I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 12

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 12

Of course, just moments ago when she was about to fall, he couldn’t reach out his hand and was frozen in place. It was his body’s reaction from having extremely rejected contact with women for a long time.

However, being able to have such a long conversation with a woman was a curious thing.

Not that he had any intention of granting her request, though.

Gray kept his gaze fixed on her violet eyes as he spoke firmly.

“Lady, didn’t I tell you then? I can’t help that you’ve fallen for me, but marriage is out of the question.”

“Huh?”

“Do you think my feelings will change just because I date you, Lady?”

“Huuuh?”

The Pink Flower Field Lady’s eyes widened as she quickly waved both hands.

“A date? Why are you saying such terrible things?”

“…”

Gray’s eyebrow twitched for a moment. He was momentarily speechless at words he had never heard in his life.

Terrible? Before contemplating the relationship between dating him and the word “terrible,” he needed to get rid of the spectators first.

“You two, step back.”

“Yes.”

“Just a little more listening- mmph.”

The sound of Ethan covering Oreon’s mouth and dragging him back could be heard.

Gray narrowed his eyes and looked down at the woman who only came up to his chest.

“Terrible? Dating me is terrible?”

“No, why do you keep saying such harsh things…?”

Her courage to speak to the end despite her dejected look was admirable.

“Harsh things?”

He was absolutely flabbergasted.

“I have absolutely no intention of dating Your Majesty the Emperor.”

Gray absolutely had to verify the truth, so he questioned her again.

“It’s really not a date proposal. Is that the truth?”

“Yes.”

‘Truth.’

It was the first time his truth detection felt questionable, but her words were indeed true.

“If you absolutely have no intention of dating, then why are you asking to meet three times?”

“That’s why the premise itself is wrong. I wasn’t making a date proposal.”

She spoke slowly in a clear tone as if teaching him.

“Then what else is there when a man and woman meet alone three times besides dating?”

“Building friendship!”

The Pink Flower Field Lady answered in an innocent voice.

“Ha! What reason do I have to build that friendship with you, Lady?”

“Well, that’s…”

Dahlia rolled her eyes as she thought of a reason.

“You have to meet with me, but it’s not a date, yet there’s no reason either.”

“Your Majesty, I have preferences too!”

Dahlia looked the Emperor in the eye and spoke firmly.

Since she couldn’t honestly explain her reason for meeting the Emperor, she had to at least clearly explain why meeting him wasn’t a date.

“Preferences…”

The Emperor lifted his chin as if telling her to get a good look at his handsome face, but Dahlia looked at him with completely unshaken eyes.

Of course, she knew the Emperor was more handsome than any man she had ever met.

But her preferences were for male protagonists in novels.

Kind and gentle male protagonists were too far removed from the Emperor.

“Fine, Lady with preferences. Then would you care to explain your reason for wanting to build friendship with me?”

The reason was naturally to figure out his preferences in women. But saying that would likely cause another misunderstanding.

“Well, as a diplomat, wouldn’t it naturally be good to become close with Your Majesty the Emperor in order to understand the Empire?”

“Suddenly a diplomat?”

As his eyebrow twitched, Dahlia awkwardly avoided his gaze.

“Well, I am a diplomat after all…”

“Diplomats from other kingdoms don’t dare think of becoming close with me.”

“They didn’t make promises with Your Majesty the Emperor. If they could have made deals with Your Majesty, they probably would have tried to build friendship too.”

Dahlia went ahead shamelessly.

When he narrowed his eyes and stared at her, this time she didn’t avoid his gaze and met it confidently.

“Fine. Since I already said I’d grant your request, let’s do that. Then is one meeting deducted?”

“No! This was a chance encounter.”

“You called out to me and we had a conversation. So it’s not by chance.”

Dahlia unconsciously muttered to herself.

“How petty…”

“Lady, you really do cross the line well.”

“Oops.”

Dahlia quickly covered her mouth and quietly stepped back.

Then the Emperor raised one hand and called to his companions who were standing far away.

“Then let’s end the first meeting here.”

“Already?”

Dahlia asked with a surprised face. She hadn’t found out anything yet.

“Unlike leisurely diplomats, I’m quite a busy person.”

Dahlia could only move her lips wordlessly because of what she had said.

The Emperor passed by her with a picture-perfect smile.

As he moved, the two men followed behind the Emperor.

But the red-haired man passing by her side gradually slowed his steps and quickly greeted her.

“Nice to meet you, Lady. I’m His Majesty’s secretary, Oreon Cookdan.”

“Yes, nice to-“

“Oreon.”

The Emperor’s cool voice interrupted.

“Yes, Oreon! I’m following diligently!”

Oreon waved his arms enthusiastically as if walking quickly, winked at her like a mischievous child, then soon followed behind the Emperor.

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Dahlia, who had forgotten to ask about the lodging because she was focused on her conversation with the Emperor, was only able to return to her lodging after meeting a passing servant.

This is exhausting. Dahlia entered the room with a tired expression, then read the mood from Annie’s stiffly hardened face.

“You’re back?”

Dahlia blinked as she looked at Annie.

Annie was speaking informally to her?

“Annie, why are you suddenly speak-“

Suddenly Annie approached with quick steps and covered her lips with a click while pretending to touch her face.

Dahlia was startled and widened her eyes as she met Annie’s gaze.

Annie raised and lowered her eyebrows while pulling her lips back.

Dahlia suddenly wondered if it was some kind of facial exercise and mimicked what Annie was doing.

“Haah.”

Annie let out a sigh and kindly removed a tree leaf stuck to Dahlia’s hair, then stepped back and pointed to the woman behind her.

“Dahlia, a maid has been assigned to our room. She’ll be taking care of us from now on.”

“Hello, Miss. I’m Hart, and I’ll be serving you both starting today.”

The petite woman bowed politely and raised her head.

She had common brown hair and brown eyes, but the golden freckles scattered across her face gave her a gentle, memorable appearance.

“Oh, hello.”

Dahlia finally grasped the situation and awkwardly waved her hand at Hart.

“Oh my, were you very surprised? Miss Annie was quite startled earlier too.”

“No.”

Dahlia shook her head awkwardly with a stiff expression.

Annie, standing beside her, let out a deep internal sigh. The princess was truly terrible at lying.

“I was actually very surprised myself. To think two young ladies of noble birth would be sharing one room together. And without even a single maid to attend to you. Should I speak to the head maid and have your rooms changed immediately?”

Hart spoke rapidly with a genuinely concerned expression.

Annie stepped forward and looked at Hart with an expressionless face.

“That’s not necessary. We’ve already adapted to this room.”

“The young ladies from other noble families have so many demands. Why, just yesterday I encountered a count’s daughter from the Sego Kingdom—”

“Hart, could you please be quiet?”

Annie interrupted Hart’s words with a low but firm voice.

“Oh my, I must have been too noisy. I do hear that quite often, but still, I know so many interesting stories that the young ladies never have a dull moment—”

“Shh.”

When Annie brought her index finger to her lips, Hart giggled and mimicked the gesture, placing her finger to her mouth as well.

“Yes. Shh.”

Dahlia, who had been watching their exchange, carefully asked Hart.

“But Hart, who assigned you to this place?”

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