In fact, after Tielle arrived in the Imperial City, her experiences weren't particularly tumultuous.
At first glance, it seemed she'd become an object of public scorn, with everyone out to get her, but she was mentally prepared for this and had no intention of having an easy time on enemy territory.
For this reason, Tielle's preparations were quite thorough. She not only equipped herself with Magic Potions for recovery when necessary but also readied some useful Magic Tools and even food.
Thanks to these preparations, Tielle was able to roam the Imperial City freely without getting caught.
And under such circumstances, Tielle took various actions to achieve her goal.
By now, it's no need to emphasize that Tielle was the very Strange Thief who was the talk of the town.
She infiltrated the residences of many Nobles, aiming to find the things she wanted.
Even infiltrating the Imperial Palace was for this purpose.
Thus, Tielle became wanted by the Empire and hunted by the Lefirut Family, even attracting the extensive search efforts of the Royal Knights and others.
When Shane first came to the Imperial City and entered the Noble District, didn't he see many Knight Orders patrolling?
The heightened security at that time was precisely because of Tielle.
Tielle successfully sneaked into the Imperial Palace, and although she fell into the enemy's trap, not many in the palace were aware of it.
They only thought of Tielle as an extremely dangerous Assassin who had been infiltrating the residences of the Great Nobles, highly skilled and a threat that needed to be taken seriously, which is why numerous Knight Orders were dispatched to remain in the Noble District and stay on guard.
From this, it's evident how much buzz Tielle's actions over the past month in the Imperial City had caused.
Unfortunately, the citizens of the Imperial City were just excited about the gossip, unaware of the risks Tielle took to do these things.
If it weren't for Laischa's secret help, Tielle might no longer exist.
Thinking of this, Shane, with a furrowed brow, spoke out.
"After taking so many risks, what exactly are you trying to find?"
This was a question Shane had long been wanting to clear up.
What was it that made Tielle take such risks, disregarding her own safety to find it herself?
Shane could sense that Tielle seemed reluctant to bring up the matter.
But this time, Shane chose not to compromise.
"Last time, I respected your thoughts, so you had this month's time and experiences," Shane said, staring intently at Tielle. "This time, if you still don't want to talk, then I'll have to take you back to the Kingdom by force."
Make no mistake, Shane was capable of doing such a thing.
One compromise was acceptable.
After all, Tielle was his little wife, and she wasn't just a vase with no capabilities. If she wanted to do something, Shane still wanted to give his support and respect.
But he wouldn't choose to compromise a second time.
In any case, it remained a rather dangerous matter.
Therefore, not compromising, not allowing it, was a quite normal response.
Tielle also knew that she shouldn't continue to be willful.
So, Tielle sighed quietly.
"I just want to find my 'horn'."
Tielle said such a thing.
Shane didn't understand.
Laischa, who was nearby, also paused in surprise, looking puzzled.
Tielle spoke candidly.
"You've seen it, haven't you?" Tielle said lightly. "That power of mine that's taboo."
Her words immediately reminded Shane of the astonishing power that lay dormant within Tielle.
It was Tielle's Unique Skill, an innate "Ghost" power.
It could form a horn that was capable of endlessly absorbing Magic Power from the atmosphere and converting the absorbed Magic Power into pure strength, allowing Tielle to continually grow stronger.
Once, Tielle had used this power to seriously injure the former Family Head of the Elbein Family, her grandfather, Aridia's father, the previous Knight Captain of the Royal Guard Knights.
That Knight Captain was also a Legendary fighter, but as a result of Tielle's "Ghost" power as a child, he sustained severe injuries that ultimately left his body with complications, leading to his demise in just a few short years.
At Artlu Canyon, she had used this power once before, causing Ai Yi to become interested, and Shane had to unlock the First Layer of Sealing on the Holy Sword to even spar with her.
Such a powerful Unique Skill had even attracted the attention of the Goddess of Fate, making her one of the Goddess's Blessed, just like that brilliant treasure of the Kingdom.
However, to Thiel, this power was nothing but a curse.
An unrestricted increase in power was a burden to Thiel, causing her to go mad, to lose control and rampage, turning into a monster that only knew to destroy everything in sight.
Because of this, her grandfather died from injury, her father imprisoned and monitored her like an object in need of supervision, and the people of the Elbein Family treated her like a terribly dangerous Demon. Even her mother from the Lefirut Family had never looked her straight in the eye.
Of course, it was normal that Thiel's mother, who had been sent to the royal family by the Lefirut Family for their own purposes, felt nothing for Thiel.
Not to mention, she was the indirect and direct instigator of the massive assassination event that occurred in the Royal Capital ten years ago, and Shane saw no reason for sympathy in her death at the hands of Aridia.
Thiel was equally aware of this.
But a month ago, William, representing the Lefirut Family, had come to the Kingdom with instructions from Moro and told Thiel a secret that no one else knew.
"I've heard that I was born with a horn on my head."
"Not the horn formed from the condensation of massive magic power when I use my Unique Skill, but a real horn, like hands and feet, that naturally grew on my forehead."
Upon hearing this, not only Shane but also Laischa was taken aback.
Could there really be such a thing?
"Then where is that horn now?"
Laischa asked subconsciously.
Thiel answered with the same calm demeanor, or perhaps one could say indifference.
"My mother chopped it off."
Thiel's horn had been chopped off by her mother.
And it happened right at the time of her birth.
"At that time, although I had just been born, the horn on my head had already begun to absorb the magic power from the atmosphere, accumulating a very great power."
"That power didn't go out of control but was stored within the horn."
"If I'm not mistaken, that genuinely existing horn had a function to store power, acting as a kind of limiter, preventing the overwhelming power from burdening and affecting me."
"But when my mother saw me like that, she mercilessly chopped off the horn."
Thiel spoke, in the calmest tone, of the most outrageous act.
Shane then recalled what Harvis had mentioned when he had just found him in the Royal Capital, intending to cooperate with him.
"The Lefirut Family is a military house that trains spies, assassins, and Death Soldiers. They have been highly regarded by the Imperial Family throughout the history of the Empire and have even been married off to the Imperial Family Princesses several times by imperial decree. Thus, they also possess the Blood of the Brave from the Ragna Empire."
"Thiel Elbein is actually the successor to the brave bloodlines of both the Mitra Kingdom's Royal Family and the Ragnar Empire's Royal Family. When the Empire first proposed the union, the initial intent was not to send a daughter from the Lefirut Family to spy but to steal the Blood of the Brave from the Mitra Kingdom and combine it with the Blood of the Brave from the Ragna Empire to produce an extraordinary progeny."
For this purpose, Thiel's mother had been sent to the Kingdom to marry into the Elbein Family.
As for the massive assassination in the Royal Capital, it was Moro, after his appearance and control over the Empire and the Lefirut Family, who gave the orders that led to the incident.
Thus, when Thiel was just born, her mother's goal was not to harm the Kingdom but to cultivate a powerful combat tool for the family.
With this purpose, Thiel's mother gave birth to Thiel and saw the horn on her head. The astonishing power it had could only lead to one imaginable outcome.
"My mother chopped off my horn and killed all the midwives present, publicly claiming that it was the rampage of my powers that caused everything, but secretly, she sent my horn back to the Empire, back to the Lefirut Family, intending for them to analyze the power within the horn and to cultivate more warriors for the family."
Thiel spoke as if she were talking about someone unconnected to her, in a very placid tone.
"From that time on, my powers began to have the risk of going out of control."
Upon hearing this, Shane finally understood.
So Thiel's powers could actually be controlled.
It was just that, because she lost the real horn, the "organ" with a braking effect, Thiel caused a loss of control and went on a rampage when activating her Unique Skill.
If she could find that horn, Thiel would naturally spare no effort.
That was why, after learning about this, she had bravely come to the Imperial City.
"I initially headed to the Lefirut Family home, but at that time, I had no idea they had such an underground room, and since the Lefirut Family is a Spy Family, their security measures and responses to covert action were perfectly crafted; I had no way of infiltrating to search."
"Later, I heard that the Lefirut Family had once lent my horn to many nobles and Imperial High-level officials with whom they had secret connections for analysis. I then infiltrated those Noble Families, being treated as a Strange Thief."
"It was the same case when I infiltrated the Imperial Palace because my horn might have been brought into the Imperial Palace. I wanted to try to sneak in and see."
"You know what happened next. I encountered a trap, was pursued, and it was not until the downfall of the Lefirut Family that I finally had the chance to sneak in here and find this place."
This was the full account of Thiel's experiences over the past month.