Chapter 97 “Was that Captain Escalante just now?” “I hope not.” Señora Coronado’s expectant gaze widened at the evasive response. First, she knew that even birds would fall from the trees at the sound of a gunshot; second, she wanted Cárcel Escalante to succeed in hunting, regardless of her husband… both of those [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] assumptions had been proven wrong. “Didn’t they just catch something?” “Nothing.” “Señora Escalante, how do you know?” “I think I saw the sky…” “I didn’t see Señora...

Chapter 96 Unlike the noblewomen of Ortega, who, no matter how crazy the man they encountered, could always find themselves in another relationship or marriage, Ines had to return to the world of faithful and conservative commoners. And in that world, being branded a pr*ostitute as a young woman meant the end of her life. In her previous life, she wouldn’t have even remembered such vile secrets, let alone treated them like dirt under her feet. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] Their actions were low, inhuman, and...

Chapter 95 Chapter 8: The Mermaid and the Soldier It had been ten days since Raul Balan had begun his intensive surveillance of Cárcel Escalante. Raul’s surveillance network, which had extended even into the headquarters, became more sophisticated by the day, but the results remained meager. It was, in fact, just as Ines had expected. If you were to make a hasty judgment without thinking long-term, it was a waste of time and resources. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] It was like he had peeled back the layers of...