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Chapter 20 - The Creep Dances Willingly 【 POV: Grett Baal】 “It takes guts to show your face before me, I’ll give you that.” “...I am aware of the trouble we have caused for Your Highness too, due to the recent events.” I glared at the man kneeling before me, as if showing deference. The man, named Snowe Halphas, was a knight and my brother Lars’ second in command. He surely knew in advance about the plan of sending Rossellia to the Maxwells. It might have even been his idea. I barely…
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Chapter 21 - The Moron Drinks and Refuses to Dance 【POV: Cerros Baal】 On the easternmost regions of the Baal Empire was the town of Xinania, a fortress city on the border with the Huang Dynasty and my home base. Xinania was originally part of the Huang territories, until the late emperor took it by force. Because of this, oriental culture and customs were still very much alive, and most of its citizens had skin color closer to the typical Huang “yellow” instead of the classic Imperial…
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Chapter 22 - Before the Armies Clash...a Tea Party with the Princess One month had passed since Rossellia began her stay in the Maxwell province. After the attempt on her life, we immediately sent a formal letter of protest to the empire, but it was met with nothing but accusations of “speaking nonsense” and unilateral requests of “returning Rossellia immediately”. The planned assassination was treated as if it never happened. According to our spies, Lars Baal had managed to form an allied army,…
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Chapter 15 - A Goddess in Peril 【POV: Rossellia Baal】 “Princess, you will be sick if you do not eat...” “I’m fine, please take it away.” “Princess...” I was in my room in an inn in Avalon, capital of the Maxwell province, where I was staying with my entourage. Ten imperial knights and my personal maid, Luna, accompanied me into the Maxwell domain. Rajang Salazar, captain of the imperial guards, wanted to accompany me as well, but in order not to alert the Lamperouge royal family of our…
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Chapter 16 - Self-Proclaimed Loyal Knight The men had gathered in a building previously used as a trader’s storehouse, a short distance from the inn where Rossellia Baal and her entourage temporarily resided. “...the princess’ assassination failed, then.” “Yeh, Sir, we got the guards and the rest with poison, but then some bizarre folks showed up, so everybody except me died, yeh...” “Hmph...” The man listened to the assassin’s report and snorted. (Such ruffians couldn’t take the life…
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Chapter 17 - Conspiracies on All Sides “ — now Lady Rossellia’s safety is secured.” “Excellent. Sorry I had you report this late at night.” It was well into the night when Sakuya approached me as I was laying in bed. I praised her and the other Fangs for following my orders to the letter and nodded, satisfied. “We do not deserve such words, Milord: acting during the night is our specialty.” Sakuya bowed politely, then raised her head. “By the way, may I ask what could have been the…
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Chapter 11 - Concealed Face Rossellia Baal, First Princess of the Baal Empire. All I knew about her was that she was kept sheltered inside the imperial court and rarely ever appeared in public, that she was eighteen years old and — apparently — a breathtaking, blonde beauty. One of the Fangs of Steel members infiltrated in the empire reported that, according to some merchants allowed access to the imperial court, Rossellia was “Just like an angel! One glance and you could’t ever forget…
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Chapter 12 - Revealed Face “I am deeply grateful for your invitation, Margrave Maxwell.” Rossellia bowed deeply, her face still hidden by the veil. I couldn’t see her expression, but I could tell that the imperial princess, who was the same age as me, was nervous. (Rossellia Baal...was her name, right. This is kind of...disappointing.) I was looking forward to seeing the beauty of the century, but she wouldn’t show her face. I couldn’t help but feel my shoulders drop. “Oh no, you honor us with…
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