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“You can’t even give her heart to me,” Blain said ironically. “You talk too much.”

Her smile faded. Her words snapped out arrogantly, as if the whole world already belonged to her.

“If we just kill the barbarian…”

But she trailed off. A cool breeze blew into the room from the windows as the warmth escaped outside.

“I don’t need the crown, the throne, or the continent. That is your wish. I have wanted only one thing from the beginning.” Blain was menacing. “Please keep your promise. Mother.”

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Ironically, after he had slapped her, Blain had waited for her in front of her palace for a long time. After she dried herself and changed clothes, he applied ointment to her swollen cheek, and only left her after she had fallen asleep.

The next morning, Leah woke early. But instead of rising immediately, she lay in her bed for some time, thinking.

Normally, she would have ignored what he had done, or excused it because she loved him. But this time his actions stuck in her mind. He had treated her like an object. He had humiliated her.

Perhaps it was because of the strange man she had met.

The King of Kurkan…

She struggled to push the golden-eyed man from her thoughts. It seemed the security around the palace needed to be increased.

Her day began as usual. Countess Melissa came to attend her, and Leah listened to the day’s schedule and decided to have a light breakfast in her room.

But as soon as the food was brought to her room, Leah frowned. The meat especially smelled bad, intensely unpleasant. Even though she hadn’t had anything to eat, she felt the urge to vomit.

Just as she was wondering whether to eat her breakfast, her bedroom door opened abruptly, without the courtesy of a knock.

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“Good morning, Leah.”

Smiling, Cerdina entered the room as if it were her own. Her gaze shifted to the plates in front of Leah.

“You were eating?”

An instant, instinctive thought popped into Leah’s mind.

‘She can’t find out.’

Leah didn’t understand why Cerdina shouldn’t find out, but she hid her nausea under a casual smile.

“…Yes, I’ve been eating.”