Chapter 42 · A Shadowed Inferiority

"You're quick to catch on."

Along with a mocking voice, the leader finally revealed his true colors.

The immaculately tailored uniform of the imperial guard could not conceal the thuggish nature ingrained in his body.

Isadel's gaze fixed on his chest. The metal pin fastening the collar of his uniform.

At a glance it resembled the imperial crest, but on closer inspection, a rose pattern was engraved instead of the Laertia flower.

The only family besides the imperial house that could use a rose in its crest was them.

The Valdema marquisate.

And these men too were not Gyllen's soldiers, but private soldiers belonging to the marquisate.

That meant the information about the coup had leaked somewhere along the way. Surely someone had informed Marquis Valdema and ruined everything.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for them to disguise themselves as Gyllen's soldiers and deceive her.

Isadel swallowed dryly and…