Chapter 6 “Is it really that surprising? A man and woman being close and intimate is the most natural thing. Besides, your body is currently in the guise of a maid. If you want to go to restricted areas with me, you need to at least be seen as my lover.” Ruslan was as composed…

Chapter 5   Charlotte couldn’t quite grasp Ruslan’s meaning. What did he intend to do with the girl? How was she connected to achieving immortality? Her first thought was of a religious sacrifice, a ritual specific to a minority group. The idea that magic might be something like that made her speechless. “You’re not suggesting…

Chapter 4 There was no doubt. The completely ravaged blood vessels had regained a slight vitality. Charlotte’s dantian was still hardened, but an aura from the outside was circulating within her. Count Kheitel Ruslan. It was clear that his sudden kiss was the cause. In the brief moment their lips met, he had pinpointed Charlotte’s…

Chapter 3 “Cell 707! It’s morning. I’m timing you, so eat quickly!” The head guard, banging loudly on the iron door to wake Charlotte, tossed in a loaf of bread. As the bread’s surface rolled on the dirty, earthen floor, getting soiled, the new guard, acting as an assistant, spoke cautiously. “Head Guard, couldn’t you…

Chapter 2  
 Act 1 – The Villainess Charlotte, or the Maid Juju “That bastard’s child.” On the day Charlotte was born, a maid in the Moden Marquis household uttered that with contempt. Even before receiving a proper name, it was a curse branded onto her like a baptism. Thanks to that, she knew from…

chapter 1  
 I should have killed that bastard back then. Haunted by restless thoughts in sleepless nights, she decided that starting today, she would take action. The back alleys of the capital glittered with a nocturnal vibrancy, just as always. Every lane was thick with the smoke of burning poisonous weeds, the piercing cries…