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Kapitel 45: THE PLOT THICKENS

"WOW," Neoma was amazed when the cuts in her arms and legs disappeared after Madam Hammock applied a magical ointment on them. "Madam Hammock, you're like a magician."

Madam Hammock laughed softly. "I am a sage, Your Royal Highness."

Oh, right.

She forgot because she was too happy that her skin was back to being flawless.

To be honest, one of her many ugly layers since her first life up to now was her vanity. She cared a little too much for her appearance. During her second life, she spent a fortune on her skin care routine.

[Well, it couldn't be helped because I was a princess in my first life, then a celebrity in my second one. Both positions required me to be picture-perfect.]

Anyway…

"You're still amazing, Madam," she said with a bright smile. "Thank you for making my cuts disappear."

"You don't have to thank me, Your Royal Highness," Madam Hammock said, then she politely bowed to her. "It's always an honor to serve you."

Neoma smiled brightly because it was her mission to charm everyone around her. "Thank you, Madam Hammock."

[I wonder if Nero can match my "angel image" once he returns.]

***

"PRINCESS NEOMA, I am very saddened by what happened," Sir Glenn said in a voice filled with remorse. "I wish you could have told me your plan first."

Looking at Sir Glenn's sad face made Neoma feel guilty.

Right now, she was back in her room. After the incident with Duke Sloane, Emperor Nikolai told her to rest. Yey to another day of cancelled classes.

Anyway, after she changed her clothes, Sir Glenn was the one who brought her tea. She bet it was because he wanted to talk to her. So right now, she sat on the sofa while the knight stood in front of her.

Lewis, on the other hand, was extra silent behind her.

[I can feel that my son is upset but I'll talk to him later.]

"I know that His Majesty told you to deal with Duke Sloane," the knight continued. "But Princess Neoma, please remember that the duke isn't worth your life."

"I'm sorry for making you worried, Sir Glenn," Neoma said with an apologetic smile.

"Your Royal Highness, please don't apologize to me," he said. "But please promise me that you won't be this reckless next time."

She smiled and nodded, then she raised her hand as if she was taking an oath. "I promise, Sir Glenn."

He looked relieved by that. "Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

She sipped her warm and unsweetened tea before she spoke again. "Sir Glenn, I didn't risk my life just to get rid of Duke Sloane. I did that because I want to push him to the corner."

"What do you mean by that, Your Royal Highness?"

"Sir Glenn, my Soul Beast and I believe that the Devil's Grimoire is in the duke's possession," she said in a serious tone.

The knight looked surprised by her revelation. "What made you believe so, Princess Neoma?"

"Tteokbokki– my Soul Beast– smelled and felt the same scent and energy that he felt in the Royal Grimoire in Duke Sloane," she explained. "He also said that the scent and the energy that clung to the duke were still very strong. That means he used the Devil's Grimoire recently."

Sir Glenn became serious. "I will report this to His Majesty right away, Princess Neoma," he said, then his face softened up as he gave her an assuring smile. "You did a good job, Your Royal Highness. Let me take it from here."

Yep, because her job was to only find the Devil's Grimoire. Now, it was Sir Glenn's job to retrieve it. She wasn't satisfied though. And it was because she felt like she wasted time in the Book Reading Club.

[Wait, that's rude. I kind of enjoyed hanging out with Byron and Harry.]

Well, whatever.

Neoma smiled brightly. "Thank you, Sir Glenn."

***

NERO tried to use his Mana when the intruder suddenly attacked them.

But as soon as he stood up, he felt a strong force squeeze his heart tight. He clutched his chest, then he used his other hand to grab the edge of the table so he wouldn't stumble.

[No…]

In the blink of an eye, the intruder with a black mask and black cloak was already in front of him. The assailant was about to grab him as if he intended to take him away instead of killing him when all of a sudden, the intruder froze dead in his tracks.

He could see that the assailant was trying to break free from whatever unseen force that stopped him– but to no avail.

"Prince Nero, please step back," Hanna said in a very serious tone that he hadn't heard from her before.

Out of instinct, he took a step back.

As soon as he did, the intruder suddenly fell on his knees while screaming in agony.

[What the…"

When the assailant dropped on the floor unconscious, he realized what happened after he saw his cousin.

Hanna was "folding" the intruder's shadow in her little hands.

[Shadow manipulation,] Nero said to himself when he remembered what kind of ability the Quinzels were known for. [Hanna inherited Duke Quinzel's ability.]

***

"WHERE'S Lewis?" Neoma asked Stephanie and Alphen. "I haven't seen him since I got out of the bath."

The last time she saw Lewis was before she took a bath.

But she hadn't seen him until now. Usually, when she was about to go to bed, Lewis would come and say good night to her.

"Your Royal Highness, Lewis is punishing himself," Alphen said. "He probably feels guilty that he wasn't with you when you almost drowned in the pond."

Her brows furrowed in confusion. "How is he punishing himself?"

It was Stephanie who gave an answer this time. "Lewis is in the pond right now, Your Royal Highness."

Neoma's eyes widened in shock. "What?!"

***

"DON'T worry, Your Majesty," Rufus assured him. "Prince Nero is safe."

Nikolai received a call from Rufus as soon as he returned to his office.

According to his cousin's report, an intruder attacked House Quinzel's mansion.

But after interrogating the assailant, Rufus found out that the attack had nothing to do with the royal prince. The intruder was apparently a human trafficker whose modus was to kidnap young girls from noble families. Those human traffickers would sell young noble ladies to be wives of perverted nobles or royalties from another kingdom.

"Destroy them," Nikolai ordered Rufus. "Destroy the trafficking ring that targets the young noble ladies of our empire, Rufus."

"As you wish, Your Majesty," the duke said, then he paused for a while. "I didn't want to say this until I have solid proof but I thought you'd kill me if you hear this from other people."

"Say it now or I'll really kill you."

"The intruder said something disturbing," Rufus said in a serious but a little nervous tone. "According to him, their group targeted my house to abduct "Lady Nara." Apparently, they got a tip that the former Commander Quinzel's daughter was adopted by House Quinzel. That if they auctioned "Lady Nara," they would earn a lot of money."

He froze in his seat.

Rufus had only one brother…

[Gavin Quinzel!]

"It looks like the enemies that tipped the human traffickers somehow think that "Lady Nara" is my brother's daughter with… with Lady Roseheart," Rufus said, the nervousness in his tone more evident now. "But thankfully, it seems like they don't know that the "Lady Nara" they're targeting is actually Prince Nero."

"Still, they know that the lowly woman has a daughter," Nikolai said in a cold and angry tone. "But why the hell do they think that MY daughter is that bastard's daughter?"

***

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Kapitel 46: AIGOO, IT'S HARD TO RAISE A SON

NEOMA was shocked when she found Lewis by the pond.

Her son just came out from the water and he was bleeding all over. She had been there so she knew that the wounds he got were from the bites of the monstrous fish in the pond.

[Oh my gosh!]

Secretly escaping her palace to look for Lewis was worth it.

Stephanie and Alphen said that she didn't have to look for her butler herself– that they would just ask the other servants to look for him instead. But knowing how the servants looked down on Lewis, she knew that they wouldn't search for her son.

So when Stephanie and Alphen left her room, she used the window to get out. Thanks to the darkness, she managed to avoid the royal knights patrolling around her palace until she got to the pond.

"Lewis!" Neoma scolded him firmly when she reached him. She wanted to hold his shoulders and shake him until she knocked some sense into her son. But she remembered that he hated skinship unless he initiated it. And she didn't want to accidentally hurt him. "Why did you jump in the water?!"

Lewis intense gaze focused on her face. "Princess. You reckless. You hurt. Me not with you. Me hurt the same."

Okay, it took her a while to get what he meant by that.

"Are you saying that if I get hurt when you're not with me, you're going to hurt yourself the same way I got hurt as punishment?" she asked with furrowed brows. "Are you serious?"

Lewis didn't need to answer– the fire in his eyes already told her that he was dead serious.

"Lewis, are you upset because you weren't by my side when I got hurt?"

He nodded firmly.

"Oh," she said. "But escorting my esteemed guests is also a part of your job as my butler, Lewis. I understand your feelings, but I hope you also understand that being my butler doesn't only mean that you have to stick to me like glue 24/7. That's the reason why I insisted that you have to study."

The fierceness on Lewis's face disappeared.

Now he looked like a poor puppy that was kicked by his cruel owner.

[Gosh, my son's angelic face is making me feel like I'm the worst mother in the world.]

"Princess angry?" Lewis asked in a very sad voice that kicked her conscience again. "Princess hate me?"

[My heart…]

She didn't know that being a mother could be this hard until that very moment.

[Aigoo, I want to scold him but his pitiful face is bad for my heart.]

"I'm not angry and I don't hate you," she said, giving in to Lewis's puppy eyes. Gosh, why was she so weak against pretty people? For sure, her ugly layers and superficiality would really be her end someday. "Lewis, I apologize for making you worry. But I want you to know that if you want to continue being my butler, you can't hurt yourself the same way I got hurt just because you weren't able to protect me." She pointed at the pond. "What if you overestimated your ability and you weren't able to get out of the water? Would you die in peace knowing that you'd never get to see my pretty face again? Gosh, that's a huge loss for you."

Lewis looked shocked as if he just realized that he could have died. And had that happened, then he would never see her again. "Sorry, Princess."

She just smiled and nodded, relieved that she finally knocked some sense into him.

And she was glad that they already resolved their problem because Stephanie, Alphen, and some royal knights arrived.

Neoma covered her mouth with her hands when she yawned. "Let's go to Madam Hammock and get her to treat your wounds, son."

Lewis shook his head. "Me not princess son."

***

"GLENN failed his mission to retrieve the Devil's Grimoire from Duke Sloane."

Neoma stopped putting sugar cubes in her tea after she heard what Emperor Nikolai informed her.

Right now, they were having tea in the rose garden of his palace. They didn't get the chance to have breakfast together like planned because the emperor was busy that morning. And it looked like it had something to do with Sir Glenn's mission.

Now she understood why the knight was nowhere to be found.

Lord Kyle Sprouse was in Sir Glenn's place instead. The count was standing in the entrance of the rose garden with the other servants and several royal knights.

"When did you send Sir Glenn to retrieve the Devil's Grimoire?" Neoma asked worriedly. "Is he okay?"

"I sent him to the duke's mansion last night– right after you informed Glenn about what you found about Duke Sloane," the emperor explained. "I told Glenn to pretend as a thief. But when he arrived at the duke's mansion, Duke Sloane was already in a critical condition because of poisoning."

"Oh."

Her father raised a brow at her. "Your reaction is quite bland."

"Well, Duke Sloane touched a book that humans aren't supposed to own," she said. "His demise is something I already saw coming."

"The duke is still alive."

"Shame," she said, then she sipped her tea.

She didn't want to sound calloused but was she supposed to feel empathy for the person who almost killed her? Gosh, if her life was an anime series, she probably wouldn't be the protagonist because of her lack of empathy.

[I'm a girl who already died twice. I don't care who dies as long as they're not close to me. I just want to survive and become a lady of leisure this time.]

In short, she was already jaded.

"So Papa Boss," she said after putting her teacup down on the coaster. "Is Sir Glenn hurt? I don't see him around."

The emperor sipped his tea first before he explained. "When Glenn found Duke Sloane in a terrible state, he immediately searched all over his room for the Devil's Grimoire. It only took him a while to find what he was looking for. But instead of a book, Glenn found a crumpled piece of paper in the duke's hand. We think it's a page from the Devil's Grimoire."

She stopped drinking tea midway when she realized something. "Papa Boss, did Sir Glenn get poisoned when he touched the paper?"

He nodded, obviously surprised by her quick thinking. "How did you know?"

"There's a reason why people started saying that the Devil Grimoire shouldn't be owned by humans," she reasoned. "Papa Boss, how's Sir Glenn?"

"Fortunately, Madam Hammock managed to save him. Glenn is out of danger but he needs to rest," the emperor said. "But instead of worrying about my knight, you should worry more about your butler."

Her brows furrowed in confusion. "What do you mean by that, Papa Boss?"

"The paper that Glenn found in Duke Sloane's hand is the page of the grimoire that teaches how to catch foxes," Emperor Nikolai said. "It looks like someone else is interested in your little foxy boy butler, Princess Neoma."

"Aigoo." Neoma let out a deep sigh. Her physical body in that world was only five-years old. But she already felt like an old woman based on how exhausted she was. "It's so hard to be a single mother while raising a very precious son."

***

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