She is Scarlet

"What happen to Keira?" Aiden questioned in concern.

"I sent the White Crows to get her and let her join her other siblings in safety, but none of them can find her whereabouts," Scarlet said, causing Aiden to scowl.

Aiden is confused; one is about the disappearance of Keira and second is the Scarlet concern for the children. This is not the typical Scarlet that he knew but before could think more Ragna suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"What makes you concerned?" Ragna sourly cuts off.

Since Aiden is the famous consort of the person who caused him to suffer for five years, Ragna does not trust him.

"That is impossible; I have ordered someone people to protect how she could be gone." Ragna and Scarlet arched an eyebrow at Aiden's response.

Both of them never imagined that Aiden would defy any of [Scarlet's] commands or do something behind her back since she didn't remember giving him any orders in the first place, his assistance for Keira had to be given behind [her] knowledge.

Actually, Aiden detested it when [Scarlet] would do terrible things to the children because it brought back the memories of his upbringing.

He was raised in the capital's slums and endured a difficult life before meeting Scarlet at the age of fourteen. Although the kids weren't his, they were still the children of the person he loved, so he chose to love them as his own.

Therefore, he continued to send people to look after and protect the children while [she] was unaware of his action but then [Scarlet] unexpectedly found out about the maid who he had sent to aid the first princess fortunately [she] hadn't discovered that he was the one who ordered that.

Despite this setback, he continued to help the first princess and the other children while he became more low-key and divert [Scarlet's] attention from the children by offering to sleep on her bed and appease her sexual appetite and sadistic streak.

That's why it's unbelievable that the seventh princess has disappeared; when [Scarlet] sent the seventh princess in the Pet Shop.

He personally went to the store and intimidated the owner right at one after before he left in order for [Scarlet] not finding anything wrong and have a prematurely given birth to their child so he let Keira remain in the store but he let her stay in the owner's luxurious room where he also left some of his people to protect and cater her needs and those people were experts.

"Have you discovered her whereabouts?" Aiden persisted in his question, his attractive face displaying concern.

"Ragna has found her; we are now going to her location." Scarlet said reassuringly, recognizing that the knight is sincerely concerned for the child.

"I'm coming with you!" Aiden declared.

"We don't need you." Ragna snorted as he then transformed into his wolf form. He was the father of the child and this is his problem. He doesn't need a stranger to be involved in this matter especially since the said stranger is no other than the person who loves to dog licking that evil queen.

Scarlet sighed and rubbed her forehead.

"Aiden, I want you to stay in here and keep the place in order while I'm gone," she added, looking around as the he knights tie and confiscate the rebels' weapons.

"Will you be okay?" Aiden inquired, gently running his fingertip across her flower-covered face.

"I will." She firmly said as she climbed Ragna's back, with Aiden assisting her and grabbing a strand of her hair to kiss.

"Go." He whispered.

Ragna snorted and began to gallop, and as they were on their way to their destination.

Aiden looks at their backs as he thinks deeply.

Scarlet had made a deep sigh when they finally out of Aiden's gaze. She was very scared of him finding out or questioning her if she was the real Scarlet. He was her most trusted person and the former had grown up with him so he knows a lot about her habits and actions but thankfully the system didn't announce anything.

She just hopes Aiden will believe her lies when he finds out later.

Sighing once again, she diverted her attention to the quest screen floating in front of her.

[Side quest #1: Find the lost puppy.

Clear Conditions: The Seventh Royal child is missing find her before the countdown ends.

Time Limit: 4 Hours (Countdown: 01: 35: 53)

Compensation: A bottle of Anti-demon worm

Failure: Death of the Seventh Child]

Demons.

Scarlet recalled that they are the major villains in the [book], and Aira, the main protagonist, was summoned to this world to vanquish the Demon King and his army and purify [The Dark Haze] that engulfs the world.

It's a rather cliché plot, but the novel became famous because of its R-18 content and reverse harem.

Throughout the novel's four arcs, Aira fought and battled many demons, and as described in the story, they despised the holy power that priests from the Cathedral of Soliel and the Temple of the Moon possessed, as well as Aira, the 『Saint of Nyx』.

Demons also have a hierarchy, and only powerful demons have the power to disguise and merge themselves as humans. However, a person with Holy power would respond to their presence and blue out their cover.

Regarding [Scarlet], there is no mention of the character being a demon in the novel, and she just lied to everyone in order to have a strong alibi, but she never considered the notion until the quest hinted at it.

[Main Quest #1 - The Wall of the North]

Category: Main

Difficulty: S

Clear Conditions: Defeat the Beast Tide

Time Limit: 3 Months Countdown: DAYS [90] l HOURS [2,160: 54: 35] )

Compensation: The Queen's Death

Failure: Death]

She looked at the Main Quest #1; the countdown began when she finished the Main Quest #3, and if she wanted to learn more about the past of the body she possess, she must travel to the north.

'Why does she have to complete so many quests and suffer as a result while the main character of the novel spent so much time adventuring stress-free, sexually satiated and happy in the novel? Life is very unfair!' She moaned with exhaustion.

When she looked up, she saw that they had arrived at the capital's first wall.

The whole Capital was divided into sections separated by high walls and gates.

These three sections were the royal palace; the second wall, home of the nobility, knights, magicians, and wealthy people, and the first wall, where all commoners lived.

Scarlet noticed a significant difference between the three as they explored the area.

The place is quiet due to people being evacuated but despite that you can still see the chaos the rebellion had brought.

Clothes, foods and other object trampled and left behind on the street indicating that people left in a hurry.

Some places are on fire but fortunately it didn't spread out since most homes and stores are made of stones and bricks although they are not as glamorous as the palace walls and the houses of the nobles.

She could also see a few people that didn't follow the evacuation some of them are hiding or running and some of them are trying to break some houses.

She also noticed that some beggars chose not to follow the evacuation and continue to lie down on the street to die. She can't help but remember her former life when she looks at them.

In a previous life, Scarlet was abandoned and found in a trash can.

She was left there when she was three years old and was sent to an orphanage named Hope of World but despite the name her time in was not easy.

The corrupt director of the orphanage took advantage of all the donations, giving the children little food and clothing making them starve and malnourished. But despite they were still given an education because the donors insisted on it especially that the donors had implemented monthly exams for them. And the top three ranks will be reward with any wish they want.

And to hide the bruises on their bodies from the abuse, the director decided to homeschool the children and he even bribed the teachers so that they would not speak out against him sadly those people who had attained degrees had not learned about morality and later join on abusing them.

Sometimes she feels that the director of the orphanage is sexually abusing some other kids but she hasn't found evidence and the others tend to not to talk and to be alone.

The reason she thought about that was because sometimes he looks at her with weird eyes and tries to call her alone in the office but she is an intelligent girl and tries to avoid him many times. However, when she turned thirteen, the director of the orphanage had suddenly forcefully approached her in a sexual manner; Frightened, she decided to run away from that place.

She first became homeless begging for money to buy food or searching on trash cans for food to be stuffed on her stomach. This was her lifestyle for two years.

During those two years, Scarlet witnessed the dark side of life as some of the people she knew turned to prostitution and drug selling to make ends meet however, she refused to give up and kept moving in the direction of the light.

At the age of sixteen she had worked many part-time jobs to pay for her meals, and when she was eighteen years old, she had saved up enough cash to rent a modest home.

In spite of her lack of formal education, Scarlet managed to launch her business at the age of twenty five all earned from her part time jobs. It was just a tiny food stall that grew in popularity due to its delicious food maybe she suffered a lot when she was young she suddenly had been blessed in luck that her small business became so famous and had numerous franchises later.

Scarlet then became a billionaire at the age of fifty four, she discovered that had a knack for business and decided to venture into a variety of industries including hotels, real- estate, fashion, trading, and entertainment. Despite her wealth, Scarlet was not fortunate to have a happy marriage because of her inability to bear children caused the marriage to end in divorce, and after that she never got married again.

However not long she was diagnosed with cancer when she was fifty-nine years old, spending the remainder of her days in the hospital. Eventually, at sixty years old, she passed away and awoke as the character from the book she had been reading.

And having experiencing all of that, she doesn't want to go through it again in this life, which is why she is so determined to complete these quests in order to survive.

This is her new life and new home.

Even though she has had many husbands, she will try to make an effort to get along with and understand them not only because it is a hidden quest but these people are no longer a character of a book so she must build a harmonic relationship with them. Especially that they are the father of the their children. She didn't want those kids to experience being fatherless and motherless like her.

Finally, and most importantly, she wants to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a devoted mother to her children.

She had always desired a child, and now the gods have granted her nine. She detested the way Scarlet treated them, so she will do all in her power to turn those frightening expressions into smiles.

Ragna stopped abruptly, waking up from her daze. When she looked up, she saw a large, dark, and unsettling hole in the wall.

Scarlet is familiar with this area since it's the entrance to the sewer system in the city, also known as the slums, a place where the homeless can find refuge and where the capital laws don't apply.

"So she is here." Scarlet pointed out.

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Edited 01/05/25