I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 126

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

 

Chapter 126

 

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The night before.

 

Though she had gone to bed early to visit the orphanage first thing in the morning, sleep wouldn’t come.

 

After tossing and turning for a while, Dahlia sat up on her bed and gazed blankly out the window.

 

Countless stars were beautifully embroidered across the black night sky.

 

In her dream, demon beasts had fallen from the sky like those many stars.

 

Where on earth do demon beasts come from? Could it be that the destruction has already begun? What if her marriage to the Emperor ultimately proves to be of no help at all?

 

Fearful thoughts chained together one after another, filling her mind completely.

 

“Child, why do you have such a sad expression?”

 

Just then, Lemon’s voice reached her.

 

As Lemon flew over with a flutter, golden powder seemed to scatter from his orange feathers. At that beautiful sight, Dahlia stopped her thoughts and smiled faintly toward Lemon.

 

“Lemon. I’m going outside tomorrow. But everyone’s worried about me and telling me not to go. It makes my heart heavy to think that the choices I make cause everyone to worry.”

 

“Why are they worried about you?”

 

Lemon tilted his small head curiously.

 

“Because demon beasts are dangerous.”

 

Lemon nodded as if he finally understood, then continued speaking nonchalantly while preening his wing feathers.

 

“You’ll be fine.”

 

“Huh? What do you mean by that?”

 

Dahlia asked back, not understanding what he meant.

 

“Those things have visible bodies now, they say. So they’re not dangerous to you.”

 

“What does demon beasts having visible bodies have to do with me not being in danger?”

 

“Those things can’t attack you.”

 

Lemon’s red eyes gazed straight at her.

 

“Why?”

 

“Well, that’s because you’re beep-beep. Ah, how frustrating. I just won’t say anything at all.”

 

Lemon flapped his wings against his chest, then looked up at the night sky with an annoyed expression.

 

“So, you can’t tell me the reason, but demon beasts can’t attack me? Is that really true?”

 

“Yes. I swear it. I’d like to follow you too, but I can’t leave this Imperial Palace. Tsk tsk.”

 

“Lemon, thank you! Just knowing this much is enough.”

 

Dahlia placed Lemon on her palm and kept stroking his head.

 

Then Lemon lay down flat on his belly and pointed to his back.

 

“Pet here.”

 

“Okay!”

 

“Ah, that’s refreshing.”

 

Dahlia smiled softly at baby bird Lemon’s old-fashioned manner.

 

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“I’ll try to buy us some time. So please go inside and protect the children, Your Highness.”

 

At Dahlia’s words, Princess Tiara stared at her with an incredulous expression.

 

“Are you serious?”

 

“Yes. The demon beasts won’t attack me.”

 

“What do you mean by that? The demon beasts won’t attack you, Princess? Why?”

 

Cole’s surprised voice came from right behind her.

 

When she turned around, she could see his face beaded with sweat from running.

 

“I don’t know the reason either, but that’s what I heard.”

 

“Princess!”

 

“Dahlia!”

 

At her words, Cole and Princess Tiara called out to Dahlia simultaneously.

 

But Dahlia was also frustrated because she couldn’t explain it precisely. If she said she heard it from a transparent bird that speaks human language, they wouldn’t believe her anyway.

 

Grrrrowl.

 

At that moment, the cry of a demon beast was heard from not far away.

 

The three people simultaneously looked at each other and stood close together.

 

Roand’s golden aura could be seen moving here and there in the distance as he fought the demon beast, but the demon beast’s cry had come from nearby.

 

Then there wasn’t just one demon beast?

 

Dahlia pressed down on her wildly beating heart while scanning the surroundings with a tense face.

 

She had to think of a way to escape this situation somehow.

 

There were 50 orphanage children here, plus the orphanage director and the Imperial Palace people she had brought. They were all her responsibility.

 

“Your Highness. How long can this shield be maintained?”

 

Dahlia asked in a low voice while watching the bushes where the demon beast sound had come from.

 

“If I don’t use attack magic at the same time, it’s possible for a whole day.”

 

“That’s fortunate. What about the range?”

 

“About one room.”

 

“Then we need to gather the children in one room.”

 

Just then, Dahlia’s eyes met directly with Hart, who had come out after finishing meal preparations.

 

“Hart!”

 

“Princess, I’ve finished the work—”

 

“A demon beast has appeared.”

 

Startled by those words, Hart quickly drew her dagger and tried to approach her, but Dahlia raised her hand to stop her.

 

“Go back inside now and gather the children in a room without windows. That’s an order.”

 

“But I have to protect you, Princess.”

 

Hart shook her head with a stern face.

 

“I’ll be safe. I swear it. So please take care of the children.”

 

Hart rolled her eyes with a troubled expression, then soon nodded. And she quickly ran back inside the orphanage.

 

“Please follow Hart inside as well, Your Highness.”

 

“Then you come inside together too.”

 

Princess Tiara raised her voice as if frustrated, when suddenly a little girl’s small voice was heard.

 

“Murphy, Murphy.”

 

The gazes of all the people in the backyard turned toward where the sound came from.

 

“Your Highness!”

 

When Dahlia called out pleadingly, Princess Tiara snapped her fingers with a sharp sound.

 

“I’ve extended the shield to reach that child now.”

 

When Dahlia quickly approached, she saw Monet standing there with a restless face.

 

“Monet?”

 

“Princess, have you perhaps seen a boy? He was said to have greeted you along with a girl just a little while ago.”

 

The siblings who had greeted her earlier immediately came to Dahlia’s mind, and she shook her head with an anxious face.

 

“I haven’t seen him. Did the child come outside?”

 

“The child must have been so happy to see you, Princess. He said he would pick flowers to give you as a gift and went to the backyard, so I came looking for him.”

 

Monet explained quickly while watching Dahlia’s expression.

 

“What’s the child’s name?”

 

“Murphy.”

 

Dahlia stroked her head reassuringly to comfort Monet, then looked at Princess Tiara.

 

If she searched for the boy together with her, she wouldn’t be able to protect the children at the orphanage.

 

“Your Highness. Please take the child and go inside for now. I’ll look for the boy.”

 

“Princess, I’ll go.”

 

Cole, who had been watching the situation from behind, stepped forward gripping his sword tightly.

 

“Kyaaaah!”

 

Just then, the boy’s scream could be heard.

 

Dahlia and Cole ran toward the sound without a second thought.

 

The boy was sitting crumpled on the ground, clutching cute wildflowers tightly in his hand.

 

A demon beast that looked like a hedgehog with a hard back was walking on two legs, approaching the child.

 

Dahlia didn’t hesitate and pulled the child into her arms.

 

Cole stood in front of Dahlia to protect her.

 

“P-Princess. Waaaah-”

 

The boy looked up at Dahlia with a tear-stained face, and seeing a familiar face seemed to reassure him as he burst into tears.

 

“Shh, Murphy. It’s okay.”

 

Dahlia soothed the child while meeting the demon beast’s chilling red eyes.

 

The demon beast’s red pupils stared at her as if nailed to her.

 

When their eyes met, it strangely felt like heat was boiling up inside her body.

 

As Cole stood blocking her front as if to obstruct the demon beast’s view, the demon beast’s blood-red pupils flashed fiercely and turned toward Cole.

 

Grrrrr.

 

The demon beast let out a strange cry as if telling him not to interfere and swung its long claws.

 

If those claws couldn’t be blocked, Cole would be seriously injured again.

 

She had to prevent that.

 

What can I do? How can I stop it?

 

The heat boiling inside her body rose to the top of her head, making her eyelids feel as hot as if they were burning.

 

But Dahlia didn’t stop glaring at the demon beast. Inwardly, she prayed desperately.

 

Don’t! No!

 

“No!”

 

As the words she had been shouting in her heart burst out aloud, golden light exploded from within her body.

 

Sacred golden light flowed out like a waterfall and wrapped around the surroundings in a circle.

 

As the concentric circles of golden light grew larger and larger, the demon beast’s eyes widened, then it turned around and began to flee.

 

Then, the golden light began to gradually lift her body into the air.

 

“P-Princess?!”

 

Cole looked up blankly at the Princess with her eyes closed, his face full of surprise. The golden radiance spreading from her as the center grew wider and wider.

 

He recognized that sacred golden light. It was none other than divine power.

 

His gaze turned to the back of the demon beast fleeing at full speed, trying desperately not to be touched by her golden light.

 

Come to think of it, demon beasts were said to be weak against divine power.

 

The Princess was right. The demon beast couldn’t attack the Princess.

 

But why?

 

Why was divine power pouring out of the Princess’s body like that?

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