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Chapter 168
Everything Connects to One
Ferda had always wondered.
Why she had killed the Third Prince.
Of course, the element of uncontrollable blood qi persistently tormented her.
The publicly known cause concluded that the Third Prince died because she failed to control that blood qi.
'I thought it would end like that.'
Е̇ńu mǎ .і d̆
If Valdrova had been a dragon whose eyes flipped when angry, or if the Third Prince had been reckless to the point of thoughtlessness, it would have ended that way.
But the doubt kept gnawing.
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'Valdrova's power often ran wild because of Godwin's energy.'
But that blood qi accumulated, and whenever Valdrova sensed that accumulation, she always resolved it by self-harming in her room.
If she had viewed the Third Prince as a single human being, she would surely have been careful.
It made no sense that she, who loved a human, would forget her own condition.
W̊ еb̊n̂ ov̂ ӗ l E n̂ ũm а
'And it also didn't make sense that the Third Prince provoked Valdrova by telling her that fact.......'
His heart pounded.
Ferda's Red Circle and Shadow Circle were both spinning simultaneously.
Proof that even Ferda's emotions weren't clear in his current state.
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"Why......."
Ferda asks calmly.
Ẅ еb̀ń о̀ v̂е̃l̆ Е̂ ǹ ü m̊ a
His reason hung by a thread like a string caught on a fingertip.
"Why did you do such a thing and make that woman unhappy?"
"It's what I heard......."
Akad began to speak.
"It wasn't to make Valdrova unhappy....... Million Arken knew the succession rights were pushed to the previous Emperor, and tried to build new power through a political marriage......."
It wasn't surprising in noble society.
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Valdrova would have tried to marry humans without knowing this fact either.
"Isn't that the usual thing?"
"That's...... not it...... He planned a rebellion to swallow the Empire using a dragon......."
"Is it certain he tried to start a rebellion?"
The reason Ferda asked this was because seven out of ten times it was fabricated evidence created for political reasons.
If it worked, they'd exterminate three clans without asking or investigating.
W̊ ёb n̊ оṽ е̄ l̄ Е́n̂um̆ă
"It's certain...... Not just a pretext for a purge, he really tried to start a rebellion....... There were forces trying to join him too......."
The Third Prince seems to have been different.
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"Even the previous Emperor who didn't discuss good and evil...... didn't look kindly on Million Arken....... He usually showed the appearance of a humble prince, but in reality he wasn't. A cruel and arrogant human, and he thought of the Archduke Valdrova as just a stupid lizard....... So he just had to make her spill what she held inside."
"So you made the Truth Drug."
"Yeah......."
Arrogant and overbearing by nature.
E n̈ü m̆а̂
He imagined that appearance revealing his pitch-black insides without reservation.
A rascal with a knife would dig through and violate her soft insides.
Strength entered his clenched fist.
The Third Prince who held ambition to build a new force using Valdrova.
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Valdemar who secretly fed her the drug to stop it.
And Valdrova sacrificed between them.
Е̊ n̂ um̆ ӑ . їd̈
'What Valdrova feared.......'
Her pure heart trampled, emotions surging like waves, and finally unable to suppress that blood qi, running wild.
The words Valdrova spoke at the Spring Festival suddenly came to mind.
-If someone really said such a thing to me, I would.......
"Speak."
Ferda asked again with a voice turned cold.
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"Who was the ringleader of that plan?"
It was already 50 years ago.
The previous King was dead, Akad's father was dead, and the living people related to that incident could be counted on one hand.
But it didn't matter.
Dragon matters follow the principle of severe punishment as a warning to others.
If they skipped a generation, he just had to leave behind painfully agonizing suffering for that generation.
Е̄ n̄.úm а̊
"The, the ringleader is...... ugh......!"
He stutters.
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It was his reason fiercely resisting that he must not speak that name.
But the more his reason resisted, the worse the headache became.
The only answer to escape the headache was the truth.
Just speak the answer and feel relief.
Е́n u̇ḿ ӓ
"Ugh......!!! Aaaaaah!!!"
After 10 minutes of fierce resistance, Akad finally chose relief.
"Kyaaaak!!! Grand Duke Golt!!"
Golt.
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Again.
That name pops out.
W̆ ёb ňǒ v̌ ěl Е̇ ñ um а̄
Behind the citizens' cheers, behind the dirty backroom maneuvering,
Everything connected to the name Valdemar Golt.
The more I hear that despicable old man's name, the more disgust piles up.
'To think I considered joining hands with that bastard.......'
The fact that I even briefly pictured a friendly future with that enemy who made a ruined life even more ruined was disgusting beyond words.
"I heard you tried to charge us with secession independence if we didn't listen, is that true?"
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He throws another question to cool his head.
"Ugh......."
"You'd better answer."
"It's a stupid thing...... The Far East...... gains more by staying attached to the Empire...... why would they do that? Grand Duke Golt...... said just bring the magitech."
And that intention was seen through by Ferda, and now that he had justification for autonomy, he wouldn't be able to interfere much.
But knowing Valdemar's power would keep growing, even that autonomy now felt like a candle before the wind.
Е̃ n ù mа̀
"Does Grand Duke Golt know you're doing this?"
This place was where Akad's darkness, which should be eternally sealed in his heart, was being realized.
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"He, knows....... Still can't touch me......."
"Because you're a recognized alchemist?"
"Yeah, because I'm useful......."
Honestly, his hobby probably wasn't important to Valdemar.
Ёn̂u m̀ӑ .і d
The Empire is different from the village.
In the village, if a corpse is found, they'd cremate it with propriety, but the Empire is a place where people die in the streets and others step over corpses to get to work.
One or two people disappearing into Akad's deep, dark fetish is just adding one more body to the countless corpses.
"Right."
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Ferda packs the recording crystal ball and stands up.
"This should be enough."
We̊b̄n̄о́ v е̇ľ E ň_ūm̂ а
Ferda picks up another medicine bottle.
That bottle's label read Love Potion.
It was the anesthetic he'd tried to feed Ferda.
"No."
Seeing that bottle, Akad shakes his head.
Ferda pauses the bottle for a moment and asks him.
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"What's no good?"
"That medicine...... don't want to eat it."
"Why? Isn't this your love?"
"Ha, hate...... that medicine...... hate it."
He tries to resist with his limp body.
But he can't escape Ferda's hand.
Ë n ūm̊á .іď
"How ironic."
Ferda sneers at the sight.
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"You hate those who desecrate love like that, yet you can't accept your own love."
Ferda puts his love into his mouth.
"Gack...... keck......."
The focus in Akad's two eyes falls back to that distant place.
Е̌ n̆um̆а̂ .іd̀
Ferda catches his breath facing him.
The stories he heard echo, scrambling Ferda's emotions.
He wants to strangle him right now.
No, that's not enough.
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Like Erdes did, he wanted to trap him in a cube or whatever and crush his whole body.
'But I mustn't do that.'
Е̄n̈ um̆.a
Handling this bastard's ugly side well isn't Ferda's role.
So Ferda's role ends here.
He rises from his seat.
Unconsciously, he scans the room once more.
"......."
Where his gaze lands, a person bound to the wall is visible.
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A woman.
She, ruined beyond recognition, watches this place listlessly with empty eyes.
'Judging by her condition, her mind might already be broken.'
Her body was wrecked from Akad's assault and experiments.
Wounds that would break not just ordinary people but even trained knights under drugs and torture.
The Love Potion only separates body and consciousness, it doesn't make one forget pain.
Ӗ ṅ úmа̇
It's a miracle she's still breathing.
Ferda reaches out to that woman.
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'Should I...... dispose of her?'
Leaving no evidence or witnesses would be advantageous for this job.
Even if he kills her, he can just pin it on Akad, not Ferda.
'And this would be the more merciful thing.'
Ёn ûm á
Clean death is better than painful life.
Normally he would have thought that.
But Ferda right now, with emotions surging, wasn't a human armed with cruel reason.
That emotion made Ferda different from usual.
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As if Valdrova was leaning on his back, embracing him warmly.
As if she was whispering that she's by his side.
W ѐb̀ n̂о̇v е̇ l̈ E n û.m̈ а̃
If.
Like her.
If this woman also held the belief that there's a way out even after feeling deep despair once.......
"Soon......."
He withdraws the mana from his outstretched hand.
"People will come."
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With that hand, he closes her eyes so they won't dry.
"So rest easy."
Ferda throws comfort unbefitting of himself and leaves.
* * *
Imperial Palace.
No one can approach Olivia's chambers.
Е̃ńu mӓ. і_ď
Originally, the only people who could enter her chambers were maids attending to the toilet.
But even that help was completely eliminated.
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Due to the recent runaway incident, every element that could help her was excluded.
For Olivia, it was rather good.
She didn't have to endure the creepy act of someone secretly checking her complexion while she slept.
The night Ferda got what he wanted was a little different.
W̆ еb̃ n̄ о v ė l Е̃n ũ m ӓ
She feels a thin, light touch stroking Olivia's hair.
She opens her eyes to a chilly winter with a faint breeze.
Olivia pretends to toss in bed and carefully grabs the dagger under her pillow.
Few people can infiltrate the Imperial Princess's chambers.
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If she saw Alexander, that pig's face, she intended to stab without hesitation.
But the silhouette backlit by moonlight was thin.
W̌ е̇b̆.ñ оvӗl Ӗṅu m̂ ӑ
Olivia lifts her head and looks at the uninvited guest.
"Princess Olivia?"
The eyes behind his mask glowed red.
Olivia gives no answer.
It wasn't because she was too scared to speak.
"Nice to meet you. I am Zed Swallow, come here on Regent Ferda's orders."
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As expected.
He kneels and speaks in a beautiful voice.
"The Regent wishes to give a small gift, would you please come with me?"
"......."
Instead of answering, Olivia rises from her seat.
She throws on the robe hidden under the bed and approaches his side.
Е́ ṅǔ m̌ ā. іd́
"Let's go."
"Yes."
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Zed leads Olivia through the escape route he'd prepared.
It went so smoothly that Zed was rather surprised.
'She's not flustered at all.'
A single pure flower.
We b nǒ v ēl Ėǹüm̆ ӓ
He knew that nickname was simply something nobles saw, felt, and were deceived by.
Yet her not being surprised at all in this sudden situation felt strange.
'As expected...... what I felt was right.'
In the past, he'd have been captivated by her looks and lightly asked for a dance at least.
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But from observing from afar, the swallow's instinct was screaming.
That if he seduced this woman, his life would properly twist.
Ẃ è b̄.n о̃ v̆е l Еňúm а
Thus they succeeded in escaping the Imperial Palace and boarding a carriage.
"Where are we going?"
Olivia, who had been following silently, asked.
"We're going to Marquis Devlen's mansion."
"To the Marquis's mansion......."
Instead of why, she throws another question.
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"I see......."
She mutters as if understanding and turns her head to the side, gaze falling out the window.
Every gesture was like a painting, but Zed only wanted to escape this seat quickly.
Soon after, they arrived at Marquis Devlen's grand mansion as guided.
Standing before the firmly closed main gate, a gatekeeper approaches.
Instead of servants who should be in splendid attire befitting the mansion, people wearing black robes hiding their identities greeted the carriage.
Еǹ ũ mā
Before the mansion's doors opened and they entered, Zed gets down at that spot.
"I'll be going now. It was a great honor to escort the Princess."
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Zed pulls the hood over his head and assimilates with those hiding their identities.
The carriage enters and stops before the mansion's main entrance.
"Welcome."
A masked woman greets Olivia politely.
Ѐň umа́. í d̈
She also observes propriety and asks.
"Is the Regent inside?"
"The Regent is absent."
Displeasure settles on Olivia's face.
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She could express even that emotion with a smile.
"Then what reason do I have to be here?"
Е̂ n ûm̄ã
"The Regent left a gift. Please, this way......."
Coming to someone else's mansion and even preparing a gift.
Looking around, no servants are visible, so quick-witted Olivia could grasp the situation.
That's why she quietly followed the masked woman.
Passing the alchemy workshop, moving to the basement through his secret passage.
"Please prepare your heart."
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Before opening the door, the woman warns Olivia.
And the dark fantasy that existed only in Devlen's head is revealed nakedly before Olivia.
The scent of blood and filth soaked into the bricks, faintly wafting out, seems to create auditory hallucinations of screams.
Instead of vomiting and making a fuss in that shocking room, Olivia moves her gaze to the center.
No, stolen would be right.
In the middle was a single chair, and surrounding it in a circle were torture tools and medicine shelves.
Ё ń ů m̄ а̃ . id
The wooden chair bore fingernail marks and rope burns on the armrests, telling of the screams and pain of that time.
In that creepy chair sat Devlen, the owner of this mansion.
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Olivia looks down quietly at his soul-less appearance.
"I heard Marquis Akad Devlen had a nasty hobby, but it's truly a disgusting hobby."
She says it like that, but Olivia's face wears a smile.
Not the kind of putting on a mask.
Ēnūm̊а̌ .іd̂
She genuinely found this situation incredibly enjoyable.
"Is this the Regent's gift?"
"Yes."
"That's too much. I'm a woman too, if you'd sent even a single flower I'd have been moved......."
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She mutters regretfully and asks her.
"What do you want me to do?"
Е̌nŭ m̃а
"You said it doesn't matter what I do. You said I'd surely put it to good use."
"Hmm~."
Olivia taps her finger against her lips, thinking.
"I think I can make this into ammunition to counter the Alte Order's attempt to shake their position. The Order people will be up all night too, so calling them won't be a problem."
"......."
"Then I can also publicize that demon worshippers aren't only hiding in the Alte Order."
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Valdemar's power reinforcement is blocked, and the Alte Order's system can't be denied.
"The Regent is amazing......."
Boldly entering a mansion, subduing the owner, and exposing his true face isn't easy for Olivia.
Let alone someone who's Valdemar's right hand.
For an imperial noble to snipe the right hand of someone overwhelmingly supported is impossible.
"Don't you think so, Garnet-ssi?"
Е̊ ńũ m a.ī.d
"......."
"Don't be so stiff. Between us."
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Olivia already knew who was hiding behind that mask.
"My contribution is big in gaining such a good ally, isn't it?"
"Of course it is."
Knowing she'd been found out, Garnet still didn't remove her mask.
Ӗ ṅ um а._і̂_d
"But since I'm in this position now, I have no choice but to be wary of you."
"Why?"
"Because lately I can't figure out your actions."
Ferda regards her as an ally.
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But Garnet knew Olivia wasn't simply a good ally.
"Regent and Princess scandal."
Wе b n̈ о̀v.е́l Е n̊ ū ḿа̌
Another request she'd received from Ferda long ago.
There was no harder task than finding the source of a rumor, and not expecting results was natural.
But Garnet was the leader of the Serdes Continent's best secret intelligence organization.
She finally reached the truth.
"I know you spread that rumor."
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