Upon stepping into the hall where the emperor’s room was, Emery was left speechless. Right before her, Castor was banging the door, asking Emperor Claus if everything was okay. It was clear that he was worried sick because when the emperor never opened the door, the knights forced their way in. The next thing she saw sent chills down her spine. Right across from her was the emperor looking at her directly in the eyes with a gaze so sharp and evil. A devil’s grin marked his lips from ear to ear. This was the version of him that she had never seen before, freezing her in place and unable to look away from him.“Your Imperial Highness, calm down,” Castor said, trying not to provoke him as much as possible since the worst could happen with his current state.However, the emperor ignored the knight’s words and pointed at Emery.“Chain her legs and lock her in her room,” he demanded.The knights looked at each other, unsure of what to do.“Don’t make me repeat myself,” Emperor Claus said a

The next morning, King Lawson was on his way to the palace gates since he was scheduled to inspect the ongoing reconstruction of their walls on the third circle of the city. Before he could mount on his horse, he heard a woman’s voice calling out to him. Turning on his heels, he saw Lady Emily running as fast as she could while waving her hand.When she managed to approach him, she said, “M-M-My apologies… Y-Your Majesty…”“Catch your breath first before speaking,” King Lawson stated before shifting his attention to Vasmir. “Head there first.”The assassin simply nodded as he stole a glance in the direction of Lady Emily. For some reason, he could sense something from her. Was she trying to seduce the king? That was the very question that lingered in his mind. She may not succeed just like the other girls, but Vasmir felt wary of her. He did not like that feeling at all.After a while, Lady Emily was able to finally regain her normal breathing and apologized for her behavior. But when

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

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

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