I Became the Male Lead’s Adopted Daughter

When Consort Usia finally registered the noise coming from outside the door—

She felt a fleeting thrill at the thought that the Imperial House was finally collapsing.

But what followed was despair.

Because Leonia stepped inside, having kicked the door hard enough to nearly rip it off its hinges, and approached her.

In one of Leonia’s hands was a sword drenched in blood. In the other, a man on the verge of losing consciousness, coughing up blood.

The Consort shot to her feet.

“You know this guy, right?”

Leonia threw the man at her feet.

Consort Usia, now standing, instinctively dropped to the ground beside the collapsed man.

“Just as I thought...”

Leonia curled her lips into a vicious grin, as if she'd expected this all along.

The bloodied man, groaning in pain, was a member of House Meridio—one of the Aust family's soldiers.