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It had been a week since Dianne moved into Oakhall. There was nothing to complain about in her daily life. The meals were consistently delicious, and the maids didn’t even allow her to pick a stray hair off her dress by herself. Whenever she pleased, she could enjoy fragrant teas and delicately beautiful desserts in her private parlor. It was the kind of life every lady dreamed of, and yet, Dianne could not bring herself to enjoy it. “Has Her Highness not come out again today?” Cora, one of…- 204.5 K • Ongoing
- The move to Oakhall Palace went smoothly. In truth, Dianne hadn’t needed to lift a finger. The palace had sent a carriage to fetch her, along with a full retinue of maids and servants. In the end, she boarded the coach with nothing but a single small suitcase. ‘Me? The princess’s governess? If my father ever found out, he’d most likely faint on the spot.’ Her family, still living out east in the Ervinzel grand duchy, had no idea she was entering the imperial palace. Grand Duchess…
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- Grand Duchess Ellaris of Ervinzel was the highest-ranking noblewoman in the Catalos Empire. As the full-blooded younger sister of the late emperor, she was one of the last remaining direct relatives of the current Emperor Rezion and Princess Elphenlira. As a member of the imperial family—and as the great landowner of the eastern territories—Grand Duchess Ellaris wielded immense political and financial power. And she staked all of it on her loyalty to her nephew, the emperor. The vassals and…
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- To her relief, Countess Evelina showed no interest in the affairs of House Ervinzel. Her barrage of questions were focused entirely on Dianne herself. “So, Miss Dianne. How did you come to be a governess? Was it always your dream?” Hardly. No matter how insignificant the family, a noble lady officially listed in the Peerage would never voluntarily take up a profession. Though the age had come where women could inherit titles, a noblewoman’s virtue was still most clearly measured by one…
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- Up close, her cheeks were flushed with a delicate blush. Her face, so full of life, looked as though the lightest touch might draw color from it like crushed petals. For a moment, Rezion found his gaze lingering. She seemed entirely used to such stares, and turned her attention to Ellaris with practiced ease. “Shall I prepare for the young master to dine with you this evening?” “It’ll just be a family meal. You should join us as well, Miss Dianne.” It was Ellaris’s way of saying…
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- "Beautiful." When Rezion first saw the Ervinzel grand duchy’s new governess, that was his only thought. She was simply, breathtakingly beautiful. It wasn’t the kind of beauty you’d find among the lavishly adorned flowers at the imperial palace’s banquets and gardens. Her day dress was modest, her thick brown hair braided plainly down her back. She wore no makeup, not a single piece of jewelry. And yet, there was an undeniable energy that no simple attire could hide. Her curvy figure…
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In the drawing room, a young man with dark brown hair and slightly lighter eyes waited for her. As soon as he saw her, he smiled brightly. “Greetings. I’m Alec, a Mage of the Imperial Court.” Alec seemed unusually outgoing for a mage. Mages were known to control the ambient magic others couldn’t even sense, but most of them were aloof, difficult, and antisocial. They rarely shared their findings with the world. That was the stereotype of a mage in the empire. Synox was a rare…- 124.4 K • Ongoing
- They say ominous feelings are never wrong. “What do you mean by ‘even more’...?” Rosaline’s voice trembled slightly as she asked. Synox replied with, “Miss Rensier, from this point forward, you’ll need to receive magic from others through physical contact.” “What do you mean?” “Without it, your body will begin to suffer, with the severity depending on how much mana you lack.” Rosaline remembered what the kidnapper had said. That one of the sisters would be left to…
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- The carriage jolted, the door flung open, and an assailant stormed in. The family’s knight was nowhere to be seen, possibly already subdued, and Rosaline and Aria were dragged out by a masked assailant who made sure their faces were hidden. Rosaline’s memory after that was a blur. She reached for her throbbing forehead, only to realize her hands and feet were bound. Not tightly enough to hurt, but firmly enough to make moving difficult. She scanned the pitch-black surroundings and called out,…
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- When she woke again, the pain was gone. Rosaline blinked up at the canopy over her bed. It was the same one she always saw in the mornings. The familiarity of it nearly made her believe everything had just been a nightmare, but the memories were too vivid. The violently stopped carriage. The hand that had yanked her out by the arm. The strange man’s face when she awoke in that unfamiliar room… It couldn’t have been a dream. Where was her sister? She shot upright in…
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