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Along with the appearance of the emperor was the disappearance of Lady Serena’s bitter expression. She smiled at him and said, “We are just having some casual conversation, Your Imperial Highness. Isn’t that right, Miss Sapphire?” “Yes, Your Ladyship,” Emery replied, who was also putting up a front so as to cover up what actually happened. The last thing she wanted was gaining an enemy in the palace. At the moment, she was a mere attendant, a person who bears no authority or power so she had to fool Lady Serena into thinking that she was on her side. Emperor Claus did not believe them, knowing that Lady Serena was not the type of person who would get herself involved with a person she does not deem necessary. Without saying anything, he grabbed Emery by the shoulder and pulled her back into her room before shutting the door right before Lady Serena. “Tell me,” he said to her. “What did she do to you? What did she say?” “She did nothing but greet me, Your Imperial Highness. Belie
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Sitting across from her was the emperor’s attendant, whose face was still a mystery to all. Even her background and where she came from, Lady Serena had no complete information about this Sapphire. But no matter who she was and where she came from, those matters were of no importance to her since all she had to do was get rid of the woman whom the emperor was obsessing over.Sipping from her cup of tea, Lady Serena could only smile bitterly while pretending that everything was okay and she had them under control. And just when she thought that she would be able to get ahold of Emery since she had Jadeite and stop her from meeting Emperor Claus, she also had to deal with this lowly attendant. She did not want to stoop so low and be jealous of someone clearly lower than her, however, she could not completely ignore the threats that could possibly stop her from being the empress.“So… Have you already commenced our plan?” she asked.“I already requested His Imperial Highness about you te
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That alone was enough to fully awaken Emery. Sitting up on her bed, the maidservant handed her the letter before leaving immediately to give her some time alone. Two months had passed after she sent two letters to Raphael and yet there was only one envelope delivered to her. The rough touch of the envelope made Emery nervous as she opened it and saw two pages of paper.The first one she opened was a divorce paper with her fake name on it and Raphael's real name. The document looked too real, and not to mention, the red seal on the bottom left made it all the more convincing that it was a legal document. She gulped as she took out the second page. It was blank but its scent was of lemon so she knew that there was an actual message from him. With her heart beating faster than usual, she left the bed in a hurry. Taking a candle and a match with her, she went into the bathroom and lit the candle before letting the fire reveal the secret message. “I received your message, but unfortunate
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The lump in her throat and the numbness of her tongue prevented Emery from ever speaking a word. She thought she was simply imagining things but as she gazed back at the jar, her mind went black for a few seconds. She was more than sure now that the head belonged to none other than their beheaded headmaster, Amirah. She shifted her attention back to Jadeite, who looked away from her and pretended like she knew nothing. A mixture of confusion, disbelief, surprise, and anger were visible in Emery's eyes. Jadeite could not bring herself to look at her as she clutched on the side of her dress. “Jadeite, you indeed took your time in the eastern continent,” Lady Serena said, bringing Emery back to her senses. “So… Did you bring Emery Trigon with you?”“Who's Emery Trigon?” Emery intervened, acting ignorant so as to get a gist of what was actually going on since Jadeite seemed to have kept something from her. Jadeite shook her head, giving Lady Serena a signal to not speak of her, however
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When Emery fell on the cliff that night, the panther assassins did not bother retrieving her body, thinking that she would not survive such a bad fall. They dragged Jadeite away and brought her back to the Whitmore mansion, where Lady Serena was waiting. She was then forced to kneel on both knees in front of her new master as the other assassins reported what had just occurred.“So… Sapphire is also an assassin from your organization?” Lady Serena asked, looking Jadeite in the eyes. For a while, Jadeite was quiet so one of the panther assassins kicked her right on the back in order to force her to speak.“Jadeite, when we made an agreement to help each other, that includes spilling every drop of truth. So about Sapphire's real identity… Is she an assassin under the Arcana?”“Yes.”“By any chance, is she closely associated with Emery?”Jadeite shook her head.“No.”Lady Serena did not fully believe her since Jadeite’s sudden action of running after the concubine-in-training was someth
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That midnight, Emperor Claus returned to the palace with the unconscious body of Emery. The supposedly dead night awakened the maidservants and even the royal physician as the emperor demanded immediate treatment towards the woman he spent months searching for. And, of course, the news had reached the Whitmore mansion, where the emperor's fiancee was spending the night in her office.“What do you mean they have found Emery Trigon?” Lady Serena asked as she was getting changed so she could go to the mansion of the emperor to confirm the news herself.“I… I have no idea, Your Ladyship. All I heard was that His Imperial Highness went on a midnight hunt with his knights and they found her wounded in the forest,” one of the maidservants replied.After getting changed, there was a knock on her door. She had the feeling that it was the Shadow Assassins she sent to look for Sapphire so she immediately let them in.“Did you find Lady Sapphire’s body?” she asked with gritted teeth.All of the a
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“Is there something wrong?” Emperor Claus asked as he approached Castor, who was with Emery alone in the room.The knight stood straight and faced the emperor.“Nothing, Your Imperial Highness,” he replied. “What did the physician say about her condition?”“Some of her injuries are serious so it is still unknown when she will wake up. Other than that, she is alright.”The emperor sat on the chair right next to the bed and could not keep his eyes off of Emery. The portrait given to him before was not as accurate as the way she truly looked like. Still, he was more than content to have found her in the most unexpected time. On the other hand, Castor remained quiet about what he just noticed. Until he confirmed if Sapphire was indeed Emery, he would not speak of it to the emperor. He did not want to add another thing for him to think about so he just excused himself and left the Euthoria mansion. On his way, he saw Lady Serena walking towards the Whitmore mansion seemingly in a daze. He
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This time, it was Duke Hagan who spoke for the others since they looked like cowards unable to stand for what they thought was right.“Your Imperial Highness,” he said, “the kingdom she ruled over a short period of time is completely different from our empire. Besides, as we are all informed about, queens in the eastern continent are not meant to take on political responsibilities. They are simply there to give birth to heirs. The empress in our empire, however, is not only for breeding.”Some of the ministers agreed while the others remained quiet as if they were still observing and weighing their options, whether to support the emperor or Duke Hagan.Sir Vlachos then added, “Plus, Emery Trigon is only known for her victory in the battlefield once. As we all are aware of the situation, Varmore does not need that kind of empress. We need someone who can fulfill her duties as a wife and as the mother of the empire.”Emperor Claus got their point and if he insisted on what he wanted, it
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