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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟺:
𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕒 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕕𝕖'𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖. 𝔸𝕝𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥?
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'𝘼𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙚'𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚' Han seo excitedly thought. As he tried to stand up to look more closely because the bushes were on his way of vision. Still hiding behind the tree, there was a sparkle in his eyes as he watches them interact.

Then a 'clank' sound was heard. In where athanasia is standing, the treasures she collected and put under her dress, dropped down. Making a 'cling, clang' as the the coins bounce and roll from the marble flooring.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞." Claude said, still looking down at athanasia. Ignoring the coins that falls.

Athanasia still frozen. She panickedly ran her mind. '𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙟𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙡 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚..'

'𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙝 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚.. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚...'

'𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖' Han seo knowing what she's thinking right now, continues to watch.

Because he doesn't have the ability to read minds, he only just let himself remember the bubble texts that represents the thought of the person, and now he thought it with athanasia's voice.

"𝐘𝐞𝐬... 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚?" He said, lifting his head a little.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡."

Athanasia's mind ran mess from panicking. '𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 5, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 9!! 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙧'𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧!'

'𝙔𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨. 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙧'𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚.' Han seo corrected her. Though both of them have no ability to read minds, except that Han seo already know every lines that he read from the manhwa. So athanasia is the one who doesn't know what he's thinking. She doesn't even know he existed.

'𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙗𝙖𝙙. 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙝𝙬𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧.' Han seo made a sad cat expression. But he did not interfere, because he knows that athanasia will be alright. Like he said, he did not plan to interact to any characters, only watch them and their dramas from afar.

"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦." Claude said, as Han seo saw him walk towards athanasia who is still frozen on her spot.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲-" Felix who hasn't even spoken until now, tried to stop the man who is walking towards the little girl or maybe nervously calling him in confusion of his action.

"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫... 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮" Claude held athanasia's chin to look up to him.

"𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝑨𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂" He smirked as he said that.

Han seo who was watching, saw the terrifying expression in athanasia's face, though not that visible. He knows it.

"𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝"

Felix who was standing behind the emperor, wore a shock expression.

'𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 '𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮'." Han seo said putting his thumb to his chin.

And come to a realization. '𝙄𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 '𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜'?' He said sweatdrop came to his cheek. '𝙍𝙞𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙙..'

'𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙜. 𝙂𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙞𝙢.' Han seo wore a gloom expression on his face.

Then he remembered every box text that is related to the Obelia's empire.

'𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮... 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖. 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙝𝙬𝙖. 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝!' Han seo thought.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭" Han seo heard Claude spoke.

he looked back at the three people on the palace. The next thing he knew, Athanasia's no. 7 and no. 8 bag of riches falls. As Claude looked at it blankly and Felix confused, and Athanasia panicked.

Han seo, tried his hardest to not laugh out loud. Which made his wounds hurt a bit because he was holding his breath.

Claude on the other hand, just glance at those gems that has fallen on the bag. He stood out, and step one of those ruby gems making it crack to pieces.

Han seo who has calm down, inhales. As he went back to watch the scene. Only to see Claude lifting athanasia.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲" Claude commented after he lift athanasia.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲." Claude said looking at athanasia blankly.

Han seo was back again to holding his laughter. He was glad to be here! It would be more better though with no wounds.

Athanasia still has her eyes widen, still shock and confuse of what's happening to her.

'𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙊𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡' Han seo calm himself again, as he looked back. Seeing Claude and Athanasia having a blankly staring contest.

Han seo, of course knowing that her mind is raging, chuckled.

"𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞?"

'𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨' Han seo made a smiling cat expression after Claude asked that question.

'𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙋𝘼𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙀!?' That is probably what Athanasia is thinking now.

As Han seo was focusing on the two blondes, he figured that he should see what Felix is doing. He might be sweatdropping or awkward you know?

But Han seo flinched as he saw that Felix was looking at his direction with a serious expression.

'𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚? 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙨, 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙊𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡. 𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡.'Han seo thought with a sweatdrop in his cheek.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲. 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬." Felix said as still looking at Han seo's direction, glaring.

Claude who heard what Felix said, turn to the direction he's looking.

"𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬?" He said in a threatened tone.

'𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚~' Han seo nervously said in his mind as he turned around.

"𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞?" Han seo then felt a pressure pressing on his back, as Claude glared at his direction.

'𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚'𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙧. 𝘽𝙪𝙩! 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙢𝙚! 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧!' He said as he forcefully move his body, ignoring the pain on his wounds as he hold his breath.

"𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭-" Felix said, and that's where Han seo started to run.

'𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! 𝘽𝙔𝙀𝙀!!' Han seo shouted internally.

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