In the Pri Minister's room, the Pri Minister had bargained with Veronica.
He suddenly said, "Let's make a deal."
"…" Veronica tilted her head and looked at him curiously. She wanted to know what he was planning now.
He explained what he wanted, "I will let you go to the person who cursed you and make sure she doesn't hurt you. In return, you have to leave this kingdom in the cat form. You can turn back into your human self wherever you want but not here. Furthermore, never step a foot in this kingdom, ever. Have I made myself clear?"
Veronica nodded her head. The deal was in her favor. She had no plan on staying here or turning into a human in Synetia to beco the king's fifteenth consort.
"Then, it's a promise," he stated.
That was how they ended up in the perpetrator's room who turned Veronica into a cat.
After the Pri Minister left, the girl who was shivering in fear went back to her original deanor. Her expression turned ugly as she said, "I can't believe I ended up with a slut like you. You beca a cat and still managed to seduce another influential man to work for you. You must use your appearance a lot, don't you? Should I destroy your beautiful face?"
Veronica stayed quiet. She stepped forward and opened her mouth. Sothing dropped from her mouth with a soft clinking sound before it rolled toward the girl and stopped right in front of her feet.
She bent and picked it up. It was a small but hollow cylindrical item, made of silver. Inside it, there was a rolled paper. She unfolded it and found sothing written in there.
"If you don't help Miss Veronica to break her curse, prepare to live the rest of your life in the dungeon for harming the candidate of a royal consort."
At the end of the note, there was a seal of the Pri Minister.
The girl's expression changed after recognizing the seal. "He… he is the Pri Minister!" There was no way she couldn't recognize this seal.
She wanted to tear the note and throw it away, but she couldn't. She was afraid that she would be taken to the dungeon if she did that.
When she realized that she couldn't do anything, she turned to face Veronica and glared at her. "You are lucky, aren't you? If it wasn't for the king, you would be dead by now. It's all your fault that I'm suffering and I can't get his heart!"
Veronica simply shrugged. She would never believe that she was the reason for anyone's suffering when she did nothing. She wouldn't admit it as long as one could not show her logical proof.
"You are such a whore, you know that? The only thing you know is to seduce others. Arthur, the Major General, the King, and now, even the Pri Minister fell for your tricks," she mumbled as her anger rose.
Veronica was hurt by her words. She thought, 'This is not what I wanted either. And, just because you couldn't get one's love and affection, it doesn't an you can shove the bla and anger onto soone else. I really thought of you as my friend, Leticia.'
Leticia couldn't control her anger. Her face was as red as her hair. Her braids bounced as she strode back and forth, from one corner to another corner in her room. Finally, she stopped and sat on the couch.
She opened her mouth and said, "Fine, I will tell you how to break the curse."
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Leticia was born in a Baron's house. As the eldest child, she had to study a lot. She was the future heiress of her family. She hardly had any ti to have fun. That's how she gradually beca a quiet girl.
However, one rainy day, her parents died in an accident. They were traveling to the north and a snowstorm got them. Her relatives took this chance to take the authority. She was only twelve back then.
When her power as a healer was discovered, her relatives sent her to the royal palace. And, they never contacted her again. It had been four years since she left her ho.
Although she wished to go back ho, she didn't want to face her relatives who always abused her while leading a luxurious life using her parents' money.
She wasn't very outgoing and always stayed inside the library to read books. Violet, her only friend, didn't like her being so anti-social. She dragged her out one day. And, that was when she saw Arthur for the first ti.
Arthur had this sa laid-back attitude then as well. While he was drinking the most expensive wine, beautiful won gathered around him. He shut his eyes, enjoying his drink while the corner of his lips was slightly lifted.
There was sothing about him that drew her close to him. After that night, she would regularly go out and visit the usual place. She would steal glances at him from ti to ti. Gradually, she was attracted to him to the point she beca obsessed.
But, everything changed when he t a girl at Morina's Palace. He took her to his room and stayed there all night. It was the first ti she saw him being so aggressive. It was the first ti he forcefully took a woman in his bed.
From outside the door, she heard that woman's soft moans and sweet calls. She never felt such jealousy before. She felt as though sothing was stolen from her. Inside her heart she sensed sothing eating her slowly, painfully.
She couldn't have a wink of sleep that night.
Later, she saw Veronica eting him from ti to ti abruptly and unannounced. Arthur's schedule also changed and he stopped going to Morina's Palace.
All of a sudden, the man whom she thought she knew more than herself beca a stranger. His schedule completely changed.
And then, she saw Veronica and Arthur in the desert. They were acting like a couple. Flirting, fighting – whatever it was, it made them look like they were inseparable.
Leticia recalled the woman from Morina's Palace and noticed the resemblance between that girl and Veronica.
Even a fool would understand what was going on.
Then...
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