I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 52
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 52
The knight who had suddenly lost his horse looked bewildered as he watched the Emperor’s disappearing figure, when Oreon, who had followed behind, patted his shoulder consolingly.
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Though it was bright daylight, the forest was dim due to the dense tree leaves.
Gray stopped his horse and focused on the sounds.
“Kyaaaaa…”
The Princess’s voice could be heard from afar.
Gray pulled the reins toward the direction of her screaming and vigorously gave chase. Long tree branches brushed past his cheek.
“Young lady! Keep screaming!”
But no more sounds could be heard.
Gray listened carefully as he rode toward the direction where the sound had come from.
After passing through the dense trees, a wide-open hill finally appeared ahead. However, at the end of this path was only a cliff.
“Damn it. Princess! Princess Dahlia! Answer if you can hear me!”
“…Over hereee!”
Her frightened voice could be heard faintly from the distance.
He spurred his horse and rode at full speed. Finally, he could see the Princess far away.
“Princess!”
He could see her trying to turn her head to look back, but being pushed by the wind, she fixed her gaze forward again.
“Stop the horse!”
“The horse won’t listen to meee!”
She screamed while trembling.
Gray approached close to the white horse she was riding and galloped alongside it. The white horse’s eyes were strangely unfocused, with foam at its mouth.
Gray let go of his own horse’s reins and firmly gripped with his thighs.
“Princess, stick as close to the front of the horse as possible.”
“Whaaaat?”
Gray rose from his saddle, gauged the distance, then leaped behind her.
“Kyaa!”
She screamed as something suddenly landed behind her.
“It’s me.”
Gray pulled her waist close into his embrace. Only after feeling her soft texture and warm body temperature did he realize he had been holding his breath all this time.
“Haa.”
After letting out a deep sigh, he took hold of the horse’s reins that she had been gripping.
“Whoa, whoa.”
However, as expected, it had no effect on the white horse whose eyes had already lost focus.
Quickly scanning the surroundings, he spotted a slope ahead covered abundantly with yellow wildflowers.
“Princess. Look at me.”
“H-how?”
She had turned pale with shock and tried to turn her head, but it wasn’t easy due to the headwind.
Gray grabbed her waist and lifted her up to sit facing him.
“Uaaaah.”
Startled, she flailed her hands before placing them on his shoulders.
“It’s dangerous.”
Gray moved her hands down and wrapped one arm firmly around her waist.
“What are you trying to do?”
He could see her purple eyes trembling with fear.
Gray covered her eyes with one hand.
“Close your eyes.”
“Why… mmph.”
He pulled her back close and buried her deep in his embrace.
Then he gently cradled the back of her head, and as soon as he saw the yellow wildflowers, he fell sideways.
Soon the two of them rolled down the slope.
Her muffled scream, wrapped in his body, traveled through his chest but disappeared as they rolled.
“Ugh.”
Gray let out a short groan. They could only stop after his back hit a large rock.
Gray gently separated her from his body and looked down at her. Her pink flower field-like hair flowed between the yellow flower field.
The Princess lay curled up with her eyes closed, trembling.
“Princess, are you okay?”
The Princess’s long eyelashes fluttered several times before slowly lifting.
Her purple eyes that held the sky and his black eyes gazed deeply at each other.
Blink blink. After blinking several times, she carefully reached her hand toward his face. A feather-soft touch gently settled below his tear mole.
“Are you hurt?”
She seemed to be referring to the area scratched by trees while chasing her.
“Princess, is that what’s important right now?”
“A handsome face got scratched, so of course it’s important.”
At her matter-of-fact tone, Gray’s tense nerves relaxed.
“It seems you’re not hurt anywhere.”
“Yes. I’m fine. Your Majesty protected me.”
“How is it that incidents and accidents always happen around you? If you can’t even ride a horse, why on earth…”
But when tears suddenly welled up in her purple eyes, he couldn’t continue his words.
“I’m actually really good at riding horses. But the horse suddenly became strange…”
She seemed to be holding back tears as she tensed her jaw and breathed roughly.
His black eyes watching her trembled finely.
She’s clearly an adult woman, so why does she look cute?
Soon, after bravely wiping away her tears, her eyes brimmed with indignation.
“…It’s really unfair. If only I had my Gentlemarafinecharisma…”
Who is that supposed to be?
Gray stared down at her, appreciating her ever-changing expressions.
“Next time, I’ll show you how well I can ride!”
“I’ll pass.”
Just imagining her riding a horse alone made his blood run cold.
“But I really ride well…”
Seeing her pouting and grumbling with dissatisfaction, the corners of his lips unconsciously turned up.
“Ah! But how did you know I was a princess?”
“Is that what’s important right now?”
Her purple eyes widened greatly, then changed to an ‘oops’ expression.
“Ah! I forgot the most important thing! Your Majesty, thank you for saving me.”
As she slightly bowed her head, her pink flower field hair tickled his nose.
She had no idea what was truly most important right now.
Didn’t she realize how close she and he were?
His entire body was conscious of her touching him, but she remained indifferent.
“But really, how did you know? I lied perfectly?”
Perfect? There probably wasn’t anyone as clumsy as her.
She hadn’t noticed he was the Emperor, but hadn’t she expressed with her whole body that she was deceiving him?
“Are you confessing right now that you blatantly lied in front of the Emperor?”
“…I didn’t say anything?”
She glanced at him and answered shamelessly.
As his lips curved into a perfect arc, her gaze moved to his lips.
His gaze also naturally slid from her eyes to her lips.
“Um, Your Majesty.”
“What?”
Even to his own ears, his voice sounded very low.
She covered her ears with her hands as if tickled, then finally brought up the fact he had been conscious of for a long time.
“I think we’re too close?”
“So?”
His heavy gaze slowly swept over her face.
She was right—they were close. Close enough that if he leaned down just a little, he could touch her lips.
“Um, this might be very rude of me to say, but Your Majesty is a bit heavy…”
Beneath his body, she struggled and squirmed, trying to secure some space. And that returned to him as a very serious stimulation.
Gray bolted upright from his position.
“That is rude.”
“Yes. I’m sorry.”
Dahlia bowed her head as if truly apologetic.
“So where did the horse the Princess rode come from?”
“From the stables at Crystal Palace.”
His face hardened coldly. The horse she brought wasn’t hers?
As he looked down at the Princess with a serious expression, she was picking off yellow petals and green leaves stuck to her pink hair one by one.
Did she know how dangerous a situation she was in right now?
“Princess, do you know what that means?”
“Um, it seems like there’s someone in the Imperial Palace who dislikes me.”
One of his eyebrows shot up. It was surprisingly accurate judgment.
“It seems like more than just dislike?”
“…No way?”
Only now sensing the crisis, her purple eyes trembled slightly.
“It seems like someone wants to kill the Princess.”
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