I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 105

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 105

“Quickly give the child the antidote!”

Seeing this, the Queen was startled and took a step closer to Lord Lumon.

“Fine. I’ll give you the sleeping potion and antidote, so both of you will drink them at the same time.”

Lord Lumon took out a red bottle and a blue bottle, placed them on the ground, and stepped back.

“What proof is there that this is the antidote?”

“What’s with this attitude? If you’re Saint Iris Ophirion of the Hallen Sacred Empire, you should be able to identify an antidote just by smelling it, right? How many patients have you cured?”

At that, the Queen picked up the medicine bottles and smelled each one. Then she hurriedly held out the blue bottle to Roand.

“Roand. Quickly drink this.”

“Your Majesty…”

Roand looked at the Queen with eyes full of guilt.

Had the chocolate given as a prize at the inn contained poison?

In his greed to become a knight, he had met with such a bad person and caused trouble for the Queen. The Queen didn’t need to go this far for an orphan like himself.

“I won’t drink it. Your Majesty, please leave quickly!”

Roand wiped the blood flowing from his lips and pushed the Queen’s back.

“Roand. Drink it quickly.”

“I won’t drink it! Leave quickly!”

At that moment, Lord Lumon, who had been holding his breath behind them, quickly ran over and grabbed the Queen by the back of her neck.

“Tsk. It would have been better if you had just drunk the sleeping potion right away.”

“Let go!”

Roand stared blankly at them struggling in the sudden situation.

The sky rumbled with loud, thunderous sounds, and pure white light flashed down.

He could see the Queen’s pale face as she was held by the man.

Roand snapped back to his senses.

I have to save the Queen!

Roand picked up a stone from the ground and rushed at the man.

“Let go of the Queen!”

Roand struck the man’s thigh with the stone.

“Get lost!”

The man, hit in the thigh, kicked Roand and then turned around, dragging the Queen with him.

“Roand!”

The Queen’s voice rang out, worried about the child.

Roand quickly got up from the ground and clung to the man’s leg. But he felt something hard against his chest. It was a dagger tied to the man’s ankle.

Roand quickly pulled out the dagger and stabbed it down into the man’s foot.

“Aaaahhh!”

The man screamed in pain, threw the Queen to the ground, and drew the sword from his waist.

“You insolent orphan brat! I’ll teach you a lesson today!”

The man glared at Roand with murderous intent.

Roand gripped daggers in both hands and met the man’s gaze with sharp eyes.

Blood kept rising from within, and he could taste metal in his mouth. He had to defeat this man to save the Queen.

“Lord Lumon! He’s still just a child!”

The Queen grabbed the man’s back and clung to him.

“You think I don’t know you’re buying time until the guards arrive? You stay quiet and sleep!”

The man struck the back of the Queen’s neck, and she collapsed to the ground.

The river had swollen and began to encroach upon the wooden bridge. The old wooden bridge couldn’t withstand the force of the water and creaked. The wooden bridge swaying in the current looked precarious at first glance.

Lord Lumon bit his lips at the sight.

Actually, there was another reason he had lured her here. Not only was it deserted, but this wooden bridge was a shortcut to the Hallen Sacred Empire.

But if he continued wasting time here with this damn orphan kid, it might become dangerous.

Lord Lumon deliberately ignored the wound on his foot and put on a gentle tone to persuade the child.

“Little one. That star I gave you is real. Drink the antidote on the ground. And come with me to the Hallen Sacred Empire. Then you can become a Holy Knight. This woman came all the way here to save you, wouldn’t it be a waste to just throw away the antidote like this?”

At those words, Roand looked at the medicine bottle on the ground. The water-soaked medicine bottle rolled around here and there.

He was right. He couldn’t just throw away the opportunity the Queen had worked so hard to create for him.

Roand lowered his dagger as if resigned and picked up the medicine bottle.

“Yes. Good choice-”

The moment the man let his guard down, Roand struck like lightning and stabbed the dagger into the man’s side.

“Kuk-”

There was no time to think about the guilt of stabbing a person.

He had to eliminate that man to save the Queen.

When the man struck by the dagger collapsed, Roand immediately ran to the Queen.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”

The Queen frowned as if trying to regain consciousness and opened her eyes.

“Roand….”

“Please get up. Let’s go back now.”

“Yes…. Let’s do that.”

The Queen, having regained consciousness, smiled faintly and stood up.

She first found the blue bottle and placed it in Roand’s hand.

Roand bit his lips and gripped the blue bottle tightly. Even though he was cold enough to shiver from being continuously rained on, her hands were only warm.

Then, the river swollen with rainwater began to overflow onto the wooden bridge. The ground was so slippery that even taking a single step was difficult.

“Your Majesty, be care-”

“I can’t just die alone like this….”

The moment the man who had crawled along the ground grabbed the Queen’s ankle, she pushed with all her might so the child wouldn’t be swept away.

“No-”

At the same time, the black current swallowed both the Queen and the man whole.

“Your Majesty!!”

Roand stared with devastated eyes at the spot where the pitch-black water had swept them away.

He had been alone since birth. But someone was dying for his worthless self? The most virtuous person in the world?

“No, no…. Why! Just take me instead! Why!”

Roand looked up at the sky and cried out.

The child wept endlessly, unable to tell whether what poured from his eyes was rainwater or tears.

In the child’s hand remained only the medicine bottle that the Queen had pressed into his grasp.

“You came to become a Holy Knight through Lord Lumon’s introduction?”

“Yes.”

The child looked at the Hallen Sacred Empire priest standing before him with desolate eyes.

“Where did you come from?”

“I’m an orphan, so I have no hometown. I was living as a wanderer when I met Lord Lumon. This is the badge Lord Lumon gave me.”

The child held out Lord Lumon’s star.

“It is indeed Lord Lumon’s. What is your name?”

“Roand.”

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The Queen, who was the true Saint, had died before his very eyes.

After becoming Holy Knight Commander, how many years had it been since he deliberately searched other places, pretending to look for her?

But what could be the reason for sending a fake Saint to this Empire?

The Pope, who had given the simple order to watch the Princess, had begun to show such deep interest in Princess Dahlia that he even ordered her to be invited.

Could it be that he had noticed the Queen’s true identity? Was he now targeting the Princess?

Roand looked down at his own hands with cold eyes.

“A knight is someone who protects others. So Big Brother is already a knight.”

Having failed to protect the Queen, he had deliberately sought out the Hallen Sacred Empire himself in order to protect the next time. And he had worked harder than anyone else to build his strength.

Roand slowly clenched his fist. The warmth of the Queen who had pressed the medicine bottle into his hand seemed to still remain in his palm.

With these hands, he would surely protect Princess Dahlia.

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