I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 111
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 111
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Gold Hall, the largest conference hall in the Imperial Palace.
From early morning, diplomatic mission representatives from various countries and Ruusephon ministers had gathered in one place.
Complaints erupted among the diplomatic mission representatives who had prepared to leave as soon as the founding festival ended.
“We announced we were leaving today, yet you make us gather like this from the morning.”
“Exactly. No matter how mighty the Ruusephon Empire is, just how long are they going to keep us here…”
“Have you heard anything by any chance?”
The Small Kingdom Envoy Representative spoke to Rayen, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Foevern sitting next to him.
Princess Dahlia was also with them.
He wanted to ask the princess directly, who was the Emperor’s fiancée, but he didn’t dare and was testing the waters with Rayen instead.
“I don’t know anything either.”
Rayen shook his head with a gentle smile.
“If even the Kingdom of Foevern doesn’t know, then truly no one knows.”
The Small Kingdom Envoy Representative clicked his tongue and turned his gaze to another diplomatic mission representative.
Rayen turned his head and looked intently at the princess sitting next to him.
The princess’s eyes looking at the door were full of worry.
“Princess, are you alright?”
Dahlia, who had taken her eyes off the door, glanced around at the surroundings and then whispered to him.
“Yes. I’m fine. But please don’t be too surprised by whatever His Majesty the Emperor says today.”
“Do you know something, Princess?”
At her warning, Rayen showed signs of tension.
“Yes. But it’s not my place to tell you.”
“I understand. We’ll find out soon enough.”
Dahlia briefly glanced at Roand among the diplomatic mission representatives, then looked at the door again.
Though she had heard through Hart that the Emperor was safe, her anxiety wouldn’t subside until she confirmed it with her own eyes.
As she waited for him anxiously, before long the golden door of Gold Hall opened and a servant announced loudly.
“His Majesty the Emperor enters!”
The Emperor, whose brilliant beauty shone even in the early morning, entered. His gaze naturally swept over the audience and stopped at Dahlia.
Dahlia visibly relaxed upon confirming the Emperor’s healthy appearance. Thank goodness he wasn’t hurt.
Their warm gazes looking at each other intertwined in the air.
Meanwhile, when the Emperor stopped walking, people began to murmur.
Dahlia glanced around at people and gave him a look as if telling him to hurry along. At this, the corners of the Emperor’s lips curved slightly, but no one noticed.
Soon the Emperor stepped up onto the platform in the center of the hall.
The Emperor, who surveyed the audience with dignified eyes, slowly opened his mouth.
“Though the founding festival has ended, I called you to gather from the morning to discuss an important matter.”
When the Emperor looked to the side, Oreon nodded and gestured to a servant.
Then the golden door opened again, and fully armed Imperial Guard knights appeared in formation.
Armed Imperial Guards this early in the morning?
The diplomatic mission representatives exchanged bewildered glances with each other.
At that moment, two knights pushed in something covered with black cloth.
The gazes of the diplomatic mission representatives and Ruusephon ministers focused on it. As the thing covered with black cloth drew closer, the stench of blood and the foul smell of beasts wafted strongly.
“What is this smell!”
“Ugh. This early in the morning…”
The diplomatic mission representatives and ministers hurriedly pulled out handkerchiefs to cover their noses.
Soon, the massive something covered with black cloth was placed before the Emperor.
The Emperor, who had been standing with a cold expression, briefly glanced at the black cloth before opening his mouth.
“Some of you may have heard about last night’s incident.”
At the Emperor’s words, several Empire ministers watched the Emperor with eyes mixed with curiosity and fear.
“What happened last night?”
A question came from the diplomatic mission representatives’ side.
“Something called a demon beast appeared. It has black skin, an appearance as if several animals were mixed together, and it attacks people.”
The Emperor answered with a heavy voice.
“Wh-what! Where could such a thing exist?”
“Demon beast? I’ve never heard of it.”
“Mixed animals? Isn’t that a monster?”
As the panicked people all spoke out one by one, it became noisy enough to echo through the Golden Hall.
The Emperor let their chatter go in one ear and out the other while making eye contact with Ethan.
After Ethan bowed silently, he removed the black cloth.
At that moment, the noisy hall became as quiet as a tomb.
A 3-meter-tall monster they had never seen before was revealed. Its shining black skin resembled fish scales but looked solid, its face with a cracked back of the head resembled a lizard, and its long black tongue was extended far out.
“This is a demon beast.”
The Emperor’s dry voice fell.
That became the signal for sounds of people swallowing screams and terror-stricken voices to burst out here and there.
“Hiiiek. What is that thing?”
“Good heavens…”
“Th-that monster is called a demon beast?”
The Emperor waited silently with an indifferent expression until the commotion in the audience subsided.
Those who had been trembling in fear also soon came to their senses and closed their mouths to get answers from the Emperor.
As people became quiet while reading the atmosphere, only then did the Emperor’s words resume.
“It is identified as a new species called demon beast. Actually, I was not the one who coined that name. The Hallen Sacred Empire used it first.”
The Emperor’s cold gaze reached one of the diplomatic mission representatives.
“Isn’t that right? Captain Roand of the Holy Knights.”
Roand’s gaze, which had been watching the demon beast, slowly turned toward the Emperor. The two men’s intense gazes clashed in midair.
“What do Your Majesty’s words mean? Did the Captain know of that thing’s existence?”
“Please say something.”
The diplomatic mission representatives who were beside Roand pressured him.
Roand slowly walked forward, leaving their words behind.
Just as the Emperor had monitored his Knight Order, he too had been monitoring the Emperor’s people.
Thanks to this, he had grasped that the Imperial Guard had been moving busily throughout the Foundation Festival.
And last night, he received a report that a demon beast had appeared. He couldn’t say anything for a while at the shocking news that the demon beast had revealed itself without being hit by holy water.
He couldn’t tell whether that demon beast was special, or if demon beasts now revealed themselves without becoming invisible.
However, as soon as he heard the news, he contacted the Pope.
– A demon beast revealed itself. Soon there will be chaos in the Empire. Will you be able to extract the Princess then?
“…I will try my best.”
– Good. Don’t step forward and pretend you know nothing. I’ve prepared other moves.
“Yes. I understand.”
Even in the brief contact, he could feel the Pope’s excessive obsession toward the Princess. He had to end the conversation without stimulating him as much as possible.
Moreover, if demon beasts revealed themselves and began hunting people in earnest, the Princess could also be in danger. It wasn’t safe for the Princess to be in the Ruusephon Empire.
Even without the Pope’s orders, he had to evacuate the Princess to a safe place.
“Your Majesty. I know nothing.”
Roand answered the Emperor with calm eyes.
“Does the Hallen Sacred Empire truly know nothing?”
The Emperor sneered provocatively.
“I-”
It was when he was about to open his mouth again.
“Yes. He knows nothing.”
Someone wearing a white robe stepped forward.
The one who answered in place of Roand with a clear voice removed her hood.
Golden shining long hair. Deep flame-like red eyes. The face of a beautiful woman with pink lips was revealed.
“Saint Heidi Ophirian greets Emperor Gray.”
“A Saint? I know that no Saint has appeared in the Hallen Sacred Empire for decades?”
The Emperor looked at the Saint with suspicious eyes.
“I am the Saint who inherited the Ophirian name.”
At her confident attitude, the Emperor’s cold gaze turned to Roand.
Roand was looking at the woman with a hardened face.
“The Holy Knight Commander knows nothing about that demon beast. I will explain it to you.”
The Saint made eye contact with Roand and smiled brightly.
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