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185 – Episode 185 the Empress and the Secret Room

Episode 185: The Empress and the Secret Room

“Here he comes.”

I looked at the direction Cecilia pointed to.

Normally, it would already be time to go to bed.

However, news came that the late Empress Olivia would arrive tonight, so she and Cecilia came out to meet her at the back gate of the imperial palace.

And after waiting for about an hour, I was able to spot a carriage running towards me.

I lifted the lantern that I had placed on the floor, and soon the carriage stopped in front of us. I walked over, opened the carriage door, and held out my right hand for Olivia.

“I’m finally meeting you in person.”

Olivia got off the carriage and looked at me intently. In the light of her lamp, she had fine blonde hair and blue eyes like Cecilia.

“Meeting Her Majesty, Empress Olivia.”

“Nice to meet you, Secretary Luke Nedville.”

While exchanging greetings, the maid also got off the carriage.

Olivia turned her body towards Cecilia.

“Cecilia.”

“Mother.”

“How are you?”

“Yes.”

Listening to Cecilia’s tone her her it seemed like her emotions she were blessed. At that time, Olivia gently opened her arms, and Cecilia was gently held in her arms.

Although the two did not have any conversation, they were clearly exchanging deeper emotions than that.

Meanwhile, as I watched the reunion of her mother and daughter from a distance, a strange feeling stirred in my heart.

It was envy, and at the same time it was also longing.

Longing for family from a past life, not family from this world.

But unlike Cecilia, I can never meet them again.

… Well, I knew very well that there was no way back, so I had to give up long ago.

Still, when I remembered the longing I had forgotten for a long time, the tip of my nose felt sore for no reason. Luckily, I sniffled once and was able to push the old feelings down my throat again.

“I prepared a secret room in advance.”

“Okay. Let’s go together.”

Where on earth is that damn secret room?

For the past few days, Cecilia has not said a word to me or her maids. In short, it meant that it was my first time heading to the secret room.

I have to check out today how great it is.

Her maid who served Olivia and I followed her mother and daughter into her imperial palace. The interior of the palace was quiet, perhaps because most of the employees had gone to bed.

The mother and daughter walked down the long hallway to the other side and stopped in front of the wall.

“Luke. “Don’t tell anyone what you just saw.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Could this be the secret door you only see in movies?

Cecilia placed her palm on a certain part of the wall and drew up and down, left and right, and a large circle.

As Cecilia took a step behind her, her walls opened wide on both sides without a sound.

At this level, she definitely deserved no one to know…

The torches installed on both sides lit up on their own, allowing us to see the stairs leading down to the basement.

“Mother. Watch her her step her her her.”

“Hehe. “I’ve been there a lot once, so don’t worry.”

My maid and I followed her mother and daughter down carefully. After turning left once, a fairly large room was revealed.

A bed that looks like three people can lie down at once, a round table, stool, wardrobe, etc.

It was equipped with all the furniture necessary for people to live.

Oh my goodness, there was a space like this underground…

“It looks like it was cleaned up neatly.”

“I cleaned hard because my mother was coming.”

At the same time, Cecilia added that she only entrusted her work to a very small number of employees who knew of the existence of this place.

Olivia nodded her head once and slowly looked around her room. She took one last look at the bed and sat down.

“Secretary Luke.”

“Yes, Your Majesty the late Empress.”

I approached her

“I wanted to have a serious conversation with you, but I’m so tired today that I don’t think I can. “Can you come back at this time tomorrow?”

“Yes, mother. “I will come with Luke around this time tomorrow.”

Cecilia answered on my behalf.

Well, the option of rejecting me never existed in the first place.

Besides, there was something I needed to talk about with the late Empress.

“I guess I’ll have to look forward to tomorrow night.”

A soft smile appeared on the Empress Dowager’s face.

Cecilia informed her maid that she would attach another employee to prepare her meals and provide her with anything she needed.

“Have a peaceful night, Mother.”

“I hope you have a peaceful night, Your Majesty the late Empress.”

We said good night to Empress Shen at the same time and then went up her stairs.

* * *

After being released from Lucia, Lawrence had to walk a long way to the eastern outskirts of Deleson, where the guild headquarters was located.

He took a different route several times. He did so with the hope that he might be able to avoid Lucia’s surveillance her network her.

However, it didn’t take long for Lucia to catch her.

No, it didn’t end with just her being caught, and the rest of her body was beaten up except for her face.

“The plan will only proceed when you return, so I’m not cutting off any special pieces of flesh.”

Lawrence had to give up his desire to run away as he watched Lucia spit out very bloody things in a lively tone.

After about a week of being released from the secret base, Lawrence was able to reach the headquarters of the ‘Black Knife’.

The guild members looked at his appearance and spoke with unusual concern.

“Guild leader. “What on earth is that like?”

“I guess the guards were really strong guys?”

“I’m going to have to stay in bed for a few weeks for this to fully heal.”

… The language was a bit harsh, but it was unavoidable since many of them were mercenaries.

“But where have all the others gone?”

When one person asked a question, other guild members also looked curious. She thought for a moment, wondering if Lawrence would reveal the truth like this.

But the next moment, she felt a cold gaze on her back.

‘She must be watching me!’

He knew Lucia’s skills well because he had already seen them several times. The moment she reveals her truth, she will annihilate those here!

“Ah. Unfortunately, everyone but me lost.”

“Eh? Then what about the kidnapping of the late Empress?”

There was no trace of regret on the faces of the guild members. Since they were mercenaries who could experience death anytime, anywhere, they were immune to death.

“Still, we somehow managed to kill the guards and kidnap the late Empress.”

Lawrence said exactly as Lucia told him. Then she responded that his subordinates were confused.

It was because I felt that it strangely made no sense. Lawrence read her expression and quickly added his condolences to her.

“I succeeded because I held on until the last moment. Is there anyone here who doesn’t know my skills?”

Doridori.

Everyone shook their heads, and Lawrence grinned as usual. Next, he brought out decisive evidence that could strengthen the claim that he kidnapped the late Empress.

“Guild leader, what is this?”

“I prepared it just in case.”

It was a light green crystal stone, a magic tool that could store sounds and images. At the same time, it was also a device prepared by Lucia in advance to deceive M.

“Guild leader. How on earth can something like this…”

“I saved it in advance just in case. Anyway, the image of the Empress being kidnapped has been well captured in the crystal stone, so now you can stop worrying and mind your own business. Got it!”

After dispersing all guild members, Lawrence returned to his room. He breathed a sigh of relief at the thought that he had somehow made it through.

From then on, all I had to do was wait until the person named M appeared.

Lucia looked around the Black Knife Guild building or watched Lawrence and the guild members’ every move from the roof.

Late at night, about four days after Lucia began watching her, a man entered the Black Knife building.

Lucia, who was on the roof, quickly put on her cloak of invisibility and jumped down the building. At that moment, there was a half-open window nearby, and Lawrence’s voice was coming out from there.

‘I finally get to hear M’s voice.’

Lucia immediately took out a light green crystal the size of her index finger her from her subspace her pocket her her. It was the same one she handed to Lawrence.

Lucia activated the crystal stone and then carefully placed it on the window frame. Eventually, M’s voice was heard.

“Was the kidnapping of the late Empress successful as requested?”

“Yes, I will be better. “Currently, I am locked up in a place that only I know.”

“I want to check what’s locked up.”

“I’m not going to show you right here, but I’ll give you this. Would you like to go check it out?”

Lawrence handed M a light green crystal stone.

“…”

A moment of silence.

Lucia stuck her head out and stared at M. M had black hair and blue eyes.

‘It looks the same as the person who asked me to change the tea leaves last time.’

Eventually, the conversation between the two people ended. After M paid the promised amount, she took the crystal stone and left the building.

Lucia took her crystal stone and immediately followed M. Wherever M was headed, she needed to capture the scene in her crystal stone.

M moved cautiously, occasionally looking around in all directions. It was as if he was being careful to see if anyone was following him.

However, Lucia was good at hiding her presence, so she was not at any risk of being caught by M.

After following Lucia for a while, she realized where M was heading.

‘It’s the Marquis of Marlborough, right?’

I must quickly report this to His Majesty.

After Lucia put her crystal stone into her subspace pouch, she headed straight to the imperial palace.

* * *

“They say they succeeded in kidnapping the late Empress, Marquis.”

M, that is to say, a smile gradually spread on the Marquis of Marlborough’s face after hearing his subordinate’s report

“Is that really true?”

“Yes. It is said that Her Majesty the late Empress has been imprisoned in a secret location known only to the guild leader. Then he handed me this crystal stone.”

The subordinate answered in a clear tone.

It’s not the time to be like this.

Marlboro took the crystal stone. Then, after quickly ordering her subordinate to prepare the carriage, she left her room. Although it was quite late, I had to quickly convey this good news to Duke Montersen.

The Marquis’ carriage, with Marlborough riding, raced through the dark night. After traveling for nearly an hour, he arrived at Duke Montersen’s residence.

“What happened at this late hour?”

Montersen greeted Marlboro in the bedroom with a hint of annoyance on his face. He had been sleeping soundly until a little while ago, but Marlboro woke him up again.

“I apologize, Duke. However, I have come to see you like this because I have some really important news.”

“What?”

Montersen gestured for me to speak quickly. Marlboro cleared his throat for no reason and lowered his voice.

“It is said that the people I instigated kidnapped Her Majesty the late Empress and imprisoned her in a place known only to them.”

“Hoo…”

Marlboro clearly saw Montersen’s surprise.

“Have you checked?”

“It is said that this crystal stone contains the image of the kidnapped Empress.”

“Hoo. Right…”

Montersen expressed his admiration in a low tone. At the time, there was a projection device in the Duke’s residence that could store sounds and images stored in crystal stones.

Montersen immediately called his aide and ordered him to bring it. After a while, a projection device was installed in Montersen’s bedroom.

“Try it once.”

“Yes, Duke.”

Marlboro put the crystal stone into the projection device. A moment later, the projection device revealed Empress Sun with her hands tied behind her and gagged.

The place was an unknown cave, and Empress Shen was lying limp, as if she had lost all energy.

As soon as the video ended, a satisfied smile appeared on Montersen’s face.

“It’s been a while since I heard good news from you.”

“Thank you, Duke.”

“From now on, I will step forward, so you must crack down on the noble faction.”

“Yes!”

Montersen motioned for him to leave, and Marlboro said good night and left his room.

Montersen lay down on the bed again and let out a few breaths that sounded like phlegm.

Feeling a premonition that things would work out as planned, he fell into a sound sleep with a much more relaxed mind.