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Concubine Number 20

(Excerpt from the novel) “I can’t believe you can hear me!” Alessandro said excitedly. “Finally.” He’d been wondering how long he was going to have one-sided conversations with the girl, but now it seemed that they could talk to each other at last. ‘Yes, I can hear you,’ I replied. ‘But who exactly are you?’ I asked for the third time, feeling my fear slowly getting replaced with mild irritation. It was one of my pet peeves. It always annoyed me when someone answered my question with another question. Alessandro hesitated, not wanting to reveal his identity right away. “How about you?” he replied, diverting the topic back at her. “What’s your name?” I scoffed at his statement, now flat out annoyed. The nerve of this guy to keep throwing the question back to me! ‘I’m 20,’ I replied with a sigh, giving in. ***** Alessandro had the strange ability to hear Na-ri’s voice when no one else could. He didn’t know that she was actually his lowest ranked concubine in the imperial palace – Concubine Number 20 – and that she had somehow been teleported from modern-day Seoul. She, in turn, had been delegated to the role of a servant and had no idea she had been talking to the emperor of Luxentfort Empire all along. Can their mutual curiosity about each other gradually blossom into a romance strong enough to defy their social ranks – and transcend worldly boundaries?

Mootsie_4082 · Fantasy
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80 Chs

A Vial for a Vial

"Very well," Caio agreed. "What do you want to ask me?" He had only talked to her when she told him that 20 was missing that time in the town square. He couldn't imagine what on earth she could possibly want to know that it took priority over a compensation for her unjust stay in prison.

"Your Grace, may I ask if you have romantic feelings for 20?" 19 hesitantly said, darting a quick look at the archduke before shifting her eyes to the floor once again. On more than one occasion, 20 had endearingly referred to the archduke as her older brother, and she was genuinely convinced that the handsome noble treated her like a protective older sibling. But 19 had her doubts on the matter.