Raven of the Inner Palace (Light Novel) Vol. 6 by Kouko Shirakawa

Author:Kouko Shirakawa [Shirakawa, Kouko]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2024-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

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Koshun made his way back to his quarters before the sun was set to rise. Judging by the time, it was doubtful he’d get the chance to sleep before his imperial council meeting. He hadn’t looked tired—in fact, he’d looked totally unfazed—but Jusetsu couldn’t help but wonder if he’d be all right. She lay down on her bed and gazed up at the ceiling in a daze.

If I find the missing part of the Raven…

What would happen if she recovered it? If the Raven got her missing half back and Jusetsu was free?

And once that happened, what path was she supposed to choose?

Until very recently, Jusetsu had only had one option—exile.

That was the only path that had been offered to her.

However, the fact Jusetsu was a descendant of the Ran family was public now—and it happened in quite an ostentatious fashion, no less. Everyone knew her secret.

If Jusetsu were forced to flee the country, it would likely re-

flect poorly on Koshun.

Koshun created the role of ritual coordinator to give Jusetsu a reason to stay in the inner palace. Would everything work out fine as long as she accepted that job?

It was doubtful. It may have helped iron out some wrinkles, but she wasn’t safe yet. Her position would undoubtedly remain volatile, leaving her swaying back and forth like a pendulum.

Koshun would be forced to agonize over it and work hard to find a solution every time a problem arose.

Jusetsu closed her eyes and sighed.

It was at that very moment that she heard a voice.

“Jusetsu,” called out the voice of a somewhat sleepy-sounding young girl.

Jusetsu couldn’t quite tell where the voice was coming from. It seemed like it was echoing in the darkness that surrounded her.

“Jusetsu… Will you find my missing half ?” the voice asked apprehensively.

Jusetsu recalled what Kosho said—about how the Raven would call to her from the darkness at nighttime.

“Are you the Raven?” Jusetsu asked.

“I am.”

So this is what the Raven sounds like, Jusetsu thought to herself.

Her voice was different from how she’d imagined it to be. The Raven sounded young, helpless. Jusetsu had imagined it to sound far more sinister and frightening.

“I’m going to look for it,” Jusetsu said.

“Where?”

“Je Island.”

The Raven said nothing to that.

“If I get close, will you be able to track it down?” Jusetsu asked.

“I’ll recognize it. It’s part of me, after all…”

“You’ll be able to return to your original form as long as we locate it, won’t you? You’ll leave my body.”

“Yes.”

The sooner we find it, the better, then.

Once it’d been found, Jusetsu had to choose which path she wanted to take.

“Je Island…is on the border,” the Raven said quietly, her voice threatening to fade into the darkness.

“On the border?”

“Of the Secluded Palace and the Palace of Paradise. There are boundaries in place, so I can’t go any further than Je Island. If I do, I’ll be scolded very harshly.”

“Scolded? By whom?” Jusetsu asked.

“By those at the Palace of Paradise. They’ve gotten mad at me countless times before, when I was fighting with the ao god.

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