“No one must ever discover that you’re my slave.”
Rihana, the Emperor’s Sword of the Kadelai Empire, finds herself responsible for Raiden, a slave belonging to an exiled duchess.
Rihana disguises Raiden and keeps him by her side under the pretense that he is her guard slave.
However, the more time she spends with him, the more she notices that he doesn’t seem like a slave at all.
“Why are you so good at lying?”
“I grew up in an environment where I had to be good at it.”
One day, Rihana attends an imperial banquet and witnesses her fiancé entangled in a passionate kiss with the princess in a resting room.
“Hmph, of course. There’s no way you would fancy someone like her who doesn’t have any femininity and is just a brute with strength.”
“Enough about her. Focus on me now, Your Highness.”
Even though she desperately wants to leave the scene, her legs feel like they’re glued to the ground.
Struggling to hold back tears that blur her vision, she grits her teeth. At that moment, Raiden’s large, warm hands cover her eyes from behind.
“Shall I help you forget, my lady?”
His deep, resonant voice stirs her senses.
