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On the outskirts in Luxembourg, an elegant woman was sitting inside a black limousine with a glass of wine in her hand.
"Is it done?" She asked the bald man in front of her.
"Yes, Your Highness. The arrest will be made in an hour. We are going to present all the evidence and detain her for attempted murder." He answered.
"Very good, Chief… I did not expect that you would act this fast." She smiled. "Now, all you need to do is to prepare for Miss Park's arrival. The moment she takes a step out of the airport, arrest her. Make sure that the drug charges are non-bailable."
"Your Highness, are you sure about this? Miss Park is a celebrity in the Tech Industry. We have to be careful…"
"Do you want to keep your job?" She gave him a chilling smile.
"I... I understand Your Highness." The bald man lowered his head before eyeing the young man, sitting next to the Queen. Sitting next to Her Highness was the current Crown Prince-the first son of the King, His Highness Carlisle of the Brauns. He couldn't help but wonder if the Crown Prince approved of his mother's illogical actions.
"Good. Now… go. I don't want to see you until you finish this task." The Queen waved her hands, it was a clear sign that she wanted the bald man out of her sight.
The bald man just nodded before he bowed in front of the Queen and the Prince. Then, he immediately went out of the car. Never in his life, he expected that he would become a part of the Royal Family's schemes. Now… he could only follow their bidding until they were satisfied with his results.
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While this was happening, no one was aware that the person, who they were plotting against, was already walking on the streets of Luxembourg's capital.
When the couple arrived at the country, they directly went to some tourist spots and even set up a tour to make their cover more solid. And they succeeded. No one knew that Chaeyoung and Lisa were already enjoying themselves inside the country.
"Is this hotel safe?" She asked after Lisa closed the door of their hotel room.
"Yes, we have access to CCTV's and a total control of everything in this building. An escape route is also prepared in case some people try and attack us," Lisa answered as she peeped into the thick curtains that covered the floor to ceiling window of their room.
"Good." Chaeyoung said while setting up her equipment on the desk, next to their king size bed. Her purpose in getting a hotel room, instead of a secure safe house, was to avoid suspicions. After all, everybody would think that after arriving in the city, she would directly go to the Manoban Family's safe house. No one would even guess that she would act like a tourist and occupy a room in a really popular hotel in the middle of the City.
Moreover, the more people present, the harder it would be for someone to cause chaos for her without any witnesses.
"Are you going to call Gideon?" Lisa asked.
"Yes, once I have everything prepared. I want to ask him about my father," she answered. "And I want to know more about my mother."
"I understand," Lisa said before giving her a folder. "Everything that we could find out about each member of the Royal Family is here, including Gideon's two sons."
Lisa watched, as Chaeyoung opened the files and narrowed her eyes. Then, her eyes widened in surprise before her lips curled into a beautiful smirk. "So… It is rumored that the two Princes are not his sons?"
"Interesting..." she mused before raising an eyebrow. "Oh? The Queen had an affair before she got pregnant?"
"Yes… It is also rumored that the King never slept with his Queen."
"If this is the case, then… the King does not have a legitimate heir?" She thought out loud. "Is this the reason he wanted me to come here? And why is the Queen feeling threatened with my presence?"
"But Gideon clearly said that you are not his daughter." Lisa said. "Anyway, the fact that the Lee Family does not have any outstanding people in our generation makes me think that the King wants to use you as his representative for the throne."
"If his words about the fighting being manipulated are true and the more powerful family always wins the throne, then there is a possibility that he wants you to snatch the throne away from the Queen's sons." Lisa added. "For now, this is the only plausible reason that I can think of unless…."
"Unless they are still hiding someone more outstanding than anyone else and want to use your influence and knowledge to help this person get the throne."
Chaeyoung furrowed her brows at Lisa's words. "If all of your assumptions are right, then… Gideon's words about him being sick should be true, right?"
Lisa nodded. "The only way for heirs to fight for the throne is if the King is dying or is already dead."
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At that night, Chaeyoung made a call to Gideon and told him that she was coming to Luxembourg. However, to her surprise, the latter did not agree with her plans and told her that it would be too dangerous at that moment.
He even told her not to go to Luxembourg in the following month. Even if she used a disguise, everyone would be waiting for her arrival, so it would be difficult for Chaeyoung to get past the authorities waiting for her. Of course, Gideon was not aware that Chaeyoung was already in the country at this time.
The King's panicky words instantly puzzled Chaeyoung. It was not even a week since he was trying to convince her to come to Luxembourg. Yet, now, he was telling her that it would be too dangerous.
Chaeyoung had a sleepless night after her talk with Gideon. The night in the city was too strange, too quiet for her. As if, a great storm was coming.
And just like what she had expected, she received a call that morning from Jennie. She was using a landline while telling Chaeyoung that she was arrested for attempting to murder her cousin Krystal.
The whole Kim Family also provided some incriminating evidence against Jennie. They had even asked Jennie's family to leave and told them that they would cut all the ties with them after what Jennie had done to Krystal.
Chaeyoung immediately ask if she could pose a bail, but Jennie said that it was a high profile case, as her cousin was a celebrity. A lot of Krystal's fans wanted to attack Jennie. Thus, the police were prompted to treat the case with caution. They would not agree to let her pay the bail until she got a piece of proper evidence, which would prove that she was not the one, who paid Krystal's attacker.
The police also used the reasoning that they wanted to keep Jennie safe from Krystal's fans, who were threatening to kill her for hurting their idol.
"This must be the reason Gideon warned me not to come last night," she said after her call with Jennie ended.
"I have called some of my men to stand outside of the Police Station." Lisa said. "Do you want to get her out of prison?"
"Not now..." She answered instantly before calling Jungkook. "Hey, I need your help."
An hour after Jennie called, a shocking news rocked the Tech Industry in Japan. Chaeyoung agreed to collaborate with Luxembourg's military team for a piece of brand new equipment, which would be enhanced by an Artificial Intelligence system.
No one predicted that Chaeyoung would eventually agree to collaborate with Luxembourg, but many did not find this collaboration surprising at all. After all, Luxembourg's technology was really advanced. It would only be reasonable for Chaeyoung to work with them.
Not long after the news was released, the media of Luxembourg got ahold of the news and wanted to know when Chaeyoung would visit the country. They tried and called some government officials to confirm that news, yet, everyone seemed to be unaware of this collaboration.
"That woman is very smart." the Queen narrowed her eyes as her hands slowly squeezed into fists. She was sure that this news had been intentionally released by Chaeyoung to attract the media's attention. She wanted everyone to know when she would arrive.
If her guess was right, then Chaeyoung had already contacted the media to receive an interview, the moment she stepped out of the plane.
"Mother... That woman is very clever. Do you think she has any idea about our plans?"
"Of course not! She was just getting prepared for the worst ahead of time! She must have known from that useless Zhang Family that I was the one, who has sent them to check her out!" She fumed before looking at her son. "Don't worry, the throne is yours. I promise that woman won't even have the chance to step inside this palace!"
"Gideon is dying. The poison is perfectly doing its job… I'm sure Gideon won't last for too long." She added.
While the Queen was stressing out about this, Chaeyoung and Lisa were also working on the evidence that could help Jennie get out of the prison.
Chaeyoung was able to gain access to the evidence that the Kim Family had produced. From the evidence, she was able to deduce that everything had already been planned long before Jennie arrived in the country.
The most amusing thing was that the only evidence that they had was an image of Jennie in a cafe, signing a piece of paper with a man. The same man was also captured on the CCTV records as the person, who drove the car and intentionally bumped into Krystal.
Chaeyoung instantly smirked as she remembered her conversation with Jennie when that man approached her and told her that he was a fan of her work. She remembered Jennie thanking the man before giving him her autograph.
The only thing that people did not know about was that Chaeyoung had a habit of always recording her phone calls.
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Chaeyoung immediately found more evidence that could prove Jennie's innocence. With that in hand, she immediately went to the Kim Residence and introduced herself as Jennie Kim's lawyer and told them that she would be representing Jennie during this case.
She made sure to wear a proper disguise that would make people unable to recognize her. Moreover, she also went there only with Jin by her side, who was also disguised.
"Your client has hurt my granddaughter. She has attempted to kill her. We are not going to back down from this!" The First Elder of the Kim Family fumed, the moment Chaeyoung politely asked them to withdraw their charges.
Chaeyoung only gave everyone a smile, "My client has not hurt anyone. This would be the first and the last time I am going to ask you to withdraw the charges. Otherwise, I will present our own evidence to the court."
"What evidence? That Jennie has hurt one of ours! Now, you really have the audacity to threaten us? You are no longer welcome here! Leave, or I will have our guards drag you out of our property!" Another elder chimed in.
"Since you insist, then I won't be merciful any longer." Chaeyoung looked at her watch. "At this time, my client should already be able to make bail. We will see you in court," she said before walking towards the door of the Kim Family's ancestral house.
"Wait…. What do mean by 'should be able to make bail'? She has hurt my daughter! She cannot pose any bail!"
Chaeyoung raised an eyebrow at the mature woman who, she assumed, was Krystal's mother. "According to the law… she can. Are you trying to question the law? Mrs. Kim?"
"I..." Mother Kim swallowed everything that she wanted to say when she saw the First Elder's glare.
"We can actually talk about this." The First Elder started. "Even though Jennie was able to gain her freedom, it's still not permanent. She will still be prohibited from leaving the country."
"What are you trying to say?" Chaeyoung asked.
"Our Kim Family is facing bankruptcy right now. And I believe, the only way for Jennie to compensate is to marry someone from one of the influential families in the city." The First Elder suggested, his gaze serious. He needed to set that marriage, to have the monetary support that had been offered by both the Zhang and Wu Families.
"Oh? Who do you have in mind?" Seeing the lawyer's interest in the topic, the First Elder immediately responded.
"The Young Master of the Zhang Family, Kai."
"Pffft!"
"Why are you laughing?" The First Elder furrowed his brows while looking at Chaeyoung.
"You do know that your injured granddaughter is Kai's girlfriend, right?" She said while stifling a laugh.
"What?" Everyone was stunned when they heard Chaeyoung's words. Everyone, except Krystal's mother.
"You heard me. Why don't you ask your precious granddaughter to marry him instead?" Chaeyoung mused. From this conversation, she was able to confirm that the Zhang Family was the one, who had planned all of this. She couldn't help but wonder why did it seem like the Zhang family hadn't learned their lesson from their own experience.
The Zhang Family could only have ill intentions in doing this. It's either they wanted to punish Jennie for what Chaeyoung had done to them, or… they wanted to use her against Chaeyoung.
"You are lying! Why would my daughter have a relationship with Kai!" Mother Kim said nervously. Only she and Krystal were aware of that relationship. She couldn't help but wonder why Jennie's lawyer knew about it. Was it possible that they have evidence that would point out the real culprit?
If that's the case, then the whole Kim Family would be incriminated.
"Then… wait for the authorities to arrest the one responsible for your daughter's accident." Chaeyoung answered nonchalantly, her gaze meaningful and provoking. "Since you don't want to settle this peacefully, then my job here is done."
Chaeyoung directly went out of the estate and boarded the car with Jin. She then made a call and asked Jungkook to release the images of Krystal's relationship with Kai.
Her purpose for doing that was very simple. She wanted to make Krystal's fans focus on the issue of their relationship and forget, or at least, lessen their anger towards Jennie. After all, the best way to kill a piece of shocking news was to release a more shocking one.
After she ended her call, Chaeyoung called Lisa to try and find a way for her to get into the palace without getting any suspicions. However, before she could go to the palace to see the King, Chaeyoung would make sure to get Jennie and her family out of this country.
Since the Queen wanted to use Jennie as a pawn in this game, then Chaeyoung could only reciprocate that kindness.
An evil gleam flashed in Chaeyoung's eyes as she started typing on her laptop. Right now, she was sure of one thing.
A big chaos was coming to Luxembourg.
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Chaeyoung made sure to secretly send Jennie and her family out of the country before she started making her move against the Zhang Family.
Both the Wu and the Zhang Families owned a film company and were very active in the entertainment industry. That's the reason why they were so afraid when Chaeyoung showed them their scandals and things that they had worked hard to cover up.
Of course, the Zhang Family was doing this because they believed that Chaeyoung would never have the chance to scheme against them. After all, the Queen had already promised them that Chaeyoung would be arrested once she arrived in Luxembourg.
Because of this everyone was surprised when not long after Jennie was set free, images of Krystal and Kai started circulating online.
"Go take it off from the most trending topics now!" Dara fumed while ordering some of their PR managers. "Who did it? Check the IP address! I want to know who did this!"
"Madam, the IP is from our own company." One of the technical specialists answered her. "We are already trying to take it down from the most trending topics, but it keeps on coming back... As if… someone is preventing us from removing it from the web.
"Don't give me that excuse! I want it fixed, now!" She stormed off the meeting room and went directly into her office.
"Mom, we can't keep this news for too long. We need to release a statement. We need to get back to Chaeyoung for embarrassing us in Korea. We need to have her watch how helpless her friend is about this marriage!" Seulgi welcomed Dara with another rant. But she just made the latter almost explode with rage.
That's right! Chaeyoung must suffer because of what she had done!
Until now, both the Zhang and Wu Families hadn't recovered from Chaeyoung's schemes. Although the King was able to force them into lying to the Queen, he was not able to quench their anger towards Chaeyoung. Because of that, they immediately decided to go through with their plan to bind Jennie to Kai. Then, they would show Chaeyoung how useless her intelligence was in a foreign country.
Of course, no one in the Zhang or the Wu Families even thought about why the King would personally protect Chaeyoung. All they thought about was getting their revenge.
"Release a statement, telling that it's not true. I have already told Kai to avoid that fox Krystal, but he did not listen! Now, this is the consequences of their actions. Also, call Krystal, ask her to deny this allegations, otherwise, we will freeze all of her contracts in the company!" She ordered.
"Locate that Jennie Kim and the Lawyer, who has freed her! I want some of Krystal's fans to bully that Jennie Kim! Pay someone to do that!" She added before sitting in her seat.
"Madam! Madam! We have another problem!" Dara's secretary came inside her office without knocking, panic apparent in her eyes.
"What now?" She asked irritated.
"The Young Miss Seulgi… she.." the secretary glanced at Seulgi who was now frowning.
"Speak!" Dara bellowed.
"There are some videos of her taking some narcotics online. Not even a minute has passed and it's already has hundreds of…"
"What?" Seulgi interrupted the secretary's words. "Mother, it's Chaeyoung! Mother! She is attacking us! She is attacking us one by one! Oh my god! How the hell did this happen?"
Dara's world seemed to freeze, as everyone around her seemed to blur and her daughter's words become an echo. She slowly got up from her seat, as her face started getting pale.
Chaeyoung was attacking them...
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As the various scandals laced all the news channels, people started forgetting about Krystal's accident. Everyone paid attention to that news and coordinated attacks, which were all directed towards the Zhang and Wu Families.
Many people assumed that it was done by their competitor in the entertainment industry and some already anticipated the Zhang Family's counter-attack that competitor.
But how could the Zhang Family do that? The one, who was attacking them, was not even in the Country. Or so they thought.
Moreover, how could they tell everyone that these things were not true when all the evidence were very clear. Even the CCTV videos were so clear that it made them wonder how did Chaeyoung get ahold of that.
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"How is it? Still no signs of her?" The Queen asked her son, who had just arrived from a meeting with the authorities.
"None, Mother." He shook his head.
"It can't be! How the hell did that Jennie Kim get out of the prison and disappear without Chaeyoung's help?" The Queen blurted out before she widened her eyes. "What if she is already here? Did you check the Manoban Family's safehouse?"
"Yes, Mother. Still no signs of her. There are also no signs of the Manoban Family's men preparing for something. It is too quiet for them."
"How is that possible?" She thought out loud before throwing a cup of tea on the floor. "HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?"
"Mother, calm yourself. I have a suggestion." The Crown Prince said.
"Speak."
"Why don't we let her come? She can't prove that she is indeed related to father anyway. Let her come inside the palace, so we can capture and kill her. We can use espionage against her, after all, many people always use this to detain someone. We can just create some evidence, which will point out the fact that she is trying to steal some information from our military system."
The Queen narrowed her eyes at her son. "You have a point. Tell me more about your plan?" She asked.
"We could wait for her to come into the country and plant some evidence in advance. Since she seemed to be an expert in Artificial Intelligence, we can use that against her. We can make everyone think that she is stealing secrets, instead of helping us."
"Good, good..." The Queen took a seat before taking a deep breath. "How is your father?"
"Still sick."
"No… I mean your real father." The Queen corrected.
"Oh… I… we haven't talked much, but I believe he is doing well. He is just busy, working with the other Cabinet members, aside from that… I don't think he has any problems."
"Did he tell you when will he visit the palace?" She asked.
"Next week, before the Cabinet meeting."
"I want you to discuss this plan with your father, he should be able to help you to realize it." The Queen said. "Has there been any information about when will Chaeyoung come to our Country in that news?"
"I believe, she will join the meeting with everyone. Probably next week."
"Tell the Chief that he doesn't need to arrest her anymore. Change of the plans. I want her to get embarrassed in front of everyone during that meeting," she said.
"Understood. I will talk to my father about this, and will create evidence in advance." The Crown Prince said.
The Queen just smiled as she watched her son walk out of her study. Her son was finally using his brain to fight against Chaeyoung.
The thought of Chaeyoung's name instantly made the Queen's blood pressure rise. That woman reminded her of Mason Lee too much… she hated it. She remembered when she accidentally saw Mason's face when he took off his mask. That moment prompted her to try and seduce him to sleep with her.
Alexa Zhou loved the King. However he never even once looked at her. Not until when he had got so drunk that he mistook her for a woman named Claire Wang.
Ah… Claire… Chaeyoung's mother and her husband's true love.
Queen Alexa gritted her teeth before swearing to make Chaeyoung suffer as payment for Claire's sins.
While Queen Alexa was thinking about her hatred towards Chaeyoung, the latter was also enjoying herself while listening to the various conversations inside the palace. After all, her ultimate 'COLOSSUS' was on top of the palace, listening and recording every conversation inside. Of course, it included the conversation between the Queen and the Crown Prince.
What an amazing day… now all she needed was proof that the Queen was the one who was making Gideon sick. Then she would teach this queen a lesson that she will never forget in her lifetime.
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