Sweet Fruit Attracts Beasts

One who reads the past and glimpses the future.

While that ability helped her survive several life-threatening crises,

it would also be the reason she would ultimately face a crisis that could end her life.

Hari accepts Achilleon’s proposal to escape from Hitais

and find her freedom, but,

“Shall we try playing proper lovers?”

“Is that really the reason you called me here?”

Though she tried to seduce him with sweet words while planning her escape,

she gets caught before even crossing the palace walls.

“Sometimes being careless isn’t so bad. It gives me an excuse to tighten the leash.”

Right after that, dragged to Achilleon, she hears something shocking,

“The marking ceremony is in three days.”

The marking ceremony.

A substitute to avoid an unwanted night with his fiancée.

Realizing that this is the role she has been reduced to, Hari simply closes her eyes.