The Transformed Kingdom's Treasure

Kingdom of Mithra, royal capital.

In the resplendent palace corridors, Ria led Shana into Roxie's bedchamber.

Roxie's bedchamber was still the same as before, with no changes to speak of. The only difference was probably that there were no longer noble youths trying to meet Roxie, grow closer to her, or even make something happen between them.

Ever since Shien and Roxie had formally become engaged, Roxie was no longer an unmarried Princess. She was now a royal woman with a betrothal, soon to be wed.

Now that even the royal family had approved of the engagement, no noble dared recklessly set their sights on the Kingdom's Treasure.

That would not merely be poaching another man's fiancée. It would be slapping the royal family in the face.

Thus, however unwilling they might be, those noble youths could only give up. They no longer dared come here and pester Roxie, who was already betrothed.

Of course, there were never any shortages of people unwilling to give up, nor of arrogant young wastrels who did not know their limits.

Those people did not dare openly target Roxie, but in secret, they were holding back nothing as they prepared to play dirty.

If Shien did not have the Demon Race and the God Race standing behind him, and if Dragon Demon Aiyi had not personally declared that anyone who touched him would be making an enemy of the Demon Race, some people might already have been unable to restrain themselves from acting against him.

Even so, some nobles had taken advantage of Shien's absence to secretly lay traps for House Poztut. They were truly insidious.

Recently, however, those schemes had all dissolved without a trace.

"No matter what, those people wouldn't dare lay a hand on a Hero."

As Ria walked through the