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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Luis reprimanded her younger sister, “Stop talking about useless rumors, Elza! My lady, you needn’t worry about it.”
Elza realized her mistake. She smiled awkwardly at me. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what I was thinking…”
“My little sister talks nonsense sometimes. You shouldn’t pay attention to her, your highness.”
Luis was obviously hiding something. It bothered me not knowing what it was.
Four days of peaceful time was great, but I was beginning to get bored. I must have gotten used to the hectic life.
Besides, this sounded juicy!
I questioned them with a firm voice. I had been very polite to everyone including the servants based on Samantha’s suggestion. However, for the first time, I ordered them with all the authority I could muster.
“I can’t unhear what you just said. Tell me about it.”
“Umm…”
Their faces paled. Elza looked at me and Luis anxiously. Luis saw my interest and sighed. She tried to convince me one more time, but it only made me want to find out even more.
“The principle maid in waiting had ordered us that there is no need for you to know about it…”
“…”
I couldn’t help my frown. I always knew Samantha worked for the emperor. She had been in the castle for a long time. She knew things I would never know in my lifetime. I probably looked like a newborn baby to her.
What made me feel cold was the fact that my own two maids were more worried about Samantha than me, who was sitting right in front of them.
It was chilling.
Being from the 21st century Korea, it was hard for me to accept the social structure in this world. It was very close to the old European feudal system. I could never get used to someone like Samantha and the Chancellor bowing deeply to me and the emperor, who were so much younger than them.
However, this was a different matter. It was difficult for me to get used to it, but that didn’t mean I didn’t understand the system and its significance.
I was their superior. Samantha was their superior too, but I had a higher status than Samantha. No matter how I looked at it, I was above everyone, yet these girls considered Samantha’s order more important than mine.
It was a huge problem for me to not have a complete authority over my own people.
“Y… your highness?”
The two maids looked at me nervously. I must have looked angry.
Internally, I sighed, but I had to keep up an appearance of full control and majesty. I kept a severe expression on my face instead.
I couldn’t trust the emperor. I couldn’t trust Samantha either. Every single one of ‘my entourage’ belonged to the emperor and Samantha. I had to do something about this.
I had no intention of becoming a mere tool for the emperor to wield whenever he wished.
It was time for me to become strong and build my own team.
I said to them bluntly and coldly. I scared even myself with my own voice.
“Who do you belong to? Are you Duchess Gust’s maids or mine?”
The sisters’ faces reddened. My question was both accusatory and demeaning.
Count Loventis was one of the most powerful nobles in this kingdom. He was even distantly related to the royal family. This was why the sisters were selected by Samantha to serve me. Based on my understanding, Count Loventis was more powerful than Duke Gust.
Luis bowed her head to me. “Of course, we belong to you, your highness. We are your maids.”
Elza bowed and said the same thing.
In truth, I had absolutely no power. The only thing I had was an appearance of authority given by the emperor. Nonetheless, I was the only wife to the ruler of this kingdom. I was one of the few who could use the name “le Cransia.” These things alone should carry more weight than Duchess Gust’s power.
I felt disappointed that I had to bring up my credentials just to have my own people respect me. Things couldn’t continue like this.
I hated myself for doing this, but I had to finish what I started.
I put a bright smile on my face. At the same time, I tried to keep up the appearance of control and authority. It had to be a delicate balance of kindness and power. I felt like my face was about to spasm very badly.
A regal yet generous monarch. That’s what I needed to become. My tone and behavior needed to exude this façade.
I asked them kindly but firmly, “Then could you tell me the story? If I don’t hear it, I don’t think I will be able to sleep tonight from curiosity.”
The two maids’ faces lightened visibly. They seemed relieved.
Elza looked at me and her sister before whispering to me, “Well, I heard that it lives in this Lonez wing.”
“What lives here?”
“A ghost!”
“…”
That’s it?
A ghost? GHOST? I made this much effort for such a stupid answer?
I felt so embarrassed that my cheeks reddened, but I couldn’t show my disappointment. I had to give them a reaction they wanted.
I kept up an interested face and asked, “A ghost?”
The sisters, who were a few years younger than me, nodded seriously. The younger Elza seemed to really believe in ghosts. She looked afraid and excited at the same time.
She worked on her fourth sandwich and explained to me, “And that is why this wing is practically abandoned.” She reminded of a squirrel.
She told me she heard it from the servants.
She continued, “Originally, Lonez was Empress Beatrice’s favorite place in the castle. She was the current emperor’s birthmother and the original empress before Katleyanira. At the time of Empress Beatrice’s rule, it was better kept with more people maintaining it.”
Beatrice.
It was the first time I heard this name, but I already knew about her. She was Lucretius’s real mother. She was executed after being accused of adultery.
“After she passed away, the former emperor and the dowager empress left this place to ruin because they didn’t like it. After a few years… that’s when it started to appear.” Elza lowered her voice.
I asked to make sure, “A ghost?”
Elza nodded vigorously and whispered as if she was afraid someone might hear her.
“A few times a week, people can hear a woman’s scream or weeping at night.”
“…”
The garden was so quiet. I felt the goosebumps on my back.
“One time, I heard that there was a maid who fainted after seeing a woman in a white dress running like a madwoman!”
No way. There was no such a thing as a ghost. I tried to convince myself and smiled calmly.
“People must have nothing better to do here in Lonez if they have time to come up with such a silly story…”
There was no such a thing as a ghost.
I thought to myself as we finished our lunch.
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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