I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 139

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

 

Chapter 139

 

Annie’s eyes widened like saucers as she looked down at the ring he held out to her.

 

She could see Cole’s large hands trembling. This simple man had probably mustered all his courage.

 

Hot tears welled up in Annie’s eyes. He would never know how grateful she was that he didn’t immediately reject his confession. And now the moment she had always dreamed of was unfolding before her eyes like magic.

 

Magic. Annie’s gaze naturally turned to Tiara. She was watching them with sparkling eyes, as if finding it interesting.

 

Annie decided to gladly become an excellent protagonist for the grateful audience who had helped her.

 

The moment she reached out to take the ring Cole was offering, he slipped the ring onto her finger.

 

“…Huh?”

 

When Annie looked up in surprise, she saw a different kind of heat in his amber eyes that had always seemed so warm.

 

This really seems like a proposal.

 

Annie bit her lips and forcibly suppressed her overwhelming emotions. Afraid he might take it back, she hurriedly lowered her hand and covered the hand with the ring.

 

“Please go quickly. Princess must be waiting.”

 

“Be careful, and be extra careful. Always stay by Princess Tiara’s side.”

 

“Yes. I understand.”

 

Cole bowed deeply to Tiara standing behind them and quickly left the room.

 

Annie stared blankly down at the ring with a dazed expression.

 

“Proposing with my ring?”

 

Tiara grumbled quietly from behind, but her lips curved in a satisfied arc.

 

* * *

 

No matter how much he cut and cut again, the demon beasts stubbornly kept charging at him.

 

Fortunately, most were still young with underdeveloped wings that couldn’t fly. If hundreds of demon beasts had attacked by flying simultaneously, he would have been helpless.

 

“Your Majesty!!!”

 

The moment his blue aura cut down two beasts simultaneously, he heard a familiar voice.

 

Looking up in surprise, he saw Dahlia running toward him from inside the open gate.

 

“Don’t come! Dahlia, it’s dangerous!”

 

A sharp wind blew through his chest. What was she doing coming here? If anything happened to her, how could he live?

 

“Did you forget who I am? I’m the woman with more divine power than that Saint!”

 

Dahlia shouted loudly as she ran toward him, then suddenly stopped and stretched out both hands.

 

In the black night, her surroundings filled with sparkling golden powder that gradually illuminated the area around her. It was golden mist.

 

Gray held his breath at that beautiful sight.

 

Since he had only received reports about what happened at the orphanage that day, this was the first time he was seeing her ability directly before his eyes.

 

Kieeeek.

 

When the baby demon beast touched the divine power, it backed away as if frightened.

 

Standing far away, she lifted her nose as if asking if he saw that well, wearing a confident expression.

 

“Excellent.”

 

“What? I can’t hear you from far away!”

 

“I love you!!!”

 

At his love confession shouted loud enough to shake the world, the knights who were fighting fiercely with the demon beasts hesitated.

 

“His Majesty says he loves! Let’s finish this quickly!”

 

“Since His Majesty loves, I feel energized. Right?”

 

“His Majesty loves!!!”

 

The knights who quickly came to their senses grinned and chattered.

 

These were knights who wouldn’t miss the only opportunity to tease the Emperor even during a life-and-death battle.

 

Gray himself calmly launched aura at the approaching demon beasts while taking steps toward Dahlia.

 

Dahlia also scattered golden powder with both hands as she headed toward him.

 

Just as the two were getting closer, a man in black night clothes suddenly appeared between them. The man’s body was covered with wounds and he was dripping blood.

 

“Jack?”

 

The Emperor, who recognized him immediately, stopped abruptly.

 

“…Your Majesty.”

 

“Who dared to- No, is there only one?”

 

Jack was Deck assigned to Captain Roand.

 

“Jack?!”

 

He could see Hart, who had been beside Dahlia, running over in surprise.

 

Dahlia also picked up speed and followed behind.

 

“Your Majesty. He… cave… changed…”

 

Jack continued speaking while swallowing his pain, then lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

 

“Jack!!”

 

Hart, who had approached, cried out seeing the wounds covering Jack’s body, her fraternal twin.

 

She removed his mask so he could breathe more comfortably, and saw that his face was also wounded.

 

Jack was the best at stealth among Deck. But for him to end up like this.

 

Meanwhile, Dahlia was shocked to see Jack’s face.

 

The man she had last spoken to before dying. That man was lying collapsed before her eyes.

 

“Princess, please save my brother!”

 

Hart clung to Dahlia.

 

“…I’ll do my best.”

 

Come to think of it, wasn’t divine power better known for healing rather than demon beast extermination?

 

However, since this was her first time healing a person with divine power, she needed an environment where she could concentrate.

 

“Your Majesty, I’ll treat this person and come back. You can hold out well without me, right?”

 

“Dahlia. Who do you think killed all those demon beasts before you came?”

 

He glanced toward the mountain of demon beast corpses visible beyond the gate.

 

“Your Majesty really is the best! Then I’ll be back!”

 

“Yes. I’m counting on you.”

 

Cole, who was nearby, carefully lifted Jack. His wounds were so severe that Cole’s shirt was quickly stained with blood.

 

“Hart, is there somewhere we can treat him?”

 

“I’ll guide you.”

 

Hart led the way quickly with a hardened expression.

 

There was a shelter where knights rested inside the outer fortress.

 

Gray watched them disappear toward the shelter, then turned his cold gaze back to the demon beasts.

 

To face Roand who had done this to his subordinate, he needed to quickly eliminate those creatures first.

 

* * *

 

Please, let this man recover.

 

Dahlia poured divine power into the man called Jack while fervently wishing.

 

Then the torn flesh began to heal, healing lines became visible, and soon even those lines disappeared.

 

Hart and Cole couldn’t close their mouths at that miraculous sight.

 

Cole had also received healing with divine power. However, the scars hadn’t completely disappeared.

 

But Princess’s divine power was different. It changed to smooth skin as if the wounds had never existed in the first place.

 

“Phew… I think I’ve done everything I can. He probably won’t wake up right away since he lost a lot of blood.”

 

When Dahlia let out a tired sigh and slumped into a chair, Hart quickly offered her water.

 

Dahlia took the water and drank it refreshingly.

 

“Thank you, Princess! You’re the best! I love you, Princess!”

 

As soon as she set the cup down on the table, Hart, with tears filling her eyes, continuously praised Dahlia.

 

“This person is your brother?”

Come to think of it, both of them had freckles scattered across their faces.

“Yes. Your Majesty took in my brother and me when we were orphans from the slums, fed us, and gave us jobs too. Hehe.”

 

Hart cried and then laughed.

 

Dahlia gently stroked Hart’s head.

 

“You’ve been through a lot.”

 

At the Princess’s unexpected comfort, Hart’s brown eyes trembled.

 

The person who saved her only brother’s life. The person who looked upon her subordinates with such kindness.

 

If it was someone like this, she wanted to follow her for life.

 

“Princess! Since you’ll soon become Her Majesty the Empress, I want to pledge my loyalty in advance! Please accept me!”

 

Hart knelt before Dahlia and bowed her head deeply.

 

Dahlia’s eyes widened as she looked down at her.

 

“Huh? Didn’t you say you only take orders from His Majesty?”

 

“His Majesty will understand if I say I’m serving the Princess. I’m very useful. I’m good at spy work, cooking, and swordsmanship too. Oh, did you know? I even impersonated Chloe before the real Chloe came! I’m this useful!”

 

“Ah, so that’s why Sir Chloe seemed different later on.”

 

Dahlia’s eyes widened as if recalling that time, and she nodded.

 

“Hehe. Our Princess is quite perceptive too!”

 

“Yeah, I’m kind of like tha- I mean, no. You’re not hiding anything else from me, are you?”

 

“Nothing! You know I’m part of His Majesty’s direct secret unit, right?”

 

“I had my suspicions. But you really want to pledge loyalty to me?”

 

“Yes! Please accept me!”

 

As Dahlia pondered what to do, Cole smiled innocently.

 

“Having more guards would be a good thing.”

 

“That’s right!”

 

“Alright, I understand. I’ll discuss it with His Majesty.”

 

“Yes!”

 

But just then, Cole and Hart suddenly raised their heads, made eye contact simultaneously, and moved closer to Dahlia.

 

The tense atmosphere between the two made Dahlia lower her voice as well.

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

“Someone is approaching-”

 

Before Cole could finish speaking, the wooden door of the shelter cracked open with a loud sound.

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