THE Knight's Hidden Princess - Chapter 150: The Keeper

What?!I have to kill powerful monsters and humans to steal their ability!In a world where humans enter a strange game—like world called the Fallen Realm of gods to complete certain tasks in order to acquire superhuman abilities. Their world is faced with a deadly calamity. One which monsters pour into their world through dimensional Rifts, threatening to destroy everything in their path.Steven is a poor boy who has nothing to his name, aside from an overdue apartment and possibly a hundred credit in debt, enters the Realm and unlike others he's blessed with a strange system.{Limitless Undead System}{Talent: Gain x5 upgrades from every undead slain. Copy skills from the dead and make them your own.}With the only way to grow stronger having to kill and plunder abilities, his talent might as well be more of a curse than blessing; as the stronger the ability the stronger the Foe.Nonetheless, for his goal, he would strive, he would fight until he reaches the top of all human society, to become the greatest awakened and prove to all that even a poor scum like him can rise to the top.//Disclaimer//*Starts with a weak main character who quickly grows in strength, making it a strong-acting-weak story.*No Harem.*Fast-paced and thrilling when it matters.Extra tags: #Evolution, #Mystery.Discord: https://discord.gg/YbnpfwnvCk

Haewon, a violinist, is a nonchalant person who neither blocks the ones who come into his life nor holds onto those who leave. One day, his only friend, Taeshin, commits su*cide, and after failing to speak to Taeshin, who called him several times shortly before his death, Haewon is haunted by his death, even though he doesn’t have much of an attachment to human relationships. Then, he inevitably runs into Woojin, the man Taeshin had a crush on, and Haewon indifferently crumples up the business card Woojin hands him.One day, Haewon, forced into an unwanted relationship, becomes entangled in an assault case, but thanks to the business card given to him, he receives help from Woojin, who’s a prosecutor. Haewon feels uncomfortably guilty and tries to keep him at arm’s length, but Woojin is comfortable enough to take a few extra steps.

As part of the imperial family, every move by Chu Yuan in this game of chess is made with apprehension, fearing that with a moment of inattentiveness, the whole match will be lost in a single move.

Ascending to the throne at eighteen, not half a year passes before civil strife erupts in Yun Nan. Though the thoughts of the old guard at the imperial court are not exactly identical, they are all waiting to see how the new emperor will put an end to this.

Unexpectedly, before this side could make a move, a few thousand miles away, the King of Xi Nan, Duan Bai Yue, had already personally commanded troops to attack in all directions; not half a year had passed when peace was restored.

Sparse moonlight shines into the palace; Chu Yuan stamped the wax seal himself, and had a secret letter sent urgently to Yun Nan 800 miles away — this time, what must we(1) give in exchange?

Brush marks passed through the back of the paper; it almost can be seen, when writing this line, how angry the young emperor was.

Duan Bai Yue spread out a piece of paper unhurriedly, replying with only one word.

You.

Notes:
(1): Chu Yuan is using the royal ‘we’ here.

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