Episode 3

"What—"

Ivory's words stopped when the middle-aged woman suddenly gripped her chin tightly, forcing her to look directly into the woman's eyes, who said, "Listen, even if you become an empress neglected by your own husband. Make sure your life and death are within this Palace. Do you understand?"

"Wait, what is this again? Who are these people who came in without permission and are now threatening me," Ivory wondered inwardly.

Clearly, Ivory did not know the identities of these three people, because she was not Ivory Esmeralda but Ivory Asteria, an unemployed woman who enjoyed her life by carrying many fantasy romance novels.

Ivory had often read scenes like this, where there were only two choices: fight or remain silent. And of course, Ivory's choice was to fight; she didn't want to be called useless again by anyone, including the three people in front of her right now.

Ivory roughly threw the middle-aged woman's hand off her face, pushing her away, and don't forget her sharp gaze. Now Ivory remembered this scene, where the Percival family, her own adoptive family, came to scold and threaten her when they heard the news that Ivory had attempted suicide.

When in fact, someone intended to kill Ivory, causing her to fall and her head to hit one of the pillars there as soon as she finished her wedding ceremony.

Yes, the Percival family, Robert Percival, the man who raised Ivory and took her as his adopted child since she was only five years old. Along with his wife, Carmila Wellington, and their only daughter, Seraphina Percival.

"What are you doing, huh? How dare you enter the Queen's room of the Vampire clan's ruler without asking permission first! And where is your respect for a queen of yours?" Ivory snapped with a sharp, emphatic look.

"How dare you—"

"Guards!"

Ivory shouted, calling her guards, who were clearly guarding in front of her room. And sure enough, several guards immediately entered and were ready to carry out the tasks their queen would give them.

"Yes, Your Majesty Queen! Do you have any orders?" One of the guards dared to ask.

"Since when have you been able to allow strangers into my room without permission, huh? From now on, make sure no one enters my room without getting permission from me first. And immediately drag these three people out of my sight now!" Ivory ordered firmly.

"Ivory, how dare you do this to us!" the middle-aged woman exclaimed with an angry expression.

"Take them away now!"

Ivory completely ignored the family again, where the family should have gotten a lot of wealth after forcing her to become the Vampire king's Consort, who only wanted to make whoever occupied the queen's position a shield to protect his male lover.

"Just you wait, Ivory! Do you think you can occupy the position as Queen of the Vampire clan for a long time? You will die soon!" Seraphina shouted, clearly not accepting being treated like that.

Brak....

The sound of the door closing and eliminating the words of insults, curses had disappeared with their departure. Ivory then took a long breath and got off her bed, walking slowly towards the window of her room to see the situation outside.

"Indeed, life is very different from my original world! Can I survive here as Ivory Esmeralda or will I still die like the plot in that novel? I really don't know what to do now?" Ivory muttered while observing anything that could be seen through the windowpane of her room.

"Dad! Mom, Kak Elena... I want to go back with you? I'm worried about Dad and Mom... Are you all right now? Have you woken up after hearing my news that I seem to have died from falling down the stairs?" she continued, feeling no sense of direction at that moment.

Where she wanted to return to her world, but she didn't know how to return. She wanted to settle down as Ivory Esmeralda, but she would always be faced with various tragic deaths. Ivory really didn't know what to do now; all her choices seemed to lead to a dead end.

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Meanwhile, in the Alteria palace, the Vampire king—Ragnar Rowan Agharon—was seen meeting his male lover, Denzel Hetherington. A man with long blond hair, a handsome as well as sweet and beautiful face, porcelain-white skin, and very beautiful blue eyes. Anyone who saw him, both men and women, would immediately be captivated by his figure.

"Your Majesty, I heard your queen intends to end her life. Why are you here instead of being in your wedding chamber to perform the first night ritual?" Denzel asked, walking gracefully and sitting next to Ragnar, who was focused on checking reports from his subordinates.

"You already know the reason, don't you? Why do you still ask?" Instead of answering, Ragnar retorted with a question.

"Hmm, you're so cruel! What if she doesn't end up committing suicide but is killed by that mysterious person? I even heard she has received deadly attacks since being announced as your queen. I'm even sure that this incident is also not suicide but a planned murder," said Denzel, who actually knew everything but pretended not to know anything.

"It depends on her luck? If she dies without us being able to catch the culprit, then I have to find another vampire to become my queen!" Ragnar replied casually.

"Your words sound like you love me so much that you use other people as shields to keep your lover safe." Denzel said again with full confidence.

"Don't joke! Don't you know clearly what I want from you," said Ragnar, smiling meaningfully.

"Should we do it now? On a night that should be a first night for you and your queen?" Denzel teased with a sweet smile.

"Have you prepared everything?" Denzel only nodded his head as an answer to the question.

"Then don't waste any more time; let's do it now!" Ragnar continued, showing his rare smile again.

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"Argh... Damn! Who are you, huh?"

On the same night in the Amethyst palace, the palace inhabited by the Queen of the Vampire clan, Ivory's frightened scream was heard. Of course, the woman was frightened to see an assassin who had just drawn a vampire-killing sword towards her.

Fortunately, Ivory could avoid the attack in time, so she could still maintain her life this time. Even though she was not yet said to be safe from the assassination.

"Hey, why do you want to kill me instead? Why not that damn King and his lover instead? You won't get anything by making me a corpse here!" Ivory exclaimed, trying to negotiate with the assassin who was targeting her life.

To be continued ….

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