I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 61

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 61

“Princess. You seem to misunderstand, but if you marry me, you will become the Empress of the Krzea Empire.”

He explained step by step as if teaching a child.

As expected, dealing with a wall was no easy task. Dahlia went at it more forcefully once more.

“I don’t like men.”

“Ah, do you like women? Then you may take female concubines.”

Dahlia’s violet eyes shook wildly. What flexible thinking.

This isn’t right.

“I don’t like women either.”

“You’re quite shy indeed. I’ll have several imperial consorts as well, so it’s fine. Though I’ll love the Empress most of all. Hahaha.”

Poseidon winked at her.

Dahlia was so dumbfounded that her lips moved soundlessly. The wall was far more unreasonable than she had expected.

Then, Roand interjected into the conversation.

“Since the Princess seems uncomfortable, how about we all disperse now?”

At Roand’s suggestion, Dahlia nodded vigorously.

With the Emperor approaching and drawing even more attention, the Crown Prince had even mentioned a marriage proposal letter.

I don’t want any more attention!

“Then you two should go. I want to have more conversation with the Princess—”

“The hunting competition has started, hasn’t it? I’m completely ready.”

Dahlia urgently cut off his words and turned to look at the Emperor.

“Princess, didn’t you just say you wouldn’t participate in the hunting competition? Let’s have an intimate conversation together. You don’t need to be shy in front of me. I understand everything.”

Poseidon laughed heartily and nodded his head.

Dahlia stared at him with a disgusted expression, then quickly turned her head and fervently expressed her opinion to the Emperor.

“Your Majesty! I want to go hunting. I want to go quickly. Right now.”

The Emperor, who had been quietly looking down at her, silently gestured toward the forest with his chin. People on horseback heading toward the forest were already visible.

“Oh my! I almost was late! Did I mention how much I love hunting competitions? I came to the Empire because I wanted to participate in the hunting competition! Well then, I’m busy so I’ll be going!”

Dahlia deliberately made a fuss while waving to the three men and quickly escaped from the scene.

Annie and Cole hurriedly followed behind her.

The three men left in the spot where she had disappeared ignored each other and scattered separately.

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Annie, who had closely followed the quickly walking Princess, asked.

“Princess, are you going hunting without any equipment?”

“I’m not really going hunting. I just need to avoid those people.”

“That’s true.”

Annie, who hadn’t dared to interrupt the conversation of such high-ranking people, shuddered as if the mere thought made her sick.

Cole drew his sword and moved while guarding the surroundings, preparing for any potential danger.

Upon entering the forest entrance, they could see people scattered in teams.

Dahlia, who had distanced herself far from them, was pondering where to hide when she sensed someone nearby.

“Hello, Princess Dahlia.”

When she turned her head to the side, a familiar woman was standing there. It was Lady Anastasia Yofron with her red hair tied up high in a single bundle.

She wore leather guards covering her shoulders and arms, and had a quiver strapped to her back.

“Lady Anastasia Yofron?”

“You know me. I was going to introduce myself… This place isn’t suitable for an outing.”

Lady Yofron looked her up and down, then smiled with the corners of her eyes curved.

Dahlia also nodded enthusiastically as if in agreement.

“Exactly. For outings, it’s definitely better near flower gardens where the view is wide open, right?”

“…Right.”

Lady Yofron’s eyes narrowed at the unexpected response.

“Do you like outings, Lady Yofron? Perhaps you’re also interested in gardening?”

“That’s work for servants.”

Lady Yofron lifted her chin proudly.

“Ah- what a shame.”

“Why is that a shame?”

“Emperor Gray likes women who do gardening.”

Dahlia spoke honestly. The Emperor and Lady Yofron were from the same Empire, so they would suit each other well.

Lady Yofron looked at her with bewildered eyes.

“I’ve never heard such a story.”

“Your Majesty said so. That he likes gardens.”

“You had such trivial conversations with Your Majesty?”

“Yes.”

At Dahlia’s innocent reply, Lady Yofron’s red eyes burned even redder.

“A princess from a foreign country is quite diligent. Did you really have to hold onto Emperor Gray, who is busy with state affairs, for such conversations?”

“Your Majesty does seem busy.”

Dahlia nodded with a worried expression.

“That’s not what I meant!”

“Pardon?”

As Dahlia tilted her head, Lady Yofron’s gaze grew increasingly colder.

Then, a rustling sound came from nearby bushes.

Lady Yofron showed Dahlia a confident smile as if to show off, then drew an arrow from her quiver and pulled the bowstring.

Swoosh-

The arrow that flew through the air struck the bushes.

The knight standing behind her quickly ran toward that spot.

“Got it!”

The knight held up a struggling rabbit by its ears and showed it to Lady Yofron.

The rabbit hit by the arrow whimpered pitifully as if in pain.

“Tsk, it’s just a rabbit. Just throw it away.”

Lady Yofron clicked her tongue and spoke coldly.

“Yes.”

The knight threw the rabbit onto the ground as it was.

At this, Dahlia frowned and looked at Lady Yofron.

“You’re just going to hurt the rabbit and throw it away?”

Lady Yofron’s face filled with mockery.

“Are you participating in a hunting competition while thinking animals hit by arrows are pitiful? As I said before, this isn’t a place for outings. Princess, you may not know since you’ve lived comfortably under protection in the Star Palace, but in this Empire, you can’t survive unless you give your all to everything. I must give my all to hunting, so I’ll take my leave now. Princess.”

Lady Yofron turned coldly and disappeared without even listening to Dahlia’s response.

Dahlia hurried over to the rabbit. However, the rabbit had already grown cold.

“This is why I hate hunting competitions…”

Dahlia looked down at the rabbit with sad eyes.

What do they think life is? The rabbit thrown on the ground and dead cold had simply died for human amusement.

“Shall we bury it?”

Caw caw. The sound of crows could be heard nearby.

When she looked up, she could see crows sitting on tree branches, eyeing the corpse. It would be more right for them to want the rabbit because they were hungry, like those creatures.

“No, let’s follow nature’s way. Let’s go somewhere without people.”

“Yes.”

Annie and Cole, who looked sadly at the Princess’s sorrowful appearance, bowed their heads.

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Having ventured deep into an area away from people, they spotted a large cave.

“Should we go inside there until the hunting competition ends?”

At Annie’s suggestion, Dahlia nodded as if it were a good idea.

“Princess, please wait here for a moment. I’ll go check it out first.”

“Alright. Be careful.”

Cole nodded and entered the cave entrance.

However, the cave seemed quite deep as Cole showed no signs of coming out.

“He’ll be okay, right?”

Annie looked worriedly at the cave entrance.

“Of course. It’s Cole after all.”

“…Shh.”

“I hear some kind of sound.”

“Don’t move from there!”

Cole emerged from the cave, shouted at them, and ran off in the opposite direction.

Dahlia and Annie made eye contact and held their breath where they stood.

Soon they heard the rough breathing of a beast, and a large wild boar came charging out.

‘There’s no way Cole would run from just one wild boar, right?’

The moment both of them had that thought, more wild boars came pouring out one after another.

The cave was a wild boar habitat.

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