I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 133

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

 

Chapter 133

 

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Gray looked down at Dahlia sleeping peacefully in bed with a hardened expression.

 

Her pale white skin without any color, her long thin eyelashes showed not even the slightest movement.

 

Gray carefully grasped her wrist. Thump thump. Her regular pulse felt through his palm soothed his anxiously beating heart.

 

Dahlia. Why won’t you wake up? Get up. Please.

 

“Has the Royal Physician been here?”

 

As if representing his anxious feelings, his voice came out rough.

 

Annie, who had been looking down at Dahlia with worry from beside the bed, answered in a dry voice.

 

“Yes. He said the Princess is just sleeping.”

 

“The priest?”

 

“The priest came too, but there was no reaction at all.”

 

Annie couldn’t take her eyes off Dahlia with a dejected expression.

 

Neither medicine nor divine power worked.

 

Annie’s resentful gaze turned toward the Emperor.

 

They said when the Emperor showed her something, the Princess suddenly collapsed as if falling asleep. It had been 5 days since she suddenly fell asleep like that.

 

When the Emperor appeared carrying the sleeping Princess, they thought she would wake up soon as usual. But this time was different. The Princess had not awakened for several days.

 

Out of frustration, they tried shaking her and calling out loudly, but she showed no movement at all.

 

“Contact me immediately when she wakes up.”

 

“Yes.”

 

The Emperor gazed at Dahlia with eyes full of reluctance, then turned around with difficulty and left the room.

 

“To that woman.”

 

His eyes were as cold as the north wind as he commanded Ethan, who was waiting in front of the door.

 

“Yes.”

 

In preparation for Halen spies in the Imperial Palace, Heidi was hidden deep underground.

 

When Heidi suddenly disappeared, Halen’s side desperately searched for her, but couldn’t find any trace.

 

Some people suspected the Emperor’s side, but it was a matter that couldn’t be made public without any evidence.

 

The meeting between Heidi and the Emperor had been conducted secretly without telling anyone at her initiative, so she had fallen victim to her own scheme.

 

Gray went down to the underground where the demon beast’s corpse was stored and faced Heidi, who looked haggard.

 

“Have you read it?”

 

She raised her gaze with tired eyes. On the desk was the scripture that Spade had sent.

 

“I told you. I can’t read this.”

 

“You were the Saint designated by Halen. But you can’t read something like this?”

 

“No. I can’t read it. I can’t read it, and Captain Roand can’t read it either. Only His Holiness the Pope and the highest-ranking priests can read the scripture. Even the highest-ranking priests can’t read everything. His Holiness the Pope is the only one who can read the scripture perfectly.”

 

“Squeeze out your divine power.”

 

When Gray commanded coldly, a sneer appeared on Heidi’s lips.

 

“I’ve told you many times that it doesn’t work that way.”

 

Bang!

 

Gray slammed the desk loudly and glared at her with fiercely flashing eyes.

 

“Dahlia read it.”

 

Yes. Dahlia definitely read it. He could see her eyes moving along the letters.

 

He shouldn’t have shown this to her. His chest ached with belated regret.

 

What on earth was written here that she suddenly fell asleep?

 

To find that reason, he had the imprisoned Heidi try to read the scripture. But she couldn’t read it.

 

“Then tell that princess to read it, why are you tormenting me!”

 

Heidi shouted back defiantly.

 

Gray glared at her silently, then slowly opened his mouth.

 

“How long do you think I’ll tolerate you?”

 

He wanted to kill this woman who knew about breeding demon beast eggs but hid it, make an example of her, and send her to the Pope right away.

 

Sensing the dangerous atmosphere, Heidi watched his mood and pleaded.

 

“Really, I can only read one letter. ‘Light’. Your Majesty, please let me leave this place. Then I’ll definitely find out from His Holiness the Pope.”

 

“Even if you drain your divine power and die of exhaustion, read it by any means necessary. The more you figure out, letter by letter, the longer your life will be extended.”

 

Gray looked down at her with cold eyes, then turned around.

 

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[Only the light that devours darkness shall save the world.]

 

What could the golden glowing letters mean?

 

Was it a clue to escape the world’s destruction?

 

“Princess, Princess.”

 

Dahlia slowly lifted her eyelids with a drowsy expression at the voice calling her. Annie was looking at her with sparkling eyes and smiling.

 

“Princess, are you standing and sleeping right now?”

 

“Me? No. I was thinking…”

 

Just a moment ago, she was definitely deeply contemplating something, but what was it?

 

“I could tell since last night when you couldn’t sleep from excitement. Please wake up quickly. The wedding is soon, and you can’t have your wedding while dozing off.”

 

Wedding? Dahlia tilted her head with a puzzled expression, then looked at the full-length mirror in front of her.

 

A diamond tiara placed on her head. A pure white wedding dress so beautiful it was enchanting. A face slightly flushed with anticipation.

 

Ah, right. Today is the wedding.

 

Only then did the drowsy feeling fade, and her heart began to flutter.

 

Today was the day she would marry the Emperor she loved. How much she had looked forward to this day.

 

At first, she definitely didn’t like the Emperor much, but at some point he settled in her heart, grew larger, and took her entire heart. Her heart now belonged to him.

 

“Are you that happy?”

 

When Dahlia smiled broadly while thinking of him, Annie smiled along.

 

“Yes. I’m happy.”

 

“I’m glad. That the Princess gets to marry someone she loves.”

 

“Our Annie can do it with Cole too!”

 

“Princess!”

 

Annie looked around with a startled expression, worried that someone might have heard her words.

 

But there were only Dahlia and Annie in the room.

 

Knock knock.

 

“Princess, it’s time to go out now.”

 

Just then Cole knocked, and Annie and Dahlia were both startled, then looked at each other and laughed.

 

“Princess, let’s go out now.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Escorted by Cole, Dahlia got out of the white carriage and looked up at the wedding venue.

 

For generations, the Ruusephon Imperial Family’s weddings were held on the outdoor terrace of the Imperial Palace so that the Empire’s citizens could also watch.

 

The ceremony would proceed on the open-air terrace with the blue sky as the ceiling and white pillars as walls, and finally, the bouquet would be thrown to the Empire’s citizens.

 

Dahlia slowly climbed up to the terrace, passing through the white pillars.

 

When she finally stood on the path covered with white carpet, Foreign Minister Rayen, who had arrived first, approached.

 

“Princess, thank you for giving me the honor of escorting you in place of His Majesty.”

 

“I’m the one who should be grateful.”

 

Dahlia placed her hand over Rayen’s and gazed straight ahead.

 

The Emperor, dressed in ceremonial robes adorned with golden tassels representing the Ruusephon Imperial Family, was looking at her with a bright smile.

 

The man she loved looked wonderful today as well. At the thought of marrying that man soon, her heart beat loudly with excitement.

 

Soon after, the orchestra began to play. The moment Dahlia took a step forward to the beautiful melody, people dressed in night clothes suddenly poured out from somewhere.

 

“Princess Dahlia, you must come with us!”

 

The people in night clothes rushed straight toward her.

 

“Stop them!”

 

The Imperial Knights positioned throughout the terrace urgently blocked them.

 

Dahlia flinched in confusion at the sudden attack, and Rayen, who had been standing guard beside her, took a sword blow meant for her and collapsed.

 

Dahlia froze in shock.

 

“Foreign, Foreign Minister!”

 

“Elder Brother!”

 

Annie, who had been arranging the wedding dress from behind, quickly approached the fallen Rayen.

 

Clang clang!

 

“Stop them!”

 

“Protect the Princess!”

 

“Capture the Princess!”

 

At the horrific scene unfolding before her eyes, Dahlia looked around with dazed eyes and then hesitated.

 

A man in night clothes was thrusting his sword toward Annie, who was holding Rayen and crying.

 

Dahlia instinctively embraced Annie.

 

The sword pierced through Dahlia’s abdomen and protruded out.

 

“Princess!!!”

 

In Annie’s tear-filled crimson eyes, her own figure falling to the side was reflected.

 

When she lifted her gaze from the marble floor, she could faintly see the Emperor running toward her from afar.

 

“…Your, Your Majesty.”

 

Was she going to die like this? If that was true, she wanted to fill her eyes with the person she loved one last time before dying.

 

Dahlia endured the pain and struggled to force her eyelids open, but it wasn’t easy.

 

Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty…

 

She used all her strength to lift her eyelids, and before she knew it, the Emperor was close by. The Emperor’s black eyes looking down at her trembled violently.

 

I’m glad I can see you. Dahlia smiled faintly.

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