“There is a rumor going around that Seliya murdered His Majesty the Emperor.”
Gabriel said, lowering herself near Hariel.
At those words, Hariel's expression immediately distorted.
“...What? Gabriel, is that true?”
“Yes, there are already rumors on the streets.”
“That damned girl is planning to destroy our family!”
Hariel huffed as she unable to control her anger, grabbed the arm of the sofa.
“There was a time when she was just a beggar rummaging through trash cans... Does she repay the favor of raising her with revenge?”
Gabriel wrapped her arms around the angry Hariel's wrist and whispered softly.
“Mom, don’t be so angry. It makes no sense that the ignorant Seliya killed the Emperor, right? I’m sure this is an exaggerated rumor, given how thoroughly they search her body before entering the bedroom.”
Hariel frowned at her. She thought there was no way an unfounded rumor would spread to the Viscounty, which was so far away from the capital.
“Gabriel, what if the rumors are true! It could be that that lowly woman deliberately put our family in the fire because we were harassing her!”
"Mother."
Gabriel cut off Hariel's words with her sharp sword.
“When on earth did we ever bother Seliya?”
Gabriel tilted her head with an expression of incomprehension.
“In the first place, it's my father who enrolled the girl who was not related by blood and survived by digging through trash cans in the back alley into his family.”
Besides, what kind of father in the world would look at her adoptive daughter like that? Her brothers are like that too. The way they looked at Seliya was like that of a dog in heat.
Whether or not Seliya really killed the Emperor, Gabriel had no regrets about selling Seliya to the Emperor.
It was obvious that her family, who had vacated the mansion, would return and cause trouble, but Seliya was in the imperial palace and there was nothing they could do.
“It’s ruined! If I had known that bitch would kill the Emperor, I would have ripped off her hands.”
Hariel was tearing out her hair and swearing at Seliya.
Gabriel was a little annoyed at her mother for picking on fears, but instead of showing her irritation, she scolded her mother with gentle words.
“Mother, even if Seliya killed His Majesty, no harm would come to us.”
“Gabriel! What are you talking about? Have you seen that the family that opposed the Emperor remains intact? We might die. Because of that girl!”
Hariel pounded her chest with her fist, probably out of frustration.
Gabriel frowned, but she grinned at Hariel as if she had never done that before.
"Do not worry. Mother, the actual Emperor is the Three Dukes anyway.”
Three dukes who rule over a vast territory and boast great power.
The three Dukes came from a long-established family that had existed since Abelon was a mere small country, and they were all outstanding in appearance and ability.
The resourceful Illeon Gregric, the wizard Arthur Cervantes. And, Swordmaster Valt Portman.
They were all great men who were more like Emperors than Emperor himself.
Gabriel spoke in a soft voice.
“The Emperor was a scarecrow. If they were caught up in a power struggle, the reputation and status they had worked so hard to build would fall to the ground, so the three previous Dukes worked together to make a mere shell of a scarecrow the Emperor.”
Gabriel, who had sold her sister by blood to that husk, leaned on Hariel's shoulder and continued her words.
“Mother, why don’t you look higher? Seliya killing the Emperor could be a good opportunity for us.”
“...A good opportunity?”
Gabriel had a bright smile on his face.
“That’s literally it. Seliya is famous for being very pretty, right? But the late Emperor’s reputation was not very good.”
Gabriel was right. The Emperor was incompetent and did not take care of the palace, causing frequent complaints from the people.
“We’ll see. There will definitely be people praising Seliya as a hero who saved the country.”
“...”
“You never know. Maybe Seliya will take us to the imperial palace.”
Hariel looked at Gabriel as if she were a stranger. She knew that Gabriel was smarter than her peers, but she had no idea that she was so well-versed in imperial physiology.
“Gabriel, you are truly amazing! How are you so smart?”
Gabriel chuckled.
The reason she knew so well about the imperial family's affairs, which other noble ladies did not know, was none other than to win over Dietrich.
Dietrich Calypso.
A man of great resourcefulness who climbed up from the bottom and took over the throne.
Gabriel went to the capital a few years ago and ran into Dietrich by chance on the street in front of the imperial palace.
The moment her eyes met his indifferent red eyes, she decided that she would do whatever it took to make that man her own.
He seemed to be unmoved by Seliya, with his eyes sunken indifferently, like a swamp whose depth could not be gauged.
But there was no way Dietrich would meet Gabriel, whom he had no contact with. Gabriel believed that he would only meet her if she was useful, so she studied everything she could about the imperial family.
Now, as the years passed, her knowledge of the palace was so rich that she could even talk to the palace officials.
She tried to meet Dietrich several times by bribing the gatekeeper, but he never once met her.
So Gabriel's last resort was to send Seliya to the Emperor.
Because if Seliya enters the imperial palace, she will have a good excuse to enter the imperial palace herself. At the same time, she can see Seliya being depressed and pessimistic about her situation, so it kills two birds with one stone.
“...I never thought she would have the courage to kill the emperor.”
Gabriel thought quietly.
Seliya assassinated the Emperor, but she will never die. Many men who admire her will never let her die.
In the deepest part of the imperial palace dungeon, in the cold prison, Seliya was recalling the conversation she had with Dietrich.
"How did you...You can use this ability, right?"
At those words, Hariel's expression immediately distorted.
“...What? Gabriel, is that true?”
“Yes, there are already rumors on the streets.”
“That damned girl is planning to destroy our family!”
Hariel huffed as she unable to control her anger, grabbed the arm of the sofa.
“There was a time when she was just a beggar rummaging through trash cans... Does she repay the favor of raising her with revenge?”
Gabriel wrapped her arms around the angry Hariel's wrist and whispered softly.
“Mom, don’t be so angry. It makes no sense that the ignorant Seliya killed the Emperor, right? I’m sure this is an exaggerated rumor, given how thoroughly they search her body before entering the bedroom.”
Hariel frowned at her. She thought there was no way an unfounded rumor would spread to the Viscounty, which was so far away from the capital.
“Gabriel, what if the rumors are true! It could be that that lowly woman deliberately put our family in the fire because we were harassing her!”
"Mother."
Gabriel cut off Hariel's words with her sharp sword.
“When on earth did we ever bother Seliya?”
Gabriel tilted her head with an expression of incomprehension.
“In the first place, it's my father who enrolled the girl who was not related by blood and survived by digging through trash cans in the back alley into his family.”
Besides, what kind of father in the world would look at her adoptive daughter like that? Her brothers are like that too. The way they looked at Seliya was like that of a dog in heat.
Whether or not Seliya really killed the Emperor, Gabriel had no regrets about selling Seliya to the Emperor.
It was obvious that her family, who had vacated the mansion, would return and cause trouble, but Seliya was in the imperial palace and there was nothing they could do.
“It’s ruined! If I had known that bitch would kill the Emperor, I would have ripped off her hands.”
Hariel was tearing out her hair and swearing at Seliya.
Gabriel was a little annoyed at her mother for picking on fears, but instead of showing her irritation, she scolded her mother with gentle words.
“Mother, even if Seliya killed His Majesty, no harm would come to us.”
“Gabriel! What are you talking about? Have you seen that the family that opposed the Emperor remains intact? We might die. Because of that girl!”
Hariel pounded her chest with her fist, probably out of frustration.
Gabriel frowned, but she grinned at Hariel as if she had never done that before.
"Do not worry. Mother, the actual Emperor is the Three Dukes anyway.”
Three dukes who rule over a vast territory and boast great power.
The three Dukes came from a long-established family that had existed since Abelon was a mere small country, and they were all outstanding in appearance and ability.
The resourceful Illeon Gregric, the wizard Arthur Cervantes. And, Swordmaster Valt Portman.
They were all great men who were more like Emperors than Emperor himself.
Gabriel spoke in a soft voice.
“The Emperor was a scarecrow. If they were caught up in a power struggle, the reputation and status they had worked so hard to build would fall to the ground, so the three previous Dukes worked together to make a mere shell of a scarecrow the Emperor.”
Gabriel, who had sold her sister by blood to that husk, leaned on Hariel's shoulder and continued her words.
“Mother, why don’t you look higher? Seliya killing the Emperor could be a good opportunity for us.”
“...A good opportunity?”
Gabriel had a bright smile on his face.
“That’s literally it. Seliya is famous for being very pretty, right? But the late Emperor’s reputation was not very good.”
Gabriel was right. The Emperor was incompetent and did not take care of the palace, causing frequent complaints from the people.
“We’ll see. There will definitely be people praising Seliya as a hero who saved the country.”
“...”
“You never know. Maybe Seliya will take us to the imperial palace.”
Hariel looked at Gabriel as if she were a stranger. She knew that Gabriel was smarter than her peers, but she had no idea that she was so well-versed in imperial physiology.
“Gabriel, you are truly amazing! How are you so smart?”
Gabriel chuckled.
The reason she knew so well about the imperial family's affairs, which other noble ladies did not know, was none other than to win over Dietrich.
Dietrich Calypso.
A man of great resourcefulness who climbed up from the bottom and took over the throne.
Gabriel went to the capital a few years ago and ran into Dietrich by chance on the street in front of the imperial palace.
The moment her eyes met his indifferent red eyes, she decided that she would do whatever it took to make that man her own.
He seemed to be unmoved by Seliya, with his eyes sunken indifferently, like a swamp whose depth could not be gauged.
But there was no way Dietrich would meet Gabriel, whom he had no contact with. Gabriel believed that he would only meet her if she was useful, so she studied everything she could about the imperial family.
Now, as the years passed, her knowledge of the palace was so rich that she could even talk to the palace officials.
She tried to meet Dietrich several times by bribing the gatekeeper, but he never once met her.
So Gabriel's last resort was to send Seliya to the Emperor.
Because if Seliya enters the imperial palace, she will have a good excuse to enter the imperial palace herself. At the same time, she can see Seliya being depressed and pessimistic about her situation, so it kills two birds with one stone.
“...I never thought she would have the courage to kill the emperor.”
Gabriel thought quietly.
Seliya assassinated the Emperor, but she will never die. Many men who admire her will never let her die.
***
In the deepest part of the imperial palace dungeon, in the cold prison, Seliya was recalling the conversation she had with Dietrich.
"How did you...You can use this ability, right?"
Her abilities did not work on Dietrich at all. Moreover, he seemed to know very well about the existence of supernatural powers.
Seliya couldn't believe her ears. This is because all those who knew this ability died ten years ago.
She hid her agitation and pretended not to know anything.
"What are you talking about? I have no idea what you're talking about."
"..."
Dietrich stared at the red handprints on Seliya's neck. Seliya's piercing gaze made her think that this man was going to strangle her again.
Even after a while, Dietrich did not take his eyes off Seliya's neck. Seliya, displeased with his actions, wrapped one of his hands around her neck.
Then Dietrich grabbed Selya's hand and he lowered his head into the crook of her neck.
Seliya thought that not only did her supernatural abilities not work, but Dietrich in front of her was a child just like any other man.
However, Dietrich's subsequent actions far exceeded expectations. Because he buried her face in the crook of her neck and sniffed her like a dog.
He took a deep breath and the feeling of his skin rubbing made Seliya momentarily speechless.
But then she freaked out and pushed Dietrich away. His hard body, which seemed like it wouldn't budge, was pushed back behind with surprising ease as soon as her hand touched it.
Dietrich looked down at Seliya's small head and blurted out.
"It doesn't fly."
"What?"
Well, there are all these guys. Seliya stared at Dietrich with her displeased face. On the other hand, Dietrich's face was infinitely dry. It's hard to believe that he's the kind of person who just did something like that.
"Stay calm and act like you're dead."
Dietrich stood up after saying those last words. Dietrich walked out of the cage at a pace that was neither slow nor fast.
Clap!
Dietrich and Seliya, who had locked the prison door, met each other across one of the iron bars.
"What are you going to do with me?"
Dietrich said nothing to Seliya's question. He stared at Seliya for a moment and then turned his back.
Left alone, Seliya closed and opened one of her hands.
It was the first time in her life that she met a man who did not understand her special abilities.
Seliya leaned her body against the wall, her face glaring with anger at where Dietrich had disappeared.
Seliya's real identity is that she was the last Princess of the Shan Kingdom, which was destroyed by Abelon ten years ago and disappeared from the map. In the Shan Kingdom, generations of royal families are born with special abilities, and each person has a different special ability.
There were many different types of abilities, from not-so-practical abilities like the ability to make plants grow when you sing, to the ability to talk to animals.
Seliya was the first in the history of the Shan Dynasty to be born with the ability to control a person's mind.
Her special ability was the ability to paralyze all of her opponent's senses by emitting the scent of hyacinth flowers. Anyone who smells her scent becomes a fool who cannot hear anything they say and cannot feel pain.
If you take away the hyacinth scent, the other person won't even remember what just happened.
However, this amazing but perfect ability had a fatal flaw, and that was... It only works for people of male gender, and the more you use it, the more it erodes your lifespan.
The biggest tragedy is that Seliya had an extremely beautiful appearance.
They say the world is relatively easy for beautiful women to live in, but...
Seliya wondered what kind of idiot the person who said those words was.
At that time, a bloody cough came out from Seliya's teeth.
Seliya wiped her bloody mouth with the back of her hand and laughed self-deprecatingly.
'Is the lifespan of about a year?'
Since she used her supernatural abilities so much, it is no wonder that her body reached its limits. The people were always trying to exploit her, and she used her talents to defend herself.
Countless men had confessed to her that they loved her, but in Seliya's eyes, they seemed to be blind to her.
Are they fooled by her superficial appearance and unable to even notice how rotten her insides are?
It is foolish to depend on others. So, she killed the Emperor with her own hands.
If she had been afraid of her upcoming death, she would not have abused her supernatural abilities.
Dietrich stared at the red handprints on Seliya's neck. Seliya's piercing gaze made her think that this man was going to strangle her again.
Even after a while, Dietrich did not take his eyes off Seliya's neck. Seliya, displeased with his actions, wrapped one of his hands around her neck.
Then Dietrich grabbed Selya's hand and he lowered his head into the crook of her neck.
Seliya thought that not only did her supernatural abilities not work, but Dietrich in front of her was a child just like any other man.
However, Dietrich's subsequent actions far exceeded expectations. Because he buried her face in the crook of her neck and sniffed her like a dog.
He took a deep breath and the feeling of his skin rubbing made Seliya momentarily speechless.
But then she freaked out and pushed Dietrich away. His hard body, which seemed like it wouldn't budge, was pushed back behind with surprising ease as soon as her hand touched it.
Dietrich looked down at Seliya's small head and blurted out.
"It doesn't fly."
"What?"
Well, there are all these guys. Seliya stared at Dietrich with her displeased face. On the other hand, Dietrich's face was infinitely dry. It's hard to believe that he's the kind of person who just did something like that.
"Stay calm and act like you're dead."
Dietrich stood up after saying those last words. Dietrich walked out of the cage at a pace that was neither slow nor fast.
Clap!
Dietrich and Seliya, who had locked the prison door, met each other across one of the iron bars.
"What are you going to do with me?"
Dietrich said nothing to Seliya's question. He stared at Seliya for a moment and then turned his back.
Left alone, Seliya closed and opened one of her hands.
It was the first time in her life that she met a man who did not understand her special abilities.
Seliya leaned her body against the wall, her face glaring with anger at where Dietrich had disappeared.
Seliya's real identity is that she was the last Princess of the Shan Kingdom, which was destroyed by Abelon ten years ago and disappeared from the map. In the Shan Kingdom, generations of royal families are born with special abilities, and each person has a different special ability.
There were many different types of abilities, from not-so-practical abilities like the ability to make plants grow when you sing, to the ability to talk to animals.
Seliya was the first in the history of the Shan Dynasty to be born with the ability to control a person's mind.
Her special ability was the ability to paralyze all of her opponent's senses by emitting the scent of hyacinth flowers. Anyone who smells her scent becomes a fool who cannot hear anything they say and cannot feel pain.
If you take away the hyacinth scent, the other person won't even remember what just happened.
However, this amazing but perfect ability had a fatal flaw, and that was... It only works for people of male gender, and the more you use it, the more it erodes your lifespan.
The biggest tragedy is that Seliya had an extremely beautiful appearance.
They say the world is relatively easy for beautiful women to live in, but...
Seliya wondered what kind of idiot the person who said those words was.
At that time, a bloody cough came out from Seliya's teeth.
Seliya wiped her bloody mouth with the back of her hand and laughed self-deprecatingly.
'Is the lifespan of about a year?'
Since she used her supernatural abilities so much, it is no wonder that her body reached its limits. The people were always trying to exploit her, and she used her talents to defend herself.
Countless men had confessed to her that they loved her, but in Seliya's eyes, they seemed to be blind to her.
Are they fooled by her superficial appearance and unable to even notice how rotten her insides are?
It is foolish to depend on others. So, she killed the Emperor with her own hands.
If she had been afraid of her upcoming death, she would not have abused her supernatural abilities.
'Everyone who knew about my abilities died except me...'
How does that man, Dietrich, know of the existence of supernatural powers?
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