บททั้งหมดของ My Departure Gave the Noblewomen Nervous Breakdowns: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

I hid the last gold coin in the bottom pocket of my bag and gave it a good pat, feeling good about it. I would turn 25 the next morning, old enough to be released from the palace and become a free citizen.The medicine furnace was still gurgling from the heat, with white, bitter smoke wafting in the air outside the crown princess' private quarters. I picked up a porcelain cup filled with the herbal concoction and entered the bedchambers of the crown princess, Maxine Somerset.She was lying on her bed and coughing violently. Her pale face had a smear of red caused by all the coughing. I approached her and handed the cup to her. "It's time for your medicine, Your Highness." Maxine did not take the bowl from me but instead gripped me hard on the wrist. Her grip was so strong that it hurt me in the bones, but she did not look at me. She was looking over my shoulder and staring into the air while muttering a name."Leo… Leo, is it cold where you are?"I allowed her to grip my wris

Occasionally, I would give in to Helena's request because I thought that she and I were considered poor souls who at least had each other in this icy palace that devoured the weak.This continued until three years later, when she secretly healed her eyes and contacted her old subordinates to finally take back everything that belonged to her. When the gates of the Outer Keep opened and the sun shone in, she emerged in a brand-new royal robe as she stood in the sun.I was overjoyed. I thought that my meal ticket had been upgraded, and I went to her for a reward. However, I did not even have the chance to say a word when I appeared in front of Helena because she suddenly reached out to grab me by the collar. Helena was highly skilled in combat, and she pushed me hard against the walls of the Outer Keep. Intense pain spread over my back as I gripped her wrist hard, staring back at her coldly. Helena looked at me with disdain. Her eyes, once filled with fear and longing for someone'

Jaela suddenly lost her composure, and I saw panic and disbelief in her usually aloof eyes. Her fingers gripped my shoulders like clamps with unusual force.I looked at her like she was crazy. Was this still the deity on earth who never allowed anyone to even touch the corner of her dress?Her grip was heavy on my shoulders, and I shrugged her grip off with great difficulty. "Please have some self-respect, Your Eminence."My words were like a slap to Jaela, as she quickly pulled her hand away from me, but she continued staring at my face. She was heaving, and her usually cold and distant expression was replaced by fluster and anxiousness."You can't marry that palace maid," she said through clenched teeth.I found this funny. "I'm old enough to take a wife, and I'm of age to leave the palace. It's normal for me to want to marry a woman from my village. Why can't I marry her?""She's not good enough for you!" Jaela suddenly raised her voice, looking at me anxiously and in disbelie

Helena and Jaela, who were entangled in a fight, stopped. All three of us looked in the direction of the door.It was Crown Princess Maxine, who was staggering through the door with the help of her palace maids. She was still wearing her coat and was only in a thin, yellow nightgown. Her pale, sickly face looked even paler and had no color in it.She pushed her maids aside and stumbled through my door on her own, clutching a scroll in her hand. It was the edict for my release from the palace.Maxine used all of her strength to tear the edict in front of all of us in half. Her knuckles turned purple from using all her strength, and she stared at me pleadingly with despair. "You won't be able to leave now."I stared at the two halves of the edict and finally frowned. I had paid a lot of money to get my hands on that edict! My expression turned cold. "What do you mean by this, Your Highness?"Maxine did not reply, but she suddenly started coughing violently. Blood splattered from h

There was dead silence in front of the palace gates. All of the guards were frightened by the sight, and they knelt on the ground, not daring to look up.Maxine, Helena, and Jaela were surrounding me and blocking my way from the palace gates. They glared at each other, badly wanting to cut one another into pieces. When they turned to look at me, the murderous looks in their eyes turned into pathetic pleading. Maxine could hardly stand from her violent coughing. The blood on the corner of her lips was barely dry when she tried to reach out to me, saying in a broken voice, "Don't go… I'm begging you. Please stay…"Helena's feet were still bleeding, and she stood on her bloody footprints with tears in her eyes. She stared at me like an abandoned orphan as she said, "You lied to me. You told me you'd always be by my side…"Jaela was heaving, and her aloof eyes were watery. She clenched her fist and said in a trembling voice, "I'll marry you. I'll give you everything I have as my dow