I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 25

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 25

He grabbed her small hand and pulled her toward him. Her body came along helplessly like a delicate feather.

Emperor Gray held her tightly and swam upward.

Splash!

He broke through the water and lifted his face. Water droplets scattered in all directions.

Emperor Gray tilted back the head of Dahlia in his arms. A face like a white wax doll was revealed.

“Dahlia!”

When he brought his face close to hers, she wasn’t breathing.

His face twisted fiercely. For a moment his breathing became ragged. But he soon assessed the situation coldly.

He couldn’t do anything here. He had to quickly get her out of the lake.

Turning his gaze to the side, he saw Ethan carrying an exhausted Viviana and swimming rapidly toward shore.

Emperor Gray held Dahlia with one arm and moved at the fastest speed he could manage.

As soon as he emerged from the water, he laid her limp body on the ground.

Seeing her face completely drained of color made his breath catch again. His vision blurred and an identical face overlapped over Dahlia’s.

Her face, pale without a trace of color, eyes closed.

Emperor Gray unconsciously reached out with trembling hands. The moment his fingertips touched her face, the phantom image instantly disappeared.

“Dahlia…”

A heavily suppressed voice trembling with fear.

Is this… my voice?

His own wretched voice actually awakened his cold rationality.

Emperor Gray quickly put his ear to her to check her breathing again. She still wasn’t breathing.

He placed one hand on her forehead and the other under her chin, tilting her head back to open her airway.

Looking down at her white face up close, she seemed like she didn’t belong to this world.

I won’t let you die.

He pinched her nose and breathed into her bluish lips.

The body temperature transmitted through her lips was cold as ice. He breathed into her and quickly compressed her chest.

Rage toward himself blazed up in his chest.

Why did I leave this woman alone? Why!

He pressed his lips to hers again and breathed into her.

Open your eyes! I still have so many questions for you.

When he compressed her chest, her delicate torso sank deeply into the ground.

Once again he breathed deeply into her cold lips.

Open your eyes. Please…

Just as his chest was being painfully constricted by the thought that she might die like this.

“Gasp.”

She took a large breath and vomited up water.

Emperor Gray quickly turned her head to the side.

“Cough, cough. Cough, cough.”

After vomiting up all the water, she fainted again.

Some color returned to Dahlia’s face that had lost all its blood.

Emperor Gray finally exhaled deeply and collapsed beside her.

Then Oreon spoke to him.

“Is Dahlia alright?”

When he looked up, he saw Oreon’s back.

He was about to say something with a puzzled expression when he looked down. Dahlia’s thin chemise was clinging to her body from the water, making her skin completely visible.

Damn it. As Emperor Gray tried to unbutton his wet shirt, Oreon stretched his arm back and offered his jacket.

Emperor Gray stood up and took Oreon’s jacket.

“What about Ethan?”

“He said he would escort Princess first. Didn’t you hear him?”

Oreon asked as if he couldn’t believe it.

I didn’t hear.

To think I was so focused on saving this woman that I didn’t hear Ethan’s words.

“How is Princess’s condition?”

“Fortunately, she’s safe.”

Emperor Gray picked up his own jacket from the ground and wrapped it around Dahlia’s body. He covered her with Oreon’s jacket like a blanket, then lifted her up.

After the Emperor disappeared quickly carrying Dahlia, Oreon surveyed the surroundings.

To investigate what happened here, cleaning up the area came first.

As if hidden, Princess’s clothes could be seen placed beside a large rock. After gathering those, he finally scanned the surroundings thoroughly and spotted a letter under a stone.

Oreon’s eyes widened in surprise as he picked up the letter.

* * *

“Ria!”

After Annie, who had turned pale, and Rayen with a serious expression entered the room, Cole followed with a devastated face.

On the bed lay Dahlia with her eyes closed, her skin drained of color.

The Royal Physician standing near her greeted them.

“Welcome.”

Annie quickly passed the Royal Physician and approached the bedside.

Rayen faced the Royal Physician and first asked about the princess’s well-being.

“Is she alright?”

“Yes. The emergency treatment was done well, so she’s fine.”

“But why? Why did she go in the water…”

Annie’s voice, trying hard to hold back tears, was already thoroughly soaked. She had rushed here after only hearing that the princess had fallen into water.

Hearing her murmur, the Royal Physician explained the situation in a calm voice.

“I haven’t heard the detailed circumstances either, but I was told Dahlia saved a child who had fallen into the water. After saving the child, Dahlia was in danger, but fortunately His Majesty’s party discovered and helped Dahlia. Dahlia is currently sleeping.”

“Sigh…”

His Majesty’s party? Is she entangled with His Majesty again?

A sigh like a lament escaped from Annie’s lips.

Looking down, she could see the princess’s peaceful face in sleep.

The mention of a child made her immediately understand the sequence of events.

The princess particularly loved children. It wasn’t just her niece Princess Rose. Whenever she encountered young maids, she would always press something into their hands and try to care for them.

If the princess hadn’t lived in the Star Palace, she probably would have done good deeds for all the children in the kingdom.

The princess resembled the Late Queen too much. In appearance and in character.

The Late Queen had also particularly cherished children and never hesitated to help someone.

Even the day the Late Queen suddenly passed away, she had been returning from volunteering at the orphanage.

And now to see the princess lying here like this after trying to save a child.

Anxiety began to creep up in Annie’s chest.

Princess, please stop resembling her. Please.

Tears she had been holding back welled up in Annie’s eyes as she prayed desperately inside.

“Annie. They said Ria is fine, so don’t worry too much.”

Rayen gently patted her shoulder.

“I’ll take care of her from now on. Elder Brother, please attend to your work.”

“I’ll stay here too.”

Cole’s voice, full of guilt, followed.

Rayen, who had been looking back and forth between Annie and Cole, swallowed a sigh. The faces of the two people who cherished the Princess were filled with regret.

“I understand.”

“I’ll prepare some medicine, so please have her take it when she wakes up.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Annie, who had calmly greeted the Royal Physician, immediately turned her gaze toward the bed.

Hart, who had followed them, quietly watched them from beyond the doorway.

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“She still hasn’t woken up?”

“…No.”

At Emperor Gray’s cold interrogation, Oreon flinched as if it were his own fault.

“Didn’t the Royal Physician say she was fine? Then why?”

“They say she continues to sleep.”

Oreon quickly reported while watching the Emperor’s mood. If he hesitated here, he would only get scolded.

“What about the other Royal Physicians?”

“All five Royal Physicians said the same thing. They say she’s simply sleeping.”

“How can a person sleep for two days straight?”

The Emperor’s eyebrows furrowed with displeasure.

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Oreon also nodded with a curious expression.

“What about the Imperial Princess?”

“According to Diane’s report, she has found stability and is resting.”

“The reason she fell into the lake?”

“She was… swimming.”

Oreon reported with a slight frown, as if he couldn’t understand it.

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