The Abandoned Empress, Vol. 7 (comic)

It was the sound of the gods scoffing at me. Thanks to Ruveliss’s decisive actions, the foreign princesses’ schemes are thwarted, but this was merely a prelude to the oncoming turmoil. With the emperor’s health waning, political machinations at the court intensify, and at the center of it all stands Aristia. To make matters worse, Carsein suffers a grave injury while protecting her from mysterious assassins, and the shadow inside Allendis’s heart continues to grow. With crisis after crisis er…