Content Advisory: This chapter contains depictions of suicidal ideation.

Princess Kisifran and her bodyguards entered the emperor’s bedchambers. The room where the emperor slept was just through the door in front of them. The trio dropped their act as soon as the coast was clear, however.

“My wrist hurts. It was so hard hiding my wrist device like that,” Yu Si-Do complained as he took out the wrist device from his sleeve. A Traveler could not take their wrist device off, which was why they had to forcefully hide theirs under their sleeves.

“I feel sorry for Kisifran,” Iris said, gripping the ends of her clothes. The princess’ outfit was simple but luxurious.

“We gave her your clothes in exchange, so don’t worry about keeping those,” Kang Yoon-Soo said.

“Can I really?” Iris asked in response.

“Of course! Although we did gag her and tie her up,” Yu Si-Do said, snickering.

They had bound Princess Kisifran and hidden her somewhere in the corner of the greenhouse, as they would immediately be executed if they were ever found by the royal guards.

“We just have to not get caught. It’s a relief the princess didn’t see our faces,” Yu Si-Do said as he took off the angel mask.

Kang Yoon-Soo quietly kept his mask on as he moved slowly toward the room in front of him. He saw the emperor fast asleep on the bed in front of him once he entered the room. The emperor had a bed befitting his title as the highest authority on the continent.

“The emperor is fast asleep. How do you plan to feed him the poison?” Yu Si-Do asked in a...