It was unlikely that the Empress would allow it anyway. After today’s events she would have been disappointed because Eve did not embarrass herself. The story of donating a lot of jewelry in the temple would have been widespread, so the Empress would have been more angry. It was not surprising at all because it was expected. In the beginning, she sent the maid in this late time to be rejected.
“Yes, you worked hard.”
She looked at the maids who were shaking when she dried up her hair without thinking. She was tired of saying then trembling. As she was angry, they were afraid of her beating things in the room.
“Don’t worry because I’m not going to get angry.”
She passed by the scared maids and moved to the bedroom.
“I went out and I am tired. I don’t want to be angry, I just want to rest today. ”
After her words, the maids sigh with relief.
“Then, then shall we come out?”
“Go. I just want to sleep.”
With the excuse of being tired, she went to bed early. The maids said they would stand on duty, but they didn’t need to do it today, so everyone went to rest.
By the dark night, the surroundings of her bed became quiet as if they were dead. She sat in the bedroom alone and waited for time to pass. After a while, she checked the clock, and the time was over 10:30.
‘It’s time.’
She quietly opened her dressing room and went inside. Passing the furniture and clothing boxes hidden in the dark, she opened a closet on one wall. There were dozens of dresses in a large wardrobe. Among them, she picked the most ordinary navy dress carefully.
To avoid people’s eyes and go to the chapel, a simple dress was needed. And that was the darkest color in her closet. She covered her hair with a hood and the dress with a robe. Thanks to that, she was able to completely cover the unusual color of her hair.
After preparing perfectly, she opened the door carefully and went out. The hallway of the palace was quiet and dark.
She walked towards the chapel nearby. Even in the dark she knew her way since she had gone to the chapel every night to memorize the road from the beginning. Fortunately, no one passed by in the hallway.
She opened a small iron gate leading to the chapel and went inside. The chapel with a fire was locked in the tranquil darkness. The colorful golden torch on the ceiling did not disappear into the dark. The white moonlight that soaked over the window sprayed a mysterious silver on the marble floor. The moonlight statues stood on a dark shadow. But the chapel was empty.
‘No one’s here?’
She looked around the dim walls and found nobody there. And if someone was there, they were not visible.
‘Is he not yet here?’
She was nervous enough to get inside. In the dark chapel, she waited and waited…
‘What if he doesn’t come all night?’
He may not believe her words and ignore her. She didn’t like it, but it might be hard to believe.
‘Or not… Maybe he couldn’t find the note or just throw it away?’
She asked for a meeting here with the information that the Duke would be interested in, and put it in the note in the petals. She could not write down all the details. It was too complicated and long to explain in a small note. Did he find that note? When he accepted the bouquet, he seemed to have noticed that something was strange.
‘Or did you not believe me too?’
To start, she was the daughter of the Emperor, his political enemy. And there was a high risk that he would have not seen the words written on such a small note.
She didn’t know if it was better to just ignore it.
Since the beginning she wasn’t very likely to succeed, but there was no way except this. What if he never came? Wouldn’t it be better to go to the Duke and persuade him again? She was chewing anxiety, and she heard a low voice on one wall.
“Princess.”
She was surprised and turned. There was a shadow standing next to the gray pillar of the ceiling.
“You said you had something to tell me urgently…”
He came to her slowly. In the darkness, the purple eyes were cool.
“I want you to hear what I’m going to say.”
* * *
The man walking out of the dark had a dangerous impression.
“Thank you for coming.”
She thanked him with a very careful tone. The man behind the ball replied calmly.
“I came first.”
“…yes?”
When she answered in a stupid, the shadow pointed to the wall clock on one side of the chapel.
“11 o’clock has already passed.”
The minute of the watch was about 2 centimeters. Why was he saying that it’s two minutes late? It was amazing and unfair.
She definitely arrived two minutes ago in advance. Just that the greetings were delayed because he was hiding there. Of course, she could guess why he was quietly hiding. He was looking at who she could bring there with her.
“Forgive me for being late. It took some time to avoid people’s attention. ”
The Grand Duke ignored her words and replied calmly.
“It’s okay. I didn’t wait for a long time. ”
‘…’
It was difficult to resist the urge to hit his stomach. Still, it was very important to cooperate with that man now. She was betting her life there.
“In fact, I had something to tell you, so I asked you to see you here.”
She started talking as politely as possible, but there was no answer. She hesitated and carefully talked.
“If you listen to me, you will be surprised.”
“Do not worry. I came out with a note that contained this tremendous content, and I would be angry unless it was quite surprising. ”
The Grand Duke pulled out a small note in his arms. It was the note that she hid between the petals.
[The sword is kept in the western garden statue.]
The Grand Duke recited the contents of the note and had a silence.
“I didn’t know you knew the information about the lost relics.”
Lost relics… It meant Ryukan’s sword, one of the five relics of the empire. The relic was originally keeped by the Temple, but was stolen by someone a few decades ago. The Grand Priests were shameful and wandered in search of the sacred things for decades, but they still couldn’t even catch clues.
But she knew where the sword was.
Because it came out later in the original. The blade and handle were elsewhere, but the sword was hidden in the statue. There was a statue of a sword in the Grandist’s garden, and the real relic was hidden in the stones that the goddess was wearing on the waist.
She thought he had already found it.
‘Ha, if he hadn’t found the relic, he wouldn’t have come to see me.’
He should be thankful to her for letting him find a part of the item, but the Grand Duke was not thankful nor happy. He crumpled a small piece of paper in his hand and approached her.
“I wonder how the princess knew this.”
“Do you wonder how I knew?”
She said it as if she was a little surprised.
“I thought you were more curious about the whereabouts of the blade and handle.”
“Do you know where?”
“Sure.”
The parts of the relic were hidden in three different places. The book gave three locations in detail. Because that sword helps the heroine Sorel.
“If you want, I’ll find it. That’s a very important issue for your Highness. Isn’t it like that? ”
As she said, he carefully observed his opponent’s expression.
Anyone from the empire would have no choice but to listen to this. However, the Grand Duke maintained a calm complexion without any reaction. There was no change in that scary handsome face, but anger was faintly revealed in the purple eyes.
“What do you want?”
The Grand Duke immediately took out the main point. And she quietly breathed and approached one step ahead before clearly saying what she wanted.
“Please help me. I need the help of your highness. ”
The Grand Duke silently looked at her.
She was nervous.
“There is a person who wants to assassinate me on the wedding day.”
“Is that so?”
The Grand Duke answered in a calm tone.
“It’s not surprising. I don’t know who it is, but I can agree. ”
“Do you think I’m joking?”
“Who will try to assassinate the daughter of the Emperor?”
The Grand Duke added in a small and arrogant tone.
“What about my fiancé?”
Asked her with a smile on her beautiful face like a torch.
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