Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2 - Early Signs Of An Affair (1)
Chapter 3 - Early Signs Of An Affair (2)
Chapter 4 - Compare With Whom? (1)
Chapter 5 - Compare With Whom? (2)
Chapter 6 - The Empress’ Gift To The Concubine (1)
Chapter 7 - The Empress’ Gift To The Concubine (2)
Chapter 8 - The Issue Of A Lady-In-Waiting (1)
Chapter 9 - The Issue Of A Lady-In-Waiting (2)
Chapter 10 - I Can’T Believe He’S Doing This To Me (1)
Chapter 11 - I Can’T Believe He’S Doing This To Me (2)
Chapter 12 - My Nest (1)
Chapter 13 - My Nest (2)
Chapter 14 - Where Is Queen? (1)
Chapter 15 - Where Is Queen? (1)
Chapter 16 - Want To Make A Bet? (1)
Chapter 17 - Want To Make A Bet? (2)
Chapter 18 - Curiosity (1)
Chapter 19 - Curiousity (2)
Chapter 20 - A False Rumor (1)
Chapter 21 - A False Rumor (2)
Chapter 22 - Tears That Only Queen Knows (1)
Chapter 23 - Tears That Only Queen Knows (2)
Chapter 24 - I Already Knew The Truth (1)
Chapter 25 - I Already Knew The Truth (2)
Chapter 26 - I’M On My Way To See You (1)
Chapter 27 - I’M On My Way To See You (2)
Chapter 28 - Heinley’S Rage (1)
Chapter 29 - Heinley’S Rage (2)
Chapter 30 - Wet Tears (1)
Chapter 31 - Wet Tears (2)
Chapter 32 - Drink Water And Sprout (1)
Chapter 33 - Drink Water And Sprout (2)
Chapter 34 - Secret Friend (1)
Chapter 35 - Secret Friend (2)
Chapter 36 - Viscount Roteschu (1)
Chapter 37 - Viscount Roteschu (2)
Chapter 38 - A Man Of Secrets (1)
Chapter 39 - A Man Of Secrets (2)
Chapter 40 - Queen’S Favorite
Chapter 41 - Queen’S Favorite (2)
Chapter 42 - Iron Wall Defense (1)
Chapter 43 - Iron Wall Defense (2)
Chapter 44 - An Unchanging Person (1)
Chapter 45 - An Unchanging Person (2)
Chapter 46 - Society’S Chewbone (1)
Chapter 47 - Society’S Chewbone (2)
Chapter 48 - The Butterfly Of Society (1)
Chapter 49 - The Butterfly Of Society (2)
Chapter 50 - Don’T Cry, Queen (1)
Chapter 51 - Don’T Cry, Queen (2)
Chapter 52 - Ice Doll (1)
Chapter 53 - Ice Doll? (2)
Chapter 54 - Shall I Tempt Her? (1)
Chapter 55 - Shall I Tempt Her? (2)
Chapter 56 - Duchess Tuania (1)
Chapter 57 - Duchess Tuania (2)
Chapter 58 - Duke Elgy’S Warning (1)
Chapter 59 - Duke Elgy’S Warning (2)
Chapter 60 - Desert Flower (1)
Chapter 61 - Desert Flower (2)
Chapter 62 - Red Flame Ring (1)
Chapter 63 - Red Flame Ring (2)
Chapter 64 - Heinley’S Specialty (1)
Chapter 65 - Heinley’S Specialty (2)
Chapter 66 - Slush Fund (1)
Chapter 67 - Slush Fund (2)
Chapter 68 - Who Will Wear The Red Dress? (1)
Chapter 69 - Who Will Wear The Red Dress? (2)
Chapter 70 - Are You Jealous? (1)
Chapter 71 - Are You Jealous? (2)
Chapter 72 - A Sudden Change (1)
Chapter 73 - A Sudden Change (2)
Chapter 74 - Kindness (1)
Chapter 75 - Kindness (2)
Chapter 76 - Do You Have Compassion? (1)
Chapter 77 - Do You Have Compassion? (2)
Chapter 78 - Good Visitors, Bad Visitors (1)
Chapter 79 - Good Visitors, Bad Visitors (2)
Chapter 80 - Anxious Men (1)
Chapter 81 - Anxious Men (2)
Chapter 82 - Sovieshu’S Anger (1)
Chapter 83 - Sovieshu’S Anger (2)
Chapter 84 - You’Re The Empress (1)
Chapter 85 - You’Re The Empress (2)
Chapter 86 - Heinley Departs (1)
Chapter 87 - Heinley Departs (2)
Chapter 88 - It’S Darkest Before Dawn (1)
Chapter 89 - It’S Darkest Before Dawn (2)
Chapter 90 - The Grand Duke’S Proposal (1)
Chapter 91 - The Grand Duke’S Proposal (2)
Chapter 92 - The King Of The West (1)
Chapter 93 - The King Of The West (2)
Chapter 94 - Is It Impossible? (1)
Chapter 95 - Is It Impossible? (2)
Chapter 96 - The Meaning Of The Gift (1)
Chapter 97 - The Meaning Of The Gift (2)
Chapter 98 - – You Can’T Be Royal Family! (1)
Chapter 99 - You Can’T Be Royal Family! (2)
Chapter 100 - Only I Can Protect Myself (1)
Chapter 101 - Only I Can Protect Myself (2)
Chapter 102 - A Silent Condemnation (1)
Chapter 103 - A Silent Condemnation (2)
Chapter 104 - If I’M Right, Apologize (1)
Chapter 105 - If I’M Right, Apologize (2)
Chapter 106 - The Choice This Time (1)
Chapter 107 - The Choice This Time (2)
Chapter 108 - I Have To Take It From You (1)
Chapter 109 - I Have To Take It From You (2)
Chapter 110 - Duke Elgy’S Suggestion (1)
Chapter 111 - Duke Elgy’S Suggestion (2)
Chapter 112 - Another Secret (1)
Chapter 113 - Another Secret (2)
Chapter 114 - What Do You Want Me To Say? (1)
Chapter 115 - What Do You Want Me To Say? (2)
Chapter 116 - A Person Who Spreads Rumors, A Person Who Exploits (1)
Chapter 117 - A Person Who Spreads Rumors, A Person Who Exploits (2)
Chapter 118 - I Want To Be Like You (1)
Chapter 119 - I Want To Be Like You (2)
Chapter 120 - A Chance To Erase The Past (1)
Chapter 121 - A Chance To Erase The Past (2)
Chapter 122 - I’M Yours Too (1)
Chapter 123 - I’M Yours Too (2)
Chapter 124 - Exploding At A Touch (1)
Chapter 125 - Exploding At A Touch (2)
Chapter 126 - The Keeper Of Secrets (1)
Chapter 127 - The Keeper Of Secrets (2)
Chapter 128 - The Storm Shall Blow (1)
Chapter 129 - The Storm Shall Blow (2)
Chapter 130 - Abandonment (1)
Chapter 131 - Abandonment (2)
Chapter 132 - The Greatest Thing Is Love (1)
Chapter 133 - The Greatest Thing Is Love (2)
Chapter 134 - My Standards Are High (1)
Chapter 135 - My Standards Are High (2)
Chapter 136 - Do You Really Want Me To Be Queen? (1)
Chapter 137 - Do You Really Want Me To Be Queen? (2)
Chapter 138 - I Liked Him More Than I Thought (1)
Chapter 139 - I Liked Him More Than I Thought (2)
Chapter 140 - Don’T Come Here (1)
Chapter 141 - Don’T Come Here (2)
Chapter 142 - Between Us Are Secrets (1)
Chapter 143 - Between Us Are Secrets (2)
Chapter 144 - Suspect The Blue Bird (1)
Chapter 145 - Suspect The Blue Bird (2)
Chapter 146 - A Blindfolded Man (1)
Chapter 147 - A Blindfolded Man (2)
Chapter 148 - Two Couples (1)
Chapter 149 - Two Couples (2)
Chapter 150 - Meeting In The Western Kingdom (1)
Chapter 151 - Meeting In The Western Kingdom (2)
Chapter 152 - Why Call Me Elder Brother? (1)
Chapter 153 - Why Call Me Elder Brother? (2)
Chapter 154 - They Are Lying (1)
Chapter 155 - They Are Lying (2)
Chapter 156 - A Secret Story (1)
Chapter 157 - A Secret Story (2)
Chapter 158 - Hoping For Happiness (1)
Chapter 159 - Hoping For Happiness (2)
Chapter 160 - Not Stand Alone Long (1)
Chapter 161 - Not Stand Alone Long (2)
Chapter 162 - The Night Before The Divorce (1)
Chapter 163 - The Night Before The Divorce (2)
Chapter 164 - I Ask Approval For Remarriage (1)
Chapter 165 - I Ask Approval For Remarriage (2)
Chapter 166 - Sovieshu’S Shock (1)
Chapter 167 - Sovieshu’S Shock (2)
Chapter 168 - Shocked Together With Heinley (1)
Chapter 169 - Shocked Together With Heinley
Chapter 170 - Sovieshu’S Shock (3)
Chapter 171 - Sovieshu’S Shock (2)
Chapter 172 - Awkward Position (1)
Chapter 173 - Awkward Position (2)
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176 - Awkward Position (1)
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179 - Same Strategy (2)
Chapter 180 - What Heinley Wanted To Do (1)
Chapter 181 - What Heinley Wanted To Do (2)
Chapter 182 - Suspicion Of Navier (1)
Chapter 183 - Navier’S Suspicion (2)
Chapter 184
Chapter 185 - Man In The Fountain (2)
Chapter 186 - Moving (1)
Chapter 187 - Moving (2)
Chapter 188 - It Was Still Awkward (1)
Chapter 189 - It Was Still Awkward (2)
Chapter 190 - Wedding Dress (1)
Chapter 191 - Wedding Dress (2)
Chapter 192 - Knowing The Truth (1)
Chapter 193 - Knowing The Truth (2)
Chapter 194 - . Rashta’S Anxiety (1)
Chapter 195 - Rashta’S Anxiety (2)
Chapter 196 - Keep Pampering Me (1)
Chapter 197 - Keep Pampering Me (2)
Chapter 198 - Breaking Point (1)
Chapter 199. - Breaking Point (2)
Chapter 200 - Repaying Navier’S Favor (1)
Chapter 201 - Repaying Navier’S Kindness (2)
Chapter 202 - Kapmen’S Suffering (1)
Chapter 203 - Kapmen’S Suffering (2)
Chapter 204 - Sovieshu’S Shock (1)
Chapter 205 - Sovieshu’S Shock (2)
Chapter 206 - Road To The Eastern Empire (1)
Chapter 207 - Road To The Eastern Empire (2)
Chapter 208 - Meeting Sovieshu Again (1)
Chapter 209 - Meeting Sovieshu Again (2)
Chapter 210 - Sovieshu’S Shock (1)
Chapter 211 - Sovieshu’S Shock (2)
Chapter 212 - Sovieshu’S Wedding (1)
Chapter 213 - Sovieshu’S Wedding (2)
Chapter 214 - Come Back, Navier (1)
Chapter 215 - Come Back, Navier (2)
Chapter 216 - Handsome (1)
Chapter 217 - Handsome (2)
Chapter 218 - Kapmen And Heinley (1)
Chapter 219 - . Kapmen And Heinley (2)
Chapter 220 - Grand Duke Kapmen Hates The Queen (1)
Chapter 221 - Grand Duke Kapmen Hates The Queen (2)
Chapter 222 - Don’T Leave Me (1)
Chapter 223 - Don’T Leave Me (2)
Chapter 224 - Kapmen’S Black Heart (1)
Chapter 225 - Kapmen’S Black Heart (2)
Chapter 226 - Dinner Between Sovieshu And Heinley (1)
Chapter 227 - Dinner Between Sovieshu And Heinley (2)
Chapter 228 - Don’T Even Think About It… (1)
Chapter 229 - Don’T Even Think About It… (2)
Chapter 230 - The First Empress (1)
Chapter 231 - The First Empress (2)
Chapter 232 - Wedding Night (1)
Chapter 233 - Wedding Night (2)
Chapter 234 - Healthy (1)
Chapter 235 - Healthy (2)
Chapter 236 - Two Confused Men (1)
Chapter 237 - Two Confused Men (2)
Chapter 238 - Confessions (1)
Chapter 239 - Confessions (2)
Chapter 240 - I Love You. I Love You. I Love You (1)
Chapter 241 - I Love You. I Love You. I Love You (2)
Chapter 242 - Show His Face (1)
Chapter 243 - Show His Face (2)
Chapter 244 - Who Are You? (1)
Chapter 245 - Who Are You? (2)
Chapter 246 - A Very Important Question (1)
Chapter 247 - A Very Important Question (2)
Chapter 248 - Go At The Same Time (1)
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251 - Coldness (2)
Chapter 252 - Rivetti’S Grand Plan (1)
Chapter 253 - Rivetti’S Grand Plan (2)
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332 - . I’Ll Give You A Chance (1)
Chapter 333 - I’Ll Give You A Chance (2)
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336 - Why Does She Keep Showing Up? (1)
Chapter 337 - Why Does She Keep Showing Up? (2)
Chapter 338 - Attract Attention (1)
Chapter 339 - Attract Attention (2)
Chapter 340 - Cornered (1)
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451
Chapter 452
Chapter 453
Chapter 454
Chapter 455
Chapter 456
Chapter 457
Chapter 458
Chapter 459
Chapter 460
Chapter 461
Chapter 462
Chapter 463
Chapter 464
Chapter 465
Chapter 466
Chapter 467
Chapter 468
Chapter 469
Chapter 470
Chapter 471
Categories Genre: All, Drama, Fantasy, Josei, Mature, Ongoing, Romance Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Hoàng Hậu Tái Hôn, Second Marriage, 재혼 황후, ______
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Chapter 409. Sovieshu’s Change (2)
Translator: Aura / Editor: HB168
An urgent message arrived for Evely from the Eastern Empire. Emperor Sovieshu had been injured, so they wanted her to return as soon as my health was sufficiently improved.
When I heard the news, I remembered the Sovieshu that I saw in my dreams. Was he seriously injured?
“There’s no mention that his state of health is serious, so shouldn’t he be fine?”
Evely spoke relatively calmly, but it was impossible to tell.
The Emperor’s state of health, especially if it was delicate, was not usually communicated fully to the public. On the contrary, there were many cases in which an Emperor set a trap by lying about an illness.
“I wanted to stay longer with Your Majesty…”
“There will be other opportunities. Come visit me from time to time.”
“Can I come often?”
“You can come often, but I don’t want you to feel pressured.”
“Please allow me to visit often…”
“It’s alright. Come as often as you like.”
Evely clasped her hands together and squirmed on the spot with happiness.
I remembered the racing chariot that Sovieshu sent as a gift when my pregnancy was announced. I asked my attendants to prepare that chariot for Evely. She packed her bags and departed directly for the Eastern Empire.
‘He’ll be fine…’
After Evely left, I was worried.
Could it be that my curse reached him? Was my curse real? Could it be that my magical ability was not ice, but cursing people?
As I walked slowly around the garden, deep in thought, I heard a voice call out to me not far away.
“Your Majesty.”
When I turned around, I saw Grand Duke Kapmen in a wheelchair.
“Grand Duke Kapmen.”
After I greeted him with a cheerful smile, the Grand Duke Kapmen’s attendant pushed the wheelchair closer.
“Give us a moment alone.”
“As you command.”
Once the attendant withdrew, I also asked Viscount Langdel to leave us alone for a moment.
“Forgive me, Your Majesty, but I can’t leave. I couldn’t be at ease if I were separated from Your Majesty.”
Since Viscount Langdel flatly refused, I led Grand Duke Kapmen to a nearby room inside the Palace.
Only then did Viscount Langdel agree to stand guard outside while we talked. Other than Grand Duke Kapmen and I, there was no one in the room, and only the ticking of the clock could be heard.
Before, I would have felt uncomfortable being alone like this with Grand Duke Kapmen, since I knew he was attracted to me involuntarily due to the love potion. But I no longer felt that way.
While I hadn’t heard a definite answer yet, I was convinced that the love potion had lost its effectiveness after Grand Duke Kapmen fell into a coma.
“First of all, thank you so very much for saving my life.”
“We saved each other.”
“I don’t think that is so.”
“If Your Majesty hadn’t slowed down that man’s fall, I might have died on the spot.”
“…You’re exaggerating. That was only a coincidence.”
‘It’s just a joke, right?’
Grand Duke Kapmen laughed and fiddled with the glove which he had removed from one hand.
As I watched him fidget with the white glove, I asked the question I most wanted to ask.
“The effects of the love potion…”
“They are gone.”
Grand Duke Kapmen answered firmly before I finished my question, and stopped fiddling with his glove.
“Now I can hide it.”
“Hide it?”
“How is your recovery going?”
‘He seems to have just changed the subject.’
I narrowed my eyes. Grand Duke Kapmen could hear my thoughts, but he ignored them and didn’t answer.
Suddenly, I felt like I had overlooked something. Earlier, when Grand Duke Kapmen had just woken up… something didn’t fit…
“You look well. Miss Evely is very talented.”
The clue I was about to reach in my memories was snatched from my grasp by Grand Duke Kapmen’s voice.
It was a pity, but in the end I desisted and replied with a smile.
“Yes, I’m fine. I can’t make any sudden movements, but it’s better than staying in bed.”
Kapmen smiled slightly and put his glove back on.
***
Grand Duke Kapmen remained in the room even after Navier left.
As he gazed at the chair in which Navier had sat, he murmured as if she were still sitting there.
“I only got to hold you in my arms once. It makes me happy that it was to save you.”
His voice was too low to be overheard.
Kapmen looked at the empty seat, took off his glove again, and put his hand over his heart.
‘It still hurts… but now I can hide it or at least I hope so.’
‘That’s all that matters…’
***
The weather at night was cold and damp.
Buried in the silky golden sheets, I raised my head to look through the window every time the wind blew hard.
I wanted very much to sleep in Heinley’s arms, but the palace doctor insisted that I had to sleep in a separate bed until I was fully recovered. For that reason, I was lying alone in my room with nothing to do. Lately it has been the same for the last few days.
Heinley…
“What are you doing?”
Heinley was holding a golden jar which contained something he was sprinkling around my bed, on the window frames, the door frames, and so on.
“Heinley…? Heinley…? Heinley.”
I called out to him three times in a row while I was wrapped in the sheets. Heinley, who was busy with whatever he was doing, raised his head and said, “Yes?”
I reached my hand out from under the sheets and pointed to the white crystals he had sprinkled on the window sill.
“What are you sprinkling?”
“Umm…”
Heinley didn’t answer immediately and fiddled with the white crystals in the jar.
“If you don’t answer, I’ll freeze it all.”
“I meant to answer. Besides, why do you become so violent? You make my heart race.”
“… I make your heart race?”
“Didn’t I tell you I like you acting like that?”
“…”
“Oh, I haven’t told you yet. Forget it, My Queen. I’ll tell you about it some other time.”
Heinley walked over to me, picked up a few white crystals, and placed them on my hand.
I held the crystals up to my eyes, but I still didn’t know what they were.
“It’s salt.”
“Salt?”
What kind of salt?
When I looked at him puzzled, Heinley picked up the salt from my hand.
“I’m sprinkling it to ward off the bad energies.”
“Bad energies?”
“Even if I were not scared, it is better to prevent it…”
“Do you mean it’s to ward off the ghost of Duke Zemensia in case it appears?”
Was he afraid that the man who died during the attack against me would reappear as a ghost? Was that what Heinley feared?
“Ah, I suppose that’s right.”
Before, during the ghost’s commotion caused by Marquis Ketron, Heinley was never afraid. He pretended to be scared in front of me, but I was convinced that he really wasn’t.
But now that I saw him sprinkling salt everywhere, my conviction disappeared. Is he really afraid of ghosts?
As I watched him, he took a blue jewel from his pocket and waved it over the salt.
“Is that an aromatic sea jewel?”
“Yes.”
It was said that aromatic sea jewels drive away impurities and curses…
“It’s safe now, isn’t it, My Queen?”
“I would have felt safe even without all this.”
“Not me. Like I told you, I’m scared.”
Heinley murmured as he approached me.
“Please comfort me. I’m scared.”
Then he leaned forwards to kiss on my cheek. No, he almost did. Heinley stopped short just before his lips grazed my cheek and pulled back.
“Heinley?”
Why didn’t he kiss me?
As I looked at him with curiosity, Heinley awkwardly touched the corner of his mouth. Then he suddenly picked up the jar of salt again.
“I’ll sprinkle some more.”
Heinley?
***
In the luxurious bedroom, the courtiers whispered as they turned their gazes from time to time to the canopied bed.
It was the third day after Emperor Sovieshu had fallen out of the window. He had injured his right arm and leg, but his injuries didn’t seem so severe that he should still be in a coma. However, Emperor Sovieshu was still unconscious.
At first, the courtiers waited calmly for Sovieshu to wake up, but on the second day they began to whisper among themselves.
Some said that pitiful cries could be heard from the tower where Rashta had died, while others said that Rashta seemed to be trying to take Emperor Sovieshu away.
“Could he have seen Rashta’s ghost?”
“Hush, don’t say sinister things!”
“Don’t you think it’s a possibility? Although he wasn’t seriously injured, he hasn’t woken up for several days…”
At that moment, a muffled voice came from the bed.
“Who is Rashta?”
It was the voice of Emperor Sovieshu.
The courtiers looked at each other in surprise. When they belatedly came to their senses, they began to call out to him.
“Your Majesty?”
“Your Majesty!”
The curtains around the bed were pulled open abruptly, revealing Emperor Sovieshu sitting in an uncomfortable position, one hand on his head.
“Damn. My head hurts.”
As Sovieshu muttered under his breath, a courtier came out of the room and the other two quickly approached him.
“Your Majesty, are you all right?”
“How do you feel, Your Majesty?”
“If you fools didn’t make such a fuss, my head wouldn’t hurt so much.”
Sovieshu waved his hand impatiently and the courtiers became quiet. Only then, Sovieshu removed his hand from his head and asked with a serious expression.
“What happened to Navier? Is she all right?”
The courtiers remained silent. They looked at each other, bewildered, as a similar question popped into their minds.
‘What is His Majesty talking about?’
However, they soon remembered what had happened.
‘Ah… Empress Navier had been seriously injured. His Majesty wants to know if any news about her condition has arrived.’
“We still have received no news.”
At a courtier’s answer, Sovieshu got out of bed and stood up.
“I’ll go see her myself.”
‘He intends to go to the Western Empire? He shouldn’t even be walking in his condition!’
The courtiers waved their hands in concern. The palace doctor had ruled out a serious injury, but Sovieshu certainly needed rest because of his broken bones in his right arm and leg. He should not get up yet.
As expected, Sovieshu immediately clenched his teeth in pain and staggered.
The courtiers held him at the same time. By this time, Marquis Karl and the palace doctor had arrived.
“Your Majesty!”
“Oh my, Your Majesty!”
Sovieshu, who leaned on the courtiers’ shoulders for balance, looked quizzically at Marquis Karl and the doctor who were rushing to him and seemed close to tears.
Then Sovieshu murmured with a frown.
“Your Majesty…?”
Before he finished what he wanted to say, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, looked back at Marquis Karl and asked in bewilderment,
“Marquis Karl? How has your beard grown this much… and in one day?”
Marquis Karl, who was about to tearfully ask Sovieshu if he was alright, paused.
‘What is he talking about?’
He thought he had misheard, but Sovieshu’s finger was pointed precisely at his beard. Marquis Karl ran both hands through his beard.
“Your Majesty? I have had this beard for five years now.”
“What?”
Sovieshu’s expression twisted a little. It was as if he had heard nonsense.
“What are you saying? You always apply weird creams on your chin and above your lip because it won’t grow. You mean it worked so well that you grew a beard like that in one day?”
The courtiers looked at each other. Marquis Karl’s eyes narrowed and the doctor’s mouth fell open, so wide that it seemed his jaw would drop to the floor.
Sovieshu looked at them all even more puzzled.
“Also, why did you break into my bedroom without permission, Marquis Karl? Why are all these people gathered in my bedroom? Why do you call me Your Majesty?”
The palace doctor covered his mouth with both hands. Although Marquis Karl was not a doctor, he understood something about Sovieshu’s strange condition.
But Sovieshu, who had plunged those present into confusion, looked at everyone as if they were crazy and headed for the door.
“I need to see Navier first. Before I fell, I clearly saw that she was about to be hit by the peaches.”
Sovieshu staggered out of the bedroom, but no one stopped him.
Marquis Karl was the first to come to his senses. He called the Knight Commander, who was waiting outside the bedroom, and followed Sovieshu. The Commander rushed to Sovieshu’s aid. Leaning on his shoulder, Sovieshu struggled down the stairs leading to the Western Palace and continued down the corridor.
‘Damn, I think I broke my leg,’ Sovieshu thought.
Marquis Karl followed him in silence while thinking, ‘No, no, it can’t be’.
“Your Majesty, isn’t Navier… in the Western Empire?”
Sovieshu muttered as he walked, clenching his teeth in pain.
“What? How would Navier be in the Western Empire? Just yesterday we sneaked out to pick peaches.”
“…”
Marquis Karl stroked his beard with one hand. Although it might be hard to accept, he now had no doubts. Part of Sovieshu’s memory… had disappeared.
Furthermore, Sovieshu’s memory seemed to have halted sometime during his days as the Crown Prince. Around the time that he was between 18 and 19 years old.
At that age, Sovieshu had once climbed a large peach tree, to pick some of the delicious ripe peaches for Navier.
Navier, in her days as Crown Princess, was under a strict diet to control her weight whenever an important celebration approached. Sovieshu would sneak food to her whenever he could, and that had been the first time he had climbed a tree.
Although it was unusual for the Crown Prince to climb a tree, he might have obtained the idea from a romance novel and decided to do the same for Navier. In any case, Sovieshu managed to climb up the tree, but fell abruptly as he pulled a handful of peaches, which hit Navier on the head and caused a bump.
Apparently, Sovieshu thought that these events had happened the day before.
“Your Majesty.”
Marquis Karl spoke in a deep voice.
“Why is everyone acting so strange?”
Sovieshu looked at Marquis Karl with annoyance and rubbed his injured arm.
“I don’t understand anything, starting with your beard. Why do you call me Your Majesty…? No, wait, why was I lying in my father’s bedroom?”
“Your Majesty.”
“I’m sure when I climbed up the peach tree…. Damn! The peaches! Navier!”
“Your Majesty.”
“First, let’s check that Navier is alright.”
“Your Majesty.”
As Sovieshu tried to hurry, Marquis Karl called out repeatedly.
“Let’s see Navier first, Marquis Karl. It seems that she will also hit me with her pillow today. Navier might put peaches inside the pillow to make the blows stronger.”
“… Your Majesty fell from a second story window, not from a tree.”
“What are you saying?”
“As I said, Empress Navier is not in the Palace.”
Sovieshu paused for a moment and asked with concern.
“Has she gone away because she’s angry? Did the peaches hit her that hard?”
Marquis Karl answered with sorrow.
“Navier… married another man.”
Total Chapters in book: 471
Estimated words: 688618 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3443(@200wpm)___ 2754(@250wpm)___ 2295(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 688618 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3443(@200wpm)___ 2754(@250wpm)___ 2295(@300wpm)
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