The Compassion You Gave Me

“Are you seriously telling me to go to Bait?” Evelyn Ebenezer, a maid of Hesta. Because her hair and eye color matched that of the princess, she was sent to Bait in the princess’s place—forced by none other than Glenna, the princess’s nanny and mother figure. Near the border on her way to Bait, Evelyn found herself on the brink of death at the hands of Hesta’s soldiers disguised as bandits. “…So you are Princess Ophelia.” “Who… are you?” “Reynard Theodore, Emperor of Bait.” The terrifying emperor who had unified more than half of the western continent. Thanks to Reynard Theodore, she survived—but her real ordeal was only starting. “Tell me your name.” “Ophelia—” “No, I’m asking fo...