TCIWTFY - Chapter 98

"Thank you, Uncle Raju."

Samon had a fairly friendly relationship with Count Raju, who was also his sister's godfather.

"But since I have already joined hands with Grand Duke Castullo, is there really a need to reach out to the Fourth Princess? If His Highness the Grand Duke finds out about this, he will definitely be upset."

"If you become the man of the Fourth Princess, the fellow lords wilI naturally take notice of you. Then, wouldn't that be of greater help to His Highness the Grand Duke?"

He nodded triumphantly.

Even if he was treated as a stallion, he was worthy of gaining the support of the Fourth Princess and even the Peerless Prince.

"How much effort you have put in in a faraway foreign land. Even though things have turned out this way, everyone is busy trying to avoid blaming themselves."

Samon approached the Princess and offered his affectionate comfort.

"It's really hard when there's no one around who understands your heart."

But the Princess didn't even give him a glance, just like when they first met.

Rather, she just waved her hand as if to tell Samon to get away with an annoyed look.

"I know you yearn for my cousin, but the King is a royalty and would never bow down before Katzen."

Despite the Princess's consistent indifference, Samon's voice remained soft.

"Wouldn't it be more interesting to just look at a glass flower that will never break? Wouldn't it be more interesting to have a real flower right in front of you that you can touch whenever you want?"

As if he had forgotten the miserable insult he had received from her, he looked just as shiny and handsome as the day he first met her.

The Princess's eyes glanced at Samon.

After arriving at Valdina, nothing seemed to be going her way, but then she saw a handsome man loitering in front of her and her heart started to flutter.

The Princess opened her bleary eyes. The night was deep, and the scent of Samon was deep.

When drunk, even the appearances that were considered worlds apart from Peleus began to look somewhat similar.

"So you are the flower I can pick?"

As the 4th Princess snorted, Samon smiled seductively.

"If Your Highness wishes."

The Princess was annoyed and her anger surged to the tips of her hair. The alcohol had her thinking that it would be okay.

"Medea..."

This fucking Princess of Valdina.

When she thought of the Princess's face, her anger rose. She soon became even more irritated when she realized that the King was her brother.

If neither the King nor his sister can kneel, what harm could come from a substitute?

"Don't be so cocky." 

Contrary to her words, she grabbed Samon by the collar and pulled him towards her.

Click. 

The lights went out.

As the night deepened, darkness covered their desires.

***

As Jared swept away like a typhoon, Jason rubbed his temples, recalling their last conversation.

"Your Highness, please protest to Valdina on this man's behalf. The Princess's proxy caused me a fatal injury, so shouldn't she take responsibility?"

"Calm down, General. I have called upon my excellent physician, and he will be able to treat your injuries in no time-"

He consoled Jared.

But to Jared, who had lost his sense of reason, it seemed like nothing more than a pretense to avoid the situation.

"Your Highness, it seems you want to hold onto both me and Valdina, but the world is not that easy."

"I think you are too agitated, so let's talk again when the treatment is over and the general's condition has stabilized a bit. I will definitely find a way to satisfy the general-"

Jason's caution created a deep emotional rift between the two from which there was no return.

"That's enough. I have found the King of the mountains, and I don't want to miss out on the lynxes digging holes here and there."

"General, general!"

Even though he can no longer use his right hand, the fact remains that Jared is a 10-star general with the Emperor's rank.

Although he could not directly engage in battle, his status and power were too valuable to be wasted.

"Damn it, why did things have to turn out like this!"

The gentle and kind face became as ferocious as a devil.

Bang! 

He couldn't hold back his anger and pushed the table away.

Among the objects thrown to the floor was a letter with one corner crumpled.

"... His Majesty has ordered that the delegation be entrusted to Her Highness Princess Angelique and that Grand Duke Castulo return to the Empire."

It was natural for Perdiccas II to be suspicious.

At that banquet, his daughter, the 4th Princess, lost both her reputation and her own interests, but Jason lost nothing. Instead, he gained a reputation for being just and trustworthy.

Besides, wasn't it Jason, the referee, who sealed the defeat of the Fourth Princess?

If he takes all the circumstances out and looks only at the results, that's what it was.

"Shit!"

Jason was going crazy. Even if he explained the whole story, the Emperor would not stop being suspicious. 

Jason chewed his lips.

The one who started the bet was the 4th Princess, and the one who lost the duel was Jared.

But in reality, it was Jason who suffered the most damage.

Because he lost Jared, he is being treated as a traitor by the Katzen delegation, and now he has even gotten on the Emperor's guard. 

"If the princess had lost, there wouldn't have been any problems..."

The resentment towards Medea, who had been the starting point, blossomed.

But, the silver hair that fluttered, the drops of blood that flowed down the white arms, and the green eyes that were as pitiful as a deer's.

Jason bit his lip.

Unbelievably, a corner of his heart ached. Ha, am I in a position to feel pity for her right now?

Jason gave orders to his men, while inwardly snorting.

"Send medicine to the Princess's palace."

Since he had lost his reputation in the Katzen delegation, he had to solidify his position on someone to lean on in Valdina.

"What will you do with His Majesty's orders?"

"I'll have to postpone it using illness as an excuse. There's still time since the official imperial edict hasn't come down yet."

He didn't come all the way to Valdina to return empty-handed. Jason's eyes lit up.

***

The Katzen delegation's quarters in Kensington.

Jason was not the only one to whom the unilateral imperial edict was delivered.

"Your Majesty cannot do this to me!"

Kensington slammed the table hard.

Umberto took the scroll with the imperial edict he had thrown and opened it. And he was astonished.

"Disband the Red Fox Corps and hand it over to the imperial family. What is the meaning of this?"

Kensington couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the words.

"Isn't His Majesty going too far? This is the spy network that we devoted our entire life to creating. If it weren't for us, His Majesty would not have been able to ascend to the throne safely, and the empire would not have prospered and become the hegemon of the continent."

"..."

"However, he did not reward me, but he is trying to take away my achievements by insulting me like this."

Umberto couldn't bring himself to say it out loud, but he thought the Emperor was like a robber.

"You don't plan on just accepting it, do you? We should protest to His Majesty."

"Don't you know that disobedience only leads to death?"

Kensington sighed.

After ascending the throne, his lord Perdiccas II became even more obsessed with the throne.

While he welcomed Kensington's news from the continent through the Red Fox, he was worried that he might betray him and spread news about Katzen.

It's as if he welcomed and supported the great achievements of his son, the First Prince, but was always suspicious and wary of him.

After the first Prince passed away, it seemed like it was Kensington's turn.

"The Red Foxes will tighten the leash on you."

'It's dangerous whether you hold it or let it go, so the leash really fits.' 

Kensington burst out laughing.

Doesn't the warning sent by the Princess of Valdina seem to have foreseen this very moment?

***

Early morning, the 4th Princess's bedroom.

A warm light poured down on the naked man and woman wrapped in sheets.

However, there were still red marks here and there on the man's body. His cheeks were slightly red, and there were pinch marks here and there on his upper body. 

"If you had any sense, you should have known and left. What have you been doing?"

Samon swallowed his rising anger at the still-cold voice of the 4th Princess.

He had succeeded in seducing the Fourth Princess last night, but what happened after that was beyond his imagination.

'I've heard that you have a wild and cruel personality...'

He didn't know that even in bed, it would be like that.

Last night, she had been teasing Samon in bed, pulling his hair and mocking him without letting him open his mouth.

She even called him Peleus and slapped him until he answered.

He was filled with shame and anger towards the Fourth Princess, for treating him, the Little Duke of Claudio, as a worthless substitute.

But he looked at the Princess like an affectionate lover, without showing even a hint of burning anger.

"Your Highness, did you have a comfortable night? Did I do anything wrong to your precious body?"

"Huh, I'm already in a bad mood after seeing your Valdinian faces since this morning."

The 4th Princess ignored him as if she found him pitiful.

At that moment, she heard people cheering from afar.

"Long live! Long live Princess Medea!"

The maid came in out of breath.

"What? What on earth is going on?"

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