“The maid named Ellie swallowed poison and died voluntarily early yesterday morning.”
The palace maids all held their breath at the knight’s words.
“Huh? She died?”
“Yes.”
The palace maids asked him this and that, but the knight seemed to have no intention of telling them anything else and kept his mouth shut.
The palace maids had no choice but to return to their quarters.
The palace maids were originally Erphia’s close associates.
However, after Erphia died, they had nowhere to go and were staying in the palace with Illeon’s permission.
Since Erphia was also from Illeon’s family, the palace maids thought that they would also be selected as Illeon’s maids after Illeon ascended to the throne.
However, Illeon never appointed them as his palace maids.
“Your Majesty the Emperor is lying in a sickbed, and the blind imperial maid who was supposed to serve him voluntarily died. Doesn’t that picture seem strange?”
“Huh? She died?”
“Yes.”
The palace maids asked him this and that, but the knight seemed to have no intention of telling them anything else and kept his mouth shut.
The palace maids had no choice but to return to their quarters.
The palace maids were originally Erphia’s close associates.
However, after Erphia died, they had nowhere to go and were staying in the palace with Illeon’s permission.
Since Erphia was also from Illeon’s family, the palace maids thought that they would also be selected as Illeon’s maids after Illeon ascended to the throne.
However, Illeon never appointed them as his palace maids.
“Your Majesty the Emperor is lying in a sickbed, and the blind imperial maid who was supposed to serve him voluntarily died. Doesn’t that picture seem strange?”
No matter how much they thought about it, there were more than a few things that didn’t seem right.
“Could it be that His Excellency the Duke of Calypso is plotting a rebellion? He’s resentful that His Majesty stripped him of his ducal title, and he lied that His Majesty was in a sickbed...”
One of the palace maids put her index finger to her lips as if telling her to be quiet.
“Shh. Be quiet. What if someone hears?”
“But we’re the only ones here.”
“Isn’t this all because of that witch called the Angel of Brillion? Since that woman came in, bad things have happened to His Majesty the Emperor one after another, His Majesty the Empress has passed away, and His Highness the Crown Prince’s face has become hideous... oiI”
Seliya was completely branded a witch by the palace maids.
The palace maids concluded that the situation outside the palace was no different.
“Shall we go see His Highness the Duke of Calypso?”
One of the maids suggested.
“His Highness the Duke of Calypso will not meet us...”
“Let’s give it a try. If we speak well, wouldn’t he be able to accept us as his maids? If we give him the information we have, maybe something will work out.”
There had been no word from Illeon yet.
It was so hard to be selected as a palace maid, so they couldn’t go down to the territory empty-handed.
“It would be even better if we could get that witch away from His Highness the Duke of Calypso.”
The palace maids’ eyes shone darkly.
They had not dared to do it because Erphia was lusting after Dietrich, but seeing that he, who had never even glanced at a woman, was completely smitten with a woman named Seliya, they thought it was worth a try.
The palace maids decided to switch to Dietrich.
Seliya, who had been passionately smitten with Dietrich, lost consciousness and fell asleep.
Dietrich kissed the sleeping Seliya's forehead affectionately.
Seliya's body was full of colorful marks that Dietrich had carved.
Dietrich put his arm around Seliya and fixed the hair that was stuck to her cheek. He was so in love with Seliya that he was going crazy.
He doesn't know when it started.
Seliya, who was covered in blood, burst into laughter in the Emperor's bedroom. Seliya, who had come into the bedroom with a limited lifespan, smiled brightly as if she had finished all her work.
Seliya, who vomited blood and collapsed in his arms.
Dietrich, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, hated anyone touching his body.
However, he strangely did not feel any resistance from the moment he first saw her.
That was unpleasant.
She completely ruined his plan to use the Emperor more, and he felt no resistance from her.
Was this the end of fate?
Dietrich hugged Seliya.
The destruction of Abelon.
He lived only looking at that.
He never thought that there would be someone who had the same dream as him.
And he even less knew that he would fall in love with that person.
Dietrich wanted to destroy this Abelon and call Seliya by her real name.
If Seliya wanted, he would gladly give up his life.
Dietrich narrowed his eyes.
Even if Illeon escaped prison, nothing would change.
Dietrich also expected that if he kept him alive, he would somehow escape.
The dark desire for Seliya that he could feel on Illeon’s face.
Dietrich’s eyes flashed with murderous intent.
At that moment. Knock knock
There was a knock on the door.
“Master.”
It was Anderson’s voice.
Dietrich covered Seliya with a blanket so she couldn’t see him and got up.
After putting on the tunic and black armor that he had thrown on the floor and putting on his sword, Dietrich finally spoke.
“What’s going on?”
“The palace maids have come to see you. They say they have something to tell you, my lord.”
Palace maids had come to see Dietrich several times before.
When he actually listened to their stories, all they had to say was to accept them as a maid.
“Send her back.”
Dietrich tried to send them back without even listening to what they said.
“Do you really want me to send them back? They are the maids of the dead Empress.”
Dietrich narrowed his eyebrows.
There was no reason for Erphia’s maids to come to see him now.
Dietrich, who was about to tell Anderson to send them back again, changed his mind and opened the door.
Anderson was standing in front of the door.
Dietrich quickly closed the door so that Anderson wouldn’t see Seliya on the bed and went out into the hallway.
“It seems strange that they came at this time. It seems like they know something.”
“...Is there any useful information?”
The palace maids’ eyes shone darkly.
They had not dared to do it because Erphia was lusting after Dietrich, but seeing that he, who had never even glanced at a woman, was completely smitten with a woman named Seliya, they thought it was worth a try.
The palace maids decided to switch to Dietrich.
***
Seliya, who had been passionately smitten with Dietrich, lost consciousness and fell asleep.
Dietrich kissed the sleeping Seliya's forehead affectionately.
Seliya's body was full of colorful marks that Dietrich had carved.
Dietrich put his arm around Seliya and fixed the hair that was stuck to her cheek. He was so in love with Seliya that he was going crazy.
He doesn't know when it started.
Seliya, who was covered in blood, burst into laughter in the Emperor's bedroom. Seliya, who had come into the bedroom with a limited lifespan, smiled brightly as if she had finished all her work.
Seliya, who vomited blood and collapsed in his arms.
Dietrich, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, hated anyone touching his body.
However, he strangely did not feel any resistance from the moment he first saw her.
That was unpleasant.
She completely ruined his plan to use the Emperor more, and he felt no resistance from her.
Was this the end of fate?
Dietrich hugged Seliya.
The destruction of Abelon.
He lived only looking at that.
He never thought that there would be someone who had the same dream as him.
And he even less knew that he would fall in love with that person.
Dietrich wanted to destroy this Abelon and call Seliya by her real name.
If Seliya wanted, he would gladly give up his life.
Dietrich narrowed his eyes.
Even if Illeon escaped prison, nothing would change.
Dietrich also expected that if he kept him alive, he would somehow escape.
The dark desire for Seliya that he could feel on Illeon’s face.
Dietrich’s eyes flashed with murderous intent.
At that moment. Knock knock
There was a knock on the door.
“Master.”
It was Anderson’s voice.
Dietrich covered Seliya with a blanket so she couldn’t see him and got up.
After putting on the tunic and black armor that he had thrown on the floor and putting on his sword, Dietrich finally spoke.
“What’s going on?”
“The palace maids have come to see you. They say they have something to tell you, my lord.”
Palace maids had come to see Dietrich several times before.
When he actually listened to their stories, all they had to say was to accept them as a maid.
“Send her back.”
Dietrich tried to send them back without even listening to what they said.
“Do you really want me to send them back? They are the maids of the dead Empress.”
Dietrich narrowed his eyebrows.
There was no reason for Erphia’s maids to come to see him now.
Dietrich, who was about to tell Anderson to send them back again, changed his mind and opened the door.
Anderson was standing in front of the door.
Dietrich quickly closed the door so that Anderson wouldn’t see Seliya on the bed and went out into the hallway.
“It seems strange that they came at this time. It seems like they know something.”
“...Is there any useful information?”
“They said they had no intention of telling me until they met my lord, so I told them to wait in the reception room for now.”
Dietrich furrowed his brow in displeasure.
“I’ll go to the reception room, so you stay here and guard Seliya.”
“Understood.”
***
“Will His Excellency the Duke of Calypso really come?”
“He’s already come to the reception room. He’ll definitely come.”
The palace maids were sitting in the spacious reception room, chatting excitedly.
“But His Excellency the Duke of Calypso said he hasn’t had a maid in the mansion for the past few months.”
“Shouldn’t we be the first?”
It was at that moment that the reception room door swung open without a knock.
The eyes of the three palace maids turned to the man who had opened the reception room door.
The maids’ mouths fell open in unison.
Black hair and a straight forehead.
Red eyes beneath neat eyebrows.
With his sharp features, including his smooth nose, sharp jawline, and cool mouth, he looked like a statue painstakingly crafted by a god.
The maids gulped dry saliva at the same time when they saw his broad shoulders and muscular body that could not be hidden even by his black armor.
It was Dietrich.
Dietrich did not serve tea to the palace maids.
Instead, he sat down on the sofa opposite them and got to the point.
“Why did those who were once the Empress’s maids come to see me?”
His low voice matched his handsome appearance very well.
The palace maids’ faces turned red.
“I, just...”
When one of the maids mumbled, Dietrich frowned.
The other maid quickly answered,
“I have something important to ask His Excellency the Duke of Calypso.”
Dietrich was no longer a Duke, but there were so many people who called him a Duke that it was a hassle to correct them all.
“I came to see you because I wondered if Your Majesty the Emperor was really sick. The Imperial Palace knights don’t even allow us into it...”
Dietrich immediately realized the hidden meaning behind the palace maid’s words.
She suspected him.
She thought he might be plotting a rebellion against the Emperor.
“I’m not blaming Your Excellency the Duke of Calypso, but I came to see if there was anything we could do to help you.”
The palace maid smiled bashfully as she finished speaking.
On the other hand, Dietrich’s expression was extremely dry.
The palace maid, anxious that she might be kicked out, opened her mouth .
“I’ve heard a lot of things from the side because I once served Her Majesty the Empress. For example, the story that Her Majesty the Empress tried to harm Duke Calypso’s lover by handing him a cup of poisoned tea.”
Dietrich’s eyes fell silent at the first words he heard.
After meeting with the Empress, Seliya didn’t tell Dietrich that she almost drank the poisoned cup.
“What else?”
“Yes?”
“And what harm did she try to do to Seliya?”
The palace maids felt a burning sensation inside them as Dietrich seemed to care about Seliya much more than they had thought.
That woman was definitely a witch. Judging from the fact that she had lured Dietrich, who was as hard as a rock, the palace maids each had the idea of sowing discord between Dietrich and Seliya and becoming Dietrich’s lovers.
The palace maids smiled faintly, hiding their base intentions.
“Please make us the maids of Your Excellency, Duke Calypso. Then, we will tell you everything.”
The palace maids’ faces turned red.
“I, just...”
When one of the maids mumbled, Dietrich frowned.
The other maid quickly answered,
“I have something important to ask His Excellency the Duke of Calypso.”
Dietrich was no longer a Duke, but there were so many people who called him a Duke that it was a hassle to correct them all.
“I came to see you because I wondered if Your Majesty the Emperor was really sick. The Imperial Palace knights don’t even allow us into it...”
Dietrich immediately realized the hidden meaning behind the palace maid’s words.
She suspected him.
She thought he might be plotting a rebellion against the Emperor.
“I’m not blaming Your Excellency the Duke of Calypso, but I came to see if there was anything we could do to help you.”
The palace maid smiled bashfully as she finished speaking.
On the other hand, Dietrich’s expression was extremely dry.
The palace maid, anxious that she might be kicked out, opened her mouth .
“I’ve heard a lot of things from the side because I once served Her Majesty the Empress. For example, the story that Her Majesty the Empress tried to harm Duke Calypso’s lover by handing him a cup of poisoned tea.”
Dietrich’s eyes fell silent at the first words he heard.
After meeting with the Empress, Seliya didn’t tell Dietrich that she almost drank the poisoned cup.
“What else?”
“Yes?”
“And what harm did she try to do to Seliya?”
The palace maids felt a burning sensation inside them as Dietrich seemed to care about Seliya much more than they had thought.
That woman was definitely a witch. Judging from the fact that she had lured Dietrich, who was as hard as a rock, the palace maids each had the idea of sowing discord between Dietrich and Seliya and becoming Dietrich’s lovers.
The palace maids smiled faintly, hiding their base intentions.
“Please make us the maids of Your Excellency, Duke Calypso. Then, we will tell you everything.”
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