I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 15

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 15

“We meet again.”

“I greet Emperor Gray.”

The man bowed his head slightly with an expressionless face.

“So what are you two doing in this secluded place right now?”

“It’s merely shaded by trees, and open on all sides, so it’s not a secluded place.”

“That’s right!”

When the man calmly corrected the facts, Dahlia hurriedly took his side.

The Emperor’s eyebrows twitched fiercely.

“Young lady, that’s not the answer to the question I asked, is it?”

“…Young lady?”

The unfamiliar man repeated the Emperor’s form of address and turned his gaze to her.

Meanwhile, Dahlia rolled her large eyes, trying to come up with an excuse in her head.

Should I say I covered his mouth because this man seemed to recognize me?

When she turned her gaze to look at the man standing beside her, he was looking down at her with a puzzled expression.

Should I say I’m actually hiding my identity to come to this Empire? But how do you know me?

Dahlia was caught between the Emperor and the strange man, alternately looking at both of them while her lips trembled.

Then, the man turned his gaze away from her and spoke first.

“We were having a conversation.”

“Yes, that’s right!”

Dahlia quickly agreed with his words.

The Emperor stared at her intently as if asking whether she called that talking, then shifted his gaze to the man.

“Captain Roand. I only knew you were taciturn, but you can joke too.”

Dahlia’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked up beside her.

Captain Roand? That Roand Ophirion who’s called the ‘Messenger of God’?

At one time, the Empire was abuzz with stories of the first Sword Master to appear in the Hallen Empire. The news naturally flowed into the Kingdom of Foevern, which was adjacent to the Hallen Empire.

“I don’t understand what you mean.”

When Roand answered bluntly, the Emperor’s head tilted sideways at an angle.

“How do you have a ‘conversation’ when your mouth was covered?”

Even at the Emperor’s rebuttal, Roand maintained a calm attitude as if it were nothing serious.

“We conversed before the mouth was covered.”

“I see. Then why did the young lady cover the captain’s mouth?”

“Well…”

When Dahlia hesitated to answer, Roand lowered his gaze to her. Their eyes met in mid-air.

“I was rude to the young… lady. I apologize.”

He awkwardly used the form of address while bowing his head in apology.

“Oh, no. You could have misunderstood.”

“I am Roand Ophirion. May I ask your name?”

“I’m Ria Hudran.”

As soon as her words ended, Roand smiled faintly.

“Ria…”

“Captain. An introduction doesn’t mean permission to use the name.”

The Emperor’s voice that interrupted was cold as ice.

“I apologize. The name is similar to someone I know, so I may have misunderstood further.”

Roand stared at her intently.

Dahlia’s violet eyes shook as if hit by an earthquake.

His quietly watching gaze seemed to be asking if she wasn’t the princess herself.

It should definitely be their first meeting, so how could he be so certain that she was the princess?

Dahlia awkwardly avoided his gaze and answered.

“The name Ria is quite common.”

“It’s a beautiful name. Would you permit me to use your… the young lady’s name?”

This man, calling me ‘young lady’ sounds so unnatural!

More than that, why was he helping her lie while being certain of her identity?

Dahlia looked up at the man with curious eyes.

“Please do.”

“Thank you, Lady Ria.”

His voice trembled slightly, then the corners of his lips slowly rose.

It was just when her gaze was naturally drawn to the man’s gentle smile.

“Captain Roand!”

A man came running from afar, calling for Roand.

He glanced in that direction, then turned his head back to her.

“I think I should go now.”

“Yes, farewell.”

Please leave quickly.

Dahlia held back her urge to wave her hand and smiled brightly, meaning for him to hurry and go.

Soon Roand bowed silently to the Emperor and walked away.

Dahlia watched him leave while inwardly sighing in relief, then raised her head at the piercing gaze.

The Emperor’s sharp eyes were fixed on her face.

“Why…”

“That’s the second time.”

No way! Dahlia hurriedly covered her eyes with her hands. Her vision immediately went dark.

“What are you doing?”

“You’re trying to cancel the second meeting now, right?”

“That’s right.”

“I didn’t meet Your Majesty. I met that captain earlier.”

“So?”

“Right now I can’t see, so I don’t even know where Your Majesty is. Well then.”

Dahlia carefully stepped forward with her eyes covered.

“Young lady, if you go like that, you’ll fall again.”

I know. But right now I must get away from the Emperor.

“I’m fine.”

“I’ll cancel saying it was the second time.”

“Will you really?”

Dahlia brightened and quickly lowered her hands.

An expression of disbelief appeared on the Emperor’s handsome face.

“How easy. Don’t you know what refusal means, young lady?”

“Me?”

“You easily give up covering your eyes, and easily permit others to use your name.”

It wasn’t her imagination that his voice seemed to be getting colder and colder, was it?

Dahlia stepped slightly away from the Emperor, who seemed to be in a bad mood for some reason.

“Your Majesty also said I would fall if I walked with my eyes covered.”

“What about the name?”

He crossed his arms and gestured with his chin as if telling her to answer.

“The name is…”

She couldn’t say, ‘It’s payment for cooperating with my lie.’

As Dahlia racked her brain to come up with an excuse, the Emperor narrowed his eyes.

“I can hear the gears turning in your head from here, my lady.”

Dahlia quietly took a step back from the Emperor.

Emperor Gray glanced at the distance she had put between them and pressed her.

“Your answer?”

“Could you give me just one minute?”

She held up her index finger with a sheepish smile.

Emperor Gray frowned at her blatant attitude of preparing to lie.

In fact, he was astounded at himself for conducting this interrogation with her right now.

It wasn’t his business whether she gave permission to use her name or not.

It didn’t matter whether she silenced the man or not.

Then why was he here wasting time on something so pointless? Where was this unpleasant feeling coming from?

Just then, a breeze from somewhere made her Pink Flower Field hair flutter gently.

His gaze was unconsciously drawn to her furrowed brow as she concentrated on making up an excuse and her pursed pink lips.

Emperor Gray forcibly tore his gaze away from her and hurriedly searched for a reason.

Hadn’t she been pressuring a man in a secluded place?

Of course, she was half the size of the man, and he was a Sword Master who could use Aura that cuts through steel as easily as breathing.

Having witnessed a confrontation between a small kingdom and the Empire, it was naturally his duty to intervene.

Taking good care of the Congratulatory Mission that came for the founding festival was also the Emperor’s job.

Yes, that was the reason.

There was no other reason besides that.

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