The Crown I Will Take From You - Chapter 148

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Chapter 148

 

“Why, why are you doing this?”

 

“Damn it, why now of all times!”

 

Samon bit his lips until they bled.

 

This was happening right in the middle of engagement talks with the 4th Princess. What would people who don’t know it’s a fake pregnancy think of me!

 

Now that marriage with the 4th Princess was being discussed, if his relationship with Mariyu was discovered, especially if it was revealed that he had gotten both women pregnant, this lifeline he had barely found would be over.

 

Who would believe in the sincerity of a man who went between two women.

 

Especially if the Emperor of Kazen found out that the bastard who had impregnated his daughter had also gotten another woman pregnant, he might roast me alive.

 

He had barely grasped the rope to escape this hell, but Mariyu was trying to set that rope on fire.

 

‘Absolutely not! I can’t let that happen.’

 

Samon gritted his teeth and reached through the bars again to grab her wrist and pull her toward him.

 

“Ah-! It, it hurts!”

 

As if he couldn’t hear Mariyu’s pained voice, his wolf-like eyes flashed with murderous intent.

 

He moved closer to the bars so no one else in the prison could hear. Then he whispered low.

 

“Get rid of it, since it’s not needed.”

 

“What did you say?”

 

Mariyu was shocked. She doubted her ears.

 

‘That can’t be, he wouldn’t-‘

 

“That, what do you mean, you misspoke, right? I misheard, didn’t I?”

 

Samon crushed even Mariyu’s efforts to rationalize and berated her.

 

“I won’t say it twice. Get rid of that thing. If you don’t want to die.”

 

“Samon!”

 

She hadn’t misheard.

 

Shock and betrayal flashed in Mariyu’s eyes.

 

The moment she announced her pregnancy, without congratulations or joy, the first words she heard from her lover and the father of her child were to get rid of the baby.

 

“Frankly speaking, how do I know that child is really mine? What do I care who a lowly maid has been sleeping around with? Do you think I’ll believe you if you insist it’s my seed?”

 

Samon glared at Mariyu as if he wanted to kill her.

 

Far from joy, seeing her stupid face made his anger boil over.

 

“How dare a vulgar wench shamelessly try to drag me down.”

 

“How, how can you say such things! I, I only have you!”

 

Mariyu found the man insulting her terribly unfamiliar.

 

Where had the warm lover gone, who used to breathe hotly and whisper sweet words of love in her ear?

 

“You said you loved me. You said I was the only one. You said you’d marry me!”

 

At Mariyu’s plaintive cry, Samon irritably rubbed his gaunt face. He didn’t seem to have any intention of hiding his annoyed expression.

 

“Ha, are you crazy? How can you take seriously something I said just to set the mood? Were you always this stupid?”

 

“I’ll, I’ll tell the Duke and Duchess too. They’ll want this child, they’ll scold you!”

 

Her eyes moved past the man toward Hoakin and Catherine, who lay collapsed weakly from hunger.

 

“Do those people look like they’re in any state of mind to listen to your useless talk?”

 

Samon snapped irritably.

 

“That’s only if you hadn’t done something foolish. I told you clearly. You had to be my cousin’s most cherished maid, you had to know everything that Medeia was doing, everything she was thinking.”

 

His dry black eyes glanced at her coldly.

 

“From the moment you failed to properly report on Medeia, you already let go of my hand.”

 

“No, Samon. Absolutely not. I only have you.”

 

Mariyu collapsed at Samon’s feet. She shook her head frantically as if having a seizure.

 

But to Samon, who had already latched onto the 4th Princess, Mariyu was just excess baggage that needed to be disposed of quickly.

 

“Samon, you love me too. Please, Samon. Don’t do this!”

 

“Please, just get lost!”

 

Samon kicked at Mariyu who was clinging to him.

 

Crash!

 

“Ahhh!”

 

He kicked the bars so hard that the basket of food overturned, and the loud noise made Mariyu fall backward in surprise.

 

“Argh! Damn it! Nothing goes right because of you!”

 

There was no skill in Samon’s movements as he raged while starving. Having kicked the iron bars with all his might, Samon screamed while clutching his broken toe.

 

“Hey there! What’s going on! What’s all this commotion?!”

 

From far away, the sound of guards approaching in alarm at the loud noise could be heard.

 

Samon wrapped his broken big toe and glared at Mariyu with eyes full of murderous intent.

 

Mariyu’s eyes trembled with shocking fear.

 

Those calculating eyes that looked over her and her belly with mineral coldness didn’t seem to belong to the man she had loved all this time.

 

“Mariyu.”

 

“No, don’t….”

 

A chill ran up her spine. Mariyu slowly backed away.

 

Then she barely managed to get up from where she was and fled hurriedly while clutching her belly.

 

“….”

 

Samon didn’t take his cold gaze off her retreating figure.

 

* * *

 

Valdina Prison, which Mariyu had left in a hurry.

 

“Uncle.”

 

Count Raju had secretly come to this place again. It was to meet Samon.

 

Samon’s face was full of color as if he had never been angry.

 

“It’s done. The Valdina Royal Family has agreed. They’ve decided to let your family live. Once you go to Kazen, there will be new opportunities.”

 

“But even if we go to Kazen, won’t it be discovered soon? Since it’s a pregnancy made with fake medicine, if a physician other than the Divine Healer examines her, it will be exposed.”

 

At Samon’s point, Raju heartily patted his shoulder.

 

“Don’t worry. Do you think this uncle moved carelessly? I’ve thought of countermeasures too.”

 

Raju planned to have the Princess’s bribed maid give the 4th Princess medicine once more.

 

To make her bleed briefly and fake a miscarriage.

 

“The road from Valdina back to Kazen is famously treacherous. It’s a rough return journey through remote areas, so if the exhausted Princess lost her child, who could find evidence of that?”

 

Raju spread his arms with a grin.

 

“Of course, you’ll have to endure some cold treatment, but that’s more than enough as the price for keeping your life. Can you bear it?”

 

Samon nodded sinisterly.

 

“Of course. Having secured the position of the 4th Princess’s consort, what could I not endure?”

 

“Hahaha, yes. Truly befitting royal blood. But why is your foot like that?”

 

The good mood was brief, and at Raju’s puzzled question, Samon chewed the inside of his cheek.

 

After a moment of silence and thought, he moved one step closer to Raju. Then he whispered secretly.

 

“…Uncle, there’s something you need to take care of.”

 

After hearing the whole story, Count Raju sighed and nodded.

 

“Oh my, this has become troublesome. Alright. I’ll handle both of them from this end.”

 

“Yes, I’m counting on you.”

 

Even though he had eliminated the last possible danger, Samon’s heart felt somewhat heavy.

 

‘To think I have to kill my real child for a fake child that doesn’t even exist… Damn it….’

 

As Mariyu had said, their family considered bloodline extremely important.

 

If the situation hadn’t been pushed into such a corner, he would have somehow found a way to save the child.

 

But right now, there was no other choice.

 

‘I can always have another child.’

 

Samon shook his head, trying to suppress his heavy heart.

 

Once he went to Kazen, a smooth path would unfold before him.

 

He had no intention whatsoever of being a fool who would give up the future before his eyes by being tied down to mere past connections.

 

* * *

 

Princess Valdina’s Palace.

 

It was a time when darkness had fallen thickly and everyone was deep in sleep.

 

From inside the most shabby room in the corridor where the maids’ quarters were connected, various muffled sounds occasionally leaked out.

 

Clatter. Rustle. All the drawers were left open with belongings scattered about.

 

“This is crazy, it’s insane. How could… how could Samon…”

 

Though she kept stammering, Mariyu didn’t stop packing her belongings.

 

“I have to run away. I can’t stay here…”

 

There was nothing Samon, imprisoned and facing execution, could do.

 

But Mariyu couldn’t forget those murderous eyes that had glared at her from the darkness.

 

However, it wasn’t just because of Samon that she wanted to flee.

 

“The Princess won’t… leave me alone.”

 

Mariyu trembled as she recalled the memory.

 

On an evening when the sun was setting dimly as usual, Mariyu headed to her room with swollen legs.

 

Creak. The door opened.

 

In the small, old room that smelled of wood, she suppressed a yawn that was about to burst out.

 

“Hah.”

 

“You’re late, Mariyu.”

 

In that moment, Mariyu froze.

 

By the window where the evening glow cast a red light, the Princess was sitting.

 

Mariyu quickly tried to turn around and leave, but click-click, only the doorknob turned uselessly.

 

Scrape. A chair was dragged. Mariyu watched with fearful eyes as the Princess stood up and approached her.

 

“What brings you here?”

 

Mariyu’s voice was full of wariness.

 

She looked up at Medeia with frightened eyes.

 

“Don’t be so guarded. I just wanted to have another conversation with you, Mariyu.”

 

Despite her gentle voice, Medeia remained expressionless.

 

“There’s something you haven’t told me, isn’t there?”

 

The moment she realized those green eyes were directed at her belly, she stumbled backward.

 

Without realizing it, both hands wrapped around her stomach. As if trying to protect the child from Medeia.

 

“Th-there’s blood of the Claudio family in my body!”

 

“Oh my, Mariyu. You shouldn’t say it like that.”

 

Medeia lifted the corner of her mouth with a smirk.

 

“You know how much I hate my uncle’s family, so calling it Claudio’s blood is poison.”

 

“R-royal blood!”

 

Mariyu hastily corrected herself.

 

“If you try to harm the child, n-no matter if you’re Your Highness, I won’t stand for it. I’ll run to the Queen Mother and tell her that M-Medeia Your Highness is trying to kill an unborn child.”

 

Though Medeia frightened her and made her stammer, she ultimately bared her tiny teeth.

 

Like a cornered mouse showing aggression to protect itself.

 

“…”

 

However, Medeia only gazed down at Mariyu silently.

 

“S-so don’t think about harming this child-”

 

When Mariyu couldn’t bear the pressure of that gaze and started to open her mouth, the Princess lifted the corner of her mouth with a snicker.

 

“Mariyu, Mariyu.”

 

A gentle and affectionate voice calling her name repeatedly settled down.

 

“Do you think you can avoid me by hiding behind grandmother? Pitifully, you still don’t know me.”

 

Mariyu’s face turned pale.

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