“Has it already… been five days?”
The sun was already high outside the window.
Luwei crawled out of bed, swaying unsteadily, when she caught a glimpse of the calendar on the wall.
“Time flies…”
Luwei did the math on her fingers, counting from the day she was hit by Lilique’s curse.
After she sent the request for help the following day, Fina replied on the third day.
By the time Luwei boarded the carriage, it was the fifth day, and after that, she spent 3 days on the road.
Now, it was the 13th day.
“Floxi’s ‘revenge’… only 2 days left?”
Luwei rubbed her messy hair and turned her gaze toward the vanity mirror at the side.
Perhaps due to the lack of care from a certain maid, her long, silver-white hair had completely lost its soft and smooth feel, sticking up in mischievous tufts.
Her nightgown was wrinkled, her appearance disheveled, and she carried an air of laziness about her.
Even the top-tier, ultra-luxury bed in the room, large enough for 10 people to roll around on, was left in complete disarray by Luwei.
Spread across the bed were open storybooks, Shadow Stones mid-playback, and piles of luxurious dresses.
Such a lazy, decadent life was really…
“Not bad…”
Luwei tugged at the corner of her lips.
To tell the truth, these few days in the Royal Palace were the most relaxing times Luwei had ever experienced.
She possessed a safe haven that was hard to disturb and had the backing of the Avalon royal family to handle the “revenge” of Lilique and Floxi.
There was no need to move forward under pressure, no need to worry about dangers that could arrive at any moment; just eating and sleeping every day—it felt like a return to the joys of the homebody life she experienced in her previous life.
But…
“Is it really fine not to worry?”
A sense of palpitations sprouted in Luwei’s heart for no reason.
Whenever the development of events lost its control, she would get this feeling.
Something is about to happen, isn’t it?
Luwei suddenly recalled the strange expression Aisha had worn a few days ago.
Before she could ask what was going on, Luwei hadn’t seen Aisha since.
However, she hadn’t paid it much mind.
After all, it wasn’t just Aisha; during these few days in the palace, Luwei had barely seen anyone else.
It was likely due to Fina’s orders—forbidding irrelevant personnel from approaching Luwei.
Consequently, with no one to disturb her, Luwei was happy to be left alone.
But even so, even though more than 10 days had passed, the Vampire Curse on Luwei still showed no signs of dissipating.
Seeing this, Luwei could only comfort herself by thinking there was no need to rush.
If 10 days weren’t enough, then a month, half a year, or a year…
If worst came to worst, when the heat died down, she could simply ask Duke Roy to step in and remove the mark for her.
Thinking of this, scenes belonging to “Villain Luwei” couldn’t help but resurface in her mind.
Whether it was the Angel Floxi who blinded her eyes, or the Vampire Princess who tortured her day and night…
As long as Luwei remained within this safe Royal Palace, no one could harm her.
Right…?
Holding onto such thoughts, Luwei spent another quite decadent day.
The tea table was piled high with fruit plates and snacks that had only been tasted once.
Luwei even asked a maid for more Shadow Stones—she seemed to have become addicted to these popular folk cinematics.
However, today was a little different.
Luwei activated 4 Shadow Stones at once.
Four different scenes were projected onto the 4 walls of the room, the noisy sounds stacking and interfering with one another, making it impossible for anyone to discern the plot of the shows.
But the characters in the dramas were still mindlessly acting out their stories.
Epic music intertwined with the high-pitched voices of the protagonists.
It seemed to really disperse some of the emptiness and helplessness in Luwei’s heart.
I do not know how much time passed.
Their stories came to an end.
Soothing music began to play.
The Prince and Princess fell in love, the Knight defended his glory, the evil Dragon had its heart pierced by the Hero, and the Mermaid retrieved her singing voice.
Luwei suddenly felt a bit drowsy.
She hugged her legs, curling up on the empty, oversized bed, yet she still tried hard to stay awake.
The Shadow Stones played one after another, scrambling to show her this magical world.
It was bizarre and psychedelic, but Luwei liked it.
Time passed bit by bit, until the silhouette of the distant mountains blurred into the dark blue night curtain.
Would the sun rise as usual tomorrow?
Luwei did not know.
But that did not affect this night.
She tried to keep her eyes wide open, as if wanting to see more of this world.
Aisha did not know what was wrong with herself.
She originally thought that she only needed to do her job as a maid properly.
She did not want to know, let alone participate in, the schemes of these big shots.
But she was the one appointed as the only maid responsible for cleaning the Third Princess’s chambers.
However, there was nothing to be done about that.
After all, the sights in Fina’s room could not be seen by just anyone.
There was just one point.
That golden-haired, golden-eyed figure appeared in Aisha’s mind.
“You like her too, right?”
“You saw her kindness too, right?”
“She said she had fun playing with you, right?”
Aisha felt that Princess Fina’s attitude toward her was becoming increasingly contradictory.
How should she describe it?
It was like a child who had received a rare toy.
Always in a rush to share it with other playmates, yet unable to help but subconsciously maintain her possessiveness.
Aisha did not like this version of Princess Fina.
She couldn’t help but think that if she hadn’t been involved in this matter, in her memory, Princess Fina should have been gentle and reasonable.
And as Aisha grew to understand this Lady Luwei more…
Aisha felt even more that the Third Princess was like a bratty, unreasonable child.
Spreading rumors at will, slandering Luwei, just so that the other party would have no marriage prospects and be hated by others, ultimately forcing her to rely solely on Fina.
“Sigh…”
Thinking of this, Aisha looked at the sky outside the window.
The night shrouded the quiet Royal Palace.
Taking advantage of the dark, moonless night, she took it upon herself to quietly leave the servants’ quarters and come to this isolated palace.
There were few guards around.
After all, this was Princess Fina’s will—to keep Luwei’s whereabouts as secret as possible.
This, however, provided convenience for Aisha’s actions.
Aisha did not know if her decision was right or wrong.
But what was certain was that she did not want Princess Fina to keep doing things like this.
Actually wanting to secretly lock Lady Luwei in that kind of basement.
It was simply insane!
One had to know that Luwei was the daughter of a Duke!
The Lion of the North…
If such a matter were exposed, the Kingdom of Avalon would never be peaceful!
Through some probing, Aisha learned that tomorrow night was when Fina planned to act.
Before that, Fina had been disguising herself as someone who disliked Luwei and did not want to interact with her much.
All of this was to let Luwei lower her guard, while Fina secretly gathered intelligence, tested the reactions of all parties, and waited for the best opportunity.
And Fina’s goal was almost achieved!
“I must be quick…”
Aisha tightly gripped the note in her hand, which was filled with words to warn Luwei.
She made her way to the room assigned to Luwei.
Only after confirming that no one was around did Aisha lower her body and push the note through the gap under the door.
“I hope… Her Highness can see it…”
Aisha muttered to herself, trying hard to push the note to the deepest part with her fingers.
But suddenly, Aisha felt her hand hit empty air.
The note had completely entered the bedroom from the gap in the door.
“Eh…?”
But before Aisha could react…
Creak, The door to Luwei’s bedroom suddenly opened.
Following that, a pair of porcelain-white, bare feet stepped lightly before Aisha’s eyes.
The latter’s body stiffened, her gaze moving slowly upward.
Smooth, well-proportioned legs, a translucent, light tulle nightgown…
And a pair of extremely indifferent golden eyes.