I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 65
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 65
The first was the Stable Master, and the second involved using a large number of people to even burn down the mountain. However, he ultimately failed to carry out the order to eliminate the woman.
If ordered to die immediately, he would have no choice but to comply regardless of his own will.
The Middle-aged Man’s back was soaked with sweat.
“This will be your last chance.”
“Yes. I will keep that in mind.”
“You may go.”
After the Middle-aged Man closed the door and left, the black curtain swayed slightly.
The Imperial Princess’s Nanny. The young lady they tried to plant as the Imperial Princess’s new Maid. The Stable Master. Even the hunting competition.
She had an ominous feeling that the long-cherished plan might be ruined because of the suddenly appeared foreign Princess.
That cannot happen. How long had she endured for this moment?
Mary habitually reached for her teacup, then remembered she had just thrown it on the floor.
Mary got up from her seat and entered the study connected to the secret room.
On the desk, the tea she always drank was prepared.
As she sat down and reached for the teapot, she heard a knock.
“Come in.”
“Mother.”
Her son Arban entered and stood in front of the desk.
“Arban. What is it?”
“Mother, I want to join the Imperial Guard after this Foundation Festival ends.”
“This year’s recruitment is already over, isn’t it?”
Mary poured tea with an uninterested tone and picked up her teacup.
“I heard there will be special recruitment after the Foundation Festival ends.”
Arban spoke carefully while watching her expression.
Mary took a sip of tea and looked at her kind-looking son.
Her son, who had inherited her Husband’s sparkling golden hair and her own black eyes perfectly, had only recently been knighted.
The Ruusephon Empire was a nation of the sword, and young Nobles dreamed of joining the Imperial Palace Guard that protected the Emperor.
But the Imperial Palace Guard recruitment that happened once a year was already over, yet there was special recruitment? What had happened?
“Where did you hear that news?”
“My Friend’s Brother belongs to the Imperial Palace Guard, and he gave my friend a heads up to prepare.”
Watching her son excited with anticipation, Mary clicked her tongue inwardly.
Her son, who should sit in a higher position, wanting to be a mere Guard Knight.
“Arban. Didn’t we already finish discussing that? You’re still too young to join the Imperial Palace Guard. Wait just a little longer.”
“I’ve already missed two years. I really want to participate in this special recruitment.”
“Arban!”
When she raised her voice sternly, he hung his head and whispered quietly.
“Mother, please at least let me take the test.”
“Opportunities will come plenty. If they don’t come, this mother will create that opportunity and place it in your hands. So wait just a little longer.”
This time Mary spoke gently to appease her son.
“…I’ll take my leave now.”
Her son left the study with drooping shoulders.
Mary clicked her tongue watching his retreating figure. Even at twenty years old, he was still so childish.
This year. She just needed to endure this year.
She looked out the darkened window and recalled the past.
The Late Emperor cherished her more than her foolish Elder Brother. Whenever he was drunk, he would say that if only she had been born a son, he would have passed the Emperor’s throne to her.
Why couldn’t there be an Empress? Rebellious feelings boiled in her heart, but she acted even more coquettishly toward the Late Emperor, behaving like a tongue in his mouth.
The Late Emperor was in a very good mood that day, drinking more than usual. So much that he couldn’t remember what he had said.
And she learned the Imperial Family’s secret.
If that secret was true, her son would have the Emperor’s throne that she couldn’t possess.
Because the Emperor would die soon.
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Annie, whose ankle had fully healed after several days of treatment, looked down at the Princess who had no intention of getting out of bed.
“Princess?”
“Yes. I’ve grown moldy. Mold has sprouted everywhere. My body is a slave to mold.”
Dahlia pulled the blanket over her head and mumbled.
The Princess had put up an iron wall before Annie could even launch her mold attack.
Annie changed her approach and sat by the bedside.
“Shall I read you a book?”
“No, if you add shame to my current mental state, I think it’ll be too hard for me.”
“Then shall I listen to your story as a friend?”
Only then did Dahlia peek her eyes out from under the blanket.
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Dahlia squirmed and sat up, hugging her pillow tightly like a comfort toy. After letting out a long sigh, she looked at Annie’s face and carefully chose her words.
“Annie, this is just hypothetically speaking…”
“Yes.”
“If I marry Emperor Gray, our kingdom will have a really hard time, right?”
“That’s right. The Other Two Empires will treat the Kingdom of Foevern like a vassal state of the Ruusephon Empire and extort money like thugs.”
Despite her calm expression, Annie’s tone was as rough as a street thug’s.
Dahlia buried her face in the pillow with a dejected expression after having the facts she already knew confirmed once again.
Watching her, Annie opened her mouth again.
“But…”
“But?”
When Annie paused, Dahlia lifted her face from the pillow and echoed her words.
“If there’s a reason you must marry, then you should. You already know the kingdom’s situation completely, yet you have a reason to pursue that marriage, don’t you?”
“That’s right. There is a very important reason.”
Dahlia nodded her head rapidly.
Yes. She had a very important reason – to prevent the world’s destruction.
“Do you love Emperor Gray?”
“What?”
Dahlia’s eyes widened as she asked back.
“Nothing else would explain any other reason.”
“Hah… That’s right, isn’t it? If I said I had to marry to prevent the world’s destruction, no one would believe me, right?”
Dahlia muttered with a dejected expression.
“I believe you, Princess.”
Annie looked straight into her eyes with a serious face.
“You believe what I’m saying?”
Dahlia asked back in surprise.
Annie slowly nodded, then took the Princess’s hands that were gripping the pillow tightly and lowered them. Then she patted them gently as if encouraging her.
“You’re worried about the future, aren’t you, Princess?”
“…Annie?”
Dahlia stared at Annie with a dumbfounded expression.
“Actually, I noticed a long time ago. The things you would casually mention sometimes would actually happen. You saved Princess Ria because you saw it in that dream, didn’t you?”
Dahlia nodded her head in a daze.
“On the nights you had those world destruction dreams, you would talk in your sleep too. You would cry so sadly and say things like: Stop. Don’t kill them. How can I prevent the world’s destruction?”
Dahlia didn’t know what to say and only moved her lips slightly.
“After that, you left the Star Palace saying you had to marry off Emperor Gray. You searched for women to marry His Majesty. I don’t know what connection His Majesty’s marriage has with the world’s destruction, but if His Majesty gets married, that destruction won’t come, right?”
“…Yes. I think so.”
“If you marry Emperor Gray, Princess, the Kingdom will be greatly shaken. But surviving comes first, doesn’t it? So please do it. Get married. Please prevent the world’s destruction, Princess.”
Annie looked at Dahlia with firm eyes, as if supporting her choice.
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