Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 230: The Queen Dowager’s Secret
“The sea… It’s incredible. Truly.”
Rest opened the window and stepped out onto the balcony.
From there, he could take in the vast expanse of the ocean, its breathtaking beauty filling his vision.
“Do you think… Her Majesty the Queen Dowager loved the sea?”
Celestine murmured with a sigh.
This room was a bedroom—modestly furnished with a small table, a bed, and a closet.
There were no luxurious decorations, no paintings, no jewels.
“It’s… not what I expected.”
The Queen Dowager had always seemed like an enigmatic, almost godlike figure.
She had once rallied powerful noble families to overthrow a tyrant from the throne.
And yet, despite her political prowess, she spoiled her grandson Rodel so much that he became a tyrant in his own right.
A woman whose actions seemed contradictory, impossible to understand—almost monstrous.
That was how Rest had always viewed Queen Dowager Frederica Iwood.
(But this room… it feels surprisingly human.)
A simple, unadorned space.
On the table sat a well-known poetry collection and a small vase.
The flowers inside had long since withered, their form unrecognizable.
And beyond the window stretched the endless ocean.
She had spent her final years here, gazing at the sea every day.
(What was she thinking as she spent her last days in this place…?)
“…There doesn’t seem to be anything of note here. Shall we check the study instead?”
Celestine called out to Rest as he continued looking down at the ocean from the balcony.
“If you want to learn more about the Queen Dowager, there may be a diary or some other records in her study.”
“…You’re right.”
Rest nodded and turned back, making sure to securely close the window before leaving the room.
He stepped out into the hallway and entered the study next door.
“This room is just a desk and bookshelves. And the books are…?”
“…Poetry collections, flower encyclopedias, and novels, mostly.”
“Yeah…”
There were no confidential documents, no magic tomes—just books of personal interest.
“…Is it possible there’s actually nothing here?”
Maybe this villa truly was just a retreat for a peaceful retirement.
That thought crossed Rest’s mind.
“Come to think of it… Did the Queen Dowager pass away in this villa?”
“…We don’t know.”
“Huh?”
“It’s unclear where Her Majesty passed away. She had been staying away from the royal palace for health reasons… but one day, her body was found lying in her bedroom at the palace.
Someone must have transported her there, but no one knows who.”
“……”
Another strange mystery.
The secrets surrounding the Queen Dowager only seemed to grow deeper.
“If that’s the case… she may have died in this villa. And perhaps… she wasn’t living here alone?”
But… there was only one bed.
It wasn’t big enough for two people to sleep in together.
Of course, someone could have been staying in the living room or basement instead.
“There might be something inside the desk drawers.”
Celestine began searching through the drawers.
Inside, she found a massive stack of papers.
“What’s that?”
“This is… um… Kyaa!”
“Lady Celestine!?”
Celestine suddenly let out a sharp scream, dropping the stack of papers from the drawer onto the floor.
The elegant mask of a noble lady shattered in an instant—she now looked like an ordinary young girl, startled and flustered.
“W-What on earth is written on those… HII!?”
Rest reached down to pick up the fallen papers but froze mid-motion.
The stack of documents that had emerged from the desk drawer… contained something utterly horrifying.
“This is…”
“I-It’s indecent…!”
Both Rest and Celestine spoke at the same time, their voices strained.
At last, the Queen Dowager’s secret had been unveiled…
And the truth was beyond imagination.
“Wait… Are these BL novels!?”
The papers were filled with highly detailed illustrations of men passionately entangled with each other.