The Eternal Debauchery's

hope's love and despair

"Hope, where are you going this late?" Lotus, Lilia's second servant, and Hope's friend, asked when she saw her friend leave the room.

It was already seven in the evening, and the two maids had completed their duties with the empress.

Normally, her duties would not end until nine, but Empress Lilia went to the Emperor's room tonight, so they were sent to rest early.

But strangely enough, when Hope reached her room, instead of putting on her pajamas, she dressed pretty well and prepared to go outside.

Hope froze for a moment hearing Lotus' question, but she made sure to hide her anxiety and put on an apologetic tone.

“... I'll go to the waiter's room. I promised Daisy that I would help her with something tonight.”

"daisy? isn't she Prince Claus' maid?” Lotus asked with a puzzled expression before nodding. “Now that I think about it, you have a good relationship with him huh .. Hopefully, you won't say anything you can't tell him, right?”

Hope's back was filled with cold sweat, but her face showed a bitter smile, with no sign that she was hiding anything.

"Of course not. I know the rules, Lotus. Even if he and I were good friends, I would never betray my master. Lotus, please, keep it a secret from His Highness.You know that he doesn't like anyone related to Prince Claus, but I have been taking care of Daisy since he was a child, she said, so I want to help him if possible. ”

In the empire, being a personal servant meant being completely loyal to his master. Each personal servant was indoctrinated from being born through certain secret methods to never betray his master.

Although the method to make such a loyal servant was extremely expensive, there was no denying that it was effective. In history, the number of times a specially cultivated personal servant betrayed his master could be counted with one hand.

That was the reason Lotus did not doubt Hope's words, and that was the reason Hope did not lie about seeing Daisy. After all, if she was lying and someone found her, then the empress would be suspicious.

Lotus looked at Hope and sighed. “I understand, I will protect you. But not for too long. It would be bad if someone asked for you and you weren't here. ”

“Thank you very much, brother.” Hope smiled happily and kissed Lotus' cheek. Exasperatedly, Lotus pushed him out. “Very cliche, hurry and go! Stop bothering me!" Saying that, he closed the door.

On the other side of the door, Hope's expression turned complicated and she sighed.

In fact, the methods used to train personal servants were truly effective. It was so effective that, even though Hope had slept with Claus before, she was still hesitant to tell the truth.

Hope really did not want to betray the empress, but when she thought about Claus perishing under her plan, her heart would narrow painfully.

Hope felt very conflicted. So, after hesitating for a while, she finally decided to visit Daisy first and think of something else after that.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving at Daisy's room, she learns that Daisy has not returned to her room.

It didn't take long for Hope to find out where Daisy was. After all, there was only one place in the entire palace where Daisy could be at this hour beside her bedroom.

However, Hope wanted to avoid that place if possible.

After struggling for a few seconds, Hope finally took a deep breath and made a decision.

*tok tock*

Hope knocked on the prince's room twice quietly, as if afraid that someone would answer. He decided that if no one answered after five seconds, he would come back.

But it looks like fate wants to bring him here tonight.

Almost as soon as he knocked on the door, someone opened it.

“Kakak Hope?” Daisy tilted her head curiously and led her in.

Hope hesitated a little before entering. He then looked around nervously before sighing in relief when he realized that Claus was not around.

Seeing that, Daisy giggles mischievously and teases him. “The youngest daughter kidnapped His Majesty for today, so I'm not sure if she will sleep here tonight. How unfortunate, I'm sure you'd really like to see it. ”

"I-i don't!" Hope instantly denied her words, even though her face was flushed red. "I came because I wanted to talk to you."

Daisy giggles, but she stops teasing Hope.

“Is that? Okay, then, let's talk.” Looking at the two of them, anyone would think that Daisy was the older one and Hope the younger one.

Actually, Hope didn't know what to talk about. But now that he was here, he could only bite his lips and find the topic of conversation.

However, to his dismay, the conversation of the two brunettes quickly turned into a conversation about Prince Claus.

Through the conversation, Hope can feel Daisy's deep love for the prince. Daisy's words were filled with happiness. Every time he mentioned the prince, his eyes would shine brightly.

For a moment, Hope was envious. Daisy, despite being a servant like him, can survive with the love of her life freely. He could accompany her proudly and help her whenever she was in trouble.

She, on the other hand, could only miss him despite knowing that they were in a different camp.

A deep feeling of sadness and longing filled Hope's heart. Seeing Daisy's happy face, Hope wanted to run away from the room and cry under her blanket.

But at the same time, he wanted to continue hearing Daisy's words. She imagines herself in the position of Daisy, every day together with her lover.

'Perhaps dying like that is not so bad ..' With ******* in heart, Hope decided to return to her room.

But at that moment, someone opened the door.

"Oh? We have visitors. ”

Hearing once again the voice he so desperately wanted to hear, Hope did not know to be happy or sad.