Chapter 184

“I want to have you.”

That was how Evangeline felt.

“You are mistaking possessiveness for love.”

“You are trying to ignore the obvious fact that love is accompanied by possessiveness.”

Their eyes met in the air.

Evangeline seemed unwilling to back down.

“You know what? If you keep hesitating like this, the princess will date the handsome knight first.”

Caelion’s expression darkened as he turned his head.

“Don’t pay attention to other people’s private lives.”

That’s what he said, but it didn’t relate to the information Evangeline gave.

“The person, whom you think of as your master, covets ‘Milon’s Eye’ and you’re asking me why I bother paying attention to others’ private lives? How do I collect information if I’m not interested in it?”

She didn’t lose a single argument.

It was horrifying to realize that such a blunt person held the secrets of all continents.

A few days after she came to the Empire, she seemed to have collected information using ‘Milon’s eye’ like before.

Perhaps, she was already caught because she didn’t even try hiding it from Caelion.

That’s strange.

How did she possess ‘Milon’s Eye’ if Caelion hadn’t met her spies or messengers in person?

It must be related to those monsters.’

When Apollonia shared her speculation about Evangeline a few days ago, he nodded in agreement.

As he observed her closely, he assumed that their speculation would get confirmed.

However, this was only a vague guess but it wasn’t that convincing in many ways.

It made no sense to use the monsters as an intelligence network.

Some of them were known to be intelligent, but they were still wild animals to the core.

Even if they understood what they saw and heard, there would be no way to accurately convey the message to humans.

That was a clear fact from any scholar’s book Caelion had read.

How would Evangeline know all those hidden facts without hearing them directly from her messengers?

Apollonia and Uriel were careful about everything so how could she possibly know their whereabouts?

She took a few steps towards Caelion, who was still leaning against the door frame.

“If you promised to get married anyway, will you still have to win her heart? She’s already yours, after all.”

“Don’t treat people like things. I am different from you.” Caelion uttered a warning.

His expression and voice were heavier than before.

Evangeline retreated slightly but didn’t stop talking.

“If you know for sure that you don’t have her heart, you’ll act differently as well.”

“Let’s stop there.”

Caelion’s voice was even cooler than when she confessed about the single-eyed raven’s existence.

This time it was more of a blatant threat as if saying, ‘I’ll kill you if you don’t shut up.’

Evangeline paused in surprise.

“Be polite to my sister. You know what will happen if you don’t help her, too.”

Evangeline frowned in dissatisfaction.

“Is that a threat? I will give the princess some information in my own way.”

“That’s not what I meant,” Caelion said. “I mean, you know what your country will be like when Paris becomes the Emperor.”

At that word, Evangeline went completely silent.

The Emperor demanded more and more tribute from other royal kingdoms, including Rajan, while continuously raising taxes within his Empire.

He threatened to drag soldiers into the army if anything bothered him, and he actually often started wars.

Even without much benefit, this was enough to instill a sense of fear in people and this fear forced them to lean on the Emperor, who once served as a general, and the crown prince, Paris, who resembled him.

Paris’ reign will be worse than the Emperor’s and the only politics the crown prince knew was that of Emperor Gaius.

“If you’re happy to observe others, just scrutinize the circumstances of other nobles since I heard that you decided to cooperate with my sister.”

“Who are these nobles that you mean? Are they part of the royal family or are you referring to other people who support you?”

Evangeline asked cheerfully as if he wanted to forget Caelion’s seriousness a moment ago.

“Marquis Edwin and Viscount Esteban.”Caelion said.

Evangeline tilted her head and memorized their name.

“Edwin and Esteban—”

“Please find out if there had been any special exchanges between the Emperor and Duke Ripper recently.”

“I don’t think so. She is neutral. The Duke often sees Marquis Fortus these days. But——”

“But?”

“You know you need to have other people’s support soon. The three sometimes get together.” Caelion nodded.

He and Apollonia had guessed so.