The prison of the Valdina Castle.
Thump, thump.
The noisy footsteps that shook the prison seemed to have no intention of hiding his presence.
"Ah. You're finally here."
Inside the dirty prison cell, Samon, who had been staring intently somewhere, raised his head.
"How dare you, a commoner, try to threaten me?"
Outside the bars, the Fourth Princess stood glaring at him.
[Your Highness, may I reveal to the world that the one who released the wolf and attacked Medea during the hunting competition was actually you, Your Highness?]
It was a letter he delivered to the 4th Princess through Raju.
Samon shrugged.
"If I didn't do that, you wouldn't have come looking for me, so what other way would I have done?"
He got up and walked closer to the bars.
"How is it, Your Highness? How do you feel about meeting our brother of your dreams?"
He asked the question sarcastically. His expression was one of disdain as if he already knew the outcome.
The fourth Princess immediately shouted with a fierce expression on her face.
"Shut up. Unless you want me to tear that little mouth of yours apart."
Because it hit the nail on the head.
The Katzen delegation, which had hurriedly left the palace upon hearing the news of the rebellion, returned to the Valdina Palace.
After leaving the palace and before reaching the border, they heard the news that the rebellion had been suppressed and hurriedly returned.
"The King has returned! The King has appeared!"
To be more precise, it was the fourth Princess who was forced to move after hearing the news about Peleus.
Of course, when they arrived at the palace, the grand celebration had already ended.
The fourth Princess stood before the King with an expectant heart.
Somehow, it felt refreshing, like throwing away a shirt with its buttons sewn wrong and putting on a crisp clean new one.
"I've heard the news about Katzen's delegation."
When the King's gaze turned to the Katzen delegation, the 4th Princess swallowed hard.
Even though she was just looking at him absentmindedly, she felt nervous as if she was standing on tiptoe on ice.
'How can someone look like that?'
She was so shocked that she just stared at him for a moment.
Incredibly, the King of Valdina had become even more handsome than the 4th Princess remembered a few years ago.
The lips and nose, the hair that seemed to be sprinkled with moonlight, and the sincere blue eyes were still there.
His cold and reserved appearance was enhanced by the robustness and murderousness unique to the unmanned unit.
Somehow, her mouth felt very dry. The fourth Princess was worried that she would look very shabby if she stood next to that man.
The urge to pick a beautiful rose coexisted with the fear that if she touched it, the flesh would be torn off.
"King of Valdina, congratulations on your victory. May good fortune and the will of the goddess be with you in this country. I am Angeli-"
"It seems that the mission's purpose has already been achieved. Since the Grand Duke of Castulo has conveyed Katzen's sincerity very well, how about you return now?"
Of course, before Angelique could even smile at the greeting she had prepared, she had to face the noble yet cold farewell address of King Valdina.
The way of speaking that struck people's cheeks with a beautiful face was exactly like that of the siblings.
"No! We have nothing to do with the Archduke. He did it alone!"
However, Peleus left coldly as if there was no need to argue with them any further.
"I apologize, Your Highness. Further audiences are not possible."
The 4th Princess, who was just treated like a guest, was embarrassed. No matter what, she was a member of the Katzen royal family, so she didn't know that he would show such disrespect.
The King of Valdina was like a sharp sword.
It was to the point where the Princess who was soft and kind on the outside seemed better.
But now it was getting to the point where she was getting angry that she couldn't erase that beautiful face from her mind.
As if he had expected the 4th Princess's reaction, the corners of Samon's mouth turned up.
"Didn't I tell you? Our cousin may be broken, but he will never be broken by Katzen."
"You bastard, do you want to get your head blown off before the execution ceremony even starts? I guess you still don't understand the situation."
Samon shrugged his shoulders at the Fourth Princess's threats.
"What more could there be to fear since I am going to die anyway?"
"Quickly tell me why you called me."
The 4th Princess frowned.
All she wanted to do was get this business done and get out of this dirty prison.
Her eyes, filled with contempt, scanned Samon's pale complexion and his body stained with dirt and blood.
'I was crazy. I thought that guy was like the King for a moment.'
Even if she had decorated him extravagantly, he would have been barely passable, but now that he was in such a shabby state, he could not even compare to the King.
Angelique felt like she had dirt on herself.
Just as she was thinking about going back to the bathroom and washing herself thoroughly, Samon opened his mouth.
"Your Highness, please help our family. If you can, can you?"
In the end, it turned out to be exactly as expected.
The fourth Princess snorted and crossed her arms.
"Huh, why should I do that? To you, the guy who joined hands with Jason and screwed me over?"
She glanced at Samon's strangely twisted arm with disgust. During the last rebellion, he had broken his arm while blocking Agema's sword, but he had not yet received treatment.
"Are you really going to abandon me like this?"
"Did you and I ever do anything? You were just a towel to wipe my feet for a while. You shouldn't act so arrogant as if something happened."
The fourth Princess immediately rejected his request and even went so far as to insult him crudely.
The smile that had been at the corners of Samon's mouth out of courtesy completely disappeared from his face.
"You'll regret it."
"Ha! Regret? The only thing I regret is getting involved with a filthy thing like you!"
The 4th Princess couldn't stand it anymore and stamped her feet.
For a moment, her fever rose so much that she felt dizzy and staggered.
"Your Highness!"
"Okay, it's okay."
As the maid supported the 4th Princess, she waved her hand and tried to put down Samon.
"You seem to really want to live, don't you? You slept with me, what's wrong with you? I thought you'd grab onto a lifeline, but unfortunately, you're not the first idiot to throw yourself in the towel."
She spat. Samon wiped the sticky liquid running down his temples.
"..."
When the eyes filled with contempt looked up at her, the 4th Princess finally felt a little relieved.
"You're not even an ant that I can step on. Well then, take care. I'm grateful that you came to see my final appearance. I'll hear your thoughts on being beheaded later when you're dead."
Samon bit the inside of his cheek hard.
Although he wanted to immediately catch that insolent Princess and silence her, Samon could not forget that she was the one with the absolute upper hand at the moment.
The lives of me and my family are in the hands of the Princess, he said softly.
"You must be careful, Your Highness. You are not alone."
"What?"
The 4th Princess turned her head away, holding her forehead in surprise.
Between the bars, she saw the face of Samon, a sinister, grinning wolf.
"Didn't you know? The fruit of our love lives and breathes within Your Highness the Princess's body?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
The 4th Princess was well aware of her position and the benefits and importance of marriage. Ultimately, her husband had to be a man with a solid background who could strategically support and foster her ambitions, not just a bum.
So, even when she was enjoying a night out with a bunch of men, the 4th Princess never forgot about contraception. Samon was no exception.
"Let me say this again. Have you felt anything unusual in your body lately?"
"That doesn't happen!"
When the 4th Princess answered with a definite answer, Samon snorted.
"How can you be so sure? Since the Princess is desperate to avoid the offspring of men like me, why don't you think that there might be those who would borrow Your Highness's ship and aim for the imperial family?"
"This dirty bastard-"
The fourth Princess, unaware that Raju had bribed her confidants, assumed that Samon had tampered with the
contraceptive pills.
"That paltry contraceptive pill couldn't stop my love for Your Highness the Fourth Princess."
"Shut up! Stop talking nonsense! Do you really think I'll fall for your slander?"
"You will soon know the truth."
He said it with pride.
"We have already sent a message to Katzen, so His Majesty should have heard the news by now. Since our baby is the first descendant of the imperial family, His Majesty must be delighted."
What? The 4th Princess asked back as if she couldn't believe her ears.
"Father, you informed the Emperor?"
"Yes, is it not only the Katzen Imperial Family that announced the birth of a happy occasion to the temple? Our passionate love that transcended the borders of Valdina and Katzen."
"You crazy kid!"
The 4th Princess screamed.
Samon had already created irrefutable evidence to prevent the 4th Princess from even thinking about getting rid of the child.
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