’So he is Kyle Arcutus’,
Hovering in mid air, Alantia can’t help but find the man rather attractive enough.
Considering after hearing about him from Alden, she wanted to see first-hand how he was able to kill those two guards without even showing a hint of struggle.
Was he that strong?
But now, after arriving here and looking towards his body, she found nothing special.
Instead, the information which she received from Information Guild was wrong about him being in the second layer.
This man in front of her was not even a cultivator, let alone in any layer.
’She must have did a mistake’,
Squinting her eyes, she shook her head, clearly wanting to play a bit here, but given it would be a waste of time.
With her hands folded, she tried to turn away from them.
’!?!’
But as she did, she sensed a sharp energy signature.
Now, specifically, two in particular emerging.
Emerging first from within the palace towards the ground and the second from the guest entrance.
’What the...?’,
Her eyes first set on the one leaving the mansion who was Princess Aleriana Vandreat.
Looking towards her for a fleeting moment, Alantia visibly felt how this gold had already achieved the ranks of sixth layer, which took her several years and sacrifices of too many men—That’s the last count.
But even more so was the another signature as she turned her head only to see a woman in a red gown covered from top to bottom with the vial covering her face.
Yet that persona and energy signature made the second queen realize that the woman who had just entered through the guest entrance was none other than the Empress Dowager herself.
’Is this a joke?’,
Alantia, hovering there with eyes narrowed as the clench of her fist soared, had visible confusion etched on her face.
Seeing the Empress herself entering the territory of this princess, with whom both of her very long feuds were enough to be known by everyone, was completely unexpected.
Even after hearing from her maid and thinking this was just a random visit from that boy, with the Empress Dowager clearly rejecting such a proposal, here she was, forgetting about her animosity and coming herself to visit.
How?
’Huh?’,
And after scrutinizing the reason, her eyes finally laid on the man, still looking towards her.
Meeting with his, carrying that cross of crimson and golden within black pupils, made her remember his face.
As she realized that there was more than eyes to meet about this man as per Alden’s information.
She might need more time to know him better, to see if he could be a threat to her.
But for now, turning towards the princess, who also would have sensed her presence, yet remained looking towards the groom, Alantia thought how this would be the last day of this groom.
So she should not care much, as the princess would herself kill him.
’!!’
’But...’,
Her eyes halted the moment they passed through that red vial and met the prince’s eyes.
Those eyes fixed on Kyle did not show a hint of malice, which the second queen had expected.
Having already killed so many men by luring them, forcing them into submission, and faking love, she had seen what true love looked like and the fake ones.
Seeing those sapphire eyes within the veil, appearing like a lake’s surface with a hint of ripple, she clearly felt that the princess had some feelings for Kyle.
’It’s just my imagination or...’,
Yet there was a temporary clash between the contrasting information she knew about the princess and her way to rid people.
One side of her mind told how it was impossible for the princess to show any love when she had hired so many assassins to attack Kyle on his way up to the capital city.
And the second was her eyes seeming much softer for someone wanting to kill.
For the first time, the second queen seemed confused to see through someone, if she was genuinely caring for the boy or just wanting to get rid of him by emotional manipulation.
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’What the hell she is here for?’,
Looking towards the sky at that woman whom I recognized due to that eye color, which was similar to Alden’s, having a hint of emerald within pinkish nerves, it was just that the emerald part was more in the Queen’s eyes.
It was as if she was born to make several men wear green hats.
But given my encounter with Alden in the library, most probably he would have gone directly to her after what happened in the library, leading me to at least understand the reason.
However, I find it really surprising that she would dare to enter the princess’s territory only to let people misinterpret her arrival here as a collaboration between her and the princess.
Which would indirectly benefit Aleriana rather than the queen.
"Young master, shouldn’t you look at your bride?", Came a voice from beside me through a maid who was standing with others.
She chuckled as it caused me to turn towards the direction they were gesturing.
Only to find a woman in a white dress.
thump thump
’....Is she using some art?’,
Clearly feeling the momentary skip of a bit, my eyes softened without even thinking of blinking in the dry air as they took in the beauty of the woman walking towards me.
She walked toward me, the white gown hugging her body in all the right places before flowing down in soft waves.
My eyes traced the curve of her waist, the way the fabric clung to her hips, accentuating every line.
The bodice pressed tight against her chest, rising and falling subtly with each breath.
A sheer veil covered her face, but even through it, I could make out the shape of her lips and the sharpness of her jaw.
Long, dark hair cascaded over her shoulders, some strands brushing against her exposed skin.
[ No, Host, she is just beautiful. ]
’...I see.’
:: Uwaah...Huh? Why is she wearing that white dress? Black would suit more with that face. ::
[ Let me analyze again, it seems there was an error. ]
’Just accept it,’
I also finally gulped down the fact that indeed Aleriana, even with having the same face as this reaper, was beautiful enough to somehow just thump my heart.
Clarifying to the system to not mention the reaper again, unless it was about that black lipstick, I found she should have been beautiful as Aleriana.
"Princess, I want to have a conversation with you after the wedding—"
I wanted to tell her how I needed to tell her my proposal to save my life.
Where I had enough bargain to at least shake her determination to kill me.
But before I could complete it, I heard the voice from the surrounding.
"E-Empress Dowager!?" one of the noblemen yield, causing me to turn in that direction only to see the woman whom I had invited finally making her presence here.
"Wait, is this for real?!"
"P-pardon our mistake, Empress."
One after another, the women who seemed uninterested until now in having conversation with each other or the enthusiasm which should have been present on their faces finally sprinted towards the red-robed woman, maintaining a respectable distance before giving a 90-degree bow—clearly showing that even in the presence of a princess, they would not hesitate to greet the stronger one first.
’As expected of these noblemen.’