I Became the Abandoned Daughter of an Underworld Boss

It was just a thought.

After the wedding with Aidan, Heidel disappeared like the wind.

For a human queen to catch an elf who had gone far away was not an easy task.

Alice, who regretted it belatedly, tried to reach out to Harun.

Since contacting the emperor was not easy, she had to use Asil, the leader of Dark Town.

Although she had known in advance about Asil’s seclusion, she thought it would be easy to win him over again since he had truly loved her.

“Never come back. Alice, you have no place in this Dark House or in Dark Town. You are the queen of the Nea Kingdom.”

Just as Alice was trying to seduce Asil in the Dark House, he repeatedly declared their breakup. It was an unbelievable reality.

Whenever she thought about it, Alice became furious.

‘Asil abandoned me? That Asil? Where did you hide the portrait you said you drew for me? You should have looked at it every day and missed me.’

When she saw traces of the art studio on the second floor, she was confident of her victory.

The gangster of Dark Town should be honored to hold her hand! She had personally descended to Dark Town!

Alice’s pride was severely wounded at that time.

Oh, didn’t Asil have a first love? He even had Yuriana with that first love.

So, wasn’t it a grace that he even talked to me?

The obvious thought that she was the beloved heroine was mercilessly shaken.

“… this doesn’t make any sense. You shouldn’t treat me like this. You’re supposed to be dying to be with me.”

The queen murmured, unable to suppress her anger.

She was Alice. Alice of the .

Four men were supposed to flock around her and court her. The story should be that they couldn’t forget her and hover around!

She became furious just thinking about them living their days without her.

Sometimes she regretted it.

Maybe she should have chosen Harun’s route?

The Nea palace was not enough to satisfy Alice alone.

But looking at the map, the Reef Empire, where Harun lurked, was overwhelmingly large and abundant.

Humans naturally desired what they couldn’t have.

‘Harun can fill a harem if he wants to, right? I haven’t heard of him getting married yet. Doesn’t that mean he still hasn’t forgotten me?’

She should have chosen the path to become the empress of an empire rather than the queen of a kingdom.

Ah, if only she had brought him to the palace last fall and shown him her splendid dress.

She kept thinking that the meeting in Dark Town was a missed opportunity.

She believed it would have been possible if Asil had taken the initiative.

Alice researched and implemented ways to bring back the male protagonists who had left.

But she failed every time.

Especially him, Asil.

Asil!!!

How detestable.

Even though he declared the breakup, there was still a clue left.

‘Asil. You had no idea about your daughter’s birth and yet you walk around with a perfectly normal face? It’s really outrageous.’

Alice didn’t know how Asil found and brought Yuriana after their ending in Dark Town.

When she met Asil twice in Dark Town after the ending, there were no signs of suffering on his face.

If he had shown even a little sign of mental anguish, she wouldn’t have been so angry.

It really seemed like he was trying to live on forgetting her. Her.

‘Surely, you’re not happy right now, are you? You shouldn’t be. Even if your face looks fine, it shouldn’t be. Otherwise, I can’t forgive you.’

This was not the time to think about Asil.

Alice tried hard to erase his sad face and think of something else.

Heidel, who had left for the land of the elves, sent a cryptic note asking to meet. That was the priority.

This time, she got permission from Aidan and planned to meet Heidel, first with the three of them, and then to talk privately with Heidel.

Humph.

Alice pouted her lips and dressed up as she wanted.

She wouldn’t use the grape pearl brooch.

Not today, there was no greater humiliation if Heidel giggled!

“…….”

In the empty queen’s bedroom.

In the full-length mirror she last looked into, something belatedly rippled.

It was impossible to tell whether it was black mist or gooey slime.

***

The person she faced remained the same.

“Oh, my. I greet the king and queen of the Nea Kingdom. The king looks more imposing and the queen shines like a Goddess.”

Red-haired Heidel!

Since Aidan was by her side, Alice had no intention of overdoing it.

Though the compliments on her appearance felt formal, they were enough.

“Hello.”

“I am relieved to see you both safe. But I have urgent business, so could you excuse us?”

“Very well.”

At Aidan’s gesture, the kingdom’s knights revealed their displeasure as they left the room.

Some openly glared at Heidel.

Heidel smiled brightly until they all left and then immediately turned serious as he spoke.

“A monster presumed to be a doppelganger has appeared near the kingdom and our Elodia.”

“What?”

A doppelganger!

Just hearing the name incited anger and fear, making even the beautifully adorned Alice falter.

She thought the fight was over, but there was a last spark remaining?

After a long conversation, Heidel nodded.

“This time, we can request additional help, so we will try to handle it quickly. I have already met with someone.”

“Who are you talking about?”

“Asil of Dark Town. He said he wants to help with this matter himself. This is a great opportunity to borrow the Mirror of Origin.”

“If that’s the case, it’s good news. Let’s not delay and form an expedition immediately. You, Asil, and I will go together and end this monster at once.”

Aidan, true to his role as a king who understood the greater good, readily agreed.

He showed no hesitation in extending his hand to former rivals Heidel and Asil.

“I will go too!”

At Alice’s brave declaration, Aidan placed his hand on her back.

It was very warm.

“No. The queen should stay and protect the palace.”

“But the doppelganger is…!”

If Asil brought the Mirror of Origin, identifying the doppelganger would be as good as done.

Though it was at the border, it was close to Heidel’s territory, so there was no need to be afraid.

Above all, it was a perfect opportunity to make both Heidel and Asil fall for her again!

That was her real intention.

But the king, facing a crisis, did not permit it.

“Queen, remember your wedding vow? I vowed to protect both the Nea Kingdom and you, forever. Please help me keep that promise.”

“Do you mean I can’t go even though I know the most about doppelgangers?”

“Please. It may not be, but if by any chance the monster is a doppelganger, there could be other instances. Your wisdom will be needed then.”

Flinch.

At Aidan’s gentle words, Alice found herself unable to speak further.

The words she heard were a request, but she couldn’t refute them.

‘Why… why is this happening?’

The decision was made.

She couldn’t go.

She couldn’t help but sulk at the thought of the three male protagonists going without her.

Even after Aidan left for a private conversation, Alice’s lips were pouting.

Seeing this, Heidel burst out laughing.

“Haha! Alice, why are you so angry?”

“Hmph!”

Heidel’s behavior being the same as before allowed Alice to fully express her irritation.

“You’re the same as ever. Asil looked quite different though.”

“… how was he?”

It was natural for their conversation to shift to informal speech, given their close relationship.

The red-haired elf casually responded.

“Yeah. We met in the square and had a fight. His skills were still the same. I thought he might be out of practice because he’s been taking care of his pretty daughter, but he wasn’t.”

“He brought his daughter… out? From Dark Town?”

That Asil?

“Yeah. They were admiring the tree for a long time, and he didn’t even notice me approaching until much later? Tsk, he’s lost it.”

“What?”

“He’s become a pathetic old man! As the boss of Dark Town, losing his alertness. I should have teased him more. He needs to be more vigilant if he’s raising a daughter.”

Alice was secretly filled with resentment.

Asil, he was getting along with that daughter, showing her around the capital?

He… he…! How could he be so selfish?

And leave her like this!

Elves were usually sensitive to changes in others’ emotions, but since Heidel wasn’t a fortune teller, he couldn’t read minds.

Heidel assumed Alice’s bad mood was due to the doppelganger and changed the topic.

“And he was with another guest.”

“Another guest?”

“Yes. I wasn’t introduced, but… hmmm. There was a smell of desert sand and sweet dessert. They seemed to be from the Reef Empire. A noble-looking boy and a mage.”

A boy and a mage?

Hearing the rare story, Alice had a vague idea and urged him for more details.

“Tell me more. What kind of people were they?”

“I don’t know. But the mage’s magical ability clearly surpassed mine. That’s all I could gather.”

A mage better than Heidel? That meant at least Harun’s level!

‘A strange boy from the empire traveling with a skilled mage? Could it be?’

Following distant memories, Alice’s lips parted.

“Was the boy blond by any chance?”

“Oh, right. His hair was so bright it could be mistaken for an elf’s.”

Oh my god!

Alice was shocked but tried not to show it.

It was highly likely to be Karas, Harun’s nephew. That mage must have been assigned by Harun.

But why were they in the kingdom with Asil?

There was a new story unfolding that she didn’t know about.

She felt dissatisfied.

Her pride of being the beloved heroine was on the verge of shattering.

Alice frowned and muttered softly.

“Just…”

“You guessed it right? Haha, you’re amazing. Asil once called you the fool of the gambling den. He was wrong.”