Chloe, The Thief Lady

Chapter 1: Princess Over the Wall (2)

Translated by Hikaru

Edited by Mel

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Chloe, out of the townhouse, went straight to the dark. Everything I said to Evan was sincere, so I was very careful with my movements. Running silently in the shadows, sometimes over the walls and on the roofs, Chloe moved stealthily. Thirty minutes later, Chloe stood under the walls of the Imperial Palace. The high white wall with the royal family’s patterns was so high that she had to raise her head. However, this was not an obstacle to the northern people who wandered through the dark cliffs and steep mountains like a front yard.

 

“Whoa. Hoop.”

 

Chloe, who was holding her breath before crossing the wall, made a strange sound, neither groaning nor laughing. It was because she couldn’t hold back her laughter when she thought about the Emperor who would lie down and beg for his life tonight. She hurriedly shut her mouth in silence.

 

“Who is it!?”

 

With the sound of pulling out a sword, a voice with an overwhelming warning rang inside the wall. Chloe held her mouth shut.

 

“What, What’s going on?”

 

As he kept his ears straight, the sound inside the wall could be heard much more clearly.

 

“I heard something strange.”

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“I’m not sure either.”

 

“… wasn’t it the sound of leaves being swept away by the wind?”

 

Hearing the conversation, she calmly grasped the situation. Chloe picked up a rolling acorn at her feet and threw it hard.

 

“There!”

 

The whispering knights hurriedly moved toward the sound.

 

“Hey, your ears are sharper than I thought.”

 

Chloe muttered awkwardly and crossed the wall. After that, it was a rush. The Imperial Palace was as familiar to Chloe as her home, the only princess in the empire. In addition, she was invited to all kinds of big parties every year such as a harvest festival, hunting festival, and all kinds of banquets and running away quietly after leaving greetings, so she was very familiar with the Imperial Palace.

 

“Hah, I’m dead…”

 

Knowing the grounds did not mean it was easy. Chloe had been hiding on a natural tree, holding on for 40 minutes, since the Imperial Palace Knights’ shift times were different for each designated location, so there was no gap in the boundary. No matter how comfortable the outfit was, it was very difficult to squat for forty minutes.

 

“…..”

 

Her legs and toes were numb. However, there were so many Imperial Knights nearby, so Chloe couldn’t change her posture or turn her body. It was painful, but the goal was just around the corner. Chloe held on desperately imagining the emperor covered with tears and runny nose, gathering his hands together and praying in despair. It was not until ten more minutes that a faint sound rang from below. It was the long-awaited shift change!

 

Shoot me. Chloe’s body, who had been crouching this whole time, sprang from the end of the branch in time with a big wind that rumbled all around. Everything was perfect, even safely landing on the nearby terrace, but her numb legs weren’t able to land on the floor properly, so she got stuck. She did not feel good because her wrist was sore.

 

“For God’s sake.”

 

As soon as the numbness disappeared, Chloe muttered a swear word, quietly opened the terrace door and infiltrated into the palace. The goal was the emperor’s bedroom. According to her memory, it was to the right of the central staircase on the third floor. Chloe’s footsteps were more cautious and stealthy than before. Whenever she encountered the patrolling knights, Chloe quickly buried herself in the dark until the crisis passed.

 

“Huff.”

 

Chloe sighed in front of the gorgeous door. Her body was soaked in sweat, as if she had run with all her might. On the way from the second to the third floor , where the Emperor’s bedroom was located, she ran into the patrol knights twenty times.

 

“…..”

 

Twenty layers of escorts. The emperor, who knew that his life was so precious that he could survive even in a safe imperial palace, was driving Arne to death so casually? Her insides boiled again. Unlike her fierce glance, Chloe opened the bedroom door with an extremely cautious touch. Without a sound, the door opened and closed again quietly.

 

Chloe’s eyes shone when she quickly looked through the room and confirmed there was only one person on the bed.

 

There was only one person, the Emperor…?

 

Heaven also seemed to help her today. It would be a little annoying if there were two people, but since there was no empress, so let her just pick him up! The emperor was asleep on his side. He fell asleep as if he died in peace, and her eyes struck fiercely.

 

“Huh?”

 

The excitement was forbidden, but Chloe had a hard time keeping her composure in the appearance of a caramel-like emperor.

 

Are you sleeping now? You put Arne on his death and can be so carefree?

 

Whether it is a threat or an assault, she must know that the first principle is to have a perfect advantage. She grabbed the shoulder of the sleeping person because she was so angry that her reasons flew away.

 

“You can’t get up right now–!”

 

However the price of excitement was about to be paid off. Simultaneously, her hand holding the shoulder was pulled, Chloe made a big turn and fell to the bed.

 

“Ugh!”

 

She tried to pull her body out right away, but her caught hand was somehow twisted. While she hesitated due to lack of strength, her body was completely overpowered and pinned down. Chloe groaned briefly, looking up at the man on top of her.

 

‘Isn’t he the emperor?’

 

It was a young man looking down at her. Maybe he was trained properly, he did not seem to use that much power. The fingers that had penetrated her joints were cleverly crushing her. The man was a handsome man who would have been admired if she were not in this situation.

 

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The breathtakingly raised long nose and deep eyes that go well with it. The man was really perfect, even to the cold wall inside his penetrating gaze. The word ‘sculpture-like’ seemed to be right to be used at this time. No. The statue she saw in the cathedral was not even as beautiful and elegant as him. Were there people who worked hard to be more beautiful than he was? The man who received Chloe’s tenacious gaze opened his beautiful lips.

 

“Hello.”

 

The heavy voice spreading through the night air was ridiculously sweet.