I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 4
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 4
“I would like to accompany the Founding Day Celebration Embassy going to the Ruusephon Empire this time.”
Cain stared at her with a bewildered expression.
“Do you know what it means for you to go to the Ruusephon Empire?”
“Our kingdom Foevern is surrounded by the Three Empires. Compared to them, our kingdom is a small nation, and our kingdom’s policy is not to have excessive friendly relations with any empire.”
“Excellent. But you know what it means for you, a princess, to go to the Ruusephon Empire where there’s an unmarried emperor, don’t you?”
“The Other Two Empires might misunderstand that two unmarried people are meeting to form a blood alliance through marriage. Of course, it would truly be a misunderstanding. I have no intention of marrying him.”
“How clever.”
When Cain smiled contentedly, Dahlia grinned broadly in response.
“Brother. You should scold me by asking ‘If you know all that so well, then why do you want to go to the Ruusephon Empire?'”
“How wise of you to notice that too. How is my little sister so smart, pretty, and adorable?”
Rayen, who had been listening from the side, shook his head as if he couldn’t handle it anymore.
Before their lord-vassal relationship, they were close friends, so the King was displaying his sister-doting nature without restraint in front of him.
“Ahem, Your Majesty the King.”
At Rayen’s clearing of his throat, Cain’s gaze turned toward him.
“Did you hear our Dahlia’s clever words?”
Rayen pretended not to hear Cain’s words and directed his attention to Dahlia.
“Princess Dahlia. I don’t know what reason you suddenly have for wanting to go to the Ruusephon Empire’s Founding Day, but that won’t be possible. If the Other Two Empires learn of this fact, they could pressure our kingdom. Please yield on this matter.”
Rayen gently persuaded the princess.
Dahlia nodded as if she understood Rayen’s concerns.
“I know what the Foreign Minister is worried about. That’s why I plan to hide my identity as a princess when I go. Since I’ve only lived in the Star Palace since childhood, there are plenty of Our Kingdom’s Nobles who don’t know my face. As long as I don’t reveal that I’m a princess, the Ruusephon Empire will never know I’m royalty.”
“Princess. Even so—”
“Dahlia, is there a reason you must go to such lengths?”
Cain interrupted Rayen mid-sentence.
After pondering for a moment, Dahlia walked around to the side of the desk and whispered so only Cain could hear.
“Brother, I had a dream. I absolutely must go.”
“Brother, I had a dream. The Chief Chamberlain said Mother was dead. In the dream… I saw it…”
Cain’s face hardened like stone.
In the past, he had only known that Dahlia lived in the Star Palace because she had contracted a rare disease. However, on the night his little sister came to his room late at night, he learned the true reason.
Their Parents must have wanted to protect the child, fearing that her remarkable ability might become known to others and put her in danger.
That same Dahlia said she had another dream.
That meant she had seen the future.
Cain looked at Dahlia with sad eyes. So her avoiding him for several weeks was ultimately because of a dream.
“Is it something that won’t happen unless you go?”
“Yes.”
As Rayen said, Dahlia going to the Ruusephon Empire might cause friction in relations with the Other Two Empires.
However, he was more worried about her than that.
“What if something happens to you in that distant empire?”
Sensing the anxiety in his voice, Dahlia smiled reassuringly.
If the Ruusephon Emperor doesn’t marry, the world will be destroyed. But she was the only one who knew this fact.
She had to make him marry, even if it meant kicking the emperor’s behind.
“Don’t worry. I’ll take good care of myself. And I’ll somehow get him married and come back.”
“Get who married?”
Cain’s eyes widened as if asking what she meant, but Dahlia clasped both hands together and said spiritedly.
“Just trust me, Brother!”
* * *
Emperor Gray’s jet-black eyes turned toward the window as he emerged from the Bathroom.
It was early dawn. The cool dawn sky stretched endlessly, with pale blue and purple harmoniously mixed together.
When he gazed at those beautiful colors, he felt as if he was forgetting something precious.
Even though there couldn’t be such a thing.
Turning his gaze into the room, Emperor Gray took off his Robe and picked up a Shirt. As he did so, he habitually checked his bare back reflected in the Full-length Mirror.
Black markings covering half of both shoulder blades.
It was proof that the curse of the Ruusephon Imperial Family had manifested in him this time.
When he was young, it wasn’t noticeable, so he thought it was just a small mole, but as he aged, the black markings gradually grew.
Checking how much the markings had grown was an important daily routine to start the day.
The moment he ascended to the throne at a young age and read the Emperor’s Chronicle, he learned that he was terminally ill.
The secret of the Ruusephon Imperial Family recorded in the Emperor’s Chronicle.
When black markings appear on someone of Ruusephon Imperial Family bloodline, that person dies before age 25.
The black markings sometimes appeared across three generations, and sometimes didn’t appear for several generations.
In short, it was random.
Those who developed the markings died from illness, died in accidents, or disappeared without a trace. The common factor was that they all died without reaching their 25th birthday.
The methods of death were so varied that others didn’t notice the imperial family’s curse.
Thus, the imperial family’s curse became a secret known only to emperors who could read the Emperor’s Chronicle.
That’s why ancestors had always hurried their children’s royal marriages to ensure they had descendants early.
The Ruusephon Imperial Family had few heirs, so there were never disputes over the throne. Only one male child was born per generation.
Emperor Gray’s indifferent gaze carefully examined his own back.
He didn’t know when or how he would die.
However, he had a strong premonition that he would die on the day these markings completely covered his back.
His 25th birthday was now less than a year away. There was no time. Before these markings completely covered his back, he had to finish everything.
Emperor Gray flipped the Hourglass on the table with a sharp sound. Golden sand trickled down.
* * *
The Conference Hall, which would normally be filled with loud voices, was unusually cold today.
The ministers glanced at the emperor sitting at the head seat.
Neatly slicked-back black hair and distinct black eyes. A smooth, high nose bridge. Seductive red lips. A sharp jawline for a man. The mole beneath his curved eyes when he smiled was even enchanting.
“Why is everyone so quiet?”
The emperor smiled brightly, creating dimples.
What need was there for sunlight? He sparkled every time he smiled.
However, the ministers only swallowed nervously.
They now knew what kind of words would come from his mouth when the emperor smiled so cheerfully.
“War Minister. The Eastern Region is still swarming with pirates—what’s your plan?”
“Well…”
Sweat poured from the War Minister’s bald head like a spring.
“There isn’t one, right? You didn’t have one two years ago either, so there’s no reason one would suddenly appear now. Isn’t that right?”
The emperor smiled radiantly.
“I received a report recently that we found the Pirate King’s Base. If you wait just a little longer, I will present the Pirate King’s head before Your Imperial Majesty.”
The Ruusephon Imperial Family received blessings along with the curse.
An ability to determine once a day whether what someone is saying is true or false.
Emperor Gray stared intently into the War Minister’s eyes and smiled brightly.
“Is it the truth?”
“Yes.”
‘False.’
He had harbored a faint hope just in case, but as expected, it wasn’t true.
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