The Return of the Female Knight

CHAPTERS 102

In many ways, Kuhn who received Mirabelle's love in abundance is not someone to suspect. Great assassins would hide themselves, so acting while putting everything naked like this was impossible.

Batori continued to speak Kuhn even though the other man did not bother to look for his way.

“I'll be leaving for the palace tomorrow. It's kind of sad because we get along so brilliantly, isn't it? “

Kuhn's expressionless gray eyes flickered at the word "palace."

"You're the one who went to the palace, aren't I?"

“What position have I changed? The butler said there was a void in the palace and he asked if I had any thoughts. I agree because of the higher salary. "

Batori once again assumes that Kuhn is harmless to her. If it was for his personal purposes, there was no way he would miss the opportunity to infiltrate the palace.

“That's useless thinking. She as the same person is ridiculous … '

A murderous glint appeared in Batori's eyes, but Kuhn did not notice it. Batori smiled back and continued in a cheerful voice.

"Take care of yourself when we part ways and—"

Kuhn ignored Batori's goodbye. Actually, Kuhn also did not suspect Batori as a dangerous person. Kuhn believed that if he went to the palace as planned, Batori would not replace him and would remain at Blaise's house. The rat that Kuhn sought would not rely on chance, and would instead use accidents to disguise his work.

… But Mirabelle's sudden interruption has made a wrench in the works.

"Do I have to ask the General for help?"

If he can't leave Blaise's house of his own accord, the last resort is to ask Carlisle for help. He can't stay stuck here forever. Kuhn may be able to make a direct request to Elena, but she cannot tell him that she is tracking the intruder and has made a false promise to protect Mirabelle. The reason Mirabelle's obsession baffles her, but it is clear that she will not let go.

Kuhn pressed her fingers against her throbbing head.

'… My heart is weakened.'

He had to go to the palace, even if it meant saying more hurtful words to Mirabelle. But he can't do it. He scolded himself internally for failing to make wise judgments because of his momentary feelings.

Batori's words cut him out of his mind.

“Oh, and I left the shampoo in the bathroom. You can use it if you need it— ”

Kuhn fell back to her bed with a thud. Batori continued to talk as she saw another man preparing to go to sleep.

"Hey, are you listening to me?"

Kuhn silently turned her head and buried herself under the blanket. Ever since he came here, it was just a problem.

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The job in the Imperial Palace made steady progress just as Elena had planned. The babysitter exceeded her expectations as the chief lady, and had set the servants in a heartbeat.

Elena keeps Asabe a secret, which Elena suspects of hiring the Queen. The scent of the flower was potentially dangerous, and hence Elena placed the plant in a windy area and was more careful not to be exposed to the flower.

"Am I waiting?"

If Asabe was revealed to be the Empress' spy, or if the factory was identified, Elena could make her move as soon as possible. Anything can be used to attack the empress.

When Elena briefly considered her plan, she suddenly looked at Carlisle eating his food in front of her. He's very handsome. He had an atmosphere of intimidation about him, but when his blue eyes looked at him, he could not help but gulp. His straight nose, his sharp jawline, and his muscular neck all seemed as if they were painstakingly carved by craftsmen. Even when Elena first met Carlisle, she knew she could not compare to anyone else.

"That's why—?"

His heart skipped a beat when he saw the handsome man. Carlisle had influenced her from the start, and she hesitantly concluded that she was familiar with women. She's pretty good to him, but …

"I can't be the only one."

Although she had never seen Carlisle with another woman, she quickly got along with Mirabelle. And if Carlisle treated another woman like her Elena, it was inevitable that she would fall in love with him. He even managed to turn the head of someone whose eyes were only on revenge.

"At a time when I had to think about my family .. I was happy with my husband who was under contract …"

On one hand, he could not help feeling ashamed. He didn't think he had any space left in his mind for levity, but Carlisle had stolen his attention …

Elena was turbulent because of this confused and new feeling.

"If you stare passionately, even I might get nervous."

"…!"

Elena's red eyes widened. He had been staring at Carlisle's face without even noticing it.

"ME-I"

Elena tried to formulate an excuse, but Carlisle just smiled and looked at her as if she was the only beautiful thing in the scene.

"That doesn't mean you have to stop looking."

Carlisle hooked his fingers and rested his chin.

"I don't care how you look at me because I'm yours, but I want you to eat too."

They he looked at him not near the same intensity as Carlisle's view now. As she looked into her sharp blue eyes, Elena felt her heart beating even faster.

Dugeun, gugeun.

To have this feeling …

That's a huge one.

Elena was too engrossed in the turmoil in her mind to eat too much, and Carlisle continued to fire a concerned look at her. After dinner, the two returned to the bedroom together.

'… Why is he looking at me so affectionately?'

He remembered how his brother would leave behind a cup of sweet chocolate after his father became angry with him. It would never fail to lift her spirits every time she drank it, but the feeling she had from Carlisle's sight contained a deeper sweetness than cocoa.

The problem was that nothing had changed from Carlisle; nothing in his gaze, tone of speech, and behavior.

What changed what he received from her.

'Part your head, Elena. Don't you remember what you had to do? '

The life of his family members is on his shoulders. He had no time to look anywhere else. But ...he couldn't help but feel an interest in Carlisle. He doesn't know when it started. At a certain point, the emotion was deeply ingrained in her mind and sprouted roots. If she looked back at him, she knew that his heart would beat wildly.

'I'm beginning to realize the opposite sex …'

Elena quickly shook her head. He had to finish this before tightening his grip. He had to keep his distance from Carlisle …

"Aah!"

Elena gasped involuntarily. When she looked in the mirror, she saw Carlisle looking at her.

"W-what are you doing here, Caril?"

"You didn't respond to me no matter how many times I called you."

"Well…."

He must have been too deep in thought to realize that he called out to her. Carlisle, however, did not leave. She simply leaned against the powder room door frame with her hands crossed as she stared at him. Elena broke off eye contact from him and opened her mouth to speak.

"Well, you've checked on me, so you can leave now."

"What are you thinking?"

Just a moment ago, Elena shook her head to shake off the thoughts in her mind. Anyone would be curious.

"…It's okay."

Carlisle looked at her doubtfully, but fortunately he did not press her any further. He continued to observe Elena's face for a moment, then turned around and stepped away with his long legs.

"Whatever it is, it's time for bed."

Elena remembered they were married. It was impossible to get away from Carlisle while he was trying to find peace of mind. Under the terms of the marriage contract, they would have to face each other at every meal, and then they would meet again every time when they went to bed.

'… Please God.'

Elena dropped her forehead into his hands.

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After finishing in the powder room, he took a few careful steps into the room, and saw Carlisle sitting lazily on the sofa waiting for him. His usual appearance felt different than usual, even though he had not changed.

Elena kept her voice relaxed as she spoke.

“You don't have to wait for me. If you are tired, you can sleep first. ”

"It's okay. I'm not going to turn off the lights until you stay in. "

"Don't worry. I could see well in the dark and find my way to bed. "

"…I saw."

Carlisle did not mind, and Elena was satisfied that she accepted his request. They will be able to sort out how to live in this room.

Carlisle was made to stand up from the sofa, when Elena quickly raised her hand to stop him.

"Light…"

"Oh! I'll put them out, so please lie back down. "

"You don't have to."

"Please, let me do it."

Carlisle looked at him in surprise, but he finally gave up and sat down on the coach.

Elena didn't want Carlisle to get too close to her. In order to extinguish the lamp, she had to approach Elena's bed lying down, and her feelings might arouse her passion again. Out of the mind. While some contact is inevitable as a married couple, she wants as far distance as possible so she can regain her composure.

"I'll turn it off."

He hurriedly put out all the lights in the bedroom. He usually left the bedside lamp on, but he wanted the darkness and illusion of sleeping alone. Sharing a room with someone he started seeing as a man made him feel awkward in many ways.

The bedroom went dark. Elena walked to the bed, avoiding Carlisle and the sofa as much as possible.

"Don't waste time thinking about it, and work on how you'll stay at the palace — Ouch!"

Kudantangs!

He was so busy avoiding Carlisle that his foot hit the ornament.

He would never make this mistake under ordinary circumstances. His vision and senses were deeply honed on the battlefield by the threat of a sword or arrow.

'… I have to look stupid.'

He could not believe he had done such a foolish thing, and he leaned over to hold onto his painful ankle. At the same time, his frustration surfaced within him.

'What I do …'

In his last life, he lacked the luxury of individual beds in battle, and slept among unknown men in barracks. It suddenly felt ironic that he was trying so hard to avoid Carlisle.

"… Haaa."

Elena dragged her palm down her cheek desperately.

Ttubeog.

He heard footsteps in the dark. When he looked up, he saw a dark silhouette, with blue eyes shining dimly through the dark. For a moment Carlisle looked like a beast, a jaguar looking for its prey.

"Are you hurt?"

Just by her tone of voice, she knew that she did not like him getting hurt. Elena quickly hid her bruised ankle and replied in an indifferent voice.

"I'm doing fine. You don't have to worry. "

"I can't believe you're okay."

As he spoke, he walked closer to Elena. He hurriedly extended his hand.

"Stop there."

Carlisle froze in place. Elena didn't mean to say it like that. He didn't want to be so aware of Carlisle anymore. In a situation where her family life was at stake, she had no time to enjoy this new feeling.

“I'm fine, really. Don't come any closer. ”

Despite the darkness, Elena could almost feel a grin in Carlisle's mouth.

"No."

Carlisle's footsteps continued. And then came his voice, lower and hoarse than before.

"I told you, if there's a time when you're too aware of me, you should hide it …"

Before she knew it, she realized that Carlisle's long legs had brought her close to him.

"… Because I can't stand."

"Norris!"

Before Elena could say anything, Carlisle's arms were below her waist and knees and suddenly lifted her into the air. No matter how slender she was, an adult woman was a heavy burden. Yet Carlisle seemed unencumbered, and Elena looked at him with wide-eyed eyes.

"How many times are you going to say that, when you've already solved two things at once?"

Carlisle walked towards the bed, holding Elena. In the distance, Elena felt a strange, tickling and strange sensation …

He was carefully put into the bed. But it doesn't end there.

Seueugae.

Carlisle took Elena's slender ankles from behind her nightgown.

"Tell me if you get hurt. I'll call the doctor soon. "

He was struck by the heat of his skin on hers. Carlisle's body temperature was higher than he had expected.

“You don't need to call a doctor at this late hour. I'm fine."

"I don't believe that."

Looking at Carlisle's sharp eyes, he couldn't help but feel once again he was a man who crossed the line freely. The more he tried to avoid it, the more entangled he became. Elena put away her confusion before speaking.

“I'm fine, really. I don't want to be crowded when people come and go. If I wake up tomorrow and still get sick, then we can call the doctor. ”

Carlisle frowned disapprovingly, but he relented.

"Make sure to."

Carlisle hesitated for a moment, then pulled the blanket up to Elena's neck. He looked at her in surprise as he rubbed his forehead.

"It's night, so go to sleep now."

Eventually, Carlisle turned around.

When Elena noticed her dark figure leaving and lying on the sofa, she felt her mind become more confused than before.

It's been a long night.

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Zenard's been very busy lately.

He had gathered all the servants working in the Crown Prince's palace on Elena's orders, then was scolded for not reporting the factory to Carlisle.

"By the time I looked for him, the prince had already gone to the Imperial Palace to visit the Emperor and the Queen."

Zenard though the treatment is unfair, but how else. For now, he focused on gathering information about the plant even until this late. There was no time limit, but wanted to finish it as soon as possible with regards to Elena.

"He's a suitable couple for the prince."

When Zenard first met her, she was stunned by her dazzling beauty, and then, she admired her meticulous character and intelligence. Elena may not realize it, but Carlisle has changed greatly since meeting her. Knowing how Carlisle was at the border of Ruford Empire, Zenard was able to safely say that the prince was becoming more humane than ever.

'If the prince were to be as gentle as he is now, he would need as much help from the princess as possible.'

The only thing that could make a savage beast angry was beauty. An unusual smile spread across Zenard's face as he thought of the crown princess.

Tmv, ttog.

There was a knock on Zenard's door.

"Please come in."

One of the Zenard men in charge of gathering information entered the room.

"We found what you were looking for. Please see this report. "

Zenard immediately began to look at the materials he was carrying.

[Manera Planting.

A rare plant that only grows in the kingdom of Sibena in the south.

If well bred, it will bloom pink flowers and be very aromatic.

Women, however, will become infertile if exposed to the scent over a long period of time.]

Zenard was surprised by the reading he had just read. He had a bad feeling knowing that Empress Ophelia had sent him, but he didn't realize it would come this far. Elena did not mention a single word about this.

'Does the Crown Princess know about this?'

Elena already knew that the plant only grew in the kingdom of Sibena, so it was likely that she was not stupid. Nevertheless, he nurtured the plant .. He was completely fearless, and Zenard felt another wave of admiration. However, another sentence caught his attention.

[There is another plant called Vanera, which is the twin sister of Manera.

Said ..]

A serious light glittered in Zenard's eyes as he read the information.