What will happen to now?
Lucy had a nervous expression on her face as she looked around the room. Zeppel only put sleeping pills in water for two hours, but the effect was strong for those who starved for several days.
As a result, Lucy could sleep soundly until they escaped to the forest on the capitals outskirts through the second princes palaces secret passage.
Lucy was in the carriage when she regained consciousness. She was startled when she saw a brown-haired young man wearing a monocle sitting across from her.
You are Lucy Enver. Is that correct?
Zeppel asked so in a businesslike tone. Lucy looked at him, dumbfounded. The young man wore a cold expression, but he was quite attractive.
Y-yes I am? But why am I here? With this carriageWhere are we going?
Celia had been talking about Lucy even before the Second Prince kidnaped her. The information asserted that she was the only person capable on moving Princess Alia, and since she was imprisoned by the second prince, she needed to be protected.
Zeppel learned the story from Leonis and conducted a background check on Lucy Enver.
She was a commoner who ca from a rural family near the capital. When his father remarried, she was thrown out of the house and worked as a maid in a nearby viscounts house.
When the familys viscount daughter beca the emperors concubine and beca a lady-in-waiting, she was the one who chose Lucy because she was easy to deal with.
She was the concubines maid.
Lucys status was so low that she couldnt be the princess nanny at first, but she could do so because Princess Alias mother liked her.
She did, but Alias mother saw it right away. The budget had not been properly allocated before the princess manifested her abilities, and Lucy was supposed to have spent her own salary to assist the princess.
Am I being kind or stupid?
So Zeppel was reluctant to kidnap her. It was just an excuse to say hed take her away because shed be worse off if she stayed.
After all, kidnapping is kidnapping.
You should know what the Second Prince intends to do with you.
When the second prince, Phil, was ntioned, Lucy looked at Zeppel, terrified.
You areArent you from the imperial palace? What do you want to do with ?
Nothing right now.
That was it. Lucy looked at Zeppel, puzzled. Zeppel went over it again.
Until you are safe, you will need our protection. Then well arrange for you to leave the imperial palace and live elsewhere, so you dont have to worry about anything.
W-what does that an? why
There was no kindness in the world if there was no purpose for it. Lucy was also aware of this, so she regarded Zeppel with suspicion. With a calm expression, Zeppel said.
Consider it the cost of being imprisoned until you are released.
Zeppel said this and then fell silent. When she asked whose order he was following, he still remained silent.
And she arrived at the spacious mansion of an aristocratic family. She had hoped to be imprisoned in this dungeon-like setting, but she was led to a second-floor bedroom when she arrived.
Except for being guarded, she was treated like an aristocratic lady.
Why? why
Lucy was born the daughter of a farr and was forced to work hard from the mont the sun rose. Her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, and her stepmother stepped in, complicating her life.
Lucy had to work in the fields during the day and struggled with housework at night. She was claid that whenever her stepmother was in a bad mood, she would beat Lucy.
She was afraid of where she would go when she was finally kicked out of the house, but when she entered the house as a maid for a noble family, she felt rather fortunate.
She cursed because my face was so ugly that she couldnt be sold as a whore.
She considered herself fortunate to have been hired by the daughter of a viscount and later worked as a maid for the emperors concubine. Lucy believed she had expended all of her luck at the ti.
I was able to be the maid of the beautiful Ilda.
And Our princess was there.
The angelic beauty smote Lucy. The age difference was less than ten years, making it an awkward age for a nanny, but Lucy did her best.
That was why, despite her ager earnings, she worked tirelessly to raise and feed Alia. She thought of running away together because she felt sorry for the good princess of her noble position.
However, she believed that because Alia was the princess, his Majesty the Emperor would one day honor her as well.
Lucys guesses were only partially correct, with the rest being false.
The Emperor cared about Alia, but only because of her abilities.
It seed that he spared nothing for his daughter. The sa could be said of other utterly despicable princes and princesses.
Didnt she eventually realize Alia was especially fond of Lucy and dragged her away?
These people are also trying to use the princess.
She thought that might be the only reason. She was neither a noble familys daughter nor soone with particular authority.
Lucy sighed as she looked out his window. She was worried about the princess and desperate for her own situation, which was the shackles of the princess.
Please soone Please protect our princess.
Lucy begged fervently while kneeling beside the bed. She prayed to Nedesr, the heavenly god for whom she had always prayed at.
Alia was clearly worried when she learned of an intruder in the second princes palace. The intruder was after Phil, but word ca that other knights and soldiers had been injured or killed.
Lucy? Is she all right?
She wanted to send soone to ensure Lucys safety, but her maids-in-waiting, who the third empress had attached, only irritated Alia. Alia agonized about it without being able to resent them.
Even after visiting the second princes palace a few days before, she hadnt seen Lucy. According to what the maids told Alia, Lucy was trapped in a small room.
She couldnt even get a slice of bread!
Did that girl cross the line with your Highness of the Crown Prince? She deserve it!
Lucy couldnt have done that. If Phil had locked Lucy up for nothing, he would have cursed herself in front of Lucy.
Because thats the only thing Lucys sad about
Alia couldnt shake her nervousness and hid again in the Second Imperial Palace. It was possible because the garden of the second imperial palace was linked to the garden of the concubine.
The 1st Imperial Palace was the central one of the three Imperial Palaces, with the 2nd and 3rd Imperial Palaces surrounding it.
No one will rember Lucy after what happened to Phil. She might as well die if she cant even drink water!
Rumor has it that Phil has been seriously injured in one arm. Furthermore, it was said that he had done sothing fatal and thus earned the emperors wrath.
It was not a day or two for Phil to do things, so Alia didnt think deeply. Despite this, only one can eventually beco a crown prince, and the emperor has always been swamped with work.
He can ignore Lucy for the ti being.
Alia couldnt understand Phil, who was holding Lucy in order to threaten himself without power.
Alia noticed that the soldiers of the Second Imperial Palace did appear more anxious than usual. She assud it was because there was an intruder and the prince they had to protect had been seriously injured.
But the Third Empress will not let them go right away.
Their situation was their circumstance, and Lucy was important to Alia. So she just waited for the maid, who was always throwing information at her.
She could see the two maids she was with, which was fortunate. Alia erged from her hiding spot and began walking quickly, wondering what she had left in the accommodation.
Oh, my! That scared . Are you here again, Princess?
What happened to Lucy? Is she still imprisoned there?
The maid made a stupid face when Alia asked the question. Alia quickly placed five silver coins in her hand as if she knew sothing.
The maid glanced around and lowered her voice.
Dont pretend you know anywhere! Dont even say to anyone that I told you.
Okay. Tell what happened to Lucy.
The maid hesitated a little as she watched Alias worried expression.
She is gone. I dont know who ca and escaped, but the lock was broken, and Lucy disappeared without a trace.
What?
The maid warned Alia to be quiet in a growing voice. Alias face was desperate as she looked at the maid.
Lucy Who, who took her?
I dont know. I heard it was a skilled knight who broke the lock in half.
The maid looked at Alia with curiosity. The maid wondered if Alia had asked soone to take her out, but after seeing her desperate expression, she assud she hadnt.
Does it look like a knight?
Did you get any word from Lucy? Everyone believes that the knight who kidnapped Lucy may have taken her out in the midst of chaos.
In fact, no one was interested in Lucy because Phils foot was on fire. Only Alia, who took Lucy from her, desperately searches for her.
Alia beca flustered. Lucy knew only a few servants of the Imperial Palace. There is no knights she knows because she is a nanny for powerless Alia, despite being a nanny to the princess.
A few knights and those attached by the Empress served as Alias escort knights.
Did they take her to another princes?
It was possible if they looked at Alia with the sa eyes as Phil did.
Even if youre speculating No, I dont think so. Then Ill leave. You must not tell anyone that I told you!
The maid looked to the left and right of the hallway, afraid soone was coming, and then walked away. Alia, who was left alone, frustratedly pressed her chest.
Lucy
Nervous tears welled up. Alia moved along, rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand.
Even after Lucy was apprehended, Alia had no recourse. She only cared about Lucys safety.
It would be a relief if Lucy could escape with the help of her friends. If notplease contact Alia first.
Alia hoped it was the first, but she was anxious to be contacted. If she had run away with the help of her friend, she would not be in contact with Lucy.
Im sorry, Lucy. I am a selfish.
Alias steps back to the concubines palace were heavy.
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