I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 57
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 57
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“Annie, please do my hair.”
“Yes. How would you like it done?”
“Style it to look charismatic, intelligent, and like every word I speak will drip with credibility.”
“I’ve told you before that no such hairstyle exists.”
“I won’t give up!”
Dahlia looked at herself in the mirror and made her eyes shine as if swearing an oath to herself.
Annie had much to say about this but wore an expression that said she wouldn’t, as she styled Dahlia’s hair.
The Emperor’s Office.
Dahlia clenched both hands tightly and glanced at the hourglass placed on the desk. The time given to her today was, at most, five minutes again.
Since this was the first time she would confess the truth to the Emperor, her lips simply wouldn’t part.
Rustle. The sound of falling sand rang in her ears like thunder.
The Emperor, who had followed her gaze to the hourglass, smiled brightly.
Dahlia slightly lowered her eyes and forced her lips to part.
“Your, Your Majesty.”
“I don’t want to.”
Dahlia raised her lowered gaze and opened her eyes wide.
“I haven’t said anything yet.”
“I see.”
The Emperor nodded as if to say, then go ahead and speak.
“Please get married.”
The Emperor’s eyes widened in surprise, then gleamed as if observing her.
“Excellent. That’s a forceful proposal.”
“A proposal? No, not to me! Please just have a royal marriage with anyone!”
Dahlia declined with her whole body, then added desperately.
The Emperor read her expression and smiled with the corners of his eyes curved.
“I like that even less.”
He had already guessed that she wasn’t proposing to him.
Why on earth did she want his marriage so badly? When she didn’t even want to marry him herself.
The Emperor’s gaze turned toward the hourglass as if to check the remaining audience time.
Dahlia’s gaze also followed to the hourglass.
Why does that thing fall so fast!
“Why do you dislike marriage so much?”
“Why does the Princess urge my marriage so much?”
“That’s…”
“Princess, there’s no time?”
Dahlia stopped hesitating and took a deep breath. Her heart trembled thinking of the impact her words would have.
But she soon shook off her hesitation and met the Emperor’s eyes.
Looking straight into his clear black pupils, she slowly parted her lips.
“For world peace.”
Her heart pounded. She had finally said it.
For a moment, the Emperor’s black pupils seemed to waver, then a deep sigh escaped.
“Princess.”
The voice calling her languidly was as sweet as chocolate.
“Yes.”
“Isn’t it past time for your medicine?”
Dahlia looked at the Emperor with a startled face.
“How did you know that?”
The Emperor’s smile momentarily stiffened then relaxed.
“Princess, isn’t it about time you learned to grasp the meaning of my words?”
“Ah! You were speaking metaphorically.”
When Dahlia smiled brightly and spoke nonchalantly, a vein bulged on his forehead then subsided.
The Emperor picked up the hourglass as if he didn’t want to deal with her anymore.
“Time’s up.”
Dahlia spread her fingers wide with a desperate face.
“Could you give me just 5 more minutes?”
“Does it seem likely?”
The Emperor curved the corners of his eyes and firmly rejected her request.
Dahlia bit her lips tightly and bowed her head as if understanding.
“Then, I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“You’re planning to come tomorrow too?”
“Yes. I won’t give up.”
When Dahlia spoke resolutely, the Emperor’s brow furrowed slightly then smoothed.
“Princess, don’t you often hear that you waste energy on useless things?”
“How did you know that-“
Dahlia opened her eyes wide and asked, then seeing one of his eyebrows twitch, she smiled sheepishly.
“Ah, you were speaking metaphorically again.”
The Emperor’s pupils looking at her wavered slightly.
Secretary Oreon, who had been watching their conversation with interest, had to firmly tense the corners of his lips to keep from laughing.
“Wait.”
The Emperor flipped the hourglass again.
“Let’s do tomorrow’s today instead. I’ll be busy tomorrow. But what medicine does the Princess take?”
Though the Emperor asked casually, his eyes were persistent.
“Insomnia Medicine.”
Dahlia answered honestly.
“Tsk. Isn’t taking such medicine what causes insomnia?”
“That’s right…”
“So what about world peace?”
Dahlia glanced around once, then made eye contact with Oreon. Oreon smiled brightly and winked with one eye.
“Sorry, but could you step out for a moment?”
At her words, Oreon looked at the Emperor with a dejected face.
When the Emperor pointed to the door with his chin, Oreon drooped his shoulders and went outside. As if reluctant, the door closed very slowly.
Soon, with only the two of them left, Dahlia clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest and caught her breath.
At her tension-filled appearance, he leaned forward from the chair’s backrest.
“Princess?”
“I know you won’t believe what I’m about to tell you. But could you try your best to believe it?”
At her earnest voice, Gray nodded silently.
Dahlia moved her lips hesitantly with wavering eyes, then closed them again. Since this was the first time she was bringing up this story to someone, the words wouldn’t come out easily.
No. I have to say it. That’s the only way I can persuade him.
Dahlia clasped both hands tightly together, took a deep breath, and gathered her courage.
“I… see the future through dreams. Not all dreams show me the future. I just get a feeling. A feeling like, this is a dream showing the future.”
Emperor Gray watched her face intently. She was the type whose lies showed plainly on her face. And right now, she wore an expression of truth.
“You’re saying it’s true that you see the future in dreams?”
“Yes. It’s true.”
‘Truth.’
Even with Truth Detection, her words registered as fact.
However, Truth Detection had a blind spot—if the person truly believed it themselves, the result would show as truth.
“Continue speaking.”
“You asked me before, didn’t you? How I knew Princess had fallen into the lake. That day, I dozed off leaning against a tree and saw a child fall into the lake in my dream. I only found out later that the child was Princess.”
She looked straight at him with extremely tense eyes.
If those words were true, it would explain why she had so desperately insisted on going to the lake that day. Her words began to sound closer to the truth.
“And the dream I’ve been having frequently lately is of the world ending.”
As if tormented by the mere thought, she clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest.
First she spoke of world peace, and now world destruction…
Emperor Gray quietly waited for her to continue.
“This part will probably sound the strangest, but in that dream, it says the world won’t end if Your Majesty gets married.”
He, who had been listening to her words somewhat seriously, suddenly snapped to attention like someone awakening from a dream.
“Princess. Are you asking me to believe that right now?”
“I know! I know how crazy my words must sound.”
“Good thing you know.”
Emperor Gray pondered while looking at her consistently serious expression.
How far should he listen to this absurd story? Why was he continuing to listen when he could just ignore it?
“Your Majesty is the first. Besides my family, you’re the first person to know that I see the future in dreams. So even if you can’t believe me now, I’ll prove it to you in the future.”
“How?”
“If I see the future in dreams again, I’ll let you know.”
Her violet eyes revealed firm determination.
“If Princess proves it, then I should marry to prevent the world’s destruction?”
“I would be very grateful if you would.”
She nodded her head vigorously, her eyes sparkling as if finally getting through to him.
“What on earth does world destruction have to do with my marriage?”
Emperor Gray admitted to himself that her story, though nonsensical, had captured his interest.
“I was curious about that too, so I tried to find out from Your Majesty somehow…”
Princess glanced at him cautiously.
The conversations he’d had with her flashed quickly through his mind. She had definitely asked him what he thought about world destruction.
Ha, so that question was her testing him. And every time they met, she asked about his taste in women and his intentions regarding marriage.
Emperor Gray observed Princess carefully.
Even at this very moment, she was looking straight at him with sparkling eyes, proclaiming with her whole body that it was the truth.
While he couldn’t believe her vain delusions entirely, it was true that her behavior up until now had been consistent.
“I can’t believe everything Princess says.”
“Even half would be fine.”
“I can’t even believe half.”
“I understand. It can’t be helped.”
Princess let her shoulders droop with a disappointed expression. Then she stood up from her seat without lingering and turned around.
“Where are you going?”
Princess only turned her head and pointed at the hourglass with her eyes.
“Time’s up.”
“…Right.”
Emperor Gray stared at the hourglass with furrowed brows.
Since learning he was terminally ill, he had lived without wasting a single minute or second. Yet he had become so absorbed in conversation with her that he forgot the passage of time?
He watched intently as Princess closed the door and left.
What exactly was it about her that made him unable to take his eyes off her even at this moment?
Emperor Gray slowly closed his eyes.
He had to acknowledge what needed acknowledging in order to solve the problem. He had enjoyed the time spent with her. Enough that when he was with her, he didn’t think about time, which had bound him like an obsession his entire life.
Now that he had acknowledged it, it was time to resolve it.
Emperor Gray cut away the thoughts about her in his mind and coldly awakened his reason.
Enough. He must not waste any more time.
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