The Princess to Be Castrated After 100 Days 767

Chapter 767 – Day 88 – Hedone Has Nothing

Venus Holympia died.

It wasn’t just a rumor in the social world, it was a proclamation by Emperor Jupiter, so no one questioned it.

In the past 88 days, Venus Holympia has often wandered around outside the imperial palace, but his life before that was not like that. Like a flower in a greenhouse, the princess lived a life that prioritized avoiding accidents.

In order to avoid causing trouble in social circles, she learned etiquette and spent a lot of time at the imperial palace to hone her culture to the point where she would not be criticized. She didn’t say she was quiet for nothing, she lived quietly.

“Whoa…”

Hedone, standing in front of a window dirty with endless raindrops falling from the sky, let out a long sigh.

As soon as the princess’s death became known, the people who crowded around her disappeared in an instant. Although she was a Hedone worse than cold soup, she did not feel sad about that fact.

The reason she is depressed and distressed now is that she does not know whether the princess she loves, Venus Holimpia, is really dead or alive.

‘I don’t know if the current situation is good or bad.’

Hedone, who had been staying at the imperial palace to become engaged to and marry a princess, suddenly became a completely different person.

Fortunately, Emperor Jupiter did not give Hedone any orders. She didn’t say anything like what to do with her or throw her out of the palace.

Empress Agrippa naturally cared for Hedone, so she was not a fool to treat Hedone as an ‘outsider’ in the imperial palace. However, the honey smell that was coming from Hedone eventually took root in the princess, so there was not a single bee fluttering her wings near Hedone.

“The princess…”

Hedoneh lifts her left hand as she listens to the sound of the rain falling loudly.

The flower ring that Arisa had enchanted did not wither and was still tied to Hedone’s ring finger. Hedone, realizing that this small, potentially disappearing ring is the only material proof of the deep love between her and the princess, bursts out in bitter laughter.

‘The princess is no longer here, and Mr. Ceres has also disappeared.’

Ceres, who disappeared into the demon world and Pandemonium at the princess’s last request, was of course not in the imperial palace.

Even if her beloved Venus Holympia had disappeared, if she had Ceres, she could have used her as her hands and feet, but Hedone was now a roly-poly with all her limbs cut off.

From the beginning, she came here as a woman who was to marry the princess, so she had no status, no territory, no wealth, and no honor.

‘After being in this situation, it suddenly occurred to me that I really am a woman who has nothing.’

Hedone smiles bitterly, remembering the unpleasant gossip she always heard in social circles.

‘It’s really sad that I can’t deny those annoying words.’

Hedone, feeling helpless, clenches her fists.

She is not kicked out of the imperial palace, but she cannot do something. She was in the same situation as a sack of barley, and she couldn’t help but tremble whether the princess was dead or alive.

If she had something to do, if she had an obligation, she would rather concentrate on it, but there was really nothing Hedone could do.

─Knock

“Lord Hedone… It is said that Count Arisa and Duke Diana, who were staying at the imperial palace, are returning to the estate.”

The maid, lowering her head, carefully opened the door and spoke. Hedone sniffed her nose for a moment, then nodded and wiped her eyes with her handkerchief.

This was all she could do.

‘Arisa and Diana can’t help it either. You can’t stay in the imperial palace forever.’

Because of the comfort she received from the two, Hedone walks out of her room with a bright smile at least for the last moment.

The number of maids waiting for her remained the same. It was evidence of Empress Agrippa’s careful attention to her.

‘Why am I so incompetent? I guess there’s nothing I can do better than conceive the princess’s child.’

Hedone, her expression somber, bites her lip and places both her hands on her lower abdomen.

The child who sits in her belly will grow up and become Minos.

Just imagining what a beautiful child she would be, what a lovely child she would become, made Hedone feel a little better.

However, she couldn’t really help the princess, as Hedone didn’t know if she was dead or alive.

“Preparations are complete. Thank you both for your hard work during your stay at the imperial palace.”

When Hedone passed through the huge garden along her corridor and arrived at the space where the carriages were lined up, Minerva, Arisa, and Diana were seen bowing in greeting.

“What kind of trouble… I don’t even know where Venus is.”

“You think Duke Diana is alive.”

“Of course Minerva! It’s not anyone else, it’s Venus! Princess! Imperial family!”

“But… Ha, I don’t know. I can’t believe that the rumor of a duel with His Majesty the Emperor is just nonsense.”

Hedone approaches the princess’ women who are chatting in front of the huge carriage and smiles slightly.

“Ah, Hedone…”

Starting with Arisa and ending with Diana and Minerva.

The three women look awkward. These women were not fierce and cruel enough to talk about who had looked at the princess longer, who loved her more, or who loved her more, in front of Hedone, whose reason for being born was to conceive the princess’s child.

“I… I don’t know what to say, but I’m sure he’s alive. Colonia will send people as soon as they can afford it. I have a lot of money, right?”

Hedone smiles at Diana’s words.

“Witches tend to like pastimes. I also have no intention of living without knowing what really happened to my dear friend Venus. Furthermore, I will do my best.”

Hedone nods his head.

“I will use as many people as possible, even if it means using my connections in the Knights. Hedone.”

Hedone looks as bright as possible, as if she doesn’t feel any emotions, and makes eye contact with the three people once in a while.

She has no intention of telling a painful story here.

‘Because everyone has their own work to do. I have to send it to you in the best shape possible.’

Although the princess is no longer there, let’s properly show off the education she has received and her manners.

Hedone, having consoled herself several times, opens her mouth.

“All of you…”

Hedone, who was moving her bright red tongue, hesitated for a moment.

“What’s going on?”

At Diana’s friendly words, Hedone covers her mouth with her left hand.

‘… I have nothing to do?’

Until now, Hedone was filled with negative thoughts, but her thoughts have changed.

‘Arisa must help with the work of the Mage Tower and the reconstruction of the Magica Kingdom, and Diana must rule over Colonia. Minerva must work as the leader of the Blood Rose Knights.’

Hedone smiles as she calmly gathers her thoughts.

‘On the other hand, I have nothing to do. There are no obligations, no weight to carry. I can focus entirely on finding the princess.’

Hedone very carefully extends her hand to Arisa.

“Arisa.”

“What’s going on all of a sudden? You look so serious?”

“Can you help me find the princess?

Arisa thinks for a moment about the unexpected words.

“I want to find Venus too. If you need help, isn’t it obvious that I’ll give it to you? But…”

Arisa’s body is ultimately one. There are limits to what she can do to help.

“Arisa, the owner of the magic tower, please give me magical advice. I don’t even want you to send a wizard.”

“Ask yourself? Ah… Are you going to try a magic that uses things like Venus’s blood or hair to find out what direction it is in?”

As Hedone nods, Arisa smiles.

“Just a quick look at it while putting on makeup can give you good knowledge.”

“Thank you, Arisa. If so, Diana.”

Hedone naturally smiles as she holds Diana’s hand.

“Wait a minute, I want to help too, but seriously, if I take her hand away from ruling Colonia…”

“Can you give one good rumor to the new nobles?”

“Huh…? Rumors? What does that have to do with finding Venus?”

Hedone smiles.

“I will find the princess.”

“Of course it is. So how? How are you going to find it?”

“I will use my name to publicly search for the princess.”

“What?! Ah, no! People can’t come! They declared His Majesty dead. Don’t you know what that means? Are you actually saying that He was killed?”

Hedone shakes her head at Diana’s words.

“Diana, you know how greedy the nobles of the empire are, right?”

“What can I do if I tell you? I know that as an expert.”

“If the owner of the magic tower, Arisa, gives advice and Duke Redblood even spreads good rumors, will the nobles stay still?”

Minerva, who was listening to the story, cleared her throat for a moment.

“If I, who have connections to the old nobles, say that members of the Knights Templar are also participating in this exploration, the nobles will think it is a possibility.”

“Yes, that’s correct. Rumors tend to gain wings. Even if the three of us, and all the women the princess has had relationships with, do their best, there are limits to our exploration.”

“But it would be a different story if all the nobles of the empire where the sun never sets… Fell in love with the game of finding Venus, right? The rumor would spread not only to the south but also to the eastern outskirts, right?”

Diana smiles as she realizes that this story has a lot of potential.

“It’s possible. Now, like me, everyone will think that His Majesty the Emperor announced the fact that Venus was dead, and in a sense had him executed, but if the princess’s fiancé, Hedone, acts like that, they will take it differently.”

“Of course. Like a treasure hunt, finding the princess hiding somewhere and bringing her back… There is a high possibility that it will be perceived as some kind of ordeal. No, even if it is not that! Returning to the imperial palace with the emperor’s only daughter, who is known to be dead? I can’t even imagine this. “It’s not a level of honor that allows you to enjoy wealth and fame!”

The three women looked at Hedone and nodded her head.

“Everyone, please lend me just a little bit of your strength. Since I can’t do anything, I am the freest and will take responsibility for everything and find the princess.”

Hedone, who was created to have the princess’s baby, could do whatever she wanted as she had nothing else.