At that moment, Damien nodded his head with the decisive movement of someone who had already made up his mind about what needed to happen to keep her safe, regardless of whether she might find his protective measures excessive or inconvenient for her daily routine.“No problem then, I completely understand your concerns and I appreciate that you're willing to take precautions,” he said with relief in his voice, though his tone carried the weight of additional measures he was about to announce. “But I really want you to go stay at your parents' house during this dangerous period, and I'm also going to assign you a personal bodyguard for extra protection.”His expression grew more serious as he emphasized the quality of protection he intended to provide. “Not just any random bodyguard from a security company, but someone who's genuinely skilled and experienced in handling serious threats.”Hearing what Damien just proposed about uprooting her entire living situation and having a strang

At that moment, Damian looked at her with genuine confusion and a bit of frustration, his eyebrows raising as he tried to understand why she was suddenly being so stubborn about an arrangement that solved all the problems she had just been complaining about.“So you're not going to allow this to happen? Why exactly are you refusing help that you literally need?” he asked with bewilderment in his voice. “This protection is something that you genuinely need for your safety, Sophia.”His tone became more persuasive as he tried to explain why her concerns were misplaced. “Because they are women just like you, they're not going to be walking around dressed in obvious military uniforms or anything that screams security personnel. They're not even official military staff, but they are extremely capable and very, very skilled at what they do for protection work.”Damian's voice carried both reassurance and logic as he outlined how discreet the arrangement would be. “They're just going to b

At that moment, upon hearing what Damian had just casually revealed about the three women who would be protecting her, Sophia felt her entire body go rigid with shock as the implications of his words crashed over her like a wave of ice-cold water.She stared at him with her mouth slightly open, trying to process information that seemed completely contradictory to everything they had just been discussing about the dangers posed by corrupt members of the royal family.“Are you seriously saying that those three people, those three women who are supposed to protect me, actually belong to the royal family?” she repeated with disbelief heavy in her voice, needing to hear him confirm again that she had understood correctly.Immediately, Damian nodded his head with the calm assurance of someone who had already thought through all the concerns she was about to raise and had solid reasons for trusting these particular royal family members despite the broader threat.“Yes, they literally belong

At that moment, the king's younger brother raised his hand in a calming gesture and spoke with the urgent tone of someone who understood his brother's frustration but needed him to focus on the severity of the crisis they were facing rather than getting caught up in procedural complaints.“Brother, you need to calm down and listen carefully because you haven't even heard what this is really about yet,” he said with both respect for the king's authority and determination to make him understand. “Desperate situations literally call for desperate measures, and I know that you're definitely going to question my methods and try to understand why I bypassed normal protocols.”His expression showed both apology for the breach and conviction about its necessity. “But time is no longer something we have the luxury of wasting on proper channels and formal procedures, which is exactly why I literally took the bold step to summon this meeting without waiting for your approval.”The younger brot

At that moment, the king waved his hand dismissively and spoke with the tone of someone who believed his brother was connecting dots that didn't actually form any coherent threatening picture.“Well, even if the Supreme King literally dealt with our informants and allies that were positioned inside the military command structure, that action alone doesn't automatically mean or even suggest that he's planning to take over the throne or that he's actively fighting to seize control of my position,” he said with rational skepticism in his voice.The king's expression showed he had his own intelligence sources that contradicted his brother's alarming interpretation.“That isn't even the real issue or the actual explanation for what happened to those people, because I've also heard from my own reliable sources and trusted advisors that those military personnel who were eliminated were clearly involved with that dangerous criminal organization called Circe.”His tone carried justification fo