the princess and wishes to

speak with her privately . I was told it is very urgent . I have
to quickly meet with Her Highness the Queen, so I will take
my leave . ”
“I got it . But you, where are you from…”
The handmaid tried to identify the maid she had never seen
before, but right after speaking, the maid turned away and
disappeared with quick steps . Katherine’s handmaid was offended
by the attitude of the unfamiliar maid who only said what she wanted
to say before leaving . But she couldn’t ignore the message that the
king was looking for Princess Katherine and urgently at that .
Anita hid in an inconspicuous place and watched Katherine . She

confirmed the handmaid approaching Katherine to whisper the
message, and Katherine leaving the hall afterwards .
She followed behind from a distance and watched until Katherine’s

carriage left for the Inner Palace, then she returned to the party hall .
This time, she approached the Duchess’ maidservant .
“The princess says she has something to talk about with

the Duchess in private . Please inform the Duchess that the
princess is waiting for her in the break room . ”
Hearing what the maid whispered into her ear, Lucia broke away
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from the crowd of noblewomen . As she stepped out into the hallway
leading to the princess’ break room, a handmaid stood there, waiting
for her .
Anita glanced at Roy, who was following behind the Duchess, and
bowed her head .
“The princess stepped out for a moment due to an urgent

matter . Is the order you were given correct?”
“Before the princess left to see His Majesty, she said that
there was something she had to urgently tell the Duchess .
She said it is related to the reason why His Majesty is looking
for her . ”
Before Katherine left for the Inner Palace, she slightly hinted to
Lucia that she was going to see the King . Seeing as the maid knew
about that, Lucia believed the handmaid’s words . Rather than
growing suspicious, she grew worried and urgent . All sorts of
thoughts filled her head, like the idea that maybe the King was
calling the princess, because of news of her husband who was
currently on the battlefield .
“Let’s go . ”
Anita began to walk ahead of them . They walked along the

desolate hallway, scarce with people . They were already quite a
distance away from the boisterous clamoring of the party hall .
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When they arrived at the break room, Anita looked at the knights
with a smile in her eyes . They tried to make a solemn expression,
but the corner of their lips twitched up and down in an attempt not to
smile .
The knights did not deter Anita from going in nor did they stop the
Duchess whom the princess had instructed to be allowed access at
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any time .
Anita went inside the break room and as if acting to close the door,
she naturally moved to the rear of the group . After passing through
the short hallway, the maidservant opened the middle door . As soon
as the Duchess passed through the door, Anita quickly grabbed the
maid’s hand and pricked it with a poisoned needle .
The maidservant turned around to look at Anita quizzically, but she

quickly fell unconscious and collapsed to the floor . Anita deliberately
let out a short scream .
“Oh my god!”
Lucia hurriedly approached to help the fallen maid . Anita acted

like she was helping the maid but secretly relaxed her hand . She
took a step back and pulled out a perfume bottle from her bosom .
“Duchess . ”
Anita sprayed perfume in the direction of Lucia, who had lifted her
head in response . The contents of the perfume bottle was an
anesthetic that quickly made one fall unconscious . Lucia didn’t even
have time to grasp the situation or let out a scream . Still holding
onto her maid, she sank to her knees and fell unconscious .
Everything took place in a very short moment . Anita’s face was

flushed red . She was so excited that she was short of breath .
“W-W-What…in the world . Why did you…”
David emerged, looking extremely flustered .
“What is this?”
David had taken this task lightly . He thought he just had to wait in
the break room, meet the Duchess and that was it . He didn’t know
he would bring substantial harm to the Duchess in this manner .
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“Furthermore, what’s with the fainted woman in the
bathroom?”
For David, the time he had to wait for Anita felt too long . He
couldn’t stay still at all, so he looked around the break room and
found a woman lying on the floor of the bathroom in her underwear .
“I momentarily put her to sleep so I could borrow her clothes . The

Duchess is also only unconscious for a while . Please help me . Before
the Duchess wakes up, she needs to be moved to the sofa and the
maid has to be cleared away .
A conflict arose in David’s mind .
‘Isn’t this getting too big?’
He had no intention of taking any damage to himself due to this

incident . Rumor with the Duchess . He didn’t think of anything more
than that .
Anita read the cowardice from David’s hesitant expression .

Because she already knew that David’s delivery was only to this
extent, she wasn’t disappointed .
Plus, it wasn’t just David . Males, the lot of them were like that .
They only cared for their profit and if they were slightly
disadvantaged, they would pulled out their feet, but on the outside,
they bragged as if they were magnanimous .
‘That man wasn’t like that . ’
Sadness momentarily flitted across Anita’s eyes . The Duke of

Taran . She had not met a man like him whose inside and outside
were the same .
He did not whisper affectionate lies to get a woman’s body . He

directly said he only needed her body . She didn’t even expect that
man’s affection . She was even satisfied with only his body but .
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Anita’s eyes fell on the Duchess and her gaze turned chilly . It was
because of this woman .
‘You can’t withdraw like this . ’
It was possible that she couldn’t completely escape from this

incident . She didn’t expect David to loyally keep the secret till the
end .
But if David were to withdraw here, she wouldn’t even be able to

finish what she had started and would be the only one that got
swindled . David had to be involved, even if it was only a little bit, for
there to be a chance to get away .
“It’s just the beginning, are you going to stop here? I will
follow Your Excellency’s will . It’s only too bad that such an
opportunity will not come again . ”
Knowing David’s personality, pushing him would backfire instead .

Anita stepped back as if she was giving David all the right to make
the decision .
‘You want to retreat alone? I’m sorry but you can’t do that .
’
Anita fiddled with the ring in her palm . It wasn’t a completely bad
idea to just kill everyone . Kill David and kill the Duchess too . Then
finish it off by ending her life herself .
From the moment she stabbed the handmaid with the poisoned
needle, she threw away all the taboos in the world that were
obstructing her . It gave her an enormous sense of freedom . The
darkness that had been piling up in her heart as she lived, burst out
all at once and swallowed her whole .
“Well . We’ve come all the way here, I won’t cowardly run
away . ”
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David made a resolute expression as if he had made a grave
decision . He did not see the weird smile that Anita gave . Perhaps if
he had seen it, he would have felt terrified enough to want to run
away from the break room immediately .
“Are they really only temporarily unconscious?”
“Yes . ”
“It won’t harm the Duchess, right?”
That harm to the Duchess may come back to bite him in the future,
that sort of worry was David’s sincerity .
“Of course . There is absolutely no harm to the Duchess . ”
The lingering bloodthirst in Anita’s eyes disappeared without a

trace . She did not lie . The thing she sprayed on the Duchess was
really just an anesthetic that cause one to temporarily lose
consciousness . The Duchess’ maid and the handmaid lying in the
bathroom would probably die, but she didn’t go out of her way to say
that .
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Chapter 102 Part 2

Source: RubyMaybe
When they arrived at the break room, Anita looked at the knights
with a smile in her eyes. They tried to make a solemn expression, but
the corner of their lips twitched up and down in an attempt not to
smile.
The knights did not deter Anita from going in nor did they stop the
Duchess whom the princess had instructed to be allowed access at
any time.
Anita went inside the break room and as if acting to close the door,
she naturally moved to the rear of the group. After passing through
the short hallway, the maidservant opened the middle door. As soon
as the Duchess passed through the door, Anita quickly grabbed the
maid’s hand and pricked it with a poisoned needle.
The maidservant turned around to look at Anita quizzically, but she

quickly fell unconscious and collapsed to the floor. Anita deliberately
let out a short scream.
“Oh my god!”
Lucia hurriedly approached to help the fallen maid. Anita acted like
she was helping the maid but secretly relaxed her hand. She took a
step back and pulled out a perfume bottle from her bosom.
“Duchess.”
Anita sprayed perfume in the direction of Lucia, who had lifted her
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head in response. The contents of the perfume bottle was an
anesthetic that quickly made one fall unconscious. Lucia didn’t even
have time to grasp the situation or let out a scream. Still holding onto
her maid, she sank to her knees and fell unconscious.
Everything took place in a very short moment. Anita’s face was

flushed red. She was so excited that she was short of breath.
“W-W-What…in the world. Why did you…”
David emerged, looking extremely flustered.
“What is this?”
David had taken this task lightly. He thought he just had to wait in
the break room, meet the Duchess and that was it. He didn’t know he
would bring substantial harm to the Duchess in this manner.
“Furthermore, what’s with the fainted woman in the

bathroom?”
For David, the time he had to wait for Anita felt too long. He
couldn’t stay still at all, so he looked around the break room and
found a woman lying on the floor of the bathroom in her underwear.
“I momentarily put her to sleep so I could borrow her clothes. The

Duchess is also only unconscious for a while. Please help me. Before
the Duchess wakes up, she needs to be moved to the sofa and the
maid has to be cleared away.
A conflict arose in David’s mind.
‘Isn’t this getting too big?’
He had no intention of taking any damage to himself due to this

incident. Rumor with the Duchess. He didn’t think of anything more
than that.
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Anita read the cowardice from David’s hesitant expression.
Because she already knew that David’s delivery was only to this
extent, she wasn’t disappointed.
Plus, it wasn’t just David. Males, the lot of them were like that.
They only cared for their profit and if they were slightly
disadvantaged, they would pulled out their feet, but on the outside,
they bragged as if they were magnanimous.
‘That man wasn’t like that.’
Sadness momentarily flitted across Anita’s eyes. The Duke of

Taran. She had not met a man like him whose inside and outside
were the same.
He did not whisper affectionate lies to get a woman’s body. He

directly said he only needed her body. She didn’t even expect that
man’s affection. She was even satisfied with only his body but.
Anita’s eyes fell on the Duchess and her gaze turned chilly. It was
because of this woman.
‘You can’t withdraw like this.’
It was possible that she couldn’t completely escape from this

incident. She didn’t expect David to loyally keep the secret till the
end.
But if David were to withdraw here, she wouldn’t even be able to

finish what she had started and would be the only one that got
swindled. David had to be involved, even if it was only a little bit, for
there to be a chance to get away.
“It’s just the beginning, are you going to stop here? I will
follow Your Excellency’s will. It’s only too bad that such an
opportunity will not come again.”
Knowing David’s personality, pushing him would backfire instead.
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Anita stepped back as if she was giving David all the right to make
the decision.
‘You want to retreat alone? I’m sorry but you can’t do that.’
Anita fiddled with the ring in her palm. It wasn’t a completely bad
idea to just kill everyone. Kill David and kill the Duchess too. Then
finish it off by ending her life herself.
From the moment she stabbed the handmaid with the poisoned
needle, she threw away all the taboos in the world that were
obstructing her. It gave her an enormous sense of freedom. The
darkness that had been piling up in her heart as she lived, burst out
all at once and swallowed her whole.
“Well. We’ve come all the way here, I won’t cowardly run
away.”
David made a resolute expression as if he had made a grave

decision. He did not see the weird smile that Anita gave. Perhaps if
he had seen it, he would have felt terrified enough to want to run
away from the break room immediately.
“Are they really only temporarily unconscious?”
“Yes.”
“It won’t harm the Duchess, right?”
That harm to the Duchess may come back to bite him in the future,
that sort of worry was David’s sincerity.
“Of course. There is absolutely no harm to the Duchess.”
The lingering bloodthirst in Anita’s eyes disappeared without a

trace. She did not lie. The thing she sprayed on the Duchess was
really just an anesthetic that cause one to temporarily lose
consciousness. The Duchess’ maid and the handmaid lying in the
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bathroom would probably die, but she didn’t go out of her way to say
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Chapter 103 Part 1

Source: RubyMaybe
Translated by: Miss Ruby Edited by: ShadowDog
Roy leaned against the wall adjacent to the break room. He had
confirmed with the knights guarding the break room door that there
were no other entrances to the room.
‘It’s taking a long time.’
Being unable to see the target he was guarding right away made
him uncomfortable.
‘Let’s wait for just 30 minutes. Then I have to make sure

the Madam is alright.’
A servant approached from a distance and just as he passed by in

front of Roy, he made a gesture that signaled their familiarity with
each other. Roy naturally shifted his position and moved slightly
away from the break room.
“Hey. You. Come here.” (Roy)
The servant, who had walked some distance away, heard the call
and approached Roy with reluctant steps. And turning his back to the
knights guarding the break room entrance, he stood and said in a
quiet voice.
“There are characters that need to be watched cautiously.”

(Servant(?))
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Roy increased his voice as if wanting the knights to hear.
“Go bring me something to drink.” (Roy)
“Count Ramis and Countess Falcon. The message is to

inform you that you should watch carefully if either of them
approach the Madam.” (Servant(?))
The break room door opened, and a handmaid came out. The
handmaid shared a knowing glance with the knights, then walked in
Roy’s direction.
“I asked you to bring it, why do you have so much to say?”

(Roy)
“You cannot drink alcohol here.” (Servant(?))
It was the scene of a servant who was pressed to follow a difficult

demand, and a knight who was forcing him to bring alcohol. Because
it was an action reasonable enough for someone as notorious as Roy,
Anita held no suspicion and simply passed them.
The moment the woman passed in front of him, Roy’s head turned
sharply in her direction.
‘What the— this smell is…’
It was a familiar but unpleasant smell. Roy knew a woman with the
exact same smell. But that woman’s face was not like this. Roy
persistently followed the woman with his eyes until she turned
around the corner and disappeared.
“…Who? David and who?”
“The Countess of Falcon.”
“Don’t know who that is but anyway, it’s a woman.”
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He straightened up and quickly approached the knights standing
guard in front of the break room. Seeing Roy suddenly approaching
them, the knights raised their guard.
There was no time to tussle. After making this judgement, Roy

gathered power in his fists and unhesitatingly slammed them into the
abdomen of the two knights.
“Kh!”
Not expecting him to attack without notice, the knights were

unable to react at all and toppled over. Roy hit the back of their neck
and knocked them out. He grabbed the unconscious knights by the
scruff of their neck and using his chin, he gestured to the man who
was dressed as a servant.
“Open the door.”
The man’s mouth opened a crack before he quickly opened the

door. As Roy entered the room, the man checked to make sure that
there was no one around to see them, then he followed inside and
shut the door behind them.
Roy abandoned the two knights at the entrance, kicked opened the
middle door and entered inside. Seeing the scene unfolding before
his eyes, Roy’s eyes widened menacingly. The Madam was lying on
the couch with her eyes closed, and beside her, stood David in a
hovering manner.
His actions moved faster than his thoughts. Roy sprang at David in
the blink of an eye and grabbed him by the collar.
“What did you do to the Madam!”
“Kuk!”
With the pressure on his throat, David couldn’t reply properly so

Roy relaxed his grip slightly. David complexion had turned crimson
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as he frowned and struggled with both hands to remove Roy’s grip on
his throat.
“You heinous bastard! Let me go this instant!”
Rather than obeying, Roy shook him with the hand that was
grabbing his neck and threatened fiercely.
“If the Madam is hurt in the slightest, you will die in my

hands.”
“The Duchess is saf…kuk.”
“Is this your handiwork?”
“N…No…she passed out for a mome…th-this…let go of

this…”
“This fucker! Why would the Madam pass out?!”
As Roy held him by the neck and shook him, David continued to
keep his mouth shut. Roy was breathing roughly as he fumed and
deciding to listen to the bastard’s words, he relaxed the strength in
his hand. But when David continued to look at him with his mouth
tightly shut as if showing off, Roy released his neck in annoyance.
David arranged his crumpled collar with a very angry look on his
face.
“Will you start talking about what the hell you’re doing
here?!” (Roy)
“You insolent—! Do you know who I am?!” (David)
“I don’t care who you are. Explain.”
“And who are you?”
David snorted.
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“Me? I’m the Madam’s guard, of course. And whoever
harms the Madam will unconditionally die by my hands.”
Seeing Roy’s expression full of murderous intent, David flinched.

Since it was this ignorant bastard, he wouldn’t care about the
aftermath, he would just commit the act. David had often heard of
the man’s notoriety in the high society.
“I simply came to meet the Duchess.” (David)
“Why would you?” (Roy)
David smiled mockingly.
“Well, because the Duchess invited me to meet her.”

(David)
This dude is crazy. Roy thought.
“This isn’t a place that anyone can come in. I didn’t hear
you were in here.” (Roy)
“But you…the way you’re talking to me…” (David)
David ground his teeth at Roy’s tone.
While David and Roy were having a standoff, the man who had
followed Roy inside, felt the pulse of the Duchess who was lying
down on the sofa. The man gave a sigh of relief and nodded to Roy
when their eyes met.
“Duchess.”
The man shook her lightly by the arm and woke her up.
Lucia pressed her temples, frowned and slowly opened her eyes.
Her head was heavy as if someone had placed a bunch of stones on
it. She felt a headache different from her usual headaches; her head
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was just blank.
“Madam!”
“Sir…Krotin?”
“Can you stand?”
Lucia couldn’t think of anything at all. She just held the couch and
mumbled that she had to get up as if she were perform a given task
then she lifted her body. The man at the side helped by supporting
her.
“Hurry and escort the Madam out of here. Make sure to

keep out of sight. Something is strange.” (Roy)
“Understood. Please hurry, Duchess.”
Lucia wanted to know what in the world was going on. But she
judged that now wasn’t the right time for such a thing.
Sir. Krotin was a guard that her husband had placed at her side out
of worry for her safety. There was trust in her husband’s words when
he said that Sir. Krotin was trustworthy as he was skilled. So Lucia
decided to unconditionally believe in Sir. Krotin.
She felt a little dizzy but after a few steps, she was able to move
with ease. As she followed the man who appeared to be a servant,
Lucia was startled to see the knights collapsed at the entrance.
Thanks to that, her vacant head seemed to awaken a bit.
The servant opened the door first and stepped out for a bit, then
he came back inside.
“There is no one around. You may come out.”
The hallway was usually vacant of people. As they walked along

the hallway, the servant continued to be on full alert as he checked
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the surroundings.
“Wait. Someone is coming. It would be better to avoid

them.”
Since they weren’t very far from the break room yet, it was better
to not be seen by anyone right now.
Lucia turned in the direction of the dead-end corridor with a bunch

of armor set up as ornaments, and hid next to a set of armor. The
man in servant’s attire walked forward, calm and composed.
A group of people appeared around the corner, consisting of about

ten or so noblewomen and following them was Anita, who was
dressed as a handmaid.
The servant passed by them naturally and acted as if he was

turning the corner but carefully glanced at them. From the looks of it,
the direction they were heading towards, was the princess’ break
room.
‘Will Sir Krotin be fine?’
Although he was worried, there was nothing he could do right now.

His most important task was to protect the Duchess.
The servant escorted the Duchess and walked towards the party
venue.
Lucia was feeling quite better; the heavy feeling that had put her in
a bad mood had improved. She straightened her waist naturally, like
a noblewoman bring her servant along.
“Slow down. Otherwise it will seems like we’re in a hurry.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
The servant slowed down his steps which he had unknowingly
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increased. And he slightly glanced at the Duchess.
‘She’s a really composed person.’
She didn’t ask anything nor did she get flustered and run around in
confusion. The Duchess was merely following Sir Krotin’s instructions,
but it was a great deal of coping ability for a noblewoman who had
never experience anything rough and was used to giving orders
rather than receiving them.
As they got out of the desolate hallway, people were buzzing

around left and right. There were busy handmaids and manservants
going somewhere with hurried steps, and also guests in formal wear
that had come out in order to avoid the buzz of the party.
The servant called a passing handmaid, stopping her.
“Escort the Duchess to the party hall. And call the Imperial
doctor. The Duchess says she had a headache.”
“Yes.”
The man naturally handed the Duchess to the handmaid and asked
the handmaid to call the Imperial doctor to check if there was
anything wrong with the Duchess.
Lucia briefly met eyes with the man. Then she left for the party hall
with the handmaid. Her heart pounded as if it would burst, but she
kept on taking quick breaths so that she wouldn’t reveal it.
The servant watched from a little distance away as the Duchess

walked together with the handmaid, then he slowly followed behind.
He walked as if he was coincidentally moving in the same direction.
As of now, he decided that he must not take his eyes off the
Duchess.
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Chapter 103 Part 2

Source: RubyMaybe
After confirming that the Madam had completely left the break
room, Roy spoke icily to David.
“You have not seen the Madam here today. Do you

understand?”
David gnashed his teeth furiously. He was definitely going to make

this bastard live a life worse than death. He wasn’t just rude. A mere
vulgar commoner-born knight was insulting a Count heir to a Duke.
When David angrily tried to go past Roy in a huff, Roy blocked his
path.
“What!”
“Answer before you go. My Madam was never here.”
David snorted.
“Didn’t you hear me? I came here after being invited by the
Duchess.”
“This son of a—”
Roy growled. David flinched, then he was filled with indignation at

the fact that he was overwhelmed by an ignorant knight’s attitude.
“And if I keep my mouth shut? Do you think you can hide

the fact that the Duchess was here? What will you do about
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the knights guarding outside?”
“I just need to tell them to never speak of it.”
“How do you know that no one beside the knights and I

know?”
Roy’s eyes took on a gleam. David wanted to upset Roy’s mood

even more, so he kept mouthing off.
“Soon, people will come here. I am in the princess’ break

room and the Duchess’ guard knight is together with me.
Look forward to how I will explain this situation.”
“…Someone will come?”
“The Duchess’ guard knight left the Duchess and fought

with the Count over a love affair. It’ll be very interesting.”
All expression died away from Roy’s face. Lifeless eyes, void of
emotion like that of a wild beast, met with David’s eyes.
“…I see. This is a plot of yours.”
Roy smiled. It was an immaculate, bright smile.
David broke out in goosebumps. It was an instinctive sensation of

life, responding to the threat of death. David tried to say something,
but it was already too late.
Roy’s two hands grabbed David’s head and twisted it. Crack, along
with the sound, David’s consciousness was cut off. Roy placed the
unbreathing David on the floor and stood up. He looked around the
break room with a subdued coldness in his eyes. It was completely
different from his usual frivolous and careless appearance. Just like a
beast that held its breath as it crouched just before taking the leap,
there was a calm but ferocious energy around Roy.
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Roy had now returned to being a hunter. He revived the sensation
of his time in the north, when he had hunted down and killed
barbarians.
‘The Madam definitely came here with her maid.’
Roy checked every corner of the break room. And he discovered

the two unconscious women on the floor of the restroom. The first
woman he saw was only in her underwear, and the other woman was
his madam’s maid. The lips of both women were dark in color,
displaying the typical symptoms of poisoning. Their chances of
survival didn’t seem very high.
‘I can’t leave the maid behind.’
If he was alone, he could get out of here without leaving a trace, no

matter what. But taking an unconscious woman along would make
things difficult. However, leaving the maid behind with the corpse of
the Duke’s successor, meant that the Madam would get caught up in
the situation.
‘Moreover, there is an accomplice.’
David said that people were coming. That meant that there was a
promise or an agreement for that to happen.
‘The person that brought this bastard here. They will

definitely come back here.’
Roy was reminded of the handmaid that had passed in front of him
earlier and the unpleasant woman that kept grating on his nerves.
The two different looking people had the same smell. There was
some kind of relationship between the two.
‘Who are they aiming for? The Madam? Or the Lord?’
While escorting the Crown Prince for more than a year, Roy learnt
a lot of things. He witnessed the battles of aristocrats, where they
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made rumors and spread them in order deal with their enemies.
At first, he thought ‘a man should pick up his sword and fight fair
and square, what sort of crappy act is that’. But he came to the
realization that sometimes, the effect of a rumor was much more
fatal than that of a sword.
‘The Madam is a woman. A rumor is not good for a woman.’
Regardless of who they were aiming for, if they harmed the

Madam, the result would lead to his lord being harmed as well.
‘The accomplice must be eliminated.’
Roy gave up on escaping. And he thought of cleaning up. He

decided to get rid of all traces of the Madam ever being here. A true
hunter should not leave any traces or any causes for future concern.
He had to start with getting rid of the witnesses. He broke the

necks of the maid and the handmaid, killing them instantly. He felt a
little sorry to the maid whom he was slightly acquainted with.
‘Sorry. I’ll beg for forgiveness in hell later.’[1]
He dragged in the knights who were strewn across the floor at the
entrance. They were witnesses to the scene of the Madam entering
the break room. As expected, he killed them too, and leaned them
against the wall in an inconspicuous blind spot.
The whole process was over in the blink of an eye. Many lives were
lost in an instant, but for Roy, it was a hunt. There was no fear or any
feeling of guilt in him after murdering ordinary people.
Roy sat on the sofa, closed his eyes and waited patiently. His
sensitive senses caught the sound of a group of people heading in his
direction. The gradually approaching footsteps stopped in front of the
door to the break room.
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The moment the door was opened with a tiny click sound, Roy
opened his eyes. The middle door opened. A dozen or so
noblewomen piled into the break room, discovered Roy and stopped.
Roy’s eyes flashed. He saw the eyes of the handmaid quiver

relentlessly as she stood, holding onto the door latch.
Anita thought something was strange from the moment she didn’t
see the Duchess’ guard in the hallway, and when she saw that there
were no knights in front of the break room, she felt something wasn’t
right.
However, she couldn’t refuse the noblewomen who were following

her and urging her to quickly open the door. If she ran away like that,
it would be way too obvious. She thought that regardless of what had
happened, after bringing the noblewomen inside, she would take the
chance and naturally remove herself.
The noblewomen would never open a door with their own hand.
Anita was annoyed even though she herself was such a noblewoman.
As soon as she opened the middle door, Anita came face-to-face with
Roy, who was staring straight at her. She couldn’t move an inch as if
she had become a frog in front of a snake.
‘So it is you.’
Roy instinctually judged that this woman was at the center of all
the things that had occurred. Following the temperament of a hunter,
which relied more on the body’s senses than reasoning, he pulled out
the hidden dagger that he always had on him, and immediately
threw it at the woman’s neck.
[1] This is more like ‘I’ll beg for forgiveness when I go to hell later’.
E/N: Wow, didn’t expect such a bloodbath here heh, but gotta give
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it to Roy for his way of handling things. This dog approves of it, the
dead cannot talk. XD
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Chapter 104 Part 1

Source: RubyMaybe
Lucia returned to the party hall and mixed in with the noblewomen.
She didn’t have time to think properly and because of the sudden
incomprehensible sequence of events, her heart was racing, and her
palms were sweaty.
But even then, she was outwardly smiling at the noblewoman who
was talking to her. Her experience in the dream of socializing while
wearing a fake smile till she was sick of it, was very helpful to her.
Katherine returned to the noisy party hall filled with the sound of
people’s voices and music. She quickly approached Lucia without
concealing her cloudy expression.
As soon as Lucia saw Katherine, her mind which had been in a

state of confusion, began to regain order. This whole situation began
from the moment she went to the break room after hearing the maid
say that Katherine was looking for her.
“Princess. Are you…coming back from the Inner Palace?”
“You know, I just ran a fool’s errand. His Majesty was never
looking for me. I am going to find out who in the world
passed on this nonsense and punish them severely for this.”
Katherine furiously expressed her displeasure.
Seeing this, Lucia realized that she had been conspired against.
Someone lured Katherine first with lies, and then used that to lure
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her to the break room.
‘Why? Who would do this?’
If not for Sir. Krotin, it would have resulted in a huge problem.

Lucia thought back to the situation in the break room earlier. The
man whom Sir. Krotin was holding by the throat was definitely the
Count of Ramis.
‘I don’t know how this situation came about. Did Count

Ramis try to harm me?’
More than anything else, Lucia’s biggest worry was what would
happen to Sir. Krotin.
“Duchess. The imperial doctor is waiting for you.”
A handmaid approached them and said.
“The imperial doctor? Duchess, are you not feeling well?”
“Yes. My head is a little…”
“Oh no. You should go home and rest. I don’t think Duchess
is cut out for activities that are late at night.”
Suddenly, people began to stir. In the hallway connected to the

spacious party hall, the royal knights made their way through, and
the sound of banging armor echoed as they moved swiftly. Realizing
that the knights were headed towards the princess’ private
breakroom, Lucia’s expression paled as she stiffened.
A situation where there was a collective movement of knights that

could ruin a party’s merry atmosphere was extremely rare. People
began to grow noisy as they wondered what big incident had
occurred.
“Go find out what’s going on.”
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Katherine sent her handmaid. The sound of the knights’ banging
armor grew farther away and Lucia went to the public break room to
get a checkup from the imperial doctor. In the meantime, the
atmosphere of the party slowly returned.
The noblewomen gathered around Katherine. A certain

noblewoman spoke up.
“Please show us your break room sometime too, Princess.”
“I agree. I know not too many people can go together at

once, but I feel sad that I didn’t have the honor of being
invited to the first opening of the princess’ break room.”
“What do you mean by opening of my breakroom?”
“Earlier, didn’t the handmaid escort several ladies to the

princess’ break room, under the princess’ instructions? We
were told that Princess was holding an opening and had
chosen the first visitors.”
“I never gave such instructions. So you mean to say that I

now have people who I never gave permission to, inside my
breakroom?”
When Katherine retorted sharply, the noblewomen were

bewildered and looked at each other.
***
After being told by the imperial doctor that there was nothing
wrong with her, Lucia returned to the party hall. And at the same
time, the handmaid who Katherine had sent on an errand, came back
to the party hall and whispered something to Katherine with a very
stiff expression. After hearing what she said, Katherine’s expression
also stiffened.
“Duchess, a minute please.”
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Katherine took Lucia away from the crowd of people and went a
remote area.
“Duchess. Don’t be alarmed and listen to me. I looked into

what the knights were up to, and it seems like an accident
has occurred. Actually, rather than calling it an accident…”
Katherine was unable to finish her sentence.
Lucia intentionally tried to make a calm expression, but her tightly

clenched fists were trembling. She had an ominous foreboding. An
eerie cold chill ran up her spine.
Please. Lucia muttered to herself. Her heart rattled with worry that
something bad might have happened to Sir. Krotin.
“There was a murder. The culprit is Duchess’ guard escort.

Knight Krotin.”
***
The lord has changed.
“For the time being, we’ll use this village as our camp.”
(Hugo)
“Yes, my lord.”
As he watched Boris, who was looking at their lord with sparkling

eyes and yelling with his loudest voice, Dean thought this. Boris was
the youngest participant among the knights of the northern
subjugation this time. And he did remarkably well in the battle with
the barbarians.
Although Captain Elliot wasn’t big on emotional expression, he

looked satisfied at his son’s growth. And Boris’ expression was full of
pride that he was participating in an important mission as a knight of
the family.
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Dean predicted that it wouldn’t be easy for Boris to recover from
the shock of the first battle, but Boris beat that prediction. The
reason for that was because their lord had changed.
During the battle with the barbarians, the lord mainly commanded
them. He didn’t take just the elite knights and slaughter the
barbarians indiscriminately as before. The knights who guarded the
border were inducted into the ranks and participated in the war as
well.
He gathered the knights, made strategies and utilized various

methods of operation. The knights fighting the barbarians under the
direct command of the Duke, entered battle with firm resolves, and
enjoyed their proud achievements.
‘If it’s not just a temporary change…’
Dean looked at Boris, who was busily running around here and
there.
‘The darkness that only the elite knights were privy to, will
now disappear. Boris will be the beginning of a new
generation of elite.’
Hugo proceed with the barbarian subjugation differently from the

way he had done it before. The purpose was not to adequately
reduce the numbers by tens of thousands, but to scatter the tribes
that were beginning to gather together, reduce their forces and
alienate them. He mobilized as many knights as possible and carried
out various strategies. He didn’t leave any room for later troubles
and dealt with it quickly. He had made his goal of returning home, his
top priority.
And unlike before, Hugo didn’t feel any inclination to kill

barbarians, even when they were in sight. Compared to his desire to
hold his wife, the desire for slaughter and spilling blood was merely
annoying.
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The villages near the border were always exposed to the threats of
barbarian looting, so they were very cooperative. The reason why the
villagers didn’t leave their villages despite the risk, was because of
their stubborn attachment to their hometowns.
By the time all the elderly people were dead and gone, the ones
who left the village when they were young grew old and came back
home. Like that, they stubbornly maintained the village’s existence.
In a remote village, there was always an abandoned empty house.

Among those, he picked a somewhat sturdy house, roughly cleaned it
up and made it their headquarters. In the first place, Hugo wasn’t the
type to care for showy displays, so it was only a matter of tidying up
the dust and preparing a wide desk for meetings.
While Hugo was reading a detailed report that came from various
quarters, a knight came in.
“My lord, the village doctor is asking to see you.”
“Why.”
“He said you would know the name ‘Philip’.”
Hugo lifted his head. And he gave a forced laugh. He had thought
the man was wandering around from place to place but had no idea
that he was coincidentally staying here. Philip wasn’t a face that he
really wanted to see, so he considered whether he should see him or
not, then decided that there was no reason to avoid him.
“Let him in.”
Sometime after, the knight brought Philip in. Hugo sent the knight
out. He silently watched the shabbily dressed Philip as Philip
respectfully bowed his waist.
“What do you want?”
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“Knowing you were nearby, I couldn’t help but come to pay
my respects.”
“No need for that. There’s nothing good in seeing each

other’s face so just act like you don’t know me. If that’s all,
get lost.”
Philip studied Hugo carefully.
Hugo knit his brows, showing his displeasure. The only person who
stared at his face so openly and directly was this old man.
“Should I ask them to drag you out?”
“You’ve changed.”
“…What?”
“The way you look at me is different from before. Before,

you exuded bloodthirst like you were about to go for the
kill.”
Hugo had never once felt good listening to the old man’s bullshit.
But this time, when he heard his words, he thought, ‘Is that so?’. It
was true that when looking at the old man now, he didn’t feel as
twisted inside and nauseated as before.
Philip was a trace of all of Hugo’s nightmares. He was a medium, a

reminder that he was a disgusting and terrible monster. But now, he
wasn’t that terrible.
“You mustn’t change. As the true owner of the north, you

have to be calm and cold hearted. Young master is the true
Taran bloodline…”
Hugo lowered his gaze to the report he was reading with a sigh. As
expected, the old man only spoke nonsense whenever he opened his
mouth.
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“Get out.”
“…Is the Madam well?”
Hugo’s red eyes vividly deepened, turning blood red. His gaze
turned murderous as he looked at Philip and fiercely bared his teeth.
“Don’t even put her in your dirty mouth. There’s no need

for your concern.”
“It’s just my concern as a doctor about whether the

Madam’s symptoms are still the same as before. If you still
need the cure…”
“Don’t need it.”
Hugo called a knight and ordered him to drag Philip out. Holding
onto the Knight’s hand, Philip continued to chatter.
“I’m planning on staying in this town for the time being. If

by any chance, you need my help to treat the Madam, please
call me.”
Hugo ignored him. Philip went out and left a last word.
“The day you look for me will come.”
Hugo snorted. Every time he met the old man, it never ended well.
time, he definitely won’t see him.
“My lord. Urgent news!”
A knight entered in a haste. The small wooden container that the

knight handed over, had a sign demarcating that it was news from
the capital.[1]
As Hugo’s expression stiffened, he hurriedly took out the message

and read it.
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After reading the short message, Hugo slammed his fist on the
desk and sprang to his feet. He immediately ordered the startled
knight.
“Call Callis…Sir. Elliot. Right now!”[2]
[1] I have no clue what [나무통은] is. All I could find was wooden
pail so I figured it’s a wood container…
[2] The knight he’s calling, his full name is Callis Elliot. I believe
he’s the knight captain.
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Chapter 104 Part 2

Source: RubyMaybe
Three days had passed by. The outrageous events committed by

the Mad Dog Krotin had quickly spread throughout the high society.
The nobles flocked towards news of the completely unexpected and
rare incident. When people were alone, they all talked about the
same topic. While calling it a terrible incident with a concerned look
on their face, they all enjoyed watching someone else’s house on
fire.
Roy was arrested for the crime of murder. The dispatched royal
knights were worried about what to do if Roy refused to be arrested
and ran away, but unexpectedly, he was obedient and let himself get
tied up with a rope.
Princess Katherine’s private break room became a crime scene and

access to the room was thoroughly prevented, except for the parties
concerned, and the investigation team, who went through the room
numerous times.
Lucia had quickly returned home, without knowing the truth of the
incident that day. The guards that were waiting for her outside the
palace had gone into the party hall to request for her to return home
first, and she couldn’t refuse them. And after she returned home, she
was once again examined by the doctor to check her physical
condition, then she was stuck inside the ducal residence for the three
whole days.
The ducal residence was under heavy emergency security
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measures that not even water could slip through. Before the Duke
left the capital, the guard captain was entrusted with full authority
during a state of emergency. The ducal residence was now in a state
of thorough protection as if a war had taken place.
The palace had tried to call the Duchess in as a witness on multiple

occasions, but the messenger didn’t even get to see the Duchess’
face before returning.
“The Duchess cannot go alone to the palace over such an

unsavory incident while the Duke is absent.”
After receiving the firm refusal from the guard captain, the King
was somewhat displeased. But he had no other choice. To bring in
the Duchess, they would have to fight the knights protecting the
ducal residence, and that would mean a war with the Duke of Taran.
Kwiz had no intention of ever becoming enemies with the Taran
family.
Once Fabian found out that an incident had occurred, he

immediately sent an urgent message to the Duke. And afterwards,
every time he got new information, he would sent additional
messages. He made sure that by the time the Duke had arrived at
the capital, he would be fully up to date with what Fabian had found
out.
Currently, the Taran family Information Division was fiercely

gathering information. They didn’t hold back on spending money and
made use of all the connections that they could mobilize.
And on the fourth day since the incident, Fabian came to the ducal
residence. He came to give a report to the Madam on the situation
that had developed in the meantime.
Fabian couldn’t ignore the messages that Jerome kept sending

about how the Madam couldn’t eat properly or even sleep, and at
this rate, it would become a huge problem. When he thought of it, it
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was huge blow to Roy, but when the lord returned, the Madam’s
health was more important than Roy’s life.
Last night, Fabian got special consideration from the King and was
able to meet Roy secretly, without anyone knowing.
In the dungeon, Roy looked relaxed as if the solitary prison cell was
his vacation site. He lay stretched out on the floor, supporting his
head with his arm, and as soon as he saw Fabian, he waved his
hand.[1]
“Yo. You came?” (Roy)
Fabian’s blood pressure suddenly shot up and he grit his teeth.
“You crazy fucker! ‘You came?’ Yes! I came! What makes

you so peaceful when you’re making other people run around
day and night, huh?” (Fabian)
“Should I cry then?” (Roy)
“Ugh…I shouldn’t even have asked. I knew you would cause

this kind of trouble one day. But, if you were going to do it
anyways, at least do something that can be handled, damn
you.” (Fabian)
Fabian cursed Roy out to his heart’s content, but Roy merely
cleaned his ears out with a bored expression from behind the bars.
Seeing this sight, Fabian got even more upset and had to pat down
his chest.
From the day he was arrested till now, Roy had not said a single
word about the incident. The reason why the King had sent in Fabian,
was because he wanted Fabian to persuade Roy to release
information about the facts of the incident, even if it was just a little
bit.
Formally, Roy was imprisoned in the dungeons as a vicious
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criminal, but apart from that, he didn’t receive any other rough
treatment. There was no full-scale investigation yet, he was in one
piece, eating the food served in the dungeon on schedule, and
basically doing well.
“Speak. I have confirmed that there isn’t anyone around

listening.” (Fabian)
Roy relayed the situation at the time to Fabian, just as he had seen
it. It was Fabian’s job to listen to the information, infer, and piece
things together.
“Why did you kill David? If you had let him live at least, this
situation wouldn’t be so dark, you know.” (Fabian)
“If I had spared his life, there would be trouble later. Since
if I spare him, trouble, if I kill him, also trouble, then killing
him is better.” (Roy)
“Cruel bastard. Beast. It’s terrible that a guy like you has
walked freely under the sun till now. Bloody fucker.” (Fabian)
Fabian was overwhelmed with anger again and after fuming, he

continued to speak.
“Why did you kill the Countess in a place with so many

witnesses? You could have easily escaped by yourself.
Because of that, you put yourself between a rock and a hard
place, and you’ve become a criminal caught in the act.”
“That’s why I am saying…”
“What?”
“Show me evidence I killed her then I’ll believe I did. It has

to look like I acted crazy by myself so that there’s no
connection to the Madam and the lord, no?”[2]
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The guy is a lunatic, but he’s a bright lunatic, Fabian thought.
“There’s no one with an intact sanity serving under my

lord.”
Fabian spat out, lamentingly.
“I thought I had to kill the woman before she opened her

mouth. But wow. It’s really amazing. That woman’s face
changed as soon as she died. How did that happen?”
Fabian groaned loudly then replied.
“A magical tool. A property of the Duke of Ramis House.

Although now they claim that it was stolen from their ducal
residence.”
There were a lot of suspicious points about the late Countess of

Falcon, so the royal family left Roy alone and concentrated on the
Countess first.
She used a magical tool claimed to have been lost from the Duke
of Ramis House, pretended to be a handmaid, used Katherine’s
breakroom unauthorized, and poisonous substances were discovered
in the ring on her hand.
They couldn’t get a confession since she was already dead, but
they were unhesitatingly tearing through the Countess of Falcon’s
mansion and businesses.
“Do you know what your biggest sin is right now?” (Fabian)
“I killed someone.”
“Right. I don’t know about the others, but the problem of

killing the Duke’s heir is huge. Well, that’s that. But why did
you use your weapon when you killed the Countess? You
secretly brought your weapon into the palace without getting
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permission. They can charge you with attempted
assassination of the king.”
Roy scratched his chin and said.
“…Just habitually…”[3]
“…Just die.”
END OF BOOK 6.
[1] Because this is a flash back, the author doesn’t use “ ”,

instead uses ‘ ’. But I didn’t want confusion with thoughts, so I used
“”. If you would prefer for me to italicize the conversation to show
some difference, tell me.
[2] This might be confusing but the raw is exactly this. ‘Show me
evidence I killed her and i’ll believe’. I think he’s being snarky
because I mean, technically he didn’t kill her. He killed a handmaid.
[3] I would have translated this as ‘I just habitually…’ but the

author used 그냥 to start both sentences. I think it shows Fabian’s
annoyance in picking the same word, so I wanted to keep that.
Note: Fabian curses…A TON in this chapter.
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— Negotiation — (1)
BOOK 7 BEGINS.
Hearing that Fabian had come to the residence, Lucia hurriedly

came out of her bedroom. Her face was filled with worries and had
become worn out in the span of a few days. Fabian and Lucia sat
opposite to each other in the receiving room and Lucia urgently
asked.
“Have you seen Sir. Krotin? Is he safe?”
‘Forget about safe, that guy is having such a blast. The

punk has six lives, I’m telling you.’
“Yes. There is nothing wrong with him. The dungeon’s

environment isn’t the best, but he is adapting decently.”
Lucia heaved a sigh of relief. When Princess Katherine named Roy

as the murderer that day, Lucia was more relieved than surprised.
Hearing that he was the assailant and not the victim, meant that Roy
was safe, at least.
“What will happen to Sir. Krotin?”
Lucia didn’t know the specific details of the incident apart from the
fact that Roy had killed David and the Countess of Falcon.
Later, she heard that the handmaid who had sprayed something
strange on her face, was the Countess of Falcon who had changed
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her appearance with a magical tool. The maid whom she had gone
into the break room with, did not come back with her. Lucia could
only guess that something bad had happened to her.
There were six people’s death that were connected to Roy, but out
of those, the death of the two women in the bathroom and the two
knights, were only known to those involved in the investigation.
In particular, the two women were found poisoned, and the poison
was discovered on the deceased Countess, so Roy had not yet been
directly associated with the death of those two. The rumors
spreading throughout the social circle was that Roy had killed both
David and Anita.
“It is still being investigated.”
“If they conclude that Sir. Krotin committed murder, he will

be sentenced to death. He killed none other than the eldest
son of the Duke.”
“…That is correct, but-”
“I will go to the palace and bear witness. If I explain the

situation at the time…”
“You cannot do that, Milady.”
Jerome and Fabian said at the same time.
“You have to understand why Sir. Krotin has kept his

mouth shut this entire time without even pleading his case. If
Milady steps forward, you will become an involved party in
this incident.”
The death of the Duchess’ maid was not known publicly. Roy was
the Duchess’ escort, but because he had been doing crazy things for
a while now, people were surprised but they accepted it as possible.
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Nobody linked the Duchess to this incident. In addition, Princess
Katherine had testified that the Duchess was with her at the time of
the incident. Thanks to that, Lucia was excluded from the case.
The Duchess staying inside the mansion, within the iron-clad

security and not coming out at all, was in accordance with her nature
as she didn’t like to socialize much, so there wasn’t anyone who
thought it was weird.
Many of the noblewomen who had witnessed someone die in front

of them that day, had fainted and had to be carried away. People
understood that the vicious act of her own guard escort would have
given the Duchess a huge shock.
Fabian judged that as long as Roy kept his mouth shut, no matter
how thoroughly they investigated, it was impossible for them to
implicate the Duchess because Roy had gotten rid of all the people
involved.
‘He is a crazy dude, but the guy’s method really took care
of everything neatly.’
In Fabian’s mind, Roy had gone to this extent, but if the Duchess
had stepped forward and flipped everything over, the day that his
lord returned, would be the day of his funeral.
‘I want to live long, Milady. I want to live very long.’
“Milady, I understand you’re frustrated, but please wait

until the lord returns. I sent an urgent message and got a
reply that he’s already on his way.”
“So I have to stay just like this? What do I do if Sir. Krotin

is executed in the meantime? The Duke of Ramis will not stay
still.”
“That sort of thing will never happen, so please relax your

worries.”
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The King held goodwill towards Roy. Roy had saved his life quite a
few times when he was the Crown Prince. The King would definitely
not start the investigation and would drag things out the time until
the Duke of Taran returned.
Even for political benefit, the work planned for the future with the
Duke of Taran, who was in the prime of his youth, was much longer
than that of the Duke of Ramis, who was in his twilight years.
“To think a good man like Sir. Krotin was caught up in this
kind of situation because he was trying to help me. There’s
no way Sir. Krotin had planned to kill someone. Sir. Krotin
must have judged that the Count of Ramis would hurt me and
handled it excessively, causing this incident to happen.”
Lucia’s eyes reddened, and tears welled up in her eyes. She took
the handkerchief that Jerome quickly handed to her from the side
and dabbed her eyes.
Fabian smacked his lips with a weird expression. He was frustrated

because he couldn’t say that that guy was actually nuts.
‘It seems that punk made a fairly good impression on the

Madam.’
“The specific details will be released when my lord returns.

Although Milady has roughly told me about the
circumstances at the time, it is still difficult to judge the
exact situation since Sir. Krotin has kept his mouth shut. I
ask that you please wait in the meantime, even if it’s
frustrating.”
“…Okay. It looks like there is nothing I can do.”
“The most important thing is for Milady to be alright.”
Fabian hurled curses upon curses at Roy, but a part of him thought
that Roy did well. Imagining a situation where a group of those
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talkative noblewomen saw the Count of Ramis and the Duchess,
together alone in an enclosed space, Fabian seriously broke out in
cold sweat.
A scandal surrounding the Duchess would rock the high society,

and it wouldn’t be a matter of merely dying once or twice in his lord’s
hands when he returned. Roy had taken six lives and save another
life.
***
Hugo entrusted Callis with full authority and immediately left for
the capital. He changed horses at intervals and dashed at maximum
speed without rest. It took him a whole five days to get to the gate
because he was at initially the northernmost distant point from the
gate.
Upon arriving at the capital’s gate, Hugo urged his horse again and
raced to the mansion. Because of a horse galloping on the complex
roads, carriages had to stop moving and streets became crowded.
The knights following a distance behind the Duke had to sort things
out so that it wouldn’t lead to a big accident.
The horse arrived just in front of the mansion and Hugo jumped
down from the horse then quickly entered into the mansion. A
servant ran to inform the butler that their master was back. By the
time Jerome came out of his office in a haste, he was only able to see
the back of his master, who was already on the second floor.
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Source: RubyMaybe
Lucia had no motivation at all. She sat absentmindedly on the sofa

in her bedroom. Jerome had kept on encouraging her to eat
something, but she didn’t know how her food had tasted. Her mind
was constantly replaying the situation of that day repeatedly.
Her unconscious maid collapsed on the floor, the woman who

sprayed something on her face and the hatred and triumph that filled
her face in the short moment their eyes met, the dizziness that
followed when she woke up from her momentary unconsciousness,
the Count of Ramis, Sir. Krotin who was grappling with Count Ramis,
and Sir. Krotin’s voice telling her to leave.
‘So that woman was the Countess of Falcon.’
One could only wonder what she was planning to do, even going to
the extent of using a magical tool to change her appearance. Fabian
said that it was probably an attempt to make a scandal around the
Duchess, but Lucia couldn’t understand. What about this would be
helpful to the Countess for her to do such a thing?
Lucia couldn’t empathize with the ugly twistedness inside the

human heart. Even though she had suffered through a lot of hardship
in her dream, she had never blamed others and harbored intense
burning hatred for them.
‘…She’s probably dead, isn’t she.’
They seemed careful to discuss the specific details about what had
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happened to her maid. Seeing as there was no news up till now, her
maid was most likely dead. Maybe something went wrong in the time
she had collapsed. Lucia was more curious about why the Countess
did not hurt her.
Lucia closed her eyes which were heating up.
‘The poor girl died innocently.’
Lucia’s heart ached at her maid’s death. She did not favor a
particular maid on purpose, but she liked that maid because she was
simple and sincere. It may be due to her experience of working as a
maid in her dream, but she couldn’t think of it as the death of only a
servant. Her death was unfair and in vain. Her family wouldn’t even
be able to complain anywhere.
Even if they were a servant, as long as they were affiliated with the
Duke, there were the Duke’s people. Lucia should have protected
her. Herself who was unable to do that seemed incompetent, she felt
sorry and she didn’t know how to comfort the heartbroken family
who have now lost their daughter or sister.
Suddenly, Lucia heard the sound of the door opening and opened
her eyes with a start. Seeing the person entering into the room, Lucia
quickly rose to her feet.
Looking at him approaching her, she thought she was running to

him, but her body did not move. Before she even took a few steps, he
quickly approached her and pulled her into his arms.
“Hugh…?”
She heard a soft sigh coming from the top of her head. She was
wrapped in his familiar broad embrace, his arms holding her firmly
and as she inhaled his scent that she had missed, her heart felt like it
was bubbling over. If this was a dream, she didn’t want to wake up.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”

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His vivid voice was not an illusion. Suddenly, Lucia’s legs went
weak and he caught her as she staggered.
Hugo hugged his drained wife and sat down on the sofa. He leaned
her against his body, wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled
her closer. He stroked her forehead with his other hand and kissed
her eyes that were beginning to grow wet.
“Hugh, Sir. Krotin is…”
“I know. What about you? I heard you fainted. Did you see
the doctor?”
“They said it was an anesthetic type thing that makes you

unconscious for a short while. I’m fine. I’m not hurt either.
But because of me, Sir. Krotin is…”
Hugo buried his wife head in his chest as she had began to cry,
and gently patted her back. His uncontrollable anxiety that had
followed him all the way as he raced back home had disappeared the
moment that he confirmed her safety. As soon as he was caught
wind of the news of Roy’s brief incident in the capital, Hugo’s head
was filled with thoughts of his wife.
When he received information about where the incident had

occurred and about the people who had died, he grew more and
more worried. It was an incident that occurred while she was being
guarded. He didn’t know what mindset he had as he ran to the
capital, thinking about what might have happen to her, the subject
being guarded.
His wife was not mentioned in the message he received, but he

was still troubled by all sorts of ominous thoughts and imaginations.
He was filled with rage and ready to kill every single person involved
if even her fingertips were hurt.
“Stop. Vivian. Don’t cry.”
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“What do I do? Krotin…”[1]
“I’ll take care of it.”
Hugo caught her chin and wiped her tears with his hands. He
kissed her salty lips, wet with tears.
“Your face looks thinner. Did you eat properly?”
“I am okay. I only got protected inside the mansion.”
“That’s only natural. I told you not to worry about anything

and just eat well and live well, didn’t I?”
“But that was before this happened.”
“It’s all the same whenever. You have nothing to worry

about.”
Lucia burst into light laughter. Strangely enough, hearing his

words, it made it seem like there was really nothing to worry about
and everything was going well, just like he said. It was as if she had
been tense and unable to sleep for the past few days for no reason.
For the first time since the incident occurred, Lucia smiled.
“Your hand is cold. Your face is cold too.”
“It’s because I ran back on the horse. Is it too cold?”
“It’s refreshing so I like it. It’s like it’s clearing my head.”
Hugo looked at his wife, who was smiling at him, for a moment,
then he cupped her cheeks with his hands and began to randomly
plant kisses on her lips, nose, and eyes.
“Hugh…Hugh! What is it?”
“I’m checking.”
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“Checking what?”
“I’m checking that you’re really in front of me. In the

entirety of those few days I was heading to the capital, when
I closed my eyes, you were there, but when I opened them,
you disappeared.”
Even though Lucia asked him to stop already several times, Hugo
acted like he didn’t hear and only released her after he had kissed
her dozens of times all over.
“What happened to the thing with your vassal? You said it

was important.”
“I left the matter to their discretion and came back.

Something bigger happened here.”
Lucia sullenly crumpled up.
“I don’t know what to do. I can’t think of a way to help Sir.

Krotin.”
“I said I’ll take care of it. I did say you should cause a
bigger trouble for me to settle, and you really did a big
one.”[2]
Lucia tilted her head for a moment, then remembering what he

had said before, she cried out and hit his chest.
“Are you making such a joke right now?”
He snickered and swiftly gave her a quick peck on the lips.
“I’m saying it’s not that big of a deal. Don’t stew on it.”
“Do you really have a way?”
“I do. That guy will be safe, don’t worry.”
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“I know Sir. Krotin is special to you. If Sir. Krotin is hurt,
you will also be distressed. I don’t want to see you
saddened.”
Hugo looked at her silently for a moment, then he chuckled,

spreading his arms wide and hugged Lucia.
It was strange. He personally liked Roy but it wasn’t to the extent

of giving it meaning, but because she kept saying that Roy was
special to him, he felt the guy was really such an existence to him.
“I’m happy to see you again. Hugh, I missed you.”
Again, Hugo kissed his wife, who chose to only say beautiful words
to him.
[1] See, in Korean, Sir. Krotin is Krotin gyeong. Gyeong standing

for Sir. Roy is a baron. Philip as well. It’s a noble title. Hence she’s
about to say Sir. Krotin but only got the first part out.
[2] In chapter 85 [part 1], Lucia says she didn’t want to impose on
him and he says she should cause trouble for him to clean up. (So
proud of myself that I remembered where this was. Haha)
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After sharing the joy of reuniting with her husband after a long
time, Lucia leaned against his chest and fell asleep in his arms while
they were making small talk. After the incident, she had suffered
from insomnia that made her toss and turn till dawn, but after his
return, all her tension was released.
When Hugo came down from the second floor after properly
placing his sleeping wife in bed, Fabian had already arrived and was
waiting for him.
“The situation isn’t looking very good.”
Fabian handed in his report. Hugo kept receiving information about

the situation on the way back home, so he was roughly informed
about it. The only disappointment was the fact that the bitch and the
bastard were already dead.[1] If they were alive, he would have
given them the worst agony they had ever experienced as a gift.
It had been a week since the incident happened. If Hugo was there
when the incident occurred, he would have found any way possible to
cover up the incident, but a lot of time had already passed.
The acts that Roy committed had already become an established

fact, so it was too late to deal with the rumors. The death of the
King’s brother-in-law, Count Ramis, was not a topic that people would
easily lose interest in. Rather, people were keeping a close watch on
how this case would be resolved. There were also people making
half-baked guesses, wondering if it would turn into a war between
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the two dukes.
The reason why the situation had become so difficult was because
it completely excluded the Duchess. Hugo did not want his wife to
even be mentioned anywhere in this case at all.
Rumors in the social circle were a tag that followed you throughout
your entire life. If they were to resolve the case by using evidence
that David and Anita had conspired to harm the Duchess, the harm to
his wife would be too big. People would trample her with all sorts of
speculative remarks.
“Is there any way to get him out?”
“We have looked through several methods, but it is

impossible.”
Roy did not explain the situation at the time nor did he plead his
case. He did not give any reason to justify his crime. In order to
explain the situation, Roy would have to mention the Duchess, so he
could never open his mouth.
‘What to do…’
Hugo thought of the most extreme way. That is, putting a crime on
David’s head instead. The only crime that could justify the killing of
the Duke’s eldest son, was rebellion.
‘No. The king will not cooperate.’
The scale was too big. If they wanted to steer it towards rebellion,
they only had to fabricate the evidence. It just so happens that there
was a good prey for that. They would have no trouble packaging the
youth’s organization funded by David as traitors wishing to overthrow
the country.
However, David was the successor of the Duke of Ramis. David’s

rebellion was the Ramis family’s rebellion and it wasn’t an issue that
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would end with David alone dying. The surrounding people would not
be left alone.
Being at the height of his power, the Duke of Ramis had as many
political enemies as he had allies. Those enemies wouldn’t let go of
this opportunity and would tenaciously drag the Duke towards his
ruin. And if that happened, the Queen and the princes would be tied
into it. There was no end.
Currently, the Duke of Ramis was a victim. The Duke of Ramis was
the king’s father-in-law and right-hand man. Kwiz would not stand
aside and let the Duke of Ramis, who had lost his son, be wrongly
accused of rebellion.
‘Is there no way to secretly take him out…?’
They could also approach this by assuming Roy’s release was

impossible and stealing him away. This method would definitely
make him become enemies with the Duke of Ramis. The king would
not approve and eventually, he would be standing against the king.
Hugo was not afraid to fight the king. He had more than enough
strength hidden in the north.
However, war needed justification. In order to inspire the morale of

those participating in the war, you must provide justification for them
to fight. That way, they would be willing to bravely fight for the Taran
family.
If a war was started to save one of the knights of the Duke that had
committed a vicious murder, even if the soldiers externally
pretended to follow, they would not be able to accept it, therefore it
would definitely end in failure.
Even if he chose to stay in the north and not step foot in the capital
at all, Kwiz would not quietly turn a blind eye. It was not Kwiz’s
nature to leave an enemy behind his back. His nature was to remove
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any element that could become unstable by all means.
Hugo could always keep himself safe regardless, but his wife was
weak. She couldn’t live a life forever anxious that something might
squeeze into any gap in their defenses. He couldn’t do that to his
wife.
In order to save Roy, he needed the king’s cooperation. Hugo

folded his arms, sat back, and fell into deep thought.
Fabian stood, waiting for his lord’s decision with bated breath.
Fabian was curious as to how the Duke would resolve this incident.
No matter how hard he thought about it, there was no choice but
to suffer a loss by abandoning Roy. If they could settle this incident
by abandoning a knight who murdered a Duke’s heir, it was a
profitable trade.
The office was silent with a strange sense of tension in the air.
“I will go to the palace. Go and inform His Majesty that I am

seeking an private audience.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
Fabian first left for the palace and after a while, Hugo also headed
to the palace.
***
Hugo secretly entered the palace, unseen by others. The fact that
the Duke of Taran was back, would soon be known through the
mouths of gossipers anyway, but it was better to handle everything
quietly if possible.
“Hoho. Did you fly here, Gong? I heard you were at the

border not too long ago.”
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Kwiz said cheerfully as soon as he saw Hugo. Not being too serious
in everything was a mask that Kwiz used. If he displayed a similar
attitude regardless of what happened, it would be hard to read his
intentions.
“As soon as I returned, I was met with a rather unsavory

incident.” (Hugo)
“What are you going to do?” (Kwiz)
Without wasting time, Kwiz brought up the main subject. The

situation was at its peak and there was no room left for counter
measures. Just the fact that Kwiz did not touch Roy who was locked
up in the dungeon so far, showed enough good faith. The Queen was
a bundle of tears while his father-in-law visited everyday and
expressed his sadness.
After investigating the circumstances, there were a lot of

suspicious parts in the situation. Why did the Countess of Falcon
have a magical tool owned by the ducal house of Ramis? Why did she
led the noblewomen to Katherine’s breakroom? Even if they assumed
that the Countess killed the princess’ handmaid in order to steal her
clothes, why did she kill the Duchess’ handmaid afterwards? There
were a lot of doubtful areas.
There was strong suspicion that the Countess was in some sort of
agreement with David, but there was no real evidence. It was also
unclear as to what exactly she was planning to do. Even after
shaking out the Countess’ house and businesses, nothing came out.
David often dropped by her bar but that was not a crime.
The Duke of Ramis claimed that the family’s magical tool was
stolen and thoroughly denied any connection with the Countess.
He insisted that David, who had been down at the fiefdom,

received special consideration from him, his father, to spend time at
home for the founding day, so he came to the capital and purely
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entered the palace in order to attend the party.
Roy killed all the people involved, and the only party concerned,
Roy, was keeping his mouth shut. There was no evidence to refute
the claims of the Duke of Ramis. Therefore, David was murdered
unfairly, and Roy was a vicious murderer.
“I heard the situation is not looking very good.” (Hugo)
“It is not good indeed. Sir. Krotin has to say something in

order for us to piece the puzzle together. Even that is already
too late. At this point, it is hard to turn things around no
matter what he says. But seeing as Duke Ramis is not
steering David’s death as a deliberate conspiracy of Duke
Taran’s, one can see that he is holding back a lot. My father-
in-law’s request is simple. He wants Sir. Krotin to be
executed according to the law. With that, he will let things
go. Rather, this King is surprised because he was very cool-
headed in the face of his son’s death.” (Kwiz)
“…”
“Releasing Sir. Krotin is difficult. There’s also an issue with

the fact that Sir. Krotin had a sword in the palace. If we
handle the death of his eldest son in a passable manner, my
father-in-law will make an issue out of it. If they claim that
his purpose was to assassinate this king and they gather
public opinion, it will lead to a political controversy and the
Taran family will also be caught up in it. This king doesn’t
want things to develop that way.”
The king’s anti-opposing forces were still holding their breaths.

Right now, when they hadn’t properly sorted them out, if the king’s
two greatest strengths were to fight each other, it would be exposing
a gap to them. Since that situation would turn into a mud fight, Kwiz
would choose to execute Roy.
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“Why in the world is Sir. Krotin like that? The incident
aside, I’m just so curious, I can’t sleep.” (Kwiz)
“Can I see him?” (Hugo)
Translator’s Corner. [1] David & Anita
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The solitary cell of the castle dungeon was designed with a dual
structure. When you entered through the stone gates, there was a
room made of stone walls and a wall built with bars to confine the
prisoner to another room. Even if the prisoner was able to somehow
get out from behind the bars, they would have to deal with the
knights guarding the stone gates outside. It was a prison made for
holding dangerous criminals.
Although Roy was indeed a dangerous character, the reason why

Kwiz put him in the solitary cell was to prevent people from having
access to him. There was a possibility of Duke Ramis trying to
assassinate the prisoner in order to get revenge.
Roy was lying on the stone floor, using his arm as a pillow, and
when he saw the man coming through the stone gate, he rose to his
feet. The stone gate closed, leaving only the two of them inside.
“Are you hurt anywhere?” (Hugo)
“I am fine.” (Roy)
Roy bashfully scratched his head. He didn’t expect his lord’s first
question to be asking about his well-being.
“I heard you told Fabian about the situation at the time. Is

there anything you haven’t said?”
“No, there isn’t. You really came fast, my lord. I thought
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you would take longer.”
Perhaps that Roy thought he might die before his lord came back.
“Will I die?”
Roy calmly asked, as if he wasn’t talking about himself. He knew

that killing David would not be an ordinary issue. When he broke the
bastard’s neck, he was already prepared to die.
Killing Anita was not his initial intention. But as soon as he saw the
handmaid entering the break room, he decided to kill her.
Roy’s decision was the right one. If Anita was left alive and caught,
she would have slandered the Duchess with all sorts of lies. Lucia
would then be inevitably tied in as one of the parties involved and
would have been at the center of all kinds of speculation and rumors.
Hugo frowned.
“You won’t die.”
Hugo thought for a moment before saying.
“If you want to keep your neck, you have to throw away
your honor. Is your honor more important than your life?”
“Honor?”
Roy grinned.
“I’ve never had such a thing.”[1]
Hugo chuckled.
“Then that’s fine. Hang in there a little more.”
Hugo looked at Roy for a moment, then he threw out a brief

sentence.
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“You did well.”
Roy laughed playfully and called out, stopping Hugo who was
turning around.
“With this, have I repaid your favor?”[2]
A ray of light flashed through Hugo’s eyes.
“You…”
Looking at Roy who was grinning widely, Hugo gave a faint smile.
“You’ll be owing me your life again, so it is far from

repaid.” (Hugo)
“Wha— Wow, how did I end up like this? I should have run
away when I realized you were a swindler.” (Roy)[3]
Hugo left the solitary cell, listening to Roy’s lamentful mutterings

behind him. And when he got out of the dungeon, he called Fabian
and secretly ordered him.
“Find a prisoner on death row. One with a similar physique

and hair color to Roy. The physique has the first priority.”
Fabian’s eyes shone brightly. He bowed his head in reply and

moved quickly. Hugo looked at the Fabian’s receding back in the
distance, then he turned his gaze to the Inner Palace that was some
distance away. Now, it was time to negotiate with the king.
***
Katherine dropped by the Queen’s palace.
“How is Her Royal Highness doing?”
“Her Highness is lying in bed. She cannot even eat at all.”
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The handmaid replied with a cloudy look on her face. Katherine
gave a small sigh before entering the queen’s bedroom.
Beth was greatly shocked by the terrible death of her younger

brother and had been bedridden for several days. The palace people
were afraid that something might go wrong with the fetus during the
mourning period, so they were diligently running up and down.
“You have to recover your strength. You are expecting a

child.”
Katherine took Beth’s hand and comforted her. Beth looked

spiritless as she gave a weak smile.
“I didn’t do much for my brother. I only said objectionable

words every time we met.”
Beth didn’t know that her younger brother would leave so

suddenly. He wasn’t a brother that she wasn’t entirely satisfied with,
but he was still her only blood brother. She nagged at him every time
they met because she wanted him to turn out well. After her brother
died, she was only filled with regret that she didn’t ever tell him that
he did well, at least once.
Her father was someone who held the family as more important
than his son, and her husband didn’t seem to care very much about
his brother-in-law’s death. There was no one that was sincerely hurt
about her brother’s death, so Beth was even more heartbroken.
“Sir. Krotin is someone I’m also well-acquainted with. I

know that he has saved His Majesty’s life many times too.
But why then, would he do this? Why would he do that to my
brother?” (Beth)
“The truth will be revealed. There will be conclusion, some

way or another. His Majesty is also very worried because
Your Highness the Queen has been so down.” (Katherine)
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As Katherine comforted Beth, she recalled the night of the incident.
When she heard that the King was urgently looking for her, Katherine
had hurried to the Inner Palace. On her way to see the king, she
happened to meet Kwiz, who was about to go to a meeting, in the
hallway.
“The party is still going on, what are you doing here?”
As soon as Katherine heard the king’s words, she thought

something was strange.
“You seem to be busy, Your Majesty. It is not an urgent

matter, so I will tell you later.”
She angrily promised to track down whoever dared to forge a royal

command and make them pay dearly for their sins. And after
returning to the party venue, the incident happened right away.
Katherine testified that she came back from the Inner Palace and
had been with the Duchess during the time that she was absent from
the party. That is to say that the Duchess was never alone by herself
during the party.
‘Falcon. I knew that poisonous bitch would do something

one day. You dare to turn my break room into such a sight?’
Katherine did not know the real truth of the incident. It was
handled with secrecy and her elder brother refused to tell her the
specific details. However, there was some parts of it that Katherine
could guess.
There was no doubt that Countess of Falcon tried to do something

bad to the Duchess and things fell through.
‘That foolish wench must have had lingering feelings for

the Duke of Taran. Doesn’t even know her place.’
She could sense the feeling of a woman who had once like the
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Duke of Taran alone. Although she was dead, Katherine didn’t want
Anita’s little schemes to result in anything, so she had actively pulled
the Duchess out of the picture. Due to this, it was not known that
Anita had impersonated the royal command and sent Katherine to
the Inner Palace.
If Kwiz knew this, the investigation of the incident would have

proceeded in a slightly different direction. The only people that used
the private break room were Princess Katherine and the Duchess of
Taran. With this information, they could come to the conclusion that
since Katherine was sent away, the person being conspired against
was the Duchess of Taran. However, since that possibility was
blocked, the case had fallen into a fog.
[1] He says he has never had such a shell. A shell meaning an

outward covering/appearance.
[3] Also refers to 99.2.
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Translated by: Miss Ruby Edited by: ShadowDog
Negotiations with the king were easy.
Kwiz usually wasn’t pleased with his brother-in-law whose

temperament was different from his father-in-law, and he was
personally fond of Roy. In light of his experience of being guarded by
Roy for over a year, he believed that Roy was not a brute that would
kill people for no reason.
So when Hugo said that he would help with the chronic financial
deficit, Kwiz gladly took the bait.
“But did Sir. Krotin say that he would do it? You people
really…”
To nobles, honor was more important than their life. Knights were
also the same. They couldn’t even conceive the idea of saving their
life by abandoning their honor. Kwiz couldn’t understand both Roy,
who agreed to such a thing and Hugo, who suggested such a plan.
Roy, who would recover fine even if he stepped in filthy dog shit.
Kwiz, who could throw away his life for honor, like it was a worthless
thing. They both stood at two extremes. Understanding each other
would never be possible.
“There is one condition. It’s not enough with only this king
agreeing to it. If my father-in-law agrees, then this king will
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also agree. As for persuading my father-in-law, I’ll leave that
to Gong.”
“I understand. I have a condition too. Please turn a blind

eye towards the truth of this incident.”
The dead could not speak, the less mouths that knew, the more
secrets could be kept. Hugo was not troubled at all by the amount of
effort he had to put in to completely detach his wife from this
incident. He wanted to protect her like a flower cultivated in a
greenhouse. He didn’t want her to have even a small scratch.
His wife was the Duchess and the Lady of the Taran House, whose
every action and conduct drew people’s attention. As long as you
were famous in the social circles, rumors that followed after your
name were endless. It was something you had put up with unless it
was a fatal scandal, but Hugo planned to thoroughly block any
reason for his wife to receive public rebuke and be gossiped about
due to an unsavory incident.
“Hm? Then you mean this king won’t know why Sir. Krotin
did such a thing?”
Hugo ignored Kwiz’s grumbling that he was so curious that he

couldn’t sleep.
“I will talk to Ramis Gong and inform Your Majesty of the

outcome.”
***
Hugo promptly met with the Duke of Ramis that evening. The two
sat opposite each other in an exclusive aristocrat club in the city.
After exchanging brief greetings, Hugo immediately proceeded to the
main subject.
He handed the three documents that he brought with him to the

Duke of Ramis.
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“The first document contains information about the day of
the incident according to the testimony of my knight who is
currently imprisoned. You will be able to know why your son
became like that.”[1]
Hugo judged that he could not use money to negotiate with the
Duke of Ramis. He was not someone that would exchange his son’s
life for money.
He watched as the Duke of Ramis’ face darkened and clouded over

as he read the document.
The Duke of Ramis thought that there was something off about

David’s death, but he could not had guess that it was connected to
the Duchess at all.
It’s not like he could ask his dead son, so he could not figure out
what his son was trying to do in the princess’ break room or why he
gave the magical tool to the Countess and could only wake up from
restless sleeps and pound his chest in frustration.
Based on Roy’s testimony, the documents presented a number of

circumstantial evidences to support it, with a recorded trail of David
and Anita’s continuous meetings, information gotten from the people
planted in the bar, and a track record of David making passes at the
Duchess and so on and so forth.
‘That foolish boy. How could he…’
Sadly, the Duke of Ramis could not defend his son and say that his
son would never do such a thing. He didn’t think that they had made
up false evidence with the intention of slandering his son, instead he
thought that this sort of thing was definitely something his son could
do.
When he realized that, the Duke of Ramis felt deeply ashamed that
he had raised his son wrong. The years he had lived so far, suddenly
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seemed in vain.
However, the Duke of Ramis was an experienced politician. He

would never reveal his thoughts on the surface.
“I won’t say that the contents of this are fabrications. I

admit my son’s mistakes. But I do not think it is enough to
warrant for a Duke’s heir to suffer such a miserable death
and be gossiped about by everyone.”
The corner of Hugo’s lips went up slightly.
‘Mistake? You should thank your ancestors instead, that

your son died so unexpectedly. If that bastard was alive, I
would have cut off all his limbs and turned him into pig feed.’
If he could not kill the bastard for practical reasons and as time
passed, the bastard had actually succeeded the title of Duke, Hugo
would have used all of his power to destroy the Ramis family. It was
right to look at it as the death of that guy right now, was actually the
guidance of their ancestors, looking over the future of the Ramis
family from the sky.
“Please, read the next document. I wonder if that could

also be called a mistake.”
The next document contained information about the youth

association that was constantly being monitored. It had evidence that
David was responsible for the funding of the youth association and
results from the investigation of how dangerous the individuals that
were leading the youth association were.
Of course, the youth association was still only a small organization

and the chief executives were only just beginning to wriggle out from
the shadows.
The numerous pieces of plausible evidence that made them out to

be extremely dangerous elements, was the work of the Taran Duke’s
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Information Division.
To verify the authenticity of the document, one would have to

spend a lot of time and effort. To the eyes of those looking at the
document right now, they could only see it as the truth.
The contents detailed that the Taran family were suspicious of a

dangerous organization and as they investigated, an enormous root
was gradually revealed and when they dug even more, they
discovered that David was the key figure funding the organization.
As he was reading the document, the Duke of Ramis’ eyes shook

tremendously. The Duke of Ramis also knew of the New Nation Youth
Association[2]. He had believed his son when he said that he had
washed his hands off them, but had no idea that his son was avoiding
his eyes and funding them instead.
‘This scoundrel is determined to destroy our family.’
Disappointment and anger towards his son surged inside the Duke
of Ramis. The family that he had protected and cultivated his entire
life was more important to the Duke than his own life, let alone his
son’s life.
For the Duke, his family was the most important thing. The reason
why he could be so level-headed about his son’s death was because
his son was pushed back that much on the Duke’s list of priorities.
There was another son to continue the family. There was no issue
of the succession being broken off. What the Duke of Ramis was
concerned about, was that his son’s death would damage the
family’s honor.*
“I’m sure you can predict how His Majesty will react if he
were to be shown the contents of that document.” (Hugo)
The Duke of Ramis heavily closed his eyes.
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The King had a heartless side to him. He would never save anyone
that he had deemed to be an enemy. He killed many of his brothers,
defended his position as the Crown Prince, eventually, he ascended
to the throne and would not hesitate to spill blood to keep the throne.
If the King learnt of the contents of the document, even if he

ignored it right now, he would continue to have doubts in his heart.
He needed the Duke of Ramis’ power right now, so he would leave it
alone, but someday, when the power of his royal-in-laws became
burdensome, the doubts in his heart would become distrust and he
would strike at the Duke.
[1] Re: You’ll be know why your son ended up dead.
[2] As I mentioned before, the issue here is ‘New Nation’. The word
used here represents the ideology of a better, divine nation. It is
usually connected to the idea of overthrowing the current reign for a
better one aka rebellion.
* Damn. And they call Hugo cold-hearted.
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The Duke of Ramis opened the final document, fearing what the
outcome might be this time. But then, he knit his brows and turned
the page. The document contained information regarding his son’s
sexual preferences, something that he had never wanted to know.
During this time, the Taran Duke’s Information Division had

continued to search the red-light district for anything scoop-worthy
that had to do with David. If David had a thing for abusing women, it
would grow more and more extreme and they expected it to lead to
an accident. During the investigation, they discovered that David had
strangled a prostitute to death.
“That final document is my last resort.”
The Duke of Ramis frowned. The information in the final document

had the most insignificant value among the negotiating tools that the
Duke of Taran had brought today. He could not understand what the
Duke of Taran wanted to use these things for, when his son was
already dead. Dirty laundry such as the death of a few prostitutes,
was a messy topic for nobles to talk about in rumors. Nobles liked
rumors, but they were silent about rumors that hurt their reputation.
“The place where the incident happened, was Princess’

Katherine’s break room. As Gong knows as well, His Majesty
has strictly forbidden referring to the scene of the incident as
the princess’ break room.”
The King’s action proved to be effective and the public referred to
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the case as an incident that had happened within the palace. There
were a lot more people that did not know that the incident had
occurred in Princess Katherine’s break room. The king blocked the
possibility of his sister being involved in this incident. It was similar to
what Hugo had done.
“In the event of today’s negotiations breaking down, I will

take that document to His Majesty. And I will inform him that
two rumors will soon spread in the social circle, about Count
Ramis’ ugly sexual preferences and that Count Ramis
harbored lecherous feelings towards Princess Katherine. The
princess’ break room happens to be the perfect place. I will
ask His Majesty to choose between Ramis Gong and his
sister.” (Hugo)[1]
“Are you saying that you dare…to threaten His Majesty?”

(Duke Ramis)
“I’m saying that presently, there is nothing I won’t do.”

(Hugo)
The Duke of Ramis’ hand holding the document trembled. After a

long stretch of silence, the Duke of Ramis opened his mouth, looking
very exhausted.
“What are you playing at.”
“I have to save my sacrificed knight to protect my wife’

honor.”
“Impossible!”
The Duke of Ramis responded fiercely before Hugo finished

speaking.
“Listen till the end. I will protect the Count of Ramis’

honor.”
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‘While you are alive.’
Hugo added inwardly. He wanted to quickly resolve this incident,

and have it disappear from people’s memories. He planned to put
Roy away, where eyes couldn’t reach him, only until the Duke of
Ramis was dead, and around when the incident became faint in
people’s memories, then they could use the excuse that Roy was
unjustly executed when the real culprit was someone else and quietly
reinstate him.
To do that, he would have to re-negotiate with the king and the

new Duke Ramis, but that would not be difficult.
Hugo spoke briefly about his plan to switch Roy with someone on
death row. The Duke of Ramis looked at Hugo with a strange gaze,
almost like that the one Kwiz had given. It was an expression that
said, ‘How did you come up with such an idea?’
For the Duke of Ramis, his family’s honor was the most important
thing to him. He had no energy to fight against the Duke of Taran. He
had already grown too old. He was an old man that preferred to
compromise rather than smacking heads.
Unless it wasn’t an unjust situation where his son died an innocent

death, he could close his eyes to his son’s death if his honor could be
protected.
“In addition, not even His Majesty knows that my wife is

involved in this incident. I have only revealed this truth to
Gong in order to get your cooperation. I do not want this to
be spread outside for whatsoever reason. Gong will take this
to your grave.” (Hugo)
“…Alright. In return, please discard all the information you

have about this youth association. And as for the youth
association, I will deal with it myself.” (Duke Ramis)
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“Sounds good.” (Hugo)
The negotiations had reached an agreement. Hugo took back one

of the three documents, the one containing information regarding the
truth of the incident involving his wife.
“Why are you going to this extent?”
“Just like Ramis Gong wants to protect your family, I want

to protect my wife.”
Because it seemed like he was saying ‘you want to protect your

superficially good-looking family, I want to protect my people’, the
Duke of Ramis blankly gazed at Hugo. But there was no trace of
ridicule in those cold red eyes.
The Duke of Ramis was amazed every time he saw Hugo. He was
the owner of the vast land called the North and as the Duke of Taran,
he was very forthright. He didn’t bother himself with petty tricks and
always confidently did what he wanted to do. People were not
displeased with him and accepted it ‘because he is the Duke of
Taran’.
It was a great talent as a politician to not cause jealousy in

another’s heart. And that was why whenever he saw his son who was
the same age as the Duke of Taran, he always felt that his son fell
short.
‘It’s my virtue that fell short. Who can I blame?’
Rather than blaming his son’s shortcomings, he should have

guided his son’s good points and covered him magnanimously. The
Duke of Ramis deeply felt his shortcomings as a father, and as the
lord of a family.
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Ramis took place, the King pretended not to know, and the situation
flowed like a stream of water.
Fabian search the entire nation and found a reasonable stand-in

among the prisoners on death row. While being interrogated for his
crimes, the man was beaten a lot so he was in a bad shape, but that
made it even more believable. After all, if the knight who killed the
Duke’s eldest son was in a good shape at his execution, people would
think it was strange.
The King passed down a brief statement. There was no detailed

information about the truths of the case, just that Sir. Krotin had
admitted his crimes and was to be executed. Since it was a case
involving such a high ranked person, even though people did not
know the specifics, they would only speculate amongst themselves.
Roy came out of the dungeon, wearing a sack-like hood and after
walking while bound in ropes, he was substituted in the middle. The
one heading to execution was the death row prisoner imitating Roy.
The carriage carrying Roy did not even have windows and ran
straight to the gate.[2] He had to leave the capital as soon as
possible without being seen by anyone. Hugo had already used his
influence to make it so that Roy could pass through the gate without
going through the identification process.
Lucia was still impatiently pacing up and down the receiving room.
Publicly, it was time for Roy to be executed.
Hugo went to the palace and was officially meeting with the King
and the Duke of Ramis. It was a formality to show that the two close
forces of the King had no animosity with each other.
‘Has he gone through the gate safely?’
Lucia felt regretful for not being able to give Roy her last farewells,
but she could not take the risk of bringing a felon, who was known to
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be publicly executed, into the ducal residence.
When the door to the receiving room opened and Jerome came in,
Lucia stopped her pacing around and lifted her head. Fabian was
following right behind him and entered the room.
“Sir. Krotin…?” (Lucia)
“He left safely.”
Lucia heaved a huge sigh of relief.
“I feel so sorry, I don’t know what to do. Because of me,

Sir. Krotin lost his honor as a knight and left for the north
like he was being chased away.”
Hugo sent Roy to the northern border. It was region where Roy
used to delightfully stir up trouble. Meanwhile, Roy had cheerfully
asked if he could kill all of them because his body had been growing
itchy for a while.
Fabian could not sympathize with the Madam’s sadness in the

slightest, but when he thought that he would not see the guy for a
long time, he had mixed feelings.
“Did you tell him that I was thankful and sorry, and that he
should stay healthy?”
“Yes, I told him. But Sir. Krotin said that there was
something he wanted to ask Milady…”
“What is it?”
That crazy bastard. Swallowing those words inside, Fabian said:
“He asked if Milady remembers all the noblewomen you

meet at a party. Apparently, he was curious about that.”[3]
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Roy said that with a very serious look on his face and asked Fabian
to get the answer and let him know when he came to the north later.
Fabian really could not understand that guy’s state of mind.
Lucia burst into laughter.
“There’s no way that’s possible. I only act like I do.”
“…Yes, I’ll tell him that later.”
Fabian replied with a sour look on his face, and Lucia laughed
again.
‘Roy’s really a good person. He’s being considerate of me

till the end so that I won’t feel sorry.’
Lucia’s misunderstanding was growing bigger. And there was no

one to correct it.[4]
[1] If you couldn’t understand…well, he will make it seem like

David was trying to do a lil something with Princess Katherine in her
break room.
[2] Reminder: a [gate] is a magical device. I think a portal is the

best way to describe it.
[3] For context cues: Read chapter 101 [part 1]. I know it’s been a
while.
[4] She’s misunderstanding something about Roy. Not sure how

best to explain it.
Red-light district: an area of a town or city containing many

brothels, strip clubs, and other sex businesses.
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Chapter 108 Part 1

Source: RubyMaybe
“I am ashamed to face you.”
Hugo asked his wife for forgiveness after dealing with everything.
The terrible things that happened to her, and the even more
horrifying things that could have happened, that he didn’t even want
to think about, the ringleader of the incident, they were all related to
him.
The Count of Ramis and the Countess of Falcon, who were believed
to have conspired together. Hugo didn’t know exactly how the two of
them had hit it off, but he knew that the two of them held ill feelings
towards him. But because they couldn’t dare to touch him, they
targeted his wife.
Especially since the Countess of Falcon was involved, he really

could not lift his head in front of his wife. It was an act committed by
his ex-lover. It was the result of insufficient settlement and inability
to deal with things neatly.
“You must have been disappointed with me.”
Lucia wanted to comfort her husband, who has a bitter look on his
face. She did not think that this incident was his fault. It was just an
unexpected connection, like walking along the streets and
unintentionally bumping into people and an accident happened.[1]
“I am not disappointed, Hugh. I won’t be disappointed in

you with just this.”
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“…”
Hugo took her hand, which was covering the back of his hand in an
attempt to comfort him and kissed the back of her hand.
“I’m sorry.”
“It is not your fault.”
“You went through something you shouldn’t have

experienced.”
“If it is something I have to go through because I am

married to you, I can handle it.”
“…You really.”
Hugo was touched by her brightly shining clear heart and

wondered if he was really qualified to be with her.
“I don’t want you to feel sorry towards me due to this

incident, but I have something to request.”
“What is it?”
Hugo wanted to give her whatever she wanted, even if it was the
whole world.
“I want to give the remaining family of my late maid

enough compensation. My heart hurts because I was unable
to protect her.”
“If compensation will make you feel at ease then I will do

so. But there is no reason for you to protect your servants.
They are hired to protect you.”
“You are right. Their work is to protect me. And at the

same time, I think I should protect them. Sir. Krotin protect
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me, and you protected Sir. Krotin in my place, didn’t you?”
Hugo thought that employees such as servants, were tools of

convenience. He couldn’t fully understand what she meant by
comparing them with Roy but he roughly understood what she was
trying to say.
“They have thoughts and feelings too. They are sad and
distressed when they lose their family. The maid’s remaining
family will resent whoever killed their daughter or sister.
Even they resent, there is nothing they can do. But there is
no one who wants someone they don’t even know to hate
them and resent them.”
Hugo also didn’t find a situation where the rest of the maid’s family
resented and hated his wife, pleasing.
“Will they have no resentment if they are compensated?”
“How can money replace someone’s life? Instead, if they

are given heartfelt consolation and sufficient compensation,
they will be comforted. When someone is comforted, they will
be able to stitch up their wound soon. That is why, Hugh.
Give them sincere compensation. Tell them that their late
daughter or sister did not die in vain but met with an
accident while undergoing an important task, that we are
sorry to lose an excellent talent, and that we offer our
condolences with enough compensation. If I could, I would
like to personally meet the rest of her family but…”
“That can’t happen.”
“Yes, I know. That is why you will go in my place and be

considerate of them.”
“…Alright.”
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***
The unprecedented event, that is, the murder of the Duke’s heir in
the palace, came to an end with the execution of Knight Krotin.
People whispered amongst themselves that many parts about the
case were lacking, but that was all.
The King declared the end of the case, and the parties concerned,
the two Dukes, Taran and Ramis, were silent. People were now
looking for something new to talk about and were turning their
attention away.
Now, all that was left was to wrap things up. Hugo called Fabian
and ordered for the remaining things to be dealt with. In particular,
he roughly took care of the things that were to be paid as a price to
the King and handed the documents over to Fabian.
As Fabian roughly skimmed over the contents on the spot, his face
paled and he trembled. He felt a lump in his throat and only after
swallowing once was he able to ask the Duke:
“Your Grace, really…all of this…?”
The things on the document reached about 10% of the Taran

family’s assets that were revealed. More than 90% of the Taran
family’s assets were hidden and remained unrevealed.
Argumentatively, it was not such a big part, but for Fabian, whose
liver shrunk in the face of money, it was too much to bear. That crazy
bastard’s life is so expensive! Fabian was dazed.
“If you can buy a life with money, the price paid is cheap.”
(Hugo)
‘It is just as you say. I know. But even if I know, it is still too
generous. Hoh. The King is also very shameless. What does he think
he even did, to take so much?’ (Fabian)
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Even though it wasn’t even his money, Fabian seemed like he was
burning with regret inside.
‘I knew from the moment he gave the mine away as the

Madam’s dowry. Is it because master spends money so
senselessly that to balance it out, we have a frugal Lady of
the House?’
Without any change in expression, Fabian continued to grumble

inside.
“How do we usually compensate for the death of a maid?”

(Hugo)
“We hand the body over to the family, settle any unpaid
salaries, pay for funeral expenses as well as some
compensation.” (Fabian)
“How much is the compensation?” (Hug)
“It is the equivalent of five years of that individual’s annual

salary that they have customarily received.” (Fabian)
When a noble killed a commoner, they were not innocent under the
law, but once they compensated with money, the case was
practically over. With the exception of the capital city which had
many nobles gathered in it, there were almost no opportunities for
commoners to encounter nobility. The two classes had completely
different places of residence and separate scopes of activity.
However, when a commoner voluntarily stepped into a aristocratic

domain, that is, when they worked for and belonged to the royal
palace or a noble family, they had to be prepared to die if they were
unlucky. Despite that, many commoners competed fiercely to work
for aristocrats due to the high pay. If you worked in a noble family for
ten years, it was possible to support your entire family and buy a
decent house.
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Like most nations with a caste system, Xenon also established
order with a noble-oriented law. Unless it was a case where an
innocent commoner was killed by a noble while coincidentally
crossing the road, when employees, such as servants or maids, were
caught in the affairs of high-ranking people and died, they should be
glad to even be returned with an intact corpse.
‘The compensation is not that much.’
Hugo recalled the conversation he had had with his wife. He still
could not understand his wife’s excessive sympathy. But she had
asked him to do it and it wasn’t anything difficult, so there was no
reason not to do so.
“Give the remaining family of the deceased maid, 50 years

of compensation for the maid’s service and send someone to
offer condolences at the funeral. If someone among the
remaining family needs it, provide them with a job.”
“…”
Fabian momentarily forgot how to speak and vacantly stared at his

lord. When Fabian did not reply, Hugo frowned slightly. Fabian was
startled and quickly answered in affirmative, going to the extent of
even nodding his head.
“What of the others, apart from the maid that were killed
by Roy?”
“The royal family will compensate them.”
It was a principle that those who worked in the palace were

compensated by the royal family for accidents that occurred in the
palace. From Kwiz’s standpoint, he suffered no loss in this incident.
Even if it was said that they had compensate the dead, they only had
to pay them with some of the Countess of Falcon’s assets, which had
been used to replenish the national treasury.
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The deceased Countess of Falcon was convicted with the felony of
bringing poison into the Royal Palace and conspiring to assassinate
the King. They executed her corpse, deprived her of her title, and
took all of her possessions into the national treasury.*
“The royal family’s compensation will not be that much

either.” (Hugo)
“That is quite likely.” (Fabian)
“Treat them in a similar manner as well.” (Hugo)
Since they all died to Roy who was trying to protect his wife, Hugo
decided to neatly take care of everything.
Fabian’s expression was strange as he came out of the Duke’s

office. He stood in front of the closed office door for a while, then he
turned and looked at the door, thinking of the Duke who was sitting
inside.
‘So people can change.’
Fabian’s way of looking at things was that people could never

change. People had their own inborn temperament and the only time
it could change was when they were children. He thought that even if
they changed, their fundamentals couldn’t be changed, and the
person that formed as they grew older did not change until the day
they died.
Something that could shake Fabian’s distinctive personal view had

happened under his very own eyes. He could not imagine ever
hearing the words ‘take care of the late maid’s remaining family’
from his lord.
The Duke that Fabian knew, rather than calling him a wicked
person, he was someone that had no interest in his surroundings. He
only did things as he pleased, and apart from the minimum amount
of people he kept at his side out of need, he let the others run their
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course regardless of the turnout and left things to his subordinate’s
discretion.
Fabian thought that he was nothing more than a convenient tool

for the Duke. Sometimes, that fact felt bitter, but still, he comforted
himself that he was able to work for the Duke because his ability was
recognized.
However, he was honestly moved upon seeing the way his lord had
handled Roy’s case this time. For the person who risked his life for
his master, his master mobilized all his ability and saved him.
Fabian was a realist who thought that surviving was the best and
sneered at nobles who clung to honor. Which is why he thought that
there was no method more perfect than this to save Roy. Belief rose
in his heart that even if he was in a situation to die for his lord, he
would not be abandoned nor ignored. He felt relief that even if he
died an unlucky death, he wouldn’t have to worry about the rest of
his family.
‘But still, the price of that bastard’s life should never be

this much.’
Regardless, his way of thinking hadn’t changed. Fabian still

thought that the money leaving their hands was such a pity.
[1] Yea…I did a literal translation here. Not sure what she’s trying
to say.
*T/N: They executed her corpse? Tf? And yes, I did double check.
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Chapter 108 Part 2

Source: RubyMaybe
— Negotiation — (4) T/N: In the chapter, the [] signifies a different

language.
The area of the northern border that Roy returned to after a long
time, was close to the village where he was born and grew up. He
lost his parents to the invading barbarians when he was young and
swore revenge. Because of his extraordinary strength and size, he
was called the village hulk from an early age, so he grew up hearing
that he would do great things.[1]
And so, he was conceited. He lunged at the barbarians to take

revenge, but was caught and taken away.
Because the young boy seemed to have useful strength, the

barbarians decided to raise him and use him as a slave; that’s why
they did not kill Roy. In order to remove malice from the stubborn
Roy, they bound him up and whipped him for a month. Just when Roy
thought that he was going to die like this, a certain boy secretly
approached him and released him, saving his life.
The Roy, who escaped from that route, realized his shortcomings.
He hid alone and lived by hunting down animals by himself. The
experience taught him life’s strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes,
he killed one or two barbarians that strayed too far from their tribe
and steadily built up his skills.
And then finally, he took revenge for his parents. He could not
carry out a frontal attack on the tribal village because he was alone,
but he lured a handful of people into the forest and killed them all in
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the span of a few days.
Although it was refreshing after getting his revenge, he didn’t

know what to do in the future. He just lived like a wild man,
sometimes killing the barbarians that came at him, resolving food
issues by hunting and practically spending his days in a lackadaisical
manner.
Then, he met his lord. As soon as he saw him, he knew that the
man was the benefactor that had helped him when he was a child.
When he was asked, ‘Do you want to come with me?’, he followed
along. He thought that he would have a chance to repay the favor if
they were together.
“Tch. Just when I thought I repaid it, there’s a debt again.”
Roy grumbled as he lifted up his body, which was sprawled

beneath a tree. Officially he was dead, which was probably why
nobody bothered him and just left him alone.
As Roy wandered around near the border, he gradually drew

farther away and entered the forest in the barbarian’s region. For a
few days now, he had not seen anyone. The feeling of being alone for
the first time in a long time, was not bad.
The night of the forest came quickly. After roasting the rabbit that
he had caught for dinner, Roy covered himself with a blanket next to
the bonfire and went to bed.
Around when the darkness of the night had deepened, and the
campfire had become smaller after burning all the wood, someone
stealthily approached Roy, who was lying down in the darkness.[2]
The mysterious individual pulled out a dagger from their bosom.

They carefully went up to Roy’s side as he slept and brought down
their dagger in the direction of his neck. No, they thought they did,
but the mysterious individual’s field of vision suddenly flipped over,
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and they collided with the ground, falling on their back.
Their hand, which was holding the knife, was strongly gripped at
the wrist while another powerful grip was fixed to their neck. Unable
to last long against the pressure on their neck, they lost
consciousness.
When the mysterious individual, Kuya, regained consciousness, the

day was already bright. Their body was tightly bound to a tree with
their hands behind them, so they could not move. They rummaged
through their memories of last night and looked around in a hurry but
did not see anyone.
After a while, the sound of rustling could be heard as Roy showed

up behind the bushes. On his back, he was carrying a fawn.
He began to disassemble the prey he caught. He indifferently cut

its throat, drew out the blood, used a small dagger to skin it and
chopped it into pieces at its joint; he was obviously familiar with
dismantling a prey.
It was just the process of retrieving meat from an animal but Kuya
trembled as if they were looking at the most terrible scene in the
world and glared at the sight with a gaze full of spite. As they
watched the bastard build a fire, roast the deer, and begin to eat,
Kuya thought that he(Roy) ate very well even though he was
ignorant.
After a fairly time-consuming meal, Roy curtly spoke to Kuya.
“Who are you?”
[Red Devil!]
As he calmly watched the woman, who was screaming at him with

a venomous gaze, Roy said:
[It’s been a while since I’ve heard those words.]
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When Roy spoke her familiar tribal tongue, Kuya momentarily
flinched before shouting again:
[Don’t humiliate me, kill me!]
[What have I done that you’re like this? You’re the one who
tried to kill someone sleeping.]
[You’re my family’s enemy!]
Roy thought that the woman who was stubbornly grinding her
teeth was like a wildcat.
[But I didn’t even do anything. Ah, was the deer I just ate
your family by any chance? Sorry.]
The woman quivered with emotion and noisily shrieked that she
would kill him.
Roy watched as the woman shrieked and writhed to the extent that
her face had gone bright red. The petite woman was really energetic.
She didn’t seem that old. If he were to guess, she had just passed
adulthood?
After being flooded with the sight of noblewomen acting graceful in

the capital, it was quite fun to see a woman full of venomosity.
[Red Devil. You killed dozens of people in my village as well

as my father and my brother. Will you say you don’t know
about what you did eight years ago?]
Hearing the words of the woman who was huffing as if she had lost
her energy after screaming and raving, Roy searched his memory.
Eight years ago, there was only one incident where he slaughtered
dozens at mass.
[Your parents killed my parents. I was getting revenge

too.]
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The woman flinched. Then she went silent. After looking at the still
woman who had her head bowed for a fairly long time, the bored Roy
lay on his back and dozed off.*
Roy woke up from his nap, feeling the urge to pee and incoherently
pulled himself together. As he pulled down his pants, he heard a
sharp sound and turned his head. The place where Roy chose to pee
was a couple of steps away from the woman. The woman was cursing
with an expression that spoke disgust.
Roy scratched his head and went somewhere that wasn’t visible in
the bushes. When Roy returned after resolving his issue, the woman
said:
[I acknowledge your fair revenge.]
[Heh. You’re really straightforward. So you’re not going to

kill me now?]
[This and that are different. I have to take revenge for my

family.]
[So you have to kill me?]
[Exactly. So you should kill me.]
Roy thought for a moment then he pulled out his dagger and
approached the woman.
Kuya closed her eyes. But there was none of expected pain and the
rope on her painfully bound hands came loose. Suddenly being able
to freely move her body, Kuya was confused but she would never let
go of an opportunity. She nimbly dove away and distanced herself
from Roy.
[Do you think I won’t kill you if you do this?]
[Do it. Since you acknowledge that my revenge was fair,
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then I also acknowledge you trying to kill me. However, I
won’t obediently die. If you’re confident, go ahead.]
Kuya stared at Roy for a moment. She was a little confused. He

didn’t match the monstrous figure of the Red Devil that she had
imprinted in her head from a young age. But he was the enemy of
her parents and brother. Kuya renewed her determination, turned
around and disappeared into the forest. Roy chuckled.
“What an aggressive woman.”[3]
He didn’t know why he let her leave alive. He had never left a
source for future trouble alone before.
‘Her smell’s not bad.’
He wouldn’t be bored for a while.
[1] The word for ‘hulk’ used here is ‘jangsa’, which means a person
of great strength. I couldn’t think of another word for it.
[2] The raw says that they silenced their footsteps which I took to
mean stealthily.
[3] Well, the word used for ‘unyielding’ here, can also mean
aggressive.
*T/N: I was so taken aback by this, hahaha. Why take a nap right
then??
ED: Why not, there was nothing really going on there at that
moment, might as well enjoy a nap while a woman is watching over
you =P
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Chapter 109 Part 1

Source: RubyMaybe
— Everything is as it should be — (1)
On the day of the King’s royal birthday feast, the Queen showed up
at an official occasion after a very long interval. Using the excuse of
maternal stability, the Queen stayed indoors after the death of her
brother, and rumors spread that perhaps the Queen had lost her
child due to shock and was lying down at home in heartbreak.
However, the rumors were negated when the Queen appeared,

calmly holding her bulging stomach that almost seemed
mountainous. The noblewomen scrambled to approach Beth and
gave her their greetings.
Lucia also approached Beth. The two of them hasn’t met for a few
months as well.
Lucia inwardly felt sorry towards the Queen. Her husband said that
the Queen would not know that Roy had disguised himself as a dead
man and escaped. She was much better off not knowing that, but
seeing as the Queen was unaware of the exact details and suddenly
lost her brother, she would be in pain because of the loss.
Lucia was even more sorry that she couldn’t comfort the grieving
heart of the Queen, who had to undergo this while she was pregnant.
“Have you been well, Your Royal Highness?”[1]
“Duchess, how have you been as well? It has been a long

time.”
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Beth’s voice was soft, unlike what Lucia feared, that the Queen
would confront her sharply. Seeing the Duchess cautiously revealing
an apologetic look, Beth smiled.
‘What has this person done wrong?’
After losing her brother, Beth resented the Duchess for a while. It
wasn’t because she thought that the Duchess had done something
wrong, but because it was just a time when she resented everyone
involved.
Her father had come to see her as she was confined to bed in
despair and he looked like he had aged ten years.[2] Seeing him,
Beth thought that her father was also suffering from the pain of
losing his son, but her father told her a slightly different story from
what she had guessed.
“You should forget about it now, Your Royal Highness. That

boy…he did something, that’s why he ended up like that.”
“What…Father. What in the world are you talking about?”
“I cannot tell you the exact details. Just know that that boy, David,
did not die without blame. You are carrying a precious royal body
within you. Don’t be too distressed and pull yourself together.’
“Father.”
After giving a long sigh, her father said:
“It seems your foolish father did not do well in acting as a

father.”
Beth saw the years from the dropped shoulders of her father as he
turned around. In that moment, he was not her always strong and
reassured father. As she continued to dwell on the words that her
father left for her, Beth felt a little resentful of her late brother.
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‘How is it that until you die, you drive a nail into the hearts
of the people left behind?’
Beth thought of her baby and tried to shake off her brother’s

death, little by little. Katherine, whom she thought she wasn’t in a
very fond relationship with, came to see her everyday and offered
her a lot of comfort.
When she felt the first movements in the womb after refraining
from external activities and focusing on her child, Beth shook off all
the remaining negative sediments in her heart. Her heart as a
mother, wished to convey only beautiful thoughts to her yet to be
born child.
“I’ve gained quite some weight, haven’t I? When you carry

a child, your body changes like this.” (Beth)
“Rather, you look more at ease.” (Lucia)
“Indeed. These days, I feel at ease. My child is also having

fun inside.”
“When are you expecting?”
“There is about a month left. Now that I think about it, it’s
around time to hear the news from you, Duchess. I believe
it’s been two years since you’ve been married?”[3]
“…Yes.”
Lucia smiled faintly and glanced at Beth’s swollen belly.
‘How does it feel to have another life growing inside of

you?’
Lucia was curious about the feeling that she had never
experienced in her dream and would probably never experience in
reality. She had heard that as a baby grew, they would move and
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kick inside. How did that feel, too?
She heard that the pain of childbirth was terrible enough to die.
There was also no small amount of women who had things go wrong
after giving birth to a child. It was a life-risking experience for a
woman to give birth to a child.
‘Even then, it’s fine. I think I can bear any pain.’
Lucia looked at her husband, who was standing some distance

away, talking with the king and a few nobles. He had never once
brought up the topic of a child.
‘Does he still not want a child?’
Maybe it was because it was peak spring and the weather had
gotten distinctly warmer. The rustling spring breeze wove into Lucia’s
heart, shaking it up.
She wanted to have a child. She wanted to lovingly carry his child
and become their mother after giving birth. ‘Should I take the
infertility cure without telling him?’ she had thought about this a few
times. She knew that the two of them were still young and had a lot
of time left. But Lucia felt that the days passing by were a pity.
“I heard that His Majesty is pushing for the marriage of the

princesses remaining in the palace.”
“I heard that too. Exactly how many princesses are still

remaining in the palace?”
From being occupied with the thought of a child, Lucia’s interest

was instantly shifted as she concentrated on the topic of the
clamoring noblewomen.
Hugo acted like he was listening to the person chattering at his

side while he searched for his wife with his eyes. He didn’t like the
customary practice of men and women gathering separately to
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discuss.
He wanted to keep his wife by his side, but the problem was that
nobody else was doing that. And his wife didn’t like standing out.
Sometimes, he checked on her. It was something like a habit. If he

couldn’t spot her for a long time, he got needlessly nervous. He saw
her gaze shift somewhere momentarily as she talked with the
noblewomen.
At first, he didn’t care, but after seeing her do it a few times, he

wondered what she was looking at and followed her gaze. The queen
stood where his wife was looking at.
‘Is she still bothered about the things from a few months
ago?’
He was worried that his wife had still not forgotten about the
incident behind David’s death.
But after looking more closely, he realized that she was not looking
at the Queen but slightly lower, at the noticeably prominent stomach
of the Queen.
Suddenly, it felt like a bang resounded through his ears.
[1] I used ‘Your Royal Highness’ instead of ‘Your Highness the

Queen’ as I’ve been using.
[2] Her father is Duke Ramis.
[3]Hear news: about time to hear news of Lucia’s pregnancy.
***The next one is…twice as long ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).
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Source: RubyMaybe
After finishing his bath, Hugo headed to his wife’s bedroom while
his mind continued to contemplate on the thing that had been on his
mind since the party.
‘Does she want a child…’
He could give her anything she wanted, even if he had to comb

through the entire world, but there was one thing alone he couldn’t
give. A child. She could not have his child. No matter how many
seeds he planted, it would never sprout in her womb.
His cursed blood could never grow without taking cursed

measures.
He once thought that it was a fortunate thing. Because no matter

how much he womanized, there wouldn’t be any incident of a woman
that he didn’t remember, coming to find him with a pregnant, bulging
stomach. The thought of a woman he only slept with a few times,
giving birth to a trace of his disgusting blood and raising it, made him
feel very dirty and full of dread.
If there were no constraints or specific conditions that had to be

satisfied for impregnation, he would have probably killed every
woman that appeared with his child.
When he became Duke after the death of his brother, and saw the
things in his family’s secret room, his hate for the blood flowing
within him reached an extreme. He thought about cutting his arteries
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and pouring out all of his blood several times a day.
Hugo abrupted stopped in front of his wife’s bedroom door.
‘What about now?’
He felt a strange sense of incongruity. He looked down at both of

his hands and clenched his fists.
The feeling of being alive. The sensation of breathing. These were

sensations that he usually tried not to be conscious about, but there
were times when he felt that his existence in the world was too
revolting, and he couldn’t bear it. And when that happened, he ran
on his horse until he was dead tired and couldn’t run any faster, or he
spent a few days burning the midnight oil and throwing himself into
work like crazy.
[You have changed.][1]
Upon remembering the words of the unpleasant old man, Hugo knit
his brows.
‘Have I changed?’
He wasn’t conscious of it, so he didn’t realize. But something had

definitely changed. Hugo moved his gaze and quickly scanned the
familiar sight of his wife’s receiving room.
It was warm. It wasn’t really because the room inside was heated
up, but because of the feeling it gave. Every time Hugo passed by
this receiving room to get to his wife’s bedroom, he felt good. His
heart throbbed at the thought of holding his wife’s soft body and
kissing her moist lips.
Her body temperature felt hot to the touch and his former self who
could only distinguish between coldness, was doing childish things
that filled him with emotions.[2]
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Hugo looked at his hands again. The feeling of being alive was not
as terrible as before. Rather he felt that it was fortunate that he was
able to touch and feel her, because he was alive. In his life that had
always been lonely, she was now with him.
He didn’t know when it started but, he now thought about the

future, and in the future he envisioned, she was always there.
In his mind, he drew a picture of his wife holding a child and

smiling brightly at him, after a few years. A wholesome feeling
floated to the surface of his mind, but it soon sank down heavily.
‘I cannot give her a child.’
Should he tell her that she could not have a baby? Should he tell
her about his dirty birth, or should he confide in her about his
family’s secret that he wanted to seal forever?
He hated the mere idea of that. It felt like he was being swarmed
with an offensive smell. That part of him was a darkness that he
never wanted to reveal to the woman he loved. He was afraid that
she would look at him a little differently after hearing everything.
He didn’t know what to do if she said that she wanted to have a

child. Hugo opened the door to his wife’s room, feeling gloomy unlike
how he usually felt.
Almost at the same time Hugo entered the room, Lucia was also
entering the bedroom after finishing her bath. Lucia held the towel
wrapped around her wet hair and warned her husband who was
standing some distance away.
“I have to dry my hair. Don’t come here.”
When she slept with her hair wet sometimes, she had to toil in the
morning to arrange her disheveled hair. She was also embarrassed to
look at the maid, who had to spray water on her hair in an attempt to
tidy it up. When she had to go out, she couldn’t manage it at all, so
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there were times when she had to wrap her hair up again in the
morning.
She didn’t have to completely dry it. It was enough to apply lotion
that would make it settle down neatly after drying it moderately. But
her husband did not even wait for that amount of time to pass.
Hugo calmly gazed at his wife, who was vigilantly fluffing her
feathers like a small animal, then he took a step forward.
She had slowly moved to the dressing table and upon seeing him
move, she was startled and raised her voice to say, ‘I said, don’t
come’.
Seeing her expression as she repeated for him not to come and
stepped backwards, Hugo gave a perverse grin.
‘This is fun.’
The feeling that had sank down rose to the surface again. He was
also excited.
Lucia felt spooked when she saw him look at her with his arms
folded, grin, and then suddenly approach her faster. It was a feeling
like she had suddenly become a feeble prey being pursued. So she
turned around on the spot and ran away.
Lucia tried to get over the bed and was about to run to the other
side, but she was caught by a strong hand just before reaching the
bed. In that short moment, she felt the fear of being bitten on the
neck by a wild beast.*
“Kyaa!”
His arms were firmly wrapped around her waist and his chest stuck
to her back. He bit her earlobe and chuckled.
“Why are you screaming? Do you like this kind of thing?”
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“No!”
He kissed her flushed neck and cupped her breast with his hand
that had dug into her bathrobe. His other hand went between her
legs, rubbing the area that had begun to get wet. Her body
shuddered at the stimulation and he hugged her even tighter and
whispered into her ear.
“My wife. Shall we play a little wildly today?”
“Hugh!”
Because she was already caught and lifted in his arms, Lucia’s
body was thrown onto the bed. Before Lucia could lift her body, he
quickly climbed over her. Because she was trapped beneath his
arms, Lucia couldn’t look straight at his eyes, which were staring
down at her. Her face burned like it was on fire.
Hugo grabbed the front of her bathrobe and spread it aside,

revealing her breasts underneath. Her naked body was dyed red,
looking as appetizing as a peach.**
“Your whole body is red. What is making you excited?”
“…Will you keep teasing me?”
Seeing her with reddened eyes that were as if she would cry, Hugo
felt a certain stiffness at his waist. Half of it was a desire to put it in
right now, and the other half, a desire to taste her extremely sweet
body. This time, the latter won.
Hugo squeezed his leg between her closed knees and pried them
open. Her amber eyes which were shaking in confusion became
another stimulant for him. He grabbed her thighs with both hands,
spread them apart and buried his head in the wetness between her
legs. He kissed it and insert his tongue in the open gap.
“Ah!”
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The delicate stimulation on her private part was electrifying. His
wet tongue licked and explored while his lips rubbed against her skin
as if kissing her there, as he sucked and bit it slightly.
“Ang!”
Lucia moaned and covered her face with both hands. Even if she
twisted her body, he held her firmly from below the waist, so she
couldn’t even move. The sound of him lapping up the liquid flowing
from her body was embarrassing.
It wasn’t as hard as a finger, but the tip of a rather wet, soft flesh
shallowly entered her vagina, withdrew and re-entered a little
deeper.
Her body trembled intensely. The moment he sucked and suckled

strongly, Lucia uttered a cry of pleasure and moved her waist
restlessly.
Hugo licked her twitching entrance at length with his tongue, then
he lifted his head. Her blurred eyes which were dropping because of
her climax were erotic.
Hugo caught the face of his wife, who was turning her crimson face
away and covering her lips with the back of her hand. He tried to
meet her eyes, but she kept looking away.
“Vivian. Why do you keep avoiding my eyes?”
“…I’m embarrassed.”
“What.”
When Hugo asked a few times, Lucia hesitantly said in a small

voice:
“…it’s obscene…”
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Hugo carefully thought about the meaning of her words then he
grinned.
“Are you embarrassed because it feels good when I do it

with my mouth?”
The sight of her giving him a reproachful look with her reddened
face looked so cute that he couldn’t help but laugh. He caught her
face by the chin and rubbed her slightly parted lips with his thumb.
Lucia wrapped her tongue around the finger entering her mouth.
Every time she licked his finger, her red tongue poked out a little.
She glanced up slightly at him and there was already no more

laughter on his face. His eyes were filled with the desire of a hungry
beast before its prey.
He removed his hand from her mouth and raised his upper body.
He spread her legs that she kept closing and took a position. He
grabbed both her calves with his hands and pulled her body
downwards with his strength.
The moment Lucia shut her eyes, expecting what would follow, a
hot rod instantly plunged into her.
“Aah!”
The sharp tingles disappeared after a very short moment, and a

orgasmic sensation flitted across her spine. Just with him entering
her, Lucia’s body shook with an electrifying sense of pleasure. He
grabbed her hips and pinned their lower abdomens tightly close to
each other.
As her thighs went on top of his thighs, her butt naturally lifted in
the air, and his member entered all the way to the hilt, filling her up.
Lucia gasped for breath at the sense of pressure that took her breath
away, while he stayed still for a moment, also taking in rough
breaths.
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“Your insides…are pulling me in.”
As he watched her red face get even redder, Hugo moved his waist
slightly.
“Hn…”
“Hha… so tight, seriously.”
Her tender flesh was clinging to his penis, moving along with his
movements and squeezing him tightly as he moved.
Hugo held his wife almost everyday, but it was a marvel how her
insides always moved unpredictably, bringing him infinite pleasure
whenever he held her.
The more he held her, the more addicted he became, and lately,
when it was the night corresponding to the one-in-five-days rule, he
had to spend the whole night fighting off his desperate desire.
The satisfaction of sharing his love with the woman he loved, gave
him more emotional pleasure than physical pleasure. The extreme
orgasm resulting from the two pleasures coming together and
overflowing could not be expressed in any words. Once you tasted it,
it was an amazing experience that you couldn’t forget until you died.
It was a feeling of satisfaction from sharing an emotional connection,
not a vulgar impulsive pleasure.
He grabbed her butt and began to move slowly. As he moved along

the smooth path made by the fluids of her body, he explored her
insides deeply and thrust in and out of her repeatedly.
Her inner folds became bumpy, stroking his penis and stimulating
him as he moved. A pleasured cry escaped from her parted lips and a
stiffening, but exhilarating sensation crawled up his spine.
The most sensitive nerves in his body were all focused on the hot,
slippery, pressuring, and squeezing sensations that his penis was
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currently feeling. The pleasure it was bringing was no less than the
pleasure at the moment he came. He moved as slowly as possible,
and tried to maintain his sense of the present.
Lucia looked up at him as her body shook slowly, in accordance

with his unhurried movements and desire for her. His red eyes were
clouded as if he was intoxicated and his brows were slightly
furrowed. Upon seeing this sight, Lucia’s body grew even hotter.
She abruptly had the thought of trying out what Katherine had
taught her.
‘What did she say again? When it’s coming in, relax, when it’s
leaving, clench…’[3]
When she diligently manipulated her body according to what she

had learned, the effect was immediate. He knit his brows and his
hands on her butt gripped it tighter.
As she repeatedly relaxed and clenched a few times while

watching his expression, he swallowed a moan and growled.
“Don’t do that.”
Lucia feigned ignorance as she gasped for breath.
“What do you mean…?”
“You’re doing something you didn’t do before.”
Lucia was perplexed because his reaction was different from what
she expected.
“…But they said a man would like it.”
Hugo stopped moving and frowned.
“Who?”
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“…”
“It’s obvious. Those tea party women must have gathered

together and said stuff like that.”
Watching him as he clicked his tongue, Lucia felt kind of bad

towards the innocent noblewomen.
“You don’t like it? When I do this?”
She clenched her lower abdomen tightly again. He huffed,

swallowing his breath and his red eyes that were looking at her
sprang into a blaze.
“Don’t excite me when you can’t even handle it.”
Hugo moved his hands from her butt to her ankles, lifted her
ankles to his shoulders and then heavily rammed into her. Lucia’s
eyes smarted at the stimulation of his rigid crown piercing her
deepest insides.
“Hk!”
“You can cry a little harder. Do you know how much I was
holding back?”
He sped up and began to powerfully thrust into her. His desire-

filled member filled up her insides and ravaged her.
“Ah! Anng!”
She could feel his excitement as he ruthlessly pounded into her,

piercing, prodding and just scraping her down. Lucia’s body
shuddered as her sensitive insides were stimulated countless times.
She felt a slight ache when he reached deep inside and she
shivered at the frictional pleasure from being roughly rubbed against
inside. As he ravaged through her inner walls, he pulled back and
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quickly reentered, drilling into her.
As she listened to the sound of flesh slapping against flesh, her

eyes heated up and the forming tears slid down her face.
“Ah! Hugh! Uuhk…”
Lucia screamed as she reached an intense climax. Her vision

flickered repeatedly with the sensation of falling endlessly and at the
same time, her entire body trembled as she was dazed with pleasure.
Her insides achingly squeezed his member and began to twitch

and spasm. He slammed into her a few more times before spraying
his semen into her womb.
The pressure of him holding her tightly, and the sound of him
moaning in her ear gave her chills from head to toe. She wrapped
herself around him with her arms and legs.
As the sound of two people gasping for breath mixed together, the
time of the long and short climax flew by. As she fought for breath
amidst sobs, Lucia thought that she should just bury what she had
learnt from Katherine.
[1] This is Philip, from when Hugo was in the north to subjugate
barbarians. I’ll look for the chapter or if you remember what chapter
it was, do tell. [2] I don’t know what this sentence is trying to say so I
translated literally. Here you go. [3]I know this is an odd question to
ask…but does this work? Like fr?
*T/N: So…dramatic. **Have you guys ever had peaches before?

How do they taste?
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Chapter 110 Part 1

Source: RubyMaybe
Because of the conversation she had with the noblewomen at the

party today, Lucia looked back on her memories from the dream,
that she had forgotten for several months. The dream memories that
Lucia called another future, had already changed a lot in reality.
In order to sort out her jumbled childhood memories, Lucia sent

someone to the village where she grew up and found out a few facts.
Rossa, whom she played around with when she was young, had
grown up and was about to marry a neighborhood youth. And the
more surprising fact was that the tree at the village entrance that
they used to play around on, only had a stump left.
Apparently, many years ago, when Lucia was about five years old,
the tree was struck by lightning and burnt hideously black, so it was
chopped off. Since there was no tree to climb on in the first place,
Lucia’s accident when she was a child did not happen.
Lucia believed that the future had split from the moment the
village tree was struck by lightning. There was a future that had
changed but there was also a future that was still flowing the same
way. This could be seen in the case of the King pushing for the
marriages of the princesses.
Lucia had lightly asked a noblewoman, who was well-informed in

high society rumors, about the news of the Countess of Matin.
[They divorced a few months ago, that is, earlier this year.
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I heard the Countess was going down to the west, where her
family’s home is.][1]
Lucia felt shocked out of her wits; it was as if she had been hit in
the back of her head. The reason why Lucia got married to Count
Matin wasn’t because their conditions matched specifically, but
because Lucia was the oldest princess in the palace.
Now that Lucia was gone, the oldest princess, although younger
than Lucia, would marry Count Matin. It was a case where her terrible
future was being shifted onto another person’s head.
His arm, which was wrapped around her waist, tightened around
her. He turned his body slightly to the side, meeting Lucia’s eyes for
a moment, then he kissed the corner of her eyes.
“Why aren’t you sleeping?” (Hugo)
Hugo had been listening to her as she gave small sighs from time
to time, unable to sleep. He thought she was worrying about a child,
so he also couldn’t sleep and was panicking. He knew he had to talk
with her about the issue of a child, but he was deeply worried about
what extent he had to talk about it.
“What about you?” (Lucia)
“You keep sighing beside me.”
“Did I do that? I’ll be quiet now. Go to sleep.”
“What is it? Are you worried about something?”
‘Does it have to do with a child?’ The words hovered in his mouth.
“…Do you know that His Majesty plans to marry off the

princesses of the late king?”
When Hugo heard the unrelated words coming out of her mouth,
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his tense nerves lost their energy.
“Mm, I’ve heard.” (Hugo)
While she hesitated as if picking what to say, Hugo waited without

urging her.
“Today, I heard that the Countess of Matin had gotten

divorced.”
“Matin?”
“You probably don’t know it. It’s not a family that people
usually talk about.”
“Were you close with her?”
“…I just know her a little bit.”
Lucia was not the type to tell Hugo every little bit of gossip in the
social circle. Which is why Hugo thought that she was quite close
with the Countess, seeing as she had brought up someone else’s
private affairs.
Lucia lifted her head as she lay, leaning on his shoulder. She
stretched out her hand and cupped his face. As she felt his skin and
body temperature through her palm, she once again confirmed that
this was not a dream.
Once in a while, Lucia grew afraid that everything would be a

dream. The days she spent peacefully and happily in his shade
seemed unreal.
“…What?”
Hugo took her hand off his face and kissed her palm. Then he
gently stroked her forehead and swept a hand through her hair.
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Lucia liked his affectionate touch. She took his big hand and
rubbed her face against it. Because her spoiled act seemed
somewhat sad, Hugo suddenly felt anxious.
“What’s wrong?”
“Please do something to prevent Count Matin from

marrying the princess of the late king.”
Lucia couldn’t just let it pass and act like she knew nothing. If one
of her half-sisters whose face she had never even seen, were to take
her place and experience everything she had seen in her dream,
Lucia felt like she would feel guilty for a lifetime.
“I know how strange I sound right now. She’s my half-sister

whose name I don’t even know, but I can’t act like I cannot
see the obvious misfortune ahead. I cannot let her marry that
person. That man… beats his wife. And he does things even
worse than that.”
“Vivian.”
Hugo tightly hugged her trembling figure.
“If I hadn’t married you, I would…I would have probably

married that person.”
“Why makes you think that?”
As Lucia talked, her anger unconsciously rose as she recalled her

memories in the dream and she couldn’t control her heated
emotions. When he hugged her tight and stroked her back, Lucia’s
boiling emotions slowly cooled down.
“It looks like you’ve talked with the Countess a lot.”
“…”
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“Okay. I will take care of it, so you just forget about it.”
“…Really? You can…do it?”
Hugo was struck speechless by her question. She was asking him if
he could do this mere thing? He could change the king if he wanted
to.
“Of course. Your husband is very capable.”
She gave a small laugh in his embrace. Only after, did Hugo give a
sigh of relief. Her anxiety spread to him too, so he was tense.
He was annoyed at the Countess of Matin who babbled about the

unpleasant details of her marriage to his wife, making her worry
needlessly and he was even more annoyed at the bastard known as
her husband.
[1] This is the noblewoman speaking. She doesn’t say Countess, I

put countess for context.
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Chapter 110 Part 2

Source: RubyMaybe
Hugo soon held a detailed investigative report on the Count of

Matin in his hands. The more he read, the more unpleasant the
document became and as he flipped through the increasingly
unpleasant document, he clicked his tongue.
In the Count’s first marriage, he got divorced after five years; in his
second marriage, the wife’s family took action and invalidated the
marriage in about a month. And his third marriage ended in a
divorce, a few months ago. And it was just a month ago that the
Count made a marriage proposal to the royal family for his fourth
marriage. It was not an uncommon thing for an aristocrat to get
divorced, but the Count was over the top.
His official children were three sons. There was the eldest son, who
was born from his first wife, and the second son, who was an
extramarital child, entered into the legal registry by his first wife. His
first wife seemed to have used the legal registration as a condition to
get divorced. The third son was born from his recently divorced wife
and there were a few more illegitimate children that the Count did
not retrieve.
It was written in the report that the Count likely had a problem with
his male function, due to the fact that he was promiscuous when he
was younger and had not had a child for nearly a decade.
Although the man was garbage, Hugo thought there was a high
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he offered quite the dowry.
Kwiz only acknowledged his sister from the same mother,

Katherine, as his blood relation. His brothers were opponents that he
wanted to kill if possible, and his sisters were deadweights eating
away at the royal palace budget. When he was Crown Prince, Kwiz
greatly despised the way the previous king had crapped out children
all over the place.
The late king placed kingship in sight and idly watched as the
princes killed each other. Rather, he thought that his children’s fierce
power struggles increased his influence.
For a king like Kwiz who loathed his father’s debauchery, he was
the type to practice moderation with women. He had only three
concubines and even that was due to the need to further his
interests. It was unknown what means he used but there were no
children between him and his concubines.
If Kwiz were to accept the Count of Matin’s proposal and push

ahead with marriage, the target would be Princess Cecil, who turned
eighteen this year.
‘How did my wife know that he would make a marriage

proposal to the royal family?’
Hugo wondered for a moment, but he didn’t linger on the thought

for long. This was because another thought occupied its place. Just as
his wife said, if she had stayed in the palace, the princess to marry
this bastard would have been her. Princess Vivian would have
become the wife of this garbage.
He felt like shit. It was something that didn’t happen but the mere
possibility that it might have happened made him burn with icy fury.
Hugo thought carefully about how to deal with his wife’s request. It
was quite cumbersome to retrieve a marriage proposal that had
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already been sent to the royal family. Asking the king would just
create another chance for the king to make demands and he didn’t
know what the king would ask for.
Hugo called Fabian, gave him the report and ordered him:
“Get rid of this man. I don’t want him in my sight.”
“Should it be complicated or simple?”
“Simple.”
“Yes, sir. But about the pendant you ordered me to find

previously. I apologize. I have not found it yet.”
Fabian was uneasy every time he came to the ducal residence to

give a report because his lord had not mentioned the pendant all this
while. There was no place he didn’t ask his subordinates to comb
through, but he didn’t even get a single clue.
“Hm? Ah, you can stop looking for that.”
Hugo had forgotten to mention that they didn’t need to look for the
pendant anymore. But he didn’t feel sorry at all for the people who
had been diligently looking for it. Not knowing the exact
circumstances, Fabian was just glad that he wasn’t reprimanded.
And about a week later, the Count of Matin died in an accident; his
carriage overturned.
***
Hugo informed Lucia about the death of Count Matin. Of course, he

didn’t say that it happened under his orders.
“I looked into handling your request and learnt that he died

in an accident.”
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His reaction was impassive as if it was an unknown stray dog that
had died. Lucia understood. To him, the Count of Matin was really
nothing, his existence was even worse than a stray dog.
“…An accident?” (Lucia)
Lucia couldn’t believe it. How much had she cursed him in her
dream? She pleaded and begged for his death, even if she was
punished for it. Maybe her desperate curses were heard and caused
him to meet a miserable end by decapitation, but he was a someone
that seemed like he wouldn’t die from something as fleeting as a
carriage accident.
Hugo wrapped his arms around her absent-minded figure, as she

had fallen into deep thought.
“Is it shocking that he died?” (Hugo)
“…Shocking? Yes, perhaps…” (Lucia)
“Why?”
“For it to be that trivial…I thought he was someone that

wouldn’t die even if you killed him.”
Hugo thought that for the standards of his innocent wife, who had
lived sheltered in the palace and married him immediately after, the
Count’s behavior was very shocking.
When the standard was the world which was overflowing with evil,
someone like Count Matin was nothing but filth clinging to the soles
of one’s feet. But she didn’t need to know stuff like that. It was
enough for her to know someone like the Count of Matin as the
standard for the peak of evil.
“He’s already dead. Stop thinking about it. He cannot

marry anyone now, let alone the princess.”
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“…I see.”
Suddenly realized something, Lucia wondered aloud.
“Then what will happen to the Count’s household…”
“He has a son, so his son will inherit his title.”
“The divorced countess has a young son.”
Since the Count of Matin was dead, the future where the Matin
family was exterminated after being caught up in a plot of treason
would change, and the future of Bruno fleeing to a foreign country
would also change.
Lucia thought the precocious Bruno missed his mother a lot, even
though he didn’t say it. He was still a young child who needed his
mother’s embrace.
Count Matin’s eldest son, who was to inherit the title, did not seem
like he would care and attend to his younger brother. From what she
saw in her dream, they were brothers who treated each other like
strangers.
“If the Countess wants, I can arrange for her son to be

taken to her parent’s home.”
Hugo pressed down the irritation deep in his heart and spoke
kindly. He didn’t like it when her attention was somewhere else. He
wanted all of her attention to be on him.
He didn’t tell her that the Countess might not want to take her son
back with her. If the Countess remarried, her son would become a
burden.
And if the Countess chose her son, she could not remarry for at
least ten years, until her son became an adult. There were not many
cases where a noblewoman sacrificed herself for her child. The
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Countess was more likely to think of her well-being first, before her
son’s.
“Really?” (Lucia)
Can you really do that? Seeing her sparkling eyes, Hugo chuckled.
His wife tended to underestimate him too much.
There were few things in this world that he could not do. Even the
role of an envoy that reaped people’s lives was his. Only the divine
ability of reviving the dead was never his.
“So forget about it now. And don’t worry about these

things anymore.” (Hugo)
“Okay.”
She smiled sweetly as if she was shaking everything off, and

finding that so pretty, Hugo bit her tender cheeks. Startled by his
action, Lucia stared at him then she wrapped her arm around his
neck and hugged him.
“I’m really thankful, Hugh.”
“If you’re thankful then give me a gift.”
Lucia burst into laughter then lifted her head and kissed him lightly
on the lips.
“I love you. Is this not enough?”
He hugged her tightly and whispered into her ear:
“It’s more than enough.”[1]
Hugo couldn’t believe how much happiness this small woman

brought to him. He wished there was someone to tell him if it was
really okay for this to keep on being this way. He felt uneasy because
it seemed like his fate, which had only been cruel to him, was
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suddenly acting fickle.
[1] Overflowing is the exact word used here but I tweaked it to

make sense.
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Chapter 111 Part 1

Source: RubyMaybe
— Peaceful day-to-day life — (1)
The Queen gave birth to a baby girl. Hugo heard of the princess’
birth while he was with the King. When Kwiz heard that a princess
was born, he was greatly delighted.
“Hahaha! A princess?”
It was not a fake mask; Kwiz was truly delighted. Hugo had heard
the King say in passing, several times, that he wanted a baby girl.
Hugo just let it pass since it wasn’t any of his concern but seeing
Kwiz’s vivid delight made him feel strange. Kwiz already had three
sons, so Hugo didn’t know why having one more child was making
him so excited.
“Gong, isn’t it time to hear news from you too?”[1]
“…Not yet.”
“Think about it, a daughter that resembles the Duchess

whom you treasure so much. Well, this King has to go see the
Princess. A princess, huh. It’s a princess.”
The King cancelled the rest of his afternoon schedule, so Hugo was
on the way home, earlier than usual. Inside of the carriage, Hugo
gave a long sigh. News of the princess’ birth would soon reach his
wife.
The sight of his wife being unable to take her gaze off the Queen
protruding stomach still floated in his mind.
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[If someone knowing your secret will bring you pain, you
don’t need to tell anyone.]
Looking back on it, she showed unconditional understanding. She

didn’t ask for the exact reason why Hugo didn’t want a child, she just
accepted it.
[…But the secret could cause you pain.]
[If that happens, I’ll cling to you for answers.][2]
His wife lied. No matter how much pain his secret caused her, she
was the type to swallow it down alone, and never cling to him for an
answer.
‘I have to…tell her.’
When he got home, his wife was out. The tea party she said that
she would be attending today was not yet over. After asking Jerome
to notify him when his wife returned, he went into his office. Not long
after, he heard that his wife had returned and went out to meet her.
“How come you’re here?”
Lucia was happy as if she had received an unexpected gift. She

smiled brightly and nestled into his arms.
“Was the tea party fun?”
“It was a little enjoyable.”
Hugo wrapped an arm around her waist and they engaged in light
banter as they went up to the second floor.
“Why are you back early today?”
Lucia entered the receiving room, following his lead, and sat down
on the sofa.
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“You will hear the news soon. A princess was born.”
“Oh my, that’s great. Princess Katherine mentioned quite a

few times that she wanted the baby to be a girl.”
And every time, Lucia answered Katherine with, ‘it will be a

beautiful princess.’ Katherine thought she was just saying it out of
courtesy, but Lucia already knew that a princess would be born.
“His Majesty was also happy.”
Hugo grew quiet and the conversation went dead momentarily.

Seeing him this way, Lucia could feel that there was something
difficult for him to get out, and a worry emerged in her mind.
“Nothing happened to Damian, right?” (Lucia)
“…Why Damian, all of a sudden?” (Hugo)
“I think because we were talking about a newborn baby,

my mind went to Damian.”
“The boy is fine. Nothing will happen to him.”
“It’s alright if he’s fine. Why do you get skittish when I

bring Damian up?”
“What? Skittish?”
“You’re the child’s father, don’t try to fight a battle of

nerves with your son.”[3]
“I’m not fighting a battle of nerves…Sigh. Yes, yes. I’m

sorry that I’m small-minded.”
Lucia laughed, cupped his face with both hands and gave him a
light peck on the lips.
“It’s fine even if you’re small-minded. I love you.”
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“…Shouldn’t you tell me I’m not small-minded?”
“Actually, there’re sometimes when your small-

mindedness…”
Lucia paused, sending him a strange gaze and seeing his sour face,
she burst into laughter.
“…I think you’ve changed.”
“What?”
The more time passed, the more Hugo was drawn to her. For a
while, he gazed at his wife as she tilted her head at him.
No matter how one looked at it, his wife was smaller and weaker
than him. However, on the contrary, he was in the weaker position
and the one playing to his wife’s mood. But the biggest problem was
that, it didn’t feel bad at all.
Hugo brought his head forward and gave her a short kiss. Her eyes
widened into circles and her eyes curved beautifully as she smiled.
Her smiling visage was so pretty that he couldn’t help but kiss her a
few more times.
Even as they talked about the newly born princess, his wife looked
to be in a good mood. Her bright smile was the opposite of his
worries and made his cheer up.
“Speaking of a baby.” (Hugo)
“The newborn princess?” (Lucia)
“No. Our baby.” (Hugo)
Lucia doubted her ears. She could not believe the expression, ‘our
baby’ came from his mouth. Her heart thumped loudly. Lucia
swallowed a nervous breath; her expression was glassy as if it would
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crack at the slightest touch.
“I told you a long time ago, that I have a secret I cannot tell
anyone.” (Hugo)
“…Yes.” (Lucia)
“I still can’t tell you everything about it. But I think you
should know some of it.”
And then Hugo went silent. It was Lucia’s first time seeing him
finding it hard to say something. Lucia was about to say, ‘You don’t
have to say it’. And at that moment, he opened his mouth and began
to speak in solemn tone.
“I cannot give you a child. The Taran family is a cursed

family.”
[1] As explained before, get/hear news is about pregnancy.
[2] I previously translated this as I’ll turn to you. In a way, they

mean the same thing but this fits better, context wise.
[3] AKA, psychological warfare.
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Chapter 111 Part 2

Source: RubyMaybe
— Peaceful day-to-day life — (1) Edited by: ShadowDog T/N:

Conversations that take place in the past are italicized.
Hugo explained his family situation to Lucia by mixing in some

proper truths with lies. Some parts were revealed, and some parts
were hidden.
He revealed that his family couldn’t be continued without relations

between close relatives, but he changed it to cousin instead of half-
sister. He said that in order for an unrelated woman to bear a child,
they would have to eat a special herb instead blood.
Lucia’s expression constantly changed as she listened to him and

after sorting out her thoughts for a moment, she opened her mouth.
“You have to marry a female cousin to have a son.

Otherwise, you have to take a special herb from the moment
of purity. And the only person who knows what that special
herb is, is the ducal physician, Sir. Philip.”
“I know it sounds crazy.”
“I don’t mean I don’t believe you. So then, Damian’s

mother was your cousin.”
“…Basically.”
Lucia was very confused but after thinking about it, it made sense.
Despite the fact that there were many women around him, he had no
illegitimate children and she could also understand why he was so
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unconcerned about birth control from their first night.
‘Cousins…?’
Xenon’s law forbid the marriage of blood relatives within the

second cousin. However, there were quite a lot of countries that
allowed marriage of cousins; in particular, royal families were tolerant
of marriages between close relatives. The fact that he showed strong
aversion to the intermarriage of cousins was strange. He didn’t seem
like the type to be so sensitive to moral discipline.
‘Is it closer than a cousin…like marriage within the

immediate family?’
Lucia stopped thinking about it in depth. She didn’t want to start

digging up things that he didn’t say.
“Then, there must be a woman who was designated to

marry you.”
“She’s dead. And there is no such woman in the Taran

family anymore. The only people left of the Taran bloodline
are Damian and I. Even if there was such a woman, I wouldn’t
marry to have a child. I thought my family bloodline would
end with me. I told you. It is cursed. I wanted to end this
cursed lineage.”
As Lucia dealt with her complicated feelings, her senses were

jolted to attention. He was strongly disillusioned with his family as
well as himself. He seemed like he was made of steel but in actuality,
he was wounded inside. The ache in Lucia’s heart made her feel like
she was going to cry.
“You are not a curse, Hugh. A child as lovely as Damian

cannot be curse either. I am grateful for you being in this
world. If you were not in this world, you wouldn’t have met
me and I, you. So please, love yourself as much as I love
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you.”
Hugo placed his hands on the hands of his wife that were on his
face and closed his eyes. Maybe he would not be able to love himself
until the day he died. But at least, he wouldn’t curse the fact that he
was alive. Just like she said, he was able to meet her because he was
alive.
“So that’s why you said you don’t want a child.”
“It’s not because I don’t want a child with you.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Lucia replied, feeling numb.
“I would love to see your child if bearing one was

possible.”
Lucia’s eyes took on a shine.
“You said you didn’t like to have a child.” (Lucia)
“I still don’t like it. But your child is fine.” (Hugo)
“Do you…does that mean that, if I was with our child, you
would have happily accepted it?”
“Gladly. And I mean it.”
“I believe you.”
The fact that he was ready to be a father even though it was

impossible for a child to be born between the two of them greatly
touched Lucia’s heart. He was a man that didn’t like children but he
said he would like her child. She could feel his deep love for her.
“Thank you, Hugh. I understand you. I am fine. Ah…then

that means Damian cannot have a child either. I hope it
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doesn’t hurt the kid.”
“…You’re thinking of the boy in the midst of this?”
“Of course. I am his mother, Hugh. You must tell Damian

about this.”
“I’ll take care of it.”
Lucia felt drained of all her energy. Even though she thought she
had given up, she was still unable to let of her tiny lingering
attachment. She didn’t want to show him such a side of her. She
tried to show him a bright smile.
But tears came to her eyes, due to a mixture of unavoidable

sadness, and relief because everything was off her chest. Lucia tried
to smile as she wiped away her tears. When she saw the immense
pain in his eyes, her heart hurt as well.
“I’m sorry.” (Hugo)
“Why are you apologizing to me?” (Lucia)
Hugo felt his heart ache and he hugged her.
“And here I was, trying not to cry. I think I’m so awfully

weak.” (Lucia)
“What are you talking about?” (Hugo)
Hugo sighed deeply.
“I have never seen any woman stronger than you.” (Hugo)
Hugo silently held onto Lucia for a while as she cried. There was no
difference from the time when he was frustrated by his own
powerlessness as he watched his brother die. For the first time in his
life, Hugo thought he wanted to cry.
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***
Peaceful days flowed by quickly.
Lucia went to a bakery downtown in the city with the noblewomen

who were at the tea party. After hearing the fuss of one noblewoman
about how fantastic the cake tasted in a newly opened bakery, they
were all enchanted to go with her and Lucia also joined them.
For a few days now, she had been strangely craving something
sweet. Lucia ate two pieces of cake at the bakery and packed a few
more pieces. On the way back home, the small flakes of snow
fluttered outside her carriage window.
‘It would be nice if it didn’t turn into a shower of snow…’
When the snow piled up, it was difficult for carriages to move and
accidents were also more frequent. Knowing that Hugo was coming
back late today, she grew worried. He had become more busy as the
chief of the King’s new ambitiously formed central administrative
structure. The days when he came back past midnight had
dramatically increased. So Lucia often went to bed alone first.
She usually didn’t talk about her husband’s work outside, but a few
days ago, she grumbled that she wanted him to quit. When Lucia
said, ‘Quit’. I don’t have enough time to spend with you’, the look in
his eyes told her that he wanted her to say more. Lucia smiled gently
as she recalled the sight of him grumbling alone after she feigned
ignorance.
There were only ten days left before the year came to an end.
Lucia was planning to wrap up her social activities for the year with
the charity party tomorrow. The rest of the year would be spent
mellowing out at home and then she would start the next year with
the New Year party.
‘Wow. The year is over already.’
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Lucia looked back on the past year in the capital’s high society
where little events kept happening constantly. The biggest event of
the year was no doubt, the birth of Princess Selena.
The young princess was growing up beautifully, being showered

with the love and concern of the royal couple and her three elder
brothers.
And the next event, was Katherine’s marriage. Katherine accepted

a suitor and got married within a few months. The marriage
happened a year earlier than in the future Lucia had seen. Her
marriage partner was a foreigner. He was an international business
magnate that held titles in several countries as a Marquis of Xenon’s
ally.
Kwiz allowed the marriage and conferred a title on the condition

that he would stay in Xenon for 1/3 of a year. A few days before her
marriage, Katherine told Lucia this:
“I was envious because you looked happy, Duchess. So, I

wanted to get married. Do you think I can have a happy
marriage like yours, Duchess?”
“Of course. You will be happy. I am cheering for you,

Sister.” [1]
Katherine cast a surprised look at Lucia before beaming at her.
“Thank you, Vivian.”
Katherine married and left the country, following her husband. She
had been living in her husband’s homeland and sent word that she
would be coming back in the late spring next year.
The future that Lucia saw in her dream had changed a lot. Count
Alvin, who would have become Katherine’s husband, married Sofia.
Marquis Dekhan who would have married Sofia, remained single after
his wife, the Marquess, passed away.
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Lucia no longer dwelled on her memory in the dream. Sometimes,
when things happened in sync with her memory or there was a
discrepancy, she thought about it momentarily and laughed to
herself. She also felt that the memories of her dream, which used to
be very clear, had become increasingly blurry.
Upon returning home, Lucia retired to bed early. Maybe it was due
to riding in the carriage for a long time, but she found herself
extremely tired.
Translator’s Corner: [1] She calls her ‘Unni’, hence why Katherine
was surprised. Unni basically means ‘big sis’.
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Chapter 112 Part 1

Source: RubyMaybe
“…vian!!”
Lucia’s eyes flashed open at the strong roar that shook her senses.
She breathed heavily as air surged into her lungs as if her breathing
was suddenly unblocked. Her eyes shook with urgency as they swept
through her surroundings.
A strong force was on Lucia’s back, lifting her upper body and
holding onto her shoulders. A large hand stroked her forehead that
was soaked with cold sweat.
“…Hugh?”
He held her to his sturdy chest with his strong arms and gently
patted her back as their heartbeats drummed against each other.
Then he repeatedly whispered in her ear that it was okay.
It was only then that Lucia realized that she was trembling like she
had gotten a cold. The dark bedroom and his embrace made her
come to.
‘Ah. This is reality.’
The despair where she was falling down a bottomless floor was a
dream. That was a dream and this was reality. Her trembling slowly
settled down, and her sweat-soaked nightgown cooled, bringing
down her temperature.
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“Did you have a nightmare? I shook you a few times, but
couldn’t wake you up.”
“…Yes. It was a scary dream.”
It was the first time that the dream of the future which she saw
when she was twelve, came back again as a dream. It was a memory
of the night when the Count Matin household was exterminated. The
terribly long time she spent hiding alone in a dark secret space,
holding her breath and trembling. She didn’t know why she suddenly
had such a nightmare.
Her trembling had settled down to some extent but upon seeing
how anxious and restless she was, like a rabbit that was caught in a
trap and survived, Hugo had grave look in his eyes.
“Should I call a doctor?”
“No. I was just…a little…shocked.”
“Do I get you water?”
Lucia nodded her head but when Hugo tried to stand up, she was
startled and clung tightly to him.
“Ah, no. I’m fine. Just…stay…like this…”
“…I won’t go, so relax. You have to change your clothes. If

you stay like this, you’ll catch a cold. I’ll call the maid. Is that
okay?”
“…Yes.”
Hugo pulled the rope to call the maid and asked her to get a few
things he needed. He fed Lucia a cup of lukewarm water, wiped her
sweaty body with a warm towel, and then changed her into a dry
nightwear. His touch was unhurried, gentle and careful, like a parent
looking after a little child.
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Lucia was filled with happiness. If this moment was a dream, she
didn’t want to wake up forever. Fortunately, this was reality, but the
fact that it couldn’t last forever because it was reality, was sad.
With her body completely left up to him, Lucia followed along as he

lay her body down on the bed. She rested her head on his shoulders
and his arms around her waist and back were reassuring.
He gently kissed her forehead, eyes and lips before moving away.
His hands, which were slowly sweeping up and down her back, gave
her silent comfort. Gradually, she drifted off to sleep.
***
It wasn’t very often that she felt his temperature when she woke
up in the morning. When Lucia opened her eyes, she gazed at his
handsome side profile, mesmerized. She moved her body, tilted her
head and kissed his chin. She smiled faintly when she saw him open
his eyes. He returned the smile and tightened his arm wrapped
around her waist, pulling her towards him then he kissed her lightly
on the lips.
“Did you sleep well?”(Hugo)
“Yes, what of you? You were up at dawn because of

me.”(Lucia)
“I slept well enough to make up for it. Why did you need
me in the morning?”
“What…?”
“You said I should stay back in the morning.”
“Ah…that…”
Lucia thought she only said that to herself, but it must have slipped
out of her mouth.
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“I must have been sleep talking. You didn’t have to worry
about it.”
“I also need to arrange for you to see the doctor.”
“See the doctor for what?”
“Last night, you didn’t sense me lying down at all, you

were fast asleep. You were also restless and awake at dawn.
Plus, I think your body temperature is hot.”
Lucia thought he was making a mountain out of a molehill, but

eventually, she couldn’t stop him from calling a doctor. The doctor
meticulously asked about this and that, examined her, and then said
that there was nothing wrong. Lucia gave her husband a side-eye as
if saying ‘see what I mean’.
“The tiredness and craving for sweet things that you

mentioned are common symptoms that women often have
before their menstruation start. Will your period not be
coming soon? Have you ever experienced such menstrual
symptoms before?”
The doctor who was newly hired two months ago, did not know
about Lucia’s amenorrhea yet. After sending the doctor out, Lucia
wondered about the symptoms that she had never experienced
before.
Now that she thought about it, after her menstruation started
again in her dream, she seemed to have always kept sweet snacks
around her house. Lucia had to postpone her thinking because her
husband was coming onto her. After taking away the hand that kept
trying to dig inside her chest area, Lucia asked him.
“Aren’t you busy?”
“Nope.”
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“Well then, I would like to try playing around in bed.”[1]
“Hmm.”
When Hugo’s hand burrowed between her thighs, Lucia was

startled and swatted away his hand.
“Not that! Lying in bed, drinking tea, having breakfast. I

want to lazy around like that. With you.”
“Doesn’t sound bad. Let’s do one round first.”
“You won’t end at one! I want to drink tea! I want to have

breakfast! In bed!”
When Lucia stubbornly refused, Hugo removed his hand that was
persistently groping her body as a sign of surrender.
“All right. Ask them to bring the tea you want to drink so
much.”
Lucia laughed contentedly and pulled the rope to call the maid.
Hugo propped his chin and flatly looked at his wife who looked as
excited as a child going on a picnic. He looked full of dissatisfaction
as if his tasty candy had been taken away.
Hugo thought his wife was still like a innocent child.
Most aristocrat’s lifestyles involved gathering at feasts or meetings

late at night, falling asleep at dawn and waking up late in the
mornings. For them, it was a daily routine to take a simple leisurely
breakfast in bed and drink tea. But that routine did not apply to the
ducal couple of Taran.
Lucia’s social activities were mostly at daytime, in the afternoon,

and she came home late at sunset. Hugo also returned home in the
evening when he was not particularly busy. Hugo’s wakeup time was
around dawn and Lucia was the type to wake up early in the
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morning.
Due to this, they had no chance to have a lazy breakfast, late in

the morning. It was something everyone did daily, but Lucia never
had the chance to, so she wanted to try it.
A mild tea fragrance filled the bedroom. Lucia took a sip of the tea
and savored its fragrance as she watched the maids move around
busily in preparation. She leaned on him comfortably, with a cushion
on her back as she sipped the tea, and with her wishes fulfilled, she
was in a very good mood.
“Will you be late today?”
“The same as usual. You?”
“The charity party I am going to today is ending in the

evening.”
“So you only have the charity party in your itinerary

today?”
“I have one tea party before that.”
A simple picnic table with a simple breakfast was placed onto the
bed. It was a typical breakfast with freshly squeezed honey,
pancakes, and two cups of milk.
“The milk in the right cup was brought by the milk

supplying merchant. He said it is a new product with a new
processing method. There is a difference in price, but more
people are looking for it because it has more flavor than the
previous one.”
Lucia picked up the right cup of milk. When she took a sip, her
mouth was overwhelmed with flavor.
“Try some of this. It’s delicious.”
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Hugo glanced at the cup of milk held out by Lucia then he lowered
his head and licked her lips with his tongue while sucking on them.
Then as if nothing had happened, he lifted his head and shrugged his
shoulders.
“It tastes like milk.”(Hugo)
Lucia stared at him with her face blazing red, then she quickly
looked around. The servants tactfully dodged her eyes and acted like
they didn’t see anything.
It wasn’t that the servants of the ducal house were acting like they
weren’t surprised at their master couple’s generous display of
affection, rather, they had truly reached the stage where they
weren’t surprised anymore. Lucia couldn’t say anything because
there were a lot of eyes around, so she tried to let it pass over with a
casual attitude.
“What…do you think? Will it be better to change it?”
“Do what you want. You’re the only child who drinks milk in
this house anyways.”
“…child?”
“Child.”
He replied amidst chuckles and she gave him a sidelong scowl,

speechless. He was acting grumpy because of her refusal to do it
earlier.
He called her a child? Was that something that someone who was
repeatedly stroking her waist and thighs should say? In the eyes of
others, the two of them only seemed to be sitting together snugly on
the bed, but where others couldn’t see, his hand refused to stay still.
Lucia grabbed his hand which was groping under the blanket, took
it off, then she looked at him and shrugged.
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“You said I’m a child.”
Hugo’s eyes narrowed and he buried his head in her neck.
“Uwa!”
Hugo lightly suppressed her flailing figure and bit one side of her
neck before sucking and licking it. It smarted but was also ticklish
and tingling. Lucia shrunk her body with a groan but when he let her
go, she came to her senses.
At some point, it was only the two of them left and all the servants
had already quickly disappeared. Not only that, the servants that
were quick on the uptake had put the picnic table at the bottom of
the bed as if the two of them were about to have a good time.
Lucia’s face flushed bright red. Even with Lucia’s gaze condemning
his atrocity, Hugo was satisfied to see the dark red mark imprinted
on her neck.
“Why are you like this! Seriously!”
He impassively watched her fists pounding his chest then he

effortlessly caught her wrists, lifted them up, swallowed her panting
lips and pushed her down in one swift motion.
His wife struggled, refusing to give up and he licked her ears to

tease her.
“Don’t do that!”(Lucia)
“No.”
Hugo was amused as she looked up to meet his eyes, looking like
she was about to get angry. The playful atmosphere became heated
in less than no time.
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[1] The word she used can mean fooling around, playing around,
wasting time, etc. Bad choice of words imo lol.
*Fluffffffffffffffffff.
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Source: RubyMaybe
Simply acting like she knew the noblewomen when she talked to
them was not an easy task.
“Duchess, have you been well?”
“Countess, it has been a while.”
Countess Glenn has been at her parent’s home, away from the
capital, for a while due to her mother’s illness. The Countess’ return
was either because her mother’s illness had gotten better, or
because it had gotten worse, and the latter case was more likely.
As expected, when Lucia asked, the Countess replied with a dull

smile. Lucia comforted the Countess. And after they were done
greeting each other, the Countess introduced the young lady that
was standing next to her.
“This is my distant relative from my hometown.” (Countess)
As soon as Lucia heard the introduction of Sonia, daughter of Baron

Park, her expression stiffened.
‘She’s that woman.’
The woman who was her husband’s wife in her future dream. Lucia
vividly remembered the Duchess who went around the social
activities with an aloof expression on her face. Lucia did not know
that she would meet the woman this soon, so her mind was not
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prepared at all.
“It is an honor to meet you, Duchess.”
She was a young lady with a cute, cheerful smile and curly hair.
Sonia smiled shyly, different from how Lucia remembered. Her
attitude revealed her inexperience in socializing as her eyes
wandered everywhere, fascinated by the luxurious party. It was a
huge contrast to the figure that swept through parties and events in
Lucia’s dream.
Lucia felt like her body had gone stone cold from her fingertips.
She had not felt this dreadful when she encountered the Count of
Matin. It was in a different future, but it was still a woman whom her
husband had personally chosen and married.
There was no way of ever knowing how the relationship between

her husband and the Duchess was in her dream. It could have been a
simple contract marriage like the rumors claimed, or perhaps they
were a closer couple than that.
It was a future that would never come to pass in reality. Even

though Lucia knew that, she had a terrible bitter taste in her mouth.
In the carriage that was taking her home, along with her husband
who came to pick her up, Lucia’s mood continued to be low.
“Did something happen?”
Lucia merely shook her head. She was mad at him for no reason.
She felt like if she opened her mouth, she would get irritated at him.
There was a part of her that knew that she was in a very strange
state. She felt that she would feel better when she got some sleep.
“I’m tired. I will go to bed early.”
Hugo left his wife alone for the time being when he saw that she
was acting different from usual. He thought to himself that if she
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continued to be this ‘spiky’ when she woke up, he would thoroughly
dig into why she was like that.
***
The surroundings were dark when Lucia opened her eyes. The
tears refused to stop flowing and her whole body trembled. He had
coldly turned around in front of her and left.
It was a dream, but when she recalled that scene, it felt like a
sharp awl was stabbed into her heart and she couldn’t breathe. She
fumblingly crawled down the bed.
‘I have to…I have to see him. Where is he?’
Lucia opened the bedroom door noisily and ran, with only the
thought of seeing him on her mind. It felt like someone was calling
her but she couldn’t hear it properly.
As soon as she opened his office door and rushed in, she found him
sitting behind his desk, facing the side. When she saw him turn
around with a surprised look on his face, she lost strength in her legs
and sank to the floor.
Only then did the breathlessness from running settle down as air
flooded into her chest. She pushed against the floor with both hands,
her chest heaving up and down as she fought for breath. A large
hand caught her by the shoulders and lifted her up.
“What’s the matter?”
He approached her in the blink of an eye and his familiar smell

gave her relief and a sense of anxiety. Tears suddenly rushed to
Lucia’s eyes. Hugo’s red eyes gazing upon her were greatly shaken.
He pulled Lucia into a strong embrace.
“What’s wrong, hm?”
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It was a soft, soothing voice. Lucia buried her face deep in his
chest and her shoulders heaved up and down. Hugo felt her body
shaking in his embrace and his complexion stiffened.
“Call the doctor!”
Hugo yelled when he saw the servants standing around not

knowing what to do and his irritation soared. Upon not seeing Jerome,
he looked for him with his eyes then he remembered that Jerome was
momentarily away because he had an issue to deal with. Lucia, who
was in his arms, furiously shook her head back and forth. Hugo held
her tighter in his arms before speaking.
“I shouldn’t call the doctor?”
She nodded without replying. Hugo sighed then he discovered her

bare feet and frowned. Even the nightwear she was wearing wasn’t
very thick.
He gestured for the people gathered around them to leave. Then

he hugged her tightly and scooped her up. He sat down on the sofa
with her in his arms, covered her with a blanket and gently stroked
her hair as she still had her head buried in his chest.
A firm hand was pressed against her back and patting her gently.
Feeling the comfortable pressure on her back, Lucia’s senses that
were half-gone slowly returned. But she just couldn’t stop the tears
that were flowing again.
Hugo continued to plant kisses on Lucia’s eyes and cheeks that

were wet with tears. Lucia felt like her chest was in more pain and
curled her body. The tears continued to flow. Remnant images of the
dream were still in her head and tormenting her.
Don’t leave me! Ah, it really hurts![1]
Lucia grasped at her chest with a scream that didn’t leave her
mouth.
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“What exactly is going on? You have to tell me or I won’t
know, Vivian. Don’t cry. Tell me what’s wrong.”
Hugo’s low voice was smeared with worry. After crying

continuously with her head buried in his chest, Lucia got exhausted
and fell asleep.
Hugo carried his wife to her bedroom and tried to lay her down but
he didn’t want to remove her hands, which were clutching tightly to
his clothes as if she was uneasy.
He instructed the servants to bring his documents up to the

bedroom, then he leaned his wife against his chest with one arm, and
looked at documents with his other arm.
Translator’s Corner: [1] Literal translation is: [Ah, I really feel

like I’ll die]. Which in the context basically represents agony so I
went with pain but I’m not sure if this is the best translation here. If
you got something better, shoot your shot.
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Chapter 113 Part 2

Source: RubyMaybe
Her body, which was lazily leaning on him, stirred slightly. Lucia
slowly opened her eyes and blinked a few times as if she was still
half asleep. Even though Lucia was aware that her head wasn’t on
the bed but on his chest, her mind was moving very slow.
Her head was blank, so she lifted her gaze and saw him reading a
document. He turned his head and met her gaze. His red eyes were
tinged with warmth and he kissed Lucia’s lips.
“…I had a strange dream.”
“What was the dream about?”
“I ran to your office and…”
Lucia’s expression gradually stiffened as she talked. Her running to

his office was not a dream. Hugo gave a sigh and put down his
documents.
“Before you dreamt of running to my office, did you have a

worse dream? What kind of dream was it?”
His gently appeasing tone and voice alleviated the suffocating

tension in Lucia’s heart.
“…You…”
“Me?”
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“…You cheated.”
“…”
After saying that, Lucia felt something suddenly surge in her chest.
“You left me. You went to that woman.”
Her voice trembled, and tears welled in her eyes. Her vision
blurred and when she blinked her eyes, tears slid down her cheeks.
“Vivian.”
He licked the trail of her flowing tears and pecked the corner of her
eyes. Hugo lay her down on the bed and climbed over her. He leaned
his weight on his elbow and looked closely into her eyes.
“I love you.” (Hugo)
Lucia experienced a small miracle in which his short phrase

instantly pacified her whimsically fluctuating mood.
“Me too…I love you.” (Lucia)
“Did I make a mistake that would make you think such a

thing?”
“…The woman in the dream had a big bust.”
Hugo quietly gazed at his wife whose mutterings was more like her
grumbling, then he sighed deeply. If only he could know who exactly
told her that he liked busty women; he wanted to grind them to dust.
His liking of a woman’s bustiness was not because he had a special

preference, it simply meant that he liked breasts because he was a
man. Never had another woman come into his eyes nor had he ever
looked at their chest.
“I like your breasts.”
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Her face reddened at his soft whisper and got even redder when
his hand wove into her nightwear and squeezed her breasts.
“It’s soft, silky and when I touch it a little like this…it

stiffens.”
He kneaded the mounds of her breast and gently twisted her

nipple between his fingers.
“And when I lick it, it’s sensitive enough that it trembles.”
While holding her breast in a slight grip, revealing them, Hugo

circled around her nipple with his tongue then he bit hard on the tip.
She flinched in response and cried out.
“I really do love your breasts.”
His knee came in between Lucia’s legs and his thigh found its way
to her private place. Her round eyes were looking at him and her face
was dyed redder than ever.
“Honestly, I like this place more.”
Hugo caught her squirming wrists with one hand and held them up
while his other hand went inside her underwear and rubbed the area
between her legs.
Her insides had started to get wet with a moist, sticky liquid and
allowed his fingers easy entry.
“It’s already so wet. I think I’m the one who should be

worried. Because your body is so erotic.”
It was embarrassing and shameful. Even though she was annoyed

by his taunting words, it sent chills up her spine. His hand holding her
wrists had disappeared at some point but it throbbed as if she was
still being held down, so she couldn’t move.
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Her nightwear was rolled up and her underwear was peeled off. His
two hands spread her thighs open and she felt him staring at the
space between.
“Ah!”
Something hot touched her lower abdomen. His lips kissed her
petite entrance and sucked on it. The tip of his tongue burrowed
inside. Lucia’s waist sprang up of its own accord.
“Ah! Ang…”
His lips moved harder as he sucked the liquid flowing from her
body while his tongue slipped in and out of her. Lucia’s vision
momentarily flickered and her body quivered at the feeling of climax.
He lifted his head and wiped his glossy lips with his hand then he
smiled at her. Lucia just couldn’t open her eyes to look at him. Her
face felt like it was on fire and her heart was pounding so loud that
she felt like it could be heard.
Hugo lifted his body and lowered his trousers. His erection sprang
free, already standing firm. He held his pulsating member and
brought it to her small folds then he pushed his waist forward in one
single thrust.
“Hk…”
Lucia’s body throbbed intensely. She couldn’t breathe because he

was too big and the sensation of him filling her to the brim was too
much for her.
A sigh mixed with a moan escaped from Hugo’s mouth. Even

though he was just staying still, he felt like he was going to cum. His
wife really had a ridiculous dream. She dreamt that he left this body
and fooled around? Nothing could replace this hot, narrow, melting
insides of hers.
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Hugo began to move his waist and slowly and gradually increased
his speed. There were a few things that he needed to deal with
urgently, but they had already flown out of his head long ago.
As he felt the stimulation from her insides squirming and squeezing

him and listened to her faint moans and erotic cries, blood rushed to
his lower abdomen and he felt giddy.
Her hot inner walls were like they were wrapping around his heart.
He was engulfed by the feeling of satisfaction beyond physical
pleasure.
Lucia was moaning in his arms and had no recollection of things at

some point as if she had blanked out.
When she regained her senses, he was embracing her sideways

from behind, holding the back of her neck and kissing her. His
member which was filling her up from behind, was tender and
moving slowly.
He moved subtly, rubbing inside her while her body felt languid
and a small moan escaped her lips. His arm that was wrapped around
her waist squeezed tighter, and his fingers gripped her breast harder.
“Have you calmed down a little?” (Hugo)
He bit her ear and sucked her earlobe. His lazy but subdued voice
sounded very seductive. His hand persistently squeezed and
kneaded her chest. Lucia recalled the grumbling she did earlier and
nodded with a heated face.
“You know, I feel wronged that I was blamed for what I did
in your dream. Is that really how you usually see me?” (Hugo)
“No. I was…being strangely unreasonable. I’m sorry.”

(Lucia)
After coming around a little, Lucia was very embarrassed by her
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actions.
She had been ridiculously unreasonable. There was no need for her
to be so sensitive after seeing that woman at the charity party. There
was also no reason for her to be angry at him. Hadn’t she already
seen many people’s relationships change from how she saw them in
the dream? His wife now, was her, not that woman.
“Are you alright? You seem to keep having bad dreams.”

(Hugo)
“I know, right?”
When Lucia thought about it, her irritation seemed to have also
dramatically increased in the span of a few days. Yesterday, she
raised her voice at the maid over a small issue. Lucia thought of
herself as someone who wasn’t whimsical but this kind of sharp
changes in mood were rather unsettling. Because it was an issue with
her mood and not that she felt sick somewhere, Lucia didn’t know
whether it should be viewed as something was wrong with her body
or not.
“Aa…”
Lucia moaned faintly at the stimulation from him weakly rubbing

against her inner walls. With her butt pressed against his thighs, he
moved his waist smoothly, without pulling out, as if churning her
insides.
The stimulation wasn’t fierce enough to be thrilling but it was a

sinking feeling like her body had fallen into a swamp.
“I can’t believe you don’t trust me. I’m quite shocked.”

(Hugo)
“…I was wrong.” (Lucia)
“No. I didn’t put enough effort.” (Hugo)
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Hugo lay her down on her stomach, climbed over her and pressed
down on her body.
“I will try harder from now on. Until you trust me.”
Realizing the meaning of his so-called effort, Lucia quickly cried

out.
“I trust you. I said I trust you!”
She was tormented by him for a while and only after she
proclaimed her love and trust for him dozens of times, was she
released from complete exhaustion.
[Word of the day] areola: the area around the nipple. (I swear I
didn’t know this before)
T/N: I kept cringing so this chapter took longer to translate than it

should’ve. That said, Lucia is oddly emotional today. I wonder why? (
ಠ ͜ʖಠ)
ED: Heh, I wonder why too~ *wink wink nudge nudge* Support on
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Chapter 114 Part 1

Source: RubyMaybe
— The Beginning and the End — (1)
Lucia was walking through an unknown forest. The forest was

dense with towering trees, but the surrounding wasn’t dark at all.
She treaded barefoot and the soft moss touching the bottom of feet
was ticklish.
She walked through the forest like she was bewitched. With every
step she took, the dense thicket and branches moved aside, as if
making way for her. But she wasn’t amazed or fascinated by this.
She just kept moving forward.
‘Ah…’
Lucia exclaimed, seeing the open space in front of her. It was a

space in the shape of a small circle, like a cozy nest. Shallow
vegetation that barely passed her ankles was spread out like a
carpet. And in the middle of it all was a single tree, standing under
the bright sunlight. It shone with a sacred radiance as if it were the
only tree in the world.
Lucia approached the tree. Upon drawing nearer, she saw an

unfamiliar red fruit, hanging appetizingly from the tree. She couldn’t
take her eyes away from it because it was so beautiful. She wanted
to pluck it and put it in her pocket but couldn’t because it looked too
precious.
She circled around the tree for a moment then she stretched out
her hand to the exceptionally red and beautiful smooth fruit. She
took hold of it and pulled. The moment the fruit left the tree and was
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completely in her hands, bright light suddenly burst out from the
fruit.[1]
Lucia’s eyes flashed open. The view around her was her familiar
bedroom, with the morning light seeping in.
‘A dream…?’
It was a vivid enough dream that she felt like it was right in front of
her eyes. Lucia was captivated by an inexplicably strange feeling on
the morning of New Year’s Day that for a while, she just lay down on
the bed with her eyes open.
***
“…ady. Milady.”
Lucia opened her eyes. Her maid was standing next to the bed.
She willed her heavy-lidded eyes open and asked the maid for the
time. It was late in the morning, with only two hours left till noon.
These days, she overslept practically every day. Today, it was

three hours past her usual wake-up time. She had a lunch scheduled
with the Queen today, so yesterday, she had asked her maid to wake
her up if she slept in.
“Shall I bring water for you to wash your face?”
“Mm, sure.”
After the maid turned around and left, Lucia stretched while
yawning widely.
‘Why am I so tired?’
She usually woke up early even if maid didn’t wake her up but
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nowadays when she opened eyes, it was always late in the morning
and despite that, she didn’t feel like she had slept well. In addition,
she had been taking naps for several days in a stretch. The number
of times she was sleeping had increased too much so she couldn’t
think of it as just spring fever due to the changes in season.
Moreover, she was not the type to be sensitive to seasons.
Lucia was about to get up from the bed but then she froze,
grabbed her stomach and leaned over. She was riddled with sharp
stabs of pain in her lower belly as it tightened heavily. The pain
quickly disappeared after a while, but Lucia’s expression was not
good as she straightened up.
Her stomach ached in this manner for the last few days and she
had no clue why. The pain didn’t last very long but it kept bothering
her.
‘I should call the doctor once I come back from the palace.’
She didn’t have much time to prepare to go to the palace because

she woke up late, so calling the doctor was pushed to the afternoon.
She didn’t think it was really necessary to call the doctor since she
wasn’t particularly ill, but her husband was very sensitive to her
health. If she ignored the symptoms and it grew into something
serious, the doctor would lose their job.
‘But Anna was a good person.’
After letting go of Anna, Lucia got to experience several doctors

and found that not only was Anna capable skill-wise, but she was
different from the others in that she was actively trying to treat her
patient. The doctors that were brought in afterwards, whether it was
in their diagnosing or prescribing medicine, it was obvious that they
were trying to play it safe. With these doctors, Lucia maintained a
formal, employer-employee relationship, nothing more, nothing less.
While Lucia was changing her clothes after washing up, the maid
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waiting on her said to her.
“Milady. Before Master left in the morning, he asked for

the doctor to be called to take a look at you.”
Lucia recalled what he had said to her last night and chuckled.
[I think you’ve had a slight fever for a few days now. Get
looked at tomorrow. You might be coming down with a cold.]
“I’ll get looked at as soon as I come back from the palace,

tell the doctor that.”(Lucia)
“Yes, Milady.” (Maid)
[1] I’m sure many of you are like ‘wth’ for the first part. Although I
am not Korean, I’m pretty sure the dream was a ‘tae-mong’ aka a
conception dream. They usually involve fruits.
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Beth warmly welcomed Lucia into the Queen’s Palace. They briefly
greeted each other then Lucia asked about Princess Selena, the new
princess.
Princess Selena would be turning one year old in a couple of days.

It was widely known that the King would be holding a huge party in
celebration of her first birthday.
Unlike the moderate display of affection he showed to his sons, the

King coddled his only daughter. Everybody knew how much he
cherished his daughter.
“The princess is already getting into trouble so unlike a

girl, it makes me worried.”
“You’re worrying too much. I heard that when they are still
children, they have to cause a little trouble to grow up
healthy. I was quite the tomboy when I was a child.”
“Oh my, you, Duchess? It doesn’t seem like that at all. But I
feel slightly relieved after hearing what you said, Duchess.”
The dishes were placed on the table one by one. Braised rabbit
liver in wine was served as an appetizer.
Lucia put a piece of the meat in her mouth, chewed, and her back
broke out in cold sweat. The aroma of wine and rabbit liver mixed
with the distinct smell of blood made her stomach churn.
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Even though it was not a dish that she would usually enjoy eating,
it wasn’t something that she couldn’t eat. She forced herself to eat a
bite and rinsed her mouth with juice.
The sweet juice that she usually liked felt too sweet to her. She
wanted to drink something sourer. She thought to herself that when
she got home she would have a glass of lemon juice. Upon recalling
the sour lemon flavor, her appetite returned.
She took a spoonful of the soup that was served after and knitted
her brows. The smell of onions, unique to onion soup, was
nauseating. It had been several days since she ate onion soup
because she had asked her servants not to serve it to her as of late.
It wasn’t to extent that she couldn’t force herself to eat, but Lucia
could only manage to take three or four more scoops before she
placed down her spoon. She picked up the juice, gulping it down to
wash away the onion taste in her mouth.
The main course was steak covered with truffles. It would seem the
Queen had paid a lot of attention to the dishes since fine cuisine that
Lucia didn’t normally eat were served.
Even without putting it in her mouth, the unique smell of the

truffles made her feel sick to her stomach.
Lucia endured and ate the steak while drinking juice again. Her
hand was busy from start to finish, hurriedly filling up her empty
glass of juice. After drinking three glasses of juice, Lucia drank water.
Beth, who was watching Lucia carefully, asked a handmaid to bring

some soft bread. Lucia looked at Beth as the maid brought the white
bread to her side.
She expressed her thanks to Beth, who was smiling, then she took
the bread and bit into it. Thankfully enough, she was able to eat it
without any irritation.
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After the meal, simple snacks and tea were brought in. It wasn’t
flower tea which had a strong smell, but a delicate and crispy tea
made by boiling roasted grains.
Lucia took a sip of the tea and felt her stomach calming down.
“I enjoy drinking this tea when my stomach feels

uncomfortable. I don’t know if it suits Duchess’ tastes as
well.”
“It is very delicious.”
Lucia hesitated for a momeny before asking.
“May I know how to make this tea?”
Beth laughed.
“Of course. I will tell you how to make it and bring some
prepared ones for you to take back home with you. That said,
it seems Duchess has good news.”
“Pardon?”
“Early in pregnancy, the smell of food you usually have no

problem eating aren’t the most pleasant. I suffered a lot
because my symptoms were more on the unusual side. I
survived on only bread and tea for a while.”
When she saw Lucia staring at her in a expression that said she
didn’t understand, Beth exclaimed in surprise.
“Oh my goodness, you don’t seem to know yet. Well, it

makes sense. Duchess is young, and it is your first child, so
you might not know.”
Lucia finally understood what the Queen was talking about. And at
the same time, she felt perplexed.
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“No. That is not possible.”
“Did the doctor say you’re not pregnant?”
“No but…”
“Then since we’re on this topic, shall I call a palace

nurse?[1] It is not easy to diagnose pregnancy in the early
stages. The palace nurse that was in charge of me until
Selena was born is very skilled in the medical arts. She
studied mysterious medicines in other countries and has a
long history of experience with pregnant mothers. She
checked the pulse on my wrist and discovered my
pregnancy.”
Lucia didn’t stop the Queen from calling the palace nurse. She
knew it shouldn’t be possible, but she couldn’t throw away the
strange anticipation in her heart. She kept thinking that the condition
of her body was strange. It didn’t hurt, nor did she feel ill, but it was
obvious to her that something had changed overall.
The palace nurse who arrived upon summon from the Queen was
quite advanced in age. The nurse politely asked for permission
before taking Lucia’s wrist and pressing her fingers against Lucia’s
pulse for a while.
“I cannot speak with confidence as Duchess is not someone

that I usually treat. A woman’s pulse changes after she gets
pregnant so if I had checked the Duchess’ pulse before and
after, I could be fully sure, however, I can only say that in
this current state, there is a high chance that Duchess is
pregnant.”
The palace nurse asked Lucia several things about her symptoms.
When Lucia was asked about her last menstrual period, she evasively
answered that it was roughly last month. She couldn’t tell a palace
nurse that wasn’t her doctor, about her infertility. After hearing about
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the other additional symptoms that appeared on Lucia’s body, the
palace nurse nodded her head.
“These are typical early symptoms of pregnancy. There are

some whose pregnancy symptoms appear after about two
months and there are some who are sensitive, and it may
appear at the beginning for them. If you are careful with your
body for a while and your next period does not come, I think
it is safe to say that you are pregnant.”
“Congratulations, Duchess. Duke Taran will be very

pleased.”
Upon hearing Beth’s congratulations, Lucia barely managed to

keep her expression under control. She was more confused than
joyful. Something that definitely shouldn’t happen, happened.
Lucia considered the possibility that the outstandingly skilled

palace nurse misdiagnosed. But the situation fit way too perfectly.
When you looked at the several changes in Lucia’s body as
pregnancy symptoms, there was no room for doubt.
Lucia continued to mull it over, even in the carriage heading home.

Then suddenly, she recalled the dream she had had over a month
ago. Even after she woke up, she felt strange and unlike other
dreams which she forgot soon after waking up, the dream of that day
was vivid and clear, as if she could still see it now.
Once she got home, she called the doctor and explained her
infertility symptoms. She talked about everything, from the changes
in her body recently to her body condition and the diagnosis she
received from the palace nurse. The doctor tilted her head for a while
in thought.[2]
“Milady’s symptoms appear to be typical symptoms of

pregnancy. If even a palace nurse diagnoses it as such, it
must be certain.”
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“But as I said, I do not menstruate. Doesn’t that naturally
mean infertility?”
“I cannot conclude that you are infertile because you do

not menstruate. Milady experienced your first menstrual
period, and a herb intake resulted in a strange anomaly. The
human body had the tendency to treat itself. Perhaps Milady
was treated on your own.”
In Lucia’s dream, Philip diagnosed her as infertile. But she couldn’t

completely rule out the possibility that like the doctor said, her body
might have treated itself. After all, in the dream, she never tried to
have a child. Additionally, events in the dream didn’t always coincide
perfectly with reality.
“Congratulations, Milady.”
The doctor thought it was rather strange that there were no

children between the ducal couple. She hadn’t worked in the ducal
household for very long but according to the servants, the
relationship between the two was not just good, they were so
passionate like newlyweds, that there was not a day where the two
did not spend a night in the bedroom together. The servants
chuckled amongst themselves that their master’s bedroom was cold
even in the summer.
“Do you…really think that I am with a child?” (Lucia)
The doctor understood the Madam’s confused reaction. Expectant

mothers usually felt more anxiety than joy at the beginning of their
pregnancy; their changes in mood were severe and there were many
cases of depression. A pregnant woman needed as much mental care
as she did physical care.
Their husband had to help more than anyone else so that the
expectant mother’s depression could be overcome more easily. The
doctor thought to herself that she had to meet with the Duke
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separately and tell him about the precautions he had to take for the
Madam.
“I am almost certain of it.” (Doctor)
“Does ‘almost’ mean that there is a possibility I am not

pregnant?” (Lucia)
“Your situation is uncommon, Milady. Pregnancy is usually

determined with menstruation. When strange symptoms like
these appear on your body with its menstruation-less state,
it can be perceived as pregnancy.” (Doctor)
Pregnancy was a common phenomenon but giving a certain

diagnosis was quite difficult. Even if pregnancy symptoms appeared
at the same time the menstruation stopped, and one’s stomach
started to get bigger, there was a condition called phantom
pregnancy. The doctor didn’t say anything about imaginary
pregnancy in order not to aggravate the Madam’s anxiety.
“Please set your mind at ease first. It would be best to

refrain from outdoor activities in the early stages and get
plenty of sleep to avoid fatigue. And there is something you
must be most careful about, Milady. You have to refrain from
bedroom relations.”
Lucia came out of her daze upon hearing this and her face turned
red.
“At least, definitely not now. Until we are certain that the
child is growing up healthily, in other words, until your
stomach starts to grow bigger, stimulation is forbidden.”
The doctor withdrew, and Lucia lay on the bed, disturbed by all
sorts of thoughts. She thought of all the strange symptoms in her
body and retraced them, one by one.
‘Now that I think about it, I have not had any headaches
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lately. Has it been a month? No. A month and a half? I don’t
remember taking any headache medication for almost two
months.’
She looked straight at the ceiling from her position on the bed and
gently covered her lower belly with her hands. She didn’t feel
anything. There was no evidence that could be seen with the bare
eyes. But when she thought that there was a life growing inside of
her, she felt like she was floating.
She didn’t know whether it was a good thing or bad since it was
not for certain. Despite being unable to throw away her doubts since
pregnancy should be impossible for her, the hopes of ‘maybe…’ were
getting bigger. At this rate, if she was told that this was not
pregnancy, she might not be able to recover from the shock.
‘Even if we say that my infertility was cured by my body on

its own like the doctor said, according to what my husband
said, I cannot get pregnant.’
She had explained the symptoms of her amenorrhea to the doctor,

but she couldn’t talk about her husband’s secret, that is, the Taran
lineage’s unusual constitution.
Her husband was no different from sterile. Lucia wasn’t a woman of

the Taran bloodline that could get pregnant nor did she meet the
conditions of being a normal, non-Taran woman that took a special
herb from the moment of purity to prepare her body.
Her husband was convinced that he could not give her a child.
[Then it won’t be my child][3]
When Lucia recalled what he had said a long time ago when they
were in the north, her heart sank with a thud. If he were to say the
same thing again after hearing of her pregnancy, she wouldn’t just
feel sad, it would be very painful. If he doubted her fidelity, she didn’t
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think she could bear it because she would hate him so much.
It was not yet certain if she was pregnant. Lucia wondered if she
should tell him, or if she should keep her mouth shut for the time
being since she didn’t know yet. One train of thought led to another
and the worrying led to fear. Lucia lay on the bed, tossing and
turning for a while then she fell asleep.
[1] The word used here, is not the word for doctor nor is it the
word for imperial doctor. It directly translates to medical practitioner.
I also assume it is a she. The author never states the palace nurse’s
gender.
[2] I assume it is a ‘she’ here as well and henceforth. Unless I

should just use ‘they’ for the ones with vague genders. My
assumption is based on the time period, I doubt the King would let a
male in the Queen’s quarters, just as I doubt Hugo would let a male
into Lucia’s bedroom. Except Jerome, I suppose?
“Don’t change the topic. If I get treated and you keep

coming into my bedroom, what would you do if I get
pregnant? That’s what I want to know.”
“If so, it wouldn’t be my child.”
He spat out those words without hesitation and then realized his
mistake after the fact.
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Hugo returned home early today and was greeted by Jerome who
came out to meet him. When he heard from Jerome that Lucia took a
nap and was still sleeping, he frowned.
“Is she not ill? I am sure I asked for the doctor to see her
today.”
“The doctor is asking to see you about the Madam.”
Hugo immediately went to see the doctor, not bothering to change

his clothes first. The doctor was nervous. Unlike the Madam whom
she could face with relative comfort, the Duke made her feel nervous
every time they met. She didn’t know how many times she had felt
awed by the fact that these two really different people were married.
“I believe the Madam is pregnant.”
Lucia’s worry about whether to tell her husband or not was useless.
She had completely forgot to tell the doctor not to inform her
husband yet.
Since the doctor began working, she had been reporting the
Madam’s treatment results to the Duke every single time and
thought nothing different of it this time as well.
Hugo was momentarily silent as he listened to Jerome, who was

beside him and said, ‘this is a matter for congratulations’, after
hearing the good news.
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“…What? Pregnant? You mean a child?”
“It is not fully certain, but the Madam’s symptoms are

showing typical evidence of pregnancy.”
The doctor continued to explain that Lucia had gotten diagnosed

by a palace nurse at the Royal Palace today, and that her strange
symptoms lately were in sync with signs of pregnancy, so the
Madam’s pregnancy was pretty certain. And Hugo remained silent,
listening to the doctor list off things about an expectant mother’s
psychological state and precautions to take.
“What is the chance that it is not pregnancy?”
The doctor carefully watched the Duke whose reaction was quite
different from normal people upon hearing the news that he would
become a father. She had heard that when a couple’s relationship
was too good, there were husbands who didn’t look favorably upon
the existence of a child, so she thought that maybe that was the case
here.
”There is a condition that occurs very rarely, it’s called phantom

pregnancy. It occurs when a woman desperately wants a child; in this
situation, they experience symptoms that are almost similar to that
of pregnancy. But like I said, it is very rare. The Madam is not usually
saddened or impatient for a child, so I do not think it is applicable
here.”
Hugo’s expression didn’t change at all on the outside, but he was

actually very flustered. His head was blank as if he had been
slammed into out of nowhere and he had no time to think any
deeper.
After revealing his family’s secret to his wife, his wife had never
brought up a child thereafter. So Hugo had pushed it to the other
side of his mind as an unimportant issue.
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“When can we know for certain that there is a child?”
“The most definitive time period would be about 5 months

in, since there is fetal movement around then. I believe the
Madam has been pregnant for two months at most.”
Hugo frowned slightly. According to the doctor, there was another

three months till they could know for sure. That was too long.
“I already informed the Madam about the cautions she

needs to take, but you have to be especially careful about
bedroom relations. Therefore, bedroom relations are
forbidden for the next three months until she reaches a
definitive stable period.”
“What?!”
Hugo frantically shouted at the doctor.
***
When in doubt, assume the worst. It was a principle Hugo kept to

whenever he was trying to make a judgement. Saying that he
assumed the pregnancy as the worst would be a misunderstanding
but basing his thoughts on the premise that the pregnancy was
certain, he began to ponder about how a phenomenon that should
not occur at all, was possible. He went through everything, one by
one.
‘My wife said her condition meant she could not have a
child.’
His wife said that she could not have a child due to having no
menstruation, so she was infertile. And at the same time, she said
that she knew the cure so she could treat it at any time.
The question of whether his wife was cured was a secondary issue;
in any case, he revamped his premise and based it on his wife being
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a normal woman that could bear a child. Whether she could bear a
child or not, was not the important thing here.
The heart of the problem was Hugo himself, a bizarre lineage of

the Taran bloodline.
‘You have to consume blood…’
Hugo drummed his fingers on the table and chewed over the words
that Philip said a long time ago. At that time, he did not have a hint
of doubt in his mind about Philip’s words. Back then, his hatred and
disgust for his family had reached an extreme, so he thought that the
revolting method of ingesting blood that Philip spoke about matched
perfectly.
Despite being thorough in everything else, the reason why Hugo

didn’t re-consider whether Philip really told the truth was because he
did not want to even think about it.
‘Blood, huh? It even sounds fucking ridiculous.’
Thinking rationally, Hugo analyzed what Philip said back then and
the situation at that time.
Philip held his ground, claiming that he couldn’t talk about his
family’s vision then he unexpectedly confessed obediently. Now that
Hugo thought about it, it was unlikely that Philip would so easily
reveal the secret that wasn’t even in the Taran family secret room,
and had been protected and passed down in his family for
generations.
Philip was a strong-willed old man. It was more like him to offer his
neck than truthfully reveal his family’s secret.
‘So he lied to me. That’s what this is.’
There was a cold smile on Hugo’s lips.
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‘The nerve.’
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Hugo was angry and at the same time, he was in disbelief. A forced
laugh spilled from his lips. This was a result of his arrogant thinking
that a mere doctor wouldn’t lie to him and deceive him. If Hugo had
judged Philip to have the slight chance of becoming a threat, he
would have already killed him.
Even though Philips’s family had the only ‘vision’ that continued
the Taran bloodline, they were a family of doctors for generations
and only had one perfunctory title. Due to being partners with the
Taran family for so long, Philip’s family was rather isolated.[1]
Philip had no family and his relationships with people were very
shallow. Who knew how many secrets the man had, for he didn’t
even have an assistant. Due to these factors, Hugo took him lightly
as nothing but a doctor.
Keeping Philip alive was a punishment for Hugo himself. Philip was
a medium to maximize his guilt towards his late brother and his
disgust for himself.
There was also the issue of owing his late brother’s life to Philip, so
with a grand talk of mercy that he wouldn’t take Philip’s life
personally, he left him alone.
‘The old man never knew fear.’
He pretended to be obedient but said everything he wanted to say.

And so whenever Hugo met Philip, he always felt like filth. The mere
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fact that Hugo suppressed all that and endured it, showed that he
showed no end of generosity to Philip.
‘Why did he lie?’
Hugo threatened Philip that if he didn’t tell the truth, he would let
him rot in jail. Philip making up a lie to avoid that situation was
something plausible for anyone to do.
Looking at it emotionally, it was unscrupulous conduct, but on the

logical side, Hugo judged that it was possible. No one would know
anyways if Philip lied about a secret that no one else knew the truth
to, and the only person who could prove it was Hugo, but because
Hugo was immensely averted to it, there was no way of knowing if
Philip had told a lie.
‘Even if I accept that his lying in that situation is plausible,

why did he mention blood, of all things?’
Hugo was on the verge of losing his mind when he captured Philip
and dragged him away. His family, everything, nothing was as they
seemed, and he was consumed by extreme anger. So when Philip
said blood had to be consumed, he believed it like that and while his
disgust with the blood flowing within him was magnified,
correspondingly, his anger towards his family was pushed down.
So, if Philip had analyzed Hugo’s mental state at the time and
purposefully told a calculating lie…
‘He has to be called cunning and smart.’
Hugo used to only think of him as an annoying old man who talked
about the family bloodline every time he opened his mouth. Hugo
revised his assessment of Philip.
‘He could be a more dangerous bastard than I thought.’
Hugo was well aware that his personality wasn’t one to easily relax
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his vigilance towards people. But in the end, he relaxed his guard
with Philip. It meant that Philip was careful in everything in order not
to trigger the boundaries of Hugo’s vigilance.
‘What is the ‘vision’? Even if I catch him and ask him again,
I don’t think the old man will obediently tell me but…that
said, I don’t care about the vision. The question is, how could
she get pregnant? What design did the old man have in
this…’
[The day you look for me will come.][2]
Hugo, who was resting his chin on his hand, suddenly lifted his
head. The words left by the old man which he had dismissed as
nonsense, came around to him with new meaning.
‘When we stayed in Roam…’
Hugo remembered Philip attempting to approach his wife by

enticing his wife’s doctor with a cure. When he thought about it, it
was strange. If Philip’s purpose was purely to treat a patient, it was
enough for him to tell Hugo.
Even though Hugo hated the very sight of Philip, he would

definitely not have ignored the implications behind Philip asking to
treat his wife as a patient. However, at the time, Philip acted as if he
must avoid Hugo’s eyes.
‘The treatment might have been an excuse. The old man

wanted to meet Vivian. Why?’
He didn’t know what Philip’s family’s vision was, other than the fact
that it continued the Taran family lineage but considering that Philip
had the time to try something with his wife, something didn’t add up.
Still, the attempt failed. His wife did not meet Philip.
But Philip was a persistent old man. More than anything, Hugo
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acknowledged the old man’s tireless obsession with the Taran
bloodline. It was enough reason for him to suspect that Philip didn’t
give up and continued to pull tricks.
‘Is it food?’
On a second thought, it would be hard for Philip to pull anything

regarding the food. The food ingredients were thoroughly supervised
by Jerome and there was no way Jerome wouldn’t know if something
suspicious was added inside.
The only possibility was that Jerome was in leagues with Philip. But
that possibility was excluded.
Hugo was skeptical about people but once he trusted them, he

didn’t doubt them until there was confirmed evidence of their
betrayal. Actually, rather than saying he trusted people, it was more
accurate to say he trusted in the way they handled things that were
entrusted to them.
Jerome was meticulous and thorough. Hugo trusted how Jerome

handled his work.
‘Assuming the old man pulled something, then he predicted

its success. He thought my wife would get pregnant.’
[The day you look for me will come.]
‘Why did he say that to me?’
If it was Philip’s wish that his wife bore a child, his purpose could
be achieved even if he kept his mouth shut. Rather, saying that was
more like Philip confessing that he had done something to his wife.
‘Was he trying to do something to the baby when it’s

born?’
There would be no instance of Philip’s bullshit about Damian’s
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bride being realized, even if the child was born. That was something
Philip should also know.
Philip’s agenda was not the baby. His wife’s surroundings were
under impenetrable security. Philip almost lost his life when he
snooped around the ducal residence and Hugo heard about it. The
old man wasn’t someone who would attempt such a reckless thing.
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
‘He’s asking to meet, isn’t he?’
Hugo smiled icily.
‘It sounds like he’s calling me.’
Hugo broke out laughing, in spite of himself. It was a laugh filled

with thick murderous intent.
“Okay, old man. Let me hear what drivel you’re on about.”
Hugo called Dean.
“Do you remember the village we used as a base while

subjugating barbarians before we hurried back to the
capital?”
“Yes, my lord.”
“There was a ducal doctor who was staying in the village at

the time. Philip. Remember him?”
“Yes, I know who it is.”
“I don’t know if he’s still in that village but if he isn’t,

search the entire vicinity and drag him here. Bring the old
man here at the fastest speed possible, regardless of his
circumstances. You only need to spare his life.”
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Upon receiving his orders, Dean immediately left for the north.
[1] Like I said before, a vision is like a guiding medicinal art or

something of the sort. In this case, it’s a book guide for Philip’s
family.
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Lucia slowly got up from the bed, facing the morning sun. She had
fallen asleep late in the afternoon as it was getting darker but when
she opened her eyes, it was morning.
“Oh my goodness. Did I sleep that long?”
She didn’t wake up at any intervals and slept like a rock. She kept
on feeling tired lately, but her body didn’t feel that refreshed. Rather
than feeling sluggish due to the excessive sleep, her head felt light.
Lucia called her maid and asked her to bring water for washing her
face.
“Has he left?”
“No. Master is in his office.”
Hugo came to the bedroom after hearing that his wife was awake.
He arrived just when Lucia was about to change her clothes. Once
the maid attending to Lucia discovered Hugo, she bowed her head
and withdrew.
Hugo quickly approaching his wife, who was smiling at him, and
hugged her. Lucia was taken aback by his sudden action and asked
carefully.
“Did you hear…from the doctor?”
“I did.”
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Hugo had been worried yesterday because he felt she was sleeping
for too long. When he concernedly asked if it would be better for her
to wake up and eat something, the doctor said:
[It’s okay for one day. Milady told me she felt tired these
days, so it would be better to allow her to just sleep.]
While holding her sound asleep figure, Hugo could barely sleep all
night. Her body had a slight fever, so it felt warm to the touch. Upon
recalling the doctor’s statement that a mild fever was common early
in pregnancy, Hugo tried to assuage his worries.
His mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, so he ended up not
getting a wink of sleep.
“Thanks. And…congratulations.”
“…What?”
“…”
Pfft. Lucia burst out laughing.
“Did the doctor tell you to say that?”
“…Mm.”
The doctor made a long-winded speech as if she was taking the

chance to make up for the past times when she felt inadequate
before the Duke. For Hugo, listening to the doctor’s prattle was very
excruciating, so he momentarily considered changing to a male
doctor.
The doctor talked to Hugo about the sensitive mood of an

expectant mother and scared him with examples of patients with
various and extreme symptoms of depression.
She emphasized that due to their severe changes in mood,
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pregnant women tended to be more sensitive and could be easily
hurt by something minor. Thinking that his own manner of speaking
wasn’t exactly sweet, Hugo was worried.
[The Madam is currently showing signs of anxiety. At times

like this, the husband has to comfort the wife and show your
sincerity in welcoming the child.]
He didn’t know what to say so he recited it exactly like the doctor

had told him to. Lucia lifted her head and cupped his face in her
hands.
“Your words have no sincerity.”
“…It’s not that there’s no sincerity, I just honestly don’t

know what to do. I don’t hate it.”
“I know what you mean. I’m also like that. It doesn’t even
feel real. And it may not be pregnancy.”
“The palace nurse definitely didn’t diagnose wrongly.”
Lucia looked into his eyes. It was hard to tell what he was thinking
from the neutrality of his gaze. She didn’t know whether she should
be happy that her husband’s reaction was much calmer than she
expected or whether she should be worried.
She was glad that he didn’t react in worse ways, such as denying
it, since her pregnancy should be impossible or refusing that he was
the father of the child.
“It is our child.” (Lucia)
The look in his eyes turned to that of puzzlement.
“Of course.” (Hugo)
Hugo couldn’t understand the meaning behind her words. He could
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not guess that Lucia was concerned that her husband might be
suspicious of her fidelity.
Hugo had not thought of that at all. He only thought that his wife
was still thinking about when he said that he didn’t want a child.
“I’ve said this before, but if it is your child then I am fine

with it. I might be a little out of it because it is unexpected,
but I do not hate it. If you’re upset then I’m sorry.”
“No. I am not upset.”
Lucia was very happy. And she was thankful to him.
He did not want to have children for a long time. Even though he
said that he was okay with it if it was her child, it was something he
said when he assumed that her getting pregnant was impossible.
But now, it had come to the forefront and become reality. And
even then, he still said that he would accept the child. It meant that it
wasn’t just pretty words that he was saying at the time to comfort
her.
Lucia felt the anxiety buried deep in her heart melt away. She
began to think that everything would be okay. She had a feeling, no,
confidence, that when the child was born, he would be a good father.
Hugo looked at his wife for a while as she grinned happily, then he
lowered his head and kissed her. Lucia wrapped her arms around his
neck and shared a long, deep kiss with him.
“There’s a part I can’t understand.” (Hugo)
“Me too.” (Lucia)
How did she become pregnant? Just as she expected, her husband
was also wondering about this issue.
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“You think so too, right?” (Hugo)
“Yes.” (Lucia)
“It was fine yesterday. Why is it forbidden as soon as we

find out you’re pregnant?”
“…?”
“The doctor must be a quack. I have to ask the palace

nurse that diagnosed your pregnancy.”
Lucia sensed that what he was saying, and what she was saying,
were not in sync. And when she vaguely grasped what he was talking
about, her face gradually stiffened.
“What does she mean we can’t do it for three months? Is

this not a plan to kill me?”
“Are you crazy? You’re going to go where, and ask who

what?”
Lucia shouted as her face reddened and she hit his chest. Hugo
had a shameless expression on his face as if asking what he did
wrong. Lucia pushed his chest and removed herself from his
embrace.
“Just try it if you dare. You won’t get a feet inside this
room.”
The knowledge that he had to give up on the pleasure of the night

was a bombshell of its own, but there was no worse torture than not
being able to even touch his wife. Hugo stretched his hand to her
again, but his wife shocked him by shaking him off and avoiding his
hand.
“You said you were thinking the same thing.” (Hugo)
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“No! I was thinking about something different. They asked
us to be careful because the child could get hurt, so is that so
important to you?” (Lucia)
“Hurt? There’s no way my child is so weak.”
Lucia was done with his dignified bullshit sophistry. She coldly
turned around.
“Go and work on what you were working on. I want to

rest.”
“Sleep, again? You have to eat something.”
“I’ll eat something later.”
“Vivian.”
Hugo gazed at his wife, who was lying on the bed, not even
responding, then he left the bedroom.
[…psychological state will be very uneasy, there will be

extreme mood swings, irritation will increase…]
Hugo sighed when he recalled the contents of the lecture, ‘A Study

on the Psychological State of a Pregnant Woman,’ that the doctor
gave him.
His wife was with child. It was beginning to feel a little bit real. The
doctor said that they needed more time to know for sure, but from
Hugo’s standpoint, there was no doubt about it. Otherwise, there was
no way his gentle, good-natured wife would change like that.
T/N: I couldn’t stop laughing for this one. 10/10.
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You might want to go back to the chapter post. Hint: emoticon.
Hugo woke as he waved his body beside him. Hugo woke up when
he saw Lucia sitting.
“Why? Are you sick?”
“I can not sleep.”
“… … ”
Hugo thought, “I slept like that in the day so I will not

sleep.”
Three weeks from the day when I was diagnosed as pregnant.

Lucia was sleepy. I chose the chief and slept almost all day. I slept
early in the evening, got up late in the morning, and slept a nap
during the day. It was a life that I was asleep as if I was sleeping well
all my life.
Hugo has only seen his wife ‘s face almost these days.
“What can I do?”
“I do not just go to sleep, I keep thinking I want to eat … …

”
“What do you want to eat? If you tell Jerome, he’ll be up

soon. ”
“I told you I can not get it.”
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Jerome can not save food. Hugo felt a little ominous.
“What?”
“Purple.”
“… … ”
Spring has just come. The weather outside was still windy. The fruit
of the vine would not have grown well.
“Do not you get it?”
She was confident that she could find the world through all she
wanted. However, there was no ability to produce unfruitful fruit.
There is a temperate climate in the southern part of the country, but
this is not the grape harvest season.
However, I could not say that I should not be able to say to my wife
who looked at me with full expectation. He bluffed.
“… … I’ll find out. ”
“Wow.”
Hugo sweated as she grabbed her neck and held her arms around
her in her arms.
‘It was big.’
***
Quize heard a message from the queen that the Duchess seemed
to have been called. I have guessed that the Duchess would have
had a child since she had no outside activities.
But almost every day, even though I face Taran Duke, I did not
seem to have a good news for about a month. It is likely that he will
be told that the child was born after birth.
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Quize sneaked out first.
“I heard the news of being a father, a father.”
“It’s been a long time since I was a father.”
“I was told to see the second.”
“… … Yes.”
“With people. The good news is, go ahead and do it.

Congratulations. Is the Duchess healthy? ”
“Yes. There is no big riding. ”
“Good luck. The queen had a lot of trouble because she

could not eat properly when she had a princess. If the woman
has a child, what about the Duchess? ”
“I do not suffer greatly.”
“The child looks like the Duchess and is mild. I wonder if a

boy who resembles a ball will be born, or a resemblance to a
gentleman. Jim was betting on his boss. Jim is a son. Jim
believes in the ball. ”
Quize did not seem to have a gambling luck anyway. Looking at

the chattering quiz, Hugo muttered into her, ‘I’m a girl.’
The child, who was born, thought he should resemble his wife. Or it
will not be worth the trouble.
Hugo took over the pride of the king ‘s arms every time he lined up
the princess’ s loveliness. What does the child’s gratitude have to do
with me? My child is having trouble before birth.
Last month. It’s only a month. One month was a long time. There
are still six to seven months before the child is born.
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This would be like the darkness that stood on the narrow ridge of
the back and forth below.
Lucia did not have severe morning sickness that refused food.
Though it smells horrible, I usually eat very well.
Many times she was fortunate to have an example of a dry mother

who had almost no water during her pregnancy.
Hugo also agreed totally. If you do not eat properly, you will be
hated by your wife who is struggling with symptoms of morning
sickness.
But the world was not easy. Morning morning was light, but Lucia’s
nerves were relatively sharp.
Still, it was not uncommon for others. The tone was cold and the
irritation was only slightly increased. However, it seemed to have
changed dramatically because it was a mere character and contrast.
Especially the impact of Hugo who underwent change of wife was
big.
***
Lucia was not among the people who came to meet Hugo who
returned home today. Jerome gave his master the same answer
yesterday.
“You sleep.”
“What about dinner?”
“You have not heard yet. It is sleeping daytime … … ”
I was worried that my wife ‘s sleep was getting too much. So Hugo
recently asked her doctor if she was okay.
‘Sleeping and feeling fatigued easily is a typical symptom of early
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pregnancy. Although my wife is sleeping a lot, it is not something to
worry about. If you are a lady, you are going through very early in
pregnancy. ”
I can not agree with the fact that it is very safe, but I was relieved
to answer the doctor ‘s answer. It means that you can not sleep to be
treated.
When I sat down with my wife, I had a conversation. If you stay at

home during the day, you will be able to see the state of being
awake. Hugo’s busy schedule of going out in the morning and coming
in the evening was not loose.
A few days ago, Hugo became more depressing. I was so relieved

by the fact that I had to hold my wife in her arms every night, but she
started to feel annoyed.
Now, by putting his hand into his pajamas (on his own standards),
he touched a little and was not able to come near him at all.
Hugo could not know where to solve the absurdity and grievance. I
asked my doctor again. Nowadays, the doctor was acting as a
consultant for the duke.
‘At the beginning of pregnancy, there may be a reaction to the

husband’s physical contact that is extremely reluctant. It may or may
not improve in the middle of pregnancy. ‘
It was advice that was not helpful at all. Hugo thought his doctor
should be a quack. I was embarrassed by my innocent doctor.
Hugo entered his wife ‘s bedroom. I approach the shape lying on

the bed in the dimly lit bedroom and carefully sit on the bed.
Lucia, lying on his back, looked up and turned and turned to face
him.
He stretched out his hand without knowing it, and he was puzzled
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and disgusted. Why can not I touch my girl as much as I can.
Who should blame for this irrational situation. Hugo’s gaze went
down a little and headed to her boat, covered with futon.
An unseen unknown creature that grew up in her womb drove her

to the greatest danger of her life. I knew that I should not make the
mistake of taking out the words that blame my baby.
He thought too simply of the problem of having a child. I just

thought that if a child grows up, it will end when she grows up.
The king who had undergone this process four times was admired.
Hugo gave up his courage and reached out his hand. She touched
her cheeky cheek and swept her forehead and turned her hair. Lucia
was nervous, and he was nervous for a moment. Then he breathed in
as Lucia blinked.
“Hugh … … ? ”
Her reaction was gentle. Hugo breathed a sigh of relief. My wife ‘s

psychological state was like a plateau, so I could not relax more than
the battlefield.
He missed his wife a few months ago, who was always laughing at
seeing himself. Lucia laughed at him and stretched out his arms.
Hugo wanted to know what this is. As she smelled the soft and warm
scent of her nose, she realized the truth that happiness comes from
something really trivial.
“I saw my mother in a dream. You looked young, beautiful

and happy. ”
“I hope you will come to your dream every day. Young,

beautiful and happy. ”
Lucia laughed at the jokes, but Hugo was genuine.
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“I have to eat dinner. Do you want me to prepare now? ”
“I do not have much appetite.”
“I ate a lot of lunch. Nothing to eat? If you think about

anything, tell me. ”
“Your baby in the boat is sucking the nutrition of your

body,” Hugo muttered to the inside, adding a radical expression to
the words of his doctor.
“Well… … . I do. I think that would be my appetite. ”
Hugo was nervous. This time, I wanted to tell you the food you can
get.
The last time I did not save Jeongpo Island. Looking at her for a few
days, she had to feel her incompetence and incompetence.
“The night market was opened in the town where I was a

child. Peter cooked grilled skewers was really good. ”
Hugo was relieved because it did not seem like it was impossible
but it was impossible. Night market. Peter. Grilled skewers. I
remembered the key words.
“All right.”
“Wow. Then we can do that for dinner. ”
“… … now?”
“If not now?”
Hugo swallowed a sigh. Immediately he called Jerome. Jerome took

a couple of servants and visited the village where he had lived.
After a few hours, he took the grilled skewer and took him upstairs.
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Lucia was making a linen outfit in the reception room and was
delighted to see the dish her husband brought and made her happy.
However, he said, “I have just had a few bites and I have been
hungry.”
“When will cheongpoddo open?”
It’s a green one. Hugo seriously worried whether he would buy a

farm.
Translator’s Corner
* Please make sure you are reading on Ruby Maybe translations.
*If you are, then thank you.
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Dean was back. It had been a month since Hugo gave him the
order to capture Philip. He had gone to the village that Hugo had
asked him to, but because it had been a little while since Philip left,
he had to search around and that took time. Dean explained that
fortunately, he found Philip somewhere not too far from the village
and was able to bring him in.
“I took him to the safe house.”
“Good job.”
An old mansion, located at the outskirts of the capital, was

currently being used as the Taran Information Division’s safe house.
The old mansion gave off a time-worn, somber atmosphere and was
surrounded by a considerably large courtyard, masking any
possibility of knowing what was going on within the walls. There were
only rumors that a cranky old man that did not go outside, was the
owner of the mansion.
The entrance to the safe house used a secret passage that was a
little distance away from the mansion so externally, only a few
servants frequently visited to manage the place.
Hugo left for the safe house late at night in order to avoid being
seen by others.
The inside of the seemingly old mansion was reinforced with

soundproofing. Especially down in the basement, there was no
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chance of any noise or racket spreading outside.
The knights standing guard in front of the room, bowed their heads
when Hugo appeared. Even after the heavy stone doors were
completely opened, Hugo momentarily remained still.
“Do not follow me inside.”
Hugo was about enter the room then he stopped. He looked at

Dean and extended a hand.
“Sword.”
Dean immediately removed the sword strapped to his waist and

handed it to Hugo. As Hugo held the sword and walked in, the door
quickly closed behind him.
The room he entered had stone walls on all sides and it was not
very spacious. The soundproofing was so thorough that one couldn’t
hear any sound from the inside once the door was closed.
There were two chairs in the middle of the room, facing each other.
In one of them, sat Philip, with his hands tied behind his back and to
the chair. And the chair, made of iron, was tightly bolted to the floor.
Since thorough safety measures had been taken, the knights
obediently obeyed when Hugo ordered that he would be going into
the room alone.
Hugo sat down on the opposite chair. He stared at Philip, who had
his head hanging low.
Philip’s complexion was haggard as he slowly lifted his head. He

was not hurt anywhere but he had been loaded onto a carriage,
unable to rest properly the entire time, and was at the limit of his
physical strength. He had a lot of endurance, but age wasn’t
something that could be deceived. Philip smiled faintly when he saw
the cold red eyes facing him.
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“It has been a long time.”
“Cut the crap.”
Even though Hugo’s response was cold, Philip didn’t care. Despite
being in a situation where he was suddenly dragged away and bound
up, Philip’s expression was no different from usual.
Hugo knew the old man was this type of person. He expected that
even moments before his neck was cut off, the old man would still
look calm. Today of all days, that expression of his was very
annoying.
“I’m sure you know why you’re here, you bastard.”
“I will know when you tell me.”
Hugo pressed down his surging murderous urge to wrench off the

old man’s neck this instant.
“You told me to come, didn’t you? Or are you saying that

you blabbered all that meaninglessly?”
“No. However, there are many reasons for young master to

come find me. Do you need treatment for the Madam? Or, has
the Madam gotten pregnant?”
Seeing Hugo’s forehead twitch, Philip’s eyes grew bigger.
“…So she has gotten pregnant.”
Just as Philip expected, the heavens did not abandon him. Even
though he had mixed the drug into the Duchess’ headache medicine,
Philip was not sure of its success.
There were many variables. He could not guarantee that the

Madam would take that headache medicine consistently, and
because the drug’s efficacy was weakened, not only was the
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neutralization of mugwort slower, the probability of conception was
extremely low. However, it succeeded, and she was pregnant in two
years.
“Congratulations.”
Philip’s congratulatory words were not desirable at all. Hugo

squeezed the sword in his hand and held in his desire to draw his
sword without mercy.
“Like I thought, you did this. Blood, you said? When you
looked down on me, you must have thrown away your desire
to live.”
“Why are you so sure I lied? Maybe the Madam had a child
with another ma…”
Feeling the cold blade under his neck, Philip shut his mouth. It only
took an instant. Hugo stood up, drew his sword and pointed it at
Philip’s throat. The tip of the sword was digging into Philip’s skin as if
it would pierce through the moment Philip said a single word.
“Just one more bullshit out of you.”
Philip looked up at Hugo and nodded his head, marginally. A frosty

expression, a gaze filled with bloodthirst and a subdued voice.
Philip realized that Hugo was extremely angry. He, who didn’t get
nervous easily, had chills at his back. When the sword was
withdrawn, he sucked in a breath.
“It was the vision of my family. I had no choice but to lie.”
“Even if I ask you now, I’m sure you won’t tell me.”
“Would you believe it if I told you?”
“I couldn’t care less about the vision. It will be buried along
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with you when you die anyways, old man.”
“You’re not someone that would bring me here because

you were annoyed by a lie I said in the past.”
“Enough with the nonsense. I need to know what trick you

pulled.”
Hugo could not stand the fact that there was a gap in the
protection around his wife.
“It was the headache medicine.”
Philip obediently confessed. He didn’t plan on acting innocent

anyways.
“Headache medicine.”
Hugo repeated for emphasis then he forced a laugh. He had to find

out exactly what happened, once he got back. His first goal for
capturing Philip was achieved.
“Tell me why you wanted to see me.”
Philip stared blankly at Hugo.
“Why are you so curious about what I have to say?”
“Don’t get any ideas. You won’t be able to leave this room
alive.”
“Kill me. What regrets does an old man like me have? I’ve
lived long enough. But you will not kill me. Afterall, there is
something you want to know from me.”
When he saw Hugo’s red eyes waver, Philip sighed.
‘How can this be.’
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He had thought the probability was extremely low. When the Duke
showed an unusual reaction to the Duchess in Roam, Philip had a
sliver of suspicious, but he believed it wasn’t possible. And he hoped
it was not the case.
A man in the high position of the lord of the North and the Taran
family, should not do something like holding a woman in his heart
and creating a weakness for himself.
Philip had come to realize the truth from his long years alive; that
things in the world did not always go as planned. A man’s plan was
inferior to the order of the great world. He learnt that it was best for
him to use all of his efforts to cling to the opportunity before him
right now, rather than planning.
And that is why Philip clung to the Duchess’ pregnancy. At the

time, it was the only opportunity. It was not because he had a grand
plan afterwards, but because there had to be a child first before he
could plan for the future.
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If the Duchess were to get pregnant, the Duke would suspect that
there was a high chance of an affair.
The Duke did not believe in people. He knew that he could not
have a child without special methods, so he would be unable to
believe that the Duchess was bearing his child.
With this, the ducal couple’s relationship would become estranged,

and the Duchess, who was suspected of infidelity, would neglect her
child.
And at this point, he could look for an opportunity. That was

Philip’s vague outline of a plan.
However, there was a very slim possibility. It was a possibility that

Philip did not want to happen, but just in case, the Duke truly gave
his heart to the Duchess and trusted her, Philip left a word behind
with the Duke.
The reason Philip was even offering his medical services at the
northern border was because he thought that it was only a matter of
time before the Duke came to subjugate barbarians.
Even when he was suddenly captured by the Duke’s knight, loaded

onto a carriage and dragged somewhere, Philip thought there was no
way.
Philip always wished for the Duke to let go of his vain anger
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towards his family and truly accept his position as the lord of the
north. However, he could never accept the Duke becoming soft
because he had fallen for a woman.
‘That cannot happen.’
Philip’s family and Philip himself had made sacrifices for the
prosperity of the Taran family! The Duke was betraying the blood and
tears of many people.
“Let this old man take a guess at what you want to know.”
(Philip)
Philip quickly drew a plan in his head. It was not a plan that he
thought up just now. Philip always made a variety of plans, assuming
numerous situations. And whenever he was faced with a situation, he
fleshed out his plan according to the circumstances.
“A bride gives birth to a son that continues the bloodline

but there is no record of the mother of the bride in the Taran
family secret room. You only pay attention to the existence
of the half-sisters; you are normally not interested in what
happens to the women that gives birth to them.”(Philip)
Philip watched Hugo’s red eyes flare up as if they were on fire and
licked his dry lips. Then he gave a modest thin smile, no different
from usual, and said:
“‘Will the Madam be okay after giving birth to the little

miss?’. Did you not call me because you wanted to know
that?” (Philip)
Hugo wanted to chop off the insidious old man’s head this instant.
‘What a sly old man.’
He was so wrapped up in his obsession and wouldn’t hesitate to lie

for his own purposes. Hugo ground his teeth, deeply regretting his
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laughable act of charity in sparring Philip’s life. When he was
cleaning up the other bastards, he should have gotten rid off the old
man as well.
It was better to kill him now, at least, and shut his mouth forever
before his tongue started wagging. That was the conclusion Hugo
calmly discerned. If Philip’s tricks had concerned his own well-being,
Hugo would have sneered and gone ahead with it without any
hesitation. However. Hugo could not gamble with her life.
Just like Philip said, Hugo was suspicious about whether his wife
would be okay after giving birth to a child. An ordinary woman could
not bear a Taran family child unless her body was prepared in a
certain way. It was not a normal pregnancy.
Taran’s unusual bloodline always made Hugo have questions about

his identity. Hugo always couldn’t shake off the question, ‘am I really
human?’. What’s worse was that he couldn’t be sure if his weak wife
would be okay after raising a non-human-like life inside of her and
giving birth to it.
The only person that could answer Hugo’s question was Philip. So
Hugo tried to sound Philip out but Philip discovered Hugo’s intention
instead.
From the moment Hugo asked his knights to get Philip, his
intentions were already read. If Hugo was not worried about his wife,
he would not be concerned about what Philip meant by those words
and there would be no need for him to call Philip and ask him what
he meant.
Seeing that the Duke was just staring at him and not swinging the
sword in his hand, Philip confirmed that the Duchess had become the
weakness of the Duke.
Philip felt a strange sense of loss. It was despair brought about by

witnessing the tragedy of a perfect existence becoming humanized.
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‘The young master is perfect. Why are you trying to scratch
that perfection?’
The Duke was the best masterpiece made from the Taran lineage,
the only nobility descent of the ancient era. The birth of the twins
and the eventual death of one of them were processes that
contributed to the making of the current Duke. It was a noble
sacrifice. That was how Philip thought of it.
Unlike the others of Taran blood, the late Hugo was weak and
feeble-minded. And the young master Damian who inherited that
blood was imperfect.
If young master Damian was combined with the daughter of young

master Hugh, a perfect descendant would be born yet again and the
Taran lineage would continue.
Philip painted such a future in his head. If his health held up, he
could live long enough to see it, and even if he died without seeing it,
it didn’t matter. Philip was merely doing everything he could do right
now in the situation given to him.
Philip felt regretful that he couldn’t take part in the Duke’s choice
to abandon his perfection and chose a woman. No matter what he
said, the Duke would close his ears to it.
Things in the world were like the front and back of a coin. Good
things usually came after the bad things had arrived. The Duke’s
change was a bad thing, but that was how he got hold of an
opportunity.
“The Madam may, or may not, be fine.” (Philip)
“This bastard seriously.”
Hugo clenched his teeth. The raging anger in his heart cried out for
him to slay the bastard on the spot. His hand gripping the sword
shook slightly.
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But he could not. It was fine even if he got caught up in Philip’s
shallow tricks. As long as she was safe, he could put up with it.
“Even if I were to tell you something, would you believe

it?”
“…So?”
“So I have to offer a token of trust first. The Madam will

experience an unbearable abdominal pain around when her
stomach begins to swell.”
Philip’s medication mixed with headache medicine was an

incomplete drug, born in the process of going to the final state.
Therefore, there were side effects.
¬¬ According to the records, the pregnant women suffered from

severe abdominal pain every time the uterus expanded as the fetus
grew. It said the pain was torturous enough to make them hold their
stomachs, roll around and cry in agony.
It was not a complication caused by the pregnant woman or

something going wrong with the fetus. It was only that during the
term of pregnancy, the pregnant woman would feel intense pain
every time the child grew bigger. However, Philip did not reveal such
details.
“I will give you a prescription. When the Madam feels pain

in her stomach, give her medicine according to the
prescription and her abdominal pain will settle.”
Philip’s ancestors discovered the drug that relieved the side effects
experienced by pregnant women, through further research. The drug
Philip was using today was made after much trials and error.
“How do I trust that you didn’t pull anything with the

drug?”
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“If you don’t believe me, don’t use it.”
Hugo gave a fake laugh. This was not the Philip that Hugo had
previously known. This Philip was confronting Hugo without any
hesitation or regard for his safety.
Hugo felt strained, as if his stomach was flipped upside down. He

wondered what the old bastard believed in to be acting this way. Was
the old man so confident that he would be entangled in his tricks? Is
that why he was taking him so lightly?
It had taken almost ten years before Hugo saw Philip again after
forcing him out. In that meantime, Hugo became Duke, swept
through the battlefield, distinguished himself in war and faced
cunning politicians.
He was not the person he was when the late, previous Duke took
his brother’s life as collateral and seizing him by the neck, restricting
his movement.
Hugo calmed his anger. He raised his evaluation of the old bastard
by a few steps. He didn’t see him as ‘nothing but a doctor’ but as a
seasoned politician whom he was making a fierce deal with. He
recreated the feeling he had when he faced the Duke of Ramis in
order to save Roy.
His head was cool but on the outside, he displayed an appropriate

amount of anger. He seemed like he was being completely drawn in
by Philip’s words.
“If she has abdominal pain like you say. What is the
reason?”
“Just as you have guessed.”
“Guessed? Are you claiming to know what I’m thinking?”
“You always called it a monster. Then isn’t the Madam
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raising a monster in her stomach?”
Hugo swung the sword in his hand and struck Philip’s head.
Philip’s scream could be heard at the same time as a dull sound.

Due to the sudden blow to his head, Philip’s surrounding was
spinning causing him to drop his head and close his eyes. Something
flowed from his forehead, dropping onto his knee. Philip watched the
dripping red blood sank into his clothes.
“I want to pull out that sickening tongue of yours one day.”

(Hugo)
As he listened to the voice overflowing with blood thirst, Philip

wrinkled his forehead because of the throbbing pain and lifted his
head. Philip stared at the piercing red eyes that looked like they
would tear him to death at any time.
Philip knew of the Duke’s violent and cruel personality. He

confirmed once again that his life was being spared in front of the
Duke despite the Duke’s anger. The Duchess was the absolute
weakness of the Duke.
Outwardly, Hugo seemed to be suppressing his raging anger, but in

actuality, he was analyzing Philip’s words.
The word ‘monster’ referred to Hugo himself and the Taran family
and every time Hugo said that word, Philip hated it. However, Philip
himself said that word and provoked Hugo.
‘He’s trying to make me angry and gain the initiative in the

conversation.’
“Old man. Just as you say, the cursed Taran bloodlines are
monsters. Do you think I have any attachment towards a
child with the family’s cursed blood that isn’t even born
yet?”
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Seeing the Duke behaving as though all he had to do was get rid of
the child, Philip made an expression like he expected it.
“I’m sure that’s what you believe. But it would be better

for you not to. If you don’t want to lose the Madam, I mean.”
“Bullshit.”
“The Taran blood has very strong vitality. They have a

strong instinct to protect themselves from the moment they
are in the womb. Trying to abort with drugs would only hurt
the mother instead. What I am saying is a fact. I can’t do
anything if you don’t believe me, but can you take such a risk
when you don’t know if the Madam might be in danger?”
“…”
He couldn’t. He couldn’t take the risk. It felt dreary as if the

support beneath his feet disappeared.
Hugo once again reevaluated his relationship with Philip. It was not
equal. Currently, Hugo was completely in the weaker position. Hugo
had no information at all while Philip knew everything.
This was the first time since his brother’s death that he was
making a deal in such an overwhelmingly disadvantageous position.
‘I need information.’
The records Philip had in his hands had to have been passed down
in his family for generations. But how were they passed down? When
Hugo had just become Duke, he searched everywhere but could not
find it.
The child was gradually growing, and the day of delivery was
drawing nearer, so the time he had was limited. He couldn’t figure
out where he could find the records.
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Hugo stood up. If he were to continue taking with Philip, all he
would be doing was revealing all the cards he had in his hands.
As he turned around, there was a grim look in his eyes. His

knuckles turned white as he clenched his sword tighter. He wanted to
draw his sword right now and blow off the old man’s head. If Philip
had called out to stop Hugo from behind, he might have done so.
Upon receiving the signal, those outside opened the stone door.
Hugo walked out of the door, unable to get his seething anger under
control, and stood there for a while as if frozen.
The knights held their breaths at the sight of their master’s

threatening countenance.
“Dean.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Go in. Get the prescription the old man is talking about
and bring it to me. Keep a thorough eye on him. Do not let
anyone but me get into contact with that bastard.”
As he listened to his knights reply, Hugo climbed up the stairs that

led above ground. It was as though masses of iron were tied to his
ankle; every step was terribly heavy. He breathed heavily,
suppressing the urge to scream like crazy.
Anger towards something vague soared within him. It was anger

towards his fate, and at the heavens looking down at him and
mocking him.
*I literally gagged while translating this. Philip…*shudder*
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When Hugo returned to the mansion, it was already late into the
night. He sat absentmindedly in his office for a while. He urged his
brain to think but it refused to work properly. He didn’t know where
he should start from.
‘The headache medicine. Yes…find out what happened with

the headache medicine and then…’
After that was blank. His head was as empty as a blank sheet of
paper. Nothing came up. He felt terribly helpless, like an abyss was
slowly eaten away at him from his feet.
It was fear. His heart thumped with anxiety, growing louder by the
minute and he felt suffocated. Even if he were about to die by having
his limbs bound, stomach smashed, and heart ripped out, he would
not be this scared.
Just thinking about the possibility of losing her filled Hugo with
indescribable horror.
Hugo left his office at daybreak. He went into his wife’s bedroom,
and stood idly by the bed, watching his wife who was sound asleep.
He lifted the blanket, climbed onto the bed and pulled her into his
chest. Her body was slightly hot due to her mild fever.
The happiness and despair filled his heart. He could not live if he
lost her. He felt like his heart would explode and kill him.
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[I have never said this, have I? Thank you for marrying me.]
“…Not at all. You fell into a terrible swamp.”
She went through all sorts of trouble to get a child that everyone
else has, and the child she got with difficulty, became the main
culprit eating away her life.
The only reason she had to go through things other people didn’t
was because she was married to him.
She should not have come to see him that day. If they had lived
without knowing each other…if that had happened, then she likely
wouldn’t be facing such danger.
But if he had not met her, he would have lived with a frozen heart,
watching a grey scenery for the rest of his life.[1]
‘I can’t let go.’
Even if he went back to the past right now, he had no confidence in

being able to let her go. It was ugly selfishness.
“I love you.”
Hugo whispered in her ear and closed his tingling eyes. Heat
rushed to his eyes and something hot flowed from his eyes. His chest
felt like it was tightening, and his throat hurt like it was seizing up.
As he shed tears for the first time, Hugo recalled the description of
the word, ‘cry’. It was a complex, intricate feeling that couldn’t be
expressed with something as dry as ‘One cannot suppress their
feelings and tears fall’.
***
Hugo spent the entire night wide-awake. He was thinking things

over nonstop all night. The darkness withdrew, and the daybreak sun
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gradually brightened up the bedroom as he came to a conclusion
after a long stretch of thought.
Lucia opened her eyes slightly earlier than usual this morning. She
smiled, feeling the warmth against her back and the strong arms
wrapped around her.
She shifted in her position and turned around to face him. When
she met his gaze, she flashed a sweet smile and buried herself in his
arms. His big hand found its way to her head and the feeling of his
fingers combing through her hair was nice.
“Vivian. I think I have to go to the north.”
Lucia lifted her head in surprise. His eyes had a subdued feeling of
gravity in them.
“It won’t take long. I’ll come back soon.”
“…Okay. It seems like an urgent matter.”
“I’m sorry I can’t be with you at a time like this.”
“It’s okay. There’s still a long way to go before the child

arrives. You’ll be back before then, won’t you?”
Seeing his wife trying to shrug it off like everything was fine, Hugo
hugged her and squeezed tightly. His wife who always said that
things were okay and smiled prettily had not changed.
Although he was taken aback by her complaints and annoyance,

on the other hand, he was happy about it. It meant that she relied on
him that much.
Hugo thought that he needed to thoroughly dig through the family

secret room in Roam again. It was his only hope. He had to find even
the slightest clue there. Still holding her in his arms, Hugo’s eyes
shone with resolve.
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***
While her husband was away, Lucia tried to keep her mind and
body in the best condition possible for the baby, at all times. And
occasionally, she imagined various things, trying to solve the mystery
of how she got pregnant.
“Milady. When did you start taking the headache medicine

you were prescribed?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“There is something I need to look into.”
Lucia had a strange feeling.
“What is it that you need to look into?”
When Lucia kept inquiring, Jerome hesitated then said:
“Master ordered the investigation.”
‘The headache medicine…it’s related.’
Lucia sensed that her pregnancy and the headache medicine were
related. Because the effect of her recent headache medicine was so
good, Lucia knew exactly when she started taking it and clearly
remembered who gave it to her.
‘The medicine Anna gave me…?”
Lucia was shocked to think that there was a problem with the
headache medicine. She had faith in the doctor, Anna on a
fundamental level. She believed that there was no way Anna would
mix something into the medicine deliberately. So, she decided to call
Anna and ask her personally.
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[1]This is him basically saying she brought color into his life.
T/N: Sorry if I over explain things. If I feel like the author’s meaning
isn’t well portrayed in english, I try to put further explanation.
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“You already have a successor. Did Sir. Philip say that he

was dissatisfied because Damian is unqualified to succeed
the family? But even that doesn’t match up. I cannot have a
son. There’s no way Sir. Philip doesn’t know that.”
Hugo could not conceal his bafflement. Lucia realized that she had
thrown out a sharp question. He usually gave her the honest answer
to whatever she asked. But this time, no matter how long she waited,
he did not open his mouth.
She did not want to ask him questions that made it difficult for him.
If it was something he couldn’t tell her, she didn’t intend to
interrogate further.
Lucia might have retreated if this was before she was with a child.
However, the strong feelings she got from the baby’s movement had
not yet subsided. She felt wonder towards the life growing up within
her and blossoming maternal love began to grow in her heart.
She couldn’t let issues related to her baby just pass by. Even
though she felt that the core of the secret he wanted to hide was
related to this issue, she had no choice but to be stubborn.
“You promised me, Hugh. You said you would think again
about telling me your secret if I implored you.”
Her steady amber eyes were lit with stubbornness as she looked
straight at him. Hugo let out a troubled sigh.
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“If you just can’t tell me even after thinking about it again,
I will follow your will. I just want to know if the reason you
can’t tell me is because you’re worried about revealing your
secret.”
“…it’s not something good to hear. For you. And for the
child too.”
“I am fine. Our baby will be fine too. You boasted that

there was no way your child was weak, didn’t you?”
Hugo gave a brief chuckle, mixed with a sigh.
“I can’t win against you.”
Hugo revealed all of the secrets that he knew to her. He told her
everything, his family’s secret, the truth regarding the incestuous
marriages, even Philip’s lies.
The only thing he excluded was the fact that his identity was the
abandoned ‘Hue’. That fact was still a dragon’s reverse scale that he
didn’t dare to touch.
“So Sir. Philip cannot escape from his nonsensical

delusion.”
Lucia simply stated how she felt. Unlike what he was concerned
about, she accepted his surprising story calmly.
“Hugh. Damian is my son. And he will be an older brother

to our newborn child. I want to raise my two children as close
brother and sister. I do not want to pass the Taran family’s
secret to the children.”
“I am of the same thought.”
“Does this thing still worry you? Is that why you couldn’t
tell me?”
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“I didn’t tell you because…it was so disgusting.”
Seeing her husband go quiet again, Lucia sighed.
“…did you think I might look at you differently…?”
“…”
His lack of response was like an answer. Lucia wonder what she
should do with this timid black lion.(1) She felt like crying because
she felt sorry and he seemed so loveable. She raised herself up,
wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and buried her face in his
check.
Lucia wished love could be seen with the naked eyes. She wanted
to open her heart and show him how much she loved him. How could
she explain to him that even if he was hiding a dreadful secret, her
love for him would not change?
“Actually, Hugh, I have a secret I have not been able to tell

you too. Would you like to hear my story?”
Lucia opened the doors to the secret that she had been trying to
bury her entire life. She began the story from the morning she woke
up when she was 12 years old.
“…And like that, that terrible marriage life finally came to

an end.”
Lucia stopped talking for a moment and glanced at him to check

his expression.
“Why did you stop? Continue.”
“…you look very scary.”
His expression was dripping with murderous intent. His red eyes
were so brightly sharp that for the first time, Lucia felt he was a little
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scary.
“Do you…think it’s too ridiculous so you’re unhappy?”
“It’s not that!”
Hugo breathed raggedly and swept up his hair in a rough manner.
Count Matin. He shouldn’t have killed that bastard so easily. It was

beyond vexing. He gnashed his teeth, filled with indignation. To hear
that she had lived as the wife of such trash and went through all
sorts of hardship was so gut-wrenching.
Furthermore, when he thought about the King’s shameless mug,

he was suddenly very irritated. The King was the chief instigator.
Kwiz sold off his sister.
No. The biggest problem was the innocent woman before him.
“My wife, why are you like this, really? Why can’t you be
filled with spite?”
“…Huh?”
“You had to go through all that. But. You only ask me to

take measures so that that bastard can’t marry the
princess?”
If he had known this, he would have given the bastard all the pain
possible in the world and killed him in the most miserable way! The
fact that the bastard was already dead infuriated him.
“…Hugh. Thank you for listening to me seriously. This isn’t

something that happened in reality so…”
“If you remember it then it is no different from

experiencing it. It is not just a simple dream to you, is it? It is
an experience you lived through.”
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“…Yes. Yes but…”
“If I knew then that bastard—!”
“He is already dead. What can one do to the dead?”
She thought that Count Matin had died in an accident and the fact
the he couldn’t truthfully tell her that he had taken action and gotten
rid of him, frustrated him even more.
“If you’re getting so worked up, I’ll stop the story here.”
Hugo breathed in a few times to calm himself down. He had to

hear more. Although her story was unrealistic, he did not think it was
absurd.
It strangely made things make sense. Whether it was her

composure which was unsuitable for her age, or her shrewd ability to
cope which was unlike a princess who had been locked up in the
palace since childhood. Sometimes he had questions regarding her
but just buried them, however, all those questions were being
answers.
In addition, Hugo knew quite a lot about magical tools, thanks to

his family’s secret room. Like his wife said, the pendant was very
likely a magical tool, and such a bizarre ability was very possible for
a magical tool.
The reason why most currently widely known magical tools were
seen as nothing more than a toy, was because the humans in the
present age did not have the ability to recognize magical tools with
more functions than a toy.
“Continue, I will just listen.”
Lucia swallowed her laughter as she gazed at her husband who

looked like he would explode if someone touched him. She was
thankful for him for listening to her seriously and not assuming she
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was speaking nonsense. Rather, she was more concerned because
he seemed too seriously immersed in her story.
1. If I recall correctly, black lion is the symbol of the Taran family.

Please correct me if I’m wrong.
T/N: One last time, the hangul for: [Hugo] is [휴고] [Hugh] is [휴]
[Hue] is [히우]
The [Hugh] Lucia calls, is like a short form of Hugo. [Hue] is

Hugo’s birth name. [Hugo] is his brother’s birth name. His brother
died, he took his brother’s place as well as his brother’s name. Fin.
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Lucia began her story again. When she reached the part of the
story where she started getting acquainted with a knight as she was
running her workshop, his expression looked considerably sour.
As she talked about how she was swindled and lost all her money,
Lucia secretly glanced at his expression and found that it was
surprisingly okay. She was relieved that he understood that her story
wasn’t something that happened in reality.
However, inwardly, Hugo was thinking about something different.
‘So there’s a guy left for me to vent on.’
There was a bastard who could take Count Matin’s share of the
crushing. Hugo thought to himself that he had to coax her into telling
him who the man was.
When she finished her lengthy story, Lucia sucked in a deep breath
and closed her eyes for a while. She used to think of her dream as
something that she could never tell anyone. For the first time, she
spoke of something that had only been lodged in her mind, and as
she did so, she was yet again able to look back on it as another
lifetime.
Lucia smiled bashfully at her husband, who was staring at her.
“You aren’t thinking, ‘this woman is crazy’, right?”
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Hugo felt stunned, but he couldn’t explain why, so he silently
hugged her. He didn’t speak words of comfort about the exhausting
life she experienced. Rather, he was the one being comforted.
He was saved by her, unlike himself in her dream. His other self
who was unable to find her, would have spent his lifetime with a
dried out heart.
“Hugh, I have lived a life where I was thrown around left

and right. I am not a princess who grew up prettily in the
palace. Do I seem different to you now?”
“You know that’s impossible.”
“It’s the same for me too. No matter what secret you have.
You are you.”
Hugo gave a shallow laugh, still hugging her. What in the world
was he afraid of? The darkness that had restricted him for so many
years, dispersed with a light wave from her hand.
The slender woman in his arms had a heart so steady that it

surprised him. He hadn’t understood it when people said that a
woman’s will was sometimes stronger than a man’s. But now he did.
“The problem is, Damian.”
“Damian?”
“When that child grows up and finds a woman he loves, he

won’t be able to have a child in a normal way. But since I
know the method, it should turn out fine somehow. Hugh, I
told you that my illness was cured because I met a wandering
doctor, right? That doctor was actually Sir. Philip.”
“…What?”
Lucia gave a description of the Philip she had met in her dream.
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“I haven’t met Philip personally in reality, but is the doctor
I met indeed Sir. Philip?”
“…I think it is.”
“You know, I’ve thought about it and I think the mugwort

herb is the key to the continuation of the Taran family
lineage.”
“…You are…right.”
Hugo muttered vacantly. The prescription she received in her

dreams must have been the vision that was passed down in Philip’s
family, from generation to generation. That vision was the only
solution. He had to obtain it.
‘Where in the world did they hide it?’
A record that has been around for such a long time would be quite
large. To hide it, they would need to put it in a place that was
inconspicuous but with a considerable amount of space.
Hugo remembered an old memory. In the days when he was acting

like a doll, following the instructions of the late former Duke, he met
his brother once a month in order to confirm his brother’s safety.
He rode all day in a carriage without windows, arrived at a vast

plain with nothing around, and then the carriage carrying his brother
arrived. When he asked his brother where he was staying, his brother
replied:
[I don’t know either. It is a very small village, but I can’t

move around freely because there’s someone watching me. I
am always given drugs to sleep before I get on the carriage
to see you. Going off by how often I woke up in the middle to
eat, the carriage must have been moving for a few days.]
The small village that his brother talked about was in a very
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remote location, and he thought that it was something like a safe
house. Maybe the hideout of Philip’s family was there, and the
records might be there as well.
When he became the Duke, he spent quite some time trying to find
the hideout, but he failed. The search range of ‘a few days’ was too
wide.
‘She said the old man went to a secret location and brought
the cure back in a week.’
Anna’s testimony was an important clue. Philip must have gone to

the hideout to make the cure. With how cautious Philip was, he would
not have taken a carriage. He would have walked with care not to be
followed, and if the time he took to make the drug was removed, it
took the old man approximately three days to walk there. With this
knowledge, the range had narrowed down significantly and it wasn’t
too vast to comb through to find that village.
The measurement of a ‘a few days’ taken from the carriage’s

traveling time had been deceptive.
‘It must be an enclosed village. The entrance to the village

will be hidden.’
He had to send an order to the north, giving specific search

directions immediately. But despite having narrowed down the
range, he couldn’t guarantee when it could be found.
A thought suddenly flashed through his head. It was like a fog that
was before him suddenly got cleared.
Hugo abruptly got up, startling his wife whose eyes got round, and
seeing that sight, Hugo thought she couldn’t look more pretty. He
grabbed her face and planted kisses all over.
“My wife. You said you remember the cure, right? Tell it to
me.”
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“Yea, sure.”
Lucia replied, looking puzzled.
“Thank you. That is enough.”
Hugo left his dazed wife behind and went out of the bedroom
quickly.
Lucia couldn’t understand his last words or strange actions, but

she could tell that for some reason, he was very excited and it made
her giggle. Lucia laid down on the bed and placed both hands on her
stomach. She wanted to feel the baby’s movement that she felt
earlier, again.
“Baby. Move. It’s your mom.”
Lucia continued to speak slowly. After a good while, she felt a

vibration like her water was moving, as if the baby was answering
her. Lucia burst into cheery laughter.
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A few days later, Hugo went to the safe house and into the
underground secret chamber where Philip was confined. Before Hugo
went into the room, his knights had already tied Philip to the chair
like previously.
Hugo stared at Philip and slowly sat down on the opposite chair.
Philip looked like he had aged drastically in the span of a month. He
had only been fed enough to satisfy his hunger and hadn’t seen the
sun in a long time. Hugo’s gaze was only filled with ferociousness as
he looked at the haggard old man.
“Seeing as I haven’t seen you in a long time, you must

have gone to the North.”
Hugo’s eyebrow twitched.
“And I’m sure you couldn’t find anything.”
The Duke’s only response was to silently stare at him, but Philip
was convinced that he had seized a chance at victory.
Philip had absolutely no intention of doing anything to harm the

precious little miss that would be born soon, but the Duke would not
believe Philip. Although he would not believe Philip, the Duke was in
a disadvantageous position. He would not refuse proposal that
concerned the Duchess’ safety.
“You want something.”
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“I will make medicine that will guarantee the safety of the
Duchess and the little miss.”
“I have no intention of letting you see even a strand of my

wife’s hair.”
“Do as you wish. You can also give her the drug I make
yourself.”
Philip smiled with ease, looking at the Duke’s eyes which were
filled with distrust. He hadn’t forgotten the proverb that a cornered
mouse would bite the cat.
The Duke’s cruel and ferocious nature could burst open at any
time. If he was driven to a dead end, it was possible for him to kill
Philip without thinking of the aftermath because he couldn’t endure
the humiliation of being controlled by Philip.
It was necessary for Philip to set up conditions that could

sufficiently accommodate the Duke.
“I will not approach the Madam, nor will I approach your

daughter. I will follow your intention to raise the little miss
and young master Damian as siblings.”
“Whether you will follow or not, is not something for you to

decide. I can only hear that you are so deluded, you cannot
even grasp your own position.”
The Duke spoke bitingly but his voice had audibly softened. The
corner of Philip’s lips curved in a thin smile. He began to make a deal
with the Duke.
“It is not exactly necessary for young master Damian’s

bride to be born from the Madam.”
“Are you saying another woman should bear my child?”
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Philip was silent as if admitting to it.
‘The old man has a clever head on his shoulders.’
Hugo thought to himself that if the old man had advanced in the
business world, he might have made a name for himself as a
business tycoon.
His opponent was tense about what enormous demand he might

make for the safety of both his pregnant wife and baby, but he
caught his opponent off guard by proposing something seemingly
minor in comparison to that, relieving the burden on his opponent’s
mind. It was an excellent way to make a deal.
However, Philip made the most fundamental mistake of not

knowing his opponent well. A proposal to sleep with another woman
under the pretext of doing it for his wife and soon-to-be-born child,
was not a proposal accommodating or acceptable for Hugo.
Hugo had absolutely no intention of breaking his promise to be a

faithful husband and above all, he still loathed his blood. His soon-to-
be born child was only special because it was from his wife.
The mere thought of a woman other than his wife, bearing his
blood, was nauseating. When he thought of a situation where he had
to hold a strange woman to propagate his species, the biggest
problem was that it was physically impossible.
‘I don’t think it will stand.’
Hugo folded his arms and fell into thought as he lowered his gaze
to his lower abdomen. He wondered how Philip would look if he told
him that he couldn’t meet his demands due to physical issues.
It was a frivolous thought that didn’t match the seriousness of the

situation. Nothing had been solved, but he strangely felt at ease. It
was a good feeling as if everything would turn out well.
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Since the time Hugo captured Philip, he ordered a search into
Philip’s residence in Roam and Philip’s residence at the northern
border, and was still searching for Philip’s hideout.
As expected, nothing was found in Philip’s residence and the effort

to find Philip’s hideout was indefinite, like trying to find a needle in a
desert.
However, a few days ago, Hugo got a few clues that narrowed the
scope and was able to give concrete instructions. By now, the order
must have already been delivered. He did not expect to find the
hideout easily. He could find it within a few months or it could take
even longer than that.
He couldn’t wait indefinitely until he found Philip’s hideout. If he

didn’t go to meet Philip for a long time, he didn’t know what schemes
might form in the old man’s head. Hugo judged that now was the
best time to catch the old bastard off guard.
The current Hugo was no longer in a unilaterally disadvantageous

position. He had obtained sole but powerful information that was
Philip’s prescription.
Having this information, Hugo had more time to take a back seat
and look at the situation from afar. He realized that his biggest
mistake was getting enticed by Philip’s deliberate words.
Philip’s remark about his wife being in danger when she gave birth,
had a loophole.
It was impossible for Philip not to know that with Hugo’s

personality, if the child had killed its mother on its way out, he would
have sent the child after its mother. If it failed, the precious miss of
Taran bloodline dies.
With the old man’s craziness about the Taran bloodline, he didn’t
seem like one to gamble.
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‘This old bastard lies every time he opens his mouth.’
Hugo decided to make a decisive move. Philip watched the Duke’s

eyes cool down and judged that the Duke was willing to make a deal
with him calmly.
“I cannot understand your proposal.”
Hugo tried to find out a little more about Philip’s plans.
“What might you mean?”
“Is it so easy to get a child? What if there are no issues

until the child is born? If my wife gives birth safely, you’re
dead.”
Philip didn’t even blink despite the murderous intent that filled that
last sentence.
“The Madam will have to keep taking my medicine until a

bride for young master Damian is born. Why? Because until
then, the medicine I give, will be less effective.”
Philip had no intention of harming the Duchess’ life for the yet to
be born little miss, but he planned to alternate between a drug that
deprived the Duchess’ energy and one that restored it.
If she was confined to bed and recovered her energy after taking
Philip’s medicine, the Duke would have no choice but to listen to
Philip to get the drug.
“Let’s assume the child is born as you intended. What

about after that? Do you think I will let you and the child
live?”
“For that issue, you simply have to make a promise to

assure my safety.”
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“Promise?”
Hugo broke out in a sneer.
“Do you believe I will keep that promise?”
Was this bastard that naïve? Hugo felt amused like he was
watching a scene from a comedy skit.
“I want to believe but unfortunately, this is a world where

trust can be found lacking. Does young master think that the
heads of the Taran family were obediently convinced that
something as crucial as continuing that Taran family line was
in our family’s hands?”
For many generations, every single head of the Taran family

wished to know how to continue their bloodline after they came out
of the secret room.
The ancestors of Philip’s family held onto their secrets very tightly
so they did not bring danger upon themselves. They released most of
the facts that the Taran heads were curious about, according to
demands.
In exchange for the head of the Taran family satisfying the

curiosity, he had to promise not to tell anyone nor leave any record.
Of course, it was not just a verbal promise. There was a way to make
promises compulsory.
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When she woke up from her dream, she was determined to

Thus, she begins her journey to change her dark future.

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Chapter 101 Part 1

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Chapter 101 Part 1

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— The founding party — (1)

After conﬁrming the identities of the personnel in the carriage, the

“You’re telling a knight to surrender his sword?”

Roy looked at the palace guard and frowned menacingly. Well

“You cannot carry a sword into a party held in the palace.”

As soon the Duchess of Taran appeared, the surrounding

‘The Madam is pretty popular. Does she remember the

Roy continued to watch over Lucia from a distance. Being a

Roy spotted a familiar woman. There weren’t many cases where

As he watched over the Madam, Roy stealthily monitored the

‘It’s strangely irritating.’

Roy pondered about what he should do to woman if she showed up

‘Why is he like that?’

David was practically hiding himself in an inconspicuous corner of

The unpleasant woman appeared again, approached David and the

‘Are they lovers?’

The bad ones went well together.

‘Weirdly, something feels oﬀ.’

Anita hid in an inconspicuous place and nibbled on her lips as she

‘I never thought she’d bring a knight with her to a party in

There weren’t many cases of noblewomen bringing knights with

At the Duchess’ level, even though they couldn’t say anything to

Actually, Roy was very conspicuous. Among the numerous people

‘There is no other chance but today.’

The Duchess rarely attended balls. It was impossible to know when

‘Let’s think of a place where the guard cannot follow.

Anita decided to make up a situation. After conﬁrming that

‘This location is very good.’

“What is your business here?”

“The princess gave me permission to use this place.”

“The princess has never given me such instructions.”

“That’s strange. This isn’t the handmaid. Are there any

“There are no other handmaids inside.”

‘Two knights guarding the entrance. One handmaid inside.

* Another word for break room is lounge. I wanted to change it a

* A handmaid is a maid that works in the palace, in case this isn’t

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Chapter 101 Part 2

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— The founding party — (1)

David walked by Princess Katherine’s break room and beckoned to

“You two. Come over here.”

“What is the matter, sir?”

“Come with me for a moment.”

“But we have to guard here…”

“Jeez. It will only take a minute.”

“Alright then, one of us will stay behind.”

“I need help from two people. It is only just a moment. You

As David turned around the corner of the corridor, bringing the