I Married the Terminally Ill Emperor - Chapter 86

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I Married a Terminally Ill Emperor

Chapter 86

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In the pitch-black darkness where moonlight was hidden, red eyes flashed menacingly.

The seed in its belly needed food to grow. And it needed prey that was overflowing with power.

And those prey had come looking for it on their own.

Come closer, prey.

It approached behind the prey and opened its mouth wide.

“Aaaah!”

The prey whose shoulder was bitten screamed.

At that moment, golden holy water poured down and its body was revealed.

“The creature is here!”

“We just need to identify its location. Fall back!”

“Take cover!”

“Kikikik.”

It chased after the prey scattering in all directions. It was time to eat its fill for the seed.

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Since that day, Emperor Gray had been silent, but today he suddenly called her to the garden.

Dahlia sat in the Emperor’s Garden, quietly watching the Emperor as he reviewed documents.

The Emperor seemed to sense her gaze and looked up.

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

“When it’s just the two of us meeting like this, we don’t have to pretend to be in love, do we?”

“That’s right.”

Dahlia looked down at their overlapping hands.

The Emperor was reviewing documents with one hand while holding her hand with the other.

The Emperor looked at their clasped hands as if he hadn’t been conscious of it, then said shamelessly.

“You were the one who told me to build immunity.”

“Yes. And Your Majesty seems to have become quite comfortable holding hands with a woman now. Would you like to try experimenting with another woman?”

The Emperor’s face scrunched up as if the very thought disgusted him.

“I don’t mean right now.”

Dahlia backed down and changed the subject as she looked at Ethan standing outside the garden.

“The Captain can enter this garden, can’t he?”

“Yes.”

“That’s because Your Majesty permitted it.”

The Emperor nodded slightly instead of answering.

“I wonder why the garden accepted me?”

“I can only guess that this garden also recognizes the future Empress.”

“The Empress can enter here?”

“Yes.”

Dahlia’s eyes widened in surprise.

“We didn’t even know we would get married, but this garden knew in advance?”

“It’s already miraculous that only the Emperor and Empress can enter this garden in the first place.”

“That’s true.”

Then the Emperor put down his documents on the table with a serious expression and asked.

“Tell me about the symptoms you mentioned before. You said they’ve decreased now?”

As worry seeped into his voice, Dahlia deliberately spoke more cheerfully.

“Yes. Strangely, they decreased after I told Your Majesty about the world’s destruction. Do my symptoms improve when I reveal secrets?”

When the Emperor looked at her as if asking whether that could be possible, Dahlia just smiled brightly.

She didn’t know the reason, but it was fortunate that she was getting better.

Dahlia looked up at Lemon, who was sitting on a tree branch preening his feathers. Another secret was up there.

The Emperor’s gaze followed hers toward the sky.

“You look up at the sky often.”

“Since we’re talking about secrets.”

“You have more secrets? I’m not even surprised.”

“Oh, you’re not surprised, that’s a relief… no, you’re being figuratively sarcastic again, aren’t you?”

Dahlia immediately changed her words mid-sentence at the Emperor’s amused gaze.

“You’ve gotten quicker at reading the situation.”

“I was always quick at reading situations!”

“Yes, believing in yourself is a good habit. Shall we return to the previous topic? What secret is it this time?”

Dahlia began speaking with an attitude that said she’d let it slide just this once.

“The Lemon I mentioned before. That Lemon is actually a bird.”

“I’ve never heard of a bird called Lemon.”

“Lemon is a nickname, and his real name is Lemonardochickaramusjeranio.”

“…What? Is it a new species?”

The Emperor looked bewildered as if asking what she was talking about.

“No. It’s a name I made up.”

“Why would you give such a ridicu- I mean, why did you name it like that?”

“I mixed together all the names I like.”

The Emperor’s lips twitched as he stared at her intently, then returned to the main point.

“So why is this bird called Le.mon important?”

“You can’t see him right now, can you?”

At her words, the Emperor looked around.

“He’s sitting on the tree branch above Your Majesty’s head right now. Lemon is an invisible… bird.”

Dahlia spoke hesitantly while watching his expression.

Emperor Gray, who had been looking up at the sky, lowered his gaze to Dahlia with a hardened face.

There was nothing on the tree branch.

The Lemon she had been talking about all this time wasn’t a fruit but a bird, and that bird was invisible and only visible to her?

“Remember when I said demon beasts are invisible? Are you certain that Lemon isn’t a demon beast?”

“Lemon is absolutely not a monster like a demon beast. He doesn’t attack people, and he’s only the size of my palm. And remember that time? When we rescued Lady Bibi, I asked Lemon to bring Emperor Gray’s party. I don’t know how he brought you, but Lemon called Your Majesty then, so I could survive too. And when the fire arrows were raining down, Lemon helped us as well.”

“How?”

Emperor Gray asked while looking up at the sky again with a cautious gaze.

As if responding to his question, Lemon rose into the sky and flapped his wings.

Then the flower petals that had fallen to the ground gently rotated while surrounding the two of them.

The Emperor’s eyes widened as he saw the petals circling around them.

He remembered the fierce wind of falling leaves that had blown as if blocking their path when they moved away from the lakeside. And how the flames of the fire arrows had suddenly changed direction.

“Like this.”

Dahlia smiled brightly as she caught one of the circling petals with her finger.

“…Yes. There really is an invisible bird. And that bird has the ability to control wind and can only be seen by you.”

The Emperor spoke in a careful tone as if organizing his thoughts.

Just then, a knight from the Imperial Guard hurriedly approached Ethan and whispered in his ear.

Ethan hardened his expression and quickly entered the garden.

At Ethan’s ominous expression, the Emperor rose from his seat. Ethan approached and whispered so only the Emperor could hear.

“One squad has been completely wiped out.”

“I’m sure they were told not to engage.”

“They ran out of holy water. And the location of the wiped-out squad is near the Imperial Palace.”

Ethan continued his report, struggling to hide the pain of losing his subordinates.

The Emperor hardened his expression as his mind raced.

If they demanded more holy water, the Hallen Sacred Empire would sense something strange. How could they obtain holy water without arousing suspicion?

His contemplative gaze fell on Dahlia, who was looking at him with concern.

Just as she could see the transparent bird, could she also see transparent demon beasts?

Gray quickly shook off the useless thought from his head.

There was no way she could have such an ability. No, she shouldn’t have it.

At that moment, Dahlia rose from her seat and approached him.

“Something bad happened, didn’t it?”

The Emperor swallowed hard as he looked at Dahlia. Since it involved demon beasts, she needed to know too.

“One squad of the Imperial Guard was completely wiped out by demon beasts.”

“….”

Dahlia’s face turned pale and she couldn’t say anything. Hearing that demon beasts had attacked people made her heart sink.

“How….”

She grasped the Emperor’s hand with her trembling fingers. His usually warm hand had grown cold. She didn’t know what words could comfort him.

The Emperor gripped her hand tightly and turned his gaze to Ethan.

“For now, secretly purchase the holy water that the nobles possess.”

“Yes.”

Ethan bowed his head and quickly disappeared.

Dahlia was lost in thought for a moment before carefully speaking up.

“Your Majesty. You’re short on holy water right now, aren’t you? Perhaps I could be of help?”

“What?”

The Emperor frowned.

“You said demon beasts are transparent and need to be hit with holy water for their bodies to be revealed. But I can see the transparent bird. Maybe I could see demon beasts too—”

“No.”

The Emperor firmly cut off her words.

“In a situation where holy water is scarce like now, you might need my help. So let me just check if I can see demon beasts and come back.”

Dahlia spoke soothingly as if to reassure the Emperor.

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