I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 137

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

 

Chapter 137

 

Roand swallowed hard as he saw the Pope’s eyes revealing his ambition toward the Princess.

 

No matter how many days the Princess had been unconscious, he couldn’t simply believe the Pope’s words and take her to him.

 

“Please have some tea.”

 

The Grand Inquisitor, the Pope’s confidant, set down the tea and disappeared.

 

The sweet floral scent spreading from the tea filled the cave.

 

It was a familiar fragrance. It was the flower tea he drank every time he met the Pope.

 

“Roand, you should drink some too.”

 

“I’m fine.”

 

“It’s that tea I used to give you often. You haven’t been able to drink it for a long time while in Ruusephon, so try some.”

 

Roand lowered his gaze to the flower tea. As he continued to smell the floral scent, a desire to drink it arose.

 

The Pope’s flower tea was highly addictive. That’s why he disliked this tea.

 

There was probably a reason why he was offering him this tea.

 

So on days when he drank this tea, he would wrap aura around his body to immediately evaporate the tea.

 

When the Pope urged him with his eyes to drink quickly, Roand, who could no longer refuse, downed the tea.

 

This tea had a stronger taste than usual and the floral scent was so potent it stung his nose.

 

His eyes naturally closed, and his ears felt stuffy as if he had entered water.

 

Why is this happening?

 

He tried to continue his thoughts, but his consciousness kept becoming hazy.

 

“Roand, get up from your seat and kneel before me.”

 

Roand rose with empty pupils and knelt before the Pope.

 

“Faithful servant. I permit you to kiss my feet.”

 

Roand walked on his knees and kissed the Pope’s dirt-stained shoes.

 

The Grand Inquisitor, who had entered at some point, smiled contentedly at the sight.

 

“You’ve succeeded. Congratulations, Your Holiness the Pope.”

 

“It was good that I received plenty of hypnosis tea from the Marchioness. Even after feeding him this for so long it didn’t work, but now that I made it more concentrated, he finally succumbs. If I had properly learned hypnosis techniques, I could have made Roand a puppet long ago. Tsk.”

 

“But didn’t you succeed this time?”

 

“I need to find out how long this hypnosis will last, but there’s no time.”

 

“Then are you planning to start right away?”

 

The Pope pondered for a moment and asked.

 

“What about the demon beasts?”

 

“According to reports from those monitoring the demon beasts, they should arrive tonight.”

 

“When the demon beasts appear, the Emperor will leave the Imperial Palace, so we’ll kidnap the Princess then. And immediately return to Hallen.”

 

“Yes, I’ll prepare it.”

 

Even as the Pope and Grand Inquisitor had this shocking conversation, Roand’s head remained facing the ground.

 

Then for just a brief moment, one of his fingers moved slightly.

 

* * *

 

Princess Tiara, who had come with a beautiful bouquet, looked Dahlia up and down as she ate soup, then forcefully set the bouquet down on the table with a thud.

 

“Get-well flowers. Why do you keep falling asleep at every turn?”

 

Tiara, sitting across from her, crossed her arms in front of her chest and asked with a displeased look.

 

Dahlia looked at Tiara with an awkward smile.

 

“Thank you for the flowers, Princess. Welcome.”

 

Tiara’s gaze briefly touched Annie standing beside Dahlia before falling away.

 

“Your maid officially transferred your best friend position to her. She even got it notarized. But how long are you going to keep calling me Princess?”

 

Annie transferred the best friend position? No, was my best friend position something that needed to be notarized in the first place?

 

Dahlia looked up at Annie standing beside her at this absurd story she had never heard before.

 

Annie nodded with a calm expression.

 

“What Princess Tiara says is true. It was notarized.”

 

“What? That ridiculous-sounding story is real?”

 

“Yes.”

 

At Annie’s serene answer, Tiara lifted her chin as if to say ‘see?’

 

“Um, then what should I call Princess from now on?”

 

“Obviously you should call me by name.”

 

Tiara spoke quickly with an exasperated expression.

 

Finding her obsession with titles cute, Dahlia called her while suppressing laughter.

 

“Lady Tiara.”

 

“Drop the ‘Lady’ too.”

 

“Alright. Tiara.”

 

“Drop the formal speech too.”

 

“Okay. Tiara.”

 

When Dahlia spoke while chuckling, Tiara nodded with a haughty expression. But she couldn’t hide her reddened earlobes.

 

If there was one thing that had changed the most from before her regression, it was her relationship with Tiara.

 

Before regression, she hadn’t suddenly collapsed and fallen asleep, so she lived an ordinary princess life. And because her memories of Tiara were intact, she didn’t particularly like her since she had treated her like a doll from their first meeting.

 

Since their first meeting was rocky, even when opportunities arose to meet afterward, she avoided her.

 

But this time, she had lost her memory of their first meeting, so she could look at Tiara without prejudice.

 

“I was actually planning to visit you today, Tiara.”

 

“What? When were you going to come? If I had known, I would have waited a bit.”

 

When Tiara spoke with a regretful expression, Dahlia smiled again.

 

“There’s something I want to ask you for.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“That shield magic – do you think I could do it too?”

 

“Why do you need that? You overflow with divine power so demon beasts avoid you on their own.”

 

Tiara asked as if wondering why she’d do something so troublesome.

 

Dahlia smiled bitterly. As she said, demon beasts avoided her. But in the past, she couldn’t avoid the kidnappers’ swords.

 

“People don’t avoid divine power…”

 

At that, Tiara’s expression changed strangely, then she unfastened the blue jeweled necklace around her neck and set it down on the table with a thud.

 

“Right. Sometimes people are scarier. Use this. Hold the blue jewel and shout ‘Shield’ and it will block any attack at least once.”

 

Dahlia looked back and forth between the necklace and Tiara with a moved expression, then bowed her head deeply.

 

“Thank you. I haven’t done anything for you, Tiara, but I keep receiving help.”

 

“Isn’t that what the best friend position is for?”

 

Tiara acted smug with a prim expression.

 

“I’m really grateful that you’re my best friend.”

 

Dahlia spoke with all her heart.

 

Perhaps feeling that sincerity, Tiara’s earlobes reddened again.

 

Tiara cleared her throat briefly, then removed a ring from her hand and set it on the table. It was a ring with the same blue jewel as the necklace, crafted small.

 

“This is for your maid.”

 

Dahlia looked at her with a surprised face. How did she read my mind?

 

Actually, she had been thinking of giving the necklace to Annie.

 

Because in the past, Annie was attacked first.

 

Since there was a high possibility of that happening again this time, she had intended to give the necklace to Annie…

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“I cannot accept it.”

 

Annie refused with a resolute expression.

 

Magic items were extremely expensive. Even within the Kingdom of Foevern, only His Majesty the King and Queen possessed them.

 

She couldn’t accept such a precious item.

 

“As expected, you don’t deserve to hold the position of Dahlia’s best friend.”

 

When Tiara provoked her with a sullen expression, Annie smiled brightly and replied.

 

“The notarization was done in Ruusephon, so it won’t be effective when we return to Foevern, right?”

 

Annie, you got scratched.

 

Dahlia let out a deep sigh.

 

“Dahlia is going to become the Empress of Ruusephon now, so how often would she go to Foevern?”

 

“She would go at least once.”

 

“Just don’t meet during that one time.”

 

As the two fought without backing down, Dahlia sighed once again.

 

“Look. Your master is sighing. It’s terribly bothersome, but generous me will explain it clearly for you. If Dahlia were in danger, would you just sit still? And when you’re in danger, do you think Dahlia would just sit still? So it’s right for both of you to have them.”

 

Annie slowly turned her gaze toward Dahlia.

 

As if Tiara’s words were correct, Dahlia nodded with conviction.

 

Ah, did she perhaps see the future again?

 

After hesitating, Annie picked up the ring and bowed deeply toward Tiara.

 

“I will gratefully accept it.”

 

“Thank you so much, Tiara.”

 

Just as Dahlia was also expressing her gratitude.

 

The door burst open and Cole entered.

 

“Princess! Demon beasts are swarming toward the Imperial Palace!”

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