“It will take time to get to our star palace. Escape quickly!”

The maid Luisa, who had been assisting the 17th princess alone, gathered her clothes and belongings and handed them over to Latifa.

“Luisa! What will happen to Luisa!”

Latifa, among the belongings, took the smallest jewel box adorned with the most beautiful and blue gem and quickly put it in her arms.

It was a heirloom left by Latifa’s mother.

“My duty is to assist Princess Latifa. Escape to the border and take a ship, and run far, far away! If you’re caught by the barbarians of the desert, you might be flayed alive!”

“Ah…! Luisa!”

Pushed by Luisa, Latifa felt herself plummet, her eyes tightly shut.

The place she fell into was so dark that nothing could be seen.

[I can’t squander the fortune that rolled in because of some ignorant woman.]

“Brenda?”

Along with the faint scent of desert sand, a hot wind poured over her face.

[Come with me to the desert.]

The man’s voice from the dark was one she had heard somewhere before.

Latifa struggled to escape the darkness with all her might.

[I promise you the best treatment. I am a man with the ability to do so.]

“This voice… who was it?”

[Dash] jingle.

From her struggling hand, two gold bracelets moved, making a noise.

“That’s right. These are General Hades’ bracelets…”

As the scent of sand grew stronger in the darkness and the ground suddenly gave way beneath her, Latifa opened her eyes wide.

“……A dream!”

And she had to blink several times at the unbelievable sight before her.

Spread out before her eyes was a vast desert.

‘Ah, am I still dreaming…?’

All that could be seen under the blazing sun was the back of a large camel’s head and sand dunes.

Along with the slow rocking sensation up and down, and the hot body heat clinging to her back and waist, it was something she had experienced before.

[Dash] rumble.

“…….”

With a feeling that made her hairs stand on end, she dared not look back and only stared down at the blue eyes, verifying the hand holding the camel’s reins.

That hand looked at least twice the size of Latifa’s white hand, the skin was a dark chocolate color, and on the wrist were gold bracelets, just like hers.

‘Hades Caleb Ignite.’

It was undoubtedly him.

Oh, my God.

Where is this?

“Ah….”

She tried to speak, but couldn’t put proper strength in her throat. Not just her throat, but her arms, legs, and entire body felt weak.

‘My body won’t move…’

Her whole body felt like jelly, only wobbling, and her head was heavy too. With the surreal scenery in front of her as well, she couldn’t come to her senses.

“Shh.”

Hot breath from Hades touched her from behind. The feeling of her neck getting hotter made her feel as if she was burning.

“Ugh….”

“You’ll find it hard to move right now. Quite a strange drug was used.”

‘Drug?’

“I told you at least three times. You shouldn’t let in the wrong people.”

“Ugh….”

She wanted to ask what he meant, with a feeling rising up like a chimney.

“Your maid drugged you and secretly put you on our cart. It was a week after we departed that you were found.”

“……?!”

Brenda did? She drugged me?

“She said she wanted you to be my woman.”

“Ugh….”

No. No way. That never happened!

She writhed as much as she could with her unresponsive body to show that it wasn’t true. Then, as if to calm her, his thick chin rested between her shoulders.
“I know it’s not your will. So please don’t move.”

“Ugh…….”

“We are now heading to Grand Bazaar. You can’t stop the caravan that has already set off to send you back to the empire.”

At Hades’ words, Latifa Glaesia looked again at the vast desert spread out before her.

‘Going to Grand Bazaar?! Is this even possible?!’

Latifa’s blue pupils expanded to the limit, and her lips gaped open.

“I’ll take care of the cunning woman who poisoned you separately, so don’t worry.”

‘That’s not the problem right now!’

He struggled with determination to go back, and his arm pulled her waist tighter.

“Shh. I should have executed the stowaway without question, but I spared you under the pretext that you are my woman. If you resist like this, the soldiers will suspect.”

Oh my god. To survive, she must be Hades’ woman. The problem was getting more serious, and Latifa slowly relaxed her body.

“You may hate it to death, but there’s no choice. Come with me.”

“Ugh…….”

At the sudden wave of nausea, a moaning sound sprang out, and he changed his voice to a softer, more gentle tone and whispered in her ear.

“You’re not well, so just let everything go now.”

“…….”

“The empire, the war, even that cunning maid. You can let go of everything that troubles you now. The best of the flames is protecting you.”

With a gentle whisper and the reassuring words that he would protect her, Latifa unknowingly sighed warmly and leaned her head on his chest.

“Leave the headache for later. Just bury everything in the sand of this desert.”

Yes. At least if the mad dog of Grand Bazaar was protecting her, she could be a little relieved. Just a little relieved.