Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90 - Light And Shadow>
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112 - The Morning Comes>
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118 - After The Storm
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132 -
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Epilogue 1.3
Chapter 135 - Epilogue 2.1: Traces Of Life
Chapter 136
Chapter 137 - Epilogue 2.3
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141 - Epilogue 4.1: Ever After>
Chapter 142 - Epilogue 4.2
Chapter 143 - Epilogue 4.3
Chapter 144 - Epilogue 5.1>
Chapter 145 - Epilogue 5.2
Chapter 146 - The Most Romantic Weekend>
Chapter 147 - Short Stories 1.2
Chapter 148 -
Chapter 149 -
Chapter 150 -
Chapter 151 -
Chapter 152 -
Chapter 153 -
Chapter 154 - Short Stories 3.1: Unexpected Things Happen>
Chapter 155 - Short Stories 3.2>
Chapter 156 -
Chapter 157 -
Chapter 158 -
Chapter 159 -
Chapter 160 -
Chapter 161 - Short Stories 5.1: The Man Behind The Mask>
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164 -
Chapter 165 -
Chapter 166
Chapter 167 - Short Stories 6.2
Chapter 168 - Short Stories 6.3
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189 (End)
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Fantasy Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 189
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
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Chapter 179:
After Empress Sa Bina officially ‘left’ the castle to Maram after the ‘argument’ with Emperor Lucretius…
Norma, the Duchess Lonensia, remained bowing as she said to the emperor. Her face was rigid.
“Please, your highness. Please don’t disappoint her highness, the empress, who left the castle in hopes that you will marry your first wife. Please don’t ignore her selfless sacrifice.”
Norma took another deep bow politely and left the room.
The door finally closed behind her.
“…”
The emperor stared at the door silently for a few minutes. His face remained blank until finally, his lips started to tremble as if he was trying not to laugh.
Suddenly, a loud clap started from behind the nearby curtain.
Clap, clap, clap!
Lucretius covered his lips so his laugh wouldn’t be heard, and he walked towards the floor-length curtain. When he opened it, his lovely wife was sitting behind it and clapping quietly.
Everyone thought the empress left the castle with her daughter after her fight with her husband, but here she was, hiding in the emperor’s personal office!
They stared at each other for a moment.
“…”
After a few seconds, Bina couldn’t take it anymore. She was the first one to start laughing loudly.
“Hahahahaha! Me!? She said I left the castle so you can take a wife! Hahaaaa! I sacrificed myself… for the royal family…! She said I did that!? Hahaha!”
She was rolling on the floor from laughing so hard. Lucretius tried to control himself, but he finally gave in as well. He started to laugh hilariously.
“Hahahahaha! I know! It was so ridiculous! She… She said she was only being… loyal! Hahaha…!”
Lucretius was laughing so hard that he started to cough. Bina stroked his back to help him while she continued to laugh.
“Hahaha!”
“Hahaha!”
They were both crying by the end. Bina wiped her eyes and murmured, “Oh gosh… That was so hilarious. I haven’t laughed like that in a really long time. I could feel the [endorphin] coursing through me.”
Lucretius also calmed down and replied, “[Endorphin]? That’s a word from your homeland? What does it mean?”
“It’s like… a good force or substance within your body. It’s something that forms when you are happy or when you laugh.”
“I see. So we basically got an [endorphin] shower from the duchess.”
Lucretius was so great at learning her language.
They looked at each other proudly.
Lucretius asked, “Did you have fun?”
Bina nodded. “Yes! It was the best! So cool! It was really exciting!”
Lucretius looked at his wife happily. The empress, whom he loved the most in the world, could be very cruel. She loved it when she managed to get back at her enemies. She seemed so lively whenever her revenge plan worked.
Lucretius loved her more for it.
“Her family started it, so we don’t have to feel guilty or sorry at all. I feel great! They are the best kind of enemy to have!”
It had been a long time since he saw Bina having this much fun. After the death of Katleyanira, their nemesis, they hadn’t had this kind of fun(?). Bina enjoyed the operetta, but this was even better for her.
Lucretius smiled with pleasure.
Bina asked, “Aren’t you having fun too?”
“Of course, I am. Or should I say in your language, [totally]!”
Bina laughed again, while this time, Lucretius couldn’t understand why Bina found it funny.
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In the beginning, Bina and Lucretius didn’t plan on carrying out this charade. At first, they both thought that all they had to do was to stop the duchess from moving forward with her plan of placing Yulia as the first wife. Without the duchess’ knowledge, they were very close to banishing the tradition regarding women being sent from different kingdoms and colonies. They knew they could slowly but surely diminish Duchess Lonensia’s power.
However, things happened unexpectedly. Even the duchess couldn’t have predicted the turn of event. Her son Roberto started to cause troubles all on his own.
Things, however, worked out better for them in the end. During the empress’ supposed ‘absence,’ Lucretius and Bina managed to have private dates through the secret passages.
They purposely had a fake fight in public to bait the duchess and Roberto. It was hard to fight even though it was not real. While they were ‘arguing,’ Bina had to try hard not to start laughing. She ended up biting her tongue, which made it easier for her to cry.
Afterward, she pretended to leave the castle. Of course, it was another woman wearing a black wig that got into the carriage and left.
Bina remained in her bedroom for the rest of the week. She had to remain completely hidden. Beatrice also stayed with her, and only Samantha and Agnes knew of this secret.
Samantha and Agnes gave all the maids a vacation and both of them took care of the empress and the princess. Agnes managed to make their meals secretly at Lonez and deliver them to the mother and the daughter.
Thanks to this act, Bina was able to have easy relaxing days.
She missed taking walks in the gardens, but thanks to the secret passages, she managed to roam around the castle freely.
Yulia also knew of Bina’s plan. She volunteered to spy on her aunt, and she asked for one thing.
“Your highness, I know I don’t have the right to ask for anything, but I would still like to ask something of you. Please… Let my aunt and the Lonensian name live. I know she has acted greedily, but my aunt still took care of myself and my older sister. Please, I beg you.”
Bina agreed. From the beginning, Bina had no intention of destroying the duchess or the Lonensian family.
As they expected, the desperate duchess imprisoned Yulia against her will.
Lucretius was annoyed. “So Yulia is refusing to eat? It must be very tough for her.”
Bina sighed deeply. “She wants to make sure the duchess won’t suspect anything. I told her she doesn’t have to go that far, but Yulia insisted.”
“I guess this situation puts Yulia in a very awkward position. She is working very hard for us, so we will make sure she gets rewarded.”
Bina nodded. Lucretius then changed the subject.
“Oh, by the way, I heard something funny from my assistant. I heard that this news came from that theater owner.”
“What is it?”
“The masquerade’s prima donna wants to meet us. She has requested an audience.”
Bina looked very interested. “That…”
“Yes. I think she might be able to tell us something very interesting. Amarince Toul knew Roberto personally, so she probably knows something.”
Bina murmured, “I hope it’s good news. I am already disappointed by my favorite composer; I don’t want my favorite singer to disappoint me too.”
Lucretius did his best to console his unhappy wife.
Total Chapters in book: 189
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
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