I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 68
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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor
Chapter 68
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Emperor’s Office.
Dahlia looked at the Emperor with a face full of firm determination.
“I have come to see Your Majesty—”
“Skip it. Ethan, Oreon. Go out.”
The Emperor lifted his head from his documents and cut off her words.
“Yes.”
“I have work to—”
Oreon tried to resist, but was dragged out by Ethan who grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.
With only the two of them left in the office, silence settled around them.
Since this was their first meeting after the day she saw the Demon Beast’s corpse, she wondered how to bring up the topic.
The Emperor was also looking at her with a complicated expression.
“…Are you alright?”
“Yes, I’m fine. And!”
Dahlia deliberately made loud thumping footsteps as she approached the Emperor’s desk.
The Emperor raised his eyebrows and stared at her intently.
“You look like you’ve come to declare war.”
Dahlia took a deep breath before answering.
“It’s similar.”
“Alright, let’s hear it.”
“Marry me.”
Dahlia glared at the Emperor with fierce eyes.
“Your proposal is as forceful as ever.”
“I’m quite forceful.”
The Emperor chuckled and rose from his chair.
“Won’t you regret it?”
“No. I will regret it though. I’ve been regretting it since the moment I came to this Empire.”
Dahlia honestly poured out her feelings.
If she hadn’t seen the Demon Beast that would bring about the world’s destruction, if she hadn’t heard Princess Rose’s clear laughter, she wouldn’t be standing here now.
“My, proposing and hurting me at the same time.”
“You’re not hurt though.”
Dahlia narrowed her eyes and glared at him.
“You’ve gotten better at reading people too.”
“I’ve always been quick to catch on!”
Dahlia maintained a confident attitude throughout. This was her first time proposing to a man. If she didn’t act this shamelessly, she felt like she’d run away from embarrassment immediately.
Emperor Gray stood up and faced her.
When Dahlia tried to step back slightly, he extended his hand to her.
The Princess looked down at his hand with a confused expression.
“I accept your proposal.”
“Oh, do you shake hands when accepting a proposal? I’ve never proposed before.”
The Princess blushed and shyly took his hand.
“Of course not.”
Emperor Gray couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.
She could see her eyes widen at the sound of his laughter.
“It’s not?”
“Of course it wouldn’t be, would it?”
“It’s because this is my first time.”
She hurriedly made excuses with an embarrassed face.
“It’s my first time too.”
It was a first. Everything with this woman was new and a first experience.
“So what do we do now?”
“Princess, I don’t trust people.”
“Is this a confession of conscience?”
When she nodded as if she expected as much, Emperor Gray burst into laughter again.
This woman had an excellent talent for making him laugh. Although this was a marriage he had to go through with, he thought that this short marriage with this woman might be interesting.
“So I was thinking about writing up a contract or something.”
“Good. I’m very good at signing contracts.”
Her boastful manner was so cute that Emperor Gray chuckled again.
“Since we have the same goal, I’ll try trusting you once. The goal of preventing the world’s destruction.”
“That’s true.”
The Princess nodded as if she understood.
“There’s one thing I want. Our marriage period will be exactly 3 months. And then immediate divorce. Do you agree to this?”
Now he only had 6 months left to live.
No matter how quickly they prepared the wedding, this was a union between an Empire and a Kingdom. It would take at least 2 or 3 months, which meant 3 months would remain until his death.
Since this was a marriage without love, she probably wouldn’t want to drag it out either.
“Even one month would be fine with me.”
As expected, she said with a brightened face.
“You dislike spending time with me that much? That’s hurtful.”
“You’re not hurt though.”
She answered nonchalantly.
That’s strange. This time it seems like I really was hurt.
Emperor Gray hid his bitter feelings and smiled gracefully.
“Still, it’s a marriage in name, wouldn’t everyone think it’s strange if we divorce after just one month?”
“I think they’d find 3 months strange too?”
“That’s my one condition. If you have something you want, say it now.”
The Princess thought with a serious expression, then slowly parted her lips.
“By us marrying, the Krzea Empire and Hallen Sacred Empire will pressure our Kingdom.”
“I’ll protect you.”
“No. Please don’t do anything.”
The Princess refused with serious eyes.
“The moment the Ruusephon Empire helps our Kingdom, they’ll cling even more and pressure our Kingdom. Please don’t do anything instead. I believe Elder Brother will overcome it.”
“Alright. Is there nothing else you want to demand?”
“No.”
“We’ll announce it at the ball on the eve of Foundation Day.”
“Understood.”
Emperor Gray held out a paper that was on his desk. It was a letter written by her niece.
“Huh? I thought I forgot it, why do you have this, Your Majesty?”
Dahlia’s eyes widened when she saw the letter.
“I forgot to give it to you. Oreon picked it up that day.”
“Don’t tell me… you figured out I was a princess after seeing this?”
“I won’t deny it.”
“Wow— I really fooled everyone well. If only I had hidden this properly!”
She clutched the letter tightly in her hand with a regretful expression. Then, struck by a sudden thought, she hesitated while looking at him.
“So, now we have to act like we love each other?”
Love… They would have to do that to make others believe them, but having never done it before, she wondered if she could act well.
“Let’s try our best.”
“I’ll try my best too. But when are you going to let go of my hand?”
“Ah.”
He had forgotten that he was still shaking hands with her.
As Emperor Gray slowly released her hand, he thought that perhaps that effort might not be so difficult after all.
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The Great Temple of Hallen Sacred Empire.
On either side of the entrance where a Goddess statue of such magnificent size that it couldn’t be taken in at a single glance stood, a golden door and silver door were positioned.
As the golden door opened, a carriage carrying nobility passed through quickly. In front of the silver door, wealthy merchants were lining up to enter.
Meanwhile, in front of the bronze door far from the temple entrance.
A family in shabby clothes was waiting anxiously for someone with heavy hearts.
“He’s coming out!”
When a kind-looking apprentice priest with green hair approached, they quickly surrounded him.
“Priest Spade!”
“Priest!”
Spade lowered the corners of his eyes and bowed his head slightly with an apologetic face.
“I’m a bit late, aren’t I? I had a lot of work to handle today.”
“Not at all. We’re so grateful that you came like this.”
Spade took out holy water from his chest and held it out.
“I’m sorry I can only give you one bottle. If I had manifested divine power, I could have healed you directly. I must not be faithful enough yet.”
The middle-aged woman who carefully received the holy water shook her head.
“Not at all. Priest Spade is the only one who helps us like this when we have no money. Our youngest showing signs of recovery is all thanks to you, Priest!”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The entire family bowed deeply.
Spade shook his head as if to say it wasn’t so, then soon made an apologetic face.
“I don’t have much time…”
“Of course, you’re a busy person. Please go inside quickly.”
“I’ll see you at the same time next week.”
“Yes.”
Someone clicked their tongue watching Spade enter the temple with quick steps.
“Tsk tsk.”
Turning his head toward the sound, Spade met the disapproving gaze of an intermediate priest with a yellow belt around his waist.
“Priest.”
Spade bowed his head slightly in greeting.
“You still haven’t broken that habit. Even knowing how much you’d get if you sold one bottle of holy water from your weekly allowance to a merchant. Tsk tsk.”
“The child was born congenitally weak and can only lie down. They say drinking holy water is the only way he can muster the energy to eat. If it were just an external injury, he would have recovered quickly, but it’s a pitiful situation.”
“Tsk. Then what do you live on?”
“I can have room and board at the temple, so what need do I have for money?”
When Spade smiled innocently, the intermediate priest put his arm around his neck and applied pressure.
“Oh my, this overly kind fellow.”
“But what brings you here?”
The intermediate priest who released his arm acted pompously.
“You want to work at the Library of Light, don’t you?”
Spade’s deep green eyes widened.
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