I Will Disappear, Grand Duke | LK Adaptation

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Standing in front of the tightly closed door, Jungkook dropped his gaze.

Lalisa was still so far away.

If she could just look at him with her gentle glowing eyes, that would be enough, but her warmth didn't turn toward him no matter what.

After staring at the door where Lalisa had disappeared for a long time, Jungkook turned around.

His heavy footsteps headed for his office on the first floor.

"Oh, Your Highness."

Lloyd, who was standing in front of him, bowed in silence and then suddenly approached. Then he held out the letter and reported.

"This is a letter from the Imperial Palace. It is said that the emperor's servants visited the castle twice."

Currently, Jungkook has been away from the castle for a long time without revealing where he was. As a result, the imperial servant often went back in vain.

As a result, the Emperor seemed to be angry.

Jungkook, who received the letter with an expressionless face, ripped open the envelope.

"It seems that the emperor was even more angry because you did not attend the Empress's birthday celebration."

Lloyd sighed and continued. That day, Jungkook found Lalisa and brought her back from the Holy Land, so there was no time for banquets or anything like that.

Even so, the Emperor has been suffering from severe anxiety since the disappearance of Lalisa. Probably because he was afraid of not being able to keep Jungkook on his side any longer.

In the meantime, Jungkook didn't even attend the big ceremony of the imperial family, so an uncomfortable feeling must have risen to the top of his head by now.

"... "

Jungkook read the letter contents with a cold gaze.

The letter said that he no longer wanted to doubt the Grand Duke's true intentions, so he had to visit the Imperial Palace as soon as possible.

He twisted one of his lips with a smirk. This kind of crude threat doesn't seem to change over the years.

From a very young age, Jungkook rolled like a chess piece on the Emperor's political board. Even then, the Emperor's pattern was always the same.

The Emperor told his young nephew, who had not come of age, to show evidence of allegiance every day.

Otherwise, he had no choice but to doubt Jungkook's sincerity.

"Even if it is cumbersome, I think it would be good to visit this time. After you leave, finish the mining industry and take a look around the local estates."

Lloyd suggested implicitly. It was true that he hadn't been to the capital for a long time, so he needed to visit at least once.

The Emperor was an old man who was good at scheming. As his dissatisfaction grew more than this, he didn't know what other schemes the Emperor would use to frame Jungkook.

"Are you concerned about Grand Duchess?"

Lloyd asked cautiously, looking at Jungkook, who was lost in thought for a moment.

She was the only subject that had been occupied with his nerves recently.

It's been almost two months since he left the castle and moved to this villa to stay with Lalisa.

"Don't worry too much. Adrian isn't left. We've placed enough knights around."

Despite Lloyd's words, Jungkook didn't answer, he just tapped and tapped the desk.