I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 8

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 8

Before coming to the Empire, she had seen a portrait of the Emperor. The portrait was handsome too, but it couldn’t compare to the real thing.

More than that, she had been wondering how to meet the Emperor, but to meet him on the very day of arrival.

She could feel the Goddess of Fortune smiling brightly at her.

She just needed to keep supporting the Emperor’s marriage like this and prevent the world’s destruction.

Dahlia, who had been smiling contentedly to herself while letting her imagination run wild, came to her senses at the Emperor’s cold voice.

“What a spirited attitude, openly ignoring me right in front of my face.”

Ignoring? Startled, Dahlia’s eyes widened in surprise.

What had the Emperor said earlier? Ah!

“Ah, I am a dip… diplomat with good air from the Kingdom of Foevern, called Ria.”

Cold sweat ran down Dahlia’s back.

Why did Cole’s words come to mind at this moment?

When Dahlia rolled her eyes to gauge the Emperor’s reaction, he was staring at her with an unreadable expression.

His red lips opened after a long moment.

“A diplomat with good air?”

“No. Not that the air is good, but an official diplomat.”

Dahlia hurriedly spat out the excuse that came to mind.

“Aren’t all diplomats official? Captain of the Guard.”

As the Emperor’s head turned to the side, her gaze followed.

Behind the Emperor stood a handsome knight with dark navy blue hair and a stern expression.

To already be Captain of the Guard at such a young age. Even at a glance, his aura was extraordinary.

That person must be the one who pointed a sword at her neck earlier.

“Yes. That’s correct.”

“So it is.”

“That’s right.”

Dahlia lowered the corners of her eyes and smiled unnaturally while agreeing with their words.

“We’re all saying the same thing right now, aren’t we?”

“Yes. Everyone is correct.”

Dahlia quickly nodded her head.

The Emperor frowned slightly as he stared at her, then changed the subject.

“Well then, Miss Ria. No surname. Are you a commoner?”

“No. I’m Ria Hudran.”

The Emperor thought for a moment, then continued with apparent interest.

“The Hudran Count Family of Foevern. That was the Foreign Minister’s family, wasn’t it?”

Dahlia’s eyes widened as she unconsciously nodded.

Even though they were neighboring countries, he knew all the noble families of a small kingdom?

She had heard rumors that the young Emperor was intelligent, but she hadn’t expected this level.

“But the young lady of that family had a different name, didn’t she?”

“Ah, I’m from a distant branch family.”

“I see. Lady Ria Hudran. How did you come to this garden?”

As if this question was the key point, his black eyes sharply caught her gaze.

As his demeanor changed completely in an instant, Dahlia was startled like a rabbit caught in a hunter’s trap and spoke honestly.

“I followed a bird.”

“A bird?”

As if her answer displeased him, one of the Emperor’s eyebrows rose in dissatisfaction.

Dahlia looked at the Emperor with an upright expression.

She needed to become friends with the Emperor and get him married as quickly as possible, so was there any need to give a bad impression by lying?

“Fine. Then where is this bird?”

“Ah, well…”

Dahlia looked around the sky.

Fortunately, Lemon was perched on a leafy branch, looking down below.

Thankfully, it hadn’t gone far.

However, when Dahlia lowered her gaze and looked at the Emperor again, she wondered whether she should tell him Lemon’s location or not.

If I say it’s above your head, will he believe me?

Even Annie, who lived like a sister with her, hadn’t believed that story right away, so wouldn’t he think she was crazy if she talked about an invisible bird?

Just moments before, she had decided to be honest with the Emperor.

Dahlia swallowed a sigh inwardly and whispered timidly.

“I don’t know.”

Gray quietly stared at the woman who was looking dejected before his eyes.

She was a woman whose emotions changed quickly.

When the woman lowered her head, he could see green tree leaves still stuck in her pink flower field hair.

Was she planning to keep walking around with those leaves attached like that?

Watching this woman who kept doing strange things, an absurd thought unconsciously came and went.

“My lady.”

He called her as if shaking off his thoughts.

The woman’s head slowly lifted, revealing her small and delicate features.

Large eyes that seemed to mix sky blue and purple. A small but prominent nose and plump pink lips. Even with dirt on her face from hitting the ground, she was beautiful enough to compare favorably with any of the women who had come to the founding festival.

His gaze, which had been examining her face, naturally returned to her eyes again.

Her transparently clear eyes resembled the dawn sky. It was a mysterious eye color he had never seen before in his entire life.

“Yes.”

Even as the woman answered, she glanced around, watching his mood. It was the typical attitude of someone telling lies.

Even he, who felt rejection toward any woman he saw, was impressed by her beauty.

But that was all.

He didn’t want to waste any more precious time because of this woman.

“Nice try.”

“Yes? What try?”

She tilted her head to the side and asked back innocently, as if she didn’t understand what he meant.

“I’ll acknowledge your attempt to somehow catch my eye. You’re the first woman to barge into my private garden where I want to be quietly alone. Still, I’ve decided to forgive you once, so I’d appreciate it if you’d stop now.”

“Yes?”

The Pink Flower Field Lady tilted her head to the other side as if she couldn’t understand his words.

“I’m saying that approaching me like this won’t lead to me marrying you.”

“Whaaaat? What did you say?”

The Pink Flower Field Lady blinked rapidly as if dumbfounded.

For the first time, truth could be glimpsed in the face of this woman whose every word had seemed strange and false.

No?

“You’re not saying that I came here to seduce Your Majesty the Emperor, are you?”

“You understood correctly.”

“Really? That’s not it, right?”

“What you understood is correct.”

The woman grabbed her pink flower field— no, pink hair with one hand. She was still holding his jacket in the other hand.

“Good heavens! How could there be such a misunderstanding…”

“You fell for me at first sight, didn’t you?”

“Me? When?”

The woman’s questioning eyes seemed filled with indignation.

Really not?

Emperor Gray raised one eyebrow and asked.

“Didn’t you admire me earlier?”

“That’s because I’ve never seen someone as handsome as Your Majesty before.”

“I see.”

Emperor Gray nodded as if he had expected as much.

As he thought, she had fallen for him.

But the lady in front of him waved her hands frantically as if to deny it.

“You seem to be thinking ‘So she has fallen for me after all,’ but no. I have not even the slightest interest in His Majesty the Emperor. I could even swear to it.”

Not even the slightest interest? It was the first time he’d ever heard such words, making him feel strange.

Emperor Gray leaned back in his chair and stared intently at the woman.

She spoke with such an aggrieved expression that he wanted to use Truth Detection on her right away. However, he couldn’t use something that could only be used once a day on such a matter.

“Let’s say that’s the case.”

“It’s not ‘let’s say that’s the case,’ it really is the case.”

Pink Flower Field Lady clenched both fists and insisted on her innocence.

“But you’ll need to answer this next question carefully, Lady.”

As his voice dropped low, her expression became puzzled.

“Yes?”

“Lady, when you entered this Garden, was there nothing blocking your way?”

“No. There wasn’t.”

Emperor Gray looked straight into the woman’s eyes and read the truth.

“Is that the truth?”

“Yes.”

‘Truth.’

It was an unexpected truth.

Emperor Gray remained silent for a while at this surprising fact.

He had used his Truth Detection Ability that could only be used once a day, and it was the truth.

Emperor Gray’s black eyes sank deeply.

“Lady, do you see that Lilac Bush over there?”

“Yes.”

“Can you go there and come back here again?”

“Is that an order?”

Pink Flower Field Lady asked with an openly annoyed expression, yet carefully watching his mood.

“Yes. It’s an order.”

“Yes.”

She dropped her shoulders and gently placed his Jacket on the ground.

Then she walked over listlessly, tapped the Lilac Bush with her hand, and turned her gaze toward him with a look that asked if that was enough.

Emperor Gray nodded at her and stared at the Glowing Line on the ground.

That Glowing Line was visible only to him.

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