Killing Intent [First Update]

This Vizier had a fine plan.

Though they had long coveted Nitocris, her own power had kept them from making a move.

But Ye Ting's appearance gave them an opening.

Through this man who was intimate with the female Pharaoh, they could slip a specially prepared potion into her food.

Though the Pharaoh was wary of everyone else, even her maidservants, she was surely completely defenseless toward this "beloved"—after all, their intimacy today had not been an act. Given Nitocris's devotion, she would not go that far with someone who had not entered her heart.

Unfortunately, after considering so much, the Vizier had overlooked one thing.

Or rather, he had not considered it at all: Ye Ting's own will.

No, perhaps he had considered it, but his thinking had gone entirely in the wrong direction.

"As a foreign traveler and bard, you have no property or place to settle in this country, do you?" the Vizier tempted him. "Though you have received the favor of that female Pharaoh, she is merely a puppet. Other than temporary affection, what can she give you? But I am different—I am the one who truly holds power. So long as you submit to me, I will reward you with more gold than you can count. Though you will lose the female Pharaoh, these..."

As he spoke, he patted the female slaves beside him. The women immediately struck seductive poses in cooperation.

Only then did Ye Ting notice that all of these female slaves bore a slight resemblance to Nitocris, and their attire was somewhat similar to that of the female Pharaoh.

It seemed this Vizier had coveted Nitocris for a long time. Unable to have her, he had dressed ordinary women in her likeness as substitutes.

How... disgusting.

That was what Ye Ting thought.