I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 40

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 40

“Then why did you suddenly disappear so late at night?”

“That’s…”

Viviana avoided Silvia’s gaze and hesitated.

Silvia then sharply pressed Dahlia.

“Don’t tell me you threatened the Princess? Why can’t the Princess speak?”

“I never did such a thing.”

Dahlia met Silvia’s gaze with a calm expression.

“Last night you mentioned Diplomatic Immunity, and today you boldly enter the Princess Palace. Leave immediately!”

“I came here invited as the Princess’s friend, didn’t I? Right, Bibi?”

“Yes. That’s right. I invited them.”

Viviana looked at Silvia with confident eyes as she spoke.

“Princess. Don’t you know what kind of people these are? That woman hit me last night. Can you see this face?”

Silvia thrust out her swollen cheek for all to see.

Viviana looked back and forth between Silvia and Dahlia with a surprised expression.

Dahlia gave Viviana an awkward smile, then turned her gaze to Silvia.

Confident that the Princess was on her side, Silvia wore a self-assured expression.

Dahlia looked at her with calm eyes and opened her mouth.

“Maid, please call Monet.”

“Wh-who?”

Not expecting that name to suddenly come up, Silvia stammered with a flustered expression.

“The maid Monet. Monet stole something of mine. So I need to get it back, please call Monet.”

Only then did a satisfied smile appear on Silvia’s face.

“Oh my, I knew she had bad habits with her hands. What did that child steal?”

Dahlia took a deep breath to avoid showing her displeasure.

“I’ll tell you after I meet the child directly. So please call her.”

“That’s not possible. I’ll punish her for her bad stealing habits myself.”

At Silvia’s firm refusal, Dahlia’s expression hardened.

“Why should you decide that? She stole my things. So please call her quickly.”

“That’s not possible. Since she’s a child in my palace, I’ll handle her punishment myself.”

As the confrontation between the two continued, Viviana, who had been quietly listening, carefully opened her mouth.

“Silvia. Call Monet.”

“Princess! I am Your Highness’s nanny.”

The Princess called her by name for the first time instead of calling her nanny. What was going on? Instead of taking her side, she was taking the side of that strange young lady.

Silvia’s gaze grew sharper.

Meanwhile, Viviana closed her eyes tightly, took a deep breath, and slowly opened them. The child’s eyes looking at Silvia had become a bit more firm.

“Yes, I know. And this palace isn’t Silvia’s palace, it’s my palace. So this is an order. Bring Monet.”

Silvia looked down at the Princess with her lips gaping like a surprised fish.

Why had the Princess, who always obeyed her words unconditionally, changed like this?

Silvia chewed her lips and looked around with anxious eyes. The knights guarding the Princess Palace, the maids, and the servants were all watching.

If only the Princess had been here, she could have ignored the order, but now there were many watching eyes and even foreign nobility present. She couldn’t refuse when the Princess directly called it an order.

“…I accept the order.”

Silvia bent her knee slightly and signaled to a maid standing behind her.

Two maids entered the palace with worried expressions.

After a while, the two maids came dragging the child, each holding one of Monet’s arms. Monet’s head hung down, and one ankle was twisted in a strange direction.

“Monet!”

Viviana tried to run forward, but Silvia blocked her path with stern eyes.

“Princess. Don’t go near her. She’s dirty.”

Dahlia gritted her teeth at Monet’s terrible condition and clasped her trembling hands together tightly.

The situation looked more urgent than what she had heard from the Princess. That twisted ankle looked like it would be serious if not treated immediately.

“Send the child… to me.”

Dahlia’s voice, unable to take her eyes off Monet, sank deeply as she held back her anger.

“That’s not possible. She’s a rebellious child, so it’s probably true that she stole your belongings, but she currently belongs to our palace, so I’ll handle her punishment myself.”

“You beat her up like that, and you’re going to beat her again?”

Dahlia looked at her as if she couldn’t believe it.

“Hmph. If she did something bad, shouldn’t she be punished accordingly?”

“That’s right. If she did something bad, she should be punished.”

Dahlia’s eyes blazed with anger as she repeated Silvia’s words.

“Now we’re finally understanding each other. So what did this child steal from you? I’ll find it for you.”

Dahlia spoke in a precise and calm voice as if telling Silvia to listen carefully.

“My heart. This child stole my heart.”

Silvia’s eyes widened. Was this woman crazy?

“Why? Do I look crazy to you?”

Dahlia smiled brightly and asked warmly as if showing off.

“…”

Silvia’s eyes trembled. The crazy woman was calling herself crazy, which left her speechless.

“Annie, do I look crazy to you?”

Dahlia looked at Annie standing beside her with a genuinely curious expression.

“No. I saw you being upset because that child stole your heart.”

“I saw it too.”

Annie and Cole replied calmly.

Silvia looked at them one by one with a bewildered expression. Were they all crazy together?

She shouldn’t have brought this child out. Even though the palace was full of her people, this wasn’t something to show on such a bright morning.

“Take that child back to where she was.”

“Yes.”

The maids moved to take the child back inside, but Viviana blocked their path.

“Don’t do that!”

The maids stopped in place with surprised faces.

“Princess!”

As Silvia shouted at the Princess and tried to approach, Dahlia blocked her path with an expressionless face.

“What are you doing right now? Move aside!”

“When did I say I was blocking you?”

Dahlia shrugged and blocked Silvia’s path every time she tried to change direction.

Ignoring the commotion behind her, Viviana held onto the maids holding Monet and met each of their eyes one by one.

“Let Monet go.”

The maids glanced around, watching Silvia’s reaction.

“You are my maids, not Silvia’s maids. If you won’t listen to me, leave this palace.”

Viviana’s voice, which had been trembling at first, began to gain strength.

“We’re, we’re sorry.”

Only then did the maids release Monet’s arms with surprised faces.

Monet, who had been half-suspended while her arms were held, collapsed to the ground.

Viviana hurriedly sat in front of Monet and called to the child.

“Monet, are you okay?”

Monet put her hands on the ground and raised her head. The child’s face, bruised purple and green, was revealed. Monet’s orange eyes shone warmly toward the Princess.

“Your Highness, I’m fine.”

Monet forced the corners of her mouth up to reassure the Imperial Princess.

Viviana’s eyes welled up with tears seeing Monet trying so hard for her sake.

If she couldn’t even protect this small child, what kind of Imperial Princess was she? Her heart ached so much it felt like someone was stabbing her chest with needles.

“Don’t cry, Your Highness. I’ll protect you.”

Monet tried to wipe Viviana’s tears with her sleeve, but seeing her dirty clothes, she pulled her hand back with an embarrassed expression.

Viviana quickly grabbed Monet’s small hand.

“Yes. You protect me. I’ll protect you too.”

“…Yes, Your Highness.”

The two looked into each other’s eyes and smiled at the same time.

Just then, Silvia pushed between them and raised her hand as if she was about to strike Monet.

“How dare you touch Her Highness with your filthy hands!”

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