I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 29
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 29
“Everyone, be on guard!”
At his warning, the knights wrapped their swords with divine power.
The moment he felt a breeze blowing from somewhere, the iron cage flew straight up into the air.
“Spray the holy water!”
At Roand’s command, the knights threw glass bottles filled with holy water into the sky.
Then they could see a demon with large wings and a different appearance flying up while holding the iron cage.
“Everyone attack!”
Roand condensed his divine power and launched his aura.
The aura pierced precisely through the wing.
Kukaaaaaa.
The demon let out a painful howl but didn’t let go of the cage.
As the holy water gradually dried up, the demon’s body was becoming increasingly transparent.
When Roand launched his aura again, the flying demon turned its body and threw the cage toward Roand before leisurely departing.
Roand quickly dodged to the side.
At the same time, the iron cage that fell to the ground shattered and its door opened.
Kikikikik.
“Ahhh!”
“Uahhh!”
Due to the demon that burst out of the cage, the knights nearby were helplessly attacked.
Roand threw the holy water from his chest, but it seemed to miss as the creature’s form didn’t appear.
“Captain! We’re out of holy water!”
“Retreat for now. Take care of the injured knights.”
“Yes!”
While the knights were retreating, Roand tried to face the demon, but a scream erupted from one side.
When a knight suffered sharp wounds on his back and fell forward, Roand swung his sword wrapped in divine power widely.
Kuqwaaaaaa-
One of the demon’s wings fell to the ground. When separated from the body, the transparency seemed to disappear.
Roand continued to swing his sword, but he didn’t feel it touching anything like before.
The demon seemed to have fled after losing even its remaining wing.
Following the order to preserve it as much as possible and bring it back had been a mistake. He should have torn both wings from the start and cut off its legs so it couldn’t move.
His mouth tasted bitter with belated regret.
Meanwhile, someone who had been watching from a distance quietly disappeared into the forest.
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Tap. Tap tap. Tap tap tap.
Late at night, rhythmic knocking sounds came from the window.
“Come in.”
Then a man in black clothes and a black mask jumped through the window.
“Jack! I’m back!”
At the man’s voice mixed with aegyo, Gray’s brow furrowed sharply.
“Ah, how frightening.”
“Take it off.”
“Yes.”
At Gray’s cold gaze, Jack hurriedly removed his mask.
Soon the face of a thick-featured man with brown hair sprinkled with golden freckles was revealed.
It was Jack, Hart’s fraternal twin.
Both Hart and Jack changed to an overly dramatic concept whenever given work.
But since their skills were reliable, Gray went straight to the point.
“What about the background investigation on Captain Roand?”
He had assigned Jack to follow Roand, who had lied in the audience chamber.
“There’s something you need to see first.”
As soon as Jack removed his mask, he returned to a blunt tone and held out a vision orb to Gray.
When the vision orb was activated, it showed a battle filmed from a very long distance.
It contained the Holy Empire knights, Captain Roand, and monsters he had never seen before.
It looked like quite an urgent battle situation.
Ethan’s face, who was watching the vision orb from behind, hardened stiffly.
“There were limits to approaching since Captain Roand is a Sword Master.”
Gray pointed at the vision orb with an emotionless gaze.
“What is this?”
“They called them ‘demons.'”
Jack answered with a serious face.
“Not beasts that came down from the mountain?”
“No. They’re definitely not beasts. Those things have transparent bodies, and their true forms only appeared when hit by holy water or swords containing divine power. They’re definitely a new species.”
“Demons…”
Gray frowned as he stared at the vision orb.
“Seeing that the Holy Empire knights know the names of those monsters, it seems we need to investigate further.”
Gray’s gaze fell on a pile of unresolved reports stacked to one side.
Several incidents had been reported over the past few months where villagers on the capital’s border had disappeared without a trace, but no culprit could be found.
Perhaps the main culprits of those incidents were these beings called demons.
Monsters with transparent bodies- no, demons… That’s why no one could see them.
“We’ll need a lot of holy water.”
At Gray’s low voice, Jack agreed.
“That’s right.”
Just in time, the Holy Empire had sent plenty of holy water as a gift to celebrate the founding festival.
“Jack. You continue following the captain, and contact Deck who has infiltrated the Holy Empire to investigate the demons further.”
“Yes! I’ll report back again!”
Jack, who had put his mask back on, greeted with his aegyo-filled voice again and disappeared over the window.
Gray replayed the vision orb and looked at the demons with careful eyes.
He had planned to leave the most prosperous empire possible to his sister. But for such vicious monsters to appear.
“Ethan.”
“Yes.”
“The Capital Defense Force alone won’t be enough to handle them. I order the dispatch of the Imperial Guard. Double the holy water distributed to the Imperial Guard. Have them move in groups of ten, and they may retreat when they cannot face those demons. And you go with them too.”
“Your Majesty…”
When Ethan hesitated, Gray sternly declared.
“Didn’t even Hallen’s Sword Master struggle with them? We’ll need to be Sword Masters to be able to face them.”
“Yes. I will follow your orders.”
Ethan agreed and bowed his head.
Though he stayed by his side with the sense of duty to protect the Emperor, the strongest person in the Empire was the Emperor himself.
If he didn’t step forward at times like this, the Emperor might have to step forward instead.
“Prepare from now.”
“Yes.”
Ethan bowed his head and left the room.
The empty room was quiet.
His black eyes darkened as he habitually removed his shirt and checked his back in the mirror.
The pattern seemed to have grown a little larger than what he had checked that morning.
A life with a time limit, where he confirmed daily that his lifespan was steadily decreasing with each passing moment.
Gray’s eyes, which had formed a bitter smile, discarded useless thoughts and hardened again. After putting his shirt back on, he fixed his gaze on the documents he had yet to approve.
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In the middle of the peaceful garden, Gray was reading reports as usual.
“I have come at your summons. I greet Emperor Gray.”
Gray raised his head and looked intently at the young lady—no, Princess Dahlia.
He had no intention of revealing that he knew her true identity. He had caught a weakness of the Foevern Kingdom, so shouldn’t he use it at the right moment?
Gray smiled brightly and gestured toward a chair with his eyes.
“Welcome, young lady. You’re early. Shall I finish reading what I was reading and then we can start talking?”
“Yes. But may I eat this chocolate?”
“Go ahead.”
Gray’s gaze briefly turned to the chocolate placed on the table.
Despite being busy with special circumstances, Ethan had deliberately set it up for her before leaving.
The blunt fellow was unexpectedly thoughtful. Was that why he was so popular with women?
Gray soon looked away and continued reading through various reports.
How much time had passed like that?
Suddenly, at the sound of something falling with a thud from his right, his hand instinctively reached out.
He felt a soft texture and slight weight.
Could it be? Surprised, he turned his gaze to the side and saw the princess’s face sleeping peacefully, using his hand as a pillow.
No matter how boring waiting might be, she’s sleeping again? What does this woman do at night that she doesn’t sleep?
Sunlight pooled abundantly over her full, long eyelashes. Petals floated leisurely in the breeze that came from somewhere.
This moment, with the princess sleeping on his hand and petals floating around, felt surreal.
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