I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 62
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 62
Dahlia and Annie covered their mouths and swallowed their screams.
Princess, you must stay still.
Cole, will he be okay?
He’s fast on his feet, so he’ll escape well.
After the two exchanged glances, they remained perfectly still and watched the procession of wild boars.
Annie waited cautiously until no more wild boars emerged from the cave, then whispered quietly.
“Princess, let’s go too.”
“Alright.”
Soon they began moving carefully, but locked eyes with a wild boar that had returned to its den.
Annie immediately darted in another direction and loudly slapped her fan against her palm.
“Over here, over here! Princess, stay right where you are!”
The wild boar that spotted its target charged straight at Annie. Startled, Annie stumbled backward and fell.
“No, Annie!”
Just as Dahlia was about to run toward Annie, a shadow figure burst out from the bushes.
“Hart?”
Surprised, Dahlia watched Hart charging toward the wild boar.
Hart leaped high over the wild boar.
As the wild boar bucked to shake her off, Hart tensed her thighs and looped her apron string around the boar’s neck.
Using the string to prevent herself from falling off the wild boar, Hart plunged a dagger into the boar’s head.
“Squeeeeeal.”
The wild boar let out a pained scream and collapsed with a thud.
Dahlia pressed her pounding heart and hurried over to Annie, shocked by what had happened in an instant.
“Annie, are you okay?”
Annie nodded with a pale complexion and tried to stand up, but slumped back down.
“Oh my, oh my, oh my. Are you alright? You’ve sprained it.”
Hart, who had checked Annie’s ankle, made her usual dramatic fuss.
“Hart! Are you okay?”
“Of course. I was watching to make sure you two got back safely, but tsk. Who knew one would suddenly come out.”
Hart glared at the already dead wild boar with dissatisfied eyes.
“I’m really glad Hart is a spy.”
Dahlia looked at Hart with grateful eyes.
“Huh? Wh-what…?”
Hart’s eyes widened in surprise.
“You are a spy, right? His Majesty sent you to figure out my identity, didn’t he?”
When Dahlia asked as if it were obvious, Hart nodded with a bewildered expression, then quickly denied it.
“No, I’m not a spy right now! I’m currently assigned to guard the Princess!”
“I see. Anyway, thank you for helping.”
Hart cautiously watched her reaction.
“You’re not upset?”
“I noticed from the beginning.”
“From the beginning?”
“Isn’t it strange that a maid was suddenly assigned to a place no one cared about before?”
“…That’s true.”
Hart hung her head with a gloomy expression.
“This is my first time. Having my mission discovered. What should I do now? I think I’m going to get trauma!”
Hart whined and made crying sounds.
“I think getting out of here should come first.”
When Annie calmly added her comment, Hart quickly nodded.
“Miss Annie, would you like me to carry you on my back?”
Annie looked at Hart, who was smaller than herself, and reluctantly tried to get on her back when the bushes rustled and moved.
Just as the three watched the bushes with tense faces, Cole appeared holding a blood-stained sword.
“Huff, huff, is everyone safe? Wild boars have a habit of chasing moving things. It’s fortunate you didn’t move…”
As he scanned the surroundings, he discovered the wild boar collapsed on the ground.
When his face darkened, Dahlia quickly spoke.
“It’s okay. Hart saved us.”
“Thank you.”
Cole bowed his head to Hart.
“Hehe. No need for thanks between allies.”
“Allies… you say?”
He asked with wariness.
“We’re both assigned to protect the Princess, so we’re allies!”
Cole slowly nodded with complex eyes, then saw Annie sitting on the ground and quickly knelt on one knee to examine her ankle.
“It seems slightly sprained. It’ll heal quickly with ice treatment. Let’s go get it treated first.”
When Annie blushed and nodded, Cole gently lifted her up.
Dahlia watched fondly from behind as Annie’s ears turned red.
Even while carrying Annie, Cole walked one step ahead of Dahlia, prepared for another beast to appear.
Dahlia walked alongside Hart, following behind Cole.
“Um, Princess.”
“Yes?”
“Please keep it secret from His Majesty that I was discovered. Hehe.”
When Hart acted cute while making her request, Dahlia smiled and answered.
“Alright.”
Hart’s face brightened as she matched Dahlia’s pace, then suddenly lifted her head.
“Princess, get down!”
At the same time as those words, Hart pressed down on Dahlia’s head.
Cole, who was walking ahead, also quickly hid behind a tree.
Soon arrows poured down toward them like rain.
Dahlia, lying flat on the ground, looked to the side with a shocked face.
“Hart!”
“Princess, just a moment!”
Hart took out a palm-sized whistle from her pocket and blew it.
Hart kept blowing the soundless whistle and pressed close to Dahlia’s side, when the rain of arrows stopped as if waiting for them to lift their heads.
“Hart, what is all this about?”
“It seems like people targeting the Princess. But someone will come to rescue us soon.”
“Who?”
“His Majesty.”
His Majesty is coming? How? Is that soundless whistle actually something that makes a tremendous sound that only she can’t hear?
Dahlia kept having useless thoughts on purpose because she was getting scared.
“Princess!”
Then, the Emperor’s voice and the sound of horse hooves could be heard from afar.
He really came.
Dahlia wanted to lift her head, but couldn’t move and stayed lying down, not knowing when arrows might fly.
“Princess, are you hurt anywhere?”
The Emperor jumped down from his horse and stood before her.
At the Emperor’s worried voice, Dahlia looked up slightly.
His bangs were disheveled by the wind, showing how urgently he had come. His black eyes were focused entirely on examining her.
The Emperor filled Dahlia’s violet eyes completely.
The person who always protects her.
Her fearful heart disappeared like smoke, and relief settled in its place.
“I’m fine… It’s dangerous!”
Dahlia’s eyes widened as much as possible when she saw an arrow flying from behind the Emperor. Bright red flames poured forth. This time it was a fire arrow.
“Damn it.”
The Emperor wrapped his arms around her and rolled across the ground to dodge.
Sparks from the fire arrow that struck the ground scattered everywhere, starting fires.
“Hart! Go get Ethan!”
“Yes!”
The Emperor gave orders to Hart without any thought of hiding.
Hart crawled toward the side where no fire arrows had struck and disappeared beyond the bushes.
As fire arrows poured down endlessly, the Emperor lay completely over Dahlia’s body.
No matter how much of a Sword Master he was, he couldn’t deflect all the fire arrows raining down like rain. If he missed even one, the Princess would get hurt.
Dahlia looked worried as she was held in his broad embrace.
“Your Majesty, it’s dangerous.”
“Better than you being in danger.”
“But…”
“Didn’t I say the Princess is my responsibility?”
The Emperor swept his sword horizontally while shielding her with his body. Blue aura cut down the nearby trees.
The trees fell in front of them, piling up one by one to instantly become an excellent barrier.
The Emperor, catching his breath, took her and retreated a bit further back.
Dahlia looked worriedly toward where Cole and Annie were. She could see Cole with anxious eyes, looking like he wanted to rush to her at any moment.
Dahlia shook her head with determined eyes. Stay there and protect Annie. That’s an order.
Cole, reading her gaze, clenched his teeth so hard his jaw muscles stood out and nodded.
Crackle crackle. The trees hit by fire arrows began to burn.
The flames were gradually getting closer when suddenly wind blew in the opposite direction in front of them, blocking the fire.
Looking up, she could see Lemon flapping frantically above. The direction of the wind had changed due to Lemon’s wing flapping.
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