I Will Disappear, Grand Duke | LK Adaptation

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Inside the Imperial Palace of the Formene Empire,

On the fourth floor of the Imperial Palace, in the room where the office was located, the emperor's dissatisfied voice resounded loudly.

"The Grand Duke strengthened the defense of his estate?"

The emperor's knights, who were sent to the Temple of Ilion a month ago, returned with most of them killed.

It was not enough that he had missed the goal, he even made it known to Jungkook.

Jungkook's woman, whom the emperor secretly tried to kidnap, was now in his realm.

Jungkook was back to his estate in a hurry, and his defense was strengthened, so there was no way the Emperor's knights could break in.

"But the woman you were talking about. The Grand Duke hid her in the temple and then took her back."

Crown Prince Javier, who was sitting opposite the Emperor, opened his mouth with a look of dissatisfaction with something.

"In my opinion, she doesn't belong to the temple."

At that, the Emperor asked with a frown.

"Why do you think so?"

Javier put his hand under his chin, delaying his answer for a moment.

To Javier, his cousin Jungkook has been living alone in the world since childhood. Even when he had power, reputation, Jungkook never obeyed or bowed his head to anyone.

He had not looked at any women before or after the war.

No one had ever seen him give room to a woman or bring her into his territory at any time. It wasn't just a physical story.

'But....'

Only once, Javier had seen Jungkook do something he wouldn't do. It was around the time there was a woman who was the daughter of Marquis Elody.

Javier also knew that Jungkook at that time was very reluctant to his wife.

But one day, on the day of the founding banquet, Javier saw Jungkook's gaze subtly following his wife.

While conversing with others, while listening to the Emperor's inaugural speech, he continued looking at her.

Moreover, he rejected the Duke of Blair's offer of marriage at the time.

There weren't only one or two guards monitoring him, so Javier knew it well.

Living with his wife made him fall in love, or because it was somehow unclear to attach such an obvious reason, Javier still kept the incident in his memory.

Now that he came to think about it, he realized that there must be some kind of fuse. But above all else, the part that bothered Javier the most was what happened after the disappearance of the Grand Duchess.

There were also rumors in the social circle that he hated his wife and killed her without anyone knowing it.

But Javier knew that wasn't the case.

Because he knew Jungkook had been acting like a madman for half a year trying to find his wife.

His entourage tried to hide it, but they couldn't completely hide his track record as he traveled to other countries.

Looking at it up to that point, Javier could only guess that Jungkook did not just regard his wife as such a political opponent.

And after that, rumors circulated once again in the social circles.