I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 123

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“Well, naturally to ensure such scandals never happen again….”

 

“So what exactly are you going to do to prevent scandals from happening?”

 

Kalian cut off Leilah’s words and asked again as if interrogating her.

 

Leilah stammered as she spoke.

 

“Always be careful with my conduct….”

 

“Does that mean you weren’t careful with your conduct in front of Aldor Hutton?”

 

“…No.”

 

“Then did you give Aldor Hutton any openings?”

 

That wasn’t it either. Far from giving Aldor Hutton any openings, Leilah had put up the strongest walls and pushed him away as much as possible.

 

It was just that it didn’t work properly, which led to such misfortune.

 

“What more could you possibly do beyond that?”

 

Exactly. What more could I possibly do?

 

Having lost her words, Leilah closed her mouth.

 

Kalian’s words continued.

 

“It’s good to not overestimate yourself, to stay humble and always maintain a modest heart, but Leilah, you have a tendency to undervalue yourself too much.”

 

Kalian crossed his arms and stood askew, looking at Leilah. His blue eyes were filled with displeasure.

 

“To be honest, such behavior of yours is frustrating. It’s troublesome and annoying too.”

 

“….”

 

“If you have something to say, you should say it confidently. What are you so afraid of that you can’t?”

 

Once opened, his mouth poured out all the complaints he had been harboring about Leilah.

 

“Moreover, you have too much of a tendency to try to solve everything alone. Even with Duke Williot’s matter, if you had asked for my help, it could have been resolved more easily, but instead you dangerously stepped forward alone.”

 

Regarding this issue, Leilah had resolved it so brilliantly that there was nothing more to say, but still, a complaint was a complaint.

 

“It makes me wonder if you don’t trust me.”

 

“N-No!”

 

At the pouring complaints, her lips that had been shut tight like a clam opened.

 

“I do trust Your Majesty!”

 

“Who would believe you if you just say you trust me with words? You need to show it through actions.”

 

Her opened lips closed again.

 

“It’s good to try to solve things yourself without relying on others. But if it’s beyond your capabilities, you should know how to depend on others. There are so many people around who can help.”

 

Her long eyelashes trembled and drooped downward. Her briefly visible earlobe was slightly red.

 

“I hope you realize that doing so actually worries the people around you more.”

 

Leilah hung her head low. Her shoulders drooped downward.

 

Was that too harsh?

 

Only then did Kalian realize he had been too harsh and observed Leilah’s condition.

 

Since her head was down, he couldn’t tell what expression she was making, but she didn’t look good.

 

Of course she wouldn’t feel good after being lectured.

 

He hadn’t intended to speak like this from the beginning. Since Leilah was the victim, yet he was speaking as if she had done something wrong, he got emotional for a moment and poured out his words.

 

“…Sorry.”

 

Kalian belatedly tried to remedy the situation.

 

It felt too late, but it was better than not doing anything.

 

“I didn’t mean to say it like this… I’m sorry.”

 

Leilah raised her head.

 

He expected her to have a face that looked like she was about to cry, or to look very upset, but unexpectedly, she was smiling faintly.

 

“No. Everything you said was right.”

 

Somehow, her meek acceptance felt more frightening than if she had gotten angry.

 

Feeling sorry about meeting her gaze directly, Kalian slightly averted his eyes.

 

“Not everything I said was right. I exaggerated some things.”

 

Feeling this wasn’t enough, he added an explanation.

 

“When I said troublesome and annoying, that was an exaggeration. I only thought it was slightly bothersome a few times.”

 

Isn’t that the same thing?

 

Even after saying it himself, it seemed strange, so Kalian hesitated.

 

The space between his eyebrows narrowed sharply.

 

He felt like he should say something else to improve Leilah’s mood, but he didn’t know what to say.

 

Should he compliment her now?

 

No. That would be too obvious.

 

Kalian’s jaw tensed.

 

Kalian found this situation more difficult than conducting noble meetings.

 

Contrary to Kalian’s worries, Leilah wasn’t upset at all.

 

Rather, she was grateful that Kalian had spoken his thoughts so candidly and pointed out her problems.

 

Not accepting help from others and trying to solve everything alone was a habit she had developed while at Tebesa County.

 

Even when she wanted help, no one would help her, so she had no choice but to solve everything alone.

 

At some point, she had come to consider that natural.

 

That was the only reason, but she hadn’t known Kalian was thinking like that.

 

Well, if she had been in his position, she would have felt the same way. Leilah fully understood Kalian’s feelings.

 

So she would have to be careful from now on.

 

Leilah made a resolution to herself and placed her hand on her chest, bowing her head lightly.

 

“Your Majesty, may I take my leave now?”

 

“…There’s still something we need to discuss.”

 

Kalian picked up a document from his desk and held it out to her.

 

Leilah respectfully received the document with both hands.

 

“This is the document Duke Williot submitted to me requesting to punish the fallen kingdom’s princess.”

 

If it were ordinary spoils of war, Kalian wouldn’t need to care how Fillen handled it, but Sisly was spoils of war that he had personally given to Fillen.

 

Moreover, since she was a fallen kingdom’s princess, Kalian’s consent as emperor was needed to punish her.

 

If that was all there was to it, Kalian wouldn’t have discussed it with Leilah, but the problem was that Leilah was also a victim of this incident.

 

Therefore, Leilah’s consent was also needed to punish Sisly.

 

If Leilah wanted, the punishment could be increased by several levels.

 

Leilah’s expression darkened as she received the document. Her jet-black eyes carefully read through the document’s contents.

 

After reading to the last page, Leilah sighed deeply and spoke as if to herself.

 

“His Grace has requested the death penalty.”

 

“She pulled off such an enormous fraud against a ducal house. Plus there’s evidence that she tried to poison Baron Aster.”

 

Certainly what Sisly had done deserved the death penalty, but even so, she was a woman he had once been intimate with and given his affection to.

 

Kalian clicked his tongue at Fillen’s cold decisiveness in immediately requesting the death penalty without any mercy.

 

Well, if Fillen hadn’t requested the death penalty, he would have done so himself.

 

“Since there’s no punishment greater than death, it’s impossible to increase the level of punishment, but we can add to it.”

 

For instance, receiving 100 lashes before execution, or being tortured.

 

“Do you want additional punishment?”

 

Leilah thought for a moment, then shook her head.

 

“No.”

 

So she doesn’t want it after all. Just as Kalian was clicking his tongue in disappointment.

 

“Rather than additional punishment, I hope Sisly Helliode receives labor punishment instead of death.”

 

“…What?”

 

Leilah had brought up something absurd.

 

* * *

 

Death was the greatest punishment established by imperial law.

 

Because death takes away everything.

 

That everything included pain and suffering as well.

 

“I, Sisly Helliode, do not wish for that woman to find peaceful rest in death.”

 

The memories of what Sisly had done came flooding back, filling me with indignation.

 

Especially killing Misa – that was something I could never forgive. I wanted that woman to suffer as much as Misa and I had suffered.

 

“I want that woman to suffer through hard labor for the rest of her life. The Aobis Coal Mine in the north would be a good place for her labor.”

 

The Aobis Coal Mine.

 

It was a place where criminals with the worst offenses performed hard labor, considered the worst labor site due to its harsh weather and terrible conditions.

 

Thinking of Sisly going there to suffer seemed to ease the knot in my heart a little.

 

I want you to suffer there for the rest of your life.

 

“I’d like to do that… but would it be possible to change the punishment?”

 

Would Fillen follow my opinion? I was worried.

 

“Heh.”

 

Kalian, who had been silently listening to my story, let out a small laugh.

 

Why is he laughing?

 

At his inexplicable laughter, I quietly stared at him.

 

After a while, Kalian stopped laughing and looked down at me with a face still bright with amusement.

 

“Leilah, I didn’t expect you to say such things. How unexpected.”

 

Unexpected… I suppose.

 

“And you shouldn’t be asking if it’s possible – you should be making a request.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

When I asked back, not understanding what he meant, Kalian chuckled and took the documents I was holding.

 

“You seem to have forgotten who I am.”

 

I couldn’t have forgotten… ah, I see. That’s what he meant.

 

Finally understanding what Kalian was trying to say, I clasped my hands together respectfully and bowed my head.

 

“Your Majesty the Emperor, I request that you change Sisly Helliode’s punishment from execution to hard labor.”

 

I didn’t have the power to change Fillen’s decision, but Kalian did.

 

Because he was the Emperor. He held a higher position than Fillen.

 

“Haha.”

 

Kalian laughed as if extremely satisfied and nodded his head.

 

“That’s how it should be. Of course I’ll do that for you.”

 

Kalian stood there and wrote something on the paper.

 

I caught a glimpse – it contained details about the punishment to be given to Sisly.

 

I also confirmed the words “Aobis Coal Mine.”

 

He’s really changing it. Honestly, I hadn’t expected it, but now that it was happening, I was extremely happy.

 

Misa, are you watching?

 

That woman is going to receive a terrible punishment!

 

Kalian even stamped the imperial seal at the bottom of the paper, put it in an envelope, and rang the bell.

 

As if waiting, Rahel entered, and Kalian held out the envelope to Rahel, saying:

 

“Send this to Duke Williot immediately.”

 

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

 

Rahel left with the envelope, and Kalian turned to me with a smile in his eyes.

 

“I should improve the medical standards at the Aobis Coal Mine.”

 

Why the medical standards all of a sudden?

 

“It would be terrible if that woman died before she could properly suffer.”

 

Ah, such deep consideration!

 

Indeed, the Aobis Coal Mine was a place even men found hard to endure – there was no way Sisly, who had never done hard work in her life, could bear it.

 

“Please do exactly that.”

 

Sisly, it’s truly regrettable that I won’t be able to see your face writhing in pain and agony.

 

I hoped and hoped again that Sisly would live long and suffer much more.

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